''Bzzz!'' is an American relationship

game show A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed b ...

that first aired in limited

syndication Syndication may refer to: * Broadcast syndication, where individual stations buy programs outside the network system * Print syndication, where individual newspapers or magazines license news articles, columns, or comic strips * Web syndication, ...

, produced by

Ralph Edwards Ralph Livingstone Edwards (June 13, 1913DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 86-87. – November 16, 2005) was an American radio ...

-Stu Billett Productions in cooperation with

Tribune Entertainment Tribune Entertainment (formerly Mid-America Video Tape Productions, WGN Continental Productions, Tribune Productions and Tribune Entertainment Company) was a television production and broadcast syndication company owned and operated by Tribune Br ...

, which handled distribution. The series premiered on January 22, 1996 for a limited trial run, primarily on Tribune's own group of stations; it later expanded to full national syndication for one season, airing from September 9, 1996 to September 5, 1997, with reruns continuing on some stations until 2001. The show was hosted by

Annie Wood Annie Wood (born February 10, 1971) is an American actress, host and writer, and is best known as the host of the nationally syndicated dating game show '' Bzzz!''. Career Wood was Cameron Diaz's sister-in-law in '' My Sister's Keeper'' a ...

, who also served as co-producer. Reruns of the series were first aired on

Superstation WGN NewsNation is an American subscription television network owned by the Nexstar Media Group, and is the company's only wholly-owned, national cable-originated television channel. The channel runs a mixture of entertainment programming (consisti ...

from 2000 to 2001 (including the original "trial run" season), while

Buzzr Buzzr is an American digital terrestrial television, digital broadcast television network owned by Fremantle North America, a unit of the Fremantle (company), Fremantle subsidiary of RTL Group. The network serves as an outlet for the extensive li ...

aired the series Saturday nights from February 15, 2020 to July 25, 2020.

Premise

The show itself was a fast-paced variant of ''

The Dating Game ''The Dating Game'' is an American television game show that first aired on December 20, 1965, and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s. ABC dropped the show on July 6, 1973, but it c ...

'' in which a bachelor and bachelorette competed against each other to win a date with a member of the opposite sex, as well as money.

External links

Official Website
* {{Tribune 1996 American television series debuts 1997 American television series endings 1990s American game shows American dating and relationship reality television series Television series by Tribune Entertainment Television series by Ralph Edwards Productions English-language television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States