He is 72 years young, a different look for a show on ABC. Before anything else, Maitland was a radio announcer and a gameshow host. He eventually went into retirement but emerged when The Gong ...

UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: From Hollywood, the dating capital of the world, it's "The Dating Game." DAVIES: Chuck Barris, the creator of "The Dating Game," "The Newlywed Game" and "The Gong Show ...

Of all the weird and wonderful things that came out of the 1970s, the fact that Chuck Barris had a hit with "The Gong Show" may have topped them all. The TV producer and pop songwriter — who ...

In its original incarnation, “The Gong Show” was brought to us by Chuck Barris Productions and ran from 1976 to 1980. While you could technically call it a talent show, what most people ...

My siblings and I took my parents to the Radio City Music Hall "Chinese New Year Splendor" show out of a mix of ... a miraculous "system upgrade" (as the announcer put it). First, an erstwhile ...

The Gong Show is one of television history's most delightful oddities — here are 10 clips to celebrate Chuck Barris' finest moment Chuck Barris, one of the most influential figures in American ...

The revival of “The Gong Show” on ABC (10 p.m. Thursdays) would seem to be about as low-brow as TV can go. Like the original version from the 1970s, the 21st century edition has a smarmy host ...

Now the network is reviving the "The Gong Show." “ABC has tapped into the nostalgia and excitement of prime-time game shows,” said Rob Mills, senior vice president, Alternative Series ...

From the moment the host of The Gong Show walks onto the stage, the point of view of ABC’s revival of the 1970s absurdist game show, which premiered Thursday, is immediately established.