2009 Game Show Awards

The American 2009 Game Show Awards were presented on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.[1] Howie Mandel was the host for the ceremony.[2] The awards show was also a game show. Games were played with members of the audience, giving away cash and prizes worth $100,000. The trophies were designed to look like buzzers.

2009 Game Show Awards
Date	June 6, 2009
Location	Wilshire Theatre, Beverly Hills, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Howie Mandel
Television/radio coverage
Network	GSN

The Game Show Awards was not an annual event, as there were no plans for a future version of the awards.

Presenters

• Ross Mathews & Diane Mizota - 2009 Game Show Awards Red Carpet Special Hosts
• Rich Fields - Announcer
• Kate Flannery and Fred Willard - Favorite Classic Game Show
• Nancy Dussault, Joyce Bulifant, and Patti Deutsch - Prize from Entire Members
• Ken Jennings - played Charo in "Are You Smarter Than Ken Jennings?"
• Christopher Knight, Annie Duke, and George Wallace - Favorite Game Show Models
• Tom Bergeron - Legend Award
• Nicole Sullivan, Johantan Cummings, Olivia Dellums, and Francesca DeRosa - Favorite Celebrity Team
• Meatloaf - Favorite Game Show Theme Song
• Alex Trebek - Innovator Award
• Heidi Bohay and Alfonso Ribeiro - Favorite Dating or Relationship Show
• Fred Roggin and Melissa Rivers - Best Reality Competition Show
• Carol Merrill - Icon Award
• Brooke Burns and Alan Thicke - Best Game Show Host
• Alison Sweeney and Richard Karn - Best Game Show
• Rip Taylor - Confetti on Big T.N.T. Box

Performers

Dancing with the Stars cast:

• Cloris Leachman
• Genya Mazo
• Maksim Chmerkovskiy
• Corky Ballas
• Edyta Sliwinska
• Inna Brayer
• Kym Johnson

Sponsors

Sponsors of the 2009 Game Show Awards

Main Sponsors American Express Hotwire.com Listerine Whitening Vibrant White Pre-Brush Rinse Pup-Peroni Turtle Wax

Prize Sponsors Celebrity Cruise Flyscooter Hilton Garden Inn New York West 35th Street Ka'anapali Beach Hotel La-Z Boy Oreck Smart Car Snuggie Stomp The Verandah Antigua

Commercials

Commercials During 2009 Game Show Awards

Part 1 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 1 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 2 GSN.com promo 1 Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 1 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 3 Interview with Bob Barker American Express 2009 Game Show Awards on GSN Sponsored by Foster Grant Foster Grant

Part 2 The Taking of Pelham 123 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 4 Hotwire.com Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 2 Kellogg's Special K Protein Shakes GSN.com promo 2 Interview with Charo GEICO Foster Grant Reese's Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 5 Listerine Whitening Vibrant White Pre-Brush Rinse Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 6 Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 3

Part 3 Listerine Whitening Vibrant White Pre-Brush Rinse Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats One A Day Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 7 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars Hotwire.com Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 4

Part 4 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 8 Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 5 Interview with Ross Mathews Pup-Peroni Town House Flipsides Hershey's Bliss Eggo

Part 5 American Express 2009 Game Show Awards Sponsored by Foster Grant Foster Grant Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 9 Kellogg's Special K Protein Shakes Listerine Whitening Vibrant White Pre-Brush Rinse Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 6

Part 6 Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats GEICO 3 Musketeers Ronzoni Smart Taste Interview with Cloris Leachman Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 10 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 11 GSN.com promo 3 Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 7 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 12 Kraft Singles Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 13 One A Day Walmart Orville Redenbacher's Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 8

Part 7 Pup-Peroni Foster Grant Hershey's Aleve Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars Nesquik Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 14

Part 8 Special K Challenge Snickers Kool-Aid Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 15 Walmart Lipton Eggo GSN.com promo 4 Deal or No Deal promo 9 Interview with Cat Deeley & Hal Sparks 2009 Game Show Awards on GSN Sponsored by Foster Grant Foster Grant Burger King Jell-O M&M's Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 16 Kellogg's Special K Protein Shakes Hotwire.com Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 17 GSN.com promo 5

Part 9 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 18 Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 10 Hotwire.com Walmart GEICO Listerine Whitening Vibrant White Pre-Brush Rinse GSN.com promo 6 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 19 Interview with Tom Bergeron Kraft Singles Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 11 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 20 eHarmony.com Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 21

Part 10 Pup-Peroni Special K Challenge Ronzoni Smart Taste Foster Grant Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 22 Interview with Monty Hall American Express Yoplus GSN.com promo 7 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 23

Part 11 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 24 Deal or No Deal on GSN promo 12 Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 25 2009 Game Show Awards Encore Presentation Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars Hotwire.com Jell-O Big Saturday Night on GSN promo 26

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the nominees in each award category, with award winners listed first and denoted in bold text.[3]

Best Game Show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Cash Cab Deal or No Deal Don't Forget the Lyrics! Family Feud Jeopardy! Million Dollar Password The Price Is Right Wheel of Fortune Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Best Game Show Host Howie Mandel, Deal or No Deal Ben Bailey, Cash Cab Wayne Brady, Don't Forget the Lyrics! Drew Carey, The Price Is Right Jeff Foxworthy, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Richard Karn, Bingo America Regis Philbin, Million Dollar Password Pat Sajak & Vanna White, Wheel of Fortune Alex Trebek, Jeopardy! Meredith Vieira, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Best Reality Competition Show Dancing with the Stars The Amazing Race American Idol America's Next Top Model The Bachelor Big Brother The Biggest Loser Project Runway Survivor Top Chef Favorite Classic Game Show Match Game Concentration The Joker's Wild Hollywood Squares Let's Make a Deal Name That Tune Press Your Luck Pyramid Tic-Tac-Dough What's My Line? Favorite Dating or Relationship Show The Newlywed Game Blind Date The Dating Game Love Connection Singled Out Favorite Celebrity Player Betty White, Million Dollar Password Tom Bergeron, Celebrity Jeopardy! Craig Ferguson, Million Dollar Password Neil Patrick Harris, Million Dollar Password Larry the Cable Guy, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?' Rosie O'Donnell, Million Dollar Password Rachael Ray, Million Dollar Password William Shatner, Million Dollar Password Aisha Tyler, Celebrity Jeopardy! Serena Williams, Million Dollar Password Favorite Celebrity Team The Brady Kids (Barry Williams, Mike Lookinland, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen), Trivial Pursuit: America Plays The cast of The Office (Brian Baumgartner, Phyllis Smith, Kate Flannery, Oscar Nunez, Creed Bratton), Celebrity Family Feud Corbin Bernsen, Amanda Pays & family, Celebrity Family Feud Margaret Cho & family, Celebrity Family Feud Bill Engvall & family, Celebrity Family Feud Kathie Lee & Frank Gifford & family, Celebrity Family Feud Kim Kardashian, Bruce Jenner, Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Celebrity Family Feud Larry the Cable Guy & family, Celebrity Family Feud Penn & Teller with Carrot Top, Don't Forget the Lyrics! Joan & Melissa Rivers & friends, Celebrity Family Feud Best Announcer Rich Fields, The Price Is Right Joe Cipriano, Deal or No Deal Johnny Gilbert, Jeopardy! Charlie O'Donnell, Wheel of Fortune Burton Richardson, Family Feud Mark Thompson, Don't Forget the Lyrics! Favorite Game Show Models Briefcase models, Deal or No Deal The Price Is Right models Chip girls, Duel Smartest Game Show Contestant Kathy Cox, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? ($1,000,000; September 5, 2008) Larissa Kelly, Jeopardy! ($222,597; May 28, 2008) Dan Pawson, Jeopardy! ($171,902; January 10, 2008) Brianne Sherman, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ($250,000; November 10, 2008) Jim Stevens, Jeopardy! ($140,600; December 30, 2008)

Favorite Game Show Catch Phrase "Come On Down!", The Price Is Right "Circle gets the square!", Hollywood Squares "Deal...or No Deal?", Deal or No Deal "I can name that tune in ____ notes!", Name That Tune "I'd like to buy a vowel!", Wheel of Fortune "Is that your final answer?", Who Wants to Be a Millionaire "Big Bucks! No Whammies!", Press Your Luck "Survey says!", Family Feud "You are...the Weakest Link! Goodbye!", Weakest Link "Will the real ____ please stand up?", To Tell the Truth Favorite Price Is Right Pricing Game Plinko Cliff Hangers Clock Game Dice Game Hole in One It's in the Bag Money Game Punch a Bunch Race Game Range Game Favorite Game Show Sound Effect New Puzzle, Wheel of Fortune Bankrupt Whistle, Wheel of Fortune Board Loading Sound, Jeopardy! Losing Horns, The Price Is Right Showcase Showdown Wheel Beep, The Price Is Right Strike Buzzer, Family Feud Ticking Clock, Pyramid Time's Up Sound, Jeopardy! Gong, The Gong Show Most Outrageous Game Show Contestant Excited Contestant Dances a Jig, The Price Is Right Barking Contestant, Love Connection Contestant Wins, Goes Berserk and Lifts Up Host, Treasure Hunt Excited Contestant Does a Backflip, The Price Is Right Excited Contestant Takes Off Toupee, Debt Favorite Game Show Theme Song Jeopardy! Card Sharks The Dating Game Family Feud Match Game The Newlywed Game The Price Is Right The $25,000 Pyramid Tic-Tac-Dough Wheel of Fortune Favorite Prize New car Cash jackpot Exotic trip Mystery prize behind door #1 New boat Favorite Parting Gift Turtle Wax (awarded to all non-winning nominees) Home version of game Jiffy Pop popcorn Lee Press-On Nails Mr. Coffee machine Rice-A-Roni Ronco Chop-O-Matic Set of Ginsu knives Supply of Dentyne gum Timex watch Favorite Board/Box Game Turned Game Show Trivial Pursuit Monopoly Pictionary Scrabble Taboo Favorite Online Game Bejeweled Diner Dash Scrabble Cubes Peggle Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst Favorite Interactive DVD Version of Game Show Deal or No Deal Family Feud Jeopardy! Lingo Match Game The Newlywed Game Password Press Your Luck The Price Is Right Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Legend Award Bob Barker[4] Innovator Award Mark Goodson[4] Icon Award Monty Hall[4]

Notes

See also

• List of American television awards

References

1. "On Tonight: First Game Show Awards - Roger Catlin | TV Eye". Archived from the original on 2009-06-23. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
2. http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-etwall0607,0,4829013.story
3. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
4. "Game Show Awards sneak peek". Retrieved 2009-06-08.

External links

• GSN.com's Official Game Show Awards 2009 site