>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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6f04a6c7-7b08-48d7-82e8-dae54261f697n%40googlegroups.com.
