Like the primetime All-Star Specials aired during the late 1970s and early 1980s by the show's then-network home ABC, the episodes feature celebrities and their real families, or teams of celebrities playing as a 'family' for charity, rather than the regular format of ordinary families playing for cash and prizes.

Family Feud spin-offs with celebrity contestants date back to the show's original, Richard Dawson-hosted incarnation on ABC, which —from May 8, 1978 until May 25, 1984—occasionally featured primetime "All-Star Specials" played between teams of cast members from different television series (but most often fellow ABC shows).

Unlike the current syndicated version of Feud, which was taped in Atlanta, Georgia from 2011 until 2017 and again since 2020, this version has always been produced in Los Angeles, California, and features the return of Burton Richardson, who announced the syndicated edition of Family Feud from 1999 to 2010, to the series.

[10] The eleventh season, which began airing in July 2024, featured Myeshia Mizuno assuming the role of showrunner, and Rubin Ervin (the current announcer of the syndicated version of Family Feud) replacing Richardson as announcer.

[9][12] During the NBC run of Celebrity Family Feud, each episode featured a tournament format with three matches.