Celebrity Bowling: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Celebrity Bowling is an American syndicated sports series hosted by Jed Allan that ran from January 16, 1971, to September 1978. The series was produced in Los Angeles at Metromedia Square, the studios of KTTV. Each week, the show featured four celebrities, on a pair of AMF or Brunswick lanes installed inside KTTV's studios, pitted against each other in teams of two. Victorious teams won prizes for studio audience members based upon the level of winning scores. The weekly series was a by-product of The Celebrity Bowling Classic, a 90-minute TV special produced in 1969 for the Metromedia-owned stations, benefiting the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. The series debuted at the same time the Prime Time Access Rule took effect, during which time a number of syndicated weekly programs went into production; its end came as weekly programs such as Celebrity Bowling were increasingly bei…

Series details

• Title: Celebrity Bowling
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 1971-01-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1973-12-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Syndication
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17472
• IMDb ID: tt0198079
• TVDB ID: 287096

Cast and credited roles

• Jed Allan — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1971: premiered 1971-01-01; final listed air date 1971-07-31.
• Season 1972: premiered 1972-01-08; final listed air date 1972-03-11.
• Season 1973: premiered 1973-09-08; final listed air date 1973-12-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Celebrity Bowling on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.