‘Match Game’ & ‘Press Your Luck’ – Hollywood Life

Kathie Lee GiffordView galleryCELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD - "Team Vanilla Ice vs. Kim Fields and Team Ice-T & Coco vs. Vivica A. Fox" - The celebrity teams competing to win cash for their charities feature Vanilla Ice ("The Vanilla Ice Project") and actress/director Kim Fields. In a separate game, rapper Ice-T & his wife, Coco, compete against actress Vivica A. Fox ("Empire") along with their families, on an all-new episode, SUNDAY, AUG. 26 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Byron Cohen)
VANILLA ICE, STEVE HARVEY, KIM FIELDSCELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD- “Zach Braff & Donald Faison vs. Neil Flynn and Wendi McLendon-Covey vs. Patrick Warburton” – It’s an epic “family” reunion when the cast of “Scrubs,” led by Zach Braff and Donald Faison, face off against Neil Flynn and his “Beer Shark Mice” improv crew as they test their skills and compete for charity. In the next game, actor Wendi McClendon-Covey, along with her family and “Generation Ripe” podcast partner, go head-to-head against actor Patrick Warburton and his family in an all-new episode airing SUNDAY, JUNE 13 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (ABC/Eric McCandless)
DONALD FAISON, NEIL FLYNN, ZACH BRAFFCELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD - "Cedric The Entertainer vs. Wayne Brady and The Hills: New Beginnings vs. Jersey Shore: Family Vacation" - Television host and comedian Wayne Brady takes on Cedric The Entertainer and the cast of "The Neighborhood" and then the biggest pop-culture reality shows go head-to-head when the kids from SoCal "The Hills: New Beginnings" compete against their East Coast rivals and the stars of "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation." ABC's "Celebrity Family Feud" airs SUNDAY, JUNE 28 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (ABC/Byron Cohen)
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Celebrity Family Feud, Press Your Luck, and Match Game will return with new episodes on Thursdays starting Sep. 24. Thursday is officially Fun Night! Like Press Your Luck host Elizabeth Banks says in our EXCLUSIVE promo for ABC’s brand-new game night, we are “so happy” about it!

Celebrity Family Feud will kick off with a face-off between legendary talk show hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Ricki Lake. Rappers 2 Chainz and Big Boi will also be going head-to-head in the episode. Steve Harvey is back as the host of Celebrity Family Feud once again.

Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford has brought her loved ones along to compete with her. (ABC)

The celebs, along with their families and friends, go head-to-head in a contest to name the most popular responses to survey-type questions posed to 100 people to win money for a charity of their choice. Kathie Lee is playing for The Association to Benefit Children, while Ricki is playing for The Jacaranda Foundation.

Ricki Lake
Ricki Lake will go head to head with Kathie Lee Gifford. (ABC)

As for Match Game, it’s a milestone for the Alec Baldwin-hosted series. Match Game will be celebrating its 58th episode on Sept. 24. Alec welcomes Jerry Ferrara, Constance Zimmer, Chris Sullivan, Caroline Rhea, Ross Mathews, and Dascha Polanco to join the festivities. Other guests this season include Michael Che, Christie Brinkley, Jane Krakowski, and James Van Der Beek. The series features four contestants each week vying for the chance to win $25,000, as they attempt to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill-in-the-blank.

Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks returns as the host of ‘Press Your Luck.’ (ABC)

On Press Your Luck, the stakes have never been higher as contestants try to avoid the iconic and devilish WHAMMY again for a chance at life-changing cash and prizes. Elizabeth will be joined by contestants Theo Cooper (hometown: Hawthorne, California), Pam Kirk (hometown: Apple Valley, California), and Barbara Krant (hometown: Victorville, California) in the Sept. 24 premiere. 

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