Game show 

"Quiz show" redirects here. For other uses, see Quiz show (disambiguation).
This article is about the television genre. For the Turkish computer games magazine, see Gameshow (magazine).

A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes. On some shows contestants compete against other players or another team while other shows involve contestants playing alone for a good outcome or a high score. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's prize suppliers. Many television game shows descended from similar programs on radio.

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Game shows around the world

Argentina

Australia

As with most countries, Australia has made many adaptations of U.S. based game shows, most of which copy the U.S. version's set, particularly with the Grundy shows.

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Canadian game and quiz shows (at least the English-language ones) have often been aimed towards children and teenagers between the ages of six and 19. A majority of these game shows often run for 30 minutes in each episode.

They are often derived of its formats from game shows that are produced in the United States, having most of them been run on Canadian networks such as CTV, Global and Citytv. One of the only actual English prime time game shows to air on Canadian television is Deal or No Deal Canada.

Although American game and quiz shows are popular in Canada, Canadian residents are not eligible to be contestants on some of them, Jeopardy! and The Price Is Right being two notable exceptions. Unlike in the United States, game show winnings in Canada are not subject to income tax (actually, most countries aside from The US are not subject to income tax).

There are very few Canadian adaptaions of American, British, and Dutch-originated quiz shows in the English language. Most, like versions of The Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Family Feud, are in French. Some English-language versions of these shows include Deal or No Deal, Supermarket Sweep, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? , Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and Cash Cab. There is also a French-language version of Deal or No Deal (and soon a version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?). Most of the game shows that air in Canada and that are in English are the US game shows.

Czech Republic

Chile

Denmark

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Finland

Original Finnish ideas


Finnish versions of international series

France

Germany

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Korea, South

Macedonia

Malta

TVM

Net TV

Mexico

Pakistan

Panama

Philippines

ABS CBN

GMA

NBN

ABC

Q (Quality Television)

IBC

RPN

UNTV 37

Studio 23

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Russia

Russian quiz, game & dating shows

Russian reality shows

Serbia

South Africa

Spain

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

Venezuela

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