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Premiered

August 5, 2002

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  • Lingo in limbo, or on hiatus....?

    The spokeswoman reportedly said that GSN will continue to rerun all six seasons of the show, and did not make any comment regarding cancellation. This may not be the end of Lingo, as the gap between seasons 3 and 4 was a very long time, but that was when the network was being reorganized and rebranded. GSN recently lost the rights to the online Lingo games, and The Gurin Company, the show's producers, have not responded to requests for comment. After a late 2007 buzz about possible upcoming contestant searches, nothing seems to have been decided, so it is not looking positive at present.
    Lingo is the network's longest-running and highest-rated show, but the constant reruns have caused ratings to slow. GSN discontinued its interactive television during the overnight hours last December 31, though numerous statements from the network claim they are still committed to ITN.
    Posted by geoellis2 03/09/2008 11:38am comments: 2
  • Season Six

    The set has changed slighty, to a more streamlined blue background and not as much flashy distractions. The lights seem brighter, showing Chuck, Shandi, and the contestants in more personal detail. Shandi has a new hairstyle and a lighter shade of facial make-up. Other than that, we are picking up straight from the last episode, and the progressive jackpot continues, answering one of the questions of the off-season. New themed weeks are promised, kicking off with student-teacher week April 9. This popular series is right not to tinker too much with a winning formula, but I am sure we can look forward to some surprises during this season.
    Posted by geoellis2 04/04/2007 6:33am comments: 0
  • Finally the Hawaiian episodes are broadcast.

    Taped in June, 2005, these were actually shot in Los Angeles. For the Aloha theme, tiki torches, hula dancers, and fire-eating male dancers are added to the set, and all the contestants, with Chuck and Shandi, are wearing island-style clothing. Some of the mystery surrounding the shelving of these games is uncovered, as the play is mostly below par. Some of the contestants give atrocious spellings, make lame guesses, and don't venture a guess at all, letting time run out. Only the last game was a real contest, all the others are one-sided. It is revealed that there were only five, not ten, of these, as Chuck continually refers to Aloha, or Hawaii week, and announces the fifth one as the last.
    Posted by geoellis2 01/03/2007 6:41am comments: 0
  • Update on missing episodes from season four.

    A set of episodes with a Hawaiian theme were shot during production of season four. There is some blog board debate as to how many, 5 or 10. Regardless, GSN attached a promotion/sweepstakes event to them, but the sponsor backed out. Reportedly, a new sponsor was obtained, and the shows were to be run during season five. That was the last we heard about it, and they haven't aired. So watch carefully during rerun season, and we'll see if they sneak them in, or maybe have a marathon, with promotions sometime soon.

    Edit: A winning contestant from one of those has repeatedly said there were ten, but since we have proof of 60 episodes from season four, and there should be 65, there were five. Anyway, the guy claims he got paid for winning via a check in November 2005, that included an episode production number, but no airdate. When he enquired he was told they would air in the spring at the start of season 5. (They were shot in June 2005).  He also said that he talked with Shandi at another taping, and she thought they had been run. She obviously doesn't watch the show every night. Not only that, but other contestants have been shown one or two of those episodes while auditioning, so obviously they were edited for airing. The sponsor excuse doesn't make sense, since winners got paid, the tiki sets must have cost money, and Chuck, Shandi, and the crew must have been paid. What can they gain by not showing them? Next, that raises the possibility that the producers may not have liked something about them, so they canned them. Game show production companies often make more episodes than contracted, so anything is possible.

    Posted by geoellis2 08/06/2006 8:32am comments: 4
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