Wordle Game Show In the Works At NBC (hollywoodreporter.com)
(Wednesday October 08, 2025 @03:00AM (BeauHD)
from the what-will-they-think-of-next dept.)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/10/08/038230/wordle-game-show-in-the-works-at-nbc
- Source link: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wordle-game-show-savannah-guthrie-nbc-1236394893/
NBC is [1]developing a game show based on the New York Times' Wordle puzzle , with Today anchor Savannah Guthrie set to host and Jimmy Fallon executive producing through his company, Electric Hot Dog. The Times is also a production partner. From the Hollywood Reporter:
> Wordle, which the Times [2]acquired in 2022 and logs billions of plays from the paper's games site annually, gives players [3]six tries to guess a five-letter word , revealing only if letters are in the right place (via a green background) or part of the word but in the wrong place (with a gold background). Should it go forward, the Wordle show would join another Fallon-produced game show, Password, on NBC's unscripted roster. The Tonight Show emcee also executive produces and hosts the network's On Brand, a competition series that revolves around advertising and marketing.
[1] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wordle-game-show-savannah-guthrie-nbc-1236394893/
[2] https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/01/31/2155241/the-new-york-times-purchases-wordle
[3] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/01/04/1412258/wordle-is-a-love-story
> Wordle, which the Times [2]acquired in 2022 and logs billions of plays from the paper's games site annually, gives players [3]six tries to guess a five-letter word , revealing only if letters are in the right place (via a green background) or part of the word but in the wrong place (with a gold background). Should it go forward, the Wordle show would join another Fallon-produced game show, Password, on NBC's unscripted roster. The Tonight Show emcee also executive produces and hosts the network's On Brand, a competition series that revolves around advertising and marketing.
[1] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wordle-game-show-savannah-guthrie-nbc-1236394893/
[2] https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/01/31/2155241/the-new-york-times-purchases-wordle
[3] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/01/04/1412258/wordle-is-a-love-story
Sigh. (Score:2)
by ledow ( 319597 )
Well, if it's anything like the two shows I saw being shown in America based on Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit....
They were so awful I honestly continued to watch them only to see just how more contrived they could possibly be.
I mean... you'd think there'd actually be gameplay elements in two of the world's most popular board games to make a show that actually feels like they're playing it, right?
Just do Lingo reruns instead? (Score:1)
by drfishy ( 634081 )
nt
Re: (Score:2)
I'm pretty sure there are many chess games that are played over and over again, even though chess has a space that would allow to never repeat a game for a few millennia. Repeating a game someone else played doesn't take the fun out of it.