Show Info

Status: Canceled
First Aired: December 31, 1962
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 174
Networks: NBC
Genres: Reality, Comedy, Family

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The Match Game(1962)

TMDB Rating: 8.1 (8 votes)

Overview

In this panel game show, contestants try to match answers given by six celebrities to humorous and often risque fill-in-the-blank questions.

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Season 1

174 episodes • 1962Avg: 10.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson	Dec 31, 1962	10.0
2	Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson	Jan 2, 1963	0.0
3	Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson	Jan 3, 1963	0.0
4	Arlene Francis & Skitch Henderson	Jan 4, 1963	0.0
5	Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows	Jan 7, 1963	0.0
6	Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows	Jan 8, 1963	0.0
7	Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows	Jan 9, 1963	0.0
8	Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows	Jan 10, 1963	0.0
9	Sally Ann Howes & Abe Burrows	Jan 11, 1963	0.0
10	Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes	Jan 14, 1963	0.0
11	Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes	Jan 15, 1963	0.0
12	Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes	Jan 16, 1963	0.0
13	Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes	Jan 17, 1963	0.0
14	Peggy Cass & Peter Lind Hayes	Jan 18, 1963	0.0
15	Carol Lawrence & San Levenson	Jan 21, 1963	0.0
16	Carol Lawrence & Sam Levenson	Jan 22, 1963	0.0
17	Carol Lawrence & Sam Levenson	Jan 23, 1963	0.0
18	Carol Lawrence & Sam Levenson	Jan 24, 1963	0.0
19	Carol Lawrence & Sam Levenson	Jan 25, 1963	0.0
20	Betty White & Darren McGavin	Jan 28, 1963	0.0
21	Betty White & Darren McGavin	Jan 29, 1963	0.0
22	Betty White & Darren McGavin	Jan 30, 1963	0.0
23	Betty White & Darren McGavin	Jan 31, 1963	0.0
24	Betty White & Darren McGavin	Feb 1, 1963	0.0
25	Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson	Feb 4, 1963	0.0
26	Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson	Feb 5, 1963	0.0
27	Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson	Feb 6, 1963	0.0
28	Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson	Feb 7, 1963	0.0
29	Dorothy Collins & Barry Nelson	Feb 8, 1963	0.0
30	Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen	Feb 11, 1963	0.0
31	Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen	Feb 12, 1963	0.0
32	Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen	Feb 13, 1963	0.0
33	Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen	Feb 14, 1963	0.0
34	Ann Sothern & Milt Kamen	Feb 15, 1963	0.0
35	Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean	Feb 18, 1963	0.0
36	Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean	Feb 19, 1963	0.0
37	Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean	Feb 20, 1963	0.0
38	Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean	Feb 21, 1963	0.0
39	Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean	Feb 22, 1963	0.0
40	Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen	Feb 25, 1963	0.0
41	Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen	Feb 26, 1963	0.0
42	Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen	Feb 27, 1963	0.0
43	Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen	Feb 28, 1963	0.0
44	Gisele MacKenzie & Milt Kamen	Mar 1, 1963	0.0
45	Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf	Mar 4, 1963	0.0
46	Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf	Mar 5, 1963	0.0
47	Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf	Mar 6, 1963	0.0
48	Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf	Mar 7, 1963	0.0
49	Peggy Cass & Bennett Cerf	Mar 8, 1963	0.0
50	Florence Henderson & Paul Ford	Mar 11, 1963	0.0
51	Florence Henderson & Paul Ford	Mar 12, 1963	0.0
52	Florence Henderson & Paul Ford	Mar 13, 1963	0.0
53	Florence Henderson & Paul Ford	Mar 14, 1963	0.0
54	Florence Henderson & Paul Ford	Mar 15, 1963	0.0
55	Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis	Mar 18, 1963	0.0
56	Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis	Mar 19, 1963	0.0
57	Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis	Mar 20, 1963	0.0
58	Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis	Mar 21, 1963	0.0
59	Mary Healy & Robert Q. Lewis	Mar 22, 1963	0.0
60	Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan	Mar 25, 1963	0.0
61	Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan	Mar 26, 1963	0.0
62	Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan	Mar 27, 1963	0.0
63	Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan	Mar 28, 1963	0.0
64	Rise Stevens & Henry Morgan	Mar 29, 1963	0.0
65	Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (Guest Host: Art James)	Apr 1, 1963	0.0
66	Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (Gene Rayburn's Back as The Host of "The MATCH GamE.")	Apr 2, 1963	0.0
67	Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	Apr 3, 1963	0.0
68	Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	Apr 4, 1963	0.0
69	Peggy Cass & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	Apr 5, 1963	0.0
70	Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris	Apr 8, 1963	0.0
71	Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris	Apr 9, 1963	0.0
72	Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris	Apr 10, 1963	0.0
73	Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris	Apr 11, 1963	0.0
74	Carol Lawrence & Chester Morris	Apr 12, 1963	0.0
75	Florence Henderson & Tom Poston	Apr 15, 1963	0.0
76	Florence Henderson & Tom Poston	Apr 16, 1963	0.0
77	Florence Henderson & Tom Poston	Apr 17, 1963	0.0
78	Florence Henderson & Tom Poston	Apr 18, 1963	0.0
79	Florence Henderson & Tom Poston	Apr 19, 1963	0.0
80	Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan	Apr 22, 1963	0.0
81	Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan	Apr 23, 1963	0.0
82	Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan	Apr 24, 1963	0.0
83	Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan	Apr 25, 1963	0.0
84	Jane Wyatt & Henry Morgan	Apr 26, 1963	0.0
85	Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen	Apr 29, 1963	0.0
86	Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen	Apr 30, 1963	0.0
87	Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen	May 1, 1963	0.0
88	Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen	May 2, 1963	0.0
89	Kitty Carlisle & Milt Kamen	May 3, 1963	0.0
90	Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney	May 6, 1963	10.0
91	Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney	May 7, 1963	0.0
92	Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney	May 8, 1963	0.0
93	Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney	May 9, 1963	0.0
94	Gisele MacKenzie & Mickey Rooney	May 10, 1963	0.0
95	Abbe Lane & Art James	May 13, 1963	0.0
96	Abbe Lane & Art James	May 14, 1963	0.0
97	Abbe Lane & Art James	May 15, 1963	0.0
98	Abbe Lane & Art James	May 16, 1963	0.0
99	Abbe Lane & Art James	May 17, 1963	0.0
100	Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson	May 20, 1963	0.0
101	Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson	May 21, 1963	0.0
102	Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson	May 22, 1963	0.0
103	Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson	May 23, 1963	0.0
104	Barbara Cook & Sam Levenson	May 24, 1963	0.0
105	Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard	May 27, 1963	0.0
106	Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard	May 28, 1963	0.0
107	Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard	May 29, 1963	0.0
108	Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard	May 30, 1963	0.0
109	Faye Emerson & Jack E. Leonard	May 31, 1963	0.0
110	Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader	Jun 3, 1963	0.0
111	Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader	Jun 4, 1963	0.0
112	Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader	Jun 5, 1963	0.0
113	Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader	Jun 6, 1963	0.0
114	Kitty Carlisle & Vaughn Meader	Jun 7, 1963	0.0
115	Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling	Jun 10, 1963	0.0
116	Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling	Jun 11, 1963	0.0
117	Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling	Jun 12, 1963	0.0
118	Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling	Jun 13, 1963	0.0
119	Joan Fontaine & Rod Serling	Jun 14, 1963	0.0
120	Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen	Jun 17, 1963	0.0
121	Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen	Jun 18, 1963	0.0
122	Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen	Jun 19, 1963	0.0
123	Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen	Jun 20, 1963	0.0
124	Faye Emerson & Milt Kamen	Jun 21, 1963	0.0
125	Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan	Jun 24, 1963	0.0
126	Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan	Jun 25, 1963	0.0
127	Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan	Jun 26, 1963	0.0
128	Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan	Jun 27, 1963	0.0
129	Florence Henderson & Henry Morgan	Jun 28, 1963	0.0
130	Diana Lynn & Tom Poston	Jul 1, 1963	0.0
131	Diana Lynn & Tom Poston	Jul 2, 1963	0.0
132	Diana Lynn & Tom Poston	Jul 3, 1963	0.0
133	Diana Lynn & Tom Poston	Jul 4, 1963	0.0
134	Diana Lynn & Tom Poston	Jul 5, 1963	0.0
135	Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson	Jul 8, 1963	0.0
136	Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson	Jul 9, 1963	0.0
137	Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson	Jul 10, 1963	0.0
138	Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson	Jul 11, 1963	0.0
139	Peggy Cass & Skitch Henderson	Jul 12, 1963	0.0
140	Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard	Jul 15, 1963	0.0
141	Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard	Jul 16, 1963	0.0
142	Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard	Jul 17, 1963	0.0
143	Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard	Jul 18, 1963	0.0
144	Joan Caulfield & Jack E. Leonard	Jul 19, 1963	0.0
145	Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam	Jul 22, 1963	0.0
146	Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam	Jul 23, 1963	0.0
147	Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam	Jul 24, 1963	0.0
148	Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam	Jul 25, 1963	0.0
149	Florence Henderson & Morey Amsterdam	Jul 26, 1963	0.0
150	Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris	Jul 29, 1963	0.0
151	Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris	Jul 30, 1963	0.0
152	Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris	Jul 31, 1963	0.0
153	Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris	Aug 1, 1963	0.0
154	Gisele MacKenzie & Chester Morris	Aug 2, 1963	0.0
155	Betty White & Sam Levenson	Aug 5, 1963	0.0
156	Betty White & Sam Levenson	Aug 6, 1963	0.0
157	Betty White & Sam Levenson	Aug 7, 1963	0.0
158	Betty White & Sam Levenson	Aug 8, 1963	0.0
159	Betty White & Sam Levenson	Aug 9, 1963	0.0
160	Joan Fontaine & Alan Young	Aug 12, 1963	0.0
161	Joan Fontaine & Alan Young	Aug 13, 1963	0.0
162	Joan Fontaine & Alan Young	Aug 14, 1963	0.0
163	Joan Fontaine & Alan Young	Aug 15, 1963	0.0
164	Joan Fontaine & Alan Young	Aug 16, 1963	0.0
165	Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan	Aug 19, 1963	10.0
166	Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan	Aug 20, 1963	10.0
167	Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan	Aug 21, 1963	10.0
168	Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan	Aug 22, 1963	10.0
169	Faye Emerson & Henry Morgan	Aug 23, 1963	10.0
170	Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen	Aug 26, 1963	0.0
171	Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen	Aug 27, 1963	0.0
172	Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen (The March on Washington, DC & Dr. MLK Speech "I Have A Dream.")	Aug 28, 1963	0.0
173	Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen	Aug 29, 1963	0.0
174	Barbara Cook & Milt Kamen	Aug 30, 1963	0.0

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