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Variety reports:

Martin Short is expanding his relationship with Disney, signing on to host a revival of the famed gamer “Match Game.”

Produced by FremantleMedia North America, “Match Game” centered on four contestants competing for $25,000 as they try to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill-in-the-blank. The format, which first premiered in 1962 (hosted by Gene Rayburn), has been revived several times in the decades since then.

ABC also ran the previous version of “Match Game,” which was hosted by Alec Baldwin. That edition debuted in 2016, and ran for five seasons (and approximately 69 episodes) before being canceled in 2022.

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