Hollywood Squares (1966)

1 season 68 episodes 30 min Comedy, Family and Reality

Synopsis

Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show, in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host, or "Square-Master", and the contestants judge the veracity of their answers in order to win the game. Although Hollywood Squares was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy in the form of joke answers, often given by the stars prior to their "real" answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes. In addition, the stars were given question subjects and plausible incorrect answers prior to the show. The show was scripted in this sense, but the gameplay was not. In any case, as host Peter Marshall, the best-known "Square-Master" and the man in whose honor the show's first announcer, Kenny Williams, actually "coined" the term, would explain at the beginning of the Secret Square game, the celebrities were briefed prior to show to help them with bluff answers, but they otherwise heard the actual questions for the first time as they were asked on air.

Seasons

Temporada 1 1966 · 88 episodes

Cast

Peter Marshall Self - Host
Kenny Williams Self - Announcer (voice)
Nick Adams Self
Sally Field Self
Agnes Moorehead Self
Rose Marie Self
Morey Amsterdam Self
Ernest Borgnine The Center Square
Michael Landon Self
Gisele MacKenzie Self
Wally Cox Self
Eartha Kitt Self
Bob Crane Self
Pamela Mason Self
Dale Robertson Self
Della Reese Self
Roger Smith Self
Pearl Bailey Self

Production

StatusEnded
NetworkNBC and Syndication
CountriesUnited States
First aired10/17/1966
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Crew

Merrill Heatter Creator
Bob Quigley Creator
Jerome Shaw Director
Les Roberts Writer
Merrill Heatter Executive producer
Bob Quigley Executive producer

Questions about the series Hollywood Squares

What is Hollywood Squares about?

Hollywood Squares: Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show, in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host, or "Square-Mas…

How many seasons does Hollywood Squares have?

Hollywood Squares has 1 season, with 68 episodes in total.

Is Hollywood Squares still running?

Hollywood Squares has ended in 1967.

How long is each episode of Hollywood Squares?

Each episode of Hollywood Squares runs about 30 minutes.

Who stars in Hollywood Squares?

The cast of Hollywood Squares includes Peter Marshall, Kenny Williams, Nick Adams, Sally Field and Agnes Moorehead.