ABC’s game show lineup is making a splash on Sunday nights. Celebrity Family Feud and The $100,000 Pyramid recently drew their biggest audiences of the summer, according to Nielsen data. After seven days of delayed viewing for the July 30 episodes, both posted double-digit audience gains.
The network has renewed all six of its retro game shows for new seasons in 2020. The rookies Press Your Luck (above) and Card Sharks will return for their second seasons, Celebrity Family Feud for its sixth and The $100,000 Pyramid, Match Game and To Tell the Truth for their fifth.
Celebrity Family Feud and ABC’s game show lineup won Sunday night, though CBS’s Big Brother had its best Sunday night of the season so far with a1.1 rating among adults 18-49 and 4.36 million viewers. ABC led among adults 18-49 with a 0.7 rating
ABC has renewed Celebrity Family Feud for its fifth season, and The $100,000 Pyramid and To Tell the Truth for their fourth seasons.
ABC has renewed Celebrity Family Feud and The $100,000 Pyramid. The renewals were announced Sunday after the network picked up an additional season of fellow summer game show Match Game.
ABC Renews 3 Retro Sunday Game Shows
The Disney-owned network has renewed all three of its retro Sunday game shows — Match Game, Celebrity Family Feud and $100,000 Pyramid, new entertainment president Channing Dungey announced Thursday at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour.
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‘Celebrity Family Feud’ A Summertime Hit
The Steve Harvey-hosted ABC show, which aired six hour-long editions, averaged 9.1 million viewers and was the most-watched new television program this summer, according to Nielsen. However, CBS won last week in primetime, averaging 5.1 million viewers. NBC had 4.5 million, ABC had 3.8 million, Fox had 2.5 million, Univision had 2.4 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and the CW had 1 million.
Steve Harvey will also host this Sunday’s network version that will feature celebrities like Black-ish star Anthony Anderson, singer Toni Braxton and their families compete for money that they’ll donate to charity.
