Bert's Family Feud

*Bert's Family Feud*
Bert's Family Feud
	Bert's Family Feud board game
Genre	Game show
Created by	Mark Goodson; Bill Todman;
Presented by	Bert Newton
Starring	Mandy Ritchie; Kathryn Trapani;
Narrated by	Paul Khoury (2006); Simon Diaz (2007);
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	274 (Regular); 6 (Friday Night All Stars); 280 (Total);
Production
Executive producers	Michael Pope; Pam Barnes;
Production locations	Richmond, Victoria
Running time	30 minutes (Regular); 60 minutes (Friday Night All-Stars);
Production companies	Grundy Television (2006); FremantleMedia Australia (2007);
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	13 February 2006 –; 1 June 2007
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Bert's Family Feud was an Australian game show remake based on the American show of the same name. The series was produced by Grundy Television in conjunction with FremantleMedia. It was broadcast on the Nine Network and hosted by Bert Newton. The title refers to host Bert Newton as the show intended to feature celebrities and their families as contestants.

A principal motivation for establishing the show was that the Nine Network had the highest-rated Australian television news service for many years, but had seen its viewing audience abandon the network in favour of the Seven Network's Seven News and Today Tonight. This was not only due to Seven's increasing ratings for its news programming, but also due to their highly successful game show Deal or No Deal, which airs in the 5:30 pm timeslot, leading into the news. Leading up to the program's February 2006 launch, speculation arose that the network may delay the program until mid-year and instead show reruns of Friends in the 5:30 pm timeslot. Network executives were hoping that Friends reruns would reignite the timeslot and allow Bert's Family Feud to premiere.

The show was debuted 13 February 2006, and was then cancelled in 2007. The final episode was taped on 23 May 2007 in the GTV studios in Melbourne and aired on 1 June 2007.^[1] In all, 274 episodes were recorded, with the Castricum family being the final contestants, winning $85,000 in total. Despite low ratings, 'the best-of' episodes continued to air on Mondays to fulfill the show's commercial obligations. The Family Feud format was revived in 2014 by Channel 10, hosted by Grant Denyer.

^ Casey, Marcus (9 May 2007). "Bert's Family Feud axed". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2007.

[1] Casey, Marcus (9 May 2007). "Bert's Family Feud axed". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2007.

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