Celebrity Name Game
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| Genre | Game show |
| Based on | Identity Crisis |
| Presented by | Craig Ferguson |
| Theme music composer | Tim Mosher & Stoker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 257 |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Distributor | Debmar-Mercury 20th Television (ad sales) |
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| Original network | Syndicated |
| Original release | September 22, 2014 – March 1, 2017 |
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Celebrity Name Game is an American syndicated game show which premiered on September 22, 2014. Based on the board game Identity Crisis, the series was developed by Courteney Cox and David Arquette's Coquette Productions, and was originally pitched as a primetime series for CBS with Craig Ferguson as host. The series was later picked up by FremantleMedia and Debmar-Mercury as a syndicated series for 2014 with Ferguson, who left The Late Late Show on December 19, 2014, remaining as host. The series marks Coquette's first foray into game shows. The show was subsequently renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 21, 2015.
On December 2, 2016, it was announced that the series would end after three seasons.
The game involves two teams, each consisting of two contestants who are related or know each other. They are joined by two guest celebrities who assist the teams for all but the third segment of the show, attempting to identify celebrities and fictional characters.
In the first two rounds, each team is assigned one of the celebrities, who then will switch teams for the second round. Each of the three-member teams are presented with a category containing ten names. One person will give clues, trying to get the other two to guess the names. Successful guesses earn money. An illegal clue (saying the name or part of the name, spelling the name, or rhyming the name) voids that name. Each turn lasts for 45 seconds. In the first round, one team is chosen to play first, and chooses one of two categories presented, leaving the second team to play the remaining category. In the second round, the second team plays first and chooses the first category.
In round one, the celebrity gives the clues while turning back and forth to alternately face each contestant, and each correct answer is worth $100, up to $1,000 total. In round two, one of the two contestants gives clues while alternately facing either the remaining partner or the assigned celebrity, and each answer is worth $200, up to $2,000 total.
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