Go Back  DVD Talk Forum > Entertainment Discussions > TV Talk
Reload this Page >

Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Community
Search
TV Talk Talk about Shows on TV

Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 03-24-19 | 08:34 PM
  #1  
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 12,250
Received 487 Likes on 350 Posts
Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

What time of year do each air? "Match Game" appears so randomly. And I haven't seen "Pyramid" air in months. Thanks!
Old 03-24-19 | 09:00 PM
  #2  
mwbmis's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 7,470
Received 337 Likes on 272 Posts
From: Land of Lincoln
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Match Game appears to fill programming gaps. Pyramid is a summer show.
Old 03-24-19 | 09:03 PM
  #3  
The Cow's Avatar
Premium Member
 
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 25,133
Received 1,211 Likes on 780 Posts
From: Grazing in a field somewhere...
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Match Game

$100,000 Pyramid
Old 03-25-19 | 06:48 AM
  #4  
Shannon Nutt's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 18,591
Received 413 Likes on 310 Posts
From: Pittsburgh, PA
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

I have my DVR set for Match Game, and yes, it does seem to pop up randomly...although in stretches of six to eight weeks in a row.

What surprised me is how FAR in advance these shows are taped. We all know TV shows get filmed months before they air, but the recent Match Games were shot over a YEAR ago. I remember Kevin Smith saying he was going to be on an episode last February (of 2018) and thought I missed it...it aired just recently. Then Adam Carolla was talking on his podcast about how his Match Game episode took over a year to air.
Old 03-25-19 | 11:06 PM
  #5  
whotony's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 24,465
Received 942 Likes on 660 Posts
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

The next game show being added to the line up is Press Your Luck but they may be going with Whammy as the title similar to the version on game Show Net a decade or so ago.
Old 03-26-19 | 09:34 AM
  #6  
DVD Talk God
 
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 133,141
Received 896 Likes on 740 Posts
From: Directionally Challenged (for DirecTV)
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Originally Posted by whotony
The next game show being added to the line up is Press Your Luck but they may be going with Whammy as the title similar to the version on game Show Net a decade or so ago.
Card Sharks as well.

Whammy was an awful knock-off.

ABC is pretty true to the original versions so I would expect to see it more like the original version.
Old 03-26-19 | 10:27 AM
  #7  
whotony's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 24,465
Received 942 Likes on 660 Posts
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

We hated card sharks.
Might have been the most boring game show ever.

Liked Whammy. Thought it was really funny with the Super Whammys. The set was pretty bad though looked like the filmed that show without lighting.
Old 03-26-19 | 11:12 AM
  #8  
mwbmis's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 7,470
Received 337 Likes on 272 Posts
From: Land of Lincoln
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Originally Posted by Red Dog
ABC is pretty true to the original versions so I would expect to see it more like the original version.
The Strahan Pyramid got me recording the old Dick Clark pyramids on GSN to watch before work in the morning while I ate breakfast. Re-watching the Dick Clark show just made me despise the Strahan update. The update is just an obnoxious show.
Old 06-02-19 | 11:04 AM
  #9  
IDrinkMolson's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,388
Received 966 Likes on 443 Posts
From: DE
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Celebrity Family Feud - returns 6/9 @ 8pm
$100,000 Pyramid - returns 6/9 @ 9pm
To Tell the Truth - returns 6/9 @ 10pm

Press Your Luck - premieres 6/12 @ 8pm
Card Sharks - premieres 6/12 @ 9pm
Match Game - returns 6/12 @ 10pm
Old 06-03-19 | 09:17 AM
  #10  
DWilson's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 6,299
Received 607 Likes on 479 Posts
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

But no "Gong Show", I guess....
Old 06-03-19 | 01:29 PM
  #11  
jpcamb's Avatar
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
 
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 9,290
Received 662 Likes on 477 Posts
From: Guilford VT
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Originally Posted by mwbmis
The Strahan Pyramid got me recording the old Dick Clark pyramids on GSN to watch before work in the morning while I ate breakfast. Re-watching the Dick Clark show just made me despise the Strahan update. The update is just an obnoxious show.
that is how I feel about the new Family Feud. for a while we were watching the Richard Dawson ones from back in the day, we saw the new ones and taped those and it left a bad taste in our mouth with the over the top questions and contestants talking trash and doing the stupid X with their arms. Gave up on the original shortly after that as they seemed to have a limited number of episodes in rotation and we started seeing the same families again.
Old 06-12-19 | 08:41 AM
  #12  
DVD Talk God
 
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 133,141
Received 896 Likes on 740 Posts
From: Directionally Challenged (for DirecTV)
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Originally Posted by Red Dog
Card Sharks as well.

Whammy was an awful knock-off.

ABC is pretty true to the original versions so I would expect to see it more like the original version.
The new Press Your Luck bonus round was interesting.

The rest of the game was pretty true to the original. Biggest difference is that they had some very big prizes on the board - a Jaguar, for example, which one of the contestants actually hit. Unfortunately, subsequently lost it to the Whammy.

Looking forward to the new Card Sharks tonight.
Old 06-13-19 | 12:22 AM
  #13  
bunkaroo's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 16,400
Received 206 Likes on 139 Posts
From: Chicago West Suburbs
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

There’s something very odd about Press Your Luck. It felt scripted and the contestants seemed like actors.
Old 06-13-19 | 05:54 AM
  #14  
Sonny Corinthos's Avatar
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 7,664
Received 299 Likes on 224 Posts
From: Port Charles, NY.
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Did anyone else think Elizabeth Banks was yelling the entire show? Other that that, I enjoyed it. I used to spend my summer vacation sitting in front of the TV at 10:30 am watching the original show when I was a teen. I have always been a big fan of the show.
Old 06-13-19 | 06:50 AM
  #15  
Shannon Nutt's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 18,591
Received 413 Likes on 310 Posts
From: Pittsburgh, PA
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Originally Posted by DWilson
But no "Gong Show", I guess....
There goes America's chance to see the Popsicle Twins again.
Old 06-13-19 | 01:09 PM
  #16  
bunkaroo's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 16,400
Received 206 Likes on 139 Posts
From: Chicago West Suburbs
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Originally Posted by Sonny Corinthos
Did anyone else think Elizabeth Banks was yelling the entire show?
Yes she definitely is yelling. I wasn't even sure it was her since I didn't hear the beginning of the show. What's with the eye makeup?
Old 06-14-19 | 07:19 AM
  #17  
mwbmis's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 7,470
Received 337 Likes on 272 Posts
From: Land of Lincoln
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Impressions. A one hour Press Your Luck show (rather than two half hour shows) is just too long. As for Card Sharks, if they were trying to find the two most annoying people in the world to make me not ever want to watch it again then they could not have done better with their first two contestants.
Old 06-14-19 | 08:35 AM
  #18  
DVD Talk God
 
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 133,141
Received 896 Likes on 740 Posts
From: Directionally Challenged (for DirecTV)
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Originally Posted by Sonny Corinthos
Did anyone else think Elizabeth Banks was yelling the entire show? Other that that, I enjoyed it. I used to spend my summer vacation sitting in front of the TV at 10:30 am watching the original show when I was a teen. I have always been a big fan of the show.
I liked that she had a lot of energy. She seemed to actually enjoy hosting.

Originally Posted by mwbmis
As for Card Sharks, if they were trying to find the two most annoying people in the world to make me not ever want to watch it again then they could not have done better with their first two contestants.
Wow - they were beyond annoying.

that the winner of the 2nd game got dealt 3 Aces in a row in the bonus round.

They made significant changes to Card Sharks, and not for the better. And McHale was a really boring host. In contrast to Banks.
Old 11-20-19 | 08:15 PM
  #19  
IDrinkMolson's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,388
Received 966 Likes on 443 Posts
From: DE
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

ABC PICKS UP NEW SEASONS OF HIT 'SUMMER FUN & GAMES' SHOWS 'THE $100,000 PYRAMID,' 'CARD SHARKS,' 'CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD,' 'MATCH GAME,' 'PRESS YOUR LUCK' AND 'TO TELL THE TRUTH'

Shows Join Previously Announced Sophomore Season of 'Holey Moley'

Breaking News - ABC Renews "Summer Fun & Games" for 2020 | TheFutonCritic.com

I still only watch Match Game & Pyramid. I might catch up on Holey Moley.
Old 11-20-19 | 08:57 PM
  #20  
whotony's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 24,465
Received 942 Likes on 660 Posts
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

Match Game is my favorite.
Holy Moly is brutally bad.
cant stand Strahan won’t watch it.

I would like to have had another game show added instead of Holy Moly.

if You like Match Game the rarely seen Match Game/Hollywood Squares hour airs on Pluto Tv on the Buzzr channel every night

Last edited by whotony; 07-10-25 at 09:50 PM.
Old 11-20-19 | 09:05 PM
  #21  
Banned
 
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 10,147
Received 380 Likes on 297 Posts
From: Somewhere in the boonies, MA
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

The celebrities are hammered during most of these shows anyways. (Match Game for sure)
Old 04-14-20 | 07:42 PM
  #22  
IDrinkMolson's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,388
Received 966 Likes on 443 Posts
From: DE
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

ABC announced their premieres. Still no date for Pyramid yet.
I still haven't watched Holey Moley.

Breaking News - ABC Announces Upcoming Premiere Dates | TheFutonCritic.com
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
8:00 - 9:00 p.m. "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" (*NEW TIME SLOT) - Currently Airing

THURSDAY, MAY 21
9:00 - 10:00 p.m. "Holey Moley II: The Sequel" (SEASON PREMIERE)
10:00 - 11:00 p.m. "To Tell the Truth" (SEASON PREMIERE)

SUNDAY, MAY 31
8:00 - 9:00 p.m. "Celebrity Family Feud" (SEASON PREMIERE)
9:00 - 10:00 p.m. "Press Your Luck" (SEASON PREMIERE)
10:00 - 11:00 p.m. "Match Game" (SEASON PREMIERE)

THURSDAY, JUNE 11
8:00 - 9:00 p.m. "Holey Moley II: The Sequel" (*NEW TIME SLOT)
Old 08-23-20 | 08:46 PM
  #23  
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 12,250
Received 487 Likes on 350 Posts
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

So far, I think they have aired only three new episodes of "Match Game" this Summer. All of the others have been repeats from past seasons. I know these shows are taped months in advance. One person even said somewhere online even a year ago. So what happened!? And just where the hell is "Pyramid"?
Old 08-24-20 | 10:29 AM
  #24  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 1,707
Received 73 Likes on 43 Posts
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

I never watch live but we were watching Press Your Luck on Hulu for a few weeks as a family and then it suddenly stopped. Match Game is fun as well but again not a new episode in a long time. Had never watched Holey Moley before but Holey Moley II is hilarious.
Old 07-10-25 | 09:48 PM
  #25  
IDrinkMolson's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,388
Received 966 Likes on 443 Posts
From: DE
Re: Question about "Match Game" and $100,000 Pyramid"

BTW, Pyramid came back on 3/9/25.
But, I just saw Match Game is coming back on 7/23/25 with new host Martin Short. And, I see he got Selena Gomez to come on.

And, I still never watched Holey Moley.


Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.