Matches 'n Mates | |
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Presented by | Art James |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 130 |
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Running time | 30 Minutes |
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Network | Syndication |
Release | January 16, 1967 – September 1968 |
Matches 'n Mates was an American game show hosted by Art James that aired in first-run syndication from 1967 to 1968.
Developed by Taft Broadcasting and produced by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir, [1] this was the first of four programs Nicholson and Muir agreed to make with the broadcaster. [2] [3] [4] Unlike most syndicated game shows of the era which were normally filmed in Los Angeles or New York City, Matches 'n Mates was taped at WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, [5] and at WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, throughout 1967. [6] [7] The show was developed in late 1966 in a weekly format at WDAF-TV, Taft's station in Kansas City, Missouri. [2] [3] 20th Century-Fox Television served as distributor. [4]
Personnel from WJW and WAGA assisted in the show's production. WJW announcer Bob McLean (later the host of a variety show for CBC Television [8] ) announced the Cleveland tapings, [5] while WAGA announcer Dave Michaels announced the Atlanta tapings. [9]
Matches 'n Mates was a word game in which two husband and wife teams attempted to match questions to answers in order to reveal letters of a mystery word called the "Hidden Item". [5] One member of each couple, in turn, calls out a letter between "A" and "I" and an incomplete statement was read ("To paint a fence you would use..."). The other member called out one of twelve numbers, each representing a different answer. If the statement and answer matched, a letter or space was revealed on the nine-space Hidden Item Board. The first team to identify a Hidden Item won the round, and the first team to win three rounds won the game and a bonus prize. [9]
Approximately 130 episodes were taped and distributed by 20th Century-Fox Television. [9] [10]
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