This article is about the television genre. For the Turkish computer games magazine, see Gameshow (magazine). A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game, which is likely to involve answering quiz questions for points or prizes. In some shows contestants compete against other players or another team whilst other shows involve contestants striving alone for a good outcome or high score. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, or holidays and goods and services provided by the show's sponsors. Early television game shows descended from similar programs on broadcast radio.
Game shows around the world
Argentina
Australia
As with most countries, Australia has made many adaptations of U.S. based game shows, most of which copy the U.S. version's set, particularly with the Grundy shows.
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Belgium
While Belgium has three main languages, most of their game shows tend to be in Dutch. One notable exception is an adaptation of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on RTL-TVI, which is a French-language station. There is also a Dutch-language version which airs on VTM.
Brazil
Bulgaria
- 10/64 - prime-time Q&A, on Kanal 1 (cancelled)
- Bum (show) (Boom) - Q&A, on Evrokom
- Kosherut (The Hive) - game show, on Msat TV
- Minuta e mnogo (A Minute Is Too Much) - Q&A show with higher difficulty of the questions, on Kanal 1
- Sdelka ili ne (Deal or No Deal, literally "Deal or Not") - a version of the successful European game show, on Nova Television
- Stani bogat (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire) - a version of the popular Q&A, on Nova Television
- Supershow Nevada - the first Bulgarian game show, created after the fall of socialism in the country.
- Treska za zlato (Gold Fever) - lotto, on bTV (TV) (cancelled)
- Vot na doverie (Vote of Confidence) - show that often features celebrities, on bTV (TV) (cancelled)
- Ne sam po umen ot edno hlape (I'm Not Smarter Than a Kid) - Q&A show, the questions are from the school material from 1st to 5th grade.
Canada
Canadian game and quiz shows (at least the English-language ones) have often been aimed towards children and teenagers between the ages of six and 19. A majority of these game shows often run for 30 minutes in each episode.
They are often derived of its formats from game shows that are produced in the United States, having most of them been run on Canadian networks such as CTV, Global and Citytv. One of the only actual English prime time game shows to air on Canadian television is Deal or No Deal Canada.
Although American game and quiz shows are popular in Canada, Canadian residents are not eligible to be contestants on most of them, Jeopardy! and The Price Is Right being two exceptions. Unlike in the United States, game show winnings in Canada are not subject to income tax (actually, most countries sans US are not subject to income tax).
There are very few Canadian adaptaions of American, British, and Dutch-originated quiz shows in the English language. Most, like versions of The Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Family Feud, are in French. The only known English-language versions of these shows are versions of Deal or No Deal, Supermarket Sweep, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? , & Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. There is also a French-language version of Deal or No Deal (and soon a version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. Most of the game shows that air in Canada and that are in English are the US game shows.
Czech Republic
Chile
Finland
Original Finnish ideas
- Far Out (Game show where two teams did tasks in several European cities. The winner team of the week (voted by the TV audience) got to a different city for the following week, the losers had to come back to Finland)
- Tuttu juttu (game show full of roses and love about knowing your life partner)
- Suuri kupla (children's game show about the world of comics)
- Maailman ympäri (geographical quiz show)
- SF-Studio (entertaining quiz show about the latest news)
- Giljotiini (quiz show where you need to know who doesn't know)
- Reitti 44 (trip around the world in two teams, including tasks)
- Retsi ja Jykke (quiz show, followed by spin-off shows by the same team, until the death of Jyrki Otila (Jykke))
- Räsypokka (strip poker show)
Finnish versions of international series
- Uutisvuoto (Finnish version of Have I Got News for You)
- Haluatko miljonääriksi? (Finnish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)
- Heikoin Lenkki (Finnish version of The Weakest Link)
- Greed
- Mitä Maksaa (Finnish version of The Price is Right)
- Voitto kotiin (Finnish version of Family Feud)
- Onnenpyörä (Finnish version of Wheel of Fortune)
- Napakymppi (Finnish version of The Dating Game, not considered officially as the same program in the first years of the show, but eventually the producers admitted the resemblance)
- Tuntemattomat (Finnish version of Identity, coming in 2008)
France
Germany
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea, South
Malta
TVM
- Deal or No Deal
- Ħadd Għalik? ("A Sunday For You?")
- Il-Kunjata ("The Mother-in-law")
Net TV
- Kontra l-Ħin ("Against The Time", possibly a Maltese version of Beat the Clock)
Mexico
Panama
Philippines
ABS CBN
GMA
NBN
ABC
Q (Quality Television)
IBC
RPN
UNTV 37
Studio 23
Poland
Portugal
- O Preço Certo (Portuguese Version of The Price is Right) hosted by the comediant Fernando Mendes)
- Chamar a Música (Portuguese Version of The Singing Bee)
- Quem Quer Ser Milionário (Portuguese Version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire)
- Quem Quer Ganha (Portuguese Version of Puzzle Tijd)
- Quando o Telefone Toca (Portuguese Version of Quizmania)
- Dança Comigo (Portuguese Version of Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing With The Stars)
- Sempre a Somar
- Sabe mais do que um miúdo de dez anos (Portuguese Version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader)
- O Momento da Verdade (Portuguese Version of Nada Mas Que La Verdad) hosted by Teresa Guilherme
- O Elo Mais Fraco (Portuguese Version of The Weakest Link)
- Fear Factor - Desafio Total
- Roda da Sorte (Wheel of Fortune)
- Um Contra Todos (Portuguese Version of 1 vs 100)
- Em Família com Fernando Mendes (Family Feud)
Puerto Rico
Russia
Russian quiz, game & dating shows
Russian reality shows
Serbia
South Africa
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
Also famous for adopting many U.S. shows, as well as creating several shows. Prior to the 1990s, their shows had a £5,000 winnings cap (on all networks), and cars weren't prizes on their shows very often.
United States
Venezuela
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