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Celebrity Bowling
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Jed Allan
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	144
Production
Location(s)	KTTV Studios, Los Angeles
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Syndicated
Original run	January 16, 1971 – September, 1978

Celebrity Bowling was an American syndicated sports series hosted by Jed Allan that ran from January 16, 1971 to September 1978. The series was produced in Los Angeles at the studios of KTTV.

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 studio audience members based upon the level of winning scores.

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.

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

Celebrities that appeared on Celebrity Bowling

More than 400 celebrities appeared on the show throughout its seven-year run; Among them:

• Bob Newhart
• Carroll O'Connor
• Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
• Laurence Harvey
• George Foreman
• Lloyd Bridges
• Michelle Lee
• Bobby Darin
• Sid Caesar
• Ernest Borgnine
• Michael Douglas
• Charles Nelson Reilly
• Peter Lawford
• The cast of The Brady Bunch (including Barry Williams)
• Members of the cast of The Waltons
• The Lennon Sisters
• Arte Johnson
• Leslie Nielsen
• Rob Reiner
• Penny Marshall
• Burl Ives
• Frankie Avalon
• Martin Milner and Kent McCord
• Cornel Wilde
• McLean Stevenson
• Patty Duke
• Wally Cox
• Peter Marshall
• Kate Jackson
• Pat Morita
• Norm Crosby
• Steve Allen
• Jill St. John
• Telly Savalas
• Rafer Johnson
• Robert Culp
• Wayne Rogers
• Jack Klugman
• Angie Dickenson
• Susan Saint James
• Richard Dawson
• Roy Rogers
• Wink Martindale
• Adam West
• Jayne Meadows
• Ed Asner
• Sammy Davis Jr.
• Brenda Vaccaro
• William Shatner
• Paul Lynde
• Virginia Graham
• Nanette Fabray
• Tom Kennedy
• Ed Ames
• John Daly (Real TV Host)
• Collin Foster

Revivals

In 1987, 26 episodes of The New Celebrity Bowling were produced for national syndication. Jed Allan again hosted.

In 2008, TVS Television Network began producing Celebrity Bowling for TV syndication, using the AMF Lanes at the Silver Nugget Casino in N. Las Vegas, Nevada. Host of the new version is veteran Las Vegas TV sports anchor Ron Futrell.

Episode status

The status of the 70's version is unknown, but most likely wiped or otherwise deteriorated into an unviewable condition. Only a few episodes exist among private collectors.