| Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour | |
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| Created by | Mark Goodson, Bill Todman, Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley |
| Based on | Match Game Hollywood Squares |
| Directed by | Marc Breslow[1] |
| Presented by | Gene Rayburn (Match Game segments) Jon Bauman (Hollywood Squares segment) |
| Narrated by | Gene Wood |
| Composer | Edd Kalehoff[1] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 192 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Robert Sherman[1] |
| Production locations | NBC Studios Burbank, California |
| Running time | approx. 44 Minutes |
| Production companies | Mark Goodson Television Productions Orion Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | October 31, 1983 – July 27, 1984 |
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Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour is an American television panel game show that combined two panel games of the 1960s and 1970s – Match Game and Hollywood Squares – into an hour-long format.
The series ran from October 31, 1983, to July 27, 1984 on NBC.[2] Gene Rayburn reprised his role as host of the Match Game and Super Match segments, while Jon Bauman hosted the Hollywood Squares segment. Gene Wood was the show's regular announcer with Johnny Olson and Rich Jeffries substituting during the run.
The series was credited as a Mark Goodson Television Production. Orion Television, then-owners of the Hollywood Squares format rights, licensed the format to Goodson.
- ^ a b c Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3 ed.). Facts on File, Inc. pp. 139–140. ISBN 0-8160-3846-5.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total television: the comprehensive guide to programming from 1948 to the present. Penguin Books. p. 531. ISBN 9780140249163.