louie anderson was the original host of family fued.
louie anderson was the original host of family fued.
who was the original host of family fued?
louie anderson
several game shows are currently syndicated; historically, the most popular has been "wheel of fortune" and the current version of "jeopardy!", both created by television personality merv griffin, respectively premiering in 1983 and 1984. the shows have been #1 and #2 or #1 to #3 in the syndication ratings consistently since at least the late 1980s. in fact, according to the "guinness book of world records", "wheel" is the most popular syndicated television program both within and outside the united states. "family feud", created by mark goodson and bill todman, ended its first syndication run in 1985. three years later, a revival of the program featuring ray combs as host became a moderate hit and continued for seven seasons, its last year featuring the return of original host richard dawson in a failed attempt to save the series. a third revival hit the airwaves in 1999 and has gone through four hosts. the first three hosts (louie anderson, richard karn and john o'hurley) struggled in their respective runs and only lasted three to four years. the current run of the program, hosted by steve harvey, has been a major ratings success; on the week of june 12, 2015, for the first time ever, "family feud" was the highest-rated syndicated program in terms of average household ratings. while the current version of "the price is right" (another goodson-todman game show) has enjoyed tremendous success on the cbs daytime schedule since its inception in 1972 under hosts bob barker and drew carey, it has also produced three spinoffs, two of which failed after one season. the most successful syndicated edition was the 1972–80 weekly version that was initially hosted by dennis james, but in 1977, daytime host bob barker also hosted the nighttime version for the final three seasons. for the 1985–86 season, tom kennedy hosted a daily syndicated version, and in 1994–95, doug davidson emceed his own daily syndicated version, titled "the new price is right". unlike the daytime series, which expanded to its current one-hour length in 1975, the syndicated versions of "price" were 30 minutes long. a "hollywood squares" revival also thrived beginning in 1998 under host tom bergeron, running six seasons until its 2004 cancellation. by far the most successful entry into the market in the 2000s has been the daily version of "who wants to be a millionaire", which premiered in september 2002 and was canceled in may 2019 after 17 seasons in syndication (and a total run of 20 seasons dating back to the show's premiere in august 1999).
broadcast syndication
bullet::::- world sport, cnn (co-host, 1999–2001)









































bullet::::- sportsline, espn star sports (host, 2001–2003)









































bullet::::- sportscenter asia, espn star sports (original host, 2002–2006)









































bullet::::- sportscenter india, espn star sports (original host, english edition, 2003–2005)









































bullet::::- sportscenter pacific rim, espn international (original co-host/reporter, 2007–2009)









































bullet::::- sportscenter atlantic, espn international (original co-host/reporter, 2007–2009)









































bullet::::- family foreman, episode 6, tv land (as espn reporter, 20 august 2008)









































bullet::::- fourfourtwo tv show, astro supersport (original host, 2009-2013)









































bullet::::- , golf channel (original host, 2009-2014)









































bullet::::- 2010 fifa world cup. astro (host, june–july 2010)









































bullet::::- barclays premier league. astro (host, august 2010-may 2014)
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