GSN Planning Game Show Awards For June
Bob Barker among special honorees
By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/15/2009 10:29:31 AM
GSN will air its first ever awards show honoring classic and modern game shows. The Game Show Awards will premiere on GSN Saturday, June 6 at 8 p.m.
Special honors are on tap for now-retired host of The Price is Right Bob Barker, Let's Make a Deal's Monty Hall and game show producer Mark Goodson, who produced Price, Family Feud, I've Got a Secret and dozens of other programs.
"This will be a different kind of awards show-and the first-ever awards show dedicated exclusively to the world of game shows," said Kelly Goode, GSN's Senior Vice President of Programming, announcing the special. "The Game Show Awards will be a lighthearted, humorous homage to the talented people who make game shows a perennial favorite. We will also include exciting participatory elements that offer our at-home fans and in-studio audience the chance to play a role in the show."
Continuing the nets efforts at interacting with its viewers, fans will be able to vote on the nominees in a number of categories, including best host, announcer, model, contestant, catchphrase and others.
The awards show will also be a game show itself, with the studio audience given a shot to win prizes by playing some of their favorite games on stage.
A selection of nominees follows:
BEST GAME SHOW
• ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER?
• CASH CAB
• DEAL OR NO DEAL
• DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS!
• FAMILY FEUD
• JEOPARDY!
• MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD
• THE PRICE IS RIGHT
• WHEEL OF FORTUNE
• WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
BEST GAME SHOW HOST
• BEN BAILEY, CASH CAB
• WAYNE BRADY, DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS!
• DREW CAREY, THE PRICE IS RIGHT
• JEFF FOXWORTHY, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER?
• RICHARD KARN, BINGO AMERICA
• HOWIE MANDEL, DEAL OR NO DEAL
• REGIS PHILBIN, MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD
• PAT SAJAK & VANNA WHITE, WHEEL OF FORTUNE
• ALEX TREBEK, JEOPARDY!
• MEREDITH VIERA, WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
BEST REALITY COMPETITION SHOW
• THE AMAZING RACE
• AMERICAN IDOL
• AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
• THE BACHELOR
• BIG BROTHER
• THE BIGGEST LOSER
• DANCING WITH THE STARS
• PROJECT RUNWAY
• SURVIVOR
• TOP CHEF
FAVORITE CLASSIC GAME SHOW
• CONCENTRATION
• THE JOKER'S WILD
• HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
• LET'S MAKE A DEAL
• MATCH GAME
• NAME THAT TUNE
• PRESS YOUR LUCK
• PYRAMID
• TIC-TAC-DOUGH
• WHAT'S MY LINE?
FAVORITE DATING OR RELATIONSHIP SHOW
• BLIND DATE
• THE DATING GAME
• LOVE CONNECTION
• THE NEWLYWED GAME
• SINGLED OUT
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Why wasn't Ken Jennings from jeopardy nominated?
Kim Martin - 6/5/2009 6:26:43 PM EDT -
i voted a few minutes ago, and pressed the submit button, but nothing happened. I was expecting to see "your votes were submitted, or a confirmation that you received my votes. Did my votes go through?
susan rita zdrodowski - 5/7/2009 6:26:42 PM EDT
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