Lingo is an American television game show with multiple international adaptations. The first American version, which ran from 1987 to 1988 in syndication, was hosted by Michael Reagan. A revival of the show, hosted by Chuck Woolery, ran as an original series on GSN (formerly Game Show Network) for five seasons from 2002 until 2007. The show's format comprises two teams, who attempt to guess a five-letter word given the first letter and place numb...
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Lingo is an American television game show with multiple international adaptations. The first American version, which ran from 1987 to 1988 in syndication, was hosted by Michael Reagan. A revival of the show, hosted by Chuck Woolery, ran as an original series on GSN (formerly Game Show Network) for five seasons from 2002 until 2007. The show's format comprises two teams, who attempt to guess a five-letter word given the first letter and place numbers on a 5×5 Lingo board to achieve five covered spaces in a row.
The first version aired from September 28, 1987 to March 25, 1988 with repeats airing until September. It was produced by Ralph Andrews (in association with Bernstein/Hovis Productions) in Canada for syndication by ABR Entertainment in the US. Versions of Lingo were subsequently produced in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Quebec (see Lingo (Quebec game show)), France, Norway, Sweden, Poland and The Netherlands.
On August 5, 2002 Game Show Network started airing the first...
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