7 New & Returning Family-Friendly Game Shows to Watch This Summer
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If you’re looking for something fun that the whole family can sit down to watch together, look no further than this summer’s offering of game shows.
Both returning favorites — including Press Your Luck and Celebrity Family Feud — and new additions – Game On! and Cannonball — are sure to keep everyone entertained.
Scroll down for a look at and find out what’s different this year and who’s coming to some of the game shows on TV this summer.
Game On! (New!)
Keegan-Michael Key hosts two teams, captained by tennis great Venus Williams and Super Bowl champ Rob Gronkowski, as they compete in over-the-top challenges and trivia to win bragging rights.
Game On!, Series Premiere, Wednesday, May 27, 8/7c, CBS
Celebrity Family Feud
We asked 100 fans: On a scale of 1 to 10, how excited are you that Steve Harvey is back to lead Season 6 of famous faces pitted against one another? Survey says…
Celebrity Family Feud, Season Premiere, Sunday, May 31, 8/7c, ABC
Press Your Luck
No whammies! Contestants try to steer clear of those devious buggers on the game board that zero out winnings. Season 2 offers a new bonus round — and a chance to score $1 million.
Press Your Luck, Season Premiere, Sunday, May 31, 9/8c, ABC
Match Game
Emcee Alec Baldwin welcomes “blank” and “blank” to a panel of TV detectives in the first of Season 5’s new themed episodes. (Answer: The Shield‘s Michael Chiklis and Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Melissa Fumero.)
Match Game, Season Premiere, Sunday, May 31, 10/9c, ABC
Don't (New!)
Don’t blink. Don’t look back. Do watch as teams follow deceptively simple commands in pursuit of $100,000. Adam Scott hosts, and exec producer Ryan Reynolds gives rules in voiceover.
Don’t, Series Premiere, Thursday, June 11, 9/8c, ABC
Cannonball (New!)
Drenched contestants vie for $10,000 on a wet-and-wild obstacle course, complete with a 100-foot waterslide.
Cannonball, Series Premiere, July, USA
Tough as Nails (New!)
The Amazing Race‘s Phil Keoghan ventures to construction sites, oil fields and the like, asking workers to meet in tests of strength and mental toughness. The prize? $200,000.
Tough as Nails, Series Premiere, Wednesday, July 8, 9/8c, CBS
