Game show
A game show is an entertainment program on radio and television in which z. B. one or more candidates have to perform tasks , solve puzzles or answer questions correctly. The quiz show is a subtype of the game show. Some game shows are broadcast as Saturday night shows.
A game show is a game with candidates according to fixed rules and a final structure. Its core is the competition that ultimately leads to the victory of a candidate or a group of candidates. In the past, material prizes were awarded much more often, but now there are usually higher sums of money to be won. Which serves for the technical realization of the games (input devices, control monitors, etc.) games technology .
Well-known game shows on German-language television were or are among others (sorted by the year of the first broadcast, with the name of the main channel):
- One will win ( EWG ; ARD ; 1964–69, 1979–1987, 1998, 2014)
- Forget-Me-Not (ZDF; 1964–1970)
- The golden shot ( ZDF ; 1964–1970)
- Make a wish ( ORF and ZDF; 1969–1972)
- Three times nine (ZDF; 1970–1974)
- Dalli Dalli (ZDF; 1971–1986 and 1995–1997) (NDR; 2011–2013)
- Churning out (ARD; 1974–1979)
- The Monday Painter (ARD; 1974–1996)
- Let's go (ARD; 1977–1986)
- Take a guess with Rosenthal (ARD; 1979–1986)
- The Pyramid (ZDF; 1979–1994)
- Bet that..? (ZDF; 1981-2014)
- Asked - known - won! (ZDF; 1983–1986)
- Honeymoon (ARD; 1988–1995)
- Ruck Zuck ( Tele 5 and RTL II ; 1988–2000, 2004, 2005, since 2016)
- Wheel of Fortune ( Sat.1 1988–1998, Kabel1 1998–2002, 9Live 2004–2005, RTL Plus 2016)
- The price is hot (RTL; 1989–1997, from 2017)
- Money or Love (ARD; 1989–2001, 2014)
- Tutti Frutti (RTL; 1990–1993, from 2016)
- Family duel ( RTL ; 1992–2003, 2013–2014, from 2016)
- Dream Wedding (RTL; 1992–2002, ZDF; 2008, RTL; 2012–2013)
- The 100,000 Mark Show (RTL; 1993–2000, 2008)
- Soldiers of Fortune (RTL; 1996–1997)
- The moment of truth (Sat.1; 1999-2003)
- 1 against 100 (ORF; 2002, 2008)
- Ingeniously next to it (Sat.1; 2003-2011, since 2017)
- Elton zockt ( ProSieben ; 2003-2015)
- Deal or No Deal (Sat.1; 2004–2008, 2014–2015)
- Elton vs. Simon (ProSieben; 2004–2006, 2008–2010, 2012)
- Schlag den Raab (ProSieben; 2006-2015)
- Rich List - Every answer counts (Sat.1; 2007-2008)
- Beat the Star (ProSieben; since 2009)
- Traders ( SF 1 ; since 2010)
- Save the million! (ZDF; 2010-2013)
- My husband can (Sat.1; 2010-2013)
- 17 meters (ProSieben; 2011–2012)
- Germany's super brain (ZDF; 2011-2013, 2016)
- Small versus large (ARD; since 2011)
- Opdenhövel's Countdown (ARD; 2012-2013)
- Joko versus Klaas - The duel around the world (ProSieben; since 2012)
- This is great! (ARD; 2013–2015)
- Hartwichs 100! Daniel tests the Germans (RTL; from 2015)
- The game begins (ZDF; 2015-2017)
- Guess how old I am (ARD; 2016)
- Schlag den Henssler (ProSieben; 2017-2018)
- All against one (ProSieben; 2018)
- Because they don't know what's going to happen - The Jauch-Gottschalk-Schöneberger-Show (RTL; since 2018)
- Beat the best (ProSieben; since 2019)
Other television game shows are grouped under the category: Game Show .
literature
- Matthias Woisin: The television is entertaining. The game show as a communication event (= language in society , volume 13), Lang, Frankfurt am Main, Bern / New York, NY / Paris 1988, ISBN 3-631-41568-0 (dissertation Uni Hamburg 1988, 270 pages) .
