Growing up, I spent every summer watching game shows.  Can you believe the first game show was a Spelling Bee in 1938?
Really? that was the very first one, huh? Cool! You like game shows?
Double Dare (franchise)
Double Dare is an American television game show on which two teams compete to win cash and prizes by answering trivia questions and completing messy stunts known as physical challenges. It originally ran from 1986 to 1993. A revival ran in 2000, and a new revival began on June 25, 2018.
Hosted by Marc Summers, the program originally premiered on Nickelodeon on October 6, 1986, as its first game show. The series saw many adjustments in scheduling and titling throughout its run. Almost
provided by the show's sponsor prize suppliers.
History.
History 1930s–1950s.
Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the late 1930s. The very first television game show, "Spelling Bee", as well as the first radio game show, "Information Please", were both broadcast in 1938; the first major success in the game show genre was "Dr. I.Q.", a radio quiz show that began in 1939. "Truth or Consequences" was the first game show to air on commercially