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‘Family Feud’ Sean Fennessey: This summer marked the 40th anniversary of the debut of Family Feud, the Hatfields and McCoys–style survey game show that has aired in five different iterations on three different networks with six different hosts. It is the John Irving novel of American television — always there, old or new, somewhat strange but oddly familiar, cycling through characters but always about human fallacy. The latest version is hosted by Steve Harvey, who is an absurd person and thus perfectly suited to hosting Family Feud. Harvey has an inquisitive and gently chiding style — a perfect fit, since insinuation is the essence of any Family Feud host. Richard Dawson was a flirt. Ray Combs was a needler. Richard Karn was a buoyant skeptic. Louie Anderson routinely seemed as if he just didn’t want you to do this to yourself. Even John O’Hurley, the erstwhile J. Peterman of Seinfeld, comported himself with an actorly gravitas, as if each question were a sliver of David Rabe dialogue. The host of Family Feud is one of the great TV jobs. But Harvey’s version is different from the others. It’s still manic and dumb-smart and still a little bawdy, but there’s something familial about his Family Feud.