Whatever Happened to Adam Wade, TV’s First Black Game Show Host?

Dan Clarendon October 31, 2025, 12:50 pm

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MUSICAL CHAIRS, host Adam Wade, 1975 — Everett Collection

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Adam Wade broke new ground on television with Musical Chairs, a game show that ended its brief run a half century ago, on October 31, 1975. Though the show only ran for five months, it gave Wade the designation of becoming American’s first Black TV game show host.

But breaking a racial barrier with that program was just one of Wade’s many accomplishments. This is a man who worked with a famed scientist, who opened for Tony Bennett, and who could be seen across the TV dial in the 1970s.

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