The CBS show was renamed Family Feud Challenge in 1992, with the syndicated version being renamed New Family Feud later that year. Ray Combs was the host of the first Family Feud revival on CBS and in syndication starting in 1988.
Gene Wood was the show's announcer from 1976-85, and 1988-95, reading the consolation prizes before he was Demoted to Extra as the show discarded the consolation prize card and announcer format in favor of pre-taped ads for the 1994-95 season. The original version began in 1976, with a concurrent syndication run starting up a year later both ended in 1985 within a month of each other. Richard Dawson was the original host when the show debuted on ABC with Paul Alter as director of the show. the FAMILY FEUD!'įamily Feud is a Game Show from Mark Goodson Productions in which two families compete to guess the most popular answers to survey questions.
