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The Game Show Network (GSN) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and interactive television games. The channel was launched on December 1, 1994.

Game Show Network is received by about 56 million homes, and is jointly-owned by Liberty Media and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

GSN airs many classic game shows, like Match Game, Press Your Luck, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Family Feud, along with more recent hits like Greed, The Weakest Link, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It also produced original programming like Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck, Friend or Foe (a game based around the Prisoner's Dilemma), Russian Roulette, WinTuition, Lingo, National Lampoon's Funny Money, and Cram.

On March 15, 2004, the network officialy changed its name to GSN, as they expanded their programming to include the genre of reality television. The newly renamed GSN added reality programming to its lineup. They introduced their original series World Series of Blackjack, Celebrity Blackjack, Extreme Dodgeball, and Fake-a-Date. It also began airing reruns of The Mole, Average Joe, Dog Eat Dog, Arsenio Hall's Star Search, Kenny vs. Spenny, Spy TV, Win Ben Stein's Money and Street Smarts.