A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment where contestants compete in a game for rewards. The shows are typically directed by a host, who explains the rules of the program as well as
1938 radio quiz show Whiz Kids on WHN Radio in New York
Note For Note, a New Zealand game show from around 1960
Richard Dawson hosting the US television gameshow Family Feud in 1976
Long running show Wheel of Fortune, with archetypal co-presenter Vanna White
From 1956 to 1958, numerous quiz shows airing on CBS and NBC, two of the three American TV networks at the time, were revealed to have prearranged outcomes, such as certain contestants winning after b
Conspirators in the rigging of Twenty-One, host Jack Barry and contestant Charles Van Doren, on set in June 1957
A taping of Twenty-One in March 1957, with Jack Barry (center), and Charles Van Doren (right)
Mike Wallace hosting The Big Surprise in March 1956
Jack Barry hosting Tic-Tac-Dough in 1957