


They then have the chance to come up with one of the remaining responses on the board to win the round - if they fail, the other team gets the points.įor each high-ranking answer a team guesses correctly, that team receives a certain number of points that corresponds to the number of people surveyed who gave that answer. The opposing family/team is able to gain control of the round if the other team gets all three strikes. The team is given a strike when an answer given is not one of the most popular/high-ranking answers on the board. If they successfully guess all of the most popular answers on the board before getting three strikes, they win the round. When a team gains control of a question, they have a chance to provide more responses, one at a time but without consulting each other. If he happens to be wrong, the other family/team has a chance to gain control of the question by providing a higher-ranking response. If the answer is correct, ie they provide the highest-ranking survey response, the contestant’s family/team gains control of the question.

When the host asks a question, the contestant who buzzes in first gets a chance to provide the answer. This is why the host often uses the line, “Survey Says!”

These families compete by providing the most popular answers to survey questions that were previously asked to 100 survey participants in order to win cash and other prizes. As the name suggests, two families (members related by either blood, marriage, or adoption) play against each other in every game with teams made up of five family members each. While there have been tweaks and changes to the game show over the years, Family Feud has largely retained its original format. Other actors and comedians have since anchored the show, including Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, John O’Hurley, and Steve Harvey, who has been hosting it since 2010. The first run of the Family Feud game show was hosted by actor and comedian Richard Dawson. Unlike many others that ever existed, the Family Feud game show, which has been listed among the greatest game shows of all time by TV Guide, has become an icon of American television.Ĭreated by TV producer Mark Goodson who specialized in game shows, the often pretty funny “Feud” has been around for decades. Ever since the television was invented as a medium, America has had televised game shows where contestants either have to answer questions or solve puzzles to win a prize or money.
