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| presenter = {{Plainlist|
*[[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]]
*[[Jon Bauman]]
*[[John Davidson (entertainer)|John Davidson]]
*[[Tom Bergeron]]
*[[Nate Burleson]]
*[[Drew Barrymore]]
}}
| announcer = {{Plainlist|
*[[Kenny Williams (announcer)|Kenny Williams]]
*[[Gene Wood]]▼
*[[Shadoe Stevens]]
*[[Jeffrey Tambor]]
*[[John Moschitta Jr.]]
▲*[[GeneIce WoodCube]]
}}
| country = United States
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*1,050 (Syndication; 1998–2004)
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| executive_producer = [[John Moffitt (director) | John Moffitt]]<br>Pat Tourk Lee<br>[[Whoopi Goldberg]]<br>[[Henry Winkler]]<br>[[Michael Levitt (producer)|Michael Levitt]]<br>Jesse Collins<br>[[Drew Barrymore]]
| camera = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 22–24 minutes
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* [[CBS Media Ventures]] (2025)
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| network = [[NBC]] <small>(Daytime)</small>▼
| first_aired5 = {{Start date|1998|9|14}}
| last_aired5 = {{End date|2004|6|4}}
| network6 = [[CBS]]
| first_aired6 = January 2025
| related = {{Plainlist|
*''[[Storybook Squares]]''
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*''Celebrity Squares''
}}
▲| network = [[NBC]] <small>(Daytime)</small>
| first_aired = {{Start date|1966|10|17}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1980|606|20}}
| network2 = NBC[[Broadcast <small>(Primetime)</small>syndication|Syndication]]
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|19681971|111|1201}}
| last_aired2 = {{End date|19681981|905|1322}}
| network3 first_aired3 = [[Broadcast{{Start syndicationdate|1986|09|Syndication]]15}}
| first_aired3last_aired3 = {{StartEnd date|19711989|1106|116}}
| last_aired3 first_aired4 = {{EndStart date|19811998|509|2214}}
| network4last_aired4 = {{End = Syndicationdate|2004|06|04}}
| first_aired4network5 = {{Start date|1986|9|15}} = [[CBS]]
| last_aired4 first_aired5 = <!--Only insert start date after the first episode has aired.{{EndStart date|1989|6|162025}}-->
| last_aired5 = <!--Only insert start date after the first episode has aired.-->
| network5 = Syndication
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'''''Hollywood Squares''''' (originally '''''The Hollywood Squares''''') is an American [[game show]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrities love to play TV games, but some personalities never make it|newspaper=The Modesto Bee|date=25 September 1975|first=Maxene|last=Fabe|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0uQiAAAAIBAJ&pg=1143,3954389&dq=hollywood-squares+%7c+celebrity-squares+panel-game+%7c+panel-show|access-date=18 May 2011|agency=Los Angeles Times Syndicate|quote=The most complex and entertaining panel game ever devised is Hollywood Squares...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=To tell the truth, the price is right|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 August 1975|first=Stephanie|last=Harrington|at=third to last paragraph|quote=...the disclaimer run at the end of the celebrity panel show "Hollywood Squares"...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood Squares easy income source to its guest stars|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=25 November 1971|first=Cynthia|last=Lowry|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=79lVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6907,5645379&dq=hollywood-squares+%7c+celebrity-squares+panel-game+%7c+panel-show|access-date=18 May 2011|agency=Associated Press|quote=...NBC's "Hollywood Squares," the most popular game or panel show on television today.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dual Format TV Show Reflects Generation Gap|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=21 February 1969|first=Vernon|last=Scott|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WONKAAAAIBAJ&pg=2774,4214190&dq=hollywood-squares+%7c+celebrity-squares+panel-game+%7c+panel-show|access-date=18 May 2011|agency=UPI|quote=The daily "Hollywood Squares" series is a tic-tac-toe game with a panel of nine performers...}}</ref> in which two contestants compete in a game of [[tic-tac-toe]] to win cash and prizes. The show originally aired as a [[Television pilot|pilotedpilot]] on [[NBC]] in 1965, and thedebuted regularon seriesthat debutednetwork inas 1966a onregular theseries samein networkOctober 1966. The board for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host and the contestants judge the truth of their answers to gain squares in the right pattern to win the game.
 
Though ''Hollywood Squares'' was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy in the form of joke answers (commonly called "zingers" by the production staff),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Zingers-From-The-Hollywood-Squares/release/3740897|title=Zingers From The Hollywood Squares (1974, Vinyl)|year=1974 |via=www.discogs.com}}</ref> often given by the stars prior to their real answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes. In addition, the stars were given the questions' subjects and bluff (plausible, but incorrect) answersbluffs prior to the show. The show was scripted in this sense, but the [[gameplay]] was not. In any case, as original host [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]] explained at the beginning of the Secret Square game, "the celebrities were briefed prior tobefore the show to help them with bluff answers, but they heardare hearing the actual questions for the first time as they were asked on air."
 
Marshall hosted the original version of ''Hollywood Squares'' that aired on NBC from 1966 to 1980, as well as a nighttime [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] version that ran from 1971 to 1981. It then returned to NBC in 1983 as part of a [[Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour|60-minute hybrid series]] with ''[[Match Game]]'', featuring [[Jon Bauman]] hosting the ''Hollywood Squares'' portion of that show. Following Marshall's retirement, the show has since been revived twice in syndication: a version hosted by [[John Davidson (entertainer)|John Davidson]] from 1986 to 1989, and another hosted by [[Tom Bergeron]] from 1998 to 2004. Three revivals were run in the 2010's with a different title all on Paramount cable channels; in 2012, ''[[Hip Hop Squares]]'' on MTV2 with Peter Rosenberg, and from 2017-192017–19 on [[VH1]] with [[DeRay Davis]], in 2019, ''[[Nashville Squares]]'' on CMT with [[Bob Saget]], and in 2023, Celebrity Squares on VH1 with [[D.C. Young Fly|John "DC Young Fly" Whitfield]].
 
In 2013, ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked it at No. 7 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite news|last=Fretts |first=Bruce |date=June 17, 2013 |title=Eyes on the Prize |work=[[TV Guide]] |pages=14–15}}</ref> Internationally, there have been multiple versions produced under a variety of names (see [[#International versions|International versions]] below). When combined with two spinoffs of the franchise, the show has been produced for seven different decades.
 
In May 2024, it was announced that the show would be revived by [[CBS]] (which has owned the rights to the program since 2000, when it acquired format owner King World), with [[Drew Barrymore]] serving as the center square, and [[Nate Burleson]] as host.<ref>{{cite web |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=May 2, 2024 |title=''Hollywood Squares'' Reboot With Drew Barrymore Set For 2024-25 Broadcast Season At CBS |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/hollywood-squares-reboot-drew-barrymore-cbs-1235902756/ |access-date=May 2, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The show is slated to air inon January 9, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=May 2, 2024 |title=Drew Barrymore-Led ''Hollywood Squares'' Reboot to Air on CBS in January |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/drew-barrymore-hollywood-squares-reboot-cbs-1235990329/ |access-date=May 2, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
 
==Basic rules==
Though there have been variations in the rules and prizes of the game, certain aspects have still remained fairly consistent throughout the series. Two contestants competedcompete in every match, with one playing X andrepresenting the other O. Traditionally, the matches were male vs. female with the male playing theletter X position and referred to informally as [[Mister|Mr.]] X, withanother the female playing theletter O positionin anda referredgame to informally asof [[Ms.tic-tac-toe]] Circle. OneThe oftic-tac-toe theboard contestantsfeatures wasnine usuallycelebrities, aeach returningseated champion.behind Inone latersquare iterations withof a returningthree-by-three champion,grid the X spot is reserved for the returning champion and the O spot is thegame challengerboard.
 
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The objective was to complete a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of three squares all earned for either X or O, or to earn as many squares as possible, as contestants could also win by capturing five squares (early in the Marshall run, a player was required to get enough squares to make it mathematically impossible for the opponent to get three in a row; it is possible to capture as many as six squares without blocking the opponent from getting a diagonal three in a row, which did occur in an early episode). Correctly agreeing or disagreeing with a star's answer captured the square. If the contestant failed to agree or disagree correctly, the square went to his/her opponent, unless this would have resulted in a win for the opponent, which was not allowed; in that case, the square remained unclaimed and the opponent got a chance to capture it themselves on his or her turn.
 
==1966–1981==
[[File:Hollywood Squares (TV series) titlecard.jpg|thumb|left|Title card for the original 1966–1981 version]]
[[Bert Parks]] hosted the 1965 pilot of ''Hollywood Squares,'' which was taped at [[Television City|CBS Television City]].<ref>{{YouTube|hrSvImHsUX4|Part 1}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|syMXK0Gxncc|Part 2}}</ref> A second pilot was taped with comedian [[Sandy Baron]] as host.<ref>Nedeff, Adam. ''Game Shows FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Pioneers, the Scandals, the Hosts, and the Jackpots''. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard, 2018, p. 145.</ref> Neither Parks nor Baron were considered to host the series, partly because NBC was “looking for a complete non-entity”, and partly because Baron was considered “too New Yorky”.<ref>”Hollywood Squares”. ''E! True Hollywood Story'', created by Ilya Reznikov, Season 7, Episode 21, E! Networks, 2003.</ref> NBC acquired the rights to the show, which debuted on October 17, 1966, with Peter Marshall as host, a job he held for 15 years. Marshall agreed to host because he did not want rival [[Dan Rowan]] to host.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Marshall |first1=Peter |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781558539808 |title=Backstage with the Original Hollywood Square |last2=Armstrong |first2=Adrienne |year=2002 |publisher=Rutledge Hill Press |isbn=1558539808 |language=en |author-link=Peter Marshall (entertainer) |url-access=registration}}</ref> ''Hollywood Squares'' was the final addition to a short-lived game show powerhouse block on NBC, which for the next two years also included ''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]'', ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', ''[[You Don't Say!]]'', ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', ''[[Match Game]]'' and others. During most of its daytime run, NBC broadcast ''The Hollywood Squares'' at 11:30&nbsp;a.m. [[Eastern time zone|Eastern]]/10:30&nbsp;a.m. [[Central time zone|Central]]; it dominated the ratings until 1976 when it made the first of several time slot moves. The daytime show aired its 3,536th and last episode on June 20, 1980, when it was canceled to make way for a [[The David Letterman Show|talk show]] with [[David Letterman]] that would become a precursor to his ''[[Late Night with David Letterman|Late Night]]'' and ''[[Late Show with David Letterman|Late Show]]'' programs.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Poniewozik |first1=James |title=David Letterman, Infinite Jester |url=https://time.com/3858346/david-letterman-infinite-jester/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref>
 
The show also ran at night, first on NBC from January 12 to September 13, 1968, as a mid-season replacement for the short-lived sitcom ''[[Accidental Family]]''. A nighttime [[broadcast syndication|syndicated program]] ran from November 1, 1971, until May 22, 1981. Initially airing once weekly, the syndicated ''Squares'' added a second airing in 1972 and began airing daily or nightly in September 1980, the show's final season. [[File:Hollywood squares 1974.jpg|thumb|left|Celebrating the start of its ninth year on the air in 1974, (L–R) are [[Paul Lynde]], [[Rose Marie]], host [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]] and [[Cliff Arquette]] as [[Charley Weaver]]. ]]
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The nighttime versions featured the same two contestants playing for the entire half-hour with each completed game worth $300 (NBC prime time) or $250 (syndicated). On the syndicated version, if time ran out with a game still in progress (interrupted by a loud horn that the host called "the tacky buzzer"), each X or O on the board at that point was worth an additional $50 to the contestants, with each contestant guaranteed at least $100 in total winnings. The contestant with the most money at the end of the show won a bonus prize, which for the first seven years of the syndicated series was a car. From 1978 to 1980, the endgame described above was used with each prize worth at least $5,000 including a new car; cash prizes of $5,000 and $10,000 were also available. If the match ended in a tie, one final question was played with the star of one contestant's choosing; if the contestant agreed or disagreed correctly, he/she won the match; otherwise, the match went to the opponent. The nighttime syndicated version's episodes were self-contained, unlike the daytime version where games could straddle.
 
For the final (1980–1981) season, the syndicated series left NBC's [[Burbank, California]] [[The Burbank Studios|studio]] and moved to the [[Riviera (hotel and casino)|Riviera Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. During the final season, games were no longer scored. Instead, the winner of each game won a prize, and if time ran out before a game could be completed, the prize went to the player with the most squares on the board. Additionally, eight of the season's winning contestants were invited back to play in a Grand Championship tournament at the end of the season. The final $100,000 Grand Championship Tournament was played in 1980 and won by Eric Lloyd Scott of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. Prizes that year included a Geodesic Dome Home from Domes America, a [[Botany 500]] wardrobe, a 50-day cruise on [[Delta Line Cruises]], the first [[Apple II]] computer system, the original [[Betamax|Sony Betamax]], a camper trailer, a [[Recreational vehicle|motorhome]] and $20,000 in cash.
 
===Cast of stars===
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In 1991, as part of Orion Pictures' bankruptcy, its intellectual properties were auctioned off. [[King World Productions]] bid for and won the rights to the ''Hollywood Squares'' format;<ref name="broadcasting19911125">{{cite journal|date=1991-11-25|title=KING GETS THE SQUARE|journal=Broadcasting|page=26}}</ref> six years later, a revival series began development. [[Whoopi Goldberg]] was brought in to be the executive producer, with John Moffitt and Pat Tourk Lee as producers. The venture was to be a co-production of Moffitt-Lee Productions and Goldberg's One Ho Productions, in association with [[Columbia TriStar Television]] and King World, who would also be responsible for distributing the revival; this differed from Columbia-TriStar and King World’s other collaborations, ''Wheel of Fortune'' and ''Jeopardy!'', where King World had no stake in production.
 
On September 14, 1998, the revival debuted with [[Tom Bergeron]], who was also starringappearing as an anchor on ''[[Good Morning America]] as an anchor'' at the time, as its host; former [[Nickelodeon]] host [[Marc Summers]] was also considered. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer [[Bruce Vilanch]], [[Gilbert Gottfried]], [[Martin Mull]] and [[Caroline Rhea]] as regular panelists and [[Brad Garrett]], [[Bobcat Goldthwait]], [[Jeffrey Tambor]], [[George Wallace (American comedian)|George Wallace]], [[Kathy Griffin]] and various others as semi-regular panelists. [[Shadoe Stevens]] returned as an announcer but unlike the previous series, he was not a panelist on this version.
 
After the 2001–2002 season, Goldberg left the series and Moffitt and Lee were fired. Vilanch also left his writing position and Rhea moved to New York to host ''[[The Caroline Rhea Show]]'', a daytime variety series launched to replace ''[[The Rosie O'Donnell Show]]''; O'Donnell had decided to leave her namesake show before the end of the 2001–02 season and Rhea, who was chosen by O'Donnell to be her replacement, served as guest host for most of the last season. Stevens also left his role as announcer.
 
The 2002–2003 season launched with [[Henry Winkler]] and his production partner Michael Levitt as the new executive producers and [[Jeffrey Tambor]] as the announcer (in addition to retaining his semi-regular appearance). Winkler guest announced for several weeks during the season. Some changes were made to the overall production with the show adopting a new logo that referred to the show as "H2H<sup>2</sup>".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mystica401.50webs.com/hollywoodsquares/h2logo2.gif |title=H2 Logo 2 |format=GIF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626010305/http://mystica401.50webs.com/hollywoodsquares/h2logo2.gif |archive-date=June 26, 2011 |archive-format=GIF |url-status=live }}</ref> The set was given a new makeover where the contestant desks were replaced with podiums with LED screens inside and a rewritten version of the [[Teena Marie]] song "Square Biz" became the theme song.
 
After Goldberg's departure, at first, the show did not feature a traditional permanent center square. Instead, a new celebrity was in the center square each week. [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Simon Cowell]] were among those who played center square, as well as [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]], who appeared during a special theme week in 2002. [[Martin Mull]] was eventually chosen as the permanent center square for the 2003–2004 season (though some guests continued to appear as center square during a few theme weeks of that season).
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Season 6 theme weeks used the game format from the first five seasons, with each match played to time and the bonus round serving as the final segment. The winners of these matches played the bonus round for $10,000 cash or a car, and had one key eliminated at the outset before eliminating any additional keys.
 
==''Hip Hop Squares'' (2012 &, 2017–2019)==
{{Main|Hip Hop Squares}}
''Hip Hop Squares'' aired on [[MTV2]] from May 22, 2012 until December 18, 2012, and was hosted by [[Peter Rosenberg]]; while the announcer was DJ Ms. Nix (a.k.a. [[Nicole Lyn]]),. The thenshow returned five years later on [[VH1]] and was hosted by [[DeRay Davis]] (who was previously a panelist in the original [[MTV2|MTV2 version]]) while the announcer was executive producer [[Ice Cube]]. The second edition ran from May 13, 2017, until September 17, 2019. While the MTV2 version played much like the original, the VH1 version featured celebrities as contestants playing for a member of the studio audience.
 
==''The West Virginia Squares'' (2014)==
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==''Celebrity Squares'' (2023)==
On September 25, 2023, it was announced that a [[African-American culture|Black culture]]-themed version called ''Celebrity Squares'', hosted by DC[[D.C. Young Fly]], would premiere on VH1 on October 17, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/celebrity-squares-dc-young-fly-kevin-hart-jesse-collins-vh1-premiere-date-1235554196/|title=''Celebrity Squares'' Game Show Hosted By DC Young Fly Set For Fall Premiere On VH1; Kevin Hart & Jesse Collins Among EPs|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 25, 2023|access-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>
 
==Upcoming CBS revival (2025)==
On May 2, 2024, CBS announced that they had greenlit a new version of the show that will premiere inon January 9, 2025 with [[Drew Barrymore]] as the "center square".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/drew-barrymore-hollywood-squares-reboot-cbs-1235990329/ | title=Drew Barrymore-Led 'Hollywood Squares' Reboot to Air on CBS in January | date=2 May 2024 }}</ref> On June 11, 2024, Deadline reported that [[Nate Burleson]] will host the show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=2024-06-11 |title=Nate Burleson To Host CBS’CBS' ‘Hollywood'Hollywood Squares’Squares' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/nate-burleson-host-cbs-hollywood-squares-1235970091/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==International versions==
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{{Color box|#FFC0CB|border=darkgray}} No longer airing &nbsp;
{{Color box|#FFD|border=darkgray}} Upcoming or returning version &nbsp;
 
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| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan=11 |{{Flagicon|United States}} United States <br>(original format)
| ''The Hollywood Squares''
| rowspan=3 | [[Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall]]
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| [[Nate Burleson]]
| [[CBS]]
| 2025–present
| 2025
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| rowspan=2|''[[Hip Hop Squares]]''
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| ''Celebrity Squares''
| DC[[D.C. Young Fly]]
| VH1 (2023)<br>[[BET]] (2024)
| 2023–2024
| 2023–present
|-
| style="background:#FFC0CB;" |{{Flagicon|Vietnam}} Vietnam
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