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.
Should not have been cancelled. I h mm
I’m sad… I love this TV show and watch it every day. Did I missed Jennifer Aniston?
Oh no!! I love this show!! It is my favorite game show of all time! Please don’t cancel it!!
I’m so sad, this show is fantastic, so real, funny and entertaining. I’ll miss you Craig, loved you on Drew’s show too! Loved your dancing! ☹️
to bad it’s being cancelled it is great game show and i really don’t watch game show
Please keep celerity name game on best show ever a lot of laughs. SEASON 4 PLEASE
I try to be home everyday just to watch this show even the re-runs. This show especially Craig Ferguson makes me laugh so much and just watching everyone interact with each other makes me so so ☺. Wish they can have this show back…sigh…
My favorite game show, Craig Ferguson is a great host, first saw him on his late, late show. Hope show is picked up by another station if decision isn’t reconsidered.
Bummer! We love this show. Don’t want to see it go off the air.
Big fan of this show. Hope that Fremantle Media reconsiders this decision.
Meh…hard to be TOO sad. I’m a HUGE game show fan…but this show was pretty bad. It was one of the recent crop of game shows that wants contestants who will jump and down and be silly…rather than actually knowing anything. Many of the contestants were just downright stupid, and some of the celebrities just as bad. Tom Arnold may be the worst game show contestant in history!! That’s the big problem with “celebrity” game shows on which many of these “stars” are there more for publicity than for talent/knowledge. I would hate to get on a show like that,… Read more »
I think this is total BS. The only show I faithfully watch every day. I bet Jane Lynch had something to do with it. She hated the rivalry. It was a Great show. Gonna miss it big time.
Thank goodness, maybe now Craig will go back to doing a nightly talk show like he had before. There is a huge void in late night TV and only Craig can fill that void. Please Craig come back to late night TV. Geoffrey needs someone to say Balls to and Sid has no where to use his bad language. Im am begging you Craig PLEASE COME BACK TO LATE NIGHT
Just makes me mad. The only thing I watch on TV and it’s canceled? Come on! Craig is hilarious.
It’s actually the best game show on TV right now. Maybe they could move the show to a major network where it would get more publicity.
I really like watching CNG . Everytime they get a good show on to watch they cancel it that sucks!!!!!!