creator celebrity family feud
Match Game is an American television panel game show that premiered on ___MASK49___ in 1962 and was revived several times over the course of the next few decades . The game featured contestants trying to come up with answers to fill - in - the - blank questions , with the object being to match answers given by celebrity panelists . ___MASK96___ ( January 14 , 1915  December 18 , 1992 ) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows , most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman , with whom he created Goodson - Todman Productions Family Feud is an American television game show created by ___MASK96___ where two families compete to name the most popular responses to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes . It is considered a spin - off of " Match Game ", whose panel included original host Richard Dawson . Celebrity Family Feud is a spin - off of the American game show Family Feud . Similarly to the primetime All - Star Specials featured during the late 1970s and early 1980s , the episodes feature teams of celebrities playing for charity rather than normal contestants . The first incarnation of the spin - off was broadcast in 2008 by ___MASK49___ as part of a block of summer reality series it branded as All - American Summer . Instead of the host of the syndicated version at the time , John O ' Hurley , the ___MASK49___ celebrity version was hosted by Al Roker of the Today Show . It was played between five - player teams composed of a celebrity captain and four friends and / or relatives , with a $ 50 , 000 top prize to be donated to the charity of the winning team ' s choice . On April 9 , 2015 , ABC announced that it would air a new six - episode run of Celebrity Family Feud for its summer lineup , which premiered on June 21 , 2015 . It was hosted by Steve Harvey , the current host of the syndicated version of Family Feud . It marked the first time that any version of Family Feud has aired on ABC since the end of the original Richard Dawson version in June 1985 . Unlike the current syndicated version of Feud , taped at the Atlanta Civic Center , this version was produced at CBS Television City . On January 9 , 2016 , ABC renewed Celebrity Family Feud for a second season .