LINGO Goes Into Production for Its Fifth Season

Friday January 13, 6:00 am ET

Legendary Game Show Host Chuck Woolery Returns With Co-Host Shandi Finnessey at His SideSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- LINGO will go into production on its fifth season next month, making it the first original series ever to be picked up for a fifth season at GSN, the network for games. Legendary host Chuck Woolery returns with co-host Shandi Finnessey by his side. The fifth season will premiere Monday, April 3 and will air Monday through Friday 7:30-8:00 PM, ET/PT.

New to this fifth season is a progressive LINGO jackpot, which is won every time a winning team gets "Lingo" on the first ball. The jackpot starts at $10,000 and grows by $1,000 each time it's not won. The new season will also feature a series of episodes in which the champions of GSN's online game face off against the best players from previous television episodes.

Host Woolery is known by audiences worldwide for such popular classics as "Love Connection" and "Greed," both of which air on GSN, in addition to "Scrabble" and the first seven years of "Wheel of Fortune." Co-host Shandi Finnessey (Miss USA 2004), originally from St. Louis, has a degree in psychology and has written a children's book, The Furrtails, as part of her goal to integrate developmentally challenged children into regular classrooms. She is also currently at work on her second book, Suzanna the Banana.

Our interview with Shandi was featured in Pageantcast 004.