Lingo does not need a co-host.

"If I wanted to watch Barbie-bimbos, I'd tune into the Apprentice on NBC."

Well, look what we have here. Is hypocrisy a dish best served cold? The apparent basis for your "argument" ('Lingo doesn't need a co-host') is that the show has chosen a co-host who is a young blonde female who admittedly does not provide a lot of substance to the show and who is probably there in a rather pathetic attempt to draw in more male viewers.

And yet here you are taking part in the EXACT same behavior you're seeming to condemn. YOUR implied argument is: 'If the co-host of the show was picked to be an amusing and intelligent addition who actually served a meaningful purpose -- as opposed to just being there to be eye candy and laugh at Chuck's jokes, which seems to be Stacey's role -- then I wouldn't object.' So of course you had to go and resort to reducing Stacey to nothing more than a negative stereotype ('Barbie') and using ANOTHER derogatory term ('bimbo'). You never take into account the fact that this superficial personality is the one that the show GAVE her and TOLD her to use and that she could, in reality, be a perfectly intelligent and clever person.

In other words, you are condemning the show's reasons for casting ('they made her eye candy, dumb and shallow, nothing more') -- and then you go and do the SAME THING that you just accused the show of by making derogatory, shallow remarks yourself! Go look up how to construct an argument based on logic, NOT personal attacks.

Well I like Shandi. I think she does a great job.

Maybe I'm just prejudiced because Shandi is from St Louis County (Florissant), as am I. But I believe that Shandi adds more to the show than eye-candy. Of course, that is her major role, & she is MUCH cuter than Stacey was. But on the weekends, they replay the old shows with only Chuck, & I think it is much more boring. I think Shandi is witty & adds clever dialogue with Chuck. Also, the show runs more smoothly with her at the controls. I think it's a little too much for Chuck to handle everything. As it is, he's always commenting about the puzzles (& he's often wrong) & during the bonus round (he's forever telling the contestants that they still have a "bonus letter" left, when they no longer do!

I do wish, however, that they would continue with new shows. I watch this with my 92 year-old mother (one of her favorites) & I am starting to recognize some of the contestants & reruns, because they've been on so many times!!