"A televised game show based on the five-letter guessing game is coming to our screens, with Savannah Guthrie as host and Jimmy Fallon's Electric Hot Dog production company creating it. The show is due to be aired in the U.S., but filming will take place in Manchester, England, despite the New York-based production company and Guthrie being based in New York."
"NBC delayed confirmation of the show's pickup and filming after Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother went missing in February this year, but despite her whereabouts still remaining a mystery, Guthrie returned to Today last month, and will now go ahead with the UK filming of Wordle."
"Some have asked how five-minute word game can be expanded into (what will presumably be) an hour-long TV show, but it's pretty notable that before Josh Wardle released the game on his own site in 2021, there had been one. For years! Starting as early as 1987 and reappearing in 1998 and then 2023, it aired in various versions in the U.S., Canada, the UK and Holland. Called Lingo, the exact-same conceit was a core part of the quiz show."
"The UK has aired 170 episodes of it since 2021. Canada ran it for three years with an extraordinary 439 episodes! So yeah, it's kind of we..."
A televised primetime game show based on the five-letter guessing puzzle is set to appear on U.S. screens. Jimmy Fallon will serve as executive producer through his Electric Hot Dog production company. Savannah Guthrie will host the show. Although the production and hosting are tied to New York and the program is intended for U.S. airing, filming will take place in Manchester, England. NBC delayed confirmation and filming after Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother went missing in February, and Guthrie later returned to her role before filming proceeded. The concept of turning a short word puzzle into a longer quiz show has precedents, including the long-running game Lingo across multiple countries.
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