ABC will revive “Match Game” this summer, with “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin set to host.
The classic game show will return to primetime Sundays beginning June 26 as part of a new programming block that also includes “The 100,000 Pyramid” and last summer’s breakout hit “Celebrity Family Feud.”
Baldwin will host the 10-episode revival, which features two contestants as they attempt to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill-in-the-missing-blank. His appearance fees will be donated to arts charities through the Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation.
“I am beyond grateful to ABC and FremantleMedia for the chance to host a summer series of the legendary ‘Match Game,’” said Baldwin in a statement. “Hilaria and I are thrilled to donate this fee to arts-related charities. And we look forward to having a lot of fun.”
Baldwin will also executive produce the series alongside FremantleMedia North America’s Jennifer Mullin.
“Match Game” originally ran as part of NBC’s daytime line-up in the 1960s and was later revived in its most popular format on CBS in 1973, featuring regular panelists, including Richard Dawson, Jack Klugman and Charles Nelson Reilly. The show has since returned to TV several times, including for a brief run on ABC from 1990-91.
Congrats to @AlecBaldwin for landing the hosting gig on Match Game this summer. Someone get that man a _____________!
— Dave Mackey (@davidamackey) April 28, 2016
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