GSN Serves Up a 10-Course Thanksgiving Feast of 'Family Feud'

GSN Serves Up a 10-Course Thanksgiving Feast of 'Family Feud'

And Viewers Have It 'Their Way' The Next Day During GSN's Viewers' Choice Marathon

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- GSN is stuffing your holiday weekend full of family mirth beginning at 9AM ET Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 22) with a special, 10-hour feast of the perennial classic, "Family Feud," and piling on a hefty helping of all your favorite game shows from 9AM to 7PM ET the day after during an equally scrumptious, 10-hour Viewers' Choice Marathon (Friday, November 23).

With the turkey stuffed and the yams in the oven, gather the family and kick off the holiday weekend with a full day of "Family Feud" featuring some of the most memorable episodes from Richard Karn's (Home Improvement) run as host. Viewers can even log on to http://www.gsn.com/itv and play along with the contestants in real-time (both East and West coast feeds) throughout the marathon. And for those who can't wait to start feuding, play the online "Family Feud" game right now at: http://www.gsn.com/cash/index.php?game_id=36.

One of America's most beloved game shows, "Family Feud" evolved from the final round of the widely successful "Match Game," in which celebrities filled in the blank space of a phrase in an attempted to match the most popular answers given by the studio audience. "Family Feud" first aired in July 1976 and held an impressive 7-year run as television's number one rated syndicated game show from 1978 to 1984 and has continued to delight fans throughout the world for the last 30 years.

Among the episodes scheduled to air this Thanksgiving Day will be a seven-episode "Winner-Take-All Tournament" beginning at 2:30PM ET as well as back-to-back Thanksgiving-themed episodes at 6PM ET guaranteed to bring the entire family together in time to carve the turkey. And just in case GSN's "Feud-Fest" leaves you yearning for a second plate of game show excitement, catch all your favorites during the network's 10-hour Viewers' Choice Marathon from 9AM to 7PM ET the very next day.

After an exceptional turnout over the last 14 days in which fans were given a unique opportunity to set a full day of GSN's programming schedule in a special, online election of over 50 classic game shows, the Viewers' Choice polls have now closed. The votes for GSN's Viewers' Choice Marathon are being tallied and, as the name suggests, the highest vote-getters will determine the network's 10-hour slate the day after Thanksgiving (Friday, November 23) beginning at 9AM ET.

GSN is an industry-leading, game content provider distributing competition programming through its 66-million subscriber cable television network and its casual and skill-based online games portal, GSN.com. As the premier television network for games, GSN produces some of the most popular original casino and game show series on TV today. GSN.com features all types of game play: flash games for fun, skill cash game tournaments and free downloadable games. GSN is distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada by all major cable operators, satellite providers and telcos. The company is jointly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation. For further information, visit GSN's press website at corp.gsn.com.

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