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S6.E1 ∙ Match Gala - Mario Cantone, Vivica A Fox, Antonio Brown, Hilaria Baldwin, Fred Armisen, Christie Brinkley. Chill the bubbly and break out your black tie, ladies and gentleman - it's time to walk the shag carpet. Alec Baldwin is emceeing "Match Gala" with a glamorous guest list.
Match Game: With Alec Baldwin, Steve French, Caroline Rhea, Jack McBrayer. Contestants attempt to match the answers of celebrities in the iconic game of fill in the missing blank.
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This is chronicling the 2016 version of Match Game.
This version goes back to square one by using the format of the '73-'82 shows. This show is an hour long with two games with two different contestant played per show.
Two contestants compete in this new version of the classic comedy game show. The object is to match the answers of as many of the six celebrity panelists as possible on fill-in-the-blank statements.
The main game is played in two rounds. In each round, one contestant is given a choice of two statements labeled either "A" or "B". Alec then reads the statement. While the contestant ponders an answer, the six celebrities write their answers on index cards. After they finish, the contestant gives his/her answer. Alec then asks each celebrity — one at a time, beginning with #1 in the upper left hand corner — to respond. In this version, instead of shapes, the celebrities have indicator lights on either side of their names. When a celebrity sticks his/her answer in the slot they light up in white. When a match is made, the boxes turn green and when no match is made, the boxes turn red.
The statements are written with bawdy, double entendre answers in mind. A classic example: "Did you catch a glimpse of that girl on the corner? She has the world's biggest _________."
The contestant scores a point for each celebrity who has written down the same answer (or reasonably similar as determined by the judges; for example, "rear end" could be matched by "bottom", "behind", "derrière", "fannie", "hiney", etc.) up to a maximum of six points for matching everyone. The stars, however, can only be matched once per game. After play is completed on one contestant's question, Alec reads the statement on the other card for the opponent, and play is identical.
The round two questions are generally easier, and are usually puns that have a "definitive" answer (for instance, "Did you hear about the new religious group of dentists? They call themselves the Holy _____.", where the definitive answer would be "Molars"), whereas round one usually has a number of possible answers. This is to help trailing contestants pick up points quickly.
Shooting Blanks
On May 31, 2020 at the start of season 5 from the very first episode it had a different opening spiel where you had to "get ready to match the suspects" as the five detectives (excluding Mario Cantone) from the world of crime drama television featured Jennifer Esposito, Adam Rodriguez, Angie Harmon, Michael Chiklis & Melissa Fumero. In addition, this episodealso had a share of controversy for being "Tone Deaf" for airing a cop-themed episode amid protest for the late George Floyd along with including handcuffs and other prison-related props. 1.'Match Game' Season 5: ABC Slammed as 'tone deaf' for airing cop-themed episode amid George Floyd protest
58th Episode Celebration
On September 24, 2020 in its sixth episode it had a 58th Episode Celebration where the six celebrities who joined the festivities with Baldwin were Jerry Ferrara, Constance Zimmer, Chris Sullivan, Caroline Rhea, Ross Matthews & Dascha Polanco. Additionally, the supermatch bonus round was a little upgraded where each of the three amounts ended in $58 in order to celebrate its 58th episode so basically instead of $2,000, $3,000 & $5,000 they were $2,058, $3,058 & $5,058 as the top prize for the head-to-head match was 5x to $5,058 or $25,290 in the second half of this version.
Match Gala
On July 21, 2021, in its tenth episode it had a Match Gala where "It's the most glittering night of the game show season" as the six panelists for this episode were: Mario Cantone, Vivica A. Fox, Antonio Brown, Hilaria Baldwin, Fred Armisen & Christie Brinkley.
On April 1, 2022it has been announced by ABC that Match Game with Alec Baldwin won be returning for a six season along with news of the cancellations ofCard Sharks (with Joel McHale), The Celebrity Dating Game & The Hustler.
1.'Match Game' with Host Alec Baldwin Not Expected to Continue on ABC
Jun 26, 2016 · Celebrity contestants Horatio Sanz, Marilu Henner, Mike Colter, Ali Wentworth, Justin Long, and Drea de Matteo. A modern reboot of the classic 70s game show that features two contestants attempting to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill-in-the-blank.
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- June 27, 2016
Jun 26, 2016 · Four contestants attempt to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill in the missing blank. Celebrity panelists include Jack McBrayer, Christina Ricci, Ice-T, Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, and Nikki Glaser.
Episode 1 • Jul 21, 2021 Match Gala - Mario Cantone, Vivica A Fox, Antonio Brown, Hilaria Baldwin, Fred Armisen, Christie Brinkley Chill the bubbly and break out your black tie, ladies and gentleman - it's time to walk the shag carpet.
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1. Celebrity panelists include Debra Messing, J.B. Smoove, Michael Ian Black, Rosie O'Donnell, Sutton Foster and Tituss Burgess in the series premiere of this revival of the classic game show, which features fill-in-the-blank questions. Alec Baldwin hosts.
