Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares (1966)


  • Genre: Comedy, Reality, Family
  • Creator: Merrill Heatter, Bob Quigley
  • First Air Date: 1966-10-17
  • Last Air Date: 1967-01-20
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 68
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: Orion Television
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: NBC, Syndication
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Summary

Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show, in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host, or "Square-Master", and the contestants judge the veracity of their answers in order to win the game. Although Hollywood Squares was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy in the form of joke answers, often given by the stars prior to their "real" answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes. In addition, the stars were given question subjects and plausible incorrect answers prior to the show. The show was scripted in this sense, but the gameplay was not. In any case, as host Peter Marshall, the best-known "Square-Master" and the man in whose honor the show's first announcer, Kenny Williams, actually "coined" the term, would explain at the beginning of the Secret Square game, the celebrities were briefed prior to show to help them with bluff answers, but they otherwise heard the actual questions for the first time as they were asked on air.

  • Keywords: game show, celebrity, jackpot, money, championship, laughter, panel show, all stars, prizes
  • Where to Watch Hollywood Squares Online

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  • Hollywood Squares Trailer

    Hollywood Squares Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1966-10-17
    68 Episodes

    Hollywood Squares Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1It's a Dysfunctional Family Show30 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Mayor of the Sun30 min
    Season 1Episode 3It's a Kiss Party30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Sixty for Swifty30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Didn't Work If Nelly Didn't Laugh30 min
    Season 1Episode 6The Price Was Wrong Drew30 min
    Season 1Episode 7It's a Hot Gentleman's Sweater30 min
    Season 1Episode 8They Always Choose Me, Boo!30 min
    • Peter Marshall

      as Self - Host

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