Everything Old is New Again - Game Shows - Part 4a
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222285)
United States
December 14, 2025 1:48am CST
2000 - 2025
Game shows, along with reality shows, had a huge increase in the 2000s and continue to grow. There is even the Game Show Network now that features game shows until 4 am each day.
Just some of the game shows: Amazing Race (there has been an increase in competition shows), Survivor, Deal or No Deal (Howie Mandel is host), Are You Smarter Than a Sixth Grader?, Cash Cab, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, The Golden Bachelor, Farmer Wants a Wife, Fear Factor, Wipeout, 99 to Beat (Ken Jeong and Erin Andrews host), The Floor hosted by actor Rob Lowe, The Bridge, American Says hosted by John Michael Higgins, Bingo Blitz hosted by Valerie Bertanelli, Tic Tac Dough hosted by Brook Burns, The Wall (Executive Producer is LeBron James), Common Knowledge hosted by Joey Fatone, Match Game has been hosted by Alec Baldwin and Martin Short, Card Sharks hosted by Joel McHale.
You will notice that there has been a trend for game shows to be hosted or produced by TV and movie stars, news anchors and sports figures.
To be continued...
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@snowy22315 (208758)
• United States
14 Dec
I take it you a re a game show fan. I watcn them very little.
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@snowy22315 (208758)
• United States
16 Dec
@LindaOHio Some people want to rigorously test themselves I guess for unknown ressons.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
15 Dec
I go in spurts. Right now I watch game shows. At other times I watch true crime shows, courtroom shows. I also am a closet reality show watcher.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
16 Dec
@snowy22315 Yeah, that competition is really hardcore.
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Dec
I miss the bygone days of great game shows. I grew up watching The Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and more. Such great memories. And even today there are great shows that are on; many of those you listed above are ones I enjoy watching.
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Dec
@LindaOHio I know, and I wish I had more time to watch them. I could definitely see myself as a couch potato watching game shows all day long!
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
21 Dec
@moffittjc I hope you are having a good weekend.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
14 Dec
I've been watching the Game Show Network lately. I especially enjoy the trivia shows. Keeps my mind sharp and I can see how much I know or don't know!
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@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
14 Dec
@LindaOHio Good for you. I like to watch crime shows.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
15 Dec
@jstory07 I like true crime. I used to like to read about it too.
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@DaddyEvil (174263)
• United States
14 Dec
The only one of those I've ever seen is Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? I only watched it a few times. We saw it at a friend's house since we stopped watching television in the early 2000s.
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@DaddyEvil (174263)
• United States
15 Dec
@LindaOHio Nope. She plays games online. I watch YT videos.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
15 Dec
@DaddyEvil Cousin #2 is exactly like you. Doesn't watch TV, reads voraciously and watches YT videos.
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@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Dec
Some of my favotites I keep rewatching but starting to get tired of them,
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@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Dec
@LindaOHio 
What about Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
16 Dec
@RasmaSandra I love that show. I think it's in Part 4b.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
15 Dec
I like the trivia shows. Keeps my mind sharp and lets me know what I know and don't know!!!
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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14 Dec
I always enjoyed those old game shows like Password; The Price is Right and Let's Make a Deal. My mom's favorite was Wheel of Fortune. And Jeopardy was my favorite.
Seems game shows never go out of style even today.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
15 Dec
They have been getting more and more popular this year..
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Dec
I've watched on with Rob Lowe as the host, but I don't think it was called The Floor. Some of these others are familiar to me. I used to be quite a Bachelor fan but I don't watch it anymore.
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@FourWalls (86580)
• United States
14 Dec
I think I outgrew them by the start of the 21st century.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
15 Dec
I like the trivia shows. Keeps my mind sharp.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
15 Dec
I like the trivia shows. I hope they keep my mind sharp.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89426)
• Rupert, Idaho
15 Dec
I've seen a lot of these ones...except for the ones like Survivor, Amazing Race, Farmer wants a wife, any of the bachelors, etc...but the rest of the list I pretty much have. Usually my mom has it on the game show channel So I see them 4-6 on weekdays lol
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
16 Dec
Yeah, I've been on a game show binge lately. I used to watch true crime shows, courtroom shows, American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Storage Wars, etc. etc.
@MommyOfEli2013 (89426)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 Dec
@LindaOHio Well game shows can be fun. We've been watching a lot of 911
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