Over time, Game Show Network acquired the rights to The Price is Right, The $10,000 Pyramid, Let's Make a Deal, Hollywood Squares, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and other libraries, putting them on the schedule at various times throughout the network's history. The initial lineup was exclusively acquired programming such as Match Game, Family Feud, The Newlywed Game, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune. By the launch date, the network had secured rights to over 40,000 episodes from the libraries of several game show production companies and corporate parent Sony. The first aired game show to be on GSN was What's My Line?. ET, but at the time, it was pushed back to 7:00 p.m. GSN's launch time was intended to be at 10:00 p.m. On June 6, 1994, Mark Goodson Productions pulled out of the venture. Both deals were completed on December 7, 1992, eleven days before Mark Goodson's death. Upon the deal, Sony said it would sell an equity stake in the network to Mark Goodson Productions, including the production of new original series by Jonathan Goodson Productions. On December 2, 1992, Sony Pictures Entertainment made a deal to acquire the Barry & Enright game show library, and in a separate deal, struck a 10-year licensing agreement for the rights to the Mark Goodson game show library of more than 20,000 episodes including among others, What's My Line?, Family Feud, and To Tell the Truth. The announcement of the channel was made by SPE president Mel Harris. On May 7, 1992, Sony Pictures Entertainment joined forces with the United Video Satellite Group to launch the Game Show Channel, which was set to begin in 1993. History 1994–2004: As 'Game Show Network'

The network and its original programming are also available on streaming and Internet television services, including Frndly TV, YouTube TV, Philo, fuboTV, Sling TV, and Plex. The network has also previously aired reality competition series and televised poker.Īs of October 2019, Game Show Network claimed that it was available to 'nearly 75 million' households in America, primarily through traditional cable and satellite services. The channel's programming is primarily dedicated to game shows, including reruns of acquired game shows, along with new, first-run original and revived game shows. Game Show Network ( GSN) is an American basic cable channel owned by Sony Pictures Television.

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