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The Hustler

2021

ABC

2 Seasons

19 Episodes

Hosted by Craig Ferguson, "The Hustler" breaks the game show mold by featuring one player who secretly already knows the answers

8.9

(95 votes)

The Hustler Season 3 Officially Cancelled by ABC

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The Hustler Season 3 — Canceled

Latest Episode Aired Thu 9/23/2021 A Little of This, A Little of That Season 2: Episode 11

Next Episode Show ended 19 episodes total

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ABC is trimming down its lineup of summer game shows: The network has cancelled its Match Game reboot hosted by Alec Baldwin, according to our sister site Variety, along with Card Sharks, The Celebrity Dating Game and The Hustler. (A source confirms to TVLine that the four shows are unlikely to return.) (Source: tvline.com)

Alec Baldwin's #MatchGame Reboot, Three More Game Shows Cancelled at ABC https://t.co/0YK8tRyIuK
— TVLine.com (@TVLine) April 2, 2022

Episodes

Season 2 Season 1

#	Name	Air Dates
1	The Most Diabolical Game on Television	Jun 17, 2021
2	Next Level Hustle	Jun 24, 2021
3	Pick the Weird Stuff	Jul 1, 2021
4	That's a Lot of Whips	Jul 15, 2021
5	It's Not Shame, It's Just the Game	Jul 22, 2021
6	Teamwork, HUZZAH!	Aug 12, 2021
7	You're Overcompensating!	Aug 19, 2021
8	A Real Imposter at Work	Sep 9, 2021
9	Who's Twitchy Here?	Sep 16, 2021
10	Connive and Strive	Sep 23, 2021
11	A Little of This, A Little of That	Sep 23, 2021

#	Name	Air Dates
1	A Puzzle, Wrapped in an Enigma, Tattooed in Mystery	Jan 4, 2021
2	Have You Ever Stabbed a Melon?	Jan 7, 2021
3	The Ultimate Game of Deception	Jan 14, 2021
4	Watch Out for the Quiet Ones	Jan 21, 2021
5	How to Spot a Liar	Jan 28, 2021
6	Sweet Deceit, Salty Insinuations, Spicy Revelations	Feb 11, 2021
7	Every Tic Could Be a Tell	Feb 18, 2021
8	A Little Bit of Finger Pointing	Feb 25, 2021

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0 3 Jackie August 16, 2022

Isn’t it fascinating to recognize the unintelligent people at the Network who always seem to make the WRONG decision not to renew the best shows. With The Hustler, you needed a brain to try to figure who the liar was. Evidently the top decision makers should make a trip to Oz to get a brain like the scarecrow.

0 3 Bjh August 2, 2022

What a shame to cancel a good show like the hustler. Take off the other [censored]py shows and put this show back on tv. We need more games like this that make you think, laugh and is good family fun. Who makes such decisions to cancel. Let the public vote.

0 3 msj Bjh August 4, 2022

The Hustler was best game show and my family misses it!!

0 5 Hank July 25, 2022

Please bring back The Hustler. We are big fans of the show and looked forward to watching it each week. I'm also a fan of Craig Ferguson as he's funny and has a wicked sense of humor. Miss his late night show (CBS cares [wink]

) C'mon ABC, listen up and bring The Hustler back.

0 2 MJJ Hank August 1, 2022

If enough people send feedback to ABC to bring back The Hustler, maybe they'll bring it back. Unbelievable that they cancel it but keep terrible shows on TV instead. Maybe another station will pick it up.

0 0 Martha Hank February 16, 2023

Husband and I really enjoyed the hustler.. please bring it back!!

0 6 Kathy M June 9, 2022

Tell me it's not true...why would such a fun, viewer involved, family-friendly game show be canceled? Come on network, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back....please.

0 4 msj Kathy M June 9, 2022

I agree with you and really hope that The Hustler will be brought back. We really looked forward to it each week.

0 6 Mona May 22, 2022

Can’t believe they canceled the show I enjoyed watching it with my 15-year-old granddaughter. I went to look for tonight and it was going to find out it was canceled. Please bring the show back we loved it

0 0 Terri Mona April 30, 2023

Please bring back the hustler! I have missed it so very much I loved it!

0 8 msj May 20, 2022

I looked forward each week to watching The Hustler; best game show in years. My 14 year old loved watching it with me. Too bad, that networks cancel shows that are new and lots of people just learning the The Hustler is such good entertainment. Not many good game shows to watch anymore, really hope that the network will change their minds and put The Hustler back on.

0 15 193 the wedge April 8, 2022

The show is great, bring it back!

0 16 msj April 4, 2022

I thought that Hustler had been a go for another season. I am so disappointed that the best game show on TV has been canceled. I have been happily waiting for The Hustler to return and hard to believe that such a great show has been canceled. Really BIG BAD decision!! :(((:

0 2 MADELYN msj May 20, 2022

I loved the show. Could not wait until it was on. Please renew...

0 15 Alice oldaker April 4, 2022

A shame if The Hustler third season is cancelled. Look forward to the show each week and thoroughly enjoy Craig Ferguson.

0 15 Marna April 3, 2022

I cannot begin to tell you how terribly disappointed my husband and I are on hearing The Hustler has been cancelled. It’s the ONLY weekly show that we watch! There is so much trash on TV these days and here you take off a fun family show that is so interactive. We would have friends come over to watch it with us. Craig is the perfect host for the show. We are sooooo upset and don’t understand your decision.

0 8 MSJ Marna April 13, 2022

I agree with you 100%. Best game show and my family looked forward to watching each week. Hard to believe best game show will not be back. Sad!! :(((:

0 14 Jamie Ames January 30, 2022

Love this show!!! Really enjoyed watching it. Couldn’t wait from week to week to watch the new episode. Craig Ferguson does an outstanding job on hosting the show. Love the show and the suspense and all the creativity. Reminds me of the game Clue from when I was a kid. It’s the Best game show out there by far plus it’s something that the whole family can watch together.

1 5 msj Jamie Ames January 31, 2022

I agree, well said!! [smile]

0 4 Rallen January 20, 2022

UGH: hope COVID doesn’t interfere with the production of The Hustler: miss watching but glad the rumor is that it’s been renewed for the upcoming year: a witty, engaging, challenging and thought-provoking and interesting study in human interaction. With omicron surging, it’s the perfect time for the show’s entertainment.

0 6 MSJ Rallen January 21, 2022

The Hustler was renewed and, hopefully, will not be delayed by omicron. Best game show of its type and, like you, I am eager to watch it again. [smile]

0 11 Mike Gross December 3, 2021

I love The Hustler-I hope that it is renewed for the 2022 season. It really captures my imagination. It's mystifying-I rarely guess who The Hustler is. Makes you wonder where they go to find such superb liars. But, I love it. Please bring the show back for a 3rd season.

1 9 MSJ Mike Gross December 3, 2021

Hustler has been renewed for next year. Love the game!! [smile]

0 9 Martin Jobe November 19, 2021

BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION!!!!!!!!
Considering all the garbage on television, it's inconceivable that such an entertaining format as The Hustler with the perfect host might be cancelled. How do shows like The Bachelor remain on the air? Melodramatic sobbing with childish attitudes. It's fortunate that I enjoy sports, because there's nothing else worth watching with the exception of The Hustler.

1 8 Patty Carol October 7, 2021

Very disappointed that The Hustler is not on Thursday nights anymore. Always looked forward to this show as it is my very favorite. The Big Sky is now on at the time Hustler was. Won't be watching until Hustler is back on.

0 12 MSJ Patty Carol October 7, 2021

The good news is that The Hustler has been renewed. [smile]

Not sure when the new season will start. Hopefully by winter but could be next spring or summer.

0 7 Jan Ancker October 1, 2021

I’m 75 and I love playing the game alone or with grandkids. It’s fun for sure!! Sooo relaxing. Hope it stays on. ?

0 8 MSJ Jan Ancker October 1, 2021

Hustler has been renewed, however, not sure when the next season will start. Possibly not til next summer. Just so glad that is will be back. [smile]

22 2 Sharon Brooks September 24, 2021

I am just saying y every black person b voted off before the game is over. Don’t think it’s far it seams to b a racist show.

0 5 Jim in Ky Sharon Brooks November 3, 2021

I don't think that always happens, nor that you can charge racism when it does. The Hustler has sometimes been a POC, and race doesn't seem to be a conscious factor in the votes to eliminate.

0 0 rj Sharon Brooks February 20, 2022

oh It's not racist at all..it's just a game of using your brain :-)

0 3 Dan Phillips September 20, 2021

Great concept! I do feel that the "double up" the money question
makes the ending rather obvious (MOST of the time!)

0 19 Susan Johnston August 29, 2021

Please renew this show. I love Craig Ferguson as the host! Finally a show that makes you think!!

1 14 MSJ Susan Johnston August 29, 2021

I agree, best game show on TV.

1 8 Karen Karen Susan Johnston September 22, 2021

I think the reason I like this show so much is the viewer gets to play the game too…

0 10 Holly G. August 28, 2021

Please renew this show!!! It's the ONLY "gameshow" on which requires intelligence, thoughtfulness and an attention span from its audience. Basically, "The Hustler" is the only thing my family and I can watch together. Its format leads to viewers discussing the possibilities amongst themselves and it's actually hard!! Yeah! I do not appreciate participants who get overly loud and caustic during the final round; it'd be better to habe them be more civil. I love the outsized Victorian drawing room set. Best of all—we are big Ferguson fans in this household. Renew!!

0 0 Genny Yarne August 20, 2021

Who was The Hustler August 19? I did not see the ending!!!

0 2 MSJ Genny Yarne August 20, 2021

This past Thursday, the Hustler was the white guy in the light blue shirt. For some reason, I picked him as the Hustler as soon as show started. I did start to doubt my pick as the other players began to look guilty to me. Great show!!

0 2 Jeri Howard MSJ September 16, 2021

It is easy to overthink. Several times I picked the correct one at first, but changed my mind!

0 18 Wanda Dodd August 20, 2021

This is hands down my FAVORITE TV SHOW! Please renew it next season!

0 14 Charles Franklin August 14, 2021

One of the best most interesting game shows I have ever seen. Always fun to watch and look forward to every Thursday night guessing who is The Hustler. Craig is an amazing host

0 21 Mary Fritz August 10, 2021

I love this show. I feel more people would watch it if you promoted it more. Also, the timeslot might be better if it were on earlier. Just the name"The Hustler" may have turned some off before they gave it a chance. This show is so much more interesting than all of those remake game shows! I love Craig Ferguson too!

0 10 Hustler lover Mary Fritz August 13, 2021

BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION.

0 7 MSJ Mary Fritz August 13, 2021

Love this show and have it set to record in case something comes up and I don't get to watch at regular time. It is my favorite game show. Having worked in educations I like most of the trivia and questions as they can be a learning tool for a lot of fans. Best new show that I have seen in a long time. [kissed]

0 19 JoAnn M July 31, 2021

Love The Hustler!
Ferguson is a great host. I never get tired of watching this show. Over and over again.
I am one devoted fan here.

The Hustler Season 3 Officially Cancelled by ABC

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