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Not to be confused with [[Celebrity Edition|Celebrity Specials]] of a [[Game Show]], where the celeb accrues prize money and donates it to a charity of their choosing.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The one that is most familiar to American viewers is ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', which had four comedians who would perform improv comedy to win points from host Clive Anderson (later replaced by Drew Carey for the somewhat-louder American version).
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* ''8 Out Of 10 Cats'', about statistics, hosted by [[Jimmy Carr]], regular team captain Sean Lock (either of whom tend to be CMOF-worthy ''separately''), relatively new team captain Jon Richardson, and the occasional ''somewhat'' thematic celebrity (such as Chris Hoy, after he won Olympic gold).
* ''Dave Gorman's Genius'', which is also a radio show, involves more audience participation than usual: the general public mails suggestions which could improve the world (or are just funny), and the best ones get invited onto the show to defend their idea to a guest, who is in charge of deciding whether or not the idea is genius. Ideas that have been declared genius before include breeding an elephant that is small enough to be a house pet, helium filled bubble wrap to make parcels lighter and postage cheaper, and to make parlament discuss things under the rules of ''[[Just a Minute]]''.
* ''[[Would I Lie to You?]]'', hosted in the first two seasons by Angus Deayton, currently hosted by Rob Brydon, with team captains [[Lee Mack]] and [[David Mitchell]]. Slightly more emphasis on the ''game'' part of panel game, the contestants read out a card that either contains an unlikely truth about themselves or a lie made up by the researchers of the show, and they have to defend it as true, while the other team prods them for additional facts and then says whether it's the truth, or a lie. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6JH-3o17qI A video link] explains it better than that description.) There are also various other rounds, such as each member of one team claiming to know a mystery guest. It's one of the best panel shows on today, with very little scripted material, lots of funny stories and plenty of good-natured ribbing.
* ''The Bubble'', hosted by David Mitchell isolates 3 celebrities in a country house for a week and shows them a variety of News Stories from the week, some real, some faked and the celebrities have to guess which is which. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y529crbY4DU It's better seen than read about.] Notable for the fact that while it's a BBC show they are banned from faking news from the BBC. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTvVd8tr_n4 Here's an interview about the program.]
* Ireland has ''The Panel'' which dispenses with the quiz format altogether, while still attempting to feel like a panel game show. It used to work, [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|until Dara Ó Briain left]].
* The format is quite popular in the Netherlands, although not quite as mainstream as it is in the UK. Popular Dutch panel shows include:
** ''Waku Waku'', a classic charity show with a focus on wildlife trivia. Although it was extremely popular for quite a number of seasons, it was cancelled well over a decade ago. It's the one panel show that all others take their cues from.
** ''Dit Was Het Nieuws'' (This Was The News), a carbon copy of [[Have I Got News for You]].
** ''The Mike And Thomas Show'', a rapid, very musical show not unlike ''Shooting Stars''. It consists of the two titular hosts basically just messing about in the guise of a gameshow. And two grand pianos.
** ''Wie Ben Ik?'' (Who Am I?), a panel show based around celebrities trying to guess the object, character or concept they've been labeled as. The show made great use of its simplistic rules, letting the comedians run loose and never pretending to be more than it was, resulting in one of the most celebrated light entertainment shows in Dutch TV history.
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* ''The 99p Challenge'' is a radio panel show that offers up a prize of 99 pence [[Funny Money|(currently equivalent to US$50,000)]] to its winners.
* American example: [[NPR]]'s ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!|Wait Wait Don't Tell Me]]''. Not a pure panel game, as it also features segments in which listeners play to win an actual prize, but as the prize is an answering machine greeting from newscaster Carl Kasell, these are played for laughs as much as the ones with only the panelists.
* More panelly American example: NPR's ''[[Says You!]]'' where a regular cast, consisting mostly of media writers and producers, plays a series of games dealing with trivia and English vocabulary.
* ''[[Just a Minute]]'', which, over the years, has placed more and more emphasis on joke-telling than on trying to speak for a minute without repetition, hesitation, or deviation, with the panel now generally composed of stand-up comedians (the original regulars included columnist Clement Freud and comic actors (but not stand-up comedians) Peter Jones, Derek Nimmo, and Kenneth Williams). Host Nicholas Parsons does insist that it is the contributions and not the point-scoring that is most important, but this has not stopped many panellists over the years from taking the "game" aspect very seriously.
* ''[[The Unbelievable Truth]]'', hosted by David Mitchell of ''[[Peep Show]]'' fame.
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* ''The Museum of Curiosities'', which has been described as a sister show to ''[[QI]]''.
* A very early example would be ''Information Please'', first broadcast in 1938. Particularly interesting in that the listening public was responsible for sending in the questions asked of the panel members, and they were the ones paid if the panelists got the answer wrong.
* ''Fighting Talk'', which airs every Saturday morning during the football season on BBC Five Live. More competitive than most examples, it features four panelists; usually sportspeople, comedians or journalists, discussing topical sporting news with points awarded for good punditry and passion as well as comedy.
== [[New Media]] ==
* David Firth of Fat-Pie.com doesn't appear to much like panel shows, as displayed in a cartoon he made for Charlie Brooker's show ''Screenwipe'' that mocks the pre-written jokes many of them use. It also makes a few jabs at [[YouTube|internet videos]]. [http://www.fat-pie.com/tv2.htm See the cartoon here.]
** Ironic, considering that Charlie Brooker is credited as a joke writer on some episodes of ''8 Out Of 10 Cats'', and has been a panellist on ''Have I Got News For You'' twice...
*** In fact, you might say... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCvbFRoDBCg Charlie Brooker is right about everything.]
* [[Philthon Jones|Caught Chatting]] is presented in this format.
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