The Gong Show (2017)

Name: The Gong Show (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Reality, Game Show
Released: June 22, 2017
Rating: 58

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Series Details & Credits

ABC | Release Date: June 22, 2017

Summary: The reboot of the 1970s show is hosted by a British comic named Tommy Maitland (reportedly Mike Meyers) with a rotating panel of celebrity judges that include Jack Black, Dana Carvey, Will Forte and Zach Galifianakis.

Genre(s): Comedy, Reality, Game Show

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S2:E10. Episode 208 (Ken Jeong, Chelsea Peretti, Adam Devine)
Air Date: August 23, 2018
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S2:E9. Episode 209 (Rob Riggle, Ed Helms, Regina Hall)
Air Date: August 16, 2018
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S2:E8. Episode 205 (Chris Sullivan, Natasha Leggero, Mark Cuban)
Air Date: August 9, 2018

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Critic Reviews

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Jun 20, 2017

Season 1 Review: The new Gong Show set is a suitably gaudy mix of reds and oranges, Which proves to be perfect for Married with Bananas (don’t ask) and Uncle Clutch, a fright mask-wearing slayer whose thorough commitment to character is quite hilarious. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Jun 22, 2017

Season 1 Review: Tommy Maitland adds almost nothing to the pleasure of watching the Gong Show premiere, which otherwise is at least moderate. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Jun 22, 2017

Season 1 Review: The new Gong Show, even with the unfunny Tommy Maitland, is a bit more fun than those other attempts [such as The Match Game and To Tell The Truth] at revival. Read full review

Lorraine Ali

Jun 22, 2017

Season 1 Review: Is it beyond stupid? Yes, and happy to embrace the fact that no brain power is required to watch. There’s no true crime to solve, no political drama that feels uncomfortably close to the bone, no real-life Senate hearings or scary North Korean missile tests. Just people and the games they play, with witty commentary from judges and utter weirdness from maybe-Myers. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Jun 22, 2017

Season 1 Review: ABC, which has a lazy habit of exhuming old game shows, brings “The Gong Show” back Thursday night essentially unaltered--it’s a dank and shticky amateur talent show with the admittedly clever stunt-casting of actor Mike Myers as host Tommy Maitland, a past-his-prime British comedian who speaks only in double en-tawdries. Read full review

Scott D. Pierce

Jun 22, 2017

Season 1 Review: This show is supposed to be big, dumb fun. It's definitely dumb. It's occasionally fun. And it's actually too big. The original "Gong Show" was 30 minutes; at an hour, it's a bit much to sit through. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Jun 22, 2017

Season 1 Review: From the host to the acts to the infamous gong signaling a bad act worthy of banishment, the revival is a constant exercise in trolling, leaving us unsure who's in on the joke and who's the butt of it. ... Myers never fully connects with viewers, and doesn’t let us in on the Tommy Maitland joke. ... Gong does manage to elicit laughs, depending on how much you buy into it. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

58

Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 21, 2018
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  S2:E10. Episode 208 (Ken Jeong, Chelsea Peretti, Adam Devine)
  Air Date: August 23, 2018
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  S2:E9. Episode 209 (Rob Riggle, Ed Helms, Regina Hall)
  Air Date: August 16, 2018
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  S2:E8. Episode 205 (Chris Sullivan, Natasha Leggero, Mark Cuban)
  Air Date: August 9, 2018
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  S2:E7. Episode 210 (Rob Riggle, Ken Jeong, Kristen Schaal)
  Air Date: August 2, 2018
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  S2:E5. Episode 207 (Selma Blair, Ken Jeong, Yvette Nicole Brown)
  Air Date: July 19, 2018
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  S2:E4. Episode 206 (Alyson Hannigan, Will Arnett, Lil Rel Howery)
  Air Date: July 12, 2018
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  S2:E4. Episode 201 (Jimmy Kimmel, Will Arnett, Anthony Anderson)
  Air Date: July 12, 2018
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  S2:E3. Episode 204 (Jason Sudeikis, Sharon Osbourne, Brad Paisley)
  Air Date: July 5, 2018
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  S2:E2. Episode 203 (Tony Hale, Will Arnett, Regina Hall)
  Air Date: June 28, 2018
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  S2:E1. Episode 202 (Fred Armisen, Will Arnett, Rita Wilson)
  Air Date: June 21, 2018
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 22, 2017
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 22, 2017