13-06-2023, 09:59 PM
(13-06-2023, 08:33 PM)James2001 Wrote: Though my point wasn't about formats that are successful in one country but not in another, but that in the US it's common for gameshows to run for decades uninterrupted (the US WoF has been in production since 1975, The Price is Right even longer- 1972). Whereas Countdown running for 40 years is probably the only example of a gameshow running for such a long time without any sort of break.
Family Fortunes is the only other one I can think of to break the 20 year mark (though Eggheads will soon).
On TV yes but of course radio gameshows beats TV by some considerable margin in the longevity stakes. Believe there's a panel game show on radio 4 that predates Radio 4 itself, having started on the Home Service.
What's My Line managed to rack up 20 years, albeit not all at the same time, having been revived off and on over the decades.
Panel shows of course being something they don't really have in America now, though we're up our ears in them.