NBC Greenlights Wordle Game Show Hosted by Savannah Guthrie

NBC has greenlit a prime-time game show adaptation of Wordle, the wildly popular New York Times word-guessing puzzle, with Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie as host. The announcement came Monday during an appearance by Jimmy Fallon on , where he revealed the series pickup alongside Guthrie. Produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio, Fallon's Electric Hot Dog, and The New York Times, the show has been in development for 2½ years and marks the newspaper's first collaboration with a TV broadcaster for an entertainment program.