ItsBeenOnTVToo: Many outlets posted this tale of an elderly woman in Chicagoland rescued from a home-invading wacko using some form of "Wordle saves a life," though it's really a case of "always keep in touch with your family" not specific to the game... https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-wordle-mother-saved-lincolnwood-20220211-ecz5istdfrhvzdin4kibdwyrmi-story.html (link) B
On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 1:41:47 PM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: > 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/b13beef0-da44-4349-989d-5c236e2cad44n%40googlegroups.com.
