About the Team

About Howard Blumenthal—Co-Founder

Howard Blumenthal is best-known for the PBS series, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, the first television game show to win a Peabody Award. He has also been associated with game shows for cable networks including MTV (Remote Control), Food Network (Taste Test), Nickelodeon (Double Dare), and other networks including Cinemax, Lifetime, and TV Land. Growing up in the business (his father produced NBC’s top-rated game show, Concentration), Howard’s first original production was How Do You Like Your Eggs? starring Bill Cullen; produced for Warner/QUBE, it was the first interactive game show. Howard has become a university scholar focused on children and teenagers growing up and learning all over the world; he is the co-author of KIDS ON EARTH: The Learning Potential of 5 Billion Minds (Harvard Education Press, 2025).

About Bob Boden—Co-Founder

Bob Boden is an Emmy-nominated executive producer, network and studio executive, and international format consultant. He is currently executive producer of the syndicated celebrity comedy game show Funny You Should Ask and also serves as executive vice president, production & development, Allen Media. Other producing credits include Greed, The Chase, Family Feud, American Idol Extra, Don’t Forget the Lyrics, Family Game Night, Paradise Hotel 2, Solitary, To Tell the Truth, Superhuman, Challenge of the Child Geniuses, The Nova Quiz, Penn & Teller’s City Spectacular, Pictionary, and The Really Awards. He was also a freelance writer for Jeopardy! Executive credits include CBS, ABC, FX, Game Show Network, The Family Channel, Fox Reality Channel, Hasbro Studios, Dick Clark Productions, Mark Goodson Productions and Barry & Enright Productions. He sits on the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, has spent the last several years teaching for Syracuse University’s Dick Clark L.A. Semester Program, and just completed co-authoring his first book, The Creative Leader. He recently recorded a TEDx talk on “What Game Shows Teach You About Life.”

About Adam Nedeff—Researcher

Adam Nedeff has served as a content producer, graphics producer, prize coordinator, and researcher for numerous game shows, including Double Dare, Idiotest, Master Minds, Split Second, and Wheel of Fortune. He is also an author of more than 10 books about game shows, including Game Shows FAQ, This Day in Game Show History, Gong This Book!, and biographies of Bill Cullen, Monty Hall, Dennis James, Allen Ludden, and Gene Rayburn. As a game show historian, he’s provided his expertise to NBC’s Today, ABC News, CBS Sunday Morning, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Associated Press.