The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time

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The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time

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The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time was a list compiled by TV Guide, which included the 50 greatest American game shows ever. The detailed list with summaries was the cover story on the January 27, 2001 issue of the magazine. Many game show fanatics and experts were skeptical of the list, arguing that many shows were ranked higher than where they deserved to be ranked and that some did not even belong on the list at all.

The list

The complete list of the top 50, with tenures^[1]:

Rank	Show	Airdates
50.	Supermarket Sweep	ABC 1965 - 1967 LIFE 1990 - 1998 PAX (ION), 1999 - 2004
49.	Love Connection	SYN 1983 - 1994 SYN 1998 - 1999
48.	People Are Funny	NBC 1954 - 1961 NBC 1984
47.	Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego?	PBS 1991 - 1996
46.	Who Do You Trust?	ABC 1957 - 1963
45.	Win, Lose or Draw	NBC/SYN 1987 - 1990
44.	Ready.. Set... Cook!	FOOD 1995 - 2001
43.	Play Your Hunch	CBS 1958 - 1959 ABC 1959 NBC 1959 - 1963
42.	Shenanigans	ABC 1964 - 1965
41.	Sale of the Century	NBC 1969 - 1973 SYN 1973 - 1974 NBC 1983 - 1989 SYN 1985 - 1986
40.	Scrabble	NBC 1984 - 1990 NBC 1993
39.	High Rollers	NBC 1974 - 1976 SYN 1975 - 1976 NBC 1978 - 1980 SYN 1987 - 1988
38.	Liar's Club	SYN 1969 SYN 1976 - 1979 1988 - 1989
37.	Card Sharks	NBC 1978 - 1981 CBS 1986 - 1989 SYN 1986 - 1987 SYN 2001 - 2002
36.	Remote Control	MTV 1987 - 1990 SYN 1989
35.	Pantomime Quiz	CBS 1950 - 1957 NBC 1952 DUMONT 1953 - 1954 ABC 1955 ABC 1958 - 1959
35.	Stump the Stars	CBS 1962 - 1963 CBS 1968 - 1970
34.	The Big Payoff	NBC/CBS 1953 - 1959
33.	2 Minute Drill	ESPN 2000 - 2001
32.	The Joker's Wild	CBS 1972 - 1975 SYN 1977 - 1986 SYN 1990 - 1991
31.	Tattletales	CBS 1974 - 1978 CBS 1982 - 1984 SYN 1977 - 1978
30.	Win Ben Stein's Money	COM 1997 - 2003
29.	Double Dare	NICK 1986 - 1988
	Super Sloppy Double Dare	NICK 1987 NICK 1989
	Family Double Dare	FOX 1988 NICK 1990-1993
	Double Dare 2000	NICK 2000
28.	The Dating Game	ABC 1965 - 1973 SYN 1973 - 1974 SYN 1978 - 1980 SYN 1986 - 1989 SYN 1996 - 1999
27.	I've Got a Secret	CBS 1952 - 1967 SYN 1972 - 1973 CBS 1976 OXY 2001 GSN 2006 - present
26.	Name That Tune	NBC/CBS 1953 - 1959 NBC/SYN 1974 - 1981 SYN 1984 - 1986
25.	Wheel of Fortune	NBC 1975 - 1989 SYN 1983 - present CBS 1989 - 1991 NBC 1991
24.	You Bet Your Life	NBC 1950 - 1961
23.	Beat the Clock	CBS 1950 - 1958 ABC 1958 - 1961 SYN 1969 - 1974 CBS 1979 - 1980 PAX (ION) 2002
22.	The $64,000 Question	CBS 1955 - 1958
21.	Truth or Consequences	NBC 1954 - 1965 CBS 1966 - 1975
20.	Concentration	NBC 1958 - 1959^[2] NBC 1958 - 1973 SYN 1973 - 1978 NBC 1987 - 1991^[3]
19.	Hollywood Squares	NBC 1966 - 1981 SYN 1971 - 1981 SYN 1986 - 1989 SYN 1998 - 2004
18.	Let's Make a Deal	NBC 1963 - 1968 ABC 1968 - 1976 SYN 1971 - 1977 SYN 1980 - 1981 SYN 1984 - 1986 NBC 1990 - 1991 NBC 2003
17.	Video Village	CBS 1960 - 1962
16.	The Gong Show	NBC/SYN 1976 - 1980
15.	Twenty-One	NBC 1956 - 1958 NBC 2000
14.	Family Feud	ABC 1976 - 1985 SYN 1977 - 1984 CBS 1988 - 1993 SYN 1988 - 1995 SYN 1999 - present
13.	Queen for a Day	NBC 1956 - 1964
12.	Survivor	CBS 2000 - present
11.	The Newlywed Game	ABC 1966 - 1974 ^[4] ABC 1967 - 1971 ^[4] SYN 1977 - 1980 ABC 1984 SYN 1985 - 1989 SYN 1997 - 2000
10.	Match Game	NBC 1962 - 1969 CBS 1973 - 1979 SYN 1975 - 1982 ABC 1990 - 1991 SYN 1998 - 1999
9.	To Tell the Truth	CBS 1956 - 1968 SYN 1969 - 1978 SYN 1980 - 1981 NBC 1990 - 1991 SYN 2000 - 2002
8.	Masquerade Party	ABC/NBC/CBS 1952 - 1960 SYN 1974 - 1975
7.	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	ABC 1999 - 2002 SYN 2002 - present ABC 2004^[5]
6.	Pyramid	CBS 1973 - 1974 ABC 1974 - 1980 SYN 1974 - 1979 SYN 1981 CBS 1982 - 1987 SYN 1985 - 1988 CBS 1988 SYN 1991 - 1992 SYN 2002 - 2004
5.	What's My Line?	CBS 1950 - 1967 SYN 1968 - 1975
4.	Password	CBS 1961 - 1967 ABC 1971 - 1975 NBC 1979-1982^[6] NBC 1984-1989 ^[7]
3.	G.E. College Bowl	CBS 1959 - 1962 NBC 1962 - 1970
2.	Jeopardy!	NBC 1964 - 1975 SYN 1974 - 1975 NBC 1978 - 1979 SYN 1984 - present ABC 1990^[8]
1.	The Price is Right	NBC 1956 - 1963 ABC 1963 - 1965 SYN 1972 - 1980 CBS 1972 - present SYN 1985 - 1986 SYN 1994 - 1995

Notes

^ Airdates are current as of 2006, despite the list being published in 2001.
^ This version of Concentration was a nighttime version.
^ This version was called Classic Concentration.
^ ^a ^b ABC had two shows running at the same time: one during ABC daytime, the other during ABC primetime.
^ The 2004 edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was actually Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire, in which contestants played for a possible $10,000,000.
^ The 1979 version of Password was known as Password Plus.
^ The 1984 version of Password was known as Super Password.
^ The 1990 incarnation of Jeopardy! was actually Super Jeopardy!, a special

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