The game show genre features TV series with contestants competing against each other in various challenges, tasks, or quizzes to win prizes or rewards. Game shows are designed to engage viewers by presenting exciting and often competitive scenarios that involve participants using their knowledge, skills, and strategies to outperform their opponents and win.

Bill Barretta and Pat Sajak in Wheel of Fortune (1983)

Paul hands out booby prizes and gets to show off his pickpocketing skills in this edition of the series. Grids facing the contestants include spelling, politicians in commercials, fibre, TV detectives and food named after people.

Paul Daniels and Helen Cooper in Wipeout (1994)

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&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Helen Cooper, Ann Little, and David Ware in Wipeout (1994)

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