Match Game 1973

Overview

Match Game is a television game show that aired from 1973 to 1990. The program functioned as a five-day-a-week successor to a popular CBS game show. In the format, two contestants competed to match fill-in-the-blank phrases with answers provided by a panel of six celebrities. The show featured host Gene Rayburn and announcer Johnny Olson, with regular panelists including Brett Somers and Richard Dawson. The CBS version of the program, which ran from 1973 to 1979, received two nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show in 1976 and 1977. Additionally, TV Guide ranked this version of the series as number four on its 2013 list of the sixty greatest game shows of all time. The production remains a notable entry in the history of the genre, characterized by its panel-based gameplay and consistent weekday broadcast schedule. The show is distinct from unrelated entities such as dating applications or websites that share similar terminology in their branding.