Craig Ferguson’s syndicated Celebrity Name Game TV show has been cancelled. Deadline reports the Courteney Cox and David Arquette executive produced game show will not continue beyond its third season.
A half-hour weekday show, Celebrity Name Game pairs celebrities with contestants who improvise clues to identify as many correct answers as possible in a given time period. The winning team has a chance to win $20,000 in the final round.
Here is more, from Deadline:
“We’ve had a wonderful time producing Celebrity Name Game and we are exceptionally proud of its three seasons in syndication,” said Jennifer Mullin, Co-CEO of FremantleMedia North America. “While we are not renewing in syndication at this time, it is a format we believe in. We are thankful to our loyal audience, our celebrity guests, the incredibly talented Craig Ferguson, our partners at Debmar–Mercury and Coquette, and our crew — whose passion for this series has been unparalleled.”
Celebrity Name Game, which will complete its third season, is not doing too bad in the ratings; it is in the middle of the first-run syndication pack, most recently posting a weekly 1.4 household rating, up 8% and 0.7 in the key women 25-54 demographic. But the numbers were not strong enough to justify another year, which is the case for high-end strips. The first two seasons earned Ferguson two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for best game show host.
“We’re incredibly proud of Celebrity Name Game and grateful to the terrific fan base that has supported the show for three seasons,” said Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of Debmar-Mercury. “We thank everyone who has contributed to its run, including Craig Ferguson, the show’s extraordinary host who received two Daytime Emmy Awards in recognition of his talent, our amazing partners at FremantleMedia North America, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, their creative collaborators and the outstanding production team.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of the Celebrity Name Game TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season? Sound off, in the comments.
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133 Comments on "Celebrity Name Game: Cancelled, No Season Four for Craig Ferguson Game Show"
I loved the show, when they replaced it with Harry I was upset. Love Harry but the show is boring. Please bring the show back!!!!!
It was one of my favorite shows also. Actually it’s the ONLY daytime show I would watch. Airing during my lunch hour, was just perfect. It was great to have some fun and good news on TV. It truly was the best game show ever. Sad…
One of my favorite shows I definitely would love to see it come back. CRAIG was able to give much needed laughter with what is going on in the world it was a pleasant change.
Best game show on TV. They always cancel the good shows. I can name many that should not be on TV. Hope someone picks it up
This has been my favorite morning game show. I loved Craig Ferguson on his late night show and on this game show, he is so funny and talented. It is a big mistake to cancel this show. I hope someone in the field creates a show for him that will last for 10 seasons at least.
Excellent show! It’s fun, has decent (if not stellar) ratings, has won Emmys, and should be around for at least one more season if not more. Family Feud is okay, but I’d rather see Celebrity Name Game, Funny You Should Ask and two Family Feuds than Feud, Funny, Feud, Feud.
Please bring back Celebrity Name Game!! Best game show ever!
Favorite game show ever. We plan our dinners around it!
Please bring back Celebrity Name Game with Craig Ferguson, we just love that show and him, what will we watch, come on please please bring it back……Best Game Show, Best Host
Why do they cancel all the good game show.Craig Ferguson is a great host
So, they did it again! Cancelled one of the more entertaining shows on TV! Come on people, will you ever get this right???!!
WHAT???? Craig Ferguson is the best thing that has happened to game shows EVER!!! The man is a genius and extremely talented. Clearly the almighty dollar has trumped common sense. Craig Ferguson will be the next Johnny Carson (your loss).
I am so disappointed. Celebrity Name Game is one of my favorite shows … I record it daily and look forward to watching it at the end of the day. Craig Ferguson is absolutely the BEST host I’ve seen … just hilarious!!! I will miss both him and the show. Hoping it returns some where down the road, or that Craig hosts another show just like it.
The tv experts screw up again, get pretty consistent with them. Must mean money in their pockets.The late nite host are terrible.
Wow, how sad! Another huge mistake by the TV bigwigs!