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Title: Shows with more than 4 players
Post by: WhammyPower on April 26, 2005, 07:48:37 PM
List the show and how many players (not celebrities) it had per standard round/show (remember, it must be more than 4).  I'll start you off with three:

Price is Right: 6 or 9 players, depending on the version.
Jackpot: 16 players
Supermarket Sweep: 6 players

P.S.  If you get the one I'm thinking of that's not on this list, you'll win a GS theme of your choice (if I have it...)
Title: Shows with more than 4 players
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on April 26, 2005, 07:50:07 PM
It Takes Two had 6 players.
What Til You have Kids had 6 players.
Newlywed Game had 8 players.
I'm Telling-6
Winning Lines-49
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Post by: aaron sica on April 26, 2005, 07:51:32 PM
If you count fastest finger, Millionaire had 10.
Weakest Link had 8.
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Post by: vtown7 on April 26, 2005, 07:53:20 PM
Ultra-quiz: too many to count.
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Post by: PeterTomarkensGal on April 26, 2005, 07:54:32 PM
Weakest Link had 8 for primetime and 6 for daytime (although there was the Survivor episode on the primetime edition that had 6 and an NBA halftime edition in primetime that had only 5!)
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Post by: thgames65 on April 26, 2005, 07:56:59 PM
Family Feud

Greed
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Post by: aaron sica on April 26, 2005, 08:12:33 PM
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 07:54 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 06:51 PM\']If you count the hot seat, Millionaire had 10.
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My fingers were so fast, my brain couldn't comprehend. Original post has been fixed. :)
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Post by: Blanquepage on April 26, 2005, 08:17:10 PM
Off the top of my head:

Blank Check - 6
Trivia Trap - 6
Hot Potato - 6
Honeymoon Race - 6
Quiz Kids Challenge - 6
The Parent Game - 6
Shadow Stumpers - 8
Hot Streak - 10
All About the Opposite Sex - 14
Okay Mother - 100 or so?

I need a nap now.

--Jamie
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Post by: dzinkin on April 26, 2005, 08:18:46 PM
The Better Sex - 12 players (14 in the pilot)
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Post by: zachhoran on April 26, 2005, 08:46:01 PM
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 06:48 PM\']List the show and how many players (not celebrities) it had per standard round/show (remember, it must be more than 4).  I'll start you off with three:

Price is Right: 6 or 9 players, depending on the version.
Jackpot: 16 players
Supermarket Sweep: 6 players

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Hollywood SHowdown, 7 players(6 in the Gallery and one as King of the Hill)
Temptation(1980 Jed Allan Pilot)-100 players start the game.
Free 4 all-two three member teams for a total of six.
Scattergories-two four member teams for a total of eight.
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Post by: Robert Hutchinson on April 26, 2005, 09:13:42 PM
'70s Now You See It had 5, yezno?

Family Feud had 10, except when they had 8. Or 15.

Weakest Link had 9 over in some other country.

Russian Roulette, I'm going to take a wild guess, had 6.

To Tell The Truth had at least 6, sometimes more.

Go, 8.

Click, 6.

Family Double Dare, 8.
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Post by: Adam Nedeff on April 26, 2005, 09:21:55 PM
Depending on how badly you want to nitpick, "The New Treasure Hunt" had twenty contestants.
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Post by: Kevin Prather on April 26, 2005, 09:23:01 PM
Taboo had two teams of 3.
Title: Shows with more than 4 players
Post by: Blanquepage on April 26, 2005, 09:42:10 PM
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Russian Roulette, I'm going to take a wild guess, had 6.

No, it had 4.

--Jamie
Title: Shows with more than 4 players
Post by: SRIV94 on April 26, 2005, 10:05:34 PM
Didn't FRIEND OR FOE have at least six, or was it eight?  Either way, it was more than four.

Also, THE ENEMY WITHIN (gettable stateside on BBC America) has five.

Doug
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Post by: DrBear on April 26, 2005, 10:20:18 PM
Super J! had four...
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Post by: BrandonFG on April 26, 2005, 10:40:11 PM
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:05 PM\']Didn't FRIEND OR FOE have at least six, or was it eight?  Either way, it was more than four.
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Six (2 teams of 3)

Depending on how you want to do the math, Dating Game had 8 (6, if you don't include the lone bachelor(ette).
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Post by: The Ol' Guy on April 26, 2005, 10:43:22 PM
G.E. College Bowl - 8
Every Second Counts - 6
Almost Anything Goes - someone should know how many per team
Dirty Rotten Cheater
Runaround
and the beloved Choose Up Sides
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Post by: zachhoran on April 26, 2005, 11:01:00 PM
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:40 PM\'][quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:05 PM\']Didn't FRIEND OR FOE have at least six, or was it eight?  Either way, it was more than four.
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Friend or Foe had three two-member teams. Singled Out had 51 players each game(50 men and one woman or 50 women and one men). Love me Love me Not/Mama non Mama had five players(three men and two women or three women and two men)
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Post by: clemon79 on April 26, 2005, 11:05:44 PM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 08:01 PM\']Love me Love me Not/Mama non Mama had five players(three men and two women or three women and two men)
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The know-it-all blows it again. "Mama non Mama" had six players, two of one gender and four of another.
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Post by: Kevin Prather on April 26, 2005, 11:12:04 PM
Lonely Hopeless Game Show Geek, you surrender your medal in shame!

</J Keith>
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Post by: BrandonFG on April 26, 2005, 11:27:10 PM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 10:01 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:40 PM\'][quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:05 PM\']Didn't FRIEND OR FOE have at least six, or was it eight?  Either way, it was more than four.
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Six (2 teams of 3)
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Friend or Foe had three two-member teams.
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Yeah yeah yeah, I made a typo. Sue me. It still adds up to six. :-P
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Post by: SRIV94 on April 26, 2005, 11:33:14 PM
[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:20 PM\']Super J! had four...
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Ooh, so sorry.  We needed games where you had more than four players.

But you do get lovely parting, ah skip it--that cliche's getting too tired.  :)

Doug
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Post by: dale_grass on April 26, 2005, 11:43:09 PM
Tattletales had an entire audience.
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Post by: Kevin Prather on April 26, 2005, 11:49:52 PM
What about shows like Oblivious?

And I don't remember if Paranoia has been mentioned yet.
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Post by: MyCapableAssistant on April 27, 2005, 01:05:17 AM
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 04:48 PM\']List the show and how many players (not celebrities) it had per standard round/show (remember, it must be more than 4).
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Family Challenge: Burger/Combs - 5? or was it 6?
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Post by: Blanquepage on April 27, 2005, 02:16:47 AM
Some mostly obscure ones before bedtime. Woo.

Off the Wall - 6
The Perfect Match - 6
Sense and Nonsense - 6
Inquizition - 8 (4 in studio, 4 interactive)
3's a Crowd - 9
Letters to Laugh-In: At least 20; the contestants were not-so-funny home viewers who sent in lame jokes to be read by the celebrities.
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Post by: Craig Karlberg on April 27, 2005, 04:58:51 AM
Here's one no one said yet I think:

Studio 7 - 7 players at the start.
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Post by: DrBear on April 27, 2005, 07:07:11 AM
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:33 PM\'][quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:20 PM\']Super J! had four...
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Ooh, so sorry.  We needed games where you had more than four players.

But you do get lovely parting, ah skip it--that cliche's getting too tired.  :)

Doug
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And, since you mentioned it in your sig...The Gong Show (about 10-12 per show)

There! I've run rings around you logically!
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Post by: zachhoran on April 27, 2005, 07:58:08 AM
Family Double Dare had eight, i.e. two four member teams.

WOF has had six players playing during best friends' week, Sweethearts' week, NFL players' week, and during College/soap opera challenge week.
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Post by: Blanquepage on April 27, 2005, 08:44:44 AM
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College/soap opera challenge week

Ay Dios mío.
There were only two soap stars and one college student, totalling three señor Huevón.

--Jamie
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Post by: zachhoran on April 27, 2005, 08:50:34 AM
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Apr 27 2005, 07:20 AM\']Surprised no one mentioned Scattergories' 8 (though I think some of us are trying hard to forget that one).

And of course, there were the 49 Winning Lines players to start the game.
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I mentioned Scattergories and Modor mentioned WL.

Add to the list:

WLOD and Pictionary having had two three member civilian/contestant teams, and the Strictly Confidential pilot of Bob Stewart having two teams of four(three celebs and one contestant on each team). Greed had six players playing the qualifying questions, and five started each maingame.
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Post by: PYLdude on April 27, 2005, 09:13:42 AM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 27 2005, 08:50 AM\']

I mentioned Scattergories and Modor mentioned WL.

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Dammit...I guess I should get more sleep at night, eh? I won't miss those things.
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Post by: SRIV94 on April 27, 2005, 10:07:08 AM
[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Apr 27 2005, 06:07 AM\']And, since you mentioned it in your sig...The Gong Show (about 10-12 per show)

There! I've run rings around you logically!
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It was more like 5-7 per show, but you are correct.

I would've mentioned GONG, but many don't consider GONG a pure game show.   We'd then also have to throw AI and AMERICA'S MOST TALENTED KIDS into the mix as well (but not STAR SEARCH, because only two or three contestants actually competed against one another in any one competition, whereas in GONG, AI and AMTK everybody competed against everybody else).  (Didn't mean to bypass NASHVILLE STAR and other simliar ilk, but I haven't watched--so I have no idea if the structure is the same.)  But some don't consider those to be game shows (and I didn't want to open up that can o'worms again.)

Doug
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Post by: supersaver on April 27, 2005, 10:23:38 AM
What about Legends of the Hidden Temple? That's what, six teams of two? And you could vouch for Wild and Crazy Kids as well.

Heck, even What Would You Do? used the entire audience.

A lot of those old Nick shows used an awful lot of kids, for sure, I mean, most of them the average was four kids at a time.
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Post by: PYLdude on April 27, 2005, 11:08:33 AM
EDIT: I really should start drinking coffee in the morning. I did some research and yes, there were six teams starting off every episode of LOTHT. Strangely enough, in all the episodes I had seen, I always thought the show started at the Steps of Knowledge (apparently, I either didn't remember the opening game or tuned it late every time).
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Post by: jmangin on April 27, 2005, 11:15:03 AM
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Apr 27 2005, 11:08 AM\'][quote name=\'supersaver\' date=\'Apr 27 2005, 10:23 AM\']What about Legends of the Hidden Temple? That's what, six teams of two?
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Four, actually. Eight players total.
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No, it was six.

Red Jaguars
Blue Barracudas
Green Monkeys
Orange Iquanas
Purple Parrots
Silver Snakes

12 players total.
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Post by: vtown7 on April 27, 2005, 12:11:28 PM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 11:35 PM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 08:01 PM\']Love me Love me Not/Mama non Mama had five players(three men and two women or three women and two men)
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The know-it-all blows it again. "Mama non Mama" had six players, two of one gender and four of another.
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Zach: if you're going to make a post, at least seperate the two different shows...

Mr. Lemon is indeed correct in saying that "M'ama non m'ama" had four and two, but Mr. Horan, that show morphed into "Love me love me not", which indeed had two and three (and then one and one for the bonus).

Ryan.
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Post by: Robert Hutchinson on April 27, 2005, 06:12:17 PM
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Oh.

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Post by: gwarman2005 on April 27, 2005, 08:08:18 PM
Hi folks, new to the board, I just wanted this to be my first response.....

How come no one mentioned Let's Make A Deal?  All those people in costumes.... they didn't get dressed up for nothing.
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Post by: zachhoran on April 27, 2005, 08:40:41 PM
[quote name=\'gwarman2005\' date=\'Apr 27 2005, 07:08 PM\']Hi folks, new to the board, I just wanted this to be my first response.....

How come no one mentioned Let's Make A Deal?  All those people in costumes.... they didn't get dressed up for nothing.
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There were 31 people on the trading floor(36 in the 80s All New version), not sure how many on the floor in 2003 NBC primetime version. As many as six could be picked for a given deal.
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Post by: Kevin Prather on April 27, 2005, 09:32:53 PM
What about "America's Smartest Kid" (or whatever it was called) with Dick Clark? Does that count?

If I wanted to get really silly, I'd suggest the La-Z-Boy High Five Challenge, which is a local show in the Pacific Northwest...
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Post by: That Don Guy on April 27, 2005, 09:39:52 PM
[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Apr 26 2005, 09:43 PM\']G.E. College Bowl - 8
Every Second Counts - 6
Almost Anything Goes - someone should know how many per team
Dirty Rotten Cheater
Runaround
and the beloved Choose Up Sides
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I think Runaround had 10.
Almost Anything Goes had three teams per show (four in the first season final), and I think it was six per team.

Also, the hour-long version of Wheel of Fortune had six, and W.O.G. (Way Out Games) had 12 or 18 depending on whether there were two teams or three that day (it was usually three, but one of the first round matches and the final only had two).

-- Don
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Post by: TrplPlayRD on May 01, 2005, 01:34:22 AM
Jackpot! - 16
SexWars - 6
Singled Out - 102
Studs - 5
Trivial Pursuit: the Interactive Game - 9 or 12
Bzzz! - 10
Triple Threat - 6
Boardwalk & Baseball's Superbowl of Sports Trivia - 6 or 8