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Best Game-Show TV Series of 1980

14 Game-Show series that started in 1980, ranked by popularity

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14 series

Family Fortunes

★ 6.3
357 157 1980–2023
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Play Your Cards Right

★ 5.7
148 62 1980–present
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Blockbusters

★ 7.2
144 372 1980–1982
Family · Game-Show

Sale of the Century

★ 6.9
53 20 1980–2001
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Chain Reaction

★ 6.4
50 186 1980–1991
Game-Show

Let's Make a Deal

★ 7.2
42 170 1980–1981
Game-Show

To Tell the Truth

★ 6.3
41 196 1980–1981
Family · Game-Show

Bullseye

★ 6.2
24 3 1980–1982
Game-Show

Play the Percentages

★ 7.9
18 1 1980–present
Game-Show

You Bet Your Life

★ 5.5
15 1980–1981
Game-Show

Kviskoteka

★ 8.0
15 17 1980–1995
Game-Show

Minuta e mnogo

★ 8.0
13 1980–present
Game-Show

¿Cuánto vale el show?

★ 6.3
7 6 1980–2007
Game-Show

Muzicki tobogan

★ 8.0
6 1 1980–present
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