Hollywood Squares

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Hollywood Squares is a classic American television game show that features celebrities seated in a tic-tac-toe grid, with contestants trying to win by correctly judging the stars’ answers to trivia questions.

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instanceOf television game show
basedOn tic-tac-toe
broadcastFormat daytime television
syndicated prime access
countryOfOrigin United States
createdBy Bob Quigley
Merrill Heatter
feature 3×3 grid of celebrity squares
contestants agreeing or disagreeing with celebrities’ answers
host asking questions to celebrities
two contestants competing as X and O
firstAired 1966
firstAiredOnNetwork NBC
format celebrity panel game
tic-tac-toe quiz show
gameGoal get three squares in a row
win cash and prizes
genre game show
hasRevivalSeries Hollywood Squares (1998–2004)
linked to: Hollywood Squares

The Hollywood Squares (1971–1980 syndication)
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The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1989)
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hasSpinOffOrVariant Hip Hop Squares
VH1’s Hip Hop Squares revival
linked to: Hip Hop Squares
influenced Celebrity Squares
linked to: Hollywood Squares

international tic-tac-toe panel shows
mediaType television program
notableAnnouncer Kenny Williams
Shadoe Stevens
notableCenterSquare Joan Rivers
Paul Lynde
Whoopi Goldberg
notableFor center square becoming a star position
mix of comedy and quiz gameplay
use of comedians as regular panelists
notableHost John Davidson
Peter Marshall
Tom Bergeron
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
productionCompany Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley Productions
questionType general knowledge trivia
joke-based bluff answers
recurringElement catchphrases from host and celebrities
secret square bonus game
setting studio with large tic-tac-toe set
syndication first-run syndication
targetAudience family audience
typicalNumberOfCelebrities 9

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Tom Poston notableWork Hollywood Squares
Jan Murray notableWork The Hollywood Squares
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Marcia Wallace notableAppearance Hollywood Squares
Kenny Lynch appearedOn Celebrity Squares
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Tom Bergeron notableWork Hollywood Squares
Tom Bergeron hostOf Hollywood Squares
King World Productions notableWork Hollywood Squares
King World Productions distributed Hollywood Squares
King World library hasNotableContent Hollywood Squares (various syndicated versions)
linked to: Hollywood Squares
Gilbert Gottfried appearedIn Hollywood Squares
Nipsey Russell notableWork Hollywood Squares (panelist)
linked to: Hollywood Squares
John Davidson notableWork Hollywood Squares
Paul Lynde knownFor Hollywood Squares
Paul Lynde televisionShow Hollywood Squares
Rich Little appearedIn Hollywood Squares
Barbara Anderson notableWork The Hollywood Squares
linked to: Hollywood Squares
Tony Griffin notableWork Merv Griffin’s Crosswords
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Hollywood Squares hasRevivalSeries The Hollywood Squares (1971–1980 syndication)
linked to: Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares hasRevivalSeries The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1989)
linked to: Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares hasRevivalSeries Hollywood Squares (1998–2004)
linked to: Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares influenced Celebrity Squares
linked to: Hollywood Squares
Rose Marie notableWork Hollywood Squares
Rose Marie appearedInTVSeries Hollywood Squares