List of Australian game shows

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The following is a list of game shows in Australia.

Contents

Current shows

TitleNetworkYears
The 1% Club Seven Network 2023–
Celebrity Letters and Numbers SBS 2021–
The Chase Australia Seven Network 2015–
Deal or No Deal Seven Network (2003–2015)
Network 10 (2024)
2003–2015
2024–
Hard Quiz ABC 2016–
Have You Been Paying Attention? Network 10 2013–
Mastermind ABC
SBS
1978–1984
2019–
Tipping Point Australia Nine Network 2024–
Jeopardy! Australia Seven Network
Network 10
Nine Network
1970-1978
1993
2024-

Future shows

TitleNetworkYears
Wheel of Fortune Network 10 2024

Past shows

TitleNetworkYears
1 vs. 100 Nine Network 2007
31 Questions Channel 31 2012–2014
AFL Lovematch Fox8 2004–?
ADbc SBS One 2009–2010
All About Faces Nine Network 1971
Almost Anything Goes Network 10 1976–1978
It's a Knockout Network 10 1985–1987, 2011
A*mazing Seven Network 1994–1998
Ampol Stamp Quiz Nine Network 1964–1965
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Network 10 2007–2009 [1]
Australia's Brainiest Network 10 2005–2008
Australia's Celebrity Game Nine Network 1969
Balance Your Budget TCN-9 1959–1960
Battle of the Sexes Network 10 1998
Beat the Star Seven Network 2010 (Cancelled before all recorded episodes could be aired) [2]
The Better Sex Nine Network 1978
Between the Lines Nine Network 2011
The Big 9 (see Twenty One ) Nine Network 1969–1970
Big Square Eye ABC 1991–1993
Binnie Time GTV-9 1958–1959
Blankety Blanks Network 10
Nine Network
1977–1978
1985–1986, 1996–1997
Blind Date Network 10
Seven Network
1968–1970
1974
1991
2018
Perfect Match Australia Network 10
Seven Network
1978, 1984–1989
2002
Blockbusters Seven Network 1991–1994
C'mon, Have a Go! Seven Network 1985–1986
Cash Bonanza Nine Network 2001
Cash Cab Channel V 2007–2010
Casino 10 Network 10 1975–1977
Catch Phrase / Burgo's Catch Phrase Nine Network 1997–2001, 2002–2004
Catch Us If You Can Channel V 2007
The Celebrity Game Network 10 1976–1977
Celebrity Name Game Network 10 2019–2020
Celebrity Tattletales (see also Tattletales ) Seven Network 1980
Child's Play Seven Network 1984
Coles £3000 Question / Coles $6000 Question / The $7000 Question Seven Network 1960–1971
The Con Test Network 10 2007
Concentration Nine Network
Seven Network
late 1950s to 1967
1970s, 1997
Match Mates Nine Network 1981–1982
Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge Fox8 2006
The Cube Network 10 2021
The Daryl and Ossie Show Network 10 1978
Do You Trust Your Wife? GTV-91957–1958
Does Father Know Best? ABC 1950s
Dog Eat Dog Seven Network 2002
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush Nine Network 1995
Double Dare Network 10 1989–1992
Family Double Dare Network 10 1989
Double Your Dollars Nine Network 1965
The Dulux Show Seven Network 1957
EC Plays Lift Off ABC 1994
The Einstein Factor ABC 2004–2009
Fairway Fun Nine Network 1960s
Family Bowl Quiz ABC 1969
Family Feud (1977–84/1988–96) Nine Network
Seven Network
1977–1984
1988–1996
Bert's Family Feud Nine Network 2006–2007
Family Feud (2014–2018/2020) Network 10 2014–2018
2020
All Star Family Feud Network 10 2016–2018
The Family Game Network 10 1967
Fear Factor Nine Network 2002
Flashback ABC 1983, 2000
Free for All Nine Network 1973
Friday Night Games Network 10 2005–2006
Fun with Charades HSV-7 1956–1958
Gambit Nine Network 1974
Game of Games Network 10 2018
Generation Gap Network 10 1969
Get the Message Network 10 1971–1972
Gladiators (1995–96) Seven Network 1995–1996
Gladiators (2008) Seven Network 2008
Go Go Stop Seven Network 2004–2009
The Golden Show Nine Network 1960s
The Gong Show Network 10 1976
Good News Week ABC
Network 10
1996–1998
1999–2000, 2008–2011
Good News World Network 10 2011
Great Temptation Seven Network 1970–1976
Sale of the Century Nine Network 1980–2001
Temptation Nine Network 2005–2009
The Great TV Game Show Network 10 1989
Greed Network 10 2001
Guess What? Nine Network 1992–1993
Have a Go Seven Network 1987
Head 2 Head ABC 2006
High Rollers Seven Network 1975
Hole in the Wall Nine Network 2008
Hot Streak Seven Network 1998
I Do, I Do Network 10 1996
It's Academic Network 10
Seven Network
7two
1968–1970
1970–1978, 2005–2015
It Could Be You Nine Network 1960–1967, 1969, 1982
It Pays to Be Funny ATN-7 and GTV-9 1957–1958
I've Got a Secret HSV-7, Network 10 1956–1958, 1966, 1968–1969
Jigsaw Nine Network 1960s
Joker Poker Network 10 2005
Keynotes Nine Network 1964, 1992–1993
The Krypton Factor ABC 1987
Lab Rats Challenge Nine Network
Seven Network
ABC3
2008–2014
A League of Their Own Network 10 2013
Let's Make a Deal Nine Network
Network 10
1968–1969, 1977
1991
Letter Box and $50,000 Letterbox Seven Network 1962, 1981
Letter Charades Nine Network 1967
Letters and Numbers SBS 2010–2012
Little Aussie Battlers Nine Network 10 February 1998 (one off special)
Long Play Network 10 1977
The Love Game Seven Network 1984
The Main Event Seven Network 1991–1992
Man O Man Seven Network 1994
The Marriage Game (see also The Newlywed Game ) Network 10 1966–1972
Millionaire Hot Seat Nine Network 2009–2023
The Newlywed Game Network 10
Nine Network
1968
1987
The Master Seven Network 2006
Match Game Network 10 1960s
Micro Macro ABC 1978
Million Dollar Chance of a Lifetime Seven Network 1999–2000
The Million Dollar Drop Nine Network 2011
Million Dollar Minute Seven Network 2013–2015
Mind Twist Network 10 1992–1993
The Mint Nine Network 2007–2008
Minute to Win It Seven Network 2010
Money Makers Network 10 1971–1973, 1982
Junior Money Makers TVQ0 (Brisbane only) [3] 1973
Move It 9Go! 2014–2018
My Generation Nine Network 1995–1996
Name That Tune TCN9 (Sydney only)1956–1957, 1975) (The first game show on Australian television)
National Bingo Night Seven Network 2007
National Star QuestSyndicated1978 (Talent show with a country theme. Made in Wollongong, aired on regional TV stations)
New Faces Nine Network
Network 10
1963–1985, 1989–1990
1991–1993
Noughts and Crosses HSV-7 1957-1960
Now You See It Seven Network
Nine Network
1985–1993
1998–1999
Download Nine Network 2000–2002
Opportunity Knocks Seven Network 1976
Out of the Question Seven Network 2008
The Oz Game ABC 1988–1989
Pantomime Quiz ATN-7 and GTV-9 1957
Pass the Buck Nine Network 2002
Personality Squares (See Hollywood Squares) Network 10 1967–1969
1981
Celebrity Squares (see also Hollywood Squares ) Network 10
Nine Network
1975–1976
All-Star Squares (See also "Hollywood Squares") Seven Network 1999
The Phone Fox8 2009
Pick a Box Seven Network 1957–1971
Ford Superquiz Nine Network 1981–1982
Superquiz Network 10 1989
Pick Your Face Nine Network 1999–2003
Play Your Cards Right Seven Network 1984–1985
Play Your Hunch Nine Network 1962–1964
Playcards Network 10 1969
Pointless Network 10 2018–2019
Pot Luck Network 10 1987
Pot of Gold Network 10 1975–1978
The Pressure Pak Show Seven Network 1957–1958
The Price Is Right (1957–1963)ATN-7 (Sydney only)
GTV-9 (Melbourne only)
Seven Network
1957–1959
1958
1963
The Price Is Right (1973–2012) Seven Network
Network 10
Nine Network
1973–1974
1981–1986
1989
1993–1998
2003–2005
2012
Pyramid Nine Network
GO!
2009–2014
A Question of Sport Network 10 1995–1996
Quiz Kids
Quizmania Nine Network 2006–2007
Quizmaster Seven Network 2002
Race Around the World ABC 1997–1998
Raising a Husband GTV-91957–1958
Randling ABC1 2012
Ripsnorters Seven Network 1997
The Rich List Seven Network 2007–2009
RocKwiz SBS 2005–2015
Say G'day Nine Network 1986
Say When!! Nine Network 1962–1964
Spending Spree Nine Network 1971–1976
Search for a Star Network 10 1970–1971, 1981
Second Chance Network 10 1977
Press Your Luck Seven Network 1987–1988
Shafted Nine Network 2002
Sharky's Friends Nine Network 2007
Showcase Network 10 1965–1970, 1973–1974, 1978
Simply Irresistible Nine Network 1995
The Singing Bee Nine Network 2007
Snakes and Ladders HSV-71959
Spicks and Specks ABC 2005–2014
Spit It Out Seven Network
7two
2010–2011
Split Personality Network 10 1967
Split Second Nine Network 1972–1973
Sport in Question ABC 1986
The Squiz SBS 2009
Star Search Network 10 1985–1986
1991
Steam Punks! ABC3 2013–2014
Stop the Music HSV-71956–1957
Strike It Lucky Nine Network 1994
Supermarket Sweep Australia Nine Network 1992–1994
Surprise Package Nine Network 1961
Take a Chance Seven Network 1959
Take a Letter Network 10 1967
Take the Hint Nine Network 1963–1966
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation Network 10 2009–2012
Talking Telephone Numbers Seven Network 1996
Tell the Truth Nine Network
Network 10
1959–1965
1971–1972)
That's My Desire HSV-7 1958–1960
Theatre Sports ABC 1987
Think Tank ABC 2018–2019
Three on a Match Seven Network 1973–?
Tic-Tac-Dough Nine Network 1960–1964
Crossfire Nine Network 1987–1988
Time Masters Seven Network 1996–1998
The Tommy Hanlon Show Nine Network 1967–1968
Total Recall Seven Network 1994–1995
Treasure Hunt Network 10 1977–1978
The Trivial Video Show Seven Network 1986
TV Talent Scout Seven Network 1957–1958
University Challenge ABC 1987–1989
The Up-Late Game Show Network 10 2005–2006
Video Village Nine Network 1960s
Vidiot ABC 1992–1994
Visquiz SBS 1985
The Weakest Link Seven Network 2001–2002
The Wall Seven Network 2017
What Do You Know? ABC3 2010–2011
What's It Worth? ABC 1950s
What's My Line? TCN-9 1956–1958
Wheel of Fortune Seven Network 1981–2006
Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune Nine Network 2008
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Nine Network 1999–2006, 2007, 2021
Win Roy and HG's Money (see Win Ben Stein's Money ) Seven Network 2000
Wipeout Seven Network 1999–2000
Wipeout Nine Network 2009
Who Dares Wins Seven Network 1996–1998
Who, What And Where?
Would You Believe? ABC 1970–1974
You're A Star Network 10 1982

Longest serving Australian game show hosts

HostShowDuration
Andrew O'Keefe Deal or No Deal / The Chase Australia 2003–2021
Larry Emdur The Price Is Right / The Chase Australia 1993–1998, 2003–2005, 2012, 2021–present
Tony Barber Sale of the Century 1980–1991
Glenn Ridge Sale of the Century 1991–2001
John Burgess Wheel of Fortune 1984–1996
Rob Elliott Wheel of Fortune 1997–2003
Eddie McGuire Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? / Hot Seat 1999–2023
Simon Reeve It's Academic / Million Dollar Minute 2005–2015

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