| Host/Announcer | |
| Bob Saget | |
| Broadcast | |
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| Packagers | |
| Jesse Collins Entertainment Next Entertainment CBS Television Distribution | |
"Welcome to CMT's NASHVILLE SQUARES! Let's play something country! Tonight, (insert situation), we got (insert celebrity), squaring off with (insert celebrity)! But first, let's meet the squares: (insert made-up titles and celebrity names), and in the center square, (insert made-up title and celebrity name)! And now, your host, ME!"
Nashville Squares was a short-lived spin-off of the venerable Hollywood Squares as well as the VH1 version of Hip Hop Squares, but this version focuses more on country music.
Gameplay[]
Similar to Hip Hop Squares (2017 version), two country music celebrities competed to win money for their fans in the studio audience. The game itself is also played similar to Hip Hop Squares (again 2017 version) with the star in control pressing either one of two buttons in front of him or her {i.e. green to agree, red to disagree}, with the first game worth $1,000, the second game worth $2,000, and the amounts in each square ranging from $500 - $900 in Round 1 and $500 - $1,000 in Round 2, and the Secret Square (renamed the "Hidden Square" here) is always featured in the first game.
The star with the most money when a sounder alerts that time in the entire game is up wins the game and plays the bonus round with their designated audience member for double the cash and a new car.
Bonus Round: Start Your Engine[]
This bonus is a variation on the classic "turn the key and win the (car) game" seen in previous versions.
The nine squares each have keys, one of which activates the 2019 Jeep Compass. The winning fan selects a star to try his/her key with and then a question previously posed to the entire panel before the show is asked. It is always a "which of your fellow squares do you think is most likely to"-typed question. To make it easy, Bob would narrow the field down to three stars all in a tic-tac-toe pattern. The winning fan would then pick the star s/he thinks the chosen star chose. A correct decision doubles the cash, but an incorrect decision won nothing extra. Either way, the winning fan tries the key s/he chose and if it works, the car is his/hers.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
This was the second version of Squares to be music themed, the first was Hip Hop Squares.
This was the second version of Squares to be produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment.
The elements of the two celebrity contestants trying to win money for their fans in the studio audience along with the two colored buttons in front of him/her was originally used in the reboot of Hip Hop Squares on VH1 hosted by DeRay Davis in 2017. Additionally, the two colored buttons element was later carried over to Celebrity Squares, hosted by fellow panelist of the 2017 version of Hip Hop Squares D.C. Young Fly also airing on VH1 since 2023.
The Hollywood Squares set of The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour inspired the set of Hip Hop Squares (2017 version), this show and Celebrity Squares (U.S. version).
This version had a band called the XO Band and the famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders as the dancers.
This was the first and only version where Bob Saget was not only the host of it but pulls "Double Duty" as the announcer as well. additionally, it was last game show that Saget ever hosted in his life before his untimely death in 2022.
House Band & Dancers[]
XO Band
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Additional Page[]
Nashville Squares/Episode Guide
Reference[]
CMT Orders Nashville Version of ‘Hollywood Squares’ (Exclusive)
HS Related Shows[]
Hollywood Squares - The one that started it all.
Storybook Squares - A short-lived children version that aired on NBC in 1969 and in syndication from 1976 until 1977.
The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour - A short-lived fused version that aired on NBC from 1983 until 1984.
Paul Lynde: Off Center - An episode of the documentary series Biography where it profiles the life of the late actor & comedian that aired on A&E in 2021.
E! True Hollywood Story: Hollywood Squares - A documented episode that aired on E! in 2005.
The West Virginia Squares - A one-time special for the state of West Virginia that aired on WVPB/West Virginia Public Broadcasting's official YouTube channel (andwvpublic.org) hosted by Peter Marshall for only four episodes in 2014.
Hip Hop Squares - A hip-hop/rap musical themed version that aired on MTV2 in 2012 and on VH1 in 2017 until 2019.
Hollywood Squares (channel) - A channel on Pluto TV that's devoted to air nothing but the Bergeron version 24/7 since 2023.
Celebrity Squares - An All Black/African-American themed version that also airs on VH1 (originally BET) since 2023.