The favored cellular sport Wordle is changing into a primetime TV present, with members mainly enjoying the sport collectively in particular person with the hope of taking house a money prize. The present will air on NBC, with standard Right this moment Present broadcaster Savannah Guthrie serving because the host.
The Wordle TV present will movie in Manchester, England and is ready to premiere on NBC in prime time starting in 2027, The New York Occasions–which owns Wordle–announced today. The New York Occasions will co-produce the half-hour present, which is claimed to characteristic the sport’s well-known typeface and colour scheme. As rumored, NBC host Jimmy Fallon will likely be an government producer on the Wordle present.
Manufacturing on the Wordle TV present was set to start sooner however was delayed after Guthrie’s 84-year-old mom, Nancy, disappeared in February this 12 months. Guthrie returned to her Right this moment Present internet hosting duties in April and her mom remains to be lacking.
“All the things is unusual proper now,” Guthrie stated. “It is unusual to stand up and do the Right this moment Present day by day, and it is unusual to say that I’ll do a sport present when your coronary heart is damaged.”
Guthrie stated she would play Wordle together with her mom, and that she confirmed her mom the pilot for the Wordle TV present again in December 2025.
Wordle is a well-liked digital sport the place gamers attempt to determine a five-letter phrase with as few guesses as attainable. The New York Occasions purchased the sport in 2022 from its creator, Josh Wardle, in a seven-figure deal. Wordle stays free for everybody, although folks consider it could finally go behind a paywall to assist enhance NYT’s subscription income.