xxii, 377 pages : 29 cm

Provides information about the packager, broadcast history, hosts, announcers, producers, and rules for over five hundred television game shows

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-346) and indexes

Foreword by Merv Griffin -- Mark Goodson tribute -- Owner's manual -- The History of game shows -- Entries A-Z -- Appendices : Broadcast and cable networks -- Chronology of game shows -- TV game shows by network -- Longest-running television game shows -- Game show award winners and nominees -- CableAce award winners and nominees -- Daytime Emmy award winners and nominees -- Primetime Emmy award winners and nominees -- Most daytime Emmy award for outstanding game show -- Most daytime Emmy nominations for outstanding game show -- Most daytime Emmy awards for outstanding game show host -- Most daytime Emmy nominations for outstanding game show host -- Top-rated game shows -- Top-rated daytime network game shows -- Tip-rated primetime network game shows -- TV game shows that began on radio -- Game shows that have had multiple runs -- Twenty game show hosts who had hit songs -- Six catchy game show phrases that became part of our vocabulary -- Index of game show personalities

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