Name Something a Kid Would Do After School to Make an Extra Buck Family Feud

American tv game show

Family Feud
Genre	Game bear witness
Created past	Mark Goodson
Directed by	Paul Alter Marc Breslow Andy Felsher Lenn Goodside Ken Fuchs Hugh Bartlett
Presented by	Richard Dawson Ray Combs Louie Anderson Richard Karn John O'Hurley Steve Harvey
Narrated by	Factor Wood Burton Richardson Joey Fatone Rubin Ervin
Theme music composer	Walt Levinsky Edd Kalehoff John Lewis Parker
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	22
No. of episodes	ii,311 (ABC Daytime; 1976–1985) 976 (Syndicated; 1977–1985) 17 (ABC Primetime; 1978–1984)[1] [ amend source needed ]
Production
Executive producer	Steve Harvey
Producers	Howard Felsher Cathy Dawson Gary Dawson
Running fourth dimension	22–26 minutes: Syndicated (1977–1985, 1988–1995, 1999–2022) 42–44 minutes: ABC specials (1978–1984) CBS (1988–1993) Syndicated (1994–95)
Production companies	Marker Goodson-Bill Todman Productions Mark Goodson Productions Pearson Tv Fremantle Northward America The Family unit Visitor Feudin' Productions Wanderlust Productions
Distributor	Viacom Enterprises LBS Communications All American Television Pearson Television Tribune Entertainment Debmar-Mercury
Release
Original network	ABC CBS Syndicated SCTV Trans TV ANTV Net.
Picture format	NTSC HDTV 720p/1080i
Audio format	Mono Stereo 5.i Surround
Original release	July 12, 1976 (1976-07-12) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Celebrity Family Feud
External links
Website

Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson in which two families compete to proper name the nearly pop answers to survey questions in order to win greenbacks and prizes.

The testify has had 3 separate runs, the start of which started in 1976. Its original run from 1976 to 1985 aired on ABC and in syndication, with Richard Dawson every bit host. In 1988, the serial was revived and aired on both CBS and in syndication with Ray Combs hosting until 1994, with Dawson returning until that version concluded in 1995. In 1999, the series was revived through its first-run syndication with iv different hosts: Louie Anderson (1999–2002), Richard Karn (2002–2006), John O'Hurley (2006–2010), and Steve Harvey (2010–present). Studio announcers who introduced the contestants and read credits included Gene Forest (1976–1995), Burton Richardson (1999–2010), Joey Fatone (2010–2015), and Rubin Ervin (2015–present).

Inside a year of its debut, the original version became the number ane game testify in daytime television; however, every bit viewing habits changed, the ratings declined. Harvey becoming host in 2010 increased Nielsen ratings significantly and eventually placed the program among the tiptop 3 most-popular syndicated television shows in the United States. Harvey has also surpassed every previous host in tenure, although Dawson hosted more episodes of the prove.

The program has produced multiple regional adaptations in over 50 international markets outside the Usa. Reruns of episodes hosted by Steve Harvey air on Game Prove Network, too as in syndication while reruns of earlier versions air on Buzzr. Aside from goggle box shows, there have been also many abode editions produced in board game, interactive film, and video game formats.

Gameplay [edit]

2 family teams of 5 contestants (reduced to four contestants for the 1994–95 flavour) each compete to win cash past offer answers to survey questions. The original version of the show began with the families being introduced, seated opposite each other as if posing for family portraits, afterward which the host interviewed them.^[2]

The minimum historic period to participate in Family Feud is 15, although every family must accept at least one person who is 18 years or older. Each round begins with a "face-off" question that serves as a toss-up between two opposing contestants. The host asks a survey question that was previously posed to a group of 100 people, such as "Name the hour that you get up on Sunday mornings."^[three] A certain number of answers are concealed on the board, ranked by popularity of the survey's responses. Simply answers said by at least two people can announced on the board. The kickoff contestant to fizz-in gives an reply; if it is the near pop, his/her family immediately wins the confront-off. Otherwise, the opponent responds and the family unit member providing the college-ranked answer wins. Ties are cleaved in favor of the contestant who buzzes in commencement. If neither contestant'south answer is on the lath, the other eight contestants take a chance to reply, ane at a time from alternating sides, until an respond is revealed. The family that wins the face-off may choose to play the question or pass control to their opponents (except on the 1988–95 versions, when the family unit who won the face-off automatically gained command of the question).^[iii]

The family unit with control of the question and so tries to win the round by guessing all of the remaining concealed answers, with each member giving one answer in sequence. Giving an incorrect reply, or declining to respond, earns a strike. Three strikes gives their opponents a gamble to "steal" the points for the round by guessing any remaining answers. Otherwise, the points back to the family that originally had command. From 1992 to 2003, the value of the "stealing" respond was credited to the "stealing" family. If the opponents are given the opportunity to "steal" the points, and then only their team's helm is required to answer the question. For most of the series, this is done after the family confers with each other; the simply exception was on the 1988 serial where each family fellow member was polled for an answer with the squad captain having the choice to either select i of the family's answers or give a different answer.^[three] Whatever remaining concealed answers on the board that were not guessed are and so revealed.

Answers are worth one point for every person in the 100-member survey who gave them. The winning family in each circular scores the total points for all revealed answers to that question, including those given during the face-off just excluding the 1 used to steal (if applicative). The number of answers on the board decreases from round to round, and every bit the game progresses, certain rounds are played for double or triple betoken value.^[2]

For about of the prove's being, the commencement team to reach or surpass a certain point total won the game. The most mutual goal has been 300 points but there have been exceptions. When the original serial starting time premiered, the goal was 200 points and for its final year, it was increased to 400 points.^[4] From the debut of the original series until 1992, families were awarded $1 per bespeak scored.

From 1999 to 2003, the family unit with the highest signal total after 4 rounds of play won the game regardless of their score. The beginning three rounds were played as normal rounds. In the fourth rounds, the betoken values would be tripled, but the families were only allowed 1 strike if they had command. In the rare instance that the family unit in control was trailing and could not accrue plenty points to potentially overtake the leaders before striking out, the game would end without the other family attempting to steal (since they no longer needed to).

On the first two series a match continued until a family reached the goal. The current series reinstated the 300 indicate goal in 2003 but kept the four round format. If neither family unit has reached 300 points afterward four rounds, 1 more triple value question is played as a sudden expiry faceoff. Only the top answer is displayed on the board, and the start contestant to fizz in with it wins the points and the game for their team.

In the original periodic primetime specials, three games were played, with the first two using the $200 format. For the third game, merely one question round was played with the winning two celebrity teams from the previous rounds playing.^[5]

Fast Money [edit]

At the end of the principal game, the winning family selects 2 members to play the prove'due south bonus round, known every bit "Fast Money". Ane contestant is onstage with the host, while the other is sequestered backstage with headphones then as non to hear or run across the outset portion of the round. The starting time contestant is asked five rapid-fire survey questions and has a set up time limit in which to answer them (originally 15 seconds, extended to 20 in 1994); fourth dimension begins to run only after the first question is asked, and the first contestant may pass on a question and render to it after all five have been asked, if time remains.

Afterwards the commencement contestant has finished answering or run out of fourth dimension, he or she is awarded a betoken for each person in the survey who gave the same response. Once these points are tallied, the board is cleared except for the total score, and the second contestant is then brought out to respond the same five questions. The same rules are followed, but the time limit is extended by five seconds (originally 20, then extended to 25); in addition, if the second contestant duplicates an answer given by the kickoff, a buzzer sounds and he or she must requite another reply. The family is awarded $5 for each point. If the ii contestants reach a combined total of 200 points or more, the family wins a greenbacks prize.^[3]

The cash prize for winning Fast Money has varied. During the ABC and CBS incarnations of the show, the top prize was $five,000,^{[6] [seven]} and $10,000 in syndication. In 2001, the prize was doubled to $xx,000.^[viii]

In the original periodic primetime specials, each game was followed by a Fast Money round. The starting time two were each worth $five,000, and the concluding i was worth $10,000.^[5]

Returning champions [edit]

When Family unit Feud premiered on ABC, network rules dictated how much a family could win. Once whatever family reached $25,000, they were retired as champions.^{[9] [ meliorate source needed ]} The accompanying syndicated series that premiered in 1977 featured two new families each episode because of a then common tv set syndication practice known as "bicycling" (wherein individual stations sent an episode of a series they had already aired to another station, reducing the number of tapes a syndicator had to send out but as well ensuring that stations did not air the aforementioned episode of a show the same day, nor were they assured of ambulation in a proper sequence).

The CBS daytime and syndicated versions which began airing in 1988 as well featured returning champions, who could appear for a maximum of five days.^{[ten] [ meliorate source needed ]} For a brief period in the 1994–95 flavor which aired in syndication, at that place were no returning champions. For these episodes, 2 new families competed in this first one-half of each episode. The second half featured former champion families who appeared on Family Feud between 1976 and 1985, with the winner of the first one-half of the testify playing one of these families in the second half.^{[11] [ better source needed ]}

In some example from 1992 to 1995, the returning champions just continue until they are defeated. From 1999 to 2002, ii new families appeared on each episode. In 2002, the returning champions dominion was reinstated with the same five-day limit.^{[12] [ better source needed ]} In 2009, a new car was appear for a family who wins v games in a row.

Bullseye/Bankroll game [edit]

In June 1992, the CBS daytime edition of Feud expanded from 30 to 60 minutes and became known as the Family unit Feud Challenge. As part of the modify, a new round was added at the offset of each game called "Bullseye". This circular determined the potential Fast Money stake for each squad.^[xiii] Each team was given a starting value for their banking concern and attempted to come with the top answer to a survey question to add to it. The Bullseye round was added to the syndicated edition in September 1992, which remained xxx minutes and was retitled as the New Family Feud.

The first two members of each family unit appeared at the face-off podium and were asked a question to which only the number-one answer was available. Giving the top answer added the value for that question to the family unit's bank. The process then repeated with the 4 remaining members from each family. On the first half of the daytime version, families were staked with $2,500. The showtime question was worth $500, with each succeeding question worth $500 more than the previous, with the final question worth $2,500. This allowed for a potential maximum banking concern of $10,000. For the second one-half of the daytime version, and also on the syndicated version, all values were doubled, making the maximum potential bank $20,000. The squad that eventually won the game played for their banking concern in Fast Coin.

In 1994, with Richard Dawson returning as host, the round'due south name was changed to the "Backing" round.^[14] Although the goal remained of giving only the number-ane answer, the format was modified to three questions from v, with simply one member of each family unit participating for all three questions. The initial stake for each family remained the same ($2,500 in the first one-half of the hour and $5,000 in the second). However, the value for each question was $500, $1,500 and $ii,500 in the first one-half, with values doubling for the 2d half. This meant a potential maximum depository financial institution of $seven,000 in the first half and $14,000 in the second.^[xiv]

The Bullseye round returned for the 2009–2010 flavour and was played similarly to the format used from 1992 to 1994 on the syndicated version. V questions were asked, worth from $one,000 to $5,000. However, each family was given a $fifteen,000 starting stake, which meant a potential maximum of a $30,000 bank.

When Harvey took over as host, the Fast Money jackpot reverted to a flat $20,000.

Hosts and announcers [edit]

When Family Feud was conceived in 1976, Richard Dawson (then a regular panelist on the Goodson–Todman game bear witness Match Game) had a standing agreement with Marking Goodson that when the side by side Goodson–Todman game show was in the planning stages, Dawson would exist given an audience to host it. Dawson had read in trade publications that a pilot for a new show named Family Feud was in the works, and information technology was originally to be hosted past Star Trek actor William Shatner (although since they were involved in the run-throughs, Geoff Edwards and Jack Narz, the latter of whom reputedly was Goodson'south initial choice to host, were under consideration). Incensed, Dawson sent his amanuensis to Goodson to threaten to nowadays an un-funny, silent, and bland persona on hereafter Match Game episodes if he was non given an audition for Feud.^[15] Dawson was so selected as host of the original ABC and first syndicated versions of Family unit Feud. Every bit author David Marc put it, Dawson's on-air personality "cruel somewhere between the dotterel sincerity of Wink Martindale and the raunchy cynicism of Chuck Barris".^[16] Dawson showed himself to accept insistent affections for all of the female members of each family that competed on the show, regardless of historic period, kissing them, an human action that attracted some controversy then among viewers.^[16] Writers Tim Brooks, Jon Ellowitz, and Earle F. Marsh attributed Family Feud 's popularity to Dawson's "glib familiarity" (he had previously played Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes) and "set wit" (from his tenure as a panelist on Match Game).^[2] The bear witness's original announcer was Gene Wood,^[17] with Johnny Gilbert and Rod Roddy serving as occasional substitutes.^[eighteen]

In 1988, comedian Ray Combs took over Dawson'southward role equally host on CBS and in syndication with Wood returning as announcer and Roddy and Art James serving in that role when Wood was not available.^[xviii] Combs hosted the plan until the daytime version's cancellation in 1993 and the syndicated version until the end of the 1993–94 season. Dawson returned to the prove at the request of Mark Goodson Productions for the 1994–95 season.^[19]

When Feud returned to syndication in 1999, information technology was initially hosted by comedian Louie Anderson,^[two] with Burton Richardson as the new journalist.^[20] In 2002, Richard Karn was selected to accept over for Anderson,^[2] until he was replaced by John O'Hurley in 2006.^[2] In 2010, both O'Hurley and Richardson departed from the evidence. O'Hurley later stated that he left because he was resistant toward the show'due south determination to emphasize ribald humor and wanted to keep the show family unit-friendly.^[21] Steve Harvey was after named the new host for 2010–11 season,^[22] and announcements were made using a pre-recorded rails of Joey Fatone'south vocalisation.^[23] In 2015, Harvey signed with ABC for the primetime reboot of Celebrity Family unit Feud, with Burton Richardson returning as journalist. Rubin Ervin, who has been a member of the production staff every bit the warmup human being for the audience since Harvey took over, became the announcer from 2015–xvi season.

Product [edit]

The beginning four versions of the show were directed by Paul Alter and produced by Howard Felsher and Cathy Dawson. For the 1988 versions, Gary Dawson worked with the show every bit a third producer, and Alter was joined by two other directors, Marc Breslow and Andy Felsher.^[18] The 1999 version's principal staff include executive producer Gabrielle Johnston, co-executive producers Kristin Bjorklund, Brian Hawley and Sara Dansby, and director Ken Fuchs; Johnston and Bjorklund previously worked every bit associate producers of the 1980s version.^[24] The testify's classic theme tune was written by an uncredited Walt Levinsky for Score Productions. The theme and cues for the 1994–1995 version was written by Edd Kalehoff and are based on the Walt Levinsky composition. The themes used from 1999 to 2008 were written past John Lewis Parker.^[24] The production rights to the show were originally owned by the production company Goodson shared with his partner Bill Todman, merely were sold to their current holder, Fremantle, when it acquired all of Goodson and Todman's format catalog in 2002.^[24]

Broadcast history [edit]

1976–1985 [edit]

Richard Dawson (left) and contestants on the pilot episode of Family Feud

Mark Goodson created Family Feud during the increasing popularity of his before game show, Match Game, which had prepare daytime ratings records betwixt 1973 and 1976, and on which Dawson appeared almost daily every bit one of its most pop panelists. Match Game aired on CBS, and past 1976, CBS vice-president Fred Silverman, who had originally commissioned Lucifer Game, had moved to a new position as president of ABC. The bear witness, along with a revised daytime schedule for the summer, was first announced by ABC at an annual meeting in May.^[25] The show premiered on ABC'due south daytime lineup at ane:thirty p.thousand. (ET)/12:30 p.m. (CT/MT/PT) on July 12, 1976. Because information technology faced the first halves of two long-running and popular soap operas, CBS' As the World Turns and NBC'southward Days of Our Lives, Feud was not an immediate hitting. But a timeslot modify several months later made it a ratings winner for ABC, and it eventually surpassed Match Game to become the highest-rated game show on daytime TV.

Due to the expansion of All My Children to ane hr in April 1977, the testify was moved to eleven:30/10:30 a.m., equally the 2nd part of an 60 minutes that had daytime reruns of Happy Days (later Laverne & Shirley) equally its lead-in. When the Dick Clark-hosted $20,000 Pyramid was canceled in June 1980, Feud moved a half-hr dorsum to 12 noon/11:00 a.m.^[26] It remained the most popular daytime game testify until Merv Griffin'due south game show Bicycle of Fortune, propelled past a new, highly-pop concurrent syndicated evening version, surpassed it in 1984.^[3] From May viii, 1978 until May 25, 1984, ABC periodically broadcast hour-long primetime "All-Star Specials", in which celebrity casts from diverse primetime Television receiver series (mostly ABC ones) competed instead of ordinary families.^[2] The popularity of the program inspired Goodson to consider producing a nighttime edition, which launched in syndication on September xix, 1977 with Viacom Enterprises every bit distributor. Similar many other game shows at the time, the nighttime Feud aired one time a calendar week; it expanded to twice a calendar week in Jan 1979,^[3] and finally to five nights a calendar week (Monday through Friday) in the fall of 1980, representing the get-go fourth dimension that a weekday network game ran concurrently with a nightly syndicated edition. Dawson and Feud coasted for several years at the top, seen twice a day in much of the state. However, the viewing habits of both daytime and syndicated audiences began irresolute around 1984.^[iii] When Griffin launched Wheel 's syndicated version, starring Pat Sajak and Vanna White, in 1983, that show climbed the ratings to the indicate where information technology unseated Feud as the highest-rated syndicated show, even replacing it on some stations;^[27] the syndicated premiere of Cycle 'southward sister show Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek as host also siphoned ratings from Feud with its early (and surprising, given an unstable first few months) success. With declining ratings (probably due mainly to its overexposure and viewers subsequently tiring of the show), and as office of a scheduling reshuffle with 2 of ABC's one-half-hour soaps, the testify moved dorsum to the 11:xxx/ten:30 timeslot in October 1984, as the second function of a 1-hour game testify block with Trivia Trap (afterwards All-Star Blitz) equally its lead-in, hoping to brand a dent in the ratings of The Price Is Right, coincidentally another Goodson-packaged show.

Despite the ratings decline, in that location was some involvement in keeping the evidence in production. In a 2010 interview, Dawson recalled a meeting with executives from Viacom almost renewing the show for ane more season subsequently 1985. Dawson was growing tired of the grueling taping schedule and initially wanted to stop birthday. Subsequently discussing the situation with ABC and Viacom, Dawson said that he would render for a final syndicated season of 30-nine weeks of episodes only would not continue doing the daytime series. Afterward this, Dawson did not hear from Viacom for approximately a week and in one case they contacted him over again, Dawson was told that Viacom was no longer interested in standing the syndicated Feud across the 1984–85 season.^[28] Viacom made this official in January 1985 ahead of that year's NATPE convention, and within a few weeks, ABC, probably prompted by Viacom's decision, decided that it too would not renew Feud for the 1985–86 season.^[29] The daytime version came to an terminate on June 14, 1985.^[3] The final week was taped a month prior, on May xvi. Newspapers via Associated Press reported that this version was slated to finish on June 28. Nonetheless, for reasons undisclosed, information technology ended two weeks prior to that instead.^[30] The syndicated version aired its last new episode on May 17, 1985, with reruns standing to air until September of that year.^[3]

1988–1995 [edit]

Ray Combs in a publicity photo for Family Feud (1988)

Family Feud moved to CBS with Ray Combs hosting the show on July 4, 1988 at 10:00 a.g. (ET)/9:00 a.m. (CT/MT/PT), replacing The $25,000 Pyramid (which had aired continuously in that time slot since September 1982, except between January and April 1988, when Blackout took its place; CBS began development on Family Feud presently afterward Blackout was canceled). Like its predecessor, this version also had an accompanying syndicated edition which launched in September of that yr.

The CBS version started off with good ratings, specially with women, but struggled to sustain that momentum. The changing landscape of daytime television, with near networks giving more of their available daytime timeslots to syndicated programming, plus the turn down of game shows every bit a genre at the time, began to hurt Feud, and many CBS affiliates dropped the plan from their lineups. It moved to 10:30/9:30 in January 1991 to brand room for a short-lived talk prove starring Barbara De Angelis. At that time frame, it replaced the daytime Wheel of Fortune, which moved back to NBC subsequently a two-year run on CBS hosted by Bob Goen simply still featuring Vanna White.^[2]

In June 1992, the network version expanded from its original one-half-hr format to a total hour, and was retitled The Family unit Feud Challenge;^[ii] this new format featured three families per episode, which included 2 new families competing in the beginning one-half-hr for the right to play the returning champions in the second half. Early into the 5th flavor, withal, CBS announced information technology would no longer program the 10:00 a.grand. ET timeslot starting in the fall of 1993, effectively cancelling Feud. The Family unit Feud Challenge aired its last new episode on March 26, 1993, with reruns airing until September x of that yr.^[31]

Though the syndicated Feud remained in production and entered its sixth flavor in the autumn of 1993, it had dealt with a consequent ratings downturn for several years. It initially secured fourth dimension frames in desirable hours, such as the prime fourth dimension Access hr, but stations quickly found other programming, such as A Electric current Affair, Inside Edition and Hard Re-create tended to draw higher ratings, peculiarly among younger, more than desirable viewers, and sought these shows to replace Feud. Some stations dropped the bear witness, while others relocated it to lower-rated time frames such as late night and early morning slots. This resulted in Feud'due south ratings bottoming out in the 1992–93 season and its distributor, All American Television informed Marking Goodson Productions that unless there was an uptick in ratings or changes were fabricated to the program, they'd cancel it at the end of the 1993–94 season.

The responsibleness for this was all in the easily of Jonathan Goodson, who had taken over his father'south visitor when Marker Goodson died in 1992. I of the options considered was a host change, with Goodson executives and Goodson himself deciding to remove Combs from the show in favor of his predecessor, Richard Dawson.^[19] This ran counter to his father's original 1988 decision, equally Marker Goodson was loyal to Combs from the moment he hired him and had refused to even consider Dawson, due to the trouble he caused for the production staff on the original series, notably a long-running animosity toward Howard Felsher. Many members of the original production staff were also working on the revival series and held lingering negative feelings toward Dawson, not wanting to work with him. Yet, Jonathan Goodson did not have the emotional ties to Combs that his father did, and felt that a change was necessary in order to keep the show in production. Afterward a rigorous staff meeting, Goodson offered Dawson a contract to return as host of the syndicated Feud and the semi-retired Dawson agreed, nine years subsequently his somewhat acrimonious departure from the original. Combs was permitted to finish out the remainder of the season and, after his final episode that was recorded in early 1994, he left the studio without saying bye to anybody.^[nineteen]

A revamped Family Feud returned for a 7th season in September 1994, with Dawson returning as the host. The evidence expanded from thirty to lx minutes, reinstated the Family Feud Claiming format, and did various other things to endeavour to improve ratings such as modernizing the set, featuring families that had previously been champions on the original Feud, and having more than themed weeks. Although Dawson did bring a brief ratings surge when he came back, the show could not sustain it long term and Feud came to a conclusion at the end of the season, with Dawson retiring permanently later. Its final new episode aired on May 26, 1995, with reruns airing until September 8 of that year and repeated failures to come to an agreement with various syndicators kept information technology off the air for well-nigh the next four years.

Outside of the show Ray Combs, whose life was falling autonomously due to fiscal ruin acquired in big measure by the typecasting he incurred as host of Feud, never constitute other show-business employment and committed suicide on June 2, 1996 by hanging himself in a Glendale psychiatric ward.

1999–present [edit]

Family Feud returned in syndication on September 20, 1999, with comedian Louie Anderson as the next host.^[32] Iii years later, Richard Karn took over the testify. The format was changed to reintroduce returning champions, allowing them to appear for up to v days.^[2] Anderson-hosted episodes continued in reruns that aired on PAX Television receiver/Ion Television set. Karn hosted the testify for four years until he was replaced by John O'Hurley in 2006 and Steve Harvey in 2010.

The show's Nielsen ratings were at 1.5, putting it in danger of cancellation once again (as countless affiliates that carried the show from 1999 to 2010 aired it in daytime, graveyard or other low-rated fourth dimension slots). Since Steve Harvey took over the show, ratings increased by as much every bit 40%,^[33] and within two brusk years, the testify was rated at iv.0, and had get the fifth-most-pop syndicated plan.^[34] Pull a fast one on News' Paulette Cohn argued that Harvey'due south "relatability," or "understanding of what the people at domicile want to know," was what saved the show from counterfoil;^[35] Harvey himself debated, "If someone said an reply that was so ridiculous, I knew that the people at home behind the photographic camera had to be going, 'What did they simply say?' … They gave this answer that doesn't have a shot in hell of beingness up there. The fact that I recognize that, that's comedic genius to me. I think that's [what made] the difference."^[35]

Steve Harvey'south Family Feud has regularly ranked among the top 10 highest-rated programs in all of daytime television set programming and third amid game shows (backside Cycle of Fortune and Jeopardy!); in February 2014, the evidence achieved a six.0 share in the Nielsen ratings, with approximately 8.8 million viewers.^[36] In June 2015, Family Feud eclipsed Wheel of Fortune, which had been on top for over thirty years, as the most-watched syndicated game show on telly, and consistently began ranking among the top three shows in all of syndication. The show has had improved syndication clearances and amend timeslots. It has been airing in early fringe and prime access slots nationwide.^[37]

Reruns of the Dawson-, Combs-, Anderson- and Karn-hosted episodes have been included amid Buzzr'due south acquisitions since its launch on June 1, 2015.^[38] In 2019, reruns of the Karn-hosted episodes started airing on Up TV during the morning hours.

Production of Family Feud was shifted from Universal Orlando to Harvey'south hometown of Atlanta in 2011, first staged at the Atlanta Civic Eye and subsequently at the Georgia Earth Congress Eye. Harvey was also originating a syndicated radio testify from Atlanta, and the state of Georgia provided taxation credits for the production. In 2017, product moved to Los Angeles Center Studios (subsequently moved again to Universal Studios Hollywood and later still to CBS Studio Centre) in Los Angeles to accommodate Harvey's new syndicated talk evidence Steve, returning production of the regular series to Los Angeles for the first time since 2010.^{[39] [xl] [41] [42]}

In November 2019, Harvey started product in South Africa for that land'southward version.^[43] It aired for the offset time on Lord's day, Apr 5, 2020. In conjunction, a website was launched, dedicated to the region to grab up on previous episodes, submit entries and appoint from a local perspective.^[44]

In March 2020, after initially announcing that product would keep with no studio audience, Fremantle suspended product of all of its programs (including Family Feud) due to the onset of the COVID-nineteen pandemic. In Baronial 2020, Family Feud returned to production, returning to Atlanta later several years in California and with health and condom protocols (including social distancing and no studio audience) being enforced.^{[45] [46] [47]} Since 2021, the series was filmed at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, Georgia.^[48]

Reception [edit]

Family unit Feud won the Daytime Emmy Accolade for Outstanding Game/Audition Participation Show in 1977 and 2019, Outstanding Directing for a Game Bear witness and the bear witness has three times won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host, once with Dawson in 1978 and twice with Harvey in 2014 and 2017.^{[49] [50]} Feud ranked number 3 on Game Show Network (GSN)'s 2006 listing of the 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time,^[51] and too on TV Guide 'due south 2013 list of the sixty greatest game shows e'er.^[52]

Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting, founders of the website Television Without Pity, wrote that they hated the 1999 syndicated version, saying "Give us classic Feud every fourth dimension", citing both Dawson and Combs as hosts. Additionally, they chosen Anderson an "declared sexual harasser and full-time sphere".^[53]

Since Harvey became host, the evidence has become notorious for questions and responses that are sexual in nature, with content frequently referring to sure anatomy or acts of intercourse.^[54] This blazon of textile has fatigued criticism from viewers, including erstwhile NCIS actress Pauley Perrette, who in 2018 sent a series of tweets to Family Feud producers questioning why the show had to exist "so filthy."^{[55] [56]} Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center, a politically conservative content analysis organization, suggested that the responses are in line with sexual content becoming more commonplace on television.^[55]

The popularity of Family Feud in the United states has led it to become a worldwide franchise, with over 50 adaptations outside the Us. Countries that have aired their ain versions of the show include Australia, Canada, French republic, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Vietnam, among others.

Merchandise [edit]

Since the testify'southward premiere in 1976, many home versions of Family Feud have been released in various formats. Milton Bradley, Pressman Games, and Countless Games have all released traditional lath games based on the show,^{[57] [58]} while Imagination Amusement released the program in a DVD game format.^[59]

The game has been released in other formats by multiple companies; Coleco Adam released the first computer version of the show in 1983, and Sharedata followed in 1987 with versions for MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and Apple Ii computers.^[threescore] GameTek released versions for Nintendo Entertainment Arrangement, Super NES, Genesis, 3DO, and PC (on CD-ROM) betwixt 1990 and 1995.^[61] Hasbro Interactive released a version in 2000 for the PC and PlayStation.^[62] In 2006, versions were released for PlayStation ii, Game Boy Advance, and PC.^[63] Seattle-based Mobliss Inc. as well released a mobile version of Family Feud that was available on Sprint, Verizon, and Cingular.^{[64] [65] [66]} Glu Mobile later released a newer mobile version of Family Feud for other carriers.^[67]

Most recently, in conjunction with Ludia, Ubisoft has video games for multiple platforms. The first of these was entitled Family Feud: 2010 Edition and was released for the Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC in September 2009.^[68] Ubisoft then released Family Feud Decades the side by side year, which featured sets and survey questions from tv versions of all four decades the show has been on air.^[69] A 3rd game, entitled Family Feud: 2012 Edition was released for the Wii and Xbox 360 in 2011.^[70] A fourth game, produced past Ubisoft and adult past Snap Finger Click, was released for the PlayStation iv, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Stadia in 2020.^[71]

In addition to the domicile games, a DVD gear up titled All-Star Family unit Feud starring Richard Dawson was released on Jan viii, 2008, by BCI Eclipse LLC Habitation Entertainment (under license from Fremantle USA) and featured a total of 43 segments taken from 21 special celebrity episodes from the original ABC/syndicated versions on its four discs,^[72] uncut and remastered from original 2" videotapes for optimal video presentation and sound quality.^[73] It was reissued equally The Best of All-Star Family Feud on February ii, 2010.^[74]

International versions [edit]

Meet too [edit]

• All Star Family Feud
• Family Fortunes
• Google Feud

References [edit]

1. ^ Last episode tally given past Richard Dawson on #2307, June ten, 1985, ABC Daytime.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f thou h i j} Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable Television Shows, 1946–nowadays. Random House. pp. 450–451. ISBN978-0-307-48320-ane.
3. ^ ^{a b c d due east f g h i} Schwartz, Ryan and Wostbrock, p. 72.
4. ^ Family Feud. June 14, 1985. ABC.
5. ^ ^{a b} All-Star Family Feud Special. May 8, 1978. ABC.
6. ^ Family Feud. July 12, 1976. ABC.
7. ^ Family Feud. July iv, 1988. CBS.
8. ^ "Family unit Feud". E! True Hollywood Story. Season vi. Episode 34. 2002. Eastward!.
9. ^ Family Feud. May 28, 1980. ABC. Explained by Richard Dawson at the beginning of the episode
10. ^ Family. November xiv, 1988. CBS.
11. ^ Family Feud. September 8, 1994. Syndicated.
12. ^ Family Feud. September 2002. Syndicated.
13. ^ Family unit Feud Challenge. June 1992. CBS.
14. ^ ^{a b} Family Feud. September 12, 1994. Syndication.
15. ^ Thompson, J. Craig (2018). "Game Changers". IMDb.
16. ^ ^{a b} Marc, David (1995). Prime Time, Prime number Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law – America's Greatest Television set Shows and the People who Created Them . Syracuse University Printing. ISBN0-8156-0311-8.
17. ^ "Gene Wood, 78, Game Show Announcer". The New York Times. June 14, 2004. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
18. ^ ^{a b c} Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (three ed.). Facts on File, Inc. pp. 71–73. ISBN0-8160-3846-5.
19. ^ ^{a b c} "Family Feud". E! True Hollywood Story. Flavour half-dozen. Episode 34. July 28, 2002. E!.
20. ^ Grosvenor, Carrie. "Interview with Burton Richardson, 'Family Feud' Announcer". About.com. Retrieved March half dozen, 2015.
21. ^ "John O'Hurley reflects on Trump, why he left 'Family unit Feud'". Fox News.
22. ^ Albiniak, Paige (Jan 20, 2010). "Steve Harvey to Host 'Family Feud'". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on December xvi, 2010. Retrieved February nine, 2010.
23. ^ Brissey, Breia (July 23, 2010). "Joey Fatone will not Trip the light fantastic his Ass Off. He'll just judge those who do!". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved March half dozen, 2015.
24. ^ ^{a b c} End credits lists of appropriate Family Feud episodes.
25. ^ "ABC adds another daytime one-half 60 minutes". Broadcasting Periodical. May 31, 1976. p. 54. Retrieved June eleven, 2020.
26. ^ "Family Feud – A long history of successful programming". Mansfield Idiot box Distribution Co. Retrieved November ii, 2012.
27. ^ Schwartz, Ryan and Wostbrock, pp. 250–252.
28. ^ "Richard Dawson Interview". Annal of American Boob tube. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
29. ^ "NATPE '85". Broadcasting: 52. Jan 21, 1985.
30. ^ "Last Family unit Feud Is Taped". Lancaster New Era. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. May 17, 1985.
31. ^ Schwartz, Ryan and Wostbrock, p. 73.
32. ^ DeMichael, Tom (2009). TV's Greatest Game Shows: Television'due south Favorite Game Shows from the 50s, 60s, & More!. Marshall Publishing & Promotions, Inc. p. 108. ISBN978-0-9814909-9-one.
33. ^ "'Family Feud' Ratings Jump with Steve Harvey". eurweb.com. October 19, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
34. ^ Albiniak, Paige (Oct 8, 2012). "Steve Harvey, Syndication King? No Feud With That". Broadcasting & Cablevision. 142 (39): 22.
35. ^ ^{a b} Cohn, Paulette (June 19, 2015). "How Family unit Feud host Steve Harvey saved testify, expanded with 'Celebrity' edition". Trick News Entertainment. Play tricks News Network, LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
36. ^ Bibel, Sara. "Syndicated TV Ratings: 'Judge Judy' Again Number 1 in Households, 'Bike of Fortune' Wins Total Viewers & 'Dr. Phil' Top Talker for Week Ending February 9, 2014". TV By the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
37. ^ Kissell, Rick (June 23, 2015). "Ratings: Family Feud Tops All of Syndication for First Time". Diversity. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
38. ^ "Flim-flam Television receiver Stations Bolsters Game Show Content With Buzzr TV". Deadline. Penske Business organisation Media. January twenty, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
39. ^ "'Family Feud': Apopka family plays this calendar week; show won't render to Orlando". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved September six, 2017.
40. ^ "'Family Feud' moving production from Atlanta to Los Angeles". Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Retrieved September 6, 2017.
41. ^ "Steve Harvey moving radio show from Atlanta to Los Angeles". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Archived from the original on September half dozen, 2017. Retrieved September half dozen, 2017.
42. ^ "'Family Feud' relocating to Atlanta". UPI . Retrieved September six, 2017.
43. ^ Wessels, Chrizane (October 23, 2020). "Entries Open For Family Feud SA". eastward.tv . Retrieved April 5, 2020.
44. ^ "Family Feud South Africa". Family Feud Africa . Retrieved April 5, 2020.
45. ^ White, Peter (July 31, 2020). "'Family Feud' To Return To Atlanta Studio With Wellness & Safety Set Adjustments". Deadline . Retrieved February 21, 2021.
46. ^ Thorne, Will; Aurthur, Kate (March 12, 2020). "All the Shows and Movies Shut Down or Delayed Because of Coronavirus". Multifariousness . Retrieved March fifteen, 2020.
47. ^ "Steve Harvey's Family Feud Is Returning With Some Central Production Changes". CINEMABLEND. August i, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
48. ^ Ho, Rodney (August 26, 2021). "ABC giving Steve Harvey a prime-time judge testify shot in Atlanta". Radio & TV Talk Blog (The Atlanta Periodical-Constitution) . Retrieved March two, 2022.
49. ^ "The Winners for the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" (PDF). National Academy of Goggle box Arts & Sciences. June 22, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
50. ^ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF Television set ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 44TH Almanac DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. May 1, 2017. Retrieved May i, 2017.
51. ^ The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Fourth dimension. Baronial 31, 2006. GSN.
52. ^ Fretts, Bruce (June 17, 2013). "Eyes on the Prize". TV Guide: 14–15.
53. ^ Ariano, Tara; Bunting, Sarah D. (2006). Tv Without Pity: 752 Things We Beloved to Detest (and Hate to Dearest) Well-nigh TV . Quirk Books. p. 96. ISBN1-59474-117-4.
54. ^ Hays, Julia (February 17, 2016). "Is Family Feud the Dirtiest Show on Boob tube?". Eastward!. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
55. ^ ^{a b} Burt, Sharelle M. (October 2, 2015). "Sexually charged answers on 'Family Feud' have viewers fuming". New York Daily News . Retrieved October three, 2015.
56. ^ Hearon, Sarah (Baronial 14, 2018). "Pauley Perrette Slams 'Family unit Feud' for 'Filthy' Questions: 'In that location'south And so Much More to Humans'". United states of america Magazine . Retrieved Apr 26, 2019.
57. ^ "Family Feud (1977)". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
58. ^ "Family unit Feud". Endless Games. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
59. ^ Lambert, David (September seven, 2004). "Family unit Feud – Richard Karn version gets interactive DVD game!". Television receiver Shows on DVD. Archived from the original on Apr 2, 2015. Retrieved March half-dozen, 2015.
60. ^ "Family Feud past Softie, Inc". 1987. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
61. ^ "Family Feud conversions". MobyGames. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
62. ^ "Family unit Feud [2000] Review". IGN. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012. Retrieved Baronial thirty, 2014.
63. ^ "Family Feud: 2006". IGN. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
64. ^ "Family unit Feud by Mobliss inc". Mobliss. Archived from the original on Feb 14, 2003. Retrieved February 14, 2003.
65. ^ "Family unit Feud (2004) past Mobliss". Mobliss. Archived from the original on Nov 12, 2004. Retrieved November 12, 2004.
66. ^ "Family Feud (Palatial) past Mobliss". Mobliss. Archived from the original on July 10, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2006.
67. ^ "Family Feud". Glu Mobile. Archived from the original on November 18, 2009. Retrieved November eighteen, 2009.
68. ^ "Family Feud: 2010 Edition". IGN . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
69. ^ "Family Feud Decades (2010)". IGN . Retrieved June 24, 2014.
70. ^ "Family Feud: 2012 Edition". IGN . Retrieved August thirty, 2014.
71. ^ "New Family Feud video game is now available!". Family Feud. November 17, 2020. Retrieved Apr vii, 2021.
72. ^ "All Star Family Feud on DVD (released January 8, 2008)". Game Shows on DVD. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
73. ^ "Family Feud – All-Star Family unit Feud Starring Richard Dawson". Telly Shows on DVD. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
74. ^ "Family Feud – All-Star Family unit Feud Starring Richard Dawson (Mill Creek)". Boob tube Shows on DVD. Archived from the original on Apr 2, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

Works cited [edit]

Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve & Wostbrock, Fred (1999). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Facts on File. ISBN0-8160-3846-v.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Current Production website
• Family unit Feud (1976) at IMDb
• All-Star Family Feud Special (1977) at IMDb
• Family Feud (1988) at IMDb
• Family unit Feud (1999) at IMDb
• Glory Family Feud (2008) at IMDb

jacksontorepto.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Feud

Share this post