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The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (1983–84) is a game show that aired on NBC. It was comprised of the fifth version of Match Game and the second version of Hollywood Squares.

Essentially, though it was The Match Game with a tweaked Hollywood Squares thrown in as a side game. Two contestants played three rounds of Match Game (CBS rules apply), with the winner graduating to Squares as three additional panelists on an added upper tier are employed. The questions were multiple choice (which cut down on gag answers and eliminated the need to be briefed before airtime about bluff answers) and each square captured was worth $25 to that player. A tic-tac-toe won $100.

The winner of Squares played the Super-Match, where the audience match answers were now worth $250, $500 and $1000. Whatever was won was multiplied by whatever number a chosen celebrity held on a concealed card, one of which was 30 (meaning a potential jackpot of $30,000).

This version was getting hammered in the ratings at 3 PM by CBS's Guiding Light and ABC's General Hospital. Some NBC affiliates ran it on tape-delay to the next morning while others blacked it out altogether.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast
Gene Rayburn	Match Game host	1
	Hollywood Squares panelist	1
Jon Bauman	Hollywood Squares host	1
	Match Game panelist	1
Gene Wood	Announcer	1

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
NBC
Season One	October 31, 1983	July 27, 1984	—

[edit] In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

There has not been a DVD release for this show.

[edit] External Sites