Lingo (1987)

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.

• First Air Date: 1987-09-28
• Last Air Date: 2007-04-24
• Total Seasons: 5
• Total Episodes: 46
• Episode Runtime: 22 min.
• Network: Game Show Network
• Creator: Harry de Winter, Ralph Andrews