Lingo
TV ShowTitle | Lingo |
User score | 6.3 |
Release date | Sep 28, 1987 |
Release date of last episode | Apr 24, 2007 |
Genre | |
Director | Harry de Winter , Ralph Andrews |
Production country | CA, NL, US |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 5 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 46 |
Run time | 22, 30 min. |
Lingo is an American television game show with multiple international adaptations. The first American version aired from 1987 to 1988 in syndication, a second version of the show ran as an original series on GSN for six seasons from 2002 to 2007, and a third version began airing on GSN on June 6, 2011. The game features two teams of two contestants each who attempt to guess five-letter words and use colored balls to place markers on a 5×5 numbered Lingo card, attempting to cover five spaces in a row in a fashion similar to bingo.