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Merv Griffin's Crosswords (also simply called Crosswords) is an American game show based on crossword puzzles. The show was created by its namesake, Merv Griffin, who died shortly after beginning production on the series. Ty Treadway was the host, [2] and Edd Hall was the announcer.
Host Country Game show(s) hosted Willie Aames: United States: The Krypton Factor (1990–91) Michael Absalom: United Kingdom: Best of Friends (2004–08) Mike Adamle: United States: American Gladiators (1989–96), Battle of the Network Reality Stars (2005) Don Adams: United States: Don Adams' Screen Test (1975–76) Kaye Adams: United Kingdom
C. Tom Campbell (radio personality) Blaine Capatch; Bill Cardille; Drew Carey; Michael Carrington (voice actor) Johnny Carson; Michael Catherwood; Dick Cavett
If the score is tied after Round 3, a tiebreaker is played in which the host reads a list of pre-written clues to a word. Either team captain may ring in at any time they think they know the answer. If they give the correct answer their team wins the game, but if they are incorrect, the other team automatically wins.
Four three-letter words are shown to the teams, each word is the starting point for a word chain. One team chooses a starting word, and the host reads a clue to another word (which may be a proper noun or abbreviation); the player must change one letter in the starting word to make the correct word (e.g., CAT to CUT).
Especially in the United States, game show hosts have generally been conservative or libertarian in their political beliefs. Reasons for this include many of the hosts' rural origins (early television personalities were expected to have natural General American English accents, which were most prominent in the Midwest) and the merit-based nature of the game show format.
The show featured host Elton Welsby from fellow Granada show Busman's Holiday as a guest panellist. [159] In 1993, Steam Packethosted a murder mystery dinner complete with clues and characters from the British game show Cluedo, which featured a detective played by Charles Palmer, the consultant for the TV series. [160]
Scrabble is an American television game show based upon the board game Scrabble. Contestants competed in a series of rounds to fill in words within a crossword puzzle for cash. Muriel Green of Exposure Unlimited developed the idea for a television game show based upon the board game concept.