NBC • 1966–1967·Comedy·Reality·Family
Hollywood Squares
Created by Bob Quigley, Merrill Heatter
Rating
7.7
12 votes
Overview
Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show, in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host, or "Square-Master", and the contestants judge the veracity of their answers in order to win the game. Although Hollywood Squares was a legitimate game show, the game largely acted as the background for the show's comedy in the form of joke answers, often given by the stars prior to their "real" answer. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes. In addition, the stars were given question subjects and plausible incorrect answers prior to the show. The show was scripted in this sense, but the gameplay was not. In any case, as host Peter Marshall, the best-known "Square-Master" and the man in whose honor the show's first announcer, Kenny Williams, actually "coined" the term, would explain at the beginning of the Secret Square game, the celebrities were briefed prior to show to help them with bluff answers, but they otherwise heard the actual questions for the first time as they were asked on air.
Seasons & Episodes
68 episodes • 1966
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Debut in living color on NBC-TV.) Monday October 17, 1966.
30m · 1966-10-17
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday October 18, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-18
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday October 19, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-19
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday October 20, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-20
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday October 21, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-21
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday October 24, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-24
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday October 25, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-25
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday October 26, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-26
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday October 27, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-27
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday October 28, 1966)
30m · 1966-10-28
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday October 31 Halloween 1966)
30m · 1966-10-31
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday November 1 All Saint's Day 1966)
30m · 1966-11-01
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday November 2, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-02
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday November 3, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-03
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday November 4, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-04
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday November 7, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-07
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday November 8, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-08
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday November 9, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-09
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday November 10, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-10
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday November 11 Veterans Day 1966)
30m · 1966-11-11
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday November 14, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-14
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday November 15, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-15
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday November 16, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-16
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday November 17, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-17
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday November 18, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-18
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday November 21, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-21
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday November 22, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-22
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday November 23, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-23
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday November 25, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-25
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday November 28, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-28
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday November 29, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-29
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday November 30, 1966)
30m · 1966-11-30
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday December 1, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-01
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday December 2, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-02
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday December 5, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-05
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday December 6, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-06
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday December 7, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-07
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday December 8, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-08
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday December 9, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-09
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday December 12, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-12
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday December 13, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-13
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday December 14, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-14
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday December 15, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-15
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday December 16, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-16
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday December 19, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-19
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday December 20, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-20
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday December 21, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-21
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday December 22, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-22
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday December 23, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-23
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday December 26, KWANZAA 1966)
30m · 1966-12-26
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday December 27, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-27
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday December 28, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-28
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday December 29, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-29
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday December 30, 1966)
30m · 1966-12-30
THE HONLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday January 3, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-03
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday January 4, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-04
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday January 5, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-05
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday January 6, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-06
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday January 9, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-09
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday January 10, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-10
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday January 11, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-11
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday January 12, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-12
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday January 13, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-13
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Monday January 16, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-16
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tuesday January 17, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-17
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Wednesday January 18, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-18
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Thursday January 19, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-19
THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Friday January 20, 1967)
30m · 1967-01-20
Cast
Peter Marshall
Self - Host
Kenny Williams
Self - Announcer (voice)
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