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2009 Game Show Awards
{{infobox award
 | name       = 2009 Game Show Awards
 | image      = 2009GameShowAwards.jpg
 | caption    = 
 | country    = United States
 | location   = [[Wilshire Theatre]], [[Beverly Hills, California]]
 | network    = [[Game Show Network|GSN]]
 | date       = June 6, 2009
 | host       = [[Howie Mandel]]
}}
The American '''2009 Game Show Awards''' were presented on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at the [[Wilshire Theatre]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>{{cite web  |title=On Tonight: First Game Show Awards - Roger Catlin &#124; TV Eye |url=http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/06/on-tonight-first-game-show-awa.html |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5hjaPa9rt?url=http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/06/on-tonight-first-game-show-awa.html |archivedate=23 June 2009009-06-23 |deadurl=noyes |accessdate=9 June 2009 |df= }}</ref> [[Howie Mandel]] was host for the ceremony.<ref>http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-etwall0607,0,4829013.story</ref> The awards show was also a [[game show]]. Games were played with members of the audience, giving away cash and prizes worth $100,000. The trophies were designed to look like buzzers.

The Game Show Awards was not an annual event, as there were no plans for a future version of the program.

==Presenters==
* [[Carol Merrill]] - Icon Award
* [[Alex Trebek]] - Innovator Award
* [[Heidi Bohay]] and [[Alfonso Ribeiro]] - Favorite Dating or Relationship show Award
* [[Kate Flannery]] and [[Fred Willard]] - Favorite Classic Game Show
* [[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]], [[Annie Duke]], and [[George Wallace (American comedian)|George Wallace]] - Favorite Game Show Models
* [[Tom Bergeron]] - Legend Award
* [[Ken Jennings]] - played [[Charo]] in "Are You Smarter Than Ken Jennings?"
* [[Fred Roggin]] and [[Melissa Rivers]] - Best Reality Competition Show

==Performers==
''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' cast:
* [[Cloris Leachman]]
* [[Genya Mazo]]
* [[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]]
* [[Corky Ballas]]
* [[Edyta Sliwinska]]
* [[Inna Brayer]]
* [[Kym Johnson]]

==Winners and nominees==
Listed below are the nominees in each award category, with award winners listed first and denoted in '''bold text'''.<ref>{{cite web  |title=Title Unknown |url=http://gsnextras.com/awards/ |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5hjaPxw71?url=http://gsnextras.com/awards/ |archivedate=2009-06-23 |deadurl=noyes |accessdate=2009-06-09 |df= }}</ref>

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===Best Game Show===
* '''''[[Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (U.S. game show)|Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?]]'''''
* ''[[Cash Cab]]''
(contracted; show full)==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [[Game Show Network|GSN]].com's [
https://web.archive.org/web/20090519203523/http://www.gsnextras.com/awards/ Official Game Show Awards 2009 site]

{{Game Show Network}}

[[Category:Game shows]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2009]]
[[Category:Game Show Network original programs]]