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Summary: As Jeopardy marks its 50th anniversary, including 30 years with Alex Trebek, take a look at the phenomenon of game shows, the iconic hosts and personalities, the contestants, and the triumphs and controversies that have shaped the evolution of this important part of our culture. See the power and influence of game shows and television personalities we₂ve invited into our living rooms.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAM

Hadleigh, Boze

Summary: "Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS network's Professor Quiz, hosted by a man who was neither a professor nor even a college graduate, the first of several frauds that seemed to be endemic to the genre. Professor Quiz was followed by other such game shows as Uncle Jim's Question Bee and Ask It Basket, which in turn spawned successful box...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 HAD

Gephart, Donna.

Summary: After overcoming a number of obstacles, especially in the subject of geography, Olivia is on her way to Hollywood to appear on Jeopardy! and, she hopes, to reunite with her father who left the family two years ago.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2012

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GEP

Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin

Summary: Twelve-year-old Felix's appearance on a television game show reveals that he and his mother have been homeless for a while, but also restores some of his faith in other people.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2018

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC NIE

Gudenkauf, Heather

Summary: "The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in an estate in Northern California, with strict instructions not to leave the property and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GUD

Willis, Deborah (Deborah M.)

Summary: "Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She and twenty-three reality TV contestants from around the world--including attractive Israeli soldier Adam, endearing fellow Canadian Pichu, and an assortment of science nerds and wannabe influencers--are competing for two seats on the first human-led mission to Mars, sponsored by billionaire...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIL

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIL

Foxfield, Kathryn

Summary: "Five teens compete on a reality show set in a haunted cave. Lex Hazleton did not sign up for the paranormal reality show It's Behind You to make friends. Nor is she interested in playing the role of supportive friend or comic relief the way manipulative producer Jackie suggests. She wants to be the star, and she wants to win. All she has to do in order to walk away with the $10,000 prize is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebook Fire 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOX

Grabenstein, Chris

Summary: "To win Mr. Lemoncello's new television game show, Kyle and his team have to break out of their comfort zone and walk a mile in other characters' shoes and figure out how to unlock a series of locks and break out of the game before their competition!"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRA

Gudenkauf, Heather

Summary: "From the New York Times best-selling author of The Overnight Guest comes a twisty locked-room thriller about a mysterious, high-stakes game show that proves life-threatening. The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2024

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUD

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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC GUD
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUD

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M GUD

Nussbaum, Hillary

Summary: When two super-fans of the beloved television game show, Know Your Newlywed, hear that it's being rebooted, they decide to team up and fake a marriage so that they can compete. Soon their very real chemistry is impossible to ignore, but how far can Cleo and Javi take their secret?

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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Setoodeh, Ramin

Summary: "Here for the first time is the definitive untold story of Donald Trump's years as a reality TV star. Trump himself admits he might not have been president without The Apprentice. Now, just as he uncovered the chaos inside the daytime favorite The View in his bestselling Ladies Who Punch, Ramin Setoodeh chronicles Trump's dramatic tenure as New York's ultimate boss in the boardroom, a mirage...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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Barris, Chuck.

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Summary: The creator of The Gong Show, The Dating Game, and other television game shows describes his career and shares a tongue-in-cheek glimpse of his personal life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 HAR

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