Talk:Family Feud

Unsourced Text Archive
Please feel free to review the text included here and re-add it w/proper sourcing. The article has been tagged for needing sources for over six months. Doniago (talk) 17:48, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
 * So, we can't add the simple fact that John O'Hurley hosted from 2006-2010 without sourcing it? If that's the case, why don't you just go ahead and delete every single sentence that doesn't have a reference on it? --Zpb52 (talk) 17:03, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Because I don't feel that would be constructive. If you do, please feel free to do so; I likely won't contest it, though I can't speak for other editors. In any event, the article has been clearly marked for sourcing issues for well over a year now; there's no excuse for adding further unsourced information. Cheers. Doniago (talk) 17:26, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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Other production staff
Gabrielle Johnston, a Goodson-Todman staffer since the 1970s, is currently the show's executive producer, years after she was the show's associate producer of the 1980s version. Kristin Bjorklund is the current producer and was also an associate producer of the 1980s version. Lauri Chryss is the associate director.

Previous staff members include Howard Felsher, the show's original producer before being an executive producer in the 1980s version, who was also a Goodson-Todman staffer since the 1960s, and Cathy Hughart Dawson, the show's original associate producer, who then became producer. Georgia Purcell assumed the associate producer role later in the series. Chester Feldman, who was a creative consultant for Goodson-Todman in the 1970s, was the show's executive producer in the 1980s version.

During the Dawson and Combs versions, Gene Wood was the announcer, with periodic fill-ins from Johnny Gilbert, Charlie O'Donnell, Art James and Rod Roddy. Burton Richardson was the announcer for all episodes of the current version from 1999–2010, except for the Gameshow Marathon finale episode, which was announced by Rich Fields in 2006. Joey Fatone has been the new announcer since the beginning of the twelfth season.

Production company and distribution
Originally, Family Feud was billed as "A Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Production", but after Todman's death in 1979, the unit was simply known as "Mark Goodson Productions" and was announced as such until 1995. During the first three seasons of the 1999 revival, the show used the Mark Goodson Productions name and logo at the end of each episode, but not the announcement, even though the original production company no longer existed. However, when Richard Karn began hosting in 2002, the traditional practice was abandoned entirely.

The show's copyright holder was called "The Family Company" from 1976–1985, "The New Family Company" from 1988–1994, "Mark Goodson Productions, L.P." from 1994–1995 and "Feudin' Productions" from 1999–2010. Currently, Family Feud's copyright holder is called "Wanderlust Productions". Since 2002, the show has been produced by RTL Group subsidiary FremantleMedia North America, as a successor to Mark Goodson Productions.

Viacom Enterprises, currently known as CBS Television Distribution, distributed the syndicated version from 1977–1985.

From 1988 until 1995 and again from 1999 until 2002, FremantleMedia (previously under the names LBS Communications, All-American Television, and Pearson Television) distributed Family Feud. In March 2001, Tribune Entertainment was awarded syndication duties, when FremantleMedia chose to focus on producing rather than distribution. Tribune's participation in the series ended in the spring of 2007, when they dismantled their television distribution arm. That fall, Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Mercury assumed distribution and 20th Television assumed ad sales.

Returning champions
On the ABC daytime version, champion families could stay until they were defeated or reached or exceeded $25,000 in winnings. On the syndicated version from 1977–1985 and again from 1999–2002, two new families competed on each episode.

The 1988–1995 version featured returning champions, as has the current version since 2002. From 1988–1993 and again since 2002, the limit has been five appearances. From 1988–1992, a Tournament of Champions format was used (see below), but in the syndicated version, there was no returning champion limit. Since the 2009–2010 season, families who retire undefeated also win a new car. {| class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;font-size:88%;text-align: left; border: 1px solid silver; margin-top: 0.2em;" ! style="background-color: #CFC;" | Tournament of Champions ==Tournament of Champions==
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1988–94
The 1988–94 version carried special tournaments for the four highest winning families from certain periods of time returning for a Winner-Take-All Tournament of Champions. These were rarely held at first for both the CBS and syndicated versions.

The main game rules applied, but if a family reached 200 points in Fast Money, $5,000 went into a jackpot that started at $25,000 and went up to potentially $55,000 on the CBS version. Likewise, on the syndicated version, the jackpot started at $50,000 and went up $10,000 for each time Fast Money was won, up to a possible $110,000. If the score was less than 200, nothing was added to the jackpot, as the $5 a point rule was discarded for the tournament. Each semifinal was the best-of-three games, with the first family in each one to win two games advancing to the finals, which was also a best-of-three match. There was no Fast Money round played during the finals. The scoring was similar to the 1984–85 season (single-single-single-single-double-triple) or the regular CBS/Syndicated version from late 1989 to 1990 (single-single-single-double-triple) in the finals, with the first family to reach 400 winning the game instead of 300. The first family to win two out of three games won everything in the jackpot in addition to what they won in the regular game.

No additional tournaments were conducted on the syndicated version after season two. The CBS version continued conducting them, but in mid-1990, tournaments were held every month, with the top four money-winning families of the previous month returning. The main game point goals for winning a semifinal and a final game were the same, but the match format was changed from the best-of-three to a one-game match for both the semifinals and the finals. Thus, the potential maximum was lowered to $35,000.

2002–present
The current version began doing tournaments in 2002. The first occurred in May 2002 with the Family Circle Tournament of Champions, with eight winning families returning in a single-elimination tournament. The jackpot started at $50,000 and went up $20,000 for each time Fast Money was won, up to a possible $170,000. For this particular tournament only, if Fast Money was not won, $5 per point was added to the jackpot. Each game was played to 300 points except for the finals, which required 500 points to win the game and the jackpot. The winning team for this tournament won a trip to Charleston, South Carolina and tickets to the Family Circle Cup women's tennis tournament in nearby Daniel Island, in addition to the money, which was $112,230. The runners-up for this tournament won a trip to Jamaica.

This version, however, did not do tournaments on an occasional basis until May 2005. Again, eight families were brought back, but this time, they consisted of either families who previously lost their first game for the tournament that was held in May 2005 and May 2006, or previously winning families, but not necessarily focusing on the higher winning families of the past for the tournament held in February 2006. The differences at this point for the tournaments were that the jackpot started with nothing, except for the February 2006 Tournament of Champions, which began at $10,000, for a possible $130,000. Losses in Fast Money did not add anything to the jackpot, as in the 1988–94 version and the championship game was played to 400 points. Trips were sometimes awarded to the jackpot-winning family, including Hawaii during the February 2006 tournament and Mexico during the May 2006 tournament. Again, no Fast Money was played in the finals.

The tournament format did not return again until 2013, where the jackpot started at $40,000 and could get as high as $160,000. This edition of the tournament was sponsored by Publishers Clearing House. As before, no Fast Money was played in the finals, and the first team to reach 400 points won the jackpot; the runners-up in this tournament received $20,000. {| class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;font-size:88%;text-align: left; border: 1px solid silver; margin-top: 0.2em;" ! style="background-color: #CFC;" | All-Star Family Feud Specials ==All-Star Family Feud Specials== During the week of Valentine's Day in February 1978, the Dawson daytime version ran its first all-celebrity week, which featured ABC soap stars competing. The success of this special week not only caused the show's ratings to peak, but also caused declining ratings of the network's soaps to increase. As a result, ABC created hour-long All-Star Family Feud Specials, which were played between cast members of hit prime time and, on rare occasions, daytime series for charity. The first installment aired on May 8, 1978 and did so well in the ratings that new specials continued to air as a semi-regular sweeps event on the network until May 25, 1984.
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In the first half of the special, two teams played until one reached $200 or more. That team went on to play Fast Money for $5,000 and competed in the finals against the team that won in the second half, which was played the same way. The two winning teams then faced each other in a one-question showdown, with the team that won the pot going on to play Fast Money for an additional $10,000.

Originally, only the cast members of ABC series competed in the All-Star Specials, but when high ratings made it apparent that continuing to do so would soon exhaust the network's stable of celebrities, an agreement was reached with CBS, NBC, and the production companies, and stars of series from all three networks began appearing in the fall of 1979, similar to ABC's Battle of the Network Stars concept. At the time, networks did not own their own programming and had to rely on programming from the studios, who dealt with all three networks, and often, the battles were between shows from two different networks, even if it was the same production company.

Underlying themes to the series' casts were occasionally featured, such as Nighttime vs. Daytime, featuring daytime soap stars competing against prime time TV stars, and some specials even removed the "TV series cast" format in favor of a single unifying theme among the four teams competing, such as Mutiny On The Love Boat, in which the cast of that show competed alongside such past guest stars as Robert Goulet, Jill St. John, Bert Parks and Rhonda Fleming.

Celebrity Family Feud
While technically a revival of the All-Star Family Feud Specials, this NBC prime-time summer series, entitled Celebrity Family Feud, premiered on June 24, 2008 as a six-week short series with Al Roker at the helm. This version featured teams composed of a celebrity captain and four friends or relatives, with a $50,000 charity payoff at stake. In addition, this version debuted set changes that were later introduced on the syndicated run for the 2008–09 season.

This six-week miniseries was part of NBC's "All-American Summer", which also included America's Got Talent and MGM's revival of American Gladiators.

The game format was similar to the All-Star Specials. The families played three rounds (single-single-triple-sudden death). The winners of the two games played in another three-round match for the right to play Fast Money.
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In the case of this article, it would be fair enough to blow it up and start over. I have already done so to the lead; however, with the main text of the article, finding sources for it is problematic. I have learned that there are several reliable sources for what is known about this show beyond those provided in the article, but the question is, do those reliable sources in existence that talk about the show cover all that is known about it? It is our responsibility as Wikipedians to find out.

Beyond this, there are still some key questions about the show that need to be answered: How and why was the show created? What was/were Goodson's source(s) of inspiration for the series, and were there any pilot episodes that differed substantially from the Family Feud that is recognized today? Has the show had any further reception, legacy, or pop-culture impact beyond what the sources present in this article state? Information like this needs to be mined from reliable sources if applicable, because it is vital to getting this article to a higher status. --SethAllen623 (talk) 17:57, 9 January 2015 (UTC)


 * While I have mainly transitioned over to the NASCAR WikiProject, I agree with Seth on this one and would be willing to help out if assistance is needed. As it stands now the article is nowhere up to the level of the rest of the "Big 4", if you will. That is, the four syndicated game shows in Jeopardy!, Millionaire, and Wheel of Fortune. As a Sixers fan, I can say that GM Sam Hinkie's strategy has been to "blow the team up and start all over", with the hopes of being a championship-winning team a few years down the road. The same idea applies here; I think it would be better to revamp the entire article rather than try taking the current version and merely improve the wording and add citations. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 20:42, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Survey and Points
I did not read the whole article, but there were a couple things that I wanted to know that may not have been included. One, what groups were surveyed for the questions? Two, if an answer to a survey question had only one respondent, it was not included, so how low could the point totals have been for a survey?


 * Came to this article for similar info. Where is information on the survey taking process? Where do they take surveys? How are responses processed and sorted (as the above comment reflects that you cannot have answers with only 1 response)?

Come on!
This is possibly the worst article on Wikipedia! No sources, citiation needed tags everwhere! Now, I sourced this recently and now the citations are gone. --Coingeek (talk) 18:25, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Any chance of going through the article history to find out when (and possibly who) removed the citations? That would obviously be a pretty serious problem. I moved large chunks of unsourced material here, but I wouldn't generally touch anything with a citation. Doniago (talk) 03:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

What is wrong with “is currently”?
When used with the present tense of a verb, “currently” is almost always unnecessary since the present tense tells us what the current condition is of something. We can just let the present tense of the verb do its job without adding a redundant “currently”.

In the case of this article, is there any difference between these pairs of sentences?"
 * Family Feud is an American television game show that is presently hosted by Steve Harvey...."
 * Family Feud is an American television game show that is hosted by Steve Harvey...."

AmericaDad86 says that ""currently" or "presently" would imply that Harvey has not always hosted the series". Are we sure that the reader will get the implication? It is beeter to be explicit that to imply. The next paragraph says "The show premiered on ABC and was hosted by Richard Dawson from 1976...", which is clear and unambiguous, rather than implying.

Furthermore, the suggestion that the present tense the present tense could be interpreted as meaning a permanent condition unless modified by “currently” or "presently" is not correct.
 * 1) Barack Obama is currently president of the United States.
 * 2) Barack Obama is president of the United States.


 * 1) The Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building in the world.
 * 2) The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world.

The second sentence in each pair means the same thing as the first sentence, but it is shorter and simpler. It is called the present tense, not the "permanent tense" for a reason: these sentences aren’t ambiguous, are they? No-one would think that those are permanent conditions. The same is true of the sentences above; Barack Obama is not the eternal president of the United States – he is limited by both the US Constitution and his own mortality.
 * I am sick.
 * It is raining.
 * He is naked.

Is there ever an appropriate time to use “is currently”? There are times when clarification can be useful when contrasting current conditions with past or future conditions. In these cases, “is currently” is correct, but “is now” is better because it is shorter and simpler.

For example:
 * The restaurant will be open tomorrow morning, but it is closed now.
 * I was feeling sick this afternoon, but I’m all right now.

In these cases, the present tense on its own isn’t really enough because the reader has just received contradictory information. Adding “now” provide the emphasis to make the situation clear. Sorry for the long rant, but it bugs me that verbs are not being left to do their jobs in peace without superfluous modifiers. Ground Zero | t 13:51, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Another option would be to break out the current host from the first part of the sentence. "Family Feud is an American television game show." Then go into the hosting data in more detail. Doniago (talk) 17:40, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Merge proposal
Merge Celebrity Family Feud with this article, despite different host, network, and slightly tweaked 60-minute format...... like the All-Star edition from the 70s as well as the Challenge version from the 90s... both of which are mentioned in this same article. Information from the Celebrity article can easily fit into the regular Feud article, so why make a separate article for it? It's just confusing. Megastar LV ( talk ) 21:12, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Beginning to give this some attention
[ moved here from GA review page ]

My time is limited right now, but I'm going to try to give this some attention in the coming days. Any input or suggestions from either of you would be much appreciated (no sweat if you're busy, of course). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 16:10, 12 June 2015 (UTC)


 * , the GA review is closed for some time now, so that page should not be modified. You can discuss further improvements and changes to the article here on the normal article Talk page.  If you want to bring the article up for GA again, that would be a new review that starts from scratch with a new reviewer, although of course that reviewer can look at the previous review to see what was judged lacking at that time.   Wasted Time R (talk) 11:53, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, my mistake (2.5 years here and I'm still learning new things every day). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 13:59, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

The lead is consistent with other articles such as Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show) in terms of it giving precise dates in the lead. Regarding the announcers, while the hosts are probably more notable, is it really necessarily "bad" to at least mention the announcers in the lead? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 16:10, 12 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Views on leads will vary. I just looked at the lead for Jeopardy! and I don't like it much.  Too much detail in some places and some major aspects left out, such as the fame and general usage of the theme music, the cultural impact, the Ken Jennings streak and the attention it produced, why it's been so successful.  But you are right, if you point to similar GA articles that have similar levels of detail in the lead, a GA reviewer would be hard-pressed to make a stand on the matter.  Wasted Time R (talk) 11:53, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Buzzr
The paragraph on reruns airing on Buzzr needs an update, since the network has launched. Are any hosts other than Dawson currently airing on it? 67.197.243.87 (talk) 11:44, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Timeline
Please do not re-add the host timeline to this article. AldezD (talk) 02:29, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The information on hosts is already included in two places: the infobox, and in Family Feud. It does not need to be displayed in a third format within the article.
 * This is not a standard feature in articles where multiple people have hosted a program. It is not featured in any other game show article, nor is it commonplace in other television show articles.
 * The font size and format is garish and difficult to read.
 * It does not provide any additional information, understanding or detail not already included within the article.


 * First of all, in my edit summary, I said: "Find consensus on talk page and don't edit war. See WP:DONTREVERT". It looks like you did one of the three. We don't revert back and then start a discussion. You reverted 's edit, then I re-added it, so then it's up to you to find consensus (or give an MOS) that supports your removal.


 * re: #1: Infoboxes "summarize important points in an easy-to-read format." And so do tables/charts in the body of the article. (Infobox is considered separate from the main article.)
 * re: #2: Virtually all TV show articles have cast sections that either have bulleted lists or tables (sometimes both) that tell what seasons they are in. A few (not many) do have this type of timeline.
 * re: #2: I do think it doesn't look as good as a wikitable. So, if you want, you can add a list or table instead (or if you prefer, I can do it).
 * re: #3: It doesn't need to add anything that's not in prose; in fact, it shouldn't.


 * Even though you wrongly removed it again, I'm not going to re-add it. But if you don't give a good response, I will. —Musdan77 (talk) 04:21, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * This article already has a cast section that details who hosted the show and the dates of his tenure. It does not need to be duplicated in another bulleted list or timeline. Listing this information a second (or third, counting the infobox) time in the same article is unnecessary. Family Feud has featured six hosts in 40 years of television. Six. The dates they appeared are accurately listed and easily deciphered from the text already included in the article. A bulleted list or table showing this information a second time within the same section of the article is completely unnecessary. Even a program like Today—which has a much more complex history of on-air talent—does not feature a timeline or second format of displaying this information already contained within the notable on-air staff section. At most, a single-photo collage featuring a head shot of each host with an appropriate caption should be included as an image within the section. The timeline is gigantic, garish, difficult to read and not widely used anywhere else in television articles on Wikipedia. Adding it in no way improves the article. AldezD (talk) 12:07, 14 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Why not remove the infobox then? It's not "necessary" – but it is helpful. Did you read WP:DONTREVERT yet? Let me quote from it: "Don't revert an edit because it is unnecessary". What are you talking about with Today? The "Former on-air staff" sub-section has four lists. You need to show more effort of being willing to collaborate with other editors (compromise) – like I have shown (#2). —Musdan77 (talk) 18:34, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT. The infobox is necessary and part of MOS:TV—you know that. Implying that I'm suggesting the infobox should be removed based upon my earlier reply is nonsense. The timeline you are suggesting to include is not helpful. It is a duplication of information already contained within the same section. The timeline is garish, obtrusive and difficult to read.
 * In my earlier reply, the Today show was used as an example of a complex on-air personality ("host") section. The #Notable on-air staff section within that specific article lists those who appeared on the program concisely. It does not then repeat the same information within the same section in another format (i.e., a timeline), like you are suggesting should be included in this article, a subject with a much simpler back-story of on-air talent. Family Feud is not nearly as complex as Today, yet you are suggesting the same host information for Family Feud needs to be repeated in another graphic format within the same section to be better understood.
 * Again, the timeline does not improve this article, nor would a bulleted list or table of the same information within the same section. AldezD (talk) 19:34, 14 March 2016 (UTC)


 * No, per Help:Infobox, "The use of infoboxes is neither required nor prohibited for any article. Whether to include an infobox,...is determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article." And MOS:TV does not say it has to be used. I wasn't implying anything any such thing. I was giving an equivalency comparison. Both the infobox and a "timeline" (in whatever format) are not necessary and both are helpful. If they weren't, they wouldn't be used in thousands of articles. I've tried working with you on this, and you have not given very good reasoning for removal (not supported by any MOS). I could re-add it, due to you not following proper procedure, but I'm not going to -- especially since the editor who added it hasn't been involved in the discussion. —Musdan77 (talk) 16:31, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Again, you are missing the point. The timeline you are suggesting adding is a duplication of information already contained within the same section. It is not widely used. It is obtrusive. It uses smaller fonts and is difficult to read. It is not helpful. It does not improve the article. AldezD (talk) 18:19, 15 March 2016 (UTC)


 * You're the one who's not getting it somehow. As I said from the beginning (points #1 & #3), tables/charts don't need to add anything that's not in prose; in fact, they shouldn't. They are like the infobox, where they "summarize important points in an easy-to-read format." And as I made clear (I thought), we're no longer talking about the timeline that was added and you removed. I gave two other formats to choose from. And those are the ones that are used in the vast majority of articles about TV shows. —Musdan77 (talk) 13:37, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It doesn't need to be detailed twice within the same section. 14:10, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Again, look back at what I said (and quoted) on the word "necessary" (which is synonymous with "need"). I don't want to repeat myself again. Your argument is still not supported by MOS -- in fact, to the contrary. —Musdan77 (talk) 15:39, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Where in MOS does it state something should be duplicated within the same section? WP:TVCAST states "To avoid redundancy, use only one method for delivering this information." Granted, that comment is related to differentiating between a cast list and character list and not directly related to a show that does not feature characters. But you're still suggesting duplicating information in a second format that is already concisely detailed in prose. The same information does not need to be displayed in two separate formats (prose & bulleted list, prose & table or prose & timeline) within the same section. It's redundant. AldezD (talk) 18:09, 17 March 2016 (UTC)


 * There are a lot of things used in articles that technically could be considered redundant, but they are used because they help the reader -- such as the overview table. And what WP:TVCAST does say is "cast and characters should be presented in one of two ways..." It doesn't say anything about prose -- though I'm not saying that it shouldn't be used. —Musdan77 (talk) 18:19, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

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Pictures of Louie Anderson and Richard Karn?
I think adding photos of Louie Anderson and Richard Karn who hosted the series from 1999 to 2002 and 2002 to 2006 should be in the article. MightyArms (talk) 22:32, 23 November 2023 (UTC)