"Ask the Family Ask the Family is a British game show that was first broadcast on BBC1 from 12 June 1967 to 22 October 1984 hosted by Robert Robinson and then on UK Gold from 6 June to 10 October 1999 hosted by Alan Titchmarsh and from 4 April to 5 May 2005 hosted by Dick & Dom on BBC Two. The theme music, with its distinctive sitar, was ""Acka Raga"" by John Mayer and Joe Harriott. The show took the form of a quiz contest between two teams, with each team consisting of four members of a single family"
"For each question, both spouses of each celebrity couple gave individual numerical answers which were averaged into their combined answer. After the celebrity couples gave their answers, a studio audience member guessed which couple was the closest. A correct answer won $100 for the audience member. By the fall of 1969, each win awarded a prize instead of cash. In 1970, audience members who won four prizes in a row also won a new car. Gameplay remained similar in this version with three teams each with two civilian contestants competing. Once again, both players on each team gave individual numerical"
"– two parents and two teenage children. Over the course of the thirty-minute show the teams were asked a variety of general knowledge questions and mental puzzles, with the winner advancing to the next round. The teams were asked questions, with certain questions directed at only certain members of the family – such as ""children only"", or ""father and elder child only"". The series was in knockout format with each week's winner returning in the next round. The show was parodied in contemporary comedy TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, notably in ""Not the Nine O'Clock News"" in which"
"seventh season. Home and Family Home and Family (formerly The Home and Family Show) is an American morning talk show originally hosted by Cristina Ferrare, Michael Burger, and Chuck Woolery. The show premiered on April 1, 1996, on The Family Channel and ran until August 14, 1998, featuring numerous recurring and regular personalities known as ""the family"" who share tips on beauty, crafts, cooking, and the like. Originally among the family were Jamie Gwen (chef); Candace Garvey (lifestyles); Mayita Dinos (gardening); Bob Golic (variety of topics); and The Carey Brothers (carpentry and home repairs). The show was revived in 2012"
"The Smith Family (TV series) The Smith Family is an American comedy-drama television series starring Henry Fonda and Ron Howard and produced by Don Fedderson Productions in association with CBS television. The series aired on ABC from January 20, 1971 to June 7, 1972, for 39 episodes. Chad Smith is a police detective in Los Angeles. The show covered the exploits of Sergeant Smith and his relationships with his wife Betty and their three children, 18-year-old Cindy, 15-year-old Bob and 7-year-old Brian. The opening season theme song was ""Primrose Lane"", composed by Red Callender (as George Callender) and Wayne Shanklin."
"The Smith Family (TV series) The Smith Family is an American comedy-drama television series starring Henry Fonda and Ron Howard and produced by Don Fedderson Productions in association with CBS television. The series aired on ABC from January 20, 1971 to June 7, 1972, for 39 episodes. Chad Smith is a police detective in Los Angeles. The show covered the exploits of Sergeant Smith and his relationships with his wife Betty and their three children, 18-year-old Cindy, 15-year-old Bob and 7-year-old Brian. The opening season theme song was ""Primrose Lane"", composed by Red Callender (as George Callender) and Wayne Shanklin."
"on 10 August 2008, aged 73. Terry died on 31 October 2016, at age 82. The format was revived in 2008 (see ""The Family""). The Family (1974 TV series) The Family was a 1974 BBC television series made by producer Paul Watson, and directed by Franc Roddam. It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary series, seen by many as the precursor to reality television. It was similar to an American documentary which had aired the previous year in 1973 (but which had been filmed in 1971), called ""An American Family"". It followed the working-class Wilkins family of six (led by Margaret and"
"1970–1971 season. Tom Kennedy moderated for the following year (1971–1972), followed by Lyle Waggoner, then an actor specializing in comedies and a regular repertory-company participant on ""The Carol Burnett Show,"" for its final season. Kennedy had previously guest-hosted for March for a week which included Waggoner and his wife as guests. The two celebrity couples played for members of the studio audience. One player on the team bet 25, 50, 75, or 100 points (always these increments and never more) on his/her spouse's ability to answer a question. A question was telephoned in secret to the betting player by the"
"show in 1977. Bert Convy and his wife, Anne, occasionally played the game during the 1970s run, most often during weeks in which the panel was made up entirely of other game show hosts and their spouses. Among the hosts who filled in for Convy during these episodes were Gene Rayburn, Bob Barker, Bobby Van, Jack Narz and Richard Dawson. All five hosts also participated in playing the game along with other hosts such as Allen Ludden, Bill Cullen and Chuck Woolery. The show changed its format after its first four months on the air. The second format remained for"
"The Family (1974 TV series) The Family was a 1974 BBC television series made by producer Paul Watson, and directed by Franc Roddam. It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary series, seen by many as the precursor to reality television. It was similar to an American documentary which had aired the previous year in 1973 (but which had been filmed in 1971), called ""An American Family"". It followed the working-class Wilkins family of six (led by Margaret and Terry, who divorced in 1978) of Reading, through their daily lives, warts and all, and culminated in the marriage of one of the daughters,"
"in syndication from 1972–1973; ""Parent"" creator Gary Jonke served as supervising producer on ""Wait 'til You Have Kids"". A scenario question was asked to the three couples, with three possible responses by the parents given, labeled A, B, and C. One couple at a time, the parents selected the response they would most likely use in that situation by placing a block labeled ""A"", ""B"", or ""C"" on the top of the score table in front of them, and explain their rationale for choosing that response. A question would be as follows: Scenario: Your 17-year-old daughter gets grounded for her"
"The Partridge Family The Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones played a widowed mother, and Cassidy played the oldest of her five children who embarked on a music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until March 23, 1974, on the ABC network as part of a Friday-night lineup, and had subsequent runs in syndication. The family was loosely based on the real-life musical family The Cowsills, a popular band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the pilot episode, a group of musical siblings in the fictitious city of"
"The Family Game (game show) The Family Game was a game show that ran on ABC for six months in 1967. Geoff Edwards was originally to host the (unrecorded) pilot, but was dropped at the last minute and was replaced by producer Chuck Barris. Although ABC bought the series, they mandated that someone other than Barris be the host; Bob Barker, then hosting ""Truth or Consequences"" and also began hosting the Miss USA & Miss Universe Pageants on CBS that year, was selected without a screen test or pilot. ""The Family Game"" was played similar to Barris' more popular ABC"
"as a competition to see who can ""be the most 70s."" The twelve contestants were: Andrew Severyn, Ashley McCarthy, Corey Hartwyk, Geo Herrera, Hailley Howard, Jami Stallings, Joey Mendicino, Lynda Khristine, Lee Wireman, Peter, Ruben, and Sarah Bray. On each episode contestants were assigned tasks by Oscar, the house's unseen owner who communicated over speakerphone in an obvious parody of Charlie from Charlie's Angels. Dawn, the peppy host, acted as a liaison between the contestants and Oscar and instructed them on how to complete the tasks. After finishing the task Oscar awarded a prize to the contestant (or team) which"
"Archive. The episode features Stu Gilliam, Rose Marie, Meredith MacRae, Marty Allen and Dean Jones. In addition, another four episodes are known to circulate among video collectors. This theme song was later used by KPRC-TV in Houston, for their late afternoon newscast, ""The Scene at 5"", with Ron Stone & Doug Johnson, from the 70's to the early 80's. The theme song is a variant of ""Shades"" by Patrick Williams, released in 1968. Funny You Should Ask (1968 game show) Funny You Should Ask is an American television series that aired from 1968 to 1969 on ABC. Hosted by Lloyd"
"or some other form of word play (example: ""Tiny Tee Hee... ""I didn't raise my daughter to be fiddled with,"" said the pussycat as she rescued her offspring from the violin factory""). Viewers at home were also invited to send their own joke or phrase, which if used, could win them a small prize. The show premiered on CHCH in 1970. In its first season the show was hosted by Al Boliska, who was succeeded in 1971 by Bill Walker. Walker hosted for the remainder of the show's run. ""Party Game"" was produced by Riff Markowitz, the executive producer and"
"Let's Pop the Question Let's Pop the Question was an American television series which aired from 1947 to 1948. While only aired on a single station, it is of some interest as an early example of a television game show. It aired on Philadelphia station WFIL-TV, and was a half-hour show. It is not known if it ever had a sponsor (it is listed in a 1947 edition of ""Billboard"" as not having one during the episode reviewed, see below). George Cahan was the host of the ""telephone quizzer"". In the show, pictures of famous people were shown, and contestants"
"or syndicated programming, although the series ran over a full year due to its popularity. On Monday, August 3, 1970, the show was replaced by ""Dinah's Place"", a women's talk/variety/homemaker's half-hour hosted by entertainer Dinah Shore. The revival ran on The Family Channel from March 10 to May 30, 1997 and was hosted by Dick Clark (who appeared on the NBC series with his wife) with Burton Richardson announcing. The series was produced by Mark Phillips Philms & Telephision with Phillips serving as Executive Producer. Rich DeMichele was producer while Gary Jonke was the writer. The status of the NBC"
"Regular panelists on the Rod Serling version included Jonathan Harris and Betty White. Frequent panelists on the 1970s version included White (then Allen Ludden's wife), Joey Bishop, Dick Gautier, Fannie Flagg, David Letterman and Larry Hovis, who also produced this version. Canadian TV host and comedian John Barbour was a regular panelist throughout the 1980s version, and the three other panelists originally changed from week to week. Jimmie Walker, Shannon Tweed and Pete Barbutti later joined Barbour as permanent panelists. In 1991, a show titled ""The Next Line"" and hosted by Kevin Frank, was produced in Canada. The format had"
"63. Mike Darow Mike Darow (often incorrectly referred to as Mike Darrow, born Darow Myhowich; January 8, 1933 – December 7, 1996) was a Canadian-born television game show host. Darow is best known for hosting the 1968-1970 ABC run of ""Dream House"" in the United States, the 1985-1988 Canada-produced run of the Bob Stewart game show, ""Jackpot"" (seen in the U.S. on the USA Network), and ""Club 6"" from 1960 to 1962. He also hosted the first season of the game show ""The $128,000 Question,"" a syndicated revival of ""The $64,000 Question,"" in 1976. Darow's announcing work included the NBC"
"It Takes Two (game show) It Takes Two is a game show in which contestants gave numerical answers to questions (which usually entail stunts and/or demonstrations). The original program was created and produced by Ralph Andrews and aired on NBC from March 31, 1969 to July 31, 1970 at 10:00 AM Eastern. A second version, produced by Mark Phillips Philms & Telephision, aired on The Family Channel (now Freeform) in 1997. Vin Scully hosted the NBC version with John Harlan as announcer and on-camera assistant. The 1997 version was hosted by Dick Clark. Three celebrity couples competed in this version."
"Funny You Should Ask (1968 game show) Funny You Should Ask is an American television series that aired from 1968 to 1969 on ABC. Hosted by Lloyd Thaxton, it was a comedy game show featuring celebrities, and aired as part of a programming block that also included ""The Newlywed Game"" and ""The Dating Game"". The series debuted on October 28, 1968, and was produced by Heatter-Quigley Productions. Among the show's frequent celebrity guests were Jan Murray, Rose Marie, Stu Gilliam, and Jim Backus. Additionally, many of the celebrities were fixtures on fellow Heatter-Quigley game show ""Hollywood Squares"" and several other"
"produced by Blair Murdoch at CKVU-TV in Vancouver, British Columbia. A panel of four celebrity guests was presented with an unusual object, with each celebrity providing an explanation of the object's use. Contestants then attempted to guess which panelist was providing the accurate description. Two contestants competed on the 1969 version, while the first season of the 70s version and the 1988 revival featured four contestants, and the two seasons (1977–79) with Ludden had three. On the 1969 version, the contestant who made the most correct guesses during the episode won $100. For all later versions, contestants began the game"
"home"". He was replaced by Kenneth Horne until 1967, followed by David Franklin from 1970 to 1972. A revival ran for one season in the 1990s on BBC Radio 4, hosted by Jeremy Beadle. A version with a rival line-up, produced by commercial station Radio Luxembourg, is not acknowledged by the BBC. Another revival, under the title ""Guess What?"", was hosted by Barry Took for a single series in 1998. A televised version ran from 1960 to 1961, produced by Associated-Rediffusion for ITV and hosted by Peter Jones (who later hosted in 1974). The ""mystery voice"" later became a running"
"show. ABC brought it back on a weekly basis in 1970, in ""Make Room for Granddaddy"". For the series premiere, Sherry Jackson reprised her role of oldest daughter Terry. No mention was made of her husband Pat Hannigan. Instead, for this new version of the series, Terry's husband was named Bill, who was a soldier. In this episode, Terry left her son, six-year-old Michael (played by Michael Hughes), in the care of grandparents Danny and Kathy so she could join Bill, who was stationed overseas. In addition to Lord, Hamer and Cartwright, the only other returning regulars were Sid Melton"
"the 1969 series. The format features only one celebrity couple (Gene Rayburn and his wife Helen) playing against three civilian couples. The pilot exists as a black-and-white kinescope, although virtually all American television production had fully converted to color by this point. The 1971 pilot of the same name used a similar format. Round 1 was the same as what made it to air, only using dollars instead of points and buzzers instead of raising their hands. The remaining teams were given $400, $200, and $100 depending on where they finished. In Round 2, three questions were asked to each"
"the Family"" and is hosted by the show's creator, Norman Lear. Lear addresses a theater filled with 100 couples who have traveled from 48 states for the celebration and explains that the evening will feature ""choice moments"" from the long-running series. A variety of episode clips are then screened, grouped thematically by topic, including groundbreaking television moments, political arguments between Mike and Archie, Edith's character, Christianity, Archie's bigotry and human sexuality. Between screenings, Lear discusses the program's groundbreaking role in bringing real-life subject matters to television – material that had been censored in the past. Lear quotes ""Time"" magazine, in"
"Cinemascope version of the film was first telecast as a Thanksgiving Day special by CBS, on the evening of November 26, 1970. Unlike some later telecasts of the film, this one was presented complete and uncut, except for the Overture, Entr'acte, and Exit Music. As with its 1960s telecasts of ""The Wizard of Oz"", CBS felt that the film needed a host to introduce it, so they brought in Sebastian Cabot, Anissa Jones, Johnny Whitaker, and Kathy Garver, all from the long-running CBS sitcom ""Family Affair"", to serve as hosts. The four of them, rather than appearing as themselves, spoke"
"Where in the World? (Irish game show) Where in the World? was an Irish quiz show presented firstly by Marty Whelan and subsequently by Theresa Lowe that was broadcast for nine series between 1987 and 1996. The show featured two teams of four made up of two families, answering a series of geography-based questions. A Little Bit TV (Episode 7) focuses on Theresa Lowe the TV presenter who presented Where in the World? During the 80’s & 90’s. 6 Rounds. 2 Families. 1 Holiday. Teams are made up of 4 family members. Each opposing family member goes head to head"
"being produced in Philadelphia at the time. Let's Pop the Question Let's Pop the Question was an American television series which aired from 1947 to 1948. While only aired on a single station, it is of some interest as an early example of a television game show. It aired on Philadelphia station WFIL-TV, and was a half-hour show. It is not known if it ever had a sponsor (it is listed in a 1947 edition of ""Billboard"" as not having one during the episode reviewed, see below). George Cahan was the host of the ""telephone quizzer"". In the show, pictures"
"MTV's The 70s House MTV's The 70s House is an American reality television show created by Aaron Matthew Lee. The show premiered on MTV on July 5 and ended September 6, 2005. The show featured twelve contestants (six male, six female) who thought they were participating in a ""The Real World""-type reality show, but instead were thrust into a 24/7 simulation of the 1970s. They were required to part with all modern technology including cell phones, laptops, and MP3 players, as well as all modern clothing and lingo, only to adopt their cultural equivalents of the 1970s. It was billed"
"Just Ask, Inc. Just Ask, Inc. is a Canadian children's science television series which aired on CBC Television in 1981. David Suzuki hosted this science series geared towards children between ages eight and twelve. Topics included anatomy, astronomy, nature, snoring and the twinkling of stars. Neil McInnes provided animated segments. This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 4 February to 25 March 1981, then another series run Mondays at 4:00 p.m. from 19 October to 28 December 1981. His co-host was a robot, Lustra (Joan Stuart voice) in the first season and Ami (Luba Goy voice)"
"Archive, and was also shown briefly in the Game Show Network original, ""As Seen On"". The Family Game (game show) The Family Game was a game show that ran on ABC for six months in 1967. Geoff Edwards was originally to host the (unrecorded) pilot, but was dropped at the last minute and was replaced by producer Chuck Barris. Although ABC bought the series, they mandated that someone other than Barris be the host; Bob Barker, then hosting ""Truth or Consequences"" and also began hosting the Miss USA & Miss Universe Pageants on CBS that year, was selected without a"