Games People Play (1980)
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- First Air Date: 1980-08-21
- Last Air Date: 1980-08-21
- Total Seasons: 1
- Total Episodes: 1
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 60 min.
- Network: NBC
Games People Play is an NBC television show that ran from 1980 to 1981, hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Mike Adamle. The format centers on unusual sports competitions, including a belly flop contest and a taxicab demolition derby. Sylvester Stallone discovered Mr. T, whom he subsequently cast as Clubber Lang, when Mr. T won a "World's Toughest Bouncer" competition on the show.
The title of the show is a play on the title of Games People Play, a popular psychology book from the 1960s about mind games and interactions within relationships.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Pilot | 2019-04-23 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Lover's Moon | 2019-04-30 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Drink of Kings | 2019-05-07 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Wrath of Grapes | 2019-05-14 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | To Live and Lie in L.A. | 2019-05-21 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Reversal of Fortune | 2019-05-28 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Persons of Interest | 2019-06-04 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | A Wing and a Prayer | 2019-06-11 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Bitch is Back | 2019-06-18 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Way You Save | 2019-06-25 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | I Saw What You Did | 2021-10-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Gone Girl | 2021-10-26 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Love and Basketball | 2021-11-02 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Lost and Found | 2021-11-09 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | All In | 2021-11-16 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Game Catches Everyone | 2021-11-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | There's No Place Like Home | 2021-11-30 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Undercover Brother | 2021-12-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Truth and Consequences | 2021-12-14 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Greater Good | 2021-12-21 | 60 min |
