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Yahoo
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How to Watch ‘Match Game' 2025 Revival Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Match Game is getting a second prime time revival after its cancellation in 2021. The new season of the show (technically Season Six) will see Martin Short replacing Alec Baldwin as the game show's host and an executive producer. As always, the show will feature panelists attempting to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions for a shot at $25,000. More from Rolling Stone How to Watch 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' Online Without Cable 'Only Murders in the Building' Season 5 Sets Fall Premiere Date The Best Soundcore Earbuds of 2025 At a Glance: How to Watch Match Game 2025 Stream: DirecTV, Fubo, Sling, Hulu + Live TV TV channel: ABC Season premiere: Wednesday, July 23 at 9 p.m. ET get free trial at directv Want to watch the new Match Game? Read on. Below is a quick guide on how to stream Match Game 2025 online without cable, plus details on the revival's celebrity panelists. How to Watch Match Game 2025 Online Match Game airs on ABC, but cord-cutters can watch the game show online using any live TV streaming service that carries the channel. Here are four of the best services you can use to watch Match Game online without cable in 2025, including a few with free trials. EDITOR'S PICK DirecTV get free trial ➤ $69.99/month➤ Five-day free trial➤ Up to 185+ channels DirecTV offers a variety of packages at different price points. ABC is included in all of the streamer's Signature Packages, which deliver up to 185+ channels. The most affordable Signature Package is the Entertainment plan, which carries 90+ channels and costs $84.99 a month. Get a five-day free trial to start. Fubo get free trial ➤ $84.99/month➤ Five-day free trial➤ Up to 300+ channels Another one of our favorite live TV streaming services is Fubo, which carries ABC in all of its plans. Packages start at $84.99 a month after a five-day free trial. Fubo offers a ton of channels, with plans ranging from 150+ to 300+ channels. Sling $36 $46 22% off sign up now ➤ $45.99/month➤ Half off first month➤ Up to 46 channels Sling also carries ABC for Match Game livestreams. Sling is much more affordable, with plans starting at $45.99 a month. You'll need the Sling Blue plan to access ABC streams. Sling doesn't offer a free trial, but right now you can get 50% off your first month's bill. Hulu + Live TV get free trial ➤ $82.99/month➤ Three-day free trial➤ 100 channels Hulu + Live TV is another great way to watch Match Game online without cable. ABC is included in its lineup of 95+ channels. The streamer's plans start at $81.99 a month, but for $82.99 a month, you can add ESPN+, Disney+, and Hulu on-demand to your plan. All plans start with a three-day free trial. Match Game 2025 Premiere Date, Time The new season of Match Game premieres on Wednesday, July 23 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Match Game 2025 Host, Panelists The new Match Game revival will feature some big names as celebrity panelists, all wrangled by the always-sharp Martin Short. Confirmed panelists include Short's Only Murders in the Building co-stars Selena Gomez, Beanie Feldstein, and Cara Delevingne. Some Match Game Alumni from the previous revival will come back as well, including Amy Sedaris, Anthony Anderson, Joel McHale, and Randall Park. Best of Rolling Stone The Best Audiophile Turntables for Your Home Audio System
Yahoo
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Martin Short Revives ‘Match Game' on ABC — and Sling TV Is the Best Way to Watch Live
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Martin Short is returning to primetime as the host of ABC's newly revived 'Match Game,' premiering Wednesday, July 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The reboot of the classic game show, which has been a staple of television since the 1960s, now features Martin Short as host in a version that blends the original format's campy fun with his own quick wit and signature energy. More from Variety Major League Cricket on Sling TV: How to Watch the 2025 MLC Championship Match Live Online Sling TV in 2025: A Flexible, Budget-Friendly Streaming Option for Cord-Cutters Martin Short to Host 'Match Game' Revival on ABC Each episode will feature four contestants trying to match fill-in-the-blank answers with a rotating panel of six celebrity guests. Two full games are played per hour, culminating in a Super Match round where contestants can win up to $25,000. Like its previous iteration, 'Match Game' leans heavily on celebrity banter and innuendo-laced punchlines, a format tailor-made for Short, who also serves as an executive producer. The series will air weekly on ABC, but the best way for cable-cutters to tune in live is on Sling TV. $25.50 $50.99 50% off STREAM 'MATCH GAME' ON SLING TV Sling's Blue package, which includes local ABC affiliates in select major markets, allows subscribers to watch 'Match Game' as it airs live on the network. Starting at $40 per month, or $55 for the combined Orange + Blue plan, Sling remains one of the most competitively priced live-TV streaming platforms on the market. Plus, their plans are currently half off for the first month, bringing down their Blue plan to only $25.50. In addition to live access, Sling TV includes up to 50 hours of cloud DVR storage, giving subscribers the ability to record and rewatch episodes at their convenience. The service is compatible with nearly every major device — including Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, mobile apps, and web browsers — offering maximum flexibility. For fans who like to watch with friends, Sling's Watch Party feature adds another layer of interactivity, letting users co-view in real time with built-in video chat and messaging. 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. The most recent season was shot before the pandemic began, with nine episodes spread out between May 31, 2020, and Oct. 29, 2020, and then the final two on July 21 and July 28, 2021. Stream the reboot of 'Match Game' on Sling TV here. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? Final Emmy Predictions: Talk Series and Scripted Variety - New Blood Looks to Tackle Late Night Staples
USA Today
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Martin Short praises his 'Only Murders' costars' 'Match Game' skills
Despite more than 50 years in show business – running the gamut of Broadway, TV and film − Martin Short refreshingly still feels nervous ahead of hosting his first game show. He'll be ringmaster for ABC's latest version of its fill-in-the-blank 'Match Game' revival, returning July 23 (Wednesdays, 9 ET/PT). 'What draws me at this stage of my life to it is the idea that I've never done it before,' says Short, 75. 'The idea of doing something that you've never done and could fail at is exhilarating.' Game shows captivated Short as a child growing up in Hamilton, Ontario, about an hour northwest of Niagara Falls. 'When I was a kid, I was obsessed with these game shows because that's where I saw celebrities, and I thought it was cool to see celebrities,' Short says. 'With movie stars in the '60s, you only saw them at the Oscars. So you didn't see any kind of people in show business as you do now so informally.' Paul Lynde and Cliff Arquette (better known as his alter ego Charley Weaver) charmed Short on NBC's 'Hollywood Squares.' The honor of the satirist's favorite game show goes to 'What's My Line?,' the CBS 1950-67 game show in which a panel of four celebrities tried to guess the challengers' jobs. 'They'd have Lucille Ball come on as a surprise guest,' Short remembers, 'and it's live television. Everyone was in tuxedos and gowns, and it was just my introduction into what show business could be like.' On Short's 'Match Game,' dueling contestants compete for a $25,000 grand prize. The goal is to have the same answer as many celebrity panelists when filling in the blank. For example, when asked to finish the prompt 'Martin Short is really hoping to do more blank in life,' Short responds, 'Oscar winning performances.' That's a joke, he clarifies of the dry delivery, before delivering another. 'I'll be lucky to make the 'In memoriam' package at the Oscars.' Short follows in the footsteps of former 'Match Game' hosts like original emcee Gene Rayburn and most recently Alec Baldwin, who hosted the current revival from 2016 to 2021. ABC shelved 'Match Game' in 2022, months after the death of 'Rust' cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, who was killed after Baldwin's prop gun fired. 'Match Game' returns with eight hourlong episodes, and Short is determined to put his own spin on the gig. He says the show sings when "it's just happening in the moment. … It should feel like a party at someone's house." Short kicks off the premiere with a celebrity panel comprising his 'Only Murders in the Building' Season 2 costars Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne, comedians Anthony Anderson, Kevin Nealon and Ziwe, and Short's 'Father of the Bride' castmate BD Wong. When does 'Only Murders' new season come out? Martin praises his 'Only Murders' cohorts' performances as 'perfect.' Neither Steve Martin nor Meryl Streep will appear this season, Short says. But they'll be on hand for the Hulu comedy's fifth season bowing Sept. 9. Beanie Feldstein, Jermaine Fowler, Keegan-Michael Key, newlywed Téa Leoni, Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz and Renée Zellweger will appear in the upcoming season. 'Anything I say reveals a plot point, but it's very strong,' teases Short, recently nominated for a lead actor Emmy for his portrayal. 'It's delightful that it kept up its quality.'
Boston Globe
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Only matches in the building
Guests on the premiere episode are Selena Gomez, Cara Delevingne, Kevin Nealon, Anthony Anderson, Ziwe, and BD Wong. Wong played Short's assistant in 'Father of the Bride' (1991). Gomez has a stronger connection. She costars with Short and Steve Martin on ' Advertisement Martin Short hosts "Match Game." Jan Thijs/Disney Advertisement Which brings us back to that drum roll (or series of rim shots). Short was born to soar in that firmament the way Joe DiMaggio was born to patrol center field or Toscanini to take the podium. All the way back to his 'SCTV' days, Short has been an unrivaled master of sincere insincerity and winkingly self-aware phoniness. His jokes are that much funnier for his always, always being in on them. He says on that first 'Match Game' 'Wow, time flies when you're phoning it in.' What other game-show host would dare say such a thing, let alone be able to get away with? The classic game-show host is to smarminess as musicians are to perfect pitch or basketball players to height. It's practically a job requirement. Think of Rayburn, Bob Eubanks ('The Newlywed Game'), Richard Dawson ('Family Feud'), Monty Hall ('Let's Make a Deal'), the list does go on. Even the sainted Martin Short as Jiminy GLock. Al Levine/Business Wire via AP Short takes the cause for such scorn, turns it inside out, and ties a bow on it. Playing smarm for laughs, he's so over the top he's just where he should be. It's hard to imagine someone better suited to host a game show. Well, wait, there is someone: Advertisement Mark Feeney is a Globe arts writer . Mark Feeney can be reached at
Boston Globe
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Sterling K. Brown in ‘Washington Black,' LL Cool J hosts a docuseries, and the return of ‘Happy Gilmore'
Advertisement From left: Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman in "The Hunting Wives." Kent Smith 'The Hunting Wives,' Monday on Netflix: The wave of female-driven psychological thrillers a la ' 'Hip Hop Was Born Here,' Tuesday on Paramount+: 'NCIS: Los Angeles' cast member, rapper, and Grammy-winner LL Cool J hosts the original five-part docuseries about hip-hop's history, its music, and culture. The New Yorker, born James Todd Smith, sets the genre's birthplace squarely in New York City. After joining Def Jam Records, he got his bona fides by creating 10 consecutive platinum-selling albums. Interviewing legends Method Man, Big Daddy Kane, Remy Ma, and Jadakiss, among many others, the host uses an anecdotal approach to access the roots of the multi-generational movement. Advertisement 'Match Game,' Tuesday on ABC at 9 p.m. then streaming on Hulu: The game show reboot and resurgence continues with can't-stop-won't-stop 'Only Murders in the Building' star Martin Short as host. Not much has changed except that the purse is larger, and the boundaries of acceptable TV speech have been expanded. 'Match Game,' which first aired in 1962 with Gene Rayburn as host and Johnny Olson as announcer, premiered in black and white. Short will lead a gaudier weekly version. At stake is $25,000 as four contestants battle to 'match' the answers of six celebrities with fill-in-the-blank questions straight off a naughty SAT cheat sheet. 'Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time,' Friday on National Geographic: With raging storms and flash floods in Texas, North Carolina, and New Jersey, the lessons of Louisiana's 2005 Hurricane Katrina still resonate. Armed with two decades of hindsight, the docuseries, directed by Oscar nominee Traci A. Curry, delivers a play-by-play of that catastrophic event, debunking myths, examining political and social repercussions, and offering insights to fuel future preparedness. Advertisement Thelma Adams is a cultural critic and the author of the best-selling historical novel 'The Last Woman Standing,' about Josephine Marcus, the Jewish wife of Wyatt Earp.
