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Aired: 1997 - 1998
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US
Based on the board game of the same name, and loosely having the same format as the 1980s game show "Win, Lose or Draw," "Pictionary" was a syndicated game show hosted by actor-musician Alan Thicke.
The objective of this game â featuring two teams, each of one contestant and two celebrities â was to convey words and phrases using drawings within a time limit. Cash awards were given for correct answers.
Two rounds were played, with the first round featuring a team drawing two phrases that each had one word in common (e.g., "Lights, Camera, Action" and "Northern Lights") within a 45-second time limit; to collect $200, the team had to solve both phrases. The second round featured a series of words or phrases, each connected by a common word; the object was to guess as many as possible within a three-minute time limit for $100 per word.
The team leading after this point advanced to the bonus round, played the same as round 2 but with a 90-second time limit. The prize increased as the contestant guessed more words correctly: $100 each for the first four words; $300 for the next three; and $1,000 for every word thereafter.
The series is best known for an incident midway through the series run, where Erik Estrada â in his exhuberance for his team correctly guessing an answer â accidentally and unknowingly punched Bill Maher in the nose by raising his fists in the air; Maher had been standing behind Estrada as the contestant struggled to answer the phrase. Maher was not seriously injured, and the rest of the show played on Maher's playful attempts at revenge against Estrada. Another episode was noted among fans as having Thicke do a little too much to help a contestant solve a phrase.
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