Editing Panel show (section)

===United States===
The first known example of a panel show in the world is the radio program ''[[Information Please]]'', which debuted on 17 May 1938 on the [[NBC Blue Network]]. An evolution of the [[quiz show]] format, ''Information Please'' added the key element of a panel of celebrities, largely writers and intellectuals, but also actors and politicians. Listeners would mail in questions, winning prizes for stumping the panel.

American panel shows transferred to television early in the medium's history, with the first known example being ''[[Play the Game (American game show)|Play the Game]]'', a [[charades]] show that aired on [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] beginning in 1946. The celebrity charades concept has been replicated numerous times since then. The most popular adaptation was ''[[Pantomime Quiz]]'', airing from 1947 to 1959, and having runs on each of the four television networks operating at the time. Other charades shows have included ''[[Pantomime Quiz|Stump the Stars]]''; ''[[Paramount Television Network#Programs|Movietown, RSVP]]''; ''[[Celebrity Charades]]''; ''[[Showoffs]]'' and ''[[Body Language (game show)|Body Language]]''.

TV panel shows saw their peak of popularity in the 1950s and '60s, when [[CBS]] ran the three longest-running panel shows in [[prime time]]: ''[[What's My Line?]]'', ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' and ''[[To Tell the Truth]]''. At times, they were among the top ten shows on American television, and they continue to experience occasional [[revival (television)|revival]]s. All three [[Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions|Goodson-Todman]] primetime shows were cancelled by CBS in 1967 amid ratings declines and trouble attracting younger viewers, although the programs were consistently profitable by being among the cheapest television shows to produce.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/02/14/archives/whats-my-line-leaving-tv-in-fall-whats-my-line-is-leaving-tv.html|title='What's My Line?' Leaving TV in Fall|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=NYTVLoss>{{cite web|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B15F63B5F137A93C1AB1789D85F438685F9|title=Only One Prime-Time TV Show Will Be Produced Here in Fall|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Their cancellations came as attention to [[demographics]] and a focus on younger viewers gained currency among advertisers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/HistArchive/ahnpdoc/EANX-NB/12F6D5BCF98EC1A8/8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73|title=Mature Programs Dying As TV Woos Young Folks|publisher=The Oregonian}}</ref> The departures of these three New York–based shows were also part of a mass migration of television production to Los Angeles, leaving only one primetime show produced on the East Coast.<ref name=NYTVLoss/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-C8oAAAAIBAJ&pg=3284,647005|title=Last New York-Based Shows on the Way Out Due To Lack of Space|work=The Evening Independent}}</ref>

Later years saw several successes in the format, with ''[[Match Game]]'';<ref>{{cite news|title=Newest Quiz Game Bows|newspaper=The Telegraph-Herald|date=1 January 1963|author=Cynthia Lowry|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V49FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5294,162737|access-date=18 May 2011|agency=The Associated Press|location=Dubuque, Iowa|quote=Skillful chefs of television cooked up a panel show called ''What's My Line?'' more than a decade ago. ... Now still another variation of the good old recipe has been launched, ''The Match Game''.}}</ref> ''[[Hollywood Squares|The Hollywood Squares]]'';<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrities love to play TV games, but some personalities never make it|newspaper=The Modesto Bee|date=25 September 1975|author=Maxene Fabe|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0uQiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DswFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1143,3954389&dq=hollywood-squares%7ccelebrity-squares+panel-game%7cpanel-show|access-date=18 May 2011|agency=Los Angeles Times Syndicate|quote=The most complex and entertaining panel game ever devised is ''Hollywood Squares''...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wally Cox (obituary)|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=15 February 1973|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/wally-cox/|access-date=18 May 2011|quote=...was a regular on the NBC daytime panel show ''The Hollywood Squares'',...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood Squares easy income source to its guest stars|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=25 November 1971|author=Cynthia Lowry|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=79lVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7uADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6907,5645379&dq=hollywood-squares%7ccelebrity-squares+panel-game%7cpanel-show|access-date=18 May 2011|agency=Associated Press|quote=...NBC's ''Hollywood Squares'', the most popular game or panel show on television today.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dual Format TV Show Reflects Generation Gap|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=21 February 1969|author=Vernon Scott|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WONKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tukMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2774,4214190&dq=hollywood-squares%7ccelebrity-squares+panel-game%7cpanel-show|access-date=18 May 2011|agency=UPI|quote=The daily ''Hollywood Squares'' series is a tic-tac-toe game with a panel of nine performers...}}</ref> ''[[Win, Lose or Draw]]''; ''[[Celebrity Sweepstakes]]''; ''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Panelist, Show Host Plan Marriage in Vegas June 14|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner|date=17 May 1963|author=Cynthia Lowry|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SQIkAAAAIBAJ&pg=4099,3888251&dq=password+panel|access-date=18 May 2011|agency=The Associated Press|quote=Apparently romance finally bloomed on a panel show—but in truth ''Password'' had little or nothing to do with it.}}</ref> and ''[[Pyramid (game show)|Pyramid]]'' primarily running in the daytime and airing in their greatest numbers during the '70s and '80s. These panel shows marked a shift in the format: whereas CBS' primetime shows had panelists guessing secrets about the guests, these new shows largely featured civilian contestants playing games with celebrity partners, or competing to either predict how the panelists will respond to a prompt or question, or determine whether the panelist answered a question correctly. Later, [[Nickelodeon]] premiered the youth-oriented panel game ''[[Figure It Out|Figure it Out]]'' in 1997,<ref>{{cite web |title=Nickelodeon to bow 'Out' |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/nickelodeon-to-bow-out-1117342963/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727084753/https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/nickelodeon-to-bow-out-1117342963/ |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=17 April 1997 |title=Nick series booming in Florida |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/nick-series-booming-in-florida-1117434694/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727054845/https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/nick-series-booming-in-florida-1117434694/ |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> the American version of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' had a primetime run from 1998 to 2004 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and a revival in 2013 by [[The CW]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Faughnder |first=Ryan |date=17 July 2013 |title='Whose Line Is It Anyway?' debuts strong for CW |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-whose-line-is-it-anyway-cw-20130717,0,6603755.story |access-date=24 July 2013 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> while ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' has become a popular weekend show on [[NPR]] since 1998.

Since 2002, the sports channel [[ESPN]] has broadcast ''[[Around the Horn]]''  as part of its daytime block of sports news and discussion shows. While presented as being a [[Round table (discussion)|roundtable]] [[debate show]], the series does contain some game show-like elements; the panel of [[Sports journalism|sports journalists]] earn points from the host based on the strength of their points and arguments in specific topics (and may also mute panelists, if needed), with the lowest scorers eliminated at points throughout the show. The winner receives 30 seconds at the end of the show to discuss any topic unopposed.<ref>{{cite news |author=RICHARD SANDOMIR |date=July 16, 2004 |title=TV SPORTS; This Debate Show Is All Con |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/sports/tv-sports-this-debate-show-is-all-con.html |newspaper=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=AZARIAH GEBO |date=May 17, 2011 |title=Popular ESPN Show, Around the Horn, Scored Fairly by Host, Tony Reali? |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/704492-popular-espn-show-around-the-horn-scored-fairly-by-host-tony-reali |website=[[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref>

In 2015, ABC announced primetime revivals for ''Match Game'', which ran from 2016 until 2021, and ''To Tell the Truth'', which ran from 2016 to 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 July 2015 |title=A Panel of Celebrities Work Together 'To Tell the Truth' on ABC's New Comedic Variety Show |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/07/01/a-panel-of-celebrities-work-together-to-tell-the-truth-on-abcs-new-comedic-variety-show/425203/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703093725/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/07/01/a-panel-of-celebrities-work-together-to-tell-the-truth-on-abcs-new-comedic-variety-show/425203/ |archive-date=3 July 2015 |access-date=9 July 2015 |website=TVbytheNumbers}}</ref> From 2013 to 2017, [[Comedy Central]] aired ''[[@midnight]]'', an internet culture and [[social media]]-themed panel game which used a more quiz show-styled presentation—with the celebrity guests buzzing in to earn points from the host for punchlines and responses in various segments.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Comedy Central's '@Midnight' Gets 40-Week Pickup|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/comedy-centrals-midnight-gets-40-week-pickup-635807/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=16 December 2013|date=15 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |last2=White |first2=Peter |date=February 7, 2023 |title=‘The Late Late Show With James Corden’ To Be Replaced With ‘@midnight’ Reboot Exec Produced By Stephen Colbert On CBS |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-late-late-show-with-james-corden-replaced-at-cbs-with-midnight-1235252659/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=Deadline}}</ref> In 2024, a reboot of the show, now titled [[After Midnight (TV series)|''After Midnight'']] and hosted by [[Taylor Tomlinson]], premiered on [[CBS]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Taylor Tomlinson to Host 'After Midnight' After Midnight|last=Squires|first=Bethy|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/taylor-tomlinson-after-midnight-host.html|website=Vulture|date=4 January 2024}}</ref>

The streaming service [[Dropout (streaming service)|Dropout]] has received attention for many of its shows' similarities to panel shows, notably ''[[Game Changer (game show)|Game Changer]]''.<ref name="npr-lmpw-24">{{cite news |last1=Luse |first1=Brittany |last2=McBain |first2=Liam |last3=Plaxxzek |first3=Jessica |last4=Williams |first4=Veralyn |title=Sam Reich on revamping the game show - and Dropout's success as a small streamer |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/02/06/1197954697/game-changer-sam-reich-dropout |work=NPR |date=February 6, 2024}}</ref><ref name="nyt-lyons-23">{{cite news |last1=Lyons |first1=Margaret |title=How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/arts/television/game-changer-knight-fight-deadlocked.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 21, 2023}}</ref><ref name="esq-sg-24">{{cite news |last1=Cheong |first1=Wayne |title=ESQnA with Sam Reich, CEO of Dropout and Host of Game Changer |url=https://esquiresg.com/esqna-with-sam-reich-ceo-of-dropout-and-host-of-game-changer/ |work=Esquire Singapore |date=22 April 2024}}</ref>