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Ellen's Game of Games is an American television game show which debuted on NBC on December 18, 2017. [1]
On January 9, 2018, NBC renewed the series for a 13-episode second season. [2] On January 16, 2019, NBC renewed the series for a 16-episode third season. [3] On February 18, 2020, NBC renewed the series for a 20-episode fourth season.[ citation needed ]
During the course of the series, 58 episodes of Ellen's Game of Games aired over four seasons, between December 18, 2017, and May 23, 2021. In January 2022, the series was canceled after four seasons. [4]
Episodes with their titles in bold letters are specials. There were a total of 6 specials in the entire series.
This was the first season of Ellen's Game of Games. The show became popular across America and soon there became international versions of Game of Games. Because of its popularity, NBC soon renewed it three times up until the fourth season, where it was then sadly cancelled due to losing popularity and Host Ellen Degeneres' toxic workplace allegations.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) | |
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1 | 1 | "Game of Games - Premiere" | December 18, 2017 | 7.23 [5] | 1.7/6 [5] | |
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2 | 2 | "I'll Have What She's Playing" | January 2, 2018 | 8.84 [6] | 2.2/8 [6] | |
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3 | 3 | "Say Hello to My Little Friends" | January 2, 2018 | 8.88 [6] | 2.4/8 [6] | |
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4 | 4 | "Hasta la Vista, Honey!" | January 9, 2018 | 7.87 [7] | 2.1/8 [7] | |
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5 | 5 | "Just Keep Spinning" | January 16, 2018 | 8.78 [8] | 2.2/8 [8] | |
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6 | 6 | "You Can't Handle the Toothpaste" | January 23, 2018 | 7.57 [9] | 1.8/7 [9] | |
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7 | 7 | "Ellen, We Have a Problem" | January 30, 2018 | 7.58 [10] | 1.8/7 [10] | |
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8 | 8 | "I See Dizzy People" | February 6, 2018 | 7.70 [11] | 1.9/7 [11] | |
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This season added a new element to Know or Go called "Sudden Drop". In Sudden Drop, instead of a contestant being immediately eliminated due to an incorrect answer, their opponent would have to correctly answer their failed question in order to win. If both contestants were to get the answer wrong, the game would simply go on like normal until a winner was determined.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) | |
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9 | 1 | "Game of Games Holiday Spectacular" | December 12, 2018 | 5.94 [12] | 1.2/5 [12] | |
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10 | 2 | "The Stink Tank Strikes Back" | January 8, 2019 | 6.53 [13] | 1.5/6 [13] | |
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11 | 3 | "Parent Snapped" | January 15, 2019 | 6.35 [14] | 1.7/8 [14] | |
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12 | 4 | "Air Force One-Eyed Monster" | January 22, 2019 | 7.46 [15] | 1.6/7 [15] | |
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13 | 5 | "The Sound of Musical Chairs" | January 29, 2019 | 7.05 [16] | 1.6/7 [16] | |
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14 | 6 | "One-Eyed Monster's Inc." | January 29, 2019 | 6.98 [16] | 1.7/7 [16] | |
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15 | 7 | "Life as We Know or Go It" | February 5, 2019 | 6.31 [17] | 1.4/7 [17] | |
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16 | 8 | "Gone With The Win" | February 12, 2019 | 6.01 [18] | 1.5/6 [18] | |
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17 | 9 | "Danger Word War Z" | February 19, 2019 | 6.11 [19] | 1.4/6 [19] | |
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18 | 10 | "Beauty and the Boots" | March 12, 2019 | 5.27 [20] | 1.2/6 [20] | |
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19 | 11 | "Oh Shipwrecked" | March 19, 2019 | 5.69 [21] | 1.2/6 [21] | |
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20 | 12 | "Some Like It Hot Hands" | March 26, 2019 | 5.41 [22] | 1.2/6 [22] | |
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21 | 13 | "Say Whaat Women Want" | April 2, 2019 | 5.26 [23] | 1.2/5 [23] | |
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22 | 14 | "The Good Son of a Monster" | November 27, 2019 | 4.01 [24] | 0.7/4 [24] | |
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In Season 3, host Ellen DeGeneres would invite celebrity guests. These guests would either co-host in Knockin' Boots or they would play with regular contestants in Stink Tank (Of course, the contestants would be the ones in the dunking position).
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Guest(s) | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18–49) | |
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23 | 1 | "It's Been a Hard Maze Night" | January 7, 2020 | N/A | 4.34 [25] | 1.0/5 [25] | |
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24 | 2 | "So Put Another Coin in the Blaster Baby" | January 7, 2020 | Chrissy Teigen and Amanda Seales | 4.67 [25] | 1.1/5 [25] | |
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25 | 3 | "Hit Me Baby One More Slime" | January 14, 2020 | N/A | 4.23 [26] | 1.0/5 [26] | |
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26 | 4 | "Highway to the Danger Word" | January 21, 2020 | N/A | 4.70 [27] | 1.0/5 [27] | |
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27 | 5 | "Another One Bites the Crust" | January 28, 2020 | N/A | 4.87 [28] | 1.0/5 [28] | |
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28 | 6 | "Ain't No Mt. Saint Ellen High Enough" | February 4, 2020 | N/A | 4.84 [29] | 1.0 [29] | |
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29 | 7 | "Girls Just Wanna Have Pudding" | February 11, 2020 | N/A | 4.53 [30] | 0.9 [30] | |
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30 | 8 | "I Fell Into a Burning Ring of Bubbles" | February 18, 2020 | N/A | 4.57 [31] | 1.0 [31] | |
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31 | 9 | "Party in the Goo. S. A." | March 10, 2020 | Jeff Foxworthy and Kenan Thompson | 4.37 [32] | 0.9 [32] | |
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32 | 10 | "Another Brick in the Taj Mah Wall" | March 17, 2020 | N/A | 5.64 [33] | 1.3 [33] | |
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33 | 11 | "Bye Bye Ms. American Pumpkin Pie" | March 24, 2020 | Halsey and Charlie Puth | 6.29 [34] | 1.4 [34] | |
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34 | 12 | "I Will Always Love Goo" | April 7, 2020 | Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila | 5.28 [35] | 1.2 [35] | |
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35 | 13 | "Life in the Blast Lane" | April 14, 2020 | N/A | 4.87 [36] | 1.0 [36] | |
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36 | 14 | "Sweet Foam Alabama" | April 28, 2020 | Usher | 4.31 [37] | 0.9 [37] | |
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37 | 15 | "My Heart Will Know or Go On" | May 5, 2020 | N/A | 4.07 [38] | 0.8 [38] | |
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38 | 16 | "Do You Believe in Life After Suds?" | May 12, 2020 | Meghan Trainor | 3.99 [39] | 0.8 [39] | |
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Due to season four being filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no longer celebrity guests nor an actual audience. So, the "audience" was instead canned. Season four also marked the start of Hotter Hands: A multiple choice answer game that replaced the original Hot Hands. In this season, Sudden Drop was only implemented when a contestant missed a question and the contestant to the right of them was still in the game. Otherwise (if they are the contestant on the right), they would be immediately dropped. This new system was meant to balance out the amount of correct and incorrect answers between the contestants in order to make the game more fair.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating (18–49) | |
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39 | 1 | "Drop Goes the Loser" | October 6, 2020 | 3.46 [40] | 0.7 [40] | |
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40 | 2 | "Tanks for the Memories" | October 13, 2020 | 2.86 [41] | 0.5 [41] | |
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41 | 3 | "Slime Every Mountain" | January 4, 2021 | 3.37 [42] | 0.7 [42] | |
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42 | 4 | "I'm King of the Twirl" | January 4, 2021 | 2.87 [42] | 0.6 [42] | |
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43 | 5 | "Aw Snap Out of It" | January 11, 2021 | 3.14 [43] | 0.6 [43] | |
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44 | 6 | "Dash Test Dummies" | January 18, 2021 | 3.23 [44] | 0.7 [44] | |
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45 | 7 | "You Heard It Here Burst" | January 25, 2021 | 3.38 [45] | 0.7 [45] | |
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46 | 8 | "That Oh Ship Has Sailed" | February 1, 2021 | 3.34 [46] | 0.6 [46] | |
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47 | 9 | "It Takes Three to Dangle" | February 8, 2021 | 3.04 [47] | 0.6 [47] | |
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48 | 10 | "A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Danger Words" | February 15, 2021 | 3.28 [48] | 0.7 [48] | |
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49 | 11 | "Aw Snap, Crackle, Slop" | February 22, 2021 | 3.09 [49] | 0.6 [49] | |
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50 | 12 | "If You're Not First, You're Blast" | February 22, 2021 | 2.79 [49] | 0.7 [49] | |
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51 | 13 | "All I Do Is Twin" | March 7, 2021 | 1.50 [50] | 0.3 [50] | |
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52 | 14 | "Fake It 'Til You Make It Rain" | March 14, 2021 | 1.76 [51] | 0.3 [51] | |
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53 | 15 | "Get Dizzy With It" | March 21, 2021 | 1.67 [52] | 0.3 [52] | |
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54 | 16 | "Peaky Blindfolds" | March 28, 2021 | 1.68 [53] | 0.3 [53] | |
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55 | 17 | "Burst of Knowledge Is Power" | April 4, 2021 | 1.79 [54] | 0.3 [54] | |
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56 | 18 | "Wife of the Party" | May 2, 2021 | 1.85 [55] | 0.4 [55] | |
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57 | 19 | "Danger's My Middle Game" | May 16, 2021 | 1.79 [56] | 0.3 [56] | |
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58 | 20 | "From the Window to the Taj Mah Wall" | May 23, 2021 | 1.60 [57] | 0.2 [57] | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
1 | 7.23 | 8.84 | 8.88 | 7.87 | 8.78 | 7.57 | 7.58 | 7.70 | – | ||||||||||||
2 | 5.94 | 6.53 | 6.35 | 7.46 | 7.05 | 6.98 | 6.31 | 6.01 | 6.11 | 5.27 | 5.69 | 5.41 | 5.26 | 4.01 | – | ||||||
3 | 4.34 | 4.67 | 4.23 | 4.70 | 4.87 | 4.84 | 4.53 | 4.57 | 4.37 | 5.64 | 6.29 | 5.28 | 4.87 | 4.31 | 4.07 | 3.99 | – | ||||
4 | 3.46 | 2.86 | 3.37 | 2.87 | 3.14 | 3.23 | 3.38 | 3.34 | 3.04 | 3.28 | 3.09 | 2.79 | 1.50 | 1.76 | 1.67 | 1.68 | 1.79 | 1.85 | 1.79 | 1.60 |