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Extra phrase play is on the best way. The CW has renewed Scrabble for a second season with a 30-episode order. The primary season’s dozen episodes completed airing in December.
A sport present primarily based on the favored board sport that was first revealed in 1948, the Scrabble TV sequence is hosted by Raven-Symoné. Within the present, wordsmiths battle it out by enjoying a sequence of addictive, word-based video games. Every episode contains a pair of full video games. In a sport, two gamers compete in phrase video games in three rounds. The participant with essentially the most factors on the finish of these rounds strikes on to the ultimate sport for an opportunity to win $10,000.
Airing on Thursday nights, the primary season of Scrabble averages a 0.00 score within the 18-49 demographic and 0.00 million viewers (contains DVR playback by way of 3:00 AM).
The community has additionally renewed the Trivial Pursuit sequence for a second season of 30 episodes, with govt producer LeVar Burton returning as host.
Whereas Raven-Symoné will proceed as an govt producer on Scrabble, she is being changed as host by Craig Ferguson.
“We’re excited to proceed rising household sport evening on The CW by bringing a supersized order of 30 new episodes of each Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble to the community subsequent 12 months,” mentioned Heather Olander, Head of Unscripted Programming, The CW Community. “The one and solely LeVar Burton is again as host for Trivial Pursuit, and we welcome celebrity comic Craig Ferguson to The CW household as the brand new host of Scrabble. We’re additionally extremely grateful and fortunate that Raven-Symoné will proceed to work with us as govt producer of the sequence.”
“I’m cock-a-hoop to be internet hosting Scrabble. I’ve needed to do that present ever since I discovered the letters of my identify can be utilized to spell Cougar Fingers,” mentioned Ferguson.
What do you assume? Have you ever watched the Scrabble TV sequence on The CW? Are you glad to understand it’s been renewed for a second season?