When Game Shows Ruled Daytime TV Paperback – October 30, 2016

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Any time someone gives backstage stories about game shows and the business behind it is a good time to me.

Norm Blumenthal is a legend of the classic Concentration and of early television. I had his book The TV Game Shows as a child, and this book is not a retool at all. Though a few classic anecdotes are included from his prior work (long out of print) the book is well-organized and gives a contemporary perspective on past and present. He clearly is not a fan of "reality" TV but he makes a connection to the old days before videotape where everything the viewer saw was "real" -- excepting the quiz show scandals. Worth every page.

I purchased this for my husband for Christmas. He loves all the old game shows and he can't wait to read it.

The title leads one to think it is about all game shows or how the different hows affected early tv. it was nothing but this author's opinions and a long account about "Concentration". It should have been titled "the "Concentration" story.

I enjoyed watching CONCENTRATION in the 1960's and 1970's. It's time to bring it back instead of trashy talk shows!