<P> The Bullseye round temporarily returned during the 2009--10 season . It was played similarly as the format used from 1992 to 1994 on the syndicated version, with five questions worth from $1,000 to $5,000 . However, each family was given a $15,000 starting stake, which meant a potential maximum of a $30,000 bank . </P> <P> The ABC and first syndicated versions of Family Feud were hosted by Richard Dawson . As writer David Marc put it, Dawson's on - air personality "fell somewhere between the brainless sincerity of Wink Martindale and the raunchy cynicism of Chuck Barris". Dawson showed himself to have insistent affections for all of the female members of each family that competed on the show, regardless of age . Writers Tim Brooks, Jon Ellowitz, and Earle F. Marsh owed Family Feud's popularity to Dawson's "glib familiarity" (he had previously played Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes) and "ready wit" (from his tenure as a panelist on Match Game). The show's original announcer was Gene Wood, with Johnny Gilbert and Rod Roddy serving as occasional substitutes . </P> <P> In 1988, Ray Combs took over Dawson's role as host on CBS and in syndication with Wood returning as announcer and Roddy, Art James, and Charlie O'Donnell serving in that role when Wood was not available . Combs hosted the program until the daytime version's cancellation in 1993 and the syndicated version until the end of the 1993--94 season . Dawson returned to the show at the request of Mark Goodson Productions for the 1994--95 season . </P> <P> When Feud returned to syndication in 1999, it was initially hosted by Louie Anderson, with Burton Richardson as the new announcer . Richard Karn was selected to take over for Anderson when season four premiered in 2002, and when season eight premiered in 2006, Karn was replaced by John O'Hurley . In 2010, both O'Hurley and Richardson departed from the show; comedian Steve Harvey was named the new host for season twelve, and a pre-recorded track of former' N Sync member Joey Fatone's voice was used until 2015, when Rubin Ervin, who has been a member of the production staff as the warmup man for the audience since Harvey took over, became the announcer . (Richardson still announces for Celebrity Family Feud .) </P>

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