Perfect Match (American game show)
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Perfect Match was an American game show
hosted by Bob Goen
and announced by Johnny Gilbert
, which aired from January 13 to September 12, 1986 in syndication
. The game featured three married couples answering questions about their spouses to win money.
Perfect Match was Goen's first game show and the second game show to be distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures
after Lorimar Productions
purchased Telepictures
in 1985. The show was also produced by XPTLA, Inc, who also produced $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime. The show was a mid-season replacement for Catch Phrase, another game show distributed by Telepictures just before the merger.
The couple who had the most money at the end of the round won an additional $1,000, however each couple kept any money earned throughout the game. If two or three couples were tied at the end of the game, the $1000 was split between the tied couples and a three way did happen at least once. If any couple matched all of the words in the love notes they won a $5,000 bonus.
This show would have been renewed for a second season, but Chuck Barris complaining its similarities to The Newlywed Game
, which was back on the air as of the 1985-86 season and was the third highest rated syndicated show that season, probably led to its cancellation.
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
hosted by Bob Goen
Bob Goen
Robert Kuehl "Bob" Goen is an American game show emcee and television personality, best known for his work on Entertainment Tonight between 1993 and 2004...
and announced by Johnny Gilbert
Johnny Gilbert
John L. "Johnny" Gilbert III is an American show business personality who has worked mainly on television game shows. Originally a nightclub singer and entertainer, he has hosted and announced a number of game shows from various eras, dating as far back as the 1950s...
, which aired from January 13 to September 12, 1986 in syndication
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
. The game featured three married couples answering questions about their spouses to win money.
Perfect Match was Goen's first game show and the second game show to be distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures
Lorimar-Telepictures
Lorimar-Telepictures was a production and television syndication firm established in 1986 with the merger of Lorimar and Telepictures until both TV divisions became separate in 1988...
after Lorimar Productions
Lorimar Productions
Lorimar, later known as Lorimar Television and Lorimar Distribution, was an American television production company that was later a subsidiary of Warner Bros., active from 1969 until 1993...
purchased Telepictures
Telepictures
Telepictures is an American production company, currently operating as a label of Warner Bros. Television, with Hilary Estey McLoughlin currently serving as President...
in 1985. The show was also produced by XPTLA, Inc, who also produced $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime. The show was a mid-season replacement for Catch Phrase, another game show distributed by Telepictures just before the merger.
Main Game
Three recently-married couples attempted to match their spouse's answers. Each team began with a bankroll of $200. In Round 1, the wives were secluded off-stage and their husbands were asked a series of questions. The wives returned to the stage and attempted to match the answers given by their spouse. Prior to giving an answer, the wife wagered an amount between $10 and their entire bankroll based on her ability to provide a matching response. Providing the same response added the wager to their bankroll but a non-matching response meant that their wager was deducted from the bankroll. In Round 2, the husbands were secluded offstage while their wives were asked a different set of questions.Bonus Round
Each of the couples competed against each other by predicting how their spouses would complete "love notes" to the other. A template letter was shown to the husbands and each selected words they felt would be said by their wife based on the context of the letter. For each match the wives made, their team earned $100. The process was reversed and repeated with each match the husbands made worth $200.The couple who had the most money at the end of the round won an additional $1,000, however each couple kept any money earned throughout the game. If two or three couples were tied at the end of the game, the $1000 was split between the tied couples and a three way did happen at least once. If any couple matched all of the words in the love notes they won a $5,000 bonus.
This show would have been renewed for a second season, but Chuck Barris complaining its similarities to The Newlywed Game
The Newlywed Game
The Newlywed Game is an American television game show that pits newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know each other. The program, originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir The Newlywed Game is an American...
, which was back on the air as of the 1985-86 season and was the third highest rated syndicated show that season, probably led to its cancellation.