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.
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!
Wow, how sad. I stopped everything I was doing just to watch this show. Another huge mistake by the TV bigwigs!
Wow, how sad! One of the best game shows on TV. I quit whatever I was doing just to watch that show. Another big mistake by these TV bigwigs.
Please consider bringing this show back .It was so entertaining and many shows this day are not . I miss my morning laugh! We need this kind of good clean fun
So sad! I love this show! Bring it back— PLEASE!!!!
I will miss this show! It was fun, clean, entertaining and like no other! I hope David and Courtney bring it back with a BANG! David … ask my bro, Stan at the Cartel, to help sponsor/jazz up the ratings! #bringbackcng #celebritynamegame
I miss this show! Fun, funny, interesting! Love Craig. Angry they cancelled a great show!
How extremely disappointing. I watched this show almost every day and it was always so much fun. The replacement show is nothing I care to watch. I guess even big networks make big mistakes. This was one of them. Too bad. You might want to rethink that blunder.
I am so upset that Celebrity Name game is cancelled so funny looked forward to it. then they will replace it with some stupid show that makes no sense. I just don’t get it
I’m very disappointed that Celebrity Nsme Game won’t be coming back for another season. It is one of my favorites.
I did not know the show was cancelled until now. I could not find it this week and thought it might be on vacation. Then I thought I would research more. The show and Craig Ferguson has won awards. I’m so sorry that the powers to be cancelled the show rather than getting behind it by advertising more, trying different time slots, etc. I think it is so wrong! I only watch two other game shows once in a while – I tried to watch Celebrity Name Game every day.