Lingo (series)
- User score: 6.3
- Production country: CA, NL, US
- Creator: Harry de Winter , Ralph Andrews
- Release date: 9/28/1987
- Release date of last episode: 4/24/2007
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 5 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 46
- Run time: 22, 30 min.
Series description
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.