Comments on: When Things Sucked Less: “Lingo”

By: @Phryj

@Phryj — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:51:00 +0000

Regarding season 6, the reason Shandi seemed kind of tired and out of it was because she was exhausted. At the time that season was being filmed, she was also appearing on Dancing with the Stars. That means she was training for hours on end for several weeks, in addition to her usual work schedule. That said, she managed to pull it off without missing an episode AND it really only shows in a handful of the episodes anyway.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:24:56 +0000

That's a good point. Whatever the brodcast networks do, the cable netlets lose viewers & the opposite holds true. Sort of like what the stock market does on a day-to-day basis, you never know what kind of day you'll expect on Wall Street. Here, as networks are airing game shows again, GSN drops its "viewer base" so to speak. It's just a natural cycle, I guess. However, I think we've reached rock bottom as far as GSN's concerned & tt'll be a VERY long time before we see some GOOD shows comming from GSN. Maybe the upcomming Hub has something to offer us.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:24:56 +0000

By: sshuffield70

sshuffield70 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:06:08 +0000

Also, there were changes during the run. For the first several weeks, a three win rule was in effect with one loss. First win – jackpot $16000, 2nd- $32000, and 3rd – $64000. And you know $64000 was done only once.

Then it was changed to a two loss rule, with the jackpot determined by how you lingoed. Up or down – 16000, diagonal -32000, 2 directional – 64000.

By: DeVares

DeVares — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:29:04 +0000

I found that out too, juliaz12345. Case in point, 2002, when (the daytime version of) Millionaire premiered and became a hit, GSN suddenly (and slowly) cancelled their popular shows (Whammy!, Friend or Foe?, Russian Roulette, Cram, and Lingo although GSN had a heart and brought the latter back). Then when Deal or No Deal premiered, it went all the way down by greenlighting shows that had nothing to do with game shows (The Amazing Race, Anything to Win, Arsenio’s version of Star Search, etc.). Case in point, GSN is dropping the ball and dropping it hard.

By: juliaz12345

juliaz12345 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:49:56 +0000

You know what I've noticed recently? When game shows spike in popularity on broadcast networks and syndication, GSN goes down. When there is a void of them on the broadcast networks and syndication, the network does well.

I think it's this…GSN is at its best when it stands out in the crowd, not when it tries to follow. When game shows are not popular enough with the general masses to show up on network TV, they go to a lower level cable network like GSN and fans of the genre flock to them. When they are more popular, the more prolific game show producers go where the bigger money is and so the the viewers. Sad, but true. GSN is a network that fills a void when there is one and just flops around when there is not.

By: juliaz12345

juliaz12345 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:49:56 +0000

By: SlurpeeTigger

SlurpeeTigger — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:27:28 +0000

GSN has hit almost rock bottom……all they have to do is see how successful they were 10 years ago…..this is what the people want!!!!

And maybe push it a little to bring back some other classic 80's show from the Reg Grundy era (Scrabble and SOTC come to mind)…….and they will bring the viewers back….

By: SlurpeeTigger

SlurpeeTigger — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:27:28 +0000

GSN has hit almost rock bottom……all they have to do is see how successful they were 10 years ago…..this is what the people want!!!!

And maybe push it a little to bring back some other classic 80's show from the Reg Grundy era (Scrabble and SOTC come to mind)…….and they will bring the viewers back….

By: SlurpeeTigger

SlurpeeTigger — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:27:28 +0000

GSN has hit almost rock bottom……all they have to do is see how successful they were 10 years ago…..this is what the people want!!!!

And maybe push it a little to bring back some other classic 80's show from the Reg Grundy era (Scrabble and SOTC come to mind)…….and they will bring the viewers back….

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:43 +0000

Michael: To point 4c, contestants had to avoid getting Lingos. Starting with $2000 I think, for every No Lingo they get, the pot doubles to a maximum of $64,000. They had the option to quit after each draw. Once a Lingo is found, the game is over.

As for the GSN version, it was pretty fun I thought. I even played it with my niece & nephew on long car trips.

They once used a 7-letter word for a tiebreaker. Don't see the harm in that I mean, we just assume they would "run out" of acceptable 5-letter words during its run. Maybe if you start with a 5-letter word to start the bonus round & do this: 5 letters for the first 2 words, 6 letters for the next 2, 7letters for the next 4 & an 8- & 9-letter word. Also, to accomodate this, raise the time to 3:00 since as the words get longer, they get more difficult.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:43 +0000

As for the GSN version, it was pretty fun I thought. I even played it with my niece & nephew on long car trips.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:48:43 +0000

As for the GSN version, it was pretty fun I thought. I even played it with my niece & nephew on long car trips.

By: mr. hanky

mr. hanky — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:40:58 +0000

i STILL don't see the draw to Lingo.
ONLY 5 letter words, Shandi being subjective to what is and what is not a word (particularly when she said BUSTY is not a word).
Chuck announcing the score EVERY word and EVERY Lingo.

Just did not move fast enough.

I wish they'd done the Netherlands thing and have 5, 6 AND 7 letter words, and a Super Word of 9 – 13 letters.

By: mr. hanky

mr. hanky — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:40:58 +0000

Just did not move fast enough.

I wish they'd done the Netherlands thing and have 5, 6 AND 7 letter words, and a Super Word of 9 – 13 letters.