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Order by the year the version named first aired. You place all 45 cards on one timeline, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.

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How to play the game shows timeline game

These cards are TV game shows, mostly American with some famous British formats, and the network that first aired each version is printed below the name. Sort them by the year that version first aired. One show starts on the line with its year showing. For every new card, choose a gap. Get it right and the year is revealed; get it wrong and the show still drops into its true place, costing one of your three lives.

From celebrity panels and big-money question shows to slapstick obstacle courses and prime-time blockbusters, the deck covers the whole history of contestants playing for prizes on TV. Many of these formats have been revived again and again, so a show you watched recently may have started long before. Where there is more than one version, the name or network tells you which one the card means. Kids' shows and British formats add a few unexpected cards.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 28 of the 45 cards you might be dealt, with 17 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • What's My Line? CBS
  • The $64,000 Question CBS
  • Twenty One NBC
  • Concentration NBC
  • University Challenge ITV
  • Let's Make a Deal NBC
  • Jeopardy! NBC
  • The Dating Game ABC
  • The Newlywed Game ABC
  • The Price Is Right CBS
  • The Joker's Wild CBS
  • The $10,000 Pyramid CBS
  • Family Feud ABC
  • The Gong Show NBC
  • Countdown Channel 4
  • Double Dare Nickelodeon
  • Catchphrase ITV
  • Legends of the Hidden Temple Nickelodeon
  • Win Ben Stein's Money Comedy Central
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (US) ABC
  • Fear Factor NBC
  • Deal or No Deal NBC
  • 1 vs. 100 NBC
  • Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Fox
  • The Chase ITV
  • Minute to Win It NBC
  • Taskmaster Dave
  • Squid Game: The Challenge Netflix

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