Game Shows (V-Z)
Weakest Link, The
(Anne Robinson)
4/16/2001 – Marcus/Kira/Karin/John/Renee/Jeff/James/Mary (OC/C)
4/17/2001 – Kim/Tansy/Chuck/Cheryl/Kevin/Jill/Jamie/George (OC/C)
4/23/2001 – Ian/Christopher/Martin/Michael/Andrea/Beverly/Brindisi/Michelle (OC/C)
5/7/2001 – Melissa/Mariam/Suzy/Veronica/Rick/Tracy/Donald/Eric (OC/C)
5/10/2001 – Survivor Castaway Edition; half-hour show (OC/C)
5/14/2001 – Scott/Michelle/Lynn/Kim/David/Mike/Katie/Jacqueline (OC/C)
5/21/2001 – Comedians #1 Edition (jumpy video) (OC/C)
5/22/2001 – Lauren/Delia/Emmanuel/Irene/Jay/Jackson/Corey/Maggie (OC/B)
5/28/2001 – Esther/Juliet/Neil/Jessica/James/Jenny/A.K./Milinda (OC/D)
6/4/2001 – Dan/Brian/Fred/Amanda/Terri/Amy/Shannon/Vaughn (OC/B-)
6/18/2001 – Ruth/Chris/Glen/Alex/Marla/Casey/John/Macarthur (opening is missing) (OC/C)
7/9/2001 – Tamara/Andre/Sara/Vito/Tod/Katie/Kathleen/John (OB/B)
7/16/2001 – Kevin/Doug/Kris/Pam/Tara/Ann/Gary/Bridget (OB/C)
7/30/2001 – Gordon/Angela/Pam/William/Daniel/Debra/Woogie/Ellen (OC/C)
8/20/2001 – Heidi/Dave/Marlon/Jovy/Babette/Melody/Dan/Matt (OC/B-)
8/27/2001 – Ronni/Dawn/Ron/Mark/Aaron/Melissa/Cory/Jennifer (OB/C)
9/3/2001 – Brent/Jane/Lamont/Frank/Miriam/Patty/Christopher/Selina/Brent (opening is missing) (SM?/C)
9/10/2001 – Greg/Ken/Jill/Mark/Casey/Pamela/Matt/Susan (OB/C)
10/22/2001 – Newsmakers Edition: Kaya/Darva/David/Tonya/Todd/Kato/Gennifer/Leif (OB/B)
10/28/2001 – Halloween Special: Angela/Nina/Daniel/Travis/Stephanie/Nick/Pat/Amy (OC/B)
10/29/2001 – TV Hosts Edition (OC/C)
11/11/2001 – Celebrity Scene Stealers Edition (OC/B)
11/18/2001 – TV Child Stars Edition (OC/C)
11/19/2001 – Comedians #3 Edition (OB/C)
12/17/2001 – Christmas special (GameShow/CC/B-)
1/27/2002 – Olympics Champions Edition (BBC2/B)
5/26/2002 – NBC All Stars Edition (PAX/B-)
1/7/2003 – Doris/Jennifer/Jim/Howard/Louis/Allison/Kelly/Brad (unaired NBC episode) (Game Show/C-)
3/1/2003 – Kelly/Jay/Jim/Doris/Jennifer/Brad/Allison/Howard (GameShow/CC/D)
(Jane Lynch; 2020-2022 Reboot)
10/26/2020 – Debi/Michelle/Graham/Rosina/Constance/Kyle/Omave/Peter (OB/B)
11/10/2020 – Spencer/Kaya/Greg/Anthony/Jen/Cheryl Ann/Andrew/Abie (OB/B)
11/23/2020 – Candace/Erica/Virginia/Cassandra/Evans/John/Aaron/Nick (OB/A)
*See my international game shows page for any foreign versions of The Weakest Link.
Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck (Todd Newton)
4/15/2002 – Laura/Skyler/Jerry (GameShow/CC/A)
4/16/2002 – Amy/Grommet/Sha (GameShow/CC/A)
4/17/2002 – Sean/Christine/Dawn (GameShow/CC/B)
4/18/2002 – Shakeh/Emily/Alan (GameShow/CC/A)
4/19/2002 – Katy/David/Krista (GameShow/CC/B)
4/22/2002 – Penelope/Mia/Jeff (GameShow/CC/C)
4/23/2002 – Lex/Ryan/Cynthia (GameShow/CC/C)
4/24/2002 – Shannon/Cynthia/John (GameShow/CC/C)
4/25/2002 – Kelly/Katie/Steven (GameShow/CC/C)
4/26/2002 – Paulette/Beau/Shari (GameShow/CC/C)
5/22/2002 – Bunny/Stephanie/Cheo (GSN/A)
6/20/2002 – Benjamin/Kara/Leon (GameShow/CC/B)
10/26/2002 – Ben/Sarah/Tracy (Halloween special) (GameShow/CC/A)
3/17/2003 – Larson Reunion Special! Ed/James/Janie (Michael's brother James takes his place) (GameShow/B)
3/20/2003 – Aaron/Mark/Taline (GameShow/CC/B)
4/1/2003 – April Fool's Day; Larry/Katie/Cheryl (Gram Elwood guest hosts but Newton is a Double Whammy) (GameShow/CC/B)
What's My Line? (Larry Blyden)
10/7/1962 – Generic episode (GameShow/C)
5/3/1964 – featuring Charles Nelson Reilly with REAL hair! (GameShow/CC/A)
1973 – (1,000th show) Soupy Sales, Anna Moffo, Alan Alda, Arlene Francis (GameShow/A)
Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak & Vanna White)
1988 – Rick/Renee/Chris
1989 – LaTanya/Andy/Kim
9/5/1988 – Ann/Constance/Jan (GameShow/CC/B-)
5/7/1990 – Debi/Claire/Kamee
5/??/1990 – College Finals Week with 3 contestants per team! (U of Washington / Northwestern / U of Michigan) (GameShow/CC/C)
6/14/1990 – Kathleen/Yvette/Lynn
9/26/1994 – Joy/Bill/Roger
12/9/1999 – Deborah/Josh/Esther
3/17/2000 – Renee/Carol/Damon
4/25/2000 – Lateefah/Trina/Cap
3/19/2002 – Kyle/Sarah/Jill
10/1/2018 – Sheena/Ricky/Melissa (rerun on 5/11/2020; fair video) (OB/B-)
5/3/1999 – Andrew/Johnna/Donna
3/7/1999 – Michael/Vyky/Emily
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
(Regis Philbin)
8/16/1999 – Premiere episode – David Korotkin is the first contestant; half-hour show (OC/B)
11/7/1999 – Half-hour show that begins with Regis' announcement concerning Neil Sullivan's appearance (OC/B+]
2/2/2000 – Mark Gluckstern at $64,000 (OC/C)
10/24/2000 – Night 2 of US Olympics Edition
4/1/2001 – David Stewart is the first contestant after the Fastest Fingers round
5/21/2001 – second Zero-Dollar-Winners' night
12/17/2001 – Celebrities Edition: Meredith Viera, of all people, is a contestant herself! Who knew? I sure didn't! (GSN)
8/13/2009 – Episode 5 of the series returning to primetime for the 10th Anniversary celebration
(Meredith Viera)
10/31/2002 – Day 4 of Radio Week, Picks up Jeff Schmidbauer's game at $2,000 (OC/B)
(Chris Harrison)
5/4/2008 – 2 contestants walking away with nothing, and 2 $5k winners, one of whom being Super Greed contestant David Benson
4/8-9/2019 – Davira Kuy's gameplay; legendary game show veteran contestant Dan Avila is his Plus One! (22-minute clip) (OB/B-]
(Jimmy Kimmel)
4/8/2020 – Premiere of this Jimmy Kimmel reboot! Eric Stonestreet is the first contestant (OC/A]
4/15/2020 – Will Forte at $2,000 (OC/A)
4/22/2020 – Nikki Glazer at $125,000 (OC/A)
5/7/2020 – Hannibal Buress at $300 (OC/A)
Winning Lines (Dick Clark)
1/21/2000 – Third episode (OC/C)
2/18/2000 – Tenth and final episode (OB/C)
Weakest Link, The
(Anne Robinson)
4/16/2001 – Marcus/Kira/Karin/John/Renee/Jeff/James/Mary (OC/C)
4/17/2001 – Kim/Tansy/Chuck/Cheryl/Kevin/Jill/Jamie/George (OC/C)
4/23/2001 – Ian/Christopher/Martin/Michael/Andrea/Beverly/Brindisi/Michelle (OC/C)
5/7/2001 – Melissa/Mariam/Suzy/Veronica/Rick/Tracy/Donald/Eric (OC/C)
5/10/2001 – Survivor Castaway Edition; half-hour show (OC/C)
5/14/2001 – Scott/Michelle/Lynn/Kim/David/Mike/Katie/Jacqueline (OC/C)
5/21/2001 – Comedians #1 Edition (jumpy video) (OC/C)
5/22/2001 – Lauren/Delia/Emmanuel/Irene/Jay/Jackson/Corey/Maggie (OC/B)
5/28/2001 – Esther/Juliet/Neil/Jessica/James/Jenny/A.K./Milinda (OC/D)
6/4/2001 – Dan/Brian/Fred/Amanda/Terri/Amy/Shannon/Vaughn (OC/B-)
6/18/2001 – Ruth/Chris/Glen/Alex/Marla/Casey/John/Macarthur (opening is missing) (OC/C)
7/9/2001 – Tamara/Andre/Sara/Vito/Tod/Katie/Kathleen/John (OB/B)
7/16/2001 – Kevin/Doug/Kris/Pam/Tara/Ann/Gary/Bridget (OB/C)
7/30/2001 – Gordon/Angela/Pam/William/Daniel/Debra/Woogie/Ellen (OC/C)
8/20/2001 – Heidi/Dave/Marlon/Jovy/Babette/Melody/Dan/Matt (OC/B-)
8/27/2001 – Ronni/Dawn/Ron/Mark/Aaron/Melissa/Cory/Jennifer (OB/C)
9/3/2001 – Brent/Jane/Lamont/Frank/Miriam/Patty/Christopher/Selina/Brent (opening is missing) (SM?/C)
9/10/2001 – Greg/Ken/Jill/Mark/Casey/Pamela/Matt/Susan (OB/C)
10/22/2001 – Newsmakers Edition: Kaya/Darva/David/Tonya/Todd/Kato/Gennifer/Leif (OB/B)
10/28/2001 – Halloween Special: Angela/Nina/Daniel/Travis/Stephanie/Nick/Pat/Amy (OC/B)
10/29/2001 – TV Hosts Edition (OC/C)
11/11/2001 – Celebrity Scene Stealers Edition (OC/B)
11/18/2001 – TV Child Stars Edition (OC/C)
11/19/2001 – Comedians #3 Edition (OB/C)
12/17/2001 – Christmas special (GameShow/CC/B-)
1/27/2002 – Olympics Champions Edition (BBC2/B)
5/26/2002 – NBC All Stars Edition (PAX/B-)
1/7/2003 – Doris/Jennifer/Jim/Howard/Louis/Allison/Kelly/Brad (unaired NBC episode) (Game Show/C-)
3/1/2003 – Kelly/Jay/Jim/Doris/Jennifer/Brad/Allison/Howard (GameShow/CC/D)
(Jane Lynch; 2020-2022 Reboot)
10/26/2020 – Debi/Michelle/Graham/Rosina/Constance/Kyle/Omave/Peter (OB/B)
11/10/2020 – Spencer/Kaya/Greg/Anthony/Jen/Cheryl Ann/Andrew/Abie (OB/B)
11/23/2020 – Candace/Erica/Virginia/Cassandra/Evans/John/Aaron/Nick (OB/A)
*See my international game shows page for any foreign versions of The Weakest Link.
Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck (Todd Newton)
4/15/2002 – Laura/Skyler/Jerry (GameShow/CC/A)
4/16/2002 – Amy/Grommet/Sha (GameShow/CC/A)
4/17/2002 – Sean/Christine/Dawn (GameShow/CC/B)
4/18/2002 – Shakeh/Emily/Alan (GameShow/CC/A)
4/19/2002 – Katy/David/Krista (GameShow/CC/B)
4/22/2002 – Penelope/Mia/Jeff (GameShow/CC/C)
4/23/2002 – Lex/Ryan/Cynthia (GameShow/CC/C)
4/24/2002 – Shannon/Cynthia/John (GameShow/CC/C)
4/25/2002 – Kelly/Katie/Steven (GameShow/CC/C)
4/26/2002 – Paulette/Beau/Shari (GameShow/CC/C)
5/22/2002 – Bunny/Stephanie/Cheo (GSN/A)
6/20/2002 – Benjamin/Kara/Leon (GameShow/CC/B)
10/26/2002 – Ben/Sarah/Tracy (Halloween special) (GameShow/CC/A)
3/17/2003 – Larson Reunion Special! Ed/James/Janie (Michael's brother James takes his place) (GameShow/B)
3/20/2003 – Aaron/Mark/Taline (GameShow/CC/B)
4/1/2003 – April Fool's Day; Larry/Katie/Cheryl (Gram Elwood guest hosts but Newton is a Double Whammy) (GameShow/CC/B)
What's My Line? (Larry Blyden)
10/7/1962 – Generic episode (GameShow/C)
5/3/1964 – featuring Charles Nelson Reilly with REAL hair! (GameShow/CC/A)
1973 – (1,000th show) Soupy Sales, Anna Moffo, Alan Alda, Arlene Francis (GameShow/A)
Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak & Vanna White)
1988 – Rick/Renee/Chris
1989 – LaTanya/Andy/Kim
9/5/1988 – Ann/Constance/Jan (GameShow/CC/B-)
5/7/1990 – Debi/Claire/Kamee
5/??/1990 – College Finals Week with 3 contestants per team! (U of Washington / Northwestern / U of Michigan) (GameShow/CC/C)
6/14/1990 – Kathleen/Yvette/Lynn
9/26/1994 – Joy/Bill/Roger
12/9/1999 – Deborah/Josh/Esther
3/17/2000 – Renee/Carol/Damon
4/25/2000 – Lateefah/Trina/Cap
3/19/2002 – Kyle/Sarah/Jill
10/1/2018 – Sheena/Ricky/Melissa (rerun on 5/11/2020; fair video) (OB/B-)
5/3/1999 – Andrew/Johnna/Donna
3/7/1999 – Michael/Vyky/Emily
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
(Regis Philbin)
8/16/1999 – Premiere episode – David Korotkin is the first contestant; half-hour show (OC/B)
11/7/1999 – Half-hour show that begins with Regis' announcement concerning Neil Sullivan's appearance (OC/B+]
2/2/2000 – Mark Gluckstern at $64,000 (OC/C)
10/24/2000 – Night 2 of US Olympics Edition
4/1/2001 – David Stewart is the first contestant after the Fastest Fingers round
5/21/2001 – second Zero-Dollar-Winners' night
12/17/2001 – Celebrities Edition: Meredith Viera, of all people, is a contestant herself! Who knew? I sure didn't! (GSN)
8/13/2009 – Episode 5 of the series returning to primetime for the 10th Anniversary celebration
(Meredith Viera)
10/31/2002 – Day 4 of Radio Week, Picks up Jeff Schmidbauer's game at $2,000 (OC/B)
(Chris Harrison)
5/4/2008 – 2 contestants walking away with nothing, and 2 $5k winners, one of whom being Super Greed contestant David Benson
4/8-9/2019 – Davira Kuy's gameplay; legendary game show veteran contestant Dan Avila is his Plus One! (22-minute clip) (OB/B-]
(Jimmy Kimmel)
4/8/2020 – Premiere of this Jimmy Kimmel reboot! Eric Stonestreet is the first contestant (OC/A]
4/15/2020 – Will Forte at $2,000 (OC/A)
4/22/2020 – Nikki Glazer at $125,000 (OC/A)
5/7/2020 – Hannibal Buress at $300 (OC/A)
Winning Lines (Dick Clark)
1/21/2000 – Third episode (OC/C)
2/18/2000 – Tenth and final episode (OB/C)