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GSN's "Game Show Saturday Nights"

So how often did GSN really air certain shows in their 4-hour Saturday night marathons? Find out here, with the complete list of "Game Show Saturday Night" programs.


2000-

July 22 - Match Game
July 29 - All-Star Family Feud Special
Aug   5 - Tattletales
Aug  12 - Jeopardy! 1993 TofC, 1996 College Tourn
Aug  19 - 3's a Crowd / All New 3's a Crowd
Aug  26 - The Newlywed Game
Sep   2 - Hollywood Showdown
Sep   9 - Celebrity Jeopardy!
Sep  16 - Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Sep  23 - $10,000 Pyramid
Sep  30 - Family Feud
Oct   7 - Match Game '77
Oct  14 - The Newlywed Game (1969)
Oct  21 - $100,000 Pyramid (1st ToC)
Oct  28 - Raise the Dead (busted pilots; hosted by Elvira)
Nov   4 - Family Feud
Nov  11 - Match Game '77
Nov  18 - Celebrity Jeopardy!
Nov  25 - The Newlywed Game (1972)
Dec   2 - Family Feud
Dec   9 - Match Game '77
Dec  16 - The Newlywed Game (1973)
Dec  23 - '12 Games of Christmas' (hosted by Betty White)
Dec  30 - Hollywood Showdown

2001-

Jan   6 - $100,000 Pyramid (another TofC)
Jan  13 - Family Feud
Jan  20 - Match Game 'Blank-athon' (w/Gene Rayburn interview)
Jan  27 - The Newlywed Game
Feb   3 - Mall Masters
Feb  10 - Match Game PM
Feb  17 - 'Love Stinks' (hosted by Dr. Ruth Westheimer)
Feb  24 - Celebrity Jeopardy!
Mar   3 - Celebrity Family Feud
Mar  10 - $20,000 Pyramid w/David Letterman
Mar  17 - Joker's Wild (1980 $1,000,000 ToC)
Mar  24 - 'Green Ball Awards' (hosted by Todd Newton & Janice Pennington)
Mar  31 - Line?/Secret/Truth/Name's (w/baseball legends)
Apr   7 - Match Game w/Scoey Mitchlll
Apr  14 - Treasure Hunt
Apr  21 - 'Fools of April' (hosted by Jimmie Walker)
Apr  28 - The Newlywed Game
May   5 - Family Feud
May  12 - All New 3's a Crowd
May  19 - $25,000 Pyramid
May  26 - 'Salute to the Armed Forces' (hosted by Jamie Farr and Gary Burghoff)
June  2 - Card Sharks game show hosts tournament
June  9 - Blockbusters
June 16 - $100,000 Pyramid
June 23 - Match Game (anniversary shows)
June 30 - Gong Show '25th Gong-iversary' (hosted by Murray 'The Unknown Comic' Langston)

And with that, GSSN is no more. Final numbers for GSN's big 3 saw 'Match Game'
with eight exclusive nights, 'Family Feud' with 7, and 'The Newlywed Game' 
with 6.

Themed blocks post-GSSN:

July 22 - Family Feud 25th Anniversary
Aug 27-31 Let's Make a Deal-athon (hosted by Jeffrey Ross, The Green Ball and Monty Hall)
Sep 9   - What's My Line? Weird Work-athon (hosted by The Green Ball)
Oct 28 - Who Dares Wins "Scares & Dares with Elvira"
Nov 22-25 - Fully Stuffed Thanksgiving (reruns of Feud 25, Gongiversary, and 
the first night of the LMAD-athon, plus a new 7-episode Press Your Luck marathon)
Dec 9 - Match Game Merry Blank-a-thon
Dec 25 - 12 Games of Christmas w/Betty White (repeat from 12/23/00), and 
Match Game Merry Blank-a-thon (repeat from 12/9/01)

2002-
Feb 10 - For Better or Worse: Best of the Newlywed Game (hosted by Bob Eubanks)
March 23 - Golden Pyramid Awards (two $20K, four $25K and one $100K episode)
July 13 - When Whammys Attack (5 eps of Whammy!; hosted by Todd Newton)
August 5 - December 6: Weeknight 2-hour blocks 
(Mondays-Match Game; Tuesdays-Hollywood Squares, hosted by Peter Marshall
 [replaced by Let's Make a Deal in October]; Wednesdays - Newlywed Game;
 Thursdays - $10/20/25/100,000 Pyramid; Fridays-Family Feud)
September 7 - Great Falls: the best of Russian Roulette (5 eps)
September 30 - Friend or Foe?: Behind the Trust Box (5 new eps with post-game
 interviews with the final teams; hosted by Kennedy)
October 14 - Drop Heard 'Round the World (5 new eps of Russian Roulette, with
 extended clips from foreign versions of the show; hosted by Mark Walberg) 
October 26/31 - Hollywood Scares (halloween-themed episodes, hosted by Elvira)
November 28 - Feast of Favorites: viewers' choice marathon (2 eps of each of
 the 12 most-voted for shows in GSN's online poll)
December 14/25 - "Snow Day" (Christmas-themed episodes: Family Feud,
Beat the Clock, Lingo, Friend or Foe?, Russian Roulette)

2003-
Jan. 5 - "Confessions of a Gong Show Marathon" (5 eps with interview footage of
 Barris and the stars of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind)
Feb. 8 (repeated Feb. 14) - "The Game of Love" (Valentine's Day theme: 
Love Connection, Newlywed Game, Lingo, Wintuition, Cram)
April 1 - GSN's April Fools' Day: not a marathon but a day-long event,
 featuring GSN original hosts emceeing other shows (Graham Elwood on
 Whammy!, Todd Newton on Russian Roulette, Mark Walberg on
 Friend or Foe?, Kennedy hosting WinTuition and Marc Summers
 helming Cram; all five then appeared on Chuck Woolery's
 Lingo. Also from the vault: Gene Rayburn hosting
 Tattletales and Jim Lange hosting The Newlywed Game)
July 5 - "GSN's Summer Blockbuster" (celebrity episodes of various originals
 and an ep of Match Game with contestant
 Kirstie Alley; hosted by Sam Rubin)


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