High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A panel game or panel show is a radio or television game show in which a panel of celebrities participates. Panelists may compete with each other, such as on The News Quiz; facilitate play by guest contestants, such as on Match Game/Blankety Blank; or do both, such as on Wait Wait... Don`t Tell Me! The genre can be traced to 1938, when Information Please debuted in the United States. While panel shows were more popular in the past in the U.S., they are still very common in the United Kingdom.