Match Game (various versions)

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television game show television game show franchise

Match Game (various versions) is a long-running American television game show franchise in which contestants try to match humorous fill-in-the-blank answers with a panel of celebrity guests.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
Match Game	16
Blankety Blanks (Australian game show)	1
Celebrity Name Game	1
Funny You Should Ask (1970s game show format)	1
Match Game (1970s American TV game show)	1
Match Game (1970s version)	1
Match Game (1973–1982 version)	1
Match Game (1973–1982)	1
Match Game (1998–1999)	1
Match Game (2016–2021)	1
Match Game (ABC daytime run)	1
Match Game (CBS 1973–1979)	1
Match Game (NBC 1962–1969)	1
Match Game (U.S. TV game show)	1
Match Game (US game show, early versions)	1
Match Game (revived version)	1
Match Game (syndicated 1979–1982)	1
Match Game (syndicated 1990–1991)	1
Match Game (various versions) canonical	1
Match Game PM	1
The Match Game	1
The Match Game (1960s version)	1
The Match Game (original 1962 format)	1
The Match Game (panelist)	1
The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5140297 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Match Game (various versions)
Context triple: [Television City, Hollywood, producedShow, Match Game (various versions)]

A. Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune is a long-running American television game show in which contestants solve word puzzles to win cash and prizes by spinning a large carnival-style wheel.
B. Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! is a long-running American television quiz show known for its distinctive answer-and-question format and iconic host Alex Trebek.
C. Family Feud
Family Feud is a long-running American television game show where two families compete by guessing the most popular survey responses to win cash and prizes.
D. The Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune is a late 19th-century allegorical painting by Edward Burne-Jones depicting the capricious rise and fall of human fortunes under the turning wheel of fate.
E. What’s My Line?
What’s My Line? was a long-running American television game show in which celebrity panelists tried to guess the occupations or identities of mystery guests through yes-or-no questions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Match Game (various versions)
Target entity description: Match Game (various versions) is a long-running American television game show franchise in which contestants try to match humorous fill-in-the-blank answers with a panel of celebrity guests.

A. Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune is a long-running American television game show in which contestants solve word puzzles to win cash and prizes by spinning a large carnival-style wheel.
B. Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! is a long-running American television quiz show known for its distinctive answer-and-question format and iconic host Alex Trebek.
C. Family Feud
Family Feud is a long-running American television game show where two families compete by guessing the most popular survey responses to win cash and prizes.
D. The Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune is a late 19th-century allegorical painting by Edward Burne-Jones depicting the capricious rise and fall of human fortunes under the turning wheel of fate.
E. What’s My Line?
What’s My Line? was a long-running American television game show in which celebrity panelists tried to guess the occupations or identities of mystery guests through yes-or-no questions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	television game show ⓘ television game show franchise ⓘ
basedOn	The Match Game (original 1962 format) ⓘ linked to: Match Game (various versions)
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Bill Todman ⓘ Mark Goodson ⓘ
firstAired	1962 ⓘ 1973 ⓘ
format	panel game show ⓘ
gameplayElement	Audience Match ⓘ Head-to-Head Match ⓘ Super Match bonus round ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ game show ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	celebrity panelists ⓘ fill-in-the-blank questions ⓘ humorous answers ⓘ
hasPart	Match Game (1998–1999) ⓘ linked to: Match Game (various versions) Match Game (2016–2021) ⓘ linked to: Match Game (various versions) Match Game (CBS 1973–1979) ⓘ linked to: Match Game (various versions) Match Game (NBC 1962–1969) ⓘ linked to: Match Game (various versions) Match Game (syndicated 1979–1982) ⓘ linked to: Match Game (various versions) Match Game (syndicated 1990–1991) ⓘ linked to: Match Game (various versions) Match Game PM ⓘ linked to: Match Game (various versions)
influenced	Blankety Blank (UK game show) ⓘ
lastAired	1969 ⓘ 1979 ⓘ
notableFeature	celebrity panel of six guests ⓘ double entendre humor ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	ABC ⓘ CBS ⓘ NBC ⓘ syndication ⓘ
presenter	Alec Baldwin ⓘ Gene Rayburn ⓘ Michael Burger ⓘ Ross Shafer ⓘ
productionCompany	Mark Goodson–Bill Todman Productions ⓘ linked to: Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
typicalNumberOfContestants	2 ⓘ
typicalNumberOfPanelists	6 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited