They filled in the time from cartoons to the stuff your big sister or brother watched but you probably weren’t supposed to. And admit it, you always wanted to get your family on Family Feud. **Shows are listed in the decade of when they first aired
Pre 1970s Game Shows
Tic Tac Dough
Twenty One
You Bet Your Life
You Don’t Say!
Concentration
Eye Guess
Hollywood Squares (an 80s staple, premiered in the 60s)
It Takes Two
Jeopardy !
Let’s Make a Deal
Match Game
Name that Tune
Queen for a Day
Sale of the Century
The Big Surprise
$64,000 Question
The Dating Game
Dream House
Everybody’s Talking
Family Game
Get the Message
The Honeymoon Race
Hows Your Mother-in-Law?
Missing Links
The Newlywed Game
Number, Please
The Object Is
One in a Million
Temptation
Supermarket Sweep
Seven Keys
The Price is Right (an 80s staple, premiered in the 60s and still going strong!)
Who do you trust?
Yours for a Song
1970-1979 Game Shows
The $10,000 Pyramid
The Better Sex
The Big Showdown
Family Feud -an 80s staple, premiered in the late 70s and still going strong
Hot Seat
The Money Maze
Password
Rhyme and Reason
Split Second
You don’t Say
Second Chance
Showoffs
50 Grand Slam
All Star Secrets
Celebrity Sweepstakes
Card Sharks
The Gong Show -a family favourite!
Knockout
The Magnificent Marble Machine
Mindreaders
Password Plus
Stumpers
Three on a Match
Wheel of Fortune -an 80s staple, premiered in the late 70s and still going strong
Winning Streak
High Rollers
Newlywed Game
Break the Bank
1980-1989 Game Shows
The $20,000 Pyramid
Win, Lose or Draw
Time Machine
Your Number’s Up
Super Password
Wordplay
Scrabble
Dream House
Match Game- Hollywood Squares Hour
Hit Man
Go
Hot Potato
Gambit
Classic Concentration
Battlestars
Blockbusters
Chain Reaction
All-Star Blitz
Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak
Trivia Trap
1990-1995 Game Shows
To tell the Truth
Scattergories
Family Secrets
Caesar’s Challenge
Monopoly
Match Game
**Sources: Wikipedia, The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (author: David Schwartz), ukgameshows.com