On January 21, 2010, it was announced that John O'Hurley would be replaced as host by Steve Harvey starting in Season 12 and that the show would be moving in the fall from Sunset Bronson Studios to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The move was to accommodate Harvey, who lives in Atlanta and does a morning radio show there. In 2011, the show moved to Atlanta at Harvey's request.
On July 9, 1999 the show started taping at NBC studios in Burbank, California. Louie wanted to pay tribute to Richard Dawson by having him come to the studio on the first day of taping. Bob Boden, supervising producer, tried to arrange the special on-camera meeting, but Dawson wasn't interested and turned them down.
If no contestant gets an answer on the board during a face-off, the question is thrown out and that portion is edited out of the final show. The two players are sent back to come up for another face-off with a new question as if nothing happened. From 1976-1995, this would rarely be edited out of the show as the host would ask the question to the next family member of the contestant who won the face-off.
In March 2002, Tribune Entertainment acquired the syndication rights to Family Feud, but they were not happy with how the show was performing and wanted to give the show an overhaul. On May 8, 2002, host Louie Anderson was fired because of the show's declining ratings and fallout from Louie's scandal. Tribune announced Louie would be replaced by Richard Karn.
In October 1997, Pearson Television bought the rights to Family Feud. In April 1998, Feud producers started their search for a new host. Dolly Parton was considered for the hosting duties before Louie Anderson was chosen. In the fall of 1998, Pearson demanded that Louie shoot a Family Feud pilot, but Louie refused and instead came up with a plan to film him and his family playing Family Feud. That film was used to sell the show, and Louie was offered the hosting job for $1.5 million.
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