The Dating Game is an
ABC television show. It 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 continued in
syndication for another year (1973–1974) as
The New Dating Game. The program was revived three additional times in syndication afterwards. The first revival premiered in 1978 and ran until 1980, the second ran from 1986 until 1989, and the last ran from 1996 until 1999 with a season of reruns following.