What is “The Dating Game”?
A: The Dating Game is an American television game show.
It first aired on December 20, 1965 and was the first
of many shows created and packaged by whom?
A: Chuck Barris.
When did ABC drop the show?
A: On July 6, 1973, but it continued in syndication for another year
(1973–1974) as The New Dating Game.
The program was revived how many additional times in
syndication afterward?
A: Three, with the first from 1978 to 1980 as The All-New Dating Game, the
second from 1986 to 1989, and the third from 1996 to 1999.
Jim Lange hosted The Dating Game for its entire ABC
network run and for what?
A: The 1973 and 1978 syndicated editions.
The 1986 revival was hosted by whom?
A: Elaine Joyce for its first season and Jeff MacGregor for its remaining
two seasons.
When the show was revived with a different format in
1996, who was named as its host?
A: Brad Sherwood.
Chuck Woolery took over for the two final seasons, with
the original format reinstated, in 1997 after he had left what?
A: The Home and Family Show.
Beginning in 1966, The Dating Game was often paired
with what?
A: The Newlywed Game.
This was especially true when the two shows entered
syndication, and in 1996, the revivals of The Dating Game and The Newlywed
Game were what?
A: Sold together as a package called "The Dating-Newlywed Hour".
The program was originally broadcast in
black-and-white, but when a prime-time version began in October 1966, what
happened?
A: Both versions were broadcast in
color, making the daytime version the
first ABC daytime series to be regularly broadcast in color.
In February 2021, it was reported that ABC and current
distributor Sony Pictures Television would revive the show as what?
A: The Celebrity Dating Game, with actress Zooey Deschanel and singer
Michael Bolton as hosts.
When did it premiere?
A: On June 14, 2021.
It ran for eight episodes until when?
A: August 16, 2021 and was canceled in April 2022.
Typically, a bachelorette would question three
bachelors, who were what?
A; Hidden from her view.
At the end of the questioning period, she would choose
one to do what?
A: Accompany her on a date, with expenses paid by the show.
Occasionally, the roles would be what?
A: Reversed with a man questioning three ladies.
Other times, celebrities would question three players
for dates for whom?
A: Themselves, co-workers or relatives.
Before becoming famous, who appeared as contestants on
the show in the 1960s and early 1970s?
A: Farrah Fawcett, Suzanne Somers, Yvonne Craig, Lindsay Wagner, Leif
Garrett, Tom Selleck and Lee Majors.
Serial killer Rodney Alcala's episodes were shown
during what?
A: His murder spree and after he had been convicted of assault in
California.
Some contestants appeared even after they were fairly
well known, including whom?
A: Michael Jackson, Burton Cummings, Dusty Springfield, Ron Howard, Maureen
McCormick, Barry Williams, Sally Field, Richard Dawson, Jay North and Paul
Lynde.
A trademark of the show was that at the end of each
episode, the host and winning contestants would do what?
A: Blow a kiss to the viewers.