View Full Version : Top Five Female Game Show Hosts?


EuellG
02-21-2014, 03:33 PM
Mine are Meredith Vieira, Anne Robinson, Betty White, Arlene Francis and Vanna White

Vahan
02-21-2014, 03:53 PM
In no order:

Vicki Lawrence
Betty White
Vanna White
Summer Bartholomew

Couldn't think of another

MacLeaper
02-21-2014, 04:21 PM
Game show hostess seems to be one field women don't tend to get into too much, I guess. At least it doesn't seem like I've seen too many...

I didn't know Vicki Lawrence and Betty White had hosted game shows- that's cool! Meredith Viera did a good job on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?

But I think my favorite would have to be Vanna White on "Wheel of Fortune".:) :cool:

Vahan
02-21-2014, 04:30 PM
Vicki Lawrence was the daytime host of Win Lose or Draw on NBC for two years from 1987 to 1989. Both that and the 1987-1990 Syndicated edition with Bert Convy (Robb Weller hosted the 1989-1990 season) premiered on the same day.

For the record, the Syndicated edition came first, as a pilot for it was taped before the daytime show was even thought of.

Coffeecup
02-21-2014, 09:34 PM
Brooke Burns: Dog Eat Dog and now The Chase.

Zoneboy
02-22-2014, 12:54 AM
#5. Susan Stafford - Wheel of Fortune
#4. Blake Pickett - Fandango
#3. Marianne Curan - GSN's Decades
#2. Holly Hallstrom - The Price is Right
#1. Ruta Lee - High Rollers

icecream
02-22-2014, 02:33 AM
Anne Robinson from Weakest Link and Cat Deeley from 20Q

McGillicuddy
02-22-2014, 04:07 AM
1 Kari Wührer, Remote Control (1988-1989)
2 Janice Pennington, The Price Is Right (1972-2000)
3 Dian Parkinson, The Price Is Right (1975-1993)
4 Holly Hallstrom, The Price Is Right (1977-1995)
5 Vanna White, Wheel of Fortune (1982-Present)

Pat Sajak is the host of WOF not Vanna, and Drew Carey (and formally Bob Barker) hosts PIR.:confused:

Vahan
02-22-2014, 12:03 PM
Pat Sajak is the host of WOF not Vanna, and Drew Carey (and formally Bob Barker) hosts PIR.:confused:

Co-host also counts.

McGillicuddy
02-22-2014, 01:38 PM
I think Betty White hosted a short-lived show back in the '60's.

Lakeboy
02-22-2014, 03:38 PM
I think Betty White hosted a short-lived show back in the '60's.

Betty White hosted "Just Men" in 1983. It replaced the long running soap opera "The Doctors". It only ran for 3 months because it was in NBC's Noon death time slot. Betty did win an emmy for the show.

I thought Vicki Lawrence was great on Win, Lose or Draw.

Mr. Television
02-22-2014, 04:36 PM
Co-host also counts.
I wouldn't even consider her a co-host. She mainly just turns the letters.

bmasters9
02-22-2014, 05:49 PM
Co-host also counts.

If co-hosts (models, etc.) also count, then I would have to say Summer Bartholomew from Jim's $ale. She started the last day of '84, and ran all the way through to the end in 1989.

McGillicuddy
02-22-2014, 07:46 PM
Betty White hosted "Just Men" in 1983. It replaced the long running soap opera "The Doctors". It only ran for 3 months because it was in NBC's Noon death time slot. Betty did win an emmy for the show.



Oh, it was 1983. But that's the show I was thinking of.

And it was the amazing Betty White that won an Emmy for a game show that lasted 3 months!!!!

70s show watcher
02-22-2014, 08:25 PM
Betty White hosted "Just Men" in 1983. It replaced the long running soap opera "The Doctors". It only ran for 3 months because it was in NBC's Noon death time slot. Betty did win an emmy for the show.

I thought Vicki Lawrence was great on Win, Lose or Draw.betty white was good on just men but i thought the show itself stunk

Lakeboy
02-23-2014, 05:11 PM
betty white was good on just men but i thought the show itself stunk

I don't remember the show. I am sure my local NBC station did not carry because they didn't carry many shows that aired at Noon. I never saw it until Youtube came along. I agree the show is terrible. Even Betty White couldn't save this one.