The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)
Hollywood Squares (originally The Hollywood Squares) is an American game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The show piloted on NBC in 1965 and the regular series debuted in 1966 on the same network. The board for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host and the contestants judge the truth of their answers to gain squares in the right pattern to win the game.
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| Created by | Merrill Heatter
Bob Quigley |
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| Directed by | JEROME SHAW
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| Presented by | Peter Marshall (1966–1981)
Jon Bauman (1983–1984) John Davidson (1986–1989) Tom Bergeron (1998–2004) |
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| Narrated by | Kenny Williams (1966–1981)
Gene Wood (1983–1984) Shadoe Stevens (1986–1989, 1998–2002) Jeffrey Tambor (2002–2003) John Moschitta Jr. (2003–2004) |
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opening theme
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| Country of origin | United States
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 14 (NBC daytime)
3 (Davidson) 6 (Bergeron) |
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| No. of episodes | 3,536 (NBC daytime)
585 (Davidson) 1,050 (Bergeron) |
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news editor
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| Running time | 22–24 minutes
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| Production company | Heatter-Quigley Productions
(1966–1981) Century Towers Productions (1986–1989) Moffitt/Lee Productions (1998–2002) One Ho Productions (1998–2002) Henry Winkler-Michael Levitt Productions (2002–2004) Columbia TriStar Television (1998–2001) Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001–2003) Sony Pictures Television (2003–2004) King World (1998–2004) |
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| Distributor | Rhodes Productions
(1971–1979) Filmways Enterprises (1979–1981) Orion Television Syndication (1986–1989) King World (1998–2004) |
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| Original release | October 17, 1966–June 20, 1980
(NBC Daytime) January 12, 1968–September 13, 1968 (NBC Primetime) January 4, 1969–August 30, 1969 (NBC Saturday morning) November 1, 1971–April 10, 1981 (syndication) September 15, 1986–June 16, 1989 and September 14, 1998 – June 4, 2004 (daily syndication) |
CHRONOLOGY
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| Years active | 1966-2004
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| Players | 2+ People
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random chance
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starring
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| No. of episodes | 5217 (All Editions Combined)
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| Original release | October 17, 1966-September 10, 2004
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| Filming dates | September 1966-May 2004
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celebrity winner
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