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Match Game

  • TV Series
  • 2016–2021
  • TV-14
  • 1h
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6.2/10
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Alec Baldwin in Match Game (2016)
Match Game
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ParodyComedyGame Show

Contestants attempt to match the answers of celebrities in the iconic game of fill in the missing blank.Contestants attempt to match the answers of celebrities in the iconic game of fill in the missing blank.Contestants attempt to match the answers of celebrities in the iconic game of fill in the missing blank.

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    • Alec Baldwin
    • Steve French
    • Caroline Rhea
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    • Stars
      • Alec Baldwin
      • Steve French
      • Caroline Rhea
    • 52User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 nominations total

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    Alec Baldwin
    Alec Baldwin
    • Self - Host
    • 2016–2021
    Steve French
    Steve French
    • Self - Announcer…
    • 2016–2021
    Caroline Rhea
    Caroline Rhea
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2017–2020
    Jack McBrayer
    Jack McBrayer
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2018
    Cheryl Hines
    Cheryl Hines
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2020
    Jane Krakowski
    Jane Krakowski
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2017–2020
    Mario Cantone
    Mario Cantone
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2021
    Niecy Nash
    Niecy Nash
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2019
    Ellie Kemper
    Ellie Kemper
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2019
    Constance Zimmer
    Constance Zimmer
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2017–2020
    Joel McHale
    Joel McHale
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2018–2020
    Horatio Sanz
    Horatio Sanz
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2021
    Sherri Shepherd
    Sherri Shepherd
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2020
    Ana Gasteyer
    Ana Gasteyer
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2020
    Tituss Burgess
    Tituss Burgess
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2018
    Jason Alexander
    Jason Alexander
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2016–2019
    Adam Carolla
    Adam Carolla
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2017–2020
    Kenan Thompson
    Kenan Thompson
    • Self - Celebrity Panelist
    • 2017–2019
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    appsrme

    Host gotta go!

    Will not be watching with Baldwin as host!

    What are you thinking?

    Sorry casting with O'Donnell! Really won't be watching!!!!

    Sad though, really liked the old ones so I will continue watching all the old ones, it's unfortunate.

    Someone had a bright idea bringing it back.

    Someone on casting totally dropped the ball.

    It's probably fine though because it can never be as good as the old original ones. I watch them because stuff they got away with then is funny and unbelievable for the times we are in now. How far we have come and not for the good.

    How can you even put Baldwin on tv? He murdered someone. Accident or not, his hosting will be too much to bare with the guilt he should be carrying. I guess you move on after time but this is too much in your face that he gets to have this job after what he did.
    9sarahbarnsteacher

    This ain't exactly your grandma's Match Game and that's a good thing!

    It's a contemporary version of Match Game, and it's fantastic! It keeps all the marvelous kitsch of the 70s including the format, catchy theme song, and loud set, while updating the tawdriness for the new millennium where the word bosom is now too stuffy sounding for a Disney show.

    The panel is more multicultural with more people of color and people that are openly gay. If you prefer a more old Hollywood, monolithic panel with stale canned jokes, then this isn't the panel for you. If you like your gayness to be more closeted, then this ain't the show for you because they put it out there openly. That's what young people want. If answers containing the word bosom or boobs is the most tawdry that you can stand, then please turn off this show because it's TV 14 late night material. And if you like your objectification only directed toward women, don't watch because they now direct it toward men too.

    Alec Baldwin is wonderful. He has such ease with the contestants that he is able to rightfully make fun of their ridiculous answers while still making them smile and laugh at themselves. His take downs on panelists' bad answers are epic. He matches it with his own self-deprication so that it's clear that everyone is in on the joke.

    For those complaining about the political aspect, please stop with your selective amnesia. The old Match Game routinely went after political figures like Nixon, Ford and Carter. I recall a running joke about Carter's teeth and his younger brother. The idea that Trump is above reproach is LAUGHABLE. Trump called Rosie a disgusting pig, so blame him for any rightfully deserved vitriol. Quite frankly, she showed restraint as did the rest of the panel considering the garbage he's spewed.

    All in all, a great reboot of a classic TV show best enjoyed with a glass of Chardonnay.
    7chrisdye-31867

    People can say what they want but I like it

    I will say that I got addicted to this in the summer of the year 2016 and can not wait to see more no it's not always appropriate for children but that is the whole point of the late time it's super fun and hilarious loved Tyson and some of the others not so much of a fan of Rosie odonald but besides that I loved it couldn't quite laughing at some points of the show just please get Rosie the hell off of the show and we should have a great time and a few good laughs and regards to alec Baldwin he was hilarious and just made me want more of him and his style of things such a joy to enjoy and language at a very funny bunch of people just having a good time
    3zane-darkstar

    Loved The Original

    The very first episode of the new Match Game 2016 and the panelists are lackluster and/or marginally recognizable as famous.

    Rosie O'Donnell was unable to keep her political views to herself and turned entertainment into soap boxing. Who gives a damn what she thinks about any of the presidential candidates? That's not what this show is supposedly about. She had her chance to whine on The View. Now, she's trying to torpedo another show with her vitriol.

    I loved the original Match Game from the Seventies. This isn't on par.

    I thought Alec Baldwin was pretty good, but even so, he just makes me realize how much fun Gene Rayburn really was, back in the day.

    I won't be tuning in to future broadcasts.
    5BlackJack_B

    Not-so-good reboot of the classic 70's game show.

    I am a big fan of Match Game from the 1970's. I watched the show as a kid from 1975-1982, watched reruns on The Game Show Network or whatever it's now called and YT is full of episodes and classic moments. It is tough for a reboot to match (no pun intended) the classic Match Game hosted by Gene Rayburn and this one just doesn't make the grade.

    I watched episodes from both the summer of 2016 and the new episodes being aired in 2017.

    I actually think Alec Baldwin is a great host for the show. I'm no fan of the guy but he fits in perfectly with his sleazy, douche-y persona and he pays homage to Gene by using a microphone like the one Mr. Rayburn built for the show. I have zero issues with him.

    I do have some issues with some of the panelists they bring in. Some of them look like they drank a case of Red Bull before coming in for the taping. Niecy Nash overplays the sassy black woman to the hilt that it becomes annoying. Mario Cantone is your typical unfunny stock flaming queen who is no Charles Nelson Reilly. I'd rather have a guy who only implies he's gay than somebody who is loud and proud such as Cantone. Some panelists even have contempt for the contestants and gave purposely wrong answers.

    The contestants can be annoyances as well. They love bringing in brainwashed female religious fanatics from Jesusland or other stereotypical flaming queens with the big flashy smile and the limp- wristed clapping.

    The blanks are typically about sex or politics and people in the summer got their panties in a bunch when Donald Trump was the topic and you had Alec Baldwin (who is known for his portrayal of him on Saturday Night Live) and Rosie O'Donnell (who hates Trump) taking shots at him. Are people not aware that Mr. Trump isn't exactly a normal human being?

    Way too often in the Head-to-Head Match, the other panelists stick their noses where they don't belong. Could you imagine if the late, great Richard Dawson had every other panelist in his face every time he was picked?

    It's an OK show but the more you watch it, the less you like it. Hopefully, Neil DeGrasse Tyson appears again as he was great in his one appearance.

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      The microphone that Alec uses is the original one that Gene Rayburn used.
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    • Release date
      • June 26, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
      • El Dorado Pictures
      • Entertain the Brutes
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