Editing The Gong Show (section)

====2017 revival====
On October 3, 2016, ABC and Sony Pictures announced a 10-episode summer 2017 revival of ''The Gong Show'' executive produced by [[Will Arnett]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Neill|first1=Natalie|title=ABC bringing back oddball game show 'The Gong Show'|url=https://nypost.com/2016/10/03/abc-bringing-back-oddball-game-show-the-gong-show/|newspaper=The New York Post|access-date=2016-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-gong-show-return-20161003-snap-story.html|title=Will Arnett and ABC are reviving the '70s quasi-talent show 'The Gong Show'|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=3 October 2016|access-date=2016-10-04}}</ref>

The broadcast of the 2017 revival premiered on ABC on June 22, 2017,<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Gettell | first=Oliver | date=June 7, 2017 | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | title=Mike Myers gets cheeky in The Gong Show trailer | url=http://ew.com/tv/2017/06/07/gong-show-trailer-mike-meyers/ | access-date=2017-06-12}}</ref> hosted by previously unknown "British comedian" Tommy Maitland. Maitland was, in fact, a character portrayed by [[Mike Myers]], although neither ABC nor Myers confirmed this and ABC officially credited Maitland as host and executive producer.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Romano | first=Nick | date=May 3, 2017 | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | title=Mike Myers debuts new character, ''Gong Show'' host Tommy Maitland | url=http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/03/mike-myers-tommy-maitland-will-arnett-gong-show/ | access-date=2017-06-12}}</ref> Maitland's catchphrase was "Who's a cheeky monkey?"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://etcanada.com/news/231829/mike-myers-is-a-cheeky-monkey-in-first-look-at-gong-show-reboot/|title=Mike Myers Is A 'Cheeky Monkey' In First Look At 'Gong Show' Reboot|last=Furdyk|first=Brent|work=[[Entertainment Tonight Canada|ET Canada]]|date=2017-06-07|access-date=2017-08-15|archive-date=2017-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816005745/http://etcanada.com/news/231829/mike-myers-is-a-cheeky-monkey-in-first-look-at-gong-show-reboot/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also periodically used Barris's "back with more stuff" catchphrase to lead into commercials.

Celebrity guest judges for the 2017 revival included Arnett,  [[Zach Galifianakis]], [[Alison Brie]], [[Andy Samberg]], [[Elizabeth Banks]], [[Tracee Ellis Ross]], [[Joel McHale]], [[Megan Fox]], [[Courteney Cox]],  [[Dana Carvey]], [[Will Forte]], [[Jack Black]], [[Jennifer Aniston]], [[Ken Jeong]], [[Fred Armisen]], [[Maya Rudolph]] and [[Anthony Anderson]].<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Rose | first=Lacey | date=April 28, 2017 | magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | title=ABC's 'Gong Show' Reboot Taps One Very Interesting Host  | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abcs-gong-show-reboot-taps-one-very-interesting-host-998339 | access-date=2017-06-12}}</ref> Among the more notable acts featured on the revival are [[the Radioactive Chicken Heads]], making their second appearance on a ''Gong Show'' incarnation since ''Extreme Gong'' in 1998. The first season of this version also features a regular segment featuring a staff performer leading the audience in a sing-along of the [[novelty song]] [[Shaving Cream (song)|"Shaving Cream"]], reminiscent of the recurring gag acts on the earlier version.

The winner of each show received a gong trophy and an oversized check in the amount of US$2,000.17, later increased by a penny the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-boyband-review-20170622-story.html|title='The Gong Show' reboots and 'Boy Band' dances to distract in a new era of tumult|first=Lorraine|last=Ali|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=22 June 2017}}</ref> The final episode of the first season featured a memorial to Barris, who died prior to the series' premiere in 2017.

On January 8, 2018, ABC announced that the revival would be picked up for a second season, officially confirmed Myers as the portrayer of Maitland and crediting Myers as an executive producer by name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzerblog.com/2018/01/08/abc-renews-the-gong-show-for-a-second-season/|title=ABC Renews The Gong Show for a Second Season|date=8 January 2018}}</ref> The second (and final) season premiered on June 21, 2018.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/gong-show-season-two-mike-myers-game-show-return-set-abc/|title=The Gong Show: Season Two; Mike Myers Game Show Return Set by ABC – canceled TV shows – TV Series Finale|date=2018-04-19|work=canceled TV shows – TV Series Finale|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en-US}}{{better source needed|reason=[[WP:NOTRS]]|date=August 2019}}</ref> Celebrity guest judges for season 2 included [[Jimmy Kimmel]], [[Jason Sudeikis]], [[Brad Paisley]], [[Dana Carvey]], [[Alyson Hannigan]], [[Ken Jeong]], [[Kristen Schaal]], and [[Rob Riggle]].<ref name="auto"/> However, the series was not renewed for a third season and was quietly cancelled.