Match Game
Episode 45
TV Flash files “Episode 45” as hour 663 of 1437 in the TV Flash guide — Match Game (1973–1979) on CBS, season 1976, episode 45, aired 1976-03-05, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S1976E45: listed hour 663 of 1437 in the Match Game guide, hour 45 of 253 in season 1976. It aired 1976-03-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 44” (S1976E44). Next is “Episode 46” (S1976E46). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 45 sit in the Match Game guide?
S1976E45 is listed hour 663 of 1437 — hour 45 of 253 in season 1976, season 1976 episode 45.
When did Match Game S1976E45 air?
Episode 45 aired 1976-03-05 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Which Match Game is the one people mean?
The 1970s CBS daytime version with Gene Rayburn, Brett Somers, and Charles Nelson Reilly. Later reboots never fully recaptured the panel magic.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Gene Rayburn runs a blank-the-blank innuendo circus while Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers treat the panel like a chaotic marriage. Daytime raunch as sport, celebrity chemistry as the real contest. 1970s network television getting tipsy before dinner, and still sharper than modern panel filler.
Picture daytime television getting tipsy before dinner. CBS, 1973–1979: contestants try to match celebrity panel fill-in-the-blank answers that drift gleefully toward double entendre. Match Game's culturally definitive 1970s version, from Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, put Gene Rayburn in the ringmaster chair while Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly treated the panel like a chaotic marriage. Richard Dawson used the seat as a runway toward later Family Feud hosting. Blank the blank became raunch as sport. On…
Filed against
- Gene Rayburn as Host
Gene Rayburn’s announcer weather helped Tonight Starring Steve Allen invent late-night furniture, then Match Game turned the same grin into a blank-the-blank innuendo circus — 1950s catalog desk-and-door, 1970s catalog…
- Brett Somers as Panelist
Brett Somers treated Match Game's panel like a chaotic marriage — Gene Rayburn's blank-the-blank innuendo circus, Charles Nelson Reilly as sparring partner, daytime raunch as sport. Celebrity chemistry was the real contest. TV Flash files…
- Charles Nelson Reilly as Panelist
Charles Nelson Reilly treated Match Game's panel like a chaotic marriage — Gene Rayburn's blank-the-blank innuendo circus, Brett Somers as sparring partner, daytime raunch as sport. Celebrity chemistry was the real contest. TV Flash files…
- Richard Dawson as Panelist
Richard Dawson’s Cpl. Peter Newkirk picked Hogan’s Heroes’ pockets with a Cockney grin — 1960s catalog Stalag farce, then Match Game and Family Feud turned the same flirt into daytime sport. TV Flash files him as the POW who became a…