Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour

Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
Created byMark Goodson, Bill Todman, Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley
Based onMatch Game
Hollywood Squares
Directed byMarc Breslow[1]
Presented byGene Rayburn (Match Game segments)
Jon Bauman
(Hollywood Squares segment)
Narrated byGene Wood
ComposerEdd Kalehoff[1]
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes192
Production
ProducerRobert Sherman[1]
Production locationsNBC Studios
Burbank, California
Running timeapprox. 44 Minutes
Production companiesMark Goodson Television Productions
Orion Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 31, 1983 (1983-10-31) –
July 27, 1984 (1984-07-27)
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The 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total television: the comprehensive guide to programming from 1948 to the present. Penguin Books. p. 531. ISBN 9780140249163.