>From the "We Knew This Was Coming" file, CBS has bought the U.S. rights to 
"Lingo," the original guess-the-five-letter-word game, and will bring it 
back later this year with your host RuPaul--yass queen:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wordle-game-show-lingo-cbs-rupaul-1235091772/#recipient_hashed=04cc8432e89af1614e2b95d666f830a827568c45d7e9abbbd46ed84bf99ddfc7

Created by Ralph Andrews ("You Don't Say!") and originally with a bingo 
element after you guessed the word correctly, it ran from1987 to 1988 in 
the U.S. in syndication hosted by Michael Reagan (Ronnie's other son) and 
Andrews himself in a shot-in-Canada production that went off because 
contestants weren't getting paid their winnings and then took off in Europe 
in the 90s, with Andrews selling the format to the Netherlands' IDTV.  Game 
Show Network ran a second U.S. version in the oughts and early teens, with 
Chuck Woolery and later Bill Engvall hosting.  A UK version that drops the 
bingo element is in its second season on ITV.

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