Editing Match Game (section)

==Later revivals==

===1979–82, daily syndication===
[[File:McLean Stevenson Henry Blake MASH 1972.JPG|thumb|upright|[[McLean Stevenson]] became a regular panelist during its final season in syndication.]]

After the cancellation of ''Match Game 79'', there was still enough interest in the series for Goodson–Todman and Jim Victory Television to consider a continuation of the daily series in syndication as the weekly ''Match Game PM'' was still airing and had not stopped production. The consideration eventually came to fruition as a daily syndicated ''Match Game'', without a year attached and often referred to on-air as ''The Match Game'', debuted on September 10, 1979.

The rules and gameplay were the same as before, including the star wheel bonus, but the format was altered slightly. Each contestant on this version of ''Match Game'' played a two-game match against another contestant, and the Super Match was played after each game. As is the case with ''Match Game PM'', a contestant did not win any money for winning the game. There were also no returning champions on the daily syndicated series, as two new contestants began each match. The star wheel reduced the golden star sections to three, making it more difficult to double the winnings in the head-to-head match.

The maximum payout for a contestant was $21,000 (two $500 audience matches and two $10,000 head-to-head match wins), the same its syndicated sister series ''Match Game PM'' was offering during this time.

For the first two seasons [[Bill Daily]], [[Dick Martin (comedian)|Dick Martin]], [[Richard Paul (actor)|Richard Paul]], and [[Bob Barker]] were among the male semi-regulars who filled Dawson's old spot on the panel. [[McLean Stevenson]], who appeared once in September 1978 and twice near the end of the second year of this version, appeared in nearly all of the third season (1981–82) and became a regular from the eleventh taped week through the end of the season.

The syndicated ''Match Game'' helped exacerbate the perception of the 4:00&nbsp;p.m. time slot being a "death slot" for network programming. After CBS canceled ''Match Game 79'', the network moved the long-running soap opera ''[[Love of Life]]'' into the vacant time slot. Although the syndicated ''Match Game'' was not a direct cause of the ratings problems ''Love of Life'' faced—the 4:00&nbsp;p.m. time slot, the last network daytime slot, had been a problem for all three networks for years and ''Love of Life'' had seen a precipitous drop in ratings since the April 1979 move to the late afternoon—many stations ran the syndicated ''Match Game'' against the veteran soap opera, and several more stations, including many CBS-owned stations and affiliates, dropped ''Love of Life'' in favor of the new ''Match Game''. (''Love of Life'' aired its final episode on February 1, 1980, five months after the debut of the new ''Match Game''.) The daytime syndicated show produced 525 episodes, running until September 10, 1982 – exactly three years after its debut.

''Match Game''{{'}}s 1973–82 run was taped in Studio 33 at [[Television City|CBS Television City]] in Los Angeles, except for one week of shows in 1974 in which it was shot in Studio 41.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shows–CBS Television City|url=http://www.cbstelevisioncity.com/shows#|access-date=July 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713152856/http://www.cbstelevisioncity.com/shows|archive-date=July 13, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===''The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour'' (1983–84, NBC)===
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In 1983, producer [[Mark Goodson]] teamed up with [[Orion Pictures|Orion Television]] (who had recently acquired the rights to ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'') and [[NBC]] to create ''The [[Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour]]''. Rayburn, after a year as a morning show host in New York, agreed to return as host. However, few of the regular ''Squares'' cast appeared on this version. [[Jon Bauman]] ([[Sha Na Na]]) was tapped to host the ''Hollywood Squares'' segment of the game and he and Rayburn swapped seats while the other hosted his portion of the show. The primary announcer was [[Gene Wood]], with Johnny Olson, [[Bob Hilton]], and [[Rich Jeffries]] substituting.

These rules were roughly the same as those of ''Match Game PM'' with both contestants given three chances apiece to match each panelist once. The lone noticeable difference was in the tie-breaker. Played similarly to the Super Match, four answers to a statement were secretly shown to the contestants (e.g., "_____, New Jersey", with the choices of "Atlantic City", "Hoboken", "Newark" and "Trenton"). They each chose one by number. Then, as was the case in ''Match Game PM'', the host polled the celebrities for verbal responses, and the first panelist to give an answer selected by one of the contestants won the game for that contestant. The winner of the ''Match Game'' segment played the returning champion in the ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' segment with the eventual winner of ''Squares'' playing the Super Match.

In the Super Match, the audience match featured payoffs of $1,000, $500, and $250. If a contestant did not make an audience match, the game did not end, but the contestant was given $100 and the game continued to the head-to-head match.

For the head-to-head match, the game reverted to the contestant picking the celebrity, and each celebrity had a hidden multiplier (10, 20, 30). The audience match winnings were multiplied by the hidden number to determine the Super Match jackpot for the head-to-head match, with the maximum amount available being $30,000. Champions remained on the program for up to five days unless defeated.

''The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour'' ran from October 31, 1983, to July 27, 1984. Several music cues from the program were used as background music during prize descriptions on ''The Price Is Right''.

===1990–91, ABC Daytime===
In 1989, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], which had not carried a daytime game show since ''Bargain Hunters'' in 1987, ordered a revival of ''Match Game'' for its lineup. A week's worth of pilot episodes were commissioned with [[Bert Convy]] as host, who was also hosting ''[[3rd Degree (game show)|3rd Degree]]'' for his own production company at the time. The network agreed to pick up the revival for a summer 1990 premiere making it the first Mark Goodson-produced game show to run on the network since ''[[Family Feud]]'' was cancelled in June 1985.
	
Just before the new series was to begin, producers were forced to find a new host when Convy was diagnosed with a [[glioblastoma|terminal brain tumor]] in April 1990. Although original host Gene Rayburn expressed interest in returning, the producers declined, with Rayburn suspecting that public knowledge of his age (72 at the time) led to his being snubbed.<ref name = Woo>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-03-mn-40153-story.html|last=Woo|first=Elaine|title=Gene Rayburn; Hosted Television's 'Match Game'|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 3, 1999 |access-date=July 7, 2019}}</ref> [[Ross Shafer]], the former host of Fox's ''[[The Late Show (1986 talk show)|The Late Show]]'' and the USA Network dating series ''[[Love Me, Love Me Not (game show)|Love Me, Love Me Not]]'', took over as host. [[Charles Nelson Reilly]] returned as a regular panelist and [[Brett Somers]] appeared as a guest panelist for several weeks. [[Vicki Lawrence]], [[Sally Struthers]], [[Brad Garrett]], [[Bill Kirchenbauer]], and [[Ronn Lucas]] were among the semi-regulars for this version of the show. [[Gene Wood]] returned as an announcer, with Bob Hilton filling in for two weeks. [[Marcia Wallace]], [[Betty White]], [[Dick Martin (comedian)|Dick Martin]], [[Dolly Martin]], [[Jo Anne Worley]], [[Edie McClurg]] & [[Jimmie Walker]] were among other panelists who also appeared on earlier versions of the show.

====Gameplay====
For this edition of ''Match Game'', two contestants competed, with one usually a returning champion. Instead of attempting to match as many of the six panelists as possible over the course of two rounds, the two contestants won money by making matches, with the high scorer becoming champion at the end of the game. Two rounds of fill-in-the-blank questions were played, with each match paying off at $50.

After both contestants played a question of their own, each separately played a speed round of Super Match-style questions called "Match-Up" with a celebrity partner of his or her choice. The contestant was presented with a question with two possible answers and secretly selected one, after which the panelist was told the choices and then tried to match the contestant's choice by giving a verbal response. Each contestant had 30 seconds to make as many matches as possible as $50 per match. Gameplay began with the trailing contestant, who chose from any of the six panelists. The leading contestant chose from the remaining five panelists for his or her match-up round.

Following Match-Up, another traditional question round was played with all six celebrities for $50 per match with all six panelists. After round two, contestants then played Final Match-Up (each choosing from the remaining panelists) for 45 seconds, with matches paying off at $100 each. The contestant ahead at the end of Final Match-Up won the game and kept any money earned.
	
If the game ended in a tie, one tie breaking Match-Up phrase was shown to both contestants along with three choices. The champion chose an answer first and the challenger chose one of the remaining two answers. After the choices were made, the last celebrity who played Final Match-Up was told which answers the contestants selected and was then asked to choose one of them. The contestant whose chosen answer matched the answer said by that celebrity won an additional $100 and the game.

The Super Match was played similar to the 1978–82 version of the round, beginning with the audience match. Initially, the payouts were the same as in the 1970s series, with the top answer worth $500, the second $250, and the third $100, failing to match any of the top three answers awarded $50. After three weeks, the payouts for the second- and third-place answers were increased to $300 and $200, respectively, and the consolation amount was doubled to $100.

Following the audience match, the contestant spun the Star Wheel to choose a celebrity for the head-to-head match and set the stakes. The wheel was fixed in place, and each celebrity's section contained two large red dots. The contestant spun a pointer attached to the rim of the wheel and played for 20 times the audience match value if it stopped on a dot, or 10 times the value otherwise. The contestant had to match the chosen celebrity's response exactly in order to win. The maximum somebody could win in the Super Match was $10,000.

Champions could stay for up to five days or until they were defeated, and kept all their winnings. This version of ''Match Game'' was the first not to have a network-imposed winnings limit, ABC had previously set a $20,000 limit on its game shows, but dropped the practice by 1990.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

ABC aired the show at 12:00&nbsp;p.m. because many of its stations in major Eastern Time markets carried local news at that timeslot, which was a major problem among the three networks throughout the 1970s and 1980s; the show was mostly seen in smaller markets and on independent stations in some larger markets without network clearances (which had affected the previous occupier of the time slot, soap opera ''[[Ryan's Hope]]''), and was canceled after one season. The show's final episode aired on June 21, 1991, Ross Shafer announced the show would be moving to "another channel, another time, very shortly" on the finale, but this never materialized. On July 15, 1991, ''[[Home (1988 TV program)|Home]]'' temporarily expanded to 90 minutes to fill the show's timeslot, until ABC returned the half-hour to its affiliates in September 1992. ''Match Game'' was ABC's last daytime game show to date.

===1998–99, daily syndication===
In 1996, a pilot was produced for a new revival of the show as ''MG2: The Match Game'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVo2WajBd5I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/jVo2WajBd5I| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|first=Wink|last=Martindate|title=MG2 Pilot|work=Wink's Vault via YouTube|date=November 22, 2018|access-date=July 12, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVo2WajBd5I MG2 Pilot]</ref> just five years after the previous incarnation had left the air, with [[Charlene Tilton]] as host (who had previously been a panelist herself on the PM version). While that version (which did not air) had a much greater departure from the game's original format, the producers significantly retooled the format to create a somewhat more faithful remake of the program, which was picked up in syndication and began in fall 1998.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martindale|first1=Wink|url=https://www.facebook.com/winkmartindalegames/photos/a.1485144971712624.1073741827.1485120435048411/1530813600479094/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1485120435048411/1530813600479094 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Promo Sheet for Match Game ('98)|website=Facebook|access-date=19 November 2016|date=24 April 2014|quote=Were you matching the stars back in 1999? What's your favorite Match Game Memory?}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Martindale|first1=Wink|url=https://www.facebook.com/winkmartindalegames/photos/a.1485144971712624.1073741827.1485120435048411/1532371606989960/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1485120435048411/1532371606989960 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Match Game ('98) Sales Sheet|website=Facebook|access-date=19 November 2016|date=24 April 2014|quote=Continuing with Throwback Thursday...Here is a great full page spread for the renewal for Match Game with Michael Burger. "DUMB DORA IS SO DUMB...SHE ONCE TRIED TO CUT A DECK OF CARDS WITH A _____"!}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[Michael Burger]] hosted this revived version of the show, with [[Paul Boland]] announcing. The only celebrity guests who had appeared on previous versions of the show were [[Vicki Lawrence]] (who appeared on two weeks of the 1970s version and regularly on the 1990–91 version) and [[Nell Carter]] (who had appeared on the final week in 1991). The regular panelists on this version were Carter, Lawrence, and [[Judy Tenuta]], and semi-regulars were [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], [[John Salley]], [[Coolio]], and [[Rondell Sheridan]] (the only panelist from ''MG2'' to carry over to the regular series). Production returned to Studio 33 at Television City Studios on this version.

This incarnation of ''Match Game'' was played with rules similar to that of the 1973–82 versions. However, the show featured a panel of only five celebrities instead of the usual six. Questions in this version were not labeled A or B, instead, titles with puns were a clue as to the content. As on the 1990–91 version, all five panelists played each round regardless of whether they matched a contestant on the first question. Correct matches in the first round were worth one point while those in the second were worth two.

After two rounds, the higher scorer played the Super Match, which was played similar to its 1973–78 incarnation (with the exception of the 1983 rule change, $50 in this version, for an unsuccessful match), including the $5,000 top prize and in the head to head match the contestant faced the celebrity which was never allowed on any other version and the celebrity stood at a podium to write their answer instead of writing the answer at their seat.

This version was placed in many late night slots due to the celebrities giving answers that were inappropriate and otherwise risqué jokes about body parts and genitals; this is likely the reason why this version only lasted one season, running from September 21, 1998, to May 21, 1999, with repeats airing until September 17, 1999.

===''Gameshow Marathon'' (2006, CBS)===
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On June 22, 2006, ''Match Game'' was the sixth of seven classic game shows featured in CBS's month-long ''[[Gameshow Marathon (American game show)|Gameshow Marathon]]'' hosted by [[Ricki Lake]] and announced by [[Rich Fields]], and the second of two "semi-final" games in the tournament. The contestants were [[Kathy Najimy]] and [[Lance Bass]] with [[Betty White]], [[George Foreman]], [[Kathy Griffin]], [[Bruce Vilanch]], [[Adam Carolla]], and [[Adrianne Curry]] as the panel. White retained her normal sixth-seat position and was the only one from the original series to appear for this segment of ''Gameshow Marathon''.

Lake used the same signature long-thin [[Sony]] ECM-51 telescoping microphone Rayburn used during the CBS version, and the set was rebuilt to be almost an exact match of that used from 1973 to 1978. Najimy won the game, scoring five matches to Bass's three.

The format was that of ''Match Game PM'', except that in the Super Match the head-to-head match was played for 50 times the amount won in the two audience matches ($50,000), which was won.

===''Match Game'' (Canada)===
A Canadian revival of ''Match Game'' debuted on March 5, 2010, as ''[[:fr:Atomes crochus|Atomes crochus]],'' a Québécois version on [[V (TV network)|V]], with [[Alexandre Barrette]] as host and produced by Zone 3, in association with FremantleMedia North America. A coinciding English-language version debuted on [[The Comedy Network]] October 15, 2012 and was hosted by [[Darrin Rose]], with [[Seán Cullen]] and [[Debra DiGiovanni]] as permanent panelists. On April 4, 2013, it was announced that due to high ratings, the show returned for a 60-episode second season, which premiered on September 2.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

The first English-language season shared studios with the French-language version in [[Montreal]], with production of the English version moving to [[Showline Studios]] in [[Toronto]] for season 2.

Gameplay is similar to the 1990 U.S. revival, two rounds are played, with all six celebrities participating in both rounds, and each match is worth 50 points (100 points starting in season 2). The third round is called match-up!, with each contestant given 45 seconds to match/his her chosen celebrity partner, and successful matches are again worth 50 points (100 starting in season 2). The contestant with more points at the end of this round wins the game and receives the cash equivalent of his or her score (for example, if the champion's final score was 450 points, the payoff would be $450). If there is a tie after Match-Up, one tiebreaking Match-up is shown with three choices. Both contestants secretly chose their picks and the celebrity that last played Match-Up gets to break the tie with his/her verbal response.

Unlike any previous version, the audience match portion of the Super Match is not played for a payoff, but simply to determine the value of the head-to-head match. The potential payoffs are $2,500–$2,000–$1,500, or $1,000 for an unsuccessful match. If the champion manages a lucky star wheel spin, as in earlier versions, the value is doubled for a payoff of up to $5,000. Originally, in season 1 the payoffs were $2,000–$1,500–$1,000, or $500 for an unsuccessful match, with a potential top payoff of $4,000 for a lucky star wheel spin.

=== First ABC revival (2016–21) ===
The first of ten 60-minute episodes of another revival of ''Match Game'' premiered on ABC (which had previously aired the 1990 version) on June 26, 2016. [[Alec Baldwin]] served as host and executive producer. The show aired as part of ABC's "Sunday Fun and Games" block alongside the returning ''[[Celebrity Family Feud]]'' and ''[[Pyramid (franchise)#The $100,000 Pyramid|The $100,000 Pyramid]]''. It also marked the series' return to New York, having taped there during the 1960s.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2016/04/28/match-game-returns-to-primetime-with-host-alec-baldwin-on-abc-203215/20160428abc03/ |title='Match Game' Returns to Primetime with Host Alec Baldwin on ABC |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] via FutonCritic.com |date=April 28, 2016 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |archive-date=April 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6h77Y230t?url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2016/04/28/match-game-returns-to-primetime-with-host-alec-baldwin-on-abc-203215/20160428abc03/ |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865679084/The-new-vulgar-Match-Game-is-kind-of-a-bore.html|title=The new, vulgar "Match Game" is kind of a bore|work=Deseret News|first=Jim|last=Bennett|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=May 3, 2017|archive-date=May 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505015945/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865679084/The-new-vulgar-Match-Game-is-kind-of-a-bore.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On August 4, 2016, ABC renewed ''Match Game'' for a second season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/match-game-renewed-season-two-abc/|title=''Match Game'': Renewed for Season Two on ABC|work=TV Series Finale|first=Cindy|last=McLennan|date=August 4, 2016|access-date=August 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/abc-renews-game-shows-match-game-family-feud-100000-pyramid/|title=ABC Renews Game Shows 'Match Game,' 'Celebrity Family Feud,' '$100,000 Pyramid'|work=[[TheWrap]]|first=Reid|last=Nakamura|date=August 4, 2016|access-date=August 4, 2016}}</ref>

Gameplay was similar to the 1973–79 version,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/match-game-alec-baldwin-trump-rosie-odonnell-150634649.html|title=Alec Baldwin's ''Match Game'': Funny, Smutty, and Anti-Trump|work=[[Yahoo!]] TV|publisher=Yahoo, Inc.|last=Tucker|first=Ken|date=June 27, 2016|access-date=June 27, 2016}}</ref> featuring two full games, each with two new contestants. Each game is self-contained, with two questions per contestant, the winner advances to the Super Match. If the score was tied after two rounds, a tiebreaker round with all stars was played, if the tie persisted, a sudden-death tiebreaker was played. Values for the audience match portion of the bonus game were $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, with $1,000 awarded for not matching any of the top three answers. The contestant then selected a celebrity for the head-to-head match, which multiplied the audience match winnings by five if successful, for a potential top prize of $25,000.

On many episodes, answers deemed inappropriate for broadcast were edited out with comical effects, including a [[slide whistle]] sound effect dubbed over the audible answer in place of the usual [[bleep censor]]. In addition, the answer card and celebrity's mouth could be blurred or pixelated.

The show was picked up to fill ABC's winter programming schedule on January 4, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Porter|first1=Rick|title=''Match Game'' and ''To Tell the Truth'' help fill ABC's winter 2017 schedule|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/match-game-and-to-tell-the-truth-help-fill-abcs-winter-2017-schedule/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118100736/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/match-game-and-to-tell-the-truth-help-fill-abcs-winter-2017-schedule/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2016|website=TV By the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Media Company|access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref>

On April 2, 2017, the show began to be used as a [[mid-season replacement]] on Sunday evenings with newly produced episodes filling in for three weeks to replace the canceled period drama/sci-fi series ''[[Time After Time (American TV series)|Time After Time]]'' before the start of May [[sweeps]], when extended season finales and awards ceremonies fill out the remainder of the season.

On August 6, 2017, ABC announced that ''Match Game'' was renewed for a third season,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=''Match Game'' Renewed For Season 3 By ABC, Host Alec Baldwin Inks Deal With ABC Studios – TCA|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/match-game-renewed-season-3-abc-alec-baldwin-deal-abc-studios-1202143360/|website=Deadline|date=August 6, 2017|access-date=6 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pena|first1=Jessica|title=''Time After Time'': Cancelled; ABC Series Pulled & Replaced by ''Match Game''|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/time-time-cancelled-abc-series-pulled-replaced-match-game|website=TV Series Finale.com|date=March 29, 2017|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> which later premiered on January 9, 2018. Season four of the show debuted in June 2019.<ref name="ABCSummerDates">{{cite web|title=ABC Announces Summer Premiere Dates with Expanded "Summer Fun & Games" Lineup, Captivating Dramas and "The Bachelor" Franchise All Summer Long|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/04/10/abc-announces-summer-premiere-dates-with-expanded-summer-fun-and-games-lineup-captivating-dramas-and-the-bachelor-franchise-all-summer-long-300110/20190410abc01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=April 10, 2019}}</ref> On November 20, 2019, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on May 31, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABC Renews "Summer Fun & Games" for 2020|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/11/20/abc-renews-summer-fun-and-games-for-2020-867314/20191120abc01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=November 20, 2019}}</ref> After the last series of episodes aired over summer 2020 and July 2021, ABC confirmed in April 2022 that the series had been cancelled; the decision was made before Baldwin was involved in an [[Rust shooting incident|accidental shooting of a crew member on the set of the film ''Rust'']] in October 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/alec-baldwin-match-game-canceled-abc-card-sharks-1235221591/|title=Alec Baldwin's ''Match Game'' Canceled at ABC, Along With ''Card Sharks'' and More as Network Firms Up Summer Plans (EXCLUSIVE)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|author=Michael Schneider|date=April 1, 2022|access-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref>

=== Second ABC revival (2025) ===
On April 29, 2025, ABC announced that it would premiere a second prime time revival of ''Match Game'', which will be hosted by Canadian comedian and actor [[Martin Short]], and filmed in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. Short will also serve as an executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/match-game-abc-martin-short-1236380096/|title=''Match Game'' Returns To ABC With Martin Short As Host|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Peter White|date=April 29, 2025|access-date=April 29, 2025}}</ref> It is scheduled to premiere on July 23, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/abc-summer-premiere-dates-bachelor-in-paradise-1236381159/|title=ABC Sets Summer Premiere Dates For ''Bachelor In Paradise'', ''Match Game'' Revival With Martin Short, More|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|author=Denise Petski|date=April 30, 2025|access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref>