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Television cable network founded in 1994, dedicated to the [[Game Show]] genre. In particular, Game Show Network was founded to air reruns of classic TV game shows from the 1950s onward. Starting in the late 1990s, the network began creating its own, starting with live, call-in programs and eventually branching out into original formats and revivals of obscure formats.
At first, the network's rerun lineup ran the gamut from [[Mark Goodson|Goodson-Todman]] stalwarts such as ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', ''[[Password]]'', ''[[Family Feud]]'', and ''[[Match Game]]'' to other familiar programs owned by Sony (such as ''[[Pyramid]]'', ''[[Jeopardy
The current schedule is sometimes criticized by fans for relying too much on fairly recent material (''[[
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=== Original GSN programming, counting revivals of existing formats: ===
* As Seen On... (series that basically consisted of clips)
* [[
* [[Bingo America]]
* [[Black and White Overnite]]
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* Camouflage (hidden words rather than hidden pictures)
* [[Gambit|Catch 21]] (revival of ''Gambit'')
* [[Chain Reaction (TV series)|Chain Reaction]] (revival of 1980s game show)
* [[Cram]]
* DJ Games
* Decades (and its revival, ''Super Decades'')
* Faux Pause
* [[Friend or Foe (TV series)|Friend or Foe]]?
* [[The Gong Show|Extreme Gong]]
* Grand Slam (U.S. debut of a British format)
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* [[Inquizition]]
* [[Late Night Liars]]
* [[
* [[Lovers Lounge]]
* National Lampoon's Funny Money
* [[The Newlywed Game]] (2009 version)
* [[Russian Roulette (TV series)|Russian Roulette]]
* [[Sunday Night in Black And White]]
* [[That's the Question]]
* [[Throut And Neck]]
* Trivia Track
* [[Whammy (TV series)|Whammy]]! (revival of the 1980s ''[[Press Your Luck]]'')
* When Did That Happen?
* [[Win Tuition]]
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* [[April Fools' Day]]: In 2003, all of the hosts of the network's original shows at the time traded places, except for Chuck Woolery who stayed with ''Lingo''. That day's ''Lingo'' featured four of the hosts playing a charity game against each other, with remaining host [[Whammy (TV series)|Todd Newton]] serving as announcer/comic relief.
** [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: It was also the last first-run episodes of ''Russian Roulette'', ''Friend or Foe?'', and ''WinTuition''.
* [[Credits Pushback]]: Done annoyingly, to the point of illegibility and even cutting off the [[Vanity Plate|Vanity Plates]] on most shows. Most of the time, this also nullifies the fee plugs read by [[The Announcer]] (though those, strangely, are still closed-captioned). They at least have the decency not to crunch ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' (since Monty Hall made mini-deals with the audience throughout the credits) or the ''[[Black and White Overnite]]'' shows.
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