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The Match Game

8.1 / 10

1962

1 season

174 episodes

RealityComedyFamily

In this panel game show, contestants try to match answers given by six celebrities to humorous and often risque fill-in-the-blank questions.

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Cast

Gene Rayburn

Johnny Olson

Wayne Howell

Sally Ann Howes

Abe Burrows

Peggy Cass

Peter Lind Hayes

Carol Lawrence

Sam Levenson

Darren McGavin

Dorothy Collins

Barry Nelson

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson
10.0
31-12-196225m
Ep 2
2.Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson
02-01-196325m
Ep 3
3.Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson
03-01-196325m
Ep 4
4.Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson
04-01-196325m
Ep 5
5.Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows
07-01-196325m
Ep 6
6.Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows
08-01-196325m
Ep 7
7.Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows
09-01-196325m
Ep 8
8.Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows
10-01-196325m
Ep 9
9.Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows
11-01-196325m
Ep 10
10.Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes
14-01-196325m
Ep 11
11.Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes
15-01-196325m
Ep 12
12.Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes
16-01-196325m
Ep 13
13.Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes
17-01-196325m
Ep 14
14.Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes
18-01-196325m
Ep 15
15.Carol Lawrence & San Levenson
21-01-196325m
Ep 16
16.Carol Lawrence & Sam Levenson
22-01-196325m
Ep 17
17.Carol Lawrence & Sam Levenson
23-01-196325m
Ep 18
18.Carol Lawrence & Sam Levenson
24-01-196325m
Ep 19
19.Carol Lawrence & Sam Levenson
25-01-196325m
Ep 20
20.Betty White & Darren McGavin
28-01-196325m
Ep 21
21.Betty White & Darren McGavin
29-01-196325m
Ep 22
22.Betty White & Darren McGavin
30-01-196325m
Ep 23
23.Betty White & Darren McGavin
31-01-196325m
Ep 24
24.Betty White & Darren McGavin
01-02-196325m
The Last Day of Scoring 10 Points for The Teammate's Match and 20 Points for The Star Team Captain's Match.
Ep 25
25.Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson
04-02-196325m
This is The 1st Day of The Teammates' Match is now worth 25 Points and The Star Team Captain's Match is now worth 50 Points for now on.
Ep 26
26.Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson
05-02-196325m
Ep 27
27.Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson
06-02-196325m
Ep 28
28.Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson
07-02-196325m
Ep 29
29.Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson
08-02-196325m
Ep 30
30.Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen
11-02-196325m
Ep 31
31.Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen
12-02-196325m
Ep 32
32.Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen
13-02-196325m
Ep 33
33.Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen
14-02-196325m
Ep 34
34.Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen
15-02-196325m
Ep 35
35.Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean
18-02-196325m
Ep 36
36.Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean
19-02-196325m
Ep 37
37.Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean
20-02-196325m
Ep 38
38.Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean
21-02-196325m
Ep 39
39.Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean
22-02-196325m
Ep 40
40.Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen
25-02-196325m
Ep 41
41.Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen
26-02-196325m
Ep 42
42.Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen
27-02-196325m
Ep 43
43.Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen
28-02-196325m
Ep 44
44.Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen
01-03-196325m
Ep 45
45.Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf
04-03-196325m
Ep 46
46.Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf
05-03-196325m
Ep 47
47.Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf
06-03-196325m
Ep 48
48.Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf
07-03-196325m
Ep 49
49.Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf
08-03-196325m
Ep 50
50.Florence Henderson & Paul Ford
11-03-196325m
Ep 51
51.Florence Henderson & Paul Ford
12-03-196325m
Ep 52
52.Florence Henderson & Paul Ford
13-03-196325m
Ep 53
53.Florence Henderson & Paul Ford
14-03-196325m
Ep 54
54.Florence Henderson & Paul Ford
15-03-196325m
Ep 55
55.Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis
18-03-196325m
Ep 56
56.Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis
19-03-196325m
Ep 57
57.Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis
20-03-196325m
Ep 58
58.Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis
21-03-196325m
Ep 59
59.Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis
22-03-196325m
Ep 60
60.Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan
25-03-196325m
Ep 61
61.Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan
26-03-196325m
Ep 62
62.Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan
27-03-196325m
Ep 63
63.Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan
28-03-196325m
Ep 64
64.Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan
29-03-196325m
Ep 65
65.Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (Guest Host: Art James)
01-04-196325m
Ep 66
66.Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (Gene Rayburn's Back as The Host of "The MATCH GamE.")
02-04-196325m
Ep 67
67.Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
03-04-196325m
Ep 68
68.Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
04-04-196325m
Ep 69
69.Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
05-04-196325m
Ep 70
70.Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris
08-04-196325m
Ep 71
71.Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris
09-04-196325m
Ep 72
72.Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris
10-04-196325m
Ep 73
73.Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris
11-04-196325m
Ep 74
74.Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris
12-04-196325m
Ep 75
75.Florence Henderson & Tom Poston
15-04-196325m
Ep 76
76.Florence Henderson & Tom Poston
16-04-196325m
Ep 77
77.Florence Henderson & Tom Poston
17-04-196325m
Ep 78
78.Florence Henderson & Tom Poston
18-04-196325m
Ep 79
79.Florence Henderson & Tom Poston
19-04-196325m
Ep 80
80.Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan
22-04-196325m
Ep 81
81.Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan
23-04-196325m
Ep 82
82.Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan
24-04-196325m
Ep 83
83.Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan
25-04-196325m
Ep 84
84.Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan
26-04-196325m
Ep 85
85.Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen
29-04-196325m
Ep 86
86.Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen
30-04-196325m
Ep 87
87.Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen
01-05-196325m
Ep 88
88.Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen
02-05-196325m
Ep 89
89.Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen
03-05-196325m
Ep 90
90.Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney
10.0
06-05-196325m
Ep 91
91.Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney
07-05-196325m
Ep 92
92.Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney
08-05-196325m
Ep 93
93.Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney
09-05-196325m
Ep 94
94.Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney
10-05-196325m
Ep 95
95.Abbe Lane & Art James
13-05-196325m
Ep 96
96.Abbe Lane & Art James
14-05-196325m
Ep 97
97.Abbe Lane & Art James
15-05-196325m
Ep 98
98.Abbe Lane & Art James
16-05-196325m
Ep 99
99.Abbe Lane & Art James
17-05-196325m
Ep 100
100.Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson
20-05-196325m
This is The 100th MATCH GamE on NBC-TV In Living Color and to celebrate to Welcome Jazz Singer-Vocalist-Actress Barbara Cook & Actor-Comedian-Author Sam Levenson.
Ep 101
101.Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson
21-05-196325m
Ep 102
102.Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson
22-05-196325m
Ep 103
103.Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson
23-05-196325m
Ep 104
104.Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson
24-05-196325m
Ep 105
105.Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard
27-05-196325m
Ep 106
106.Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard
28-05-196325m
Ep 107
107.Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard
29-05-196325m
Ep 108
108.Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard
30-05-196325m
Ep 109
109.Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard
31-05-196325m
Ep 110
110.Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader
03-06-196325m
Ep 111
111.Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader
04-06-196325m
Ep 112
112.Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader
05-06-196325m
Ep 113
113.Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader
06-06-196325m
Ep 114
114.Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader
07-06-196325m
Ep 115
115.Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling
10-06-196325m
Ep 116
116.Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling
11-06-196325m
Ep 117
117.Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling
12-06-196325m
Ep 118
118.Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling
13-06-196325m
Ep 119
119.Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling
14-06-196325m
Ep 120
120.Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen
17-06-196325m
Ep 121
121.Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen
18-06-196325m
Ep 122
122.Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen
19-06-196325m
Ep 123
123.Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen
20-06-196325m
Ep 124
124.Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen
21-06-196325m
Ep 125
125.Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan
24-06-196325m
Ep 126
126.Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan
25-06-196325m
Ep 127
127.Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan
26-06-196325m
Ep 128
128.Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan
27-06-196325m
Ep 129
129.Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan
28-06-196325m
Ep 130
130.Diana Lynn & Tom Poston
01-07-196325m
Ep 131
131.Diana Lynn & Tom Poston
02-07-196325m
Ep 132
132.Diana Lynn & Tom Poston
03-07-196325m
Ep 133
133.Diana Lynn & Tom Poston
04-07-196325m
Ep 134
134.Diana Lynn & Tom Poston
05-07-196325m
Ep 135
135.Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson
08-07-196325m
Ep 136
136.Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson
09-07-196325m
Ep 137
137.Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson
10-07-196325m
Ep 138
138.Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson
11-07-196325m
Ep 139
139.Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson
12-07-196325m
Ep 140
140.Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard
15-07-196325m
Ep 141
141.Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard
16-07-196325m
Ep 142
142.Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard
17-07-196325m
Ep 143
143.Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard
18-07-196325m
Ep 144
144.Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard
19-07-196325m
Ep 145
145.Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam
22-07-196325m
Ep 146
146.Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam
23-07-196325m
Ep 147
147.Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam
24-07-196325m
Ep 148
148.Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam
25-07-196325m
Ep 149
149.Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam
26-07-196325m
Ep 150
150.Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris
29-07-196325m
This is The 150th MATCH GamE in Living Color on NBC-TV are The Star Team Captains are Singer-Vocalist-Actress Gisele MacKenzie & Movie Actor & Star Chester Morris.
Ep 151
151.Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris
30-07-196325m
Ep 152
152.Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris
31-07-196325m
Ep 153
153.Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris
01-08-196325m
Ep 154
154.Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris
02-08-196325m
Ep 155
155.Betty White & Sam Levenson
05-08-196325m
Ep 156
156.Betty White & Sam Levenson
06-08-196325m
Ep 157
157.Betty White & Sam Levenson
07-08-196325m
Ep 158
158.Betty White & Sam Levenson
08-08-196325m
Ep 159
159.Betty White & Sam Levenson
09-08-196325m
Ep 160
160.Joan Fontaine & Alan Young
12-08-196325m
Ep 161
161.Joan Fontaine & Alan Young
13-08-196325m
Ep 162
162.Joan Fontaine & Alan Young
14-08-196325m
Ep 163
163.Joan Fontaine & Alan Young
15-08-196325m
Ep 164
164.Joan Fontaine & Alan Young
16-08-196325m
Ep 165
165.Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan
10.0
19-08-196325m
Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan are reunited from "I'VE GOT A SECRET" onto "The MATCH GamE" and it's a crossover show.
Ep 166
166.Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan
10.0
20-08-196325m
Ep 167
167.Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan
10.0
21-08-196325m
Ep 168
168.Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan
10.0
22-08-196325m
Ep 169
169.Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan
10.0
23-08-196325m
Ep 170
170.Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen
26-08-196325m
The Team Captains are Actress & Jazz Singer & Vocalist Barbara Cook & Overbearing Actor-Comedian Milt Kamen.
Ep 171
171.Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen
27-08-196325m
Ep 172
172.Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen (The March on Washington, DC & Dr. MLK Speech "I Have A Dream.")
28-08-196325m
Ep 173
173.Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen
29-08-196325m
Ep 174
174.Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen
30-08-196325m

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