Top Ten Best Game Show Hosts
They are running the show and aside from a few models hauling merchandise, they are the only professionals on the screen. Game show hosts have acted as one man casts for decades with some pulling it off much better than others. This is a list of the very best game show hosts as voted on by you.
Robert William Barker was an American television game show host. He was known for hosting CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history. He was also known for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1974. I love Bob Barker. I think he was a great host on The Price is Right.
I am an Aussie, and I think he should show how to make the Aussie version work and last on Aussie TV. He could even host the Aussie version.
Bob Barker - Best Price Is Right host of all time and better than Drew Carey, who stinks like a skunk.
Bob was and is an icon. Drew Carey should go back to Cleveland and be replaced as host by MiMi.
Here is my all-time favorite game show host, Alex Trebek. I really love Alex Trebek, and I am a big Jeopardy fan! Alex is amazing, and he has a wonderful smile along with a great sense of humor.
The longtime host of Jeopardy! has matured like a fine wine through the years, but this Canadian native can still be just as irreverent as when he first started.
Intelligence is always sexy. He's probably the only one who can get away with asking questions instead of giving answers.
Best game show panelist and host ever! I always loved his witty attitude and tendency to make everyone feel calm on camera. Richard is absolutely the best! Family Feud forever!
Richard was the quintessential game show host - witty and charming with a heart of gold. Family Feud just isn't the same without him.
Richard is the greatest game show host ever! So handsome, witty, hilarious, and warm-hearted. There's no one like him and never will be!
Broderick Stephen Harvey, known professionally as Steve Harvey, is an American comedian, television host, producer, radio personality, actor, and author. Although he does say some really stupid and mean stuff about groups of people such as atheists, Steve is really funny and a great show host. He is not as good as Bob Barker, though.
They should have put him hosting The Price is Right over Carey. He would surely bring the ratings back. He's funny, witty, and good with contestants.
Steve Harvey is probably one of the funniest game show hosts. He pretty much brought Family Feud back to stardom.
He has a great sense of humor too. Without him, Wheel of Fortune would not be on television today.
WHAT?! Pat only at number 46? He's such a funny guy and he's easily the best host ever!
42! Are you kidding me? He's so great with the contestants, and funny!
Number 6? Is that your final answer?
My favorite show was Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Million Dollar Password.
Favorite game show ever! Gene was the leader of that always-great, star-studded panel. His energy was infectious, and you always felt better after watching the show than you did before it started.
By far my favorite, with the warmest, funniest personality of them all. I used to watch these in the 70s as a kid and am surprised at how funny they still are on the old game show channels.
Easily the best game show host of all time. He was a joy to watch and a lot of fun. Very inventive, creative, and a treasure.
A really, really sharp guy, he made this the best modern game show, hands down, with his sharpness and continues to excel.
The man who started Wheel of Fortune in 1975! I think Merv Griffin did the right thing to hire him instead of Edd Byrnes, who was very drunk in the pilot episodes.
Good-looking, funny, charming, unflappable, and a Texan. The total package.
THE quintessential game show host.
The bespectacled Pittsburgh native hosted more game shows than anyone else, including the original Price is Right. His wit and warmth are legendary.
He seemed like a genuinely nice guy who treated everyone with respect. He also had a quick wit and sly sense of humor, adapting easily to every show he hosted.
This gentleman showed respect to the contestants and had warm, spontaneous humor plus intelligence - compared to none other.
He was kind of stodgy at first, but he became my favorite. I understand he was very busy with other endeavors. Sorry to lose him!
There is no one who was better at hosting The Newlywed Game than Bob Eubanks. He and Jim Perry were great on Card Sharks, much better than Pat Bullard, whose version of Card Sharks was a travesty.
A true man of integrity and old-school values - very relaxed and kind, but with excellent skills in making contestants feel at ease and free to be themselves.
Bob Eubanks was great. He was funny, got along great with the contestants, smart, and handsome.
He is a good host on The Price Is Right. I have seen him a few times when I watched the show.
It's Richard Karn from Home Improvement. Richard Karn has a great sense of humor, and he is very good on Family Feud!
He even has a YouTube channel showcasing many rare game show-related gems and oddities.
The only one who can ever host America's Funniest Videos is this man. No doubt about it.
Host of Hollywood Squares, fill-in host of Millionaire, and of course, the king of AFV.
So funny! The best ever! Please vote!
People voting for other hosts are the weakest link. Goodbye.
He made Deal or No Deal suspenseful and fun. He was hilarious but added enough tension to the show to make it compelling TV.
I think he and Richard Dawson were the best hosts of Family Feud. Both were very good. Sad what happened to Ray Combs.
Nobody made me laugh as hard as Chuck Barris. God, I miss that show.