" Family Feud" was one of the most successful game shows launched in the 1970's. Mark Goodson came up with the idea for "Family Feud" from one of his other hit game shows, "Match Game." The "audience match" round of "Match Game" featured panelist Richard Dawson and a contestant trying to match the correct response to an audience survey. The segment became a huge hit with audiences and soon the survey, Richard Dawson and the "Family Feud" were on the air.

Within one year of its debut on ABC, "Family Feud" became the number one game show on daytime television. A prime time syndicated version of "Family Feud" which aired as a weekly series, launched in September 1977. The weekly series quickly expanded to two nights a week in January 1979 and in September 1980, extended into five nights a week. "Family Feud" was honored with an Emmy award in 1977 for outstanding television game show.

A player from each team faced off, answering a question to earn the choice to either play or pass. If the controlling team failed to get all the answers with less than three wrong guesses, they could have their points stolen by the opposing team, if the other team got one more correct response. Points were awarded on the basis of the survey results and the team that first scored three hundred points won the game and played "Fast Money."

"Family Feud" returns with it's host, actor Richard Karn, who portrayed the role of "Al," Tim Allen's "Tool Time" craftsman sidekick on ABC TV's hit comedy "Home Improvement."

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