Gameshow Marathon (American game show)

Premise

The seven-part tournament featured celebrity contestants Lance Bass, Paige Davis, Tim Meadows, Kathy Najimy, Leslie Nielsen, and Brande Roderick. They played The Price Is Right, Let's Make a Deal, Beat the Clock, Press Your Luck, Card Sharks, Match Game, and Family Feud. Each episode used replicas of the original sets, or actual props from the current series. The Press Your Luck episode was dedicated to host Peter Tomarken.

Tournament format

Each episode followed the same structure. Six celebrities started with The Price Is Right, and the winner of its Showcase earned the first spot in Finalists' Row. The remaining players moved to the next game, with one winner per episode: five played Let's Make a Deal, four played Beat the Clock, and three played Press Your Luck. After the fourth game, the two contestants who hadn't won were out.

The four Finalists' Row members were split into pairs for Card Sharks and Match Game, and those winners faced off in Family Feud. For the final, each celebrity brought a five-person team of family and friends to play Family Feud, and the winning charity got $100,000. Brande Roderick took The Price Is Right showcase, Lance Bass won Let's Make a Deal, Paige Davis won Beat the Clock, and Kathy Najimy won Press Your Luck. Tim Meadows and Leslie Nielsen were eliminated after Press Your Luck.

Roderick beat Davis in Card Sharks, and Najimy beat Bass in Match Game. Najimy and her family then defeated Roderick and her family in Family Feud for the grand prize. The Match Game episode had panelists Adam Carolla, Adrianne Curry, George Foreman, Kathy Griffin, Bruce Vilanch, and Betty White. For The Price Is Right, the top Plinko prize was $100,000 with a $20,000 center slot; three games were played, and the two highest scorers in the Showcase Showdown moved to the Showcase. The winning showcase and any prizes that celebrity had already won went to a viewer at home.