Celebrity Bowling

Celebrity Bowling was an American syndicated bowling 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.

Celebrity Bowling
Title card
GenreGame show
Created byKira Stewart
Directed byDon Buccola
Presented byJed Allan and Cheryl Kominsky
Theme music composerJack Palmer
Spencer Williams
Opening theme"Everybody Loves My Baby", by King Richard's Fleugel Knights (1967 recording)
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes144
Production
ProducersJoe Siegman
Don Gregory
Production locationsMetromedia Square
Los Angeles, California
Running time30 minutes
Production company7-10 Productions
Original release
NetworkSyndicated
ReleaseJanuary 16, 1971 (1971-01-16) 
September 1978 (1978-09)

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 home viewers, based upon the level of winning scores; there was an additional prize for the viewer associated with the team that bowled the most strikes.

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, benefitting 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 being replaced by twice-weekly and later stripped daily productions.

Joe Siegman created the series, and he and Don Gregory produced 144 episodes for their 7-10 Productions.

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