Blockbusters
First episode: October 27, 1980
Last episode: April 23, 1982
Seen weekday mornings 10:30-11:00 on NBC  
Bill Cullen
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Variety reviews provided by Kenneth Johannessen
Read the November 5, 1980 Blockbusters review in Variety!
 
Bill on Blockbusters (Courtesy of Fred Wostbrock)A single player competes against a family pair answering quick-response questions and trying to connect hexagonal boxes on a game board.           
  
This was Bill's return to the Goodson-Todman fold after spending the 70s hosting Bob Stewart games.  (Bill kept his ties with Goodson-Todman as a panelist on To Tell The Truth.)  Even with a run of only eighteen months, this was one of the more successful series of his later career, and certainly one of the better games.  Even today, it remains one of the more popular.     
     
In 1982, Bill received an Emmy nomination for hosting Blockbusters.  He also had Emmy nominations for Three on a Match and Hot Potato.     

VIDEO          
All episodes survive, and the series has been seen on Game Show Network.           

FOR MORE INFORMATION          
Dozens of Blockbusters links are available at our own Game Show Compendium  

Actual Blockbusters question card (Courtesy of Chris Clementson)