![]() O'Donnell continued to announce through the end of the Paul Rodriguez-hosted season, then left Barris to return to his position at Wheel of Fortune. He was replaced by Charlie O'Donnell, who Barris had signed away from Barry & Enright Productions, in 1986. When The New Newlywed Game premiered in 1985, Bob Hilton was its announcer. Rod Roddy was the announcer for the ABC specials. Tony McClay, who was a frequent Jacobs substitute, took over from time to time on the syndicated Newlywed Game. ![]() After that Barris staff announcer Johnny Jacobs took over and remained announcer for the series until the first syndicated version was canceled in 1980. Scott Beach, who was Barris' first choice for host, was the announcer in the very early episodes of The Newlywed Game. Shepherd continued taking on the role of host and narrator for the sixth season which premiered on October 25, 2012. The fifth season premiered on Apwith a new current logo and with the host of Sherri Shepherd also as a narrator. On August 18, 2010, it was announced that The View co-host Sherri Shepherd would take over as host for the fourth season of the show which premiered November 1, 2010. ![]() As noted above, Eubanks hosted two special episodes of this version – one featured Wilson and her husband as well as her sister Wendy, her mother Marilyn, and their husbands the second featured game show hosts Monty Hall, Peter Marshall, and Wink Martindale and their wives. The current GSN edition was hosted by Carnie Wilson from its debut on Apuntil the end of its third season on Jwhen Wilson elected not to return. He has also hosted several special episodes of the current Newlywed Game, which has made Eubanks the only host to preside over an episode of the same series in six different decades. After a year of struggling ratings Eubanks returned to host and the format was changed back to the classic Newlywed Game format. Gary Kroeger hosted the first season of the revival of The Newlywed Game in 1996, which was conducted under a much different format than the previous series. Jim Lange hosted the aforementioned week of specials in 1984 and comedian Paul Rodriguez took over for Eubanks on the 1980s series, which was simply retitled The Newlywed Game Starring Paul Rodriguez upon his takeover, and remained with the show until its cancellation in September 1989. Eubanks hosted the ABC and first syndicated series, then returned to host The New Newlywed Game from September 1985 until December 1988. Just 28 years old at the time the show debuted in 1966, he was the youngest emcee to host a game show. Bob Eubanks is the host that is most often associated with The Newlywed Game.
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