The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time (2006– ) User Reviews

Very Good(SPOILERS)

[I_Am_The_Taylrus · 8/10 · 1 January 2007]

SPOILERS

I am not afraid to admit it, I am a huge fan of game shows, I just love them. I was very excited when they advertised this. When they finally showed it it was not a great as I expected, it was still a very good mini-countdown. Five months after it aired I am right here commenting on it. Why? I have absolutely no idea. I guess I am just desperate. It is a good countdown.

Here is the basis of this countdown. Really, the title says it all. Bil Dwyer shows us a full-length episode of a game show and places it. For example, the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was at number five and showed the episode where David Goodman won the grand prize of one million dollars. Get it? I thought so.

Overall, this was a nice little countdown that a fan of game shows will definitely like. I was actually so surprised and also so happy when Match Game was voted the greatest game show of all time. That is my favorite game show, but I thought the Price Is Right had that spot as the greatest game show. Anyway, this is a really nice countdown of the classic and not so classic game shows.

8/10

Recommended Titles: Match Game, Jeoparody, and Family Feud.

What a treat.

[ajlposh · 10/10 · 22 October 2006]

I'm 15, and I looooooooooooooooooooooove game shows. But of course, being 15, there is a good amount of game shows that I had not seen. Then this came along. I was in awe. I saw so many great shows I have never seen before, like Let's Make a Deal, Tattletales, The Dating Game, The Gong Show, Tic Tac Dough, the school riot episode of Match Game, the "whoope" episode of the Newlywed Game, and most importantly, an episode of the Peter Marshall Hollywood Squares. That I was especially happy to see, because I had been dying to see one of those for quite some time. Unfortunately, I was on vacation for part of the time this was on, so I missed some shows I wanted to see (i.e. The Joker's Wild, $1.98 Beauty Show). But still, this was great to see, and I really enjoyed it. A must for game show fans.

One of the 50 worst countdowns of all time.

[jaurrgu6 · 1/10 · 15 September 2006]

What's happened to GSN? Instead of the classics we know and love, we're now stuck with blackjack tournaments, reality shows, and "originals." As part of the "younger demographic," I have to say, that trash has got to go.

So, now we saw what they thought their favorite 50 game shows are. This program that originally aired in the summer of 2006 is not exactly a breath of fresh air for classic game show lovers. If you're wondering why shows such as "Dog Eat Dog" and "Love Connection" were on the list, here's your answer. The producers probably saw this as a pathetic attempt at promoting their shows instead of the classics.

For one thing, there were some shows that GSN mentioned but did not air an episode. Shows like "The $64,000 Question" I can understand because the show may have been destroyed by CBS. Why "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" did not have an episode is beyond me, since both those shows are in their library. Plus, ever since they lost the rights to "The Price is Right" and others, the network's gone downhill and hasn't been the same.

Several shows deserved to be lower on the list. While I like "Match Game," I feel it did not deserve the #1 spot. Other shows that had multiple re-runs on their schedule were put near the top as well. "Family Feud," was all right at #3, owing to the fact that it just entered its eighth season in third-run syndication. Other shows such as "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" at #5 and "The Newlywed Game" at #9 did not deserve this treatment. "Millionaire" was all right when it first came out, but it isn't old enough to be considered a classic. But this is GSN: The Network for Games, not Game Show Network, so what do I know?

Other ones, like "Beat the Clock" and "Tic Tac Dough" deserved to be much higher on the list. Another fact that their "original" shows scored better than gems is also unbearable. Who here thinks "Lingo" is better than "Name That Tune" or that "Whammy!" is better than "Twenty-One" (Even if that show was rigged)!?

In conclusion, if you really want to see "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time," I recommend TVGuide's version instead. Things like this should not be left to people who time-compress shows and cut the credits in order to squeeze extra time for unnecessary commercials. This is probably the saddest excuse for a "Greatest List" I ever seen.