Baldwin to Donate Appearance Fee to Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation
Steve Harvey and Michael Strahan Round Out the ABC Game Show Spectacular
“Match Game,” produced by FremantleMedia North America (FMNA), returns to primetime and will be hosted by Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin. “Match Game” is a panel game show that features two contestants as they attempt to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill-in the missing blank.
The 10-episode series will air 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT as part of ABC’s Sunday Fun & Games block, alongside “Celebrity Family Feud,” with Steve Harvey, and “The 100,000 Pyramid,” with Michael Strahan, beginning on SUNDAY, JUNE 26 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.
“I am beyond grateful to ABC and FremantleMedia for the chance to host a summer series of the legendary ‘Match Game,’” said Baldwin. “Hilaria and I are thrilled to donate this fee to arts related charities. And we look forward to having a lot of fun.”
Jennifer Mullin, co-CEO, FremantleMedia No
Celebrity Family Feud: Lance Bass vs Kellie Pickler and Ernie Hudson vs Nene Leakes (Season Premiere) (6/26)
SEASON PREMIERE
KICKING OFF THE SECOND SEASON PREMIERE OF ABC’S ‘CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD’ ON SUNDAY, JUNE 26, ARE FAMILY MEMBERS FROM
COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST KELLIE PICKER, *NSYNC’S LANCE BASS,
TV STAR AND HOST NENE LEAKES, AND ACTOR ERNIE HUDSON
CELEBRITY TEAMS FROM THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS
COMPETE TO WIN MONEY FOR CHARITY ON A SPINOFF VERSION OF
THE ICONIC GAME SHOW ‘FAMILY FEUD’
Steve Harvey (Emmy Award-Winning TV personality, Game Show Host,
Talk Show Host, Actor and Comedian) Hosts
“Lance Bass vs Kellie Pickler and Ernie Hudson vs Nene Leakes” – The celebrity families competing to win cash for their charities feature the families from award-winning country music recording artist Kellie Pickler; and Lance Bass, member of the multi-platinum pop boy band *NSYNC. In a separate game, family members from NeNe Leakes, star of ABC’s “To Tell the Truth,” will compete against the family of actor Ernie Hudson.
Steve Harvey, the highly popular multi-hyphenate standup comedian, actor, author, deejay and Emmy Award-winning game show host, will pit celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people. The second season premiere episode of “Celebrity Family Feud” airs SUNDAY, JUNE 26 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.
The celebrity teams who will try to guess what the “survey said” are:
Kellie Pickler – Country music recording artist, star of the CMT hit reality show “I Love Kellie Pickler,” “American Idol” alum, “Dancing with the Stars” 2013 champion and eight-time USO Tour veteran will be playing for United Service Organizations, Inc.
Kyle Jacobs – Kellie’s husband
Courtney Pickler Howard – Kellie’s sister
Bradley Howard – Kellie’s brother-in-law
Caroline Hobby – Cast member of “I Am Kellie Pickler”
VERSUS
Lance Bass – Singer, host, actor, producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and writer, most well-known as being a member of the multi-platinum pop boy band *NSYNC, will be playing for Lucky Puppy Animal Rescue
Michael Turchin – Lance’s husband; artist and animal advocate
June Bass – Lance’s mother
Stacy Bass Lofton – Lance’s sister
Ford Lofton – Lance’s brother-in-law
In another game of “Celebrity Family Feud,” the two contesting teams are:
Ernie Hudson – Actor, best known for the 1984 film “Ghostbusters.” He currently stars in the Netflix series “Grace & Frankie” and will be playing for the Union Rescue Mission in downtown LA
Ernie Hudson, Jr. – Ernie’s son; actor and producer
Rahaman Hudson – Ernie’s son and musician/singer/songwriter
Andrew Hudson – Ernie’s son, published writer
Ross Hudson – Ernie’s son, college student
VERSUS
NeNe Leakes – Fan favorite on Bravo’s highly rated reality show “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” co-host on E1’s “Fashion Police” and stars in ABC’s “To Tell the Truth.” NeNe is playing for the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Bryson Bryant – NeNe’s son
Anthony Thomas – NeNe’s brother
Gregg Leakes – NeNe’s husband; real estate investor and consultant
Brentt Leakes – NeNe’s son