Celebrity Bowling

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Celebrity Bowling was an American syndicated sports series hosted by Jed Allan that ran from 1971 to 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.

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