Who doesn’t love a good game show? Whether you’re home sick from school watching Bob Barker talk into his super-long microphone at the Showcase Showdown or sitting down for a Salisbury steak TV dinner with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, American living and television game shows go hand-in-hand like trivia questions and trivia answers.
So, let’s take a dive into some of our favorites through the decades. Those songs that our beloved hosts walked out to with smiles, those songs that those golden-throated announcers would introduce new contestants to, and those songs that we knew would help lead someone toward a much-needed vacation or even… A NEW CAR!!!
Videos by American Songwriter
10. Hollywood Squares
9. $25,000 Pyramid
8. Jeopardy!
7. Guts
6. The Match Game
5. The Dating Game
4. Wheel of Fortune
3. Family Feud
2. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1. The Price is Right
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LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 1: Fleetwood Mac (L-R Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood) backstage at the Los Angeles Rock Awards on September 1, 1977 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Richard Creamer/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
UNITED KINGDOM – 1st OCTOBER: The Beatles posed with bottles of beer and party snacks and balloons in October 1964. Left to right: Paul McCartney, John Lennon (1940-1980), Ringo Starr and George Harrison (1943-2001). The session was taken to promote the BBC World Service. (Photo by Mark Hayward Archive/Redferns) -
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs at the Hollywood Palladium on October 6, 1991 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/Getty Images) -
Lionel Richie performing on stage at Live Aid at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1985. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
AUSTIN, TEXAS – MAY 03: (L-R) Jay DeMarcus, JoeDon Rooney, and Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts perform onstage during the 2025 iHeartCountry Festival presented by Capital One at Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for iHeartRadio) -
The Beach Boys had multiple hit songs in 1966
