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.
I am really shocked that Celebrity Name Game is Cancelled !!!! Its so much fun to watch ,The game itself is quick, and Craig Ferguson is AMAZING !! He is the PERFECT host !!! I live in Las Vegas and the show that’s on instead is called Funny You Should Ask. I watched for about 10minutes its a bad version of Hollywood Squares ! Good Celebrities but a bad game with not a lot of money to be won!! And who’s the host ?(zzzzz) Nobody I’ve ever heard of!! PLEASE BRING BACK C.N.G or at least give CRAIG à new… Read more »
Not watching this channel any more. Truly
Not watching that channel any more. Word
I loved Celebrty Name Game. Put it back on the air. It was funny, and fun and competitive all in one!
I loved this show I’m very dessapointed.
WOW! What a shock to find out that Celebrity Name Game has been cancelled. This is a mistake to syndicated TV. We finally had something to watch and it now cancelled. Come on let’s rethink this decision!!!! It was a great break from crazy talk shows and soap operas. Please bring it back!
Loved Celebrity Name Game, my favorite game show. Craig Ferguson was great, he made me laugh every day and was a fun way to start off my day. Always looked forward to the show. Replaced by another show of raunchy Family Feud. Getting really tired of it, day and night. Please bring back Celebrity Name Game.
My husband & I looked forward to watching the show every night. Craig & the celebrities always made us laugh. It was fun to play along. We are so sorry to see it was cancelled. Please bring it back!
Cant believe Celebrity Name Game was cancelled and replaced with Rachel Ray. CNG was so uplifting and challenging mentally. Craig Ferguson was spectacular to watch and humorous. Will miss the show intensely. The morning will not be the same without it.
So sad…
I always looked forward to Celebrity Name Game every morning. Now I don’t like seeing Rachel Ray, so I don’t watch TV until the evening.
Soooooo disappointed that Celebrity Name Game has been cancelled. Craig Ferguson is the best! The show is great! Hope the people who made the decision to cancel the show reconsider.
Very sad to see this fun game show cancelled!!!! I just loved this show! Not sure if executives of studios know what people really like on t.v.
Love this show! So much fun and Craig Ferguson was a gem. Very disappointed because it was so entertaining.
WTF, this was a fun show. What dumbshit decided this one?
wow…what a shame…guess the show was too wholesome and decent…..our local station stuck some fake news show in it’s place WGNT27 in Norfolk……we already have enuff crappy news joints in our area….