History YMMV / FamilyFeud

** ''Family Feud PM'' for the 1977-1985 Syndicated run.
** The theme song used from 1999-2008 is commonly referred to as the "party theme".

* A 2016 episode of ''Celebrity Family Feud'' had Alan Thicke compete on the show for charity. A few months later, Thicke would die of an aortic dissection. Making it harsher was during one question asked "what does a lifeguard hope a person doesn't do when (s)he's giving them mouth-to-mouth and one of the answers was "die".

* A 2016 episode of ''Celebrity Family Feud'' had Alan Thicke compete on the show for charity. A few months later, Thicke would die of an aortic dissection.

* A 2016 episode of ''Celebrity Family Feud'' had Alan Thicke compete on the show dor charity. A few months later, Thicke would die of an aortic dissection.

** Some episodes of ABC's ''Celebrity'' edition starting in 2020 consist of one game stretched over an hour, with no rule changes. Many of those episodes go almost 20 minutes before finishing the first round. Some 2021 episodes alleviated this by adding a third triple round in lieu of playing Sudden Death. A 2023 holiday special changed the format to include a 500-point goal, a third single question and Sudden Death for ''quadruple'' the points.

** Some episodes of ABC's ''Celebrity'' edition starting in 2020 consist of one game stretched over an hour, with no rule changes. Many of those episodes go almost 20 minutes before finishing the first round.

** Karn's {{Catchphrase}}s "I'M DOUBLING/TRIPLING THE POINTS!", "YOU'VE SWEPT THE BOARD!", and "THE [name] FAMILY HAVE DRAWN FIRST BLOOD!" were very popular on game show forums for a while, though not necessarily for any ''[[ReplacementScrappy positive]]'' reasons.

*** If a contestant who rang in doesn't provide the number one answer, past hosts would always prompt the other contestant with something along the lines if "X answer(s) will beat that." Harvey sometimes doesn't do this, instead opting to simply point at the other contestant, so they can run out of time to answer without warning. Harvey also refuses to repeat the question to the opponent, something previous hosts were allowed to do. This has resulted in a higher rate of buzz outs on his run than on previous versions. It's most noticeable on ''Celebrity Family Feud'' since contestants on that version take more time to come up with answers.

*** If a contestant who rang in doesn't provide the number one answer, past hosts would always prompt the other contestant with something along the lines if "X answer(s) will beat that." Harvey sometimes doesn't do this, instead opting to simply point at the other contestant, so they can run out of time to answer without warning. This has resulted in a higher rate of buzz outs on his run than on previous versions. It's most noticeable on ''Celebrity Family Feud'' since contestants on that version take more time to come up with answers. Harvey also refuses to repeat the question to the opponent, something previous hosts were allowed to do.

*** If a contestant who rang in doesn't provide the number one answer, past hosts would always prompt the other contestant with something along the lines if "X answer(s) will beat that." Harvey sometimes doesn't do this, instead opting to simply point at the other contestant, so they can run out of time to answer without warning. This has resulted in a higher rate of buzz outs on his run than on previous versions. It's most noticeable on ''Celebrity Family Feud'' since contestants on that version take more time to come up with answers. Harvey also refuses to repeat the question to the opponent, something that was allowed by previous hosts.

*** If a contestant who rang in doesn't provide the number one answer, past hosts would always prompt the other contestant with something along the lines if "X answer(s) will beat that." Harvey sometimes doesn't do this, instead opting to simply point at the other contestant, so they can run out of time to answer without warning. This has resulted in a higher rate of buzz outs on his run than on previous versions. It's most noticeable on ''Celebrity Family Feud'' since contestants on that version take more time to come up with answers.

** The Combs, Dawson '94, Karn, and O'Hurley runs had special weeks where teams of divorced couples played against each other. These turn off fans who believe they encourage a mean-spirited atmosphere, especially with the consolation prize in Fast Money turning into a reward for the other team ($5,000 on the Karn era, $10,000 for O'Hurley) if lost. It was entirely possible for a team that lost more games to walk away with much more money than the ones who beat them... a scenario that actually DID unfold at least once! Perhaps ironically, the Harvey version doesn't do them.

*** No questions are more hated by the fan base than those involving numerical answers, such as those beginning with "On a scale of one to ten..." and "At what [age[=/=]time] do[es]...", which have appeared in all versions, most frequently in the Steve Harvey era. With a wide range of answers, fans accuse these of being budget-savers since number one answers to those rarely top 30 points. On a few occasions, contestants have guessed [[FailedASpotCheck numbers outside of the "1-10" range]] despite such answers never getting ''any'' points in the surveys.

** The final year of the Dawson era where the winning goal was increased to $400. This wouldn't have been too bad (families tended to score over $400 anyway, and sometimes over $500), but they also added a ''fourth'' Single question. This resulted in the games running much longer, the later rounds being more rushed, the episodes more subject to editing, and generally further emphasizing the show's age.

** Though its appeal varies from person to person, most fans agree the 1992 addition of the Bullseye round was the slow start of this for the Ray Combs era. This and the unnecessary hour-long changes to the daytime show led ''Family Feud Challenge'' to go into repeats for much of 1993 before finally being cancelled. A year later, ExecutiveMeddling caused Combs to be ousted from ''New Family Feud'' in favor of the return of an aged and not-quite-as-sharp Richard Dawson, coinciding with an overhaul of the set and theme song and a retool of the Bullseye round, the "Bankroll" round, with decreased payoffs. For the longest time the 1994-95 season of ''Feud'' was frequently cited as ''the'' worst ''Feud'' season ever, and the syndicated version finally ended its seven-season run in 1995.

** An episode from the Steve Harvey era saw contestant Timothy Bliefnick joke that his biggest mistake was marrying his wife. A few years after the episode aired, he was charged with her murder.

** In the current run, both families play Sudden Death if neither reaches 300 points after the Triple Round. To the casual viewer, Sudden Death was introduced in 2003 after 300 points became the goal. It has technically been around since the current version began in 1999. Originally, there was no point goal and whoever was ahead after the Triple Round played Fast Money. In the event of a tie after Triple, the outermost members of each team went to the Face-Off podium to play a one-answer survey. Whoever got the #1 answer won the game. Prior to the 2003 format change, this rule was never tested.

** In the current run, both families play Sudden Death if neither reaches 300 points after the Triple Round. To the casual viewer, Sudden Death was introduced in 2003 after 300 points became the goal. This was actually introduced when the current version began in 1999. Originally, there was no point goal and whoever was ahead after the Triple Round played Fast Money. In the event of a tie after Triple, the outermost members of each team went to the Face-Off podium to play a one-answer survey. Whoever got the #1 answer won the game. Prior to the 2003 format change, this rule was never tested.

** In the current run, both families play Sudden Death if neither reaches 300 points after the Triple round. To the casual viewer, Sudden Death was introduced in 2003 after 300 points became the goal. This was actually introduced when the current version began in 1999. Originally, there was no point goal and whoever was ahead after the Triple Round played Fast Money. In the event of a tie after Triple, the outermost members of each team went to the Face-Off podium to play a one-answer survey. Whoever got the #1 answer won the game. Prior to the 2003 format change, this rule was never tested.

** The Anderson version had a GoldenSnitch structure of Single-Single-Single-Triple, with only one Strike in the Triple round. Many families swept the first three rounds but still lost due to just ''one'' bad answer (and one ended up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9Pqo2f9rY winning with a dismal 163 points]]). This rule was retained through Karn's first season, after which it was finally changed to Single-Single-Double-Triple with a TiebreakerRound if neither family hit 300 points.

** In the current run, both families play Sudden Death if neither reaches 300 points after the Triple round. To the casual viewer, Sudden Death was introduced in 2003 after 300 points became the goal. This was actually introduced when the current version began in 1999. Originally, there was no point goal and whoever was ahead after the Triple Round played Fast Money. In the event of a tie after Triple, the outermost members of each team went to the Face-Off podium to play a one-answer survey. Whoever got the #1 answer won the game. This rule was never tested and was carried over when the scoring format changed in 2003.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Most people think the Fast Money time limit extension from 15/20 seconds to 20/25 seconds started on the current version back in 1999, but it had in fact been in place for Richard Dawson's return season back in 1994. Said season also debuted the look of the main game board, including an eight-slot maximum, as seen on the current version (albeit modified) from 1999-2008.

** The later Combs episodes and Dawson '94 were both hated for their increasing use of gimmicky theme weeks and [[CelebrityEdition celebrity teams]] instead of actual families. These theme weeks became increasingly outlandish as time went on, including Ex-Husbands vs. Ex-Wives, Priests vs. Rabbis, and [[CelebrityImpersonator Celebrity Lookalikes]]. These found their way into the current run starting with the Karn era, but they stopped completely after Harvey's first season.

** The later Combs episodes and Dawson '94 were both hated for their increasing use of gimmicky theme weeks and [[CelebrityEdition celebrity teams]] instead of actual families. These theme weeks became increasingly outlandish as time went on, including Ex-Husbands vs. Ex-Wives, Priests vs. Rabbis, and [[CelebrityImpersonator Celebrity Lookalikes]].

** An episode from the Steve Harvey era saw a contestant joke that his biggest mistake was marrying his wife. A few years after the episode aired, he was charged with her murder.