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Happy Friday Lightning Round |
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The Housemaid vs. the Housewives |
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Celebrity Family Feud" host Steve Harvey is ready to welcome cast members from the "Real Housewives" franchise and the upcoming film "The Housemaid" to compete in an all-stars holiday special for their selected charities. The special holiday edition of Harvey's game show airs live on ABC Thursday, December 4, at 8 p.m. ET. If fans are unable to catch the exciting event live, they will also have the opportunity to stream the episode the following day on Hulu. Two star-studded teams will come together to compete for charity. One team will consist of Bravo stars, including "Real Housewives of Atlanta" stars Cynthia Bailey and Eva Marcille, Real Housewives of New Jersey's Melissa Gorga, Real Housewives of New York City's Dorinda Medley, and Real Housewives of Miami's Alexia Nepola. Cast members from the upcoming movie "The Housemaid" will also be teaming up to compete in the game show. In the teaser, which Us Weekly shared in an exclusive sneak-peek, Sydney Sweeney says, "I am so excited to be here." The actress is joined by her costars Paul Feig, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, and Sarah Cooper. "The Housemaid," which will also be hitting theaters this holiday season on December 19, is a film adaptation of the popular psychological thriller novel by Freida McFadden. |
posted 12/4/2025 |
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Baking Championship Goes Next-Gen |
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Food Network will introduce a new addition to the Baking Championship franchise, Baking Championship: Next Gen premiering Monday, January 5th at 8 p.m. ET/PT with hosts and judges, Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown. The pair of culinary experts helm the jam-packed pastry journey that will give a whole new meaning to sibling rivalry when 12 teams of siblings aged 8-14 compete to win $25,000 and become the next generation of Baking Champions. The wholesome and delightful confectionary competition will launch with a supersized two-hour qualifying round to determine who will continue across the eight subsequent episodes to clinch the prize. Once the competition begins, the sibling collaborators will take on tricky challenges like "breakfast dessert imposters," "cream puff friendship bracelets," and "animated cakes." Each episode of Baking Championship: Next Gen will be available to stream the following day on HBO Max and discovery+. "Fans will be wowed by these hilariously precocious and equally talented kids," said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. "The sibling dynamic brings out the unique personalities of these young bakers and adds so much fun and sweetness resulting in a nail-biting competition with a lot of heart. |
posted 12/4/2025 |
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Thursday Lightning Round |
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Tiffany Derry Joins "Worst Cooks" |
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Food Network has unveiled the cast of Worst Cooks in America Season 30, and the contestants are about to get a "Reality Check." Ten television personalities will turn up the heat in the kitchen and get tested by Chefs Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry as they attempt to transform the all-star cast from cooking disasters to kitchen masters. The new season of the competition series premieres on Sunday, January 4 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Food Network. The all-star cast of Worst Cooks in America Season 30 includes Lisa Barlow (The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City), Downtown Julie Brown (MTV VJ), Val Chmerkovskiy (Dancing with the Stars), Reza Farahan (Shahs of Sunset and The Valley: Persian Style), Amara La Negra (Love & Hip Hop: Miami and Univision's Desiguales), Ryan Lochte (Olympic swimmer), Manila Luzon (RuPaul's Drag Race), Romeo Miller (rapper/actor), Beverley Mitchell (7th Heaven) and CT Tamburello (The Challenge and The Traitors USA). "The kitchen is not where this season's celebrity recruits shine – but Jeff and Tiffany are determined to change that," said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. "Worst Cooks is where comedy and cooking chaos collide, but in the end there are some impressive culinary transformations that will blow our audience away." Chefs Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry are ready to mold these stars into kitchen MVPs – but first, they need to see what they are working with. In the baseline challenge, the celebs whip up red carpet-worthy dishes to show off, or expose, their culinary chops. Then in the main dish challenge, the chefs teach their teams how to make a bold and spicy Piri Piri chicken. Some recruits rise to the occasion, while others fizzle out. The least successful celebs must face off in a blind elimination cook-off and only one will survive to cook another day. |
posted 12/3/2025 |
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Donyelle Jones, a standout of "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 2, died Tuesday after a multi-year battle with breast cancer. She was 46. A post on her Instagram account Tuesday said that Jones, whose married name was Wilson, "transitioned" at 8:34 a.m. "A wife. A daughter. A sister. A friend. And a warrior who kicked cancer's a** every single day she was here," it read. "Her spirit never dimmed. Her heart never hardened. And even in the storm, she never lost her smile." After appearing in various music videos and other dance projects, Jones broke out as a contestant on Season 2 of "So You Think You Can Dance," which aired on Fox in Summer 2006. She specialized in the hip-hop and jazz styles and ultimately finished in third place, behind winner Benji Schwimmer and runner-up Travis Wall. One of Jones' most memorable routines was a Broadway number danced to "You Can't Stop the Beat" from "Hairspray," alongside Schwimmer. In 2016, Jones was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, which later progressed to Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. During her battle with the disease, she largely stopped dancing and choreographing, but she did chronicle her cancer journey on social media for several years, advocating for awareness, early detection and research. "Right now, I have to choose absolute radical faith, because I am in the fire, y'all," Jones told her followers in a June 2025 Instagram video. "I just got some horrible news from my doctor. ... But I don't even have a tear for it right now. I am strapping in and I am choosing radical faith. I have to choose radical faith because it's the only thing that actually will make sense. Otherwise, I'll lose it. But today, I feel good." |
posted 12/4/2025 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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The island is closing for business: NBC is not bringing Deal or No Deal Island back for third season. The show, a retooling of the classic Dutch game show, has been canceled at the Comcast-owned broadcast network. It's not a huge surprise given that the series, which aired its second season earlier this year, averaged a 0.24 in the 18-49 demo, per Nielsen, down from Season 1. The series is hosted by Joe Manganiello and sees 13 players transported to the elusive Banker's private island to compete for cash. Deal or No Deal Island shook up the original format, which was based in a studio with a number of briefcases hidden around an island with more than $200 million in prize money split between them. In each episode, players compete in physical and mental challenges to secure the briefcases that will be used in that night's game. The player who snags the highest-value case gains immunity and gets to choose a fellow player to enter The Temple. The chosen competitor must then play a classic game of Deal or No Deal. If the player makes a bad deal, they are immediately eliminated. If the player makes a good deal, the power is in their hands and they get to select who to eliminate. The winnings from each game are then added to a group pot that will grow to an exponential value throughout the season. However, the Banker is always watching and raising the stakes with tests of strategy and greed. The first season, which premiered in February 2024, featured the likes of Boston Rob and former former Deal or No Deal case model Claudia Jordan, while Season 2, which premiered in January 2025, featured the likes of Survivor's Parvati Shallow and Big Brother's Will Kirby. The series was produced by Endemol Shine North America and exec produced by Manganiello, Matt Kunitz, Vittoria Cacciatore, Jeffrey Breeden, Howie Mandel and Endemol Shine North America's Sharon Levy, Michael Heyerman and Sean Loughlin. But Deadline also reports that the Banijay Americas-owned producers are hoping that reverting back to the studio format might entice cost conscious networks and streamers looking for a known commodity in the game show space. |
posted 12/2/2025 |
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The Traitors Heads to Korea |
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Korean audiences will soon get an opportunity to sniff out traitors. Korean actor Cha Seung-won is hosting a local version of the global phenomenon from Luyworks Media and Something Special. More than 30 territories have now commissioned local versions of The Traitors, which sees a group of faithfuls try and sniff out traitors in epic settings. They take part in challenges in the day and banish contestants at night, while traitors slowly murder faithfuls to try and get to the end of the game. The show has been a huge hit around the world including in its origin country of The Netherlands, the UK and the U.S. on Peacock. Korea is a formats hub, which originated huge hits like The Masked Singer. Host Cha Seung-won has appeared in the likes of The Greatest Love, Our Blues and The Tyrant. Yul Han, CEO of Luyworks Media and EP of The Traitors Korea, said: "Together with actor Cha Seung-won, we will produce a programme that expands K-content to the next level. It is a tremendous honour to be working with actor Cha Seung-won, whom we have long considered the most fitting host for The Traitors while producing the Korean version." All3Media International sells the series around the world. It was created and developed by IDTV and POSVIDEO in cooperation with RTL Creative Unit. |
posted 12/2/2025 |
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Studio Ramsay Sells Next Level Chef Abroad |
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FOX Entertainment Global (FEG) today announced significant international sales for hit Studio Ramsay Global (SRG) series Next Level Chef and Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service. The announcement, made during a Content London panel featuring executives from SRG, FOX Entertainment Studios and FOX Television Network, underscores the continued worldwide demand for premium, personality-driven unscripted programming from Studio Ramsay Global. Next Level Chef, produced and created by Studio Ramsay Global, has now sold in 138 territories, including ITV (UK), Bell Media (Canada), Disney/Hulu (U.S.), Foxtel (Australia), among others. After a record-breaking first season, Next Level Chef Brazil has been renewed for a second season. |
posted 12/2/2025 |
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Holly-World Game Night |
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Hollywood Game Night is heading to Mongolia. NBCUniversal Formats has partnered with local nework Edutainment TV on the latest version of the hit format, which will launch in early 2026 in a weekly Sunday primetime slot. In Hollywood Game Night, viewers are invited to an exclusive showbiz themed party where the host referees a lively celebrity game night, complete with two non-celebrity contestants. The contestants join one of two celebrity teams to compete in a series of party games and pop quizzes as they battle for the chance to win a cash prize. |
posted 12/2/2025 |
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The Traitors UK Season 2 Sets a Date |
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Good news The Traitors fans, there's not long to wait for Season 4 on the BBC. The British broadcaster announced that Claudia Winkleman will return to Ardross Castle with a new clutch of civilian game players on New Year's Day at 8PM local time. The first three episodes will play out across consecutive nights on BBC One and iPlayer, with contestants competing to win up to £120,000 ($150,000 give or take). |
posted 12/2/2025 |
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More on Culinary Class Wars S2 |
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Culinary Class Wars are set to resume on Netflix. The first season of the Korean cooking competition series was a major streaming hit, per Netflix, which is dropping the second on December 16. Netflix handed it a renewal in October. Culinary Class Warswas the first Korean unscripted series to top Netflix's Global Top 10 (Non-English TV) list for three consecutive weeks, and was named "the most beloved series among Korean viewers" in Gallup Korea's September 2024 survey, as Netflix noted. The streamer claims the show has been central in a revitalization of Seoul's dining scene. The series sees 'Black Spoon' hidden masters rise from the underground to face off against Korea's top 'White Spoon' star chefs in various intense kitchen challenges. The White Spoon line-up comprises two-Michelin-star chef Lee Jun; Son Jong-won, who holds Michelin stars in Korean and Western cuisine; Venerable Sunjae, Korea's first master of Buddhist temple cuisine; Hou Deok-juk, a Chinese cuisine veteran; Park Hyo-nam, French cuisine legend; Korea's chefs Jung Ho-young, Sam Kim, and Raymon Kim; Song Hoon, MasterChef Korea Season 4 judge; and Im Seong-keun, Hansik Battle Season 3 winner. The Black Spoons nicknames include 'Three-Star Killer,' 'Seochon Prince,' 'Culinary Monster' and 'Barbecue Lab Director.' New rules and unexpected comeback of two masked contestants are among twists for Season 2, with the signature blind tastings, where judges evaluate dishes on flavor alone, returning. Producers Kim Hak-min and Kim Eun-ji, along with writer Mo Eun-sol from Studio Slam, have returned to make the second season of Culinary Class Wars. |
posted 12/2/2025 |
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Tuesday Lightning Round |
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Christmas Is For Lovers? |
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Fremantle has acquired international distribution and production rights to "The Advent Calendar," an original festive-themed dating format, where one single is on a quest to find love in time for Christmas by opening 24 doors of a larger-than-life Advent calendar. The series, created by Canada's Sphere Media in collaboration with Bell Media for Canadian streaming platform Crave, blends "the charm of holiday-movie magic with playful real-world dating," Fremantle said. Across 24 days in December, the hopeful romantic opens a new door each episode to unveil potential suitors and "enchanting" seasonal experiences, "embarking on a one-of-a-kind dating experience." With every reveal, the singletons waiting behind each door are competing to win their heart by Christmas, all hoping to be the one invited home to meet their family. Guided by a "beloved" comedian and host – affectionately known as the "fairy godmother" – the players are taken on a variety of dates, complete with romantic twists and funny moments. On the final day, only one suitor can be chosen to receive an extra special gift, accompanying them to their family's Christmas dinner. Filmed in a "fantasy-built world filled with festive decor," the light-hearted series "makes the dream of a classic Christmas fairytale a reality," Fremantle said. Vasha Wallace, exec VP, global acquisitions and development, Fremantle, said, "We fell in love with 'The Advent Calendar' the moment we saw it – a supersized Christmas calendar guiding someone on their search for love is instantly iconic. It's charming, imaginative and full of festive sparkle. Sphere Media have created something truly special, and we're thrilled to be partnering with them again, following the success of 'The House of Secrets,' to bring this joyful Christmas dating format to audiences around the world." |
posted 12/1/2025 |
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WOW Presents Plus Renews Drag Race España: All Stars |
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Drag Race España: All-Stars will not be sashing away as a second season of the competition series has been greenlit for WOW Presents Plus. Supremme de Luxe is set to return to the drag queen competition produced by World of Wonder and Spain's Atresmedia in collaboration with Buendía Estudios. The inaugural season of All-Stars was won by Drag Sethlas, who took home the crown and was inducted into the Drag Race España Hall of Fame. Drag Race España is currently in its fifth season, streaming on Sundays on WOW Presents Plus in the US. A sixth season of the competition has already been greenlit to find the next Spanish drag queen superstar. Winners of the Spanish adaptation of RuPaul's Drag Race include Carmen Farala (Season 1), Sharonne (Season 2), Pitita (Season 3), and Le Cocó (Season 4). Judges for the series include Supremme de Luxe, Ana Locking, Javier Ambrossi, and Javier Calvo. Drag Race España is executive produced by World of Wonder's Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, and RuPaul Charles. Ignacio Corrales and Jorge Pérez Vega are the executive producers at Buendía Estudios. The show has a group of queens competing in a variety of gag-worthy challenges and wig-snatching runway categories in a fight to earn the title of Spain's next Drag Superstar. The twelve Spanish queens competing for the title of Spain's ultimate Drag Superstar in Season 5 are: Alexandra del Raval, Dafne Mugler, Denébola Murnau, Eva Harrington, Ferrxn, Krystal Forever, Laca Udilla, La Escándalo, Margarita Kalifata, NIX, Nori, and Satín Greco. |
posted 12/1/2025 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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ANDREW WOOD: 1934-2025 |
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THE creator of the iconic game show Bullseye has tragically passed away, with his daughter writing a touching tribute. Andrew Wood, with comedian Norman Vaughan, created the iconic darts-themed game show in 1980. The show swiftly rose to fame and became an ITV staple in the 80s and 90s. Andrew's daughter Laura Wood announced his death on LinkedIn in an emotional post. She said he sadly passed away on November 16, aged 91. Posting on LinkedIn, she said: "On Sunday morning, my Mum and I said a goodbye that we always knew was coming, but so desperately never wanted to. "Most people will know him as the man (the legend!) who created Bullseye. I simply know him as Dad. "I'm struggling to find the words to fully describe this immense loss, but I was so incredibly proud to be his daughter. A pride that now sits alongside grief. "Dad led a life that quite frankly many can only dream of, from working with Don Arden, the Godfather of Rock, to cutting F1 drivers' hair, owning the first record shop in Kingston-upon-Thames, to creating Bullseye, and so much more in between. "The man I knew, although a little calmer in lifestyle, was never anything but driven, passionate and relentless in his vision. He knew with Bullseye that he had a hit on his hands, and my goodness, he was right. "He taught me that you have to believe in yourself, your goals and your dreams, because if you don't, no one else will. "He leaves behind the most wonderful legacy with Bullseye, and I can only hope I can continue to make him proud by carrying his creation forward." |
posted 11/30/2025 |
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Wisdom of the Crowd, an exciting new quiz-based entertainment show from the makers of The 1% Club, is coming to iPlayer and BBC One. Hosted by comedy superstar John Bishop, in his big return to Saturday nights on the BBC, the show will see bold contestants having to take on the collective knowledge of the crowd. The producers, Magnum Productions, got the inspiration for the show when they heard about Francis Galton’s scientific discovery from over a century ago when he witnessed a competition to win an ox by guessing its weight. More than 800 people had entered and the scientist looked at all the guesses and what he saw blew his mind: the average guess of everyone put together was so accurate that it was even better than the best individual guess. He called his discovery Wisdom of the Crowd and the theory transformed the worlds of politics, economics and philosophy. But now this science is about to be put to its most important use yet… in a big-money Saturday night game show on BBC One and iPlayer. In each show individual contestants take on the might of the Crowd. Who will win the cash prize? The science says the Crowd should win and share the money between them, but will any of our contestants manage to take all the money for themselves by beating Wisdom Of The Crowd? John Bishop says: "I'm delighted to be back on the BBC on Saturday nights to host Wisdom of the Crowd. This big new entertainment format gives an interesting take on group dynamics - not only testing what the individual contestants know, but also testing what the crowd knows (or what they think they know!) I can’t wait for audiences to see it." Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC says: “We’re delighted that John Bishop is back on the BBC; his quick wit and natural charm make him the perfect host for this fascinating new entertainment quiz show. Wisdom of the Crowd is the perfect game for viewers to play along with at home, and if you like The 1% Club, then you’re in for a treat!” Wisdom of the Crowd will film in MediaCity, Salford. Transmission details will be announced in due course. Wisdom of the Crowd (8 x 60) is a Magnum Productions production for iPlayer and BBC One, commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC. The Executive Producers are Andy Auerbach, Clare Barton, Dean Nabarro. The show was created by Dean Nabarro and Andy Auerbach. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Katie Taylor. The format will be distributed globally by BBC Studios. |
posted 9/17/2025 |
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Weekend Lightning Round |
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American viewers might be surprised to learn that many of the glitziest prime-time game shows they watch every week aren't shot anywhere near Hollywood. They're not even in the United States. But as major entertainment formats decamp to the UK, Ireland, and Canada to escape California's skyrocketing costs, an unexpected city keeps popping up in industry conversations — Budapest.And it didn't take a producer or economist to say it out loud. It took Rob Lowe. During a recent episode of his podcast Literally!, Lowe described filming Fox's The Floor at Ardmore Studios in Bray, Ireland — and the math behind why American shows are fleeing the U.S.: "It's cheaper to bring 100 Americans to Ireland than to walk across the lot at Fox," Lowe told his guest, former Parks & Rec co-star Adam Scott. Then Scott asked the question every line producer has been thinking for the past three years: "Do you think if we shot Parks right now it would be in Budapest?" Lowe didn't even pause: "100 percent we would be. We'd be in Budapest." What was meant as an aside has become, unintentionally, one of the most honest assessments of the global production economy today. Because when you look at the numbers, Budapest isn't just a punchline. It's the next logical destination. |
posted 11/26/2025 |
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Pivot! PIVOT!!! |
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Guy Fieri is currently recovering from an accident that has forced the production team of his Food Network series Flavor Town Food Fight to get creative. In a new interview, the TV personality recounted tripping on a stair, which has limited his mobility as he recovers. "[I] slipped down a set of steps, and one foot went forward and the other foot got caught on the threshold. So, you know, it extended me out," Fieri said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I looked like I was probably doing the splits, but when my right leg compressed into itself the giveaway point and the doctor said he's never seen — you know, in 20 years — he hasn't seen a tear in the biggest, thickest part of your quad in half. Yeah, it sucked." Fieri noted that he was rushed to the hospital so his muscles didn't "recede" and said his whole quad muscle "exploded." The incident occurred while he was also filming his Food Network show, which forced production to get creative and "pivot." "So, right in the middle of filming that, and we've got everybody in town and all the chefs there and 125 people on set – and everybody's ready to go – and I'm in surgery," he explained. "So, we figured out how to pivot through it and to have some creative filming techniques. But it's been a run, and now I'm up here at the ranch, where it's always about hiking and outdoors, and you know, beautiful." Fieri says his injury will keep him off his feet for about eight weeks, and he is using a wheelchair and crutches as he recovers. |
posted 11/26/2025 |
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Beat My Guest Goes to Greece |
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Lineup Industries' "Beat My Guest", a classic gameshow format featuring five singers, five days, five homes, five of their favourite songs but only one winning singer, has been commissioned in Greece. National broadcaster Skai, and its Greek Cypriot channel partner Sigma TV, have commissioned 120 episodes, to be produced by FOSS Productions. Ed Louwerse, co-founder of Lineup Industries, said: "'Beat my Guest' is light-hearted, but has competition at its very core which makes it utterly compelling, heart-warming entertainment featuring real people and their passions that never goes out of fashion. Alkistis Marangoudaki and the team at Skai saw the huge potential of the format and we worked together with FOSS to realise a refreshed version for its family audience." "Beat my Guest" was originally created by Mark van Berkel and co-developed by Reservoir Prod. The family entertainment, access primetime format sees five singers performing a song based on a daily musical theme, such as pop divas, soul and R&B or summer hits with the studio bought into the comfort of their own homes. Each contestant hosts an evening giving them the opportunity to transform their living rooms into the stage and they get to choose the theme. Alkistis Marangoudaki, Chief Content Officer at Skai said: "We are delighted to bring 'Beat My Guest' to Greek TV. It's a highly entertaining format that celebrates music, personality and the joy of meeting real people into their real homes. We feel that the energy, light-hearted fun and originality of this concept are a perfect match for Skai's audience. We are excited to collaborate with Lineup Industries and FOSS Productions to deliver a vibrant, feel-good show that will quickly become a daily favorite." |
posted 11/26/2025 |
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Balls Deep in the UK |
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Could famous comedians be about to play some ball on ITV? Deadline reports that ITV has put in early development a version of Dutch format Let's Play Ball, in which rival teams of comedians go head-to-head in a race to transport a gigantic ball across various terrains. Facing physical puzzles along the way, each episode of the Ninja Warrior-esque format will see the teams navigate varied landscapes. The show can be tailored to each territory by taking advantage of that territory's landmarks, so expect to see the giant ball making its way across Tower Bridge, or maybe rolling up Arthur's Seat. Produced by Banijay-backed Last One Laughing UK makers Initial and Zeppotron, Let's Play Ball is in early development in the UK and there is no guarantee it will make it to screen. In the U.S., it was taken out to buyers last month by Banijay's Bunim/Murray. Let's Play Ball is one of the biggest shows to come out of the formats hub of the Netherlands in recent months. That version from Talpa started out on YouTube, where it was hosted by popular YouTubers StukTV and landed more than 1.2 million views. It then broke out on Dutch broadcaster SBS6. Banijay exec James Townley recently told us the distributor is in talks with multiple buyers over international versions of Let's Play Ball. If Let's Play Ball gets greenlit, it will be the latest in a line of recent shows in which celebrities battle it out in fun settings. ITV is also making The Box, hosted by Gary Lineker, which sees celebs packed in yellow boxes and sent to different locations, where they face physical and mental challenges. Prime Video, meanwhile, is onto its second season of the hit Last One Laughing UK, which also comes from Initial and Zeppotron. |
posted 11/26/2025 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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The “Dancing With the Stars” Season 34 semifinals episode, which was themed around Prince, hit another season high with 7.22 million total viewers, according to the network, and a 1.5 rating among adults 18-49. The Nov. 18 episode became the highest-watched semifinals episode in ratings in seven years (November 2018) and is up 28% in viewers compared to last season’s penultimate. Among adults, it nearly doubled its rating, with last year’s episode earning a 0.79; this year’s episode is the show’s best penultimate telecast in nine years (November 2016). The interest has also grown immensely with younger viewers, with a 1.68 rating among adults 18-34, the best delivery in the younger demo in 10 years and the strongest for a penultimate episode in 14 years. Additionally, fan voting rose to a new high of 55.9 million votes. |
posted 11/25/2025 |
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Barry Poznick Exiting Amazon MGM Unscripted |
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Barry Poznick, who oversees unscripted television for Amazon MGM Studios, which produces series including The Voice and Survivor, is exiting the company. Poznick is departing after nearly 10 years at MGM, which was acquired by tech giant Amazon in 2022. Poznick, who was General Manager of Unscripted Television at Amazon MGM Studios, has signed a three-year deal to remain as executive producer on a number of projects. He has a first-look production deal meaning he will continue to work on The Voice, Shark Tank, Vanderpump Rules and American Gladiators as well as The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Real Housewives of Rhode Island and The Real Housewives of Orange County. |
posted 11/25/2025 |
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Get ready for a whole week of Wheel of Fortune like you’ve never seen before. The game show will introduce a new Toss-Up Bonus Round, worth up to $500,000, but it will only last for one week. In collaboration with DraftKings Casino, Wheel of Fortune is hosting the DraftKings Casino Multiplier Tournament, airing from November 24 to 28. This tournament-style week of shows will have the Bonus Round played in the style of Toss-Ups, where the contestant has the chance to win up to $500,000, according to a press release. Throughout the week of shows, there will be two special DraftKings Casino multiplier wedges on the wheel, offering more opportunities to win big. If a contestant lands on one of the wedges, they’ll get $1,000 per consonant called that’s in the puzzle, then the total will be multiplied by whatever number is on the other side of the wedge, up to 5X. Monday through Friday, the Bonus Round will be played as usual. But on Friday, November 28, the top three winners of that week return for the championship game. The winner of that game will advance to the Bonus Round, where they will play a Toss-Up-style one. The winner will have to try to solve five rapid-fire toss-up puzzles, all in the same category, worth $10,000 each in 45 seconds. The bonus wheel envelopes will be replaced with 2x, 3x, and 4x multipliers. The contestant still gets to choose from a list of categories. The puzzle will start with “RSTLNE,” then begin to populate. If the contestant gives an incorrect solve, they move on, but the clock never stops. After the round, the amount of money earned will be multiplied by the number revealed by host Ryan Seacrest to be in the bonus wheel envelope (up to 4X), bringing the prize up to $200,000. Additionally, during the final episode of the week, a special-edition DraftKings Casino 10X Multiplier Wild Wedge will be added to the wheel during regular gameplay. The contestant who picks up the wedge can choose to use it like a normal wild card, or, if they are the night’s winner, they can take the 10x multiplier to the bonus round to add a 10X envelope to the bonus wheel for a chance to win $500,000. Fans can also participate in the DraftsKing week by entering the giveaway at wheeloffortune.com. Take note of the Bonus Round puzzles. “The introduction of this new bonus round format for the tournament is just one of the many ways our collaboration with DraftKings demonstrates how Wheel of Fortune integrations set the industry standard,” Suzanne Prete, President, Game Shows, Sony Pictures Television, said. “Working closely with our sponsors, our partnership team and producers continue to create fresh, entertainment-driven content that elevates the brands while staying true to the game fans love.” |
posted 11/24/2025 |
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More on "Simon Cowell: The Next Act" |
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Simon Cowell, best known in the U.S. for starring in American Idol and America’s Got Talent, has been instrumental in the success of bands such as Westlife, One Direction and Little Mix. He’s now looking for his next boy band in Netflix docuseries Simon Cowell: The Next Act. The cameras are following him in this journey, starting with raw open casting calls to the release of a debut single by bringing together 16 boys in Miami. “As much as I love my job on TV, I miss where I started, signing artists and working with bands. There is a massive opportunity: I am going to find a new boy band,” he says in the trailer (above). “If this goes wrong, it will be Simon Cowell has lost it.” The series, which will premiere on December 10, is produced by Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Drive to Survive producer Box to Box Films. Cowell exec produces alongside James Gay Rees, Paul Martin, Warren Smith and Cassie Bennet. Simon Cowell: The Next Act is a departure for the music mogul; on the television side, he has largely been involved with major entertainment franchises such as AGT, Idol and The X Factor rather than documentary series such as this. He was, however, involved in BBC documentary series Boybands Forever, which was produced by Louis Theroux’s Mindhouse Productions and aired last year. He also recently featured as a judge on a proof-of-concept taping of Who’s In The Band, a music competition series in development at ABC. The series, which comes from Richard Bacon’s Yes Yes Media, also featured Joe Jonas, Mel B and Savan Kotecha as judges with KPop Demon Hunters’ Rei Ami as host. However, if the project does move forward at the Disney-owned network, Cowell will be unlikely able to be involved on screen given his NBC contract. |
posted 11/24/2025 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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An Icon Returns to the Stage |
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A two-time Survivor winner is headed back to a reality competition series about being stuck out in the elements, but this time, she won’t be the one suffering. The Queen herself, Sandra Diaz-Twine, will be starring on season 2 of Extracted, which premieres Jan. 26 on Fox. And she won’t be alone. Sandra and daughter Nina Twine — who competed twice on Australian Survivor (including once with her mother), and won the USA channel’s The Anonymous — will be stationed in Headquarters while Nina’s boyfriend, Eric Rivera, is stuck trying to survive out in the Canadian wilderness. Will Sandra and Nina — who will watch Eric’s exploits on a 24-hour live feed — show mercy on their loved one and push the Extract button to put an end to his misery, or will they push him instead to stick it out and claim the $250,000 prize? |
posted 11/21/2025 |
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Your Faithfulness Is Rewarded, UK... |
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The Celebrity Traitors UK are coming to the U.S., and Peacock will be their home with Season 1 premiering all nine episodes on Thursday, November 20. Claudia Winkleman hosts the celebrity version of The Traitors UK, opening up Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands for celebrities playing for charity. The cast of the first season includes Alan Carr, Cat Burns, Celia Imrie, Charlotte Church, Clare Balding, David Olusoga, Joe Marler, Joe Wilkinson, and Jonathan Ross. The BBC reality series will return to Ardross Castle next year after becoming the most-watched show on British television in 2025. The BBC said episode one of the ratings phenomenon was the biggest single event on TV so far this year with 14.8M viewers, according to 28-day Barb figures. The UK broadcaster added that The Celebrity Traitors has also become the biggest unscripted title in the UK since 2021. The finale screened on BBC One last week, with watchalong parties being held by super fans. The show reached a dramatic conclusion, with Alan Carr, a TV presenter turned traitor, duping his fellow players and taking home the cash for his chosen charity. Kalpna Patel-Knight, head of entertainment at the BBC, said: “In 2026, the doors of the castle will be opened again to welcome celebrity players to the game to see who can charm, who can scheme and ultimately who can survive in series two which promises to be just as unmissable as the first.” The renewal was announced as the BBC published an economic impact report, revealing that The Traitors format — including the U.S. series — has generated an estimated £21.8M boost in gross value added to Scotland’s economy since filming began in 2022. The Traitors is produced by All3Media-owned Studio Lambert. Created in the Netherlands by IDTV, an All3Media company, The Traitors format was further developed with the RTL Creative Unit and originally produced by IDTV for RTL4. All3Media International is global partner for The Traitors and handles format and tape sales worldwide. |
posted 11/21/2025 |
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Happy Friday Lightning Round |
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Prelude to the Last Dance |
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The Dancing with the Stars Season 34 finale is right around the corner, and you know what that means. It’s finally freestyle time! After ten weeks of assigned dance styles, the five couples vying to become the next mirrorball champions will get to show off their growth in whatever way they choose with this dance, and ABC has just unveiled what songs they’ll be performing to via Joey Graziadei’s official DWTS podcast. There are three dance rounds during this intense three-hour finale, and the details on the other two rounds are still to come. |
posted 11/20/2025 |
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Bill Brady, a London radio icon and long time London Free Press columnist has passed away Sunday Evening. He started at 980 CFPL. He was born in Windsor, Ontario and moved to London, Ontario, and he moved to London in the 50’s. Brady's daily radio program was on the air in the Southwestern Ontario region for more than 20 years. He also hosted a game show called Act Fast on the local television station CFPL-TV. He did work as well for Blackburn media, he received the Order of Canada. Mike Drabick, who worked with Brady for years explains what he thinks about his life. “He was a great Canadian, a great human being. He worked as a volunteer for many, many years, and was very, very well liked”. “He was always a champion of the people, and he was the go-to person for the coordination of charities and things all over London. He was Mr. London, I guess we can call him.” Drabick talks about what he wants people to remember Brady for, “I remember Bill from his caring. He always cared.” Brady was 93 at the time of his passing. |
posted 11/20/2025 |
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The CW Network today announced the midseason premiere dates for the returning hit series WILD CARDS, second seasons of the fan-favorite game shows SCRABBLE and TRIVIAL PURSUIT, and new episodes of the adrenaline-packed POLICE 24/7. Thursday night is game night on The CW this January with the returns of fan-favorite game shows SCRABBLE on Thursday, January 22, 2026 (8:00-9:00pm ET/PT) and TRIVIAL PURSUIT (9:00-10:00pm ET/PT), based on Hasbro's iconic board games of the same titles. Multiple Grammy-nominated, Peabody, and Emmy(R) Award winning actor, writer, producer, director and comedian Craig Ferguson ("The Late Late Show," "Celebrity Name Game") joins SCRABBLE as the show's new host while Emmy(R) Award-winning actor, director, producer and podcaster LeVar Burton ("Roots," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Reading Rainbow") returns as host and executive producer of TRIVIAL PURSUIT. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 |
posted 11/20/2025 |
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Boomshakalaka |
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“Inside the NBA” has migrated over to ESPN, but TNT still has a few other jobs for some of that popular studio show’s hosts. Shaquille O’Neal will serve as a judge along with other NBA greats including Vince Carter, Dwight Howard, Nate Robinson and Mac McClung, and Chris Webber on “Dunkman,” a six-episode reality competition program set to air across Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT, truTV and HBO Max in December. In “Dunkman,” 40 amateur dunkers from around the globe will compete for a $200,000 grand prize. And while the premise may not prove shocking, what’s interesting is that Warner’s TNT Sports is continuing to find ancillary roles for O’Neal and others even as the company’s flagship sports program becomes a property that will be more associated with Disney’s ESPN. |
posted 11/19/2025 |
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Keller/Noll Get Bit |
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Cleve Keller and Dave Noll have partnered with Goliath and Perfect Game to launch “Shark Bite,” a new game show based on the global brand. The family board game was first released in 2017. “Shark Bite” centers around five 20-foot animatronic sharks, each with their own unique personality and name. Five pairs of contestants will battle for the opportunity to receive $100,000, with the chance of going into the shark’s mouth if they get one question wrong. “’Shark Bite’ is enormously popular around the world,” said Keller. “And obviously sharks are always in the zeitgeist in just about every country across the globe. The ‘Shark Bite’ brand is the greatest IP we’ve seen in a long time.” |
posted 11/19/2025 |
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CBS today announced its 2025-2026 midseason primetime programming lineup, featuring a new true-crime series, a milestone 50th SURVIVOR season and special encore episodes event, two new powerful dramas and a new culinary cooking competition, along with returning hit series and special event programming. - AMERICA'S CULINARY CUP, from executive producer and host Padma Lakshmi, debuts Wednesday, March 4 (9:30-10:30 PM). Wednesday, Jan. 7 Wednesday, Feb. 25 Wednesday, March 4 |
posted 11/18/2025 |
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Emmys 2026 Slotted |
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We now have the date and time for the 2026 Emmy Awards. NBC and the Television Academy announced Tuesday that the 78th Emmy Awards will air live coast-to-coast on NBC and stream live on Peacock Monday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live. As usual, NBC moves the ceremony to Monday when it is its turn to air the awards to avoid a conflict with the network’s broadcast of Sunday Night Football. This has happened in previous years, 2014, 2018 and 2022. The date of Emmy Award nominations will be announced in the coming months. Nominees are usually announced in July, and shows that run between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026 eligible for consideration. The 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, will precede the primetime Emmys over two consecutive nights on Saturday, Sept. 5 and Sunday, Sept. 6. The host and producers also will be announced at a later date. When NBC last hosted the awards shindig in 2022, Kenan Thompson hosted and Done & Dusted and Hudlin Entertainment produced the live broadcast. The 2025 Emmy Awards, which aired on CBS, hosted by Nate Bargatze, was the most-watched ceremony in years. The telecast drew 7.42M viewers across CBS and Paramount+, marking a four-year viewership high, according to Nielsen, up 8% from the 76th iteration on ABC in 2024. |
posted 11/18/2025 |
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Fremantle Buzzed by Loss of AGT Fantasy League |
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Fremantle’s financials for the first nine months of this year were hit by the loss of America’s Got Talent spin-off Fantasy League, according to the just-published RTL results. Revenue at the RTL-owned America’s Got Talent and Poor Things maker was down 5.1% to €1.3B ($1.5B), which RTL put down to “lower revenue from the U.S.,” mainly because the same period in 2024 benefitted from the NBC spin-off of the long-running hit. The spin-off, which aired for one eight-episode season at the start of 2024, saw past winners, finalists, and fan favorites from across the franchise compete for the Fantasy League title. It was similar in scope to other spin-offs such as The Champions and All Stars. The show was not made in 2025. |
posted 11/18/2025 |
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Sphere Goes Zone |
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Here’s a big production merger in Canada: Wayward producer Sphere Media is joining forces with Zone 3, the maker of the local Family Feud remake. The deal will create a production entity that’s strong in both English- and French-language program making. Financial terms of the deal weren’t revealed. Sphere is known for Canadian English-language shows such as Cardinal, 19-2, Small Achievable Goals and Wayward, which was made with several co-production partners and launched this year on Netflix, along with NBC and Bell Media co-production Transplant and CBC and HBO Max comedy Sort of. On the French-speaking Canadian side, it has made Aller Simple, L’indétectable, Mea Culpa, LA Question and Belle et Bum among others. |
posted 11/18/2025 |
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Jeopardy! has announced the postseason players and schedules. Executive producers Sarah Whitcomb-Foss and Michael Davies announced the news on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast on Monday, November 17. Current champion Harrison Whitaker will not be in the 2026 Tournament of Champions as his run came too late into the season. However, he will participate in the 2027 ToC. Although the EPs announced the premiere date for Celebrity Jeopardy!: All-Stars — February 27 — they told fans to “stay tuned” and “use their imaginations” for the cast, which can’t be announced just yet. Pop Culture Jeopardy! Season 2 is still auditioning, and Davies shared that celebrities as well as Jeopardy! champions and former contestants are interested. Find out who will be in the postseason tournaments below as Ken Jennings returns to host. Second Chance Tournament — played for three weeks starting December 15, the winners in each week will advance to the Champions Wildcard for a chance to play in the 2026 Tournament of Champions Tournament of Champions — kicking off January 19, the ToC is the marquee event of the Jeopardy! season. The ToC features the players who won the most games during the eligibility period, plus the winner of Champions Wildcard, and Celebrity Jep! champions. |
posted 11/17/2025 |
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Shop 'til You Drop |
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Do you think shopping should be considered an Olympic sport? Bargain hunt like it's a full-time job? Is retail therapy your form of ... actual therapy? Then get ready for the shopping spree of a lifetime, because the new series Win the Mall (W/T) is the ultimate fantasy retail experience. This high-stakes competition transforms a classic American shopping mall into a thrilling game of strategy and unexpected twists. Over eight episodes, 10 teams of expert shoppers face off against each other as they attempt to gain control of storefronts, increase their spending power, and outmaneuver their rivals. "This show is for anyone who ever dreamed of what it would be like to call a shopping mall your home. The deal seekers, the fashionistas, the savvy shoppers who can spot a knock-off from a mile away," says Jimmy Fox, executive producer and EVP, Head of Unscripted Development & and Sales at Fremantle, which produces the series. "You go to a mall for two reasons: to shop and to socialize. You'll have to excel at both in order to Win the Mall." The series is the latest addition to Netflix's growing slate of competition series, including Million Dollar Secret, Squid Game: The Challenge, and Next Gen Chef, as well as upcoming projects like Physical: 100 USA, Star Search, The Golden Ticket, and the recently announced Clue. |
posted 11/17/2025 |
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YouTube TV, Disney Come to Terms |
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ESPN, ABC and other Disney TV networks are coming back to YouTube TV. Google and Disney finally ended their standoff, announcing a multiyear agreement Friday on pricing and terms for a renewed carriage deal for YouTube TV. Disney’s nets went dark on the internet TV service just before midnight ET on Thursday, Oct. 30, after the two sides remained far apart on a deal before the expiration of the previous contract. Under the new agreement, ESPN’s full lineup of sports — including content from ESPN Unlimited — will be made available on YouTube TV to base-plan subscribers at no additional cost by the end of 2026. In addition, access to a selection of live and on-demand programming from ESPN Unlimited will be available inside YouTube TV. |
posted 11/14/2025 |
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TelevisaUnivision Bets on It |
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TelevisaUnivision is going all in and placing a big bet on ¿Apostarías por Mí?, its new 24/7 reality TV competition that will roll out globally on all its platforms. Despierta América’s Alan Tacher and Nuestra Belleza Latina’s Alejandra Espinoza are set to host the competition, which is set to premiere in January. ¿Apostarías por Mí?, which roughly translates in English to Would You Bet On Me?, will challenge 12 celebrity couples who give up their privacy to live completely surveilled under cameras and microphones as they face tests, bets, and temptations on their way to one goal: proving how far they’re willing to go for each other. The couple that earns the audience’s votes and proves they can overcome it all will win up to $300,000. Univision will premiere the reality show simultaneously with the streaming platform ViX, featuring eight feeds to monitor the couples 24/7, daily live shows that determine their fate, and audience voting to save their favorite contestants each week. |
posted 11/14/2025 |
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Happy Friday Lightning Round |
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Vernon Kay Gets New Quiz Show on BBC |
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BBC Daytime is getting a shake-up for 2026, with Vernon Kay and Ronan Keating fronting two new commissions, while Roman Kemp’s hit quiz The Finish Line returns for a fourth series — and a festive celebrity edition. The announcements were made by Rob Unsworth, Head of BBC Daytime and Early Peak Commissioning, at the Belfast Media Festival, as part of the broadcaster’s ongoing commitment to developing shows in Northern Ireland. Joining the schedule is Do You Know Your Place?, a brand-new celebrity quiz show hosted by Vernon Kay, with The Traitors alumnus Paul Gorton serving as his mischievous sidekick. Produced by Stellify Media in Northern Ireland, the 20-part BBC Two series will test celebrity contestants’ knowledge of British towns and cities. Each episode sees Gorton out on the road, feeding facts — and plenty of fiction — back to Kay and his guests in the studio. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be fronting Do You Know Your Place?,” said former Family Fortunes host Kay. “It’s a cracking new quiz that’s all about the people and places we know best. It’s got great banter, brilliant guests and that classic British competitive streak.” Also announced was a fourth series of The Finish Line, the fast-paced quiz hosted by Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene. Filmed once again in Northern Ireland, the show will return with new episodes — plus a week of Christmas celebrity specials. |
posted 11/13/2025 |
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NBC, the #1 network this season for both all programming and entertainment-only programming, has set premiere dates for both its new Tina Fey-produced comedy "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" as well as the return of the buzzy procedural drama "The Hunting Party." "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" from creators Robert Carlock and Sam Means will debut with a one-hour premiere on Monday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT before moving to its regular timeslot the following week on Monday, March 2 at 8:30 p.m. Following the series premiere of "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" on Feb. 23 at 9 p.m., "The Voice" will begin its 29th season in what will be dubbed "The Voice: Battle of Champions," marking a major revamp to the longstanding format and nodding to the powerhouse coaches who form the only panel in the show's history comprised entirely of "Voice" winners. For its first week of the new season, "The Voice" will air three two-hour telecasts on Feb. 23 (9 p.m.), 25 (8 p.m.) and 26 (8 p.m.). Beginning March 2 (and after a March 4 telecast), "The Voice" will air in its normal 9 p.m. timeslot and be followed by "Brilliant Minds" at 10 p.m. An iconic coaching panel will be featured as fan-favorites Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Adam Levine reclaim their red chairs. The landmark season will be infused with fast-paced, competitive elements, delivering a fresh twist on the format that raises the stakes for coaches and artists alike. In its current season, "The Voice" has reached more than 27 million total viewers so far this season across all platforms. Back for its highly anticipated sophomore season, the riveting drama "The Hunting Party" returns to NBC on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 10 p.m. In its first season, "The Hunting Party" reached more than 30 million total viewers across all platforms. Also returning on Jan. 5 is "The Wall," hosted by Emmy Award winner Chris Hardwick. The series continues to change lives through its cash prizes, giving away more than $35 million to date. New episodes debuting this January feature extraordinary contestants including a national hero who helped evacuate the Pentagon on 9/11, a courageous bystander who rescued a snowboarder buried headfirst beneath six feet of snow and a compassionate firefighter who adopted a newborn left in the station's safe haven. In addition, the network is revving up for "Legendary February" - three of the biggest events in sports all taking place within days of each other in February 2026 only on NBC and Peacock. The Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games begin with the Opening Ceremony on Feb. 6 and conclude with the Closing Ceremony on Feb. 22. Within that 17-day window, NBC Sports will also present Super Bowl LX from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Feb. 8 and the NBA All-Star Game at the state-of-the-art Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 15. |
posted 11/12/2025 |
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CBS and The Price is Right are paying tribute to American vets and active-duty service members. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, TPIR will have a special Veteran's Day episode, saluting and honoring enlisted and retired military members in the audience, who will compete for prizes. Contestants will face off to win new cars, luxury trips, and a chance to win up to $20,000 and more. Actors Austin Stowell and Mariel Molino from NCIS: Origins will make an appearance during a specially-themed showcase based on their show, where contestants compete for a tech package, a Jeep Compass Sport 4x4, and a visit to the show's set. Later, during CBS's primetime lineup, viewers will be treated to a special NCIS and NCIS: Origins crossover event. It all starts at 8 PM EST, with NCIS: Origins airing first, followed by NCIS. |
posted 11/11/2025 |
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Five years after his exit from Dancing with the Stars, original host Tom Bergeron is returning as a guest judge for the show’s 20th anniversary special on Tuesday, Nov. 11. “It feels really good,” Bergeron said Tuesday on Good Morning America about his return. “I’m really looking forward to it.” After hosting DWTS since its launch in 2005, Bergeron exited in 2020 after being publicly critical of the show’s choice to cast then-President Donald Trump’s White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer in Season 28. He told DWTS alum Cheryl Burke on her podcast at the time that he sat down with showrunners in 2019 and discussed potential contestants for the upcoming 28th season. At that time, he and showrunners agreed that the show would be a “wonderful escape from that divisiveness” of the 2020 election cycle. “In the summer of 2019, I had two lunches—one with that showrunner person and another one with his boss,” Bergeron recalled. “I said, ‘Well look, 2019 is the threshold to an election year in America, we are a very divided country. Just nobody, of any party, don’t go there—just make us the wonderful escape from all that divisiveness for two hours a week.” “And then a few weeks later, I get a phone call,” he continued. “And they run down the list of who is going to be on the show, and this former showrunner says to me, ‘You might want to sit down for this last one.’ And then they told me who it was, the former press guy for Trump. I said, ‘Guys, this is exactly what we said we wouldn’t do. Don’t go there. This is not the right time, play to our strengths, be the show that gives people a break from all this bulls–t.” “And that really pissed me off,” Bergeron noted, saying it was this move that led him to releasing his 2019 statement criticizing Spicer’s casting. “So I wrote the statement that I wrote, that did not name anybody, that did not name a political party,” he said. “It merely said, ‘I was told certain things when I was asked my opinion, they agreed, and now they’ve thrown a curveball.’ I even went so far as to say it’s their right to do that. They’re the producers of the show, if that’s what they want to do they are entitled to do that. We will have to agree to disagree.” “So at that moment, I knew this is probably my last season, because of that one betrayal.” Bergeron offered to “take the season off”. Producers responded by offering to let him out of his contract. Co-host Erin Andrews also departed the show after that season, and Tyra Banks followed as the next host. |
posted 11/11/2025 |
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CBS and Sony Pictures Television have settled their differences when it comes to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. The two companies, who have spent the last year in a battle over the syndicated distribution rights to the two daytime game shows, have reached an agreement. In February, Sony informed CBS Media Ventures that it was taking over global distribution to the two shows, a move that the Paramount-owned company claimed was “false”. This came after Sony filed a breach of contract suit last year. Sony had accused CBS of licensing the shows at “below market” rates, “failed to maximize advertising revenue” and “undercut” the shows through “self-preferencing.” In April, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted a preliminary injunction to Sony Pictures Television in the case, effectively denying CBS’ bid to block the former from distributing the high-profile shows. In May, CBS gained the rights back until the case was over. In June, Sony struck a number of multi-year streaming deals for the shows with Peacock and Hulu that allows both shows to stream the day after their linear airing. Keith LeGoy, Chairman, Sony Pictures Television, said that these streaming rights were “completely separate” to its syndicated deals. Now, the two companies have come to an “amicable resolution” and agreed that CBS will remain the exclusive domestic distributor of the shows in syndication and continue to deliver the shows through the 2027/2028 season. After this, Sony Pictures Television will become the exclusive domestic distributor of the shows. CBS will also expand its role and exclusively lead all advertising sales through the 2029/2030 season. However, the marketing, promotions and affiliate relations for the shows will transition to Sony at the end of the 2025/2026 season and Sony will continue to manage brand integrations with international distribution rights to the shows moving to Sony from December 1, 2025. In a joint statement, Sony Pictures Television and CBS Media Ventures added, “We have reached an amicable resolution regarding the syndicated distribution of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. We look forward to working together to continue bringing these beloved shows to audiences and stations around the world.” |
posted 11/10/2025 |
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Just Your Average Game Show... |
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Nate Bargatze is getting into the game show business. The stand-up comedian and recent Emmy host, who was the highest-grossing stand-up comic in 2024, with over a million tickets sold, is to host The Greatest Average American for ABC. Bargatze had previously teased his interest in game shows to Deadline and now will have the chance to show his studio wares with the series launching midseason. It will debut on at 9 p.m. Wednesday, February 25. The Greatest Average American, which shares a name with one of his stand-up specials, “celebrates the power of being perfectly average.” Each round features challenges and trivia as contestants try to guess how everyday Americans think and live. In the end, one player will be crowned the Greatest Average American and get the chance to win the ultimate grand prize: the average American salary of $67,920. The series was created by Bargatze and The Price Is Right showrunner John Quinn, who also exec produces Press Your Luck for ABC. It is produced by Walt Disney Television Alternative in association with Nateland and Da Da Production. Bargatze has been growing his Nateland Entertainment media company. He told Deadline that he intends to build “a world” of his own. It comes as Bargatze is set to star in feature film The Breadwinner, which he co-wrote with Dan Lagana. The family comedy for TriStar will be released in March. Bargatze is best known for his stand-up work; he broke through on Netflix’s The Standups before releasing The Tennessee Kid in 2019. He launched The Nateland Podcast in 2020 and put out The Greatest Average American in 2021 and Hello World in 2023. Greatest Average American is ABC’s latest game show; the network is also behind The $100,000 Pyramid, Celebrity Family Feud, Celebrity Jeopardy!, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Match Game, Press Your Luck and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. |
posted 11/10/2025 |
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Back Beyond the Villa |
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Peacock’s “Love Island: Beyond the Villa” spinoff will be back for another season, but now the spotlight is on the flagship’s Season 7 cast — with some notable exceptions. Season 2 of “Love Island: Beyond the Villa” includes winners (and now exes) Bryan Arenales and Amaya Espinal, Iris Kendall and TJ Palma, Gracyn Blackmore, Jeremiah Brown, Clarke Carraway, Hannah Fields, Pepe Garcia, Andreina Santos, Chris Seeley, Belle-A Walker and Coco Watson. Two of the couples who have lasted in the real world, Nic and Olandria and Chelley and Ace, are not listed on the cast of for the Peacock spinoff set to premiere in early 2026. Huda, who found herself in hot water last week after laughing off the use of a racial slur against Olandria, is also not involved. Season 1 of “Love Island: Beyond the Villa” was Peacock’s No. 1 highest-reaching unscripted original debut season ever on the platform, according to the platform. It starred the entire Season 6 cast of “Love Island USA,” sans Rob. Season 7 of “Love Island USA” garnered 18.4 billion minutes viewed during its six-week run, making it Peacock’s most-watched original season of all time. The second season of “Beyond the Villa” starts shooting next week. Jeremiah Brown, Amaya Espinal and Iris Kendall will appear at BravoCon on Nov. 16 for a panel on the main stage to discuss their time in and outside the villa. “Love Island: Beyond the Villa” is produced by ITV America in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment. David George, Adam Sher, Jordana Hochman, Sarah Howell, Brian Appel, Tom Ciaccio and Blake Garrett executive produce the series, alongside Chet Fenster. |
posted 11/10/2025 |
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That's Amore.... and It's Blind |
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The trailer for "Love Is Blind: Italy", the Italian adaptation of the hit series Love Is Blind, produced by Banijay Italia, is now available. The show will be available only on Netflix starting December 1. The trailer reveals the first images of the protagonists taking part in the experiment, teasing emotions, encounters and the first sparks that will light up the dating show. Hosting "Love Is Blind: Italy" are Benedetta Parodi and Fabio Caressa, ready to lead this emotional journey in search of true love, guiding the participants as they choose someone to marry without ever having met in person. The series will be divided into three parts for a total of 10 episodes: - Monday, December 1: the first four episodes will be available, where participants begin to get to know each other inside the pods, leading up to the marriage proposals. - Monday, December 8: episodes 5-8 will be released, following the couples as they experience daily life together up to the altar. - Monday, December 15: episode 9 will be released, and on Friday, December 19, the reunion episode will reveal what happened to the couples months later. Love Is Blind: Italy represents a true social experiment, a less conventional approach to modern dating, in which a group of singles, eager to be loved for who they truly are, will have the chance to find their soulmate without the distractions of the outside world and choose someone to marry without ever seeing them. After meeting and getting engaged, the couples will explore their relationships in everyday life: work, friends, and family. Will reality and outside influences pull them apart or when the wedding day arrives, will they marry the person they fell in love with blindly? The Italian adaptation, directed by Angelo Poli, is written by Magda Geronimo, Valentina Massouda, and Antonio Vicaretti. |
posted 11/10/2025 |
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Golf Channel Games Gets Title Sponsorship |
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Golf Channel has announced the full team rosters for the upcoming Optum Golf Channel Games, the new, rapid-fire golf competition featuring Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler airing live in primetime on Golf Channel and USA Network on Wednesday, December 17, at Trump National Golf Club Jupiter, in Jupiter, Fla. Team Rory will include 2019 Open Champion Shane Lowry, two-time European Ryder Cup winning captain and former World No. 1 Luke Donald, and DP World Tour winner Haotong Li. Team Scottie will feature 2011 PGA Champion and 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, five-time PGA TOUR winner Sam Burns, and former World No. 1 amateur and PGA TOUR rising rookie Luke Clanton. McIlroy and Scheffler will compete head-to-head and captain two teams of world-class players at the Optum Golf Channel Games in timed and strategy-focused challenges under the pressure of the clock and the primetime lights. |
posted 11/10/2025 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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More from the Inside |
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The MD of Sidemen Entertainment, Victor Bengtsson, has teased a new season of the UK version reality competition Inside. The show is the brainchild of the hugely popular creator collective the Sidemen and recently switched from YouTube, with UK and U.S. versions rolling out instead on Netflix. “My hope is that we’re releasing the next season in the UK in early to late spring next year,” Bengtsson said at the Digital Content Forum in London today. “We are in conversations, let’s say that we’re in a good place. We also want it to feel fresh and new, so there are things that we want to do to it.” The Big Brother-esque series Inside corralls a group of influencers into a locked house for seven days as they battle it out in ludicrous challenges while a £1M ($1.34M) prize fund dissipates. Sidemen Entertainment handles the business side of the creative’s prolific outfit and Bengtsson talked about the move from creating for YouTube to producing for Netflix. We analyzed the ratings earlier this year. |
posted 11/6/2025 |
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More on "Canada's Drag Race" Season 6 |
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WOW Presents Plus and Crave have unveiled the guest judge lineup for Canada’s Drag Race Season 6. Joining Brooke Lynn Hates and Traci Melchor on the judging panel throughout the season are Paula Abdul, Carson Kressley, Hollywood Jade, and Sarain Fox. Other guest judges include RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars winner Alyssa Edwards, Canada’s Drag Race Season 2 winner Icesis Couture, and fashion designer Erdem. Content creator Glamzilla, recording artist Kiesza, Grammy winner Allison Russell, and artist Rufus Wainwright will also serve as guest judges. “While we’ll miss Brad’s passion for drag and fashion, and the joy he brought, we are thrilled to have special resident guest judges Carson, Hollywood, and Sarain who will rotate through on the panel,” said Trevor Boris, showrunner for Canada’s Drag Race. “They are beloved members of the Drag Race family, and each bring a unique perspective alongside Brooke Lynn and Traci.” The nine-episode season features 12 new queens and is set to premiere in Canada on Crave and the U.S. on the WOW Presents Plus streaming service starting Thursday, November 20. |
posted 11/6/2025 |
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Slammed for 3 |
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Alan Carr's Picture Slam is back for a third season on BBC One, kicking things off in just a couple of weeks. Following his fan-favourite turn on The Celebrity Traitors, Alan Carr has been all anyone can talk about – especially whether or not he can walk away from the game as a winning Traitor. With just a few days to go before his Celebrity Traitors fate is revealed, fans have plenty more to look forward to, as his addictive quiz show is returning. Alan Carr's Picture Slam will be back on Saturday 15th November at 5:40pm on BBC One and iPlayer. The series was renewed for a third outing earlier this year, and sees host Carr test contestants' knowledge in a number of fast-paced rounds as they try to identify as many pictures as they can to be in with a chance of winning the £100,000 jackpot. |
posted 11/6/2025 |
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Thursday Lightning Round |
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Netflix Gets Overcooked |
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The popular video game Overcooked is eying a move to television as a competition reality series. A24 has acquired the rights to the cooking simulation game and has teamed up with Netflix to develop an unscripted series adaptation, Deadline has learned. Said to be in the vein of such established Netflix reality shows with family appeal as Nailed It! and Floor Is Lava, Overcooked aims to serve up high-stakes kitchen challenges and the signature chaos that made the video game a hit with fans. Executive producing the TV version, believed to be in early stages of development, are Gemma Langford, Oli De-Vine, and Phil Duncan from Overcooked game developer Ghost Town Games and A24, in the independent film and TV studio’s first foray into reality competition series. |
posted 11/5/2025 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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ABC is sleighing this holiday season with festive programming during the most wonderful time of the year. Highlights include joyful episodes of "Abbott Elementary," "America's Funniest Home Videos," "Celebrity Family Feud," "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune," "Shark Tank," "Shifting Gears" and "What Would You Do?: Holiday Edition," alongside a new season of "The Great Christmas Light Fight." "Dancing with the Holidays" will dazzle viewers in a brand-new program joining ABC's annual holiday specials, which include "CMA Country Christmas" from Nashville, "The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular," "The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade," "iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2025," ratings juggernaut "New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" and the "2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony." Also joining the festivities is "Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas," which shares the journey of the birth of Jesus. Holiday favorites including The Wonderful World of Disney presents "The Sound of Music," "Home Alone" and "The Santa Clause" will air alongside the broadcast debut of "Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol," a brand-new Christmas special. The holidays are a time for family co-viewing and ABC leads the way. "New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" was the most co-viewed entertainment special on broadcast television last year. In addition, since its debut as part of ABC's holiday programming in 2022, "Home Alone" has annually been the highest-rated movie on any network among Adults 18-49 across the entire year and stood as last year's most co-viewed movie of the holiday season on broadcast television. ABC will also nationally broadcast a day full of star-studded NBA action on Christmas Day. Additionally, a special edition of "Inside the NBA" will air from 7:30-8:00 p.m. All five games will also be available to watch on ESPN. |
posted 11/4/2025 |
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Fox Works with "Nation's Dumbest" |
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Fox is searching for the nation’s dumbest people for its latest unscripted effort. The network is developing a U.S. adaptation of Nation’s Dumbest, a Scandinavian format that is being sold around the world by BBC Studios. Created by Norway’s Montreux Film and Fjernsyn for TV2, the series is the first television show where the loser is the winner. Celebrities fight it out to be eliminated from the competition as quickly as possible to avoid being crowned the nation’s dumbest. From influencers to wrestlers, comedians to politicians, the contestants are put to the test in a series of physical and mental rounds about all the things you really should know. Fox is calling its version a celebrity competition series that “flips the genre on its head because for the first time, the goal isn’t to win — it’s to get eliminated”. The U.S. version is produced by BBC Studios, which is behind Fox’s Celebrity Weakest Link, ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, and Netflix’s Outlast. It will be exec produced by Ryan O’Dowd, Krystal Whitney and Jenny Groom. |
posted 11/4/2025 |
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Ben Duncan, a socialite, reality star and university classmate of Kate Middleton and Prince William, died last week after falling from a rooftop bar in London. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police tells PEOPLE: “Officers responded to concerns for a man on the roof of a building in Cockspur Street, Westminster at 23:02 hours on Thursday, 30 October. The man sadly fell from height." Duncan reportedly fell from the roof of the trendy, seven-story Trafalgar St. James Hotel. "Despite the best efforts from the London Ambulance Service, he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene," the MPD spokesperson continues. “His death is being treated as unexpected but non-suspicious.” Duncan attended the University of St, Andrews in Scotland at the same time as William and Kate, which is where the future royal couple's budding romance began. According to the Daily Mail, Duncan gave an interview in November 2010 in which she spoke about the prince and future princess as their relationship blossomed throughout college. "Because we'd had Will and Kate in our midst we had royal protection officers swarming the place. We knew that they had hit it off and we knew that something was happening, but they were just left alone to get on with it," he said. Duncan was also present at the now-famous campus fashion show, where Kate is said to have captured William's attention with her revealing outfit. "It was the end of their first year. I was there, and in person there were a lot of attractive girls," he recounted. "She was in a very daring dress, in a sheer stocking-like dress. He was sitting front row and his eyes were like stalks." "She brushed by him on the way to the catwalk and things were never the same again - the whole history of the monarchy had been altered," Duncan added. After graduating, Duncan went on to appear on series 11 of the U.K.'s version of Big Brother, the final season to air on Channel 4. He was the sixth housemate evicted from the season, which was ultimately won by Josie Gibson. Duncan also appeared on shows like Come Dine With Me, Ladette to Lady and Celebrity Coach Tri. |
posted 11/3/2025 |
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The Chase Is On... in New Zealand |
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The four-part TV special of The Chase New Zealand screens with the first episode on Monday night. The Chase UK star Anne Hegerty, aka “The Governess”, and Australia’s chaser Issa Schultz, known as the Supernerd, will take on 16 Kiwis in the show presented by controversial broadcaster Paul Henry. The Kiwi version of the show was shot in Australia. Issa Schultz, Anne Hegarty and Paul Henry on The Chase New Zealand. The Chase New Zealand screens on Monday, November 3 at 7.30pm on TVNZ1 and after that streams on TVNZ+. |
posted 11/4/2025 |
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Sera Film Unlocks "The Key" |
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Sera has secured the international format distribution rights for "The Key", a new high suspense game-show which combines luck with knowledge. In this prime-time gameshow, contestants can pick one of the 10 keys for each right answer. However, only 1 of these keys unlock the prize money! "The Key is a very simple concept for viewers to understand and gets them captivated until the end with its many twists and suspenseful finale" says Idil Belli, CEO of Sera Film. "I believed there were something special in this format as soon as I saw it. We are excited to bring it to market and find the first lucky partner to produce it with!" Elliott Usifo, Executive Producer and Format Creator at RTL Studios adds "I wanted to develop a format that combines familiar quiz and game show elements but at the same time feels fresh, modern and exciting. During the initial game tests, the test candidates had so much fun that we can hardly wait to see this show on screen" "The Key" is created by RTL Studios and distributed by Sera Film Services. It is currently in talks with multiple broadcasters. (First producer would have priviliges, open to discussion.) |
posted 11/4/2025 |
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Tuesday Lightning Round |
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American Idol host Ryan Seacrest memorialized his late father, Gary Lee Seacrest, shortly after he died. Ryan, 50, has been receiving an abundance of condolences after he revealed on Friday that his dad had passed away. The beloved TV personality shared that Gary was surrounded by his family when he went on to glory at the age of 79 last week. During an episode of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Ryan discussed his last moments with his dad, Gary. "He was in Atlanta, where we grew up. I was by his bedside over the last several days. I was by his bedside as he left us. My mother was by his bedside. My sister, we held his hand. We kissed his forehead," Ryan stated. "We watched every last moment with our father. It was the most difficult dichotomy and strange combination of feelings I've ever felt because of the difficulty and the toughness in seeing this happen," he added. Although the Wheel of Fortune host has experienced loss in his life, it didn't nearly compare to losing a parent. "So my father, in his last hours, as we just sat there, he weakly mumbled that he loved us. And I remember him saying, I can see him laying in the bed," Ryan recalled. "I can see his mouth slowly moving to the words, I love this family." Ryan noted that his mom, Constance Marie Zullinger, his sister Meredith Seacrest, his brother-in-law Jimmy Leach, and niece Flora were with Gary in his final moments. The television notable divulged his dad's last words to his family before his death. "But as [Gary] said, without much strength or energy, that he loved us and that he was going to miss us. Oh, my God. He looked over at me and he... the power in the contact of eyes and his eyes were barely open, but he looked over at me and he said 'take care of your mom,'" he recalled. "Oh, and he said to my sister and to Jimmy, 'take care of Flora, my granddaughter,' and then literally a few seconds later, he closed his eyes and he said, 'I've got to go, oh my gosh I've got to go,'" Ryan added. "He knew. He was at peace. He said everything he wanted to say to us. He left at peace," he further shared. |
posted 11/3/2025 |
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Willie Revillame Returns to Games |
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Months after his failed senatorial bid, Willie Revillame hinted at his TV comeback by sharing a teaser of what seemed to be his new game show on social media. The official Facebook page of “Wowowin” — based on his game show that aired on GMA and AllTV — hinted that a new game show called “Wilyonaryo” will be released soon in a series of posts on Sunday, November 2. “Sa bawat letra at kulay, may swerteng magpapabago ng buhay! Araw-araw may magiging milyonaryo sa Wilyonaryo! Abangan!!!” one of the posts read. “ARAW-ARAW may magiging milyonaryo sa WILYONARYO! Abangan!!!” another post read. (In every letter and color, something lucky will change your life. Get ready to be a millionaire everyday with “Wilyonaryo!” Coming soon! You can be a millionaire every day with “Wilyonaryo.” Coming soon!) Details about the game show, including the lineup of hosts, segments, premiere date, and platform where it will be aired are yet to be announced, as of this writing. Revillame, who ran for senator in the 2025 midterm elections and lost, was previously the mainstay host of “Wil To Win,” a game show that aired on TV5. The show was put on hold during his senatorial bid. Notable for his “bigyan ng jacket” remark, he was also the TV host of game shows “Wowowin,” “Wowowillie,” and “Wowowee.” |
posted 11/3/2025 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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Following a phenomenal fall season of unprecedented success across the schedule, today ABC announced its 2026 midseason premiere dates featuring a slate of hilarious comedies, thrilling dramas, and high-stakes unscripted series. "Across ABC and its streaming home on Hulu, we have the best shows on television, from acclaimed dramas to standout comedies and unscripted hits," said Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group. "Our midseason schedule underscores our ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional storytelling and engaging content to audiences wherever they choose to watch." "America's Funniest Home Videos" kicks off the week Sunday, Jan. 4. Star and executive producer Ramón Rodríguez directs the Season 4 premiere of "Will Trent" Tuesday, Jan. 6, followed by the midseason return of "High Potential" which continues to be a powerhouse, ranking as the No. 1 original broadcast series across platforms for the second season in a row among Adults 18-49, and the Season 8 premiere of "The Rookie." Both "Will Trent" and "The Rookie" enjoyed tremendous ratings success last season, surging year over year and posting several new streaming highs. Both series consistently delivered over 10 million Total Viewers in multiplatform viewing. Wednesday night comedies "Shifting Gears" and Emmy(R) Award-winning "Abbott Elementary" return for a night of laughs Wednesday, Jan. 7, followed by the return of "Shark Tank." The following day, ratings juggernaut dramas "9-1-1," "9-1-1: Nashville" and "Grey's Anatomy" return to the Thursday night lineup on Jan 8. Rounding out the week, "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" and Friday's most-watched newsmagazine, ABC News' "20/20," return to the schedule Friday, Jan. 9. "NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC" returns for select Saturdays beginning Jan. 24 (Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks). "American Idol" premieres its ninth season on ABC and 24th season overall with a new schedule, airing Mondays beginning Jan. 26. Music superstars Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood return as judges alongside Emmy Award-winning host Ryan Seacrest. For the first time ever, "American Idol" will bring the iconic Hollywood Week round to Nashville. Hollywood Week: Music City Takeover will feature one round only as the hopefuls from all musical genres take the stage for a make-or-break performance, facing the biggest Hollywood Week cut in "Idol" history. Premiering Wednesday, Feb. 25, ABC is scrubbing back in for Sacred Heart Hospital with back-to-back episodes of comedy "Scrubs" starring Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke. Ken Jennings-hosted "Celebrity Jeopardy!" returns for Season 4 with a brand-new All-Stars Tournament Friday, Feb. 27, while the drama-filled season premiere of "The Bachelorette" starring "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" star Taylor Frankie Paul and hosted by Jesse Palmer kicks off on its new night, Sunday, March 22. As previously announced, new drama series "RJ Decker" (working title) starring Scott Speedman will debut in 2026. The premiere date will be announced at a later time. With this newest addition to the schedule, ABC ups its drama count to seven series, and 10 scripted series overall. SCHEDULE: Airdates are as follows (all times listed are Eastern/Pacific). All original programming will stream the next day on Hulu. SUNDAY, JAN. 4 TUESDAY, JAN. 6 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7 THURSDAY, JAN. 8 FRIDAY, JAN, 9 SATURDAY, JAN. 24 MONDAY, JAN. 26 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 FRIDAY, FEB. 27 SUNDAY, MARCH 22 |
posted 10/31/2025 |
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CBS's Ghosts of Halloween Past |
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THE PRICE IS RIGHT celebrates All Hallows’ Eve for an entire week beginning Monday, Oct. 27 with encore presentations of the best fan-favorite Halloween-themed episodes from past seasons, including “Haunted House” (2018) with host Drew Carey as a transparent ghost on Monday, Oct. 27, “Drew’s Diner” (2019) on Tuesday, Oct. 28, “The Prize League Superheroes” (2017) on Wednesday. Oct. 29 and “Pro Wrestling” (2023) on Thursday, Oct. 30. On Friday, Oct. 31, the all-new “Spooky Carnival” episode features Drew as The Ringmaster, announcer George Gray as Cotton Candy Man and models Manuela Arbelaez as The Trapeze Artist, Alexis Gaube as The Spooky Mime, Amber Lancaster as The Jester, and James O’Halloran as Jimmy the Giant Strongman. Lucky contestants have a chance to play for cars, exotic trips and a chance to win up to $25,000! - THE PRICE IS RIGHT (Halloween Week) – Monday, Oct. 27 (R) “Haunted House” (OAD: 10/31/18) Over on sister show LET'S MAKE A DEAL, the Marketplace of America gets into the Halloween spirit early with a special episode on Thursday, October 30, featuring Danielle Pinnock from CBS’s hit series Ghosts. She may play a ghost on primetime, but in a game of “Expert Phone Call with Wayne Brady,” she takes on a whole new—and hopefully winning—character. Then on Friday, October 31, LET’S MAKE A DEAL goes all out with “spooktacular” sights (and a few Zonky frights!). Traders will open coffins for cash and race through the Monster Dash for a chance to win $10,000. Host Wayne Brady even goes trick-or-treating at announcer Jonathan Mangum’s door, giving prize clues along the way. Top prizes include a bewitching trip to Salem, Massachusetts, a stay at a haunted hotel in Colorado, and some ghostly adventures in London, England! |
posted 10/31/2025 |
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S4C Rolling "Y Deis" |
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S4C has ordered new gameshow format Y Deis, from Slam Media. Along with the Welsh version for S4C, Irish broadcaster TG4 has also booked an Irish language version. of the show. The Welsh-language version will be shot first at Enfys Studios, followed closely by the Irish-language version for TG4 called An Deis also filmed at the Cardiff based studios. An English language version will also be filmed for international interest. During the filming, a multi-camera director from Wales, Geraint Rhys Lewis, will be shadowed by an Irish language director who will gain additional experience in multi-camera studio direction. The production marks a “landmark content partnership between the two broadcasters and marks another significant moment in Celtic media confidence and collaboration.” At the heart of Y Deis is a unique blend of general knowledge, skill, strategy – and a little bit of luck. Three teams of two go head-to-head across several rounds, building their prize pot through quick thinking and smart play. Only one team makes it to the final, where they face a high-stakes quiz against the clock to claim the Jackpot. Presented by BBC Radio Wales breakfast host James Williams, Y Deis marks his debut on an entertainment programme for S4C. The Irish version will be produced by Tyrone Productions, who previously brought the ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ format to Ireland and will be hosted by journalist and presenter Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile. The show was created and developed by Slam Media, with creative lead Gavin Cox drawing inspiration from his late father’s career as a fruit machine game designer. The centrepiece of the show is the dice machine. The die (the “deis”) “plays a pivotal role in shaping the outcome, but without the right answers, no team can rely on luck alone.” Two special programmes are also being filmed for Christmas, featuring some of S4C’s most familiar faces competing against each other. Y Deis is produced with the support of Media Cymru and the Welsh Government via Creative Wales. |
posted 10/30/2025 |
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Rob Brydon Takes to "The Floor" |
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Rob Brydon has been confirmed to host new the UK version of Dutch format The Floor, filming this Autumn and set to air on Saturday nights next year on ITV1 and ITVX. In The Floor, 81 quiz fanatics face off in quiz duels on a giant LED floor divided into 81 equal squares, each representing its own field of knowledge. The goal is to conquer the entire floor and take home a huge cash prize. The rules are simple. A random contestant challenges an adjoining opponent in a quiz duel. They play against each other in the category of the opponent's square. Categories range from 'famous athletes' to 'Hollywood actors' and from ‘iconic buildings’ to 'mammals'. Some questions are visually supported by photographs, others by sound, while other duels focus on open questions, multiple choice, association: the possibilities are endless. The winner of a duel conquers his opponent's square, gaining more ground - the loser leaves the game. The further the game progresses, the more exciting the duels become and the higher the stakes. After ten episodes, who will be the last person standing on The Floor and take home the impressive cash prize? After being revealed as host by The Sun newspaper, Rob Brydon said: "The Floor is a quiz show like no other – big, bold and bursting with excitement. I’m thrilled to be stepping onto it and guiding the contestants through the competition. Let’s light up the floor!" Maarten Meijs, CEO at Talpa Studios: “The UK has an unmatched legacy when it comes to quiz shows, setting an incredibly high bar. Having ITV adapt The Floor is a true testament to the format’s strength, originality, and continued international success. We’re extremely proud to enter this prolific quiz market as our 25th territory, and confident that The Floor will resonate with British audiences – especially with the local flair ITV and South Shore are bringing to the show.” Katie Rawcliffe, Director of Entertainment, Reality & Daytime Commissioning ITV said: “The Floor, with its compelling game play, is an excellent addition to our roster of existing popular quiz shows across ITV and ITVX.” Andrew Mackenzie, CEO at South Shore Production adds: “The Floor is an incredible format, its success around the world is unprecedented and we can’t wait to light it up in the UK.” The Floor will air next year on ITV. |
posted 10/30/2025 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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12th Annual ARTAS: And the Nominees Are... |
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Reality is any and everything we can experience and reflect upon. Reality is the everyday moments, great and small, from birth to death. Reality is the challenges, successes and failures of our shared experience. To experience the real is to know what it’s like to hope, to have faith, to be challenged, to love, know heartache and to reflect on the passage of time from youth to old age. Reality is found in exotic places, the homes of the elite, the kitchens of your local eateries, the halls of your schools and in your own backyard. The real is in the here and now. The American Reality Television Awards supports, examines, and redefines the art of reality in media by rewarding excellence, encouraging experimentation, and recognizing that the public is the heart of our industry. We embrace the spirit of fun and camaraderie which is an inherent part of what makes this industry great. We value the rich diversity of programming that puts reality in media on the leading edge of entertainment. Executive Producers Kristen Moss and Andrew Ward founded the American Reality Television Awards (The ARTAS ®) in 2012, with the first ceremony held in 2014 to celebrate and redefine reality television. Joined shortly before the inaugural event, John Barra, a 2-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning producer for Jeopardy!, has served as showrunner and talent producer for over a decade. What began as a vision to honor excellence has grown into a global platform, with millions of votes cast annually, reflecting the public’s passion for reality TV. Reality television continues to be a dominant force in the industry, with shows like 90 Day Fiancé, The Masked Singer, and American Idol leading the pack. This year's nominees... OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION OUTSTANDING COMPETITION SERIES MOST CREATIVE CHALLENGE BEST EDITING BEST FEEL GOOD SHOW OUTSTANDING FOOD SERIES OUTSTANDING GAME SHOW GUILTY PLEASURE SHOW OUTSTANDING HOST INTERNATIONAL REALITY SHOW BEST JUDGING PANEL OUTSTANDING NEW CAST OUTSTANDING NEW SHOW BEST OVERALL SHOW OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION COMPANY OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION CREW REALITY KING REALITY QUEEN OUTSTANDING REALITY PODCAST BEST REALITY MOMENT OUTSTANDING DIGITAL SERIES |
posted 10/28/2025 |
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Prunella Scales, who starred with John Cleese as the squabbling married co-owners of a quaint seaside hotel on the beloved British sitcom Fawlty Towers, has died. She was 93. Scales died “peacefully at home in London,” her sons, Samuel and Joseph, said in a statement provided to The Hollywood Reporter. She had battled dementia in recent years and was “was watching Fawlty Towers the day before she died,” they said. “We would like to thank all those who gave Pru such wonderful care at the end of her life: her last days were comfortable, contented and surrounded by love.” Scales and Timothy West, a fellow actor whom she married in 1963, hosted the Channel 4 travel series Great Canal Journeys from 2014-17. He died in November 2024. On the big screen, the petite British actress portrayed one of Charles Laughton’s daughters in Hobson’s Choice (1954) and one of Peter Sellers’ daughters in Waltz of the Toreadors (1962). She also made brief appearances in the Oscar best picture nominees Room at the Top (1959) and Howards End (1992) as well as in The Boys From Brazil (1978), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978), Wolf (1994) and Johnny English (2003). And she also was known for her stint as Dotty the demanding shopper in a series of Tesco commercials (“Every little helps”) that featured Jane Horrocks as her daughter. Fawlty Towers aired on BBC2 for only two seasons — one in 1975 and the other in 1979, six half-hour episodes in each — yet in 2000 the British Film Institute voted it the No. 1 British television program of all time. On the show, Scales’ bossy Sybil Fawlty and Cleese’s dysfunctional Basil Fawlty run a hotel in the town of Torquay in Devon, England. Cleese created and wrote Fawlty Towers with his then-wife Connie Booth, who played Polly the waitress. Sybil lapses into laziness when things get busy, and much to Basil’s displeasure, spends time consoling her rarely seen friend Audrey (“Oh, I know”) on the phone. She regularly drinks with the guests and has a bray of a laugh that “always reminds me of somebody machine-gunning a seal,” her husband tells a hotel guest. Basil, of course, is far from perfect, a rude, neurotic, accident-prone manager who insults guests, hides his gambling winnings from his wife and organizes an elaborate impersonation of her when his surprise anniversary party backfires. “The central purpose in having the character of Sybil in the show from the beginning was to give Basil someone to be frightened of,” Cleese once said. Reacting to her death, he said Tuesday in a statement: “How very sad. Pru was a really wonderful comic actress. I’ve recently been watching a number of clips of Fawlty Towers whilst researching a book. Scene after scene she was absolutely perfect. “She was a very sweet lady who spent a lot of her life apologizing. I used to tease her about it. I was very, very fond of her.” Scales was born on June 22, 1932, in Surrey, England. Her mother was an actress; her father, a cotton salesman, served in both World Wars. She worked as an assistant stage manager at the Bristol Old Vic, then played Lydia Bennet in a 1952 BBC miniseries adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. In the 1960s, Scales appeared on the fabled British soap opera Coronation Street and starred opposite Richard Briers on the BBC husband-and-wife comedy Marriage Lines. After Fawlty Towers, Scales starred with Geraldine McEwan as dueling snobs on the London Weekend Television period comedy Mapp & Lucia, based on the novels by E.F. Benson. And on the ITV series After Henry, she played a widow who shares a home with her mother and daughter. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1992. In game shows, Scales appeared on episodes of Whodunnit?, Call My Bluff, and Face the Music. She and West had two children, Joseph and Samuel, an actor with credits including Howards End — he received a BAFTA nomination for that — Notting Hill (1999), Darkest Hour (2017) and the TV series Mr Selfridge. She also is survived by a stepdaughter, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. |
posted 10/26/2025 |
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Gotta Catch Episode 2 |
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On October 31, 2025, the second episode of the Gotta Catch ’Em All! Game Show will air on the Pokémon Twitch channel. Our host, Brian David Gilbert, is back to guide three new contestants through a multiple-choice trivia quiz with a twist: each question is paired with a Pokémon for a contestant to catch! Plus, by tuning in live, you’ll do more than simply watch as the chaos unfolds—Twitch chat users can shape the show through votes when contestants call for aid. Will you take the moment to show off your breadth of Pokémon knowledge, or will you try to lead our contestants astray? Either way, you won’t want to miss the fun with fellow Pokémon fans in the community! Host Brian David Gilbert is a writer, actor, and musician known for his work on Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake and as fact-checker for Um, Actually on Dropout. The contestants joining in for Episode 2 are: Curious to see what our new contestants are in for? Catch up with the first episode on Twitch and save the date for Episode 2 streaming live on October 31, 2025. See you then, Trainers! |
posted 10/28/2025 |
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Tuesday Lightning Round |
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June Lockhart, affectionately known as Lassie’s mom to a generation of Baby Boomers for her portrayal of Ruth Martin on the long-running series, has died. She was 100. Lockhart, famous for playing other nurturing characters on two other CBS shows in the 1960s — the matriarch on the sci-fi drama Lost in Space and the “lady doctor” on the rural sitcom Petticoat Junction — died Thursday of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, a family spokesperson announced. Her father was the great character actor Gene Lockhart — he received an Oscar nomination in 1939 for Algiers and appeared in such classics as His Girl Friday, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Meet John Doe and Miracle on 34th Street — and her mother was actress Kathleen Lockhart (Lady in the Lake). Her parents, who were introduced to each other by Thomas Edison when they barnstormed for him as he trotted out one of his inventions, the phonograph, appeared together as husband and wife Bob and Emily Cratchit in MGM’s A Christmas Carol (1938), and June made her movie debut in that film as one of their kids. “You could say I am one of Edison’s good ideas,” she often said. Before she hit 25, the wholesome, bright-eyed Lockhart also appeared in All This, and Heaven Too (1940) opposite Charles Boyer and Bette Davis; as Gary Cooper‘s sister in Sergeant York (1941); as Lucille Ballard, the beauty first misjudged by Judy Garland, in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); as a woman convinced she’s a monster in the Universal horror film She-Wolf of London (1946); and as a supportive wife in T-Men (1947), directed by Anthony Mann. Lockhart, who had a supporting role in MGM’s 1945 sequel Son of Lassie, became a household name in America soon after replacing Cloris Leachman as Ruth at the start of Lassie‘s fifth season in September 1958. She had been approached before Leachman accepted the role but had turned it down. “I thought about what I had been offered and said to myself, ‘What am I being so damn grand about?'” she once recalled. “I have two children to support, the part they want me to play has a lot of dignity, the show is already on the air, I wouldn’t have to film a pilot, and they have a sponsor. This is a really great gift that has been offered to me.” Lockhart gave substance to the strong farm wife, always worried about whether her husband (Hugh Reilly) could bring in the bean crop. Their adopted son, Timmy, was played by Jon Provost, who had joined the series a season earlier at age 7 as an orphan runaway. Lockhart portrayed Ruth on more than 200 episodes and received an Emmy nomination in 1959. (During her run, four pooches played Lassie.) Soon after the start of the 1964-65 season, Lockhart, Reilly and Provost were written out as the “boy and his dog” theme was jettisoned in favor of the collie being paired with a Forest Service Ranger (Robert Bray). The family was moving to Australia, and the dog couldn’t come with them, viewers were told. “I certainly enjoyed Lassie. I’d be with it yet if they hadn’t changed the format,” she said decades later. Lockhart wasn’t out of work for long, quickly moving to another motherly role, the biochemist Maureen Robinson on the 1965-68 series Lost in Space. (She was offered the part after appearing on an episode of another Irwin Allen-produced series, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.) Her husband on the show was Prof. John Robinson (Guy Williams), and they and their three children (played by Marta Kristen, Angela Cartwright and Billy Mumy) were stranded after their spacecraft was sent off course by a stowaway (Jonathan Harris) during a colonization mission. After Lost in Space was canceled, Lockhart joined Petticoat Junction during its sixth season as Janet Craig, who arrived in Hooterville to replace the town’s retiring Doc Stuart (Regis Toomey) and lived at the Shady Rest Hotel. She effectively replaced actress Bea Benaderet, who had died in October 1968, and remained with the comedy until it ended in 1970. Lockhart worked mainly in television, with appearances on such shows as Zane Grey Theater, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, Studio One in Hollywood and The United States Steel Hour. When Fran Allison took time off, she stepped in to work with the puppets on Kukla, Fran and Ollie. Later, she served as a regular host on beauty pageants and holiday parades. More recently, Lockhart appeared intermittently as matriarch Maria Ramirez on General Hospital and guest-starred as Ryan Stiles’ mother on The Drew Carey Show, as the Tanner girls’ kindergarten teacher on Full House and as the grandmother of Tori Spelling on Beverly Hills, 90210. She was one of the “TV moms” featured on a 1995 episode of Roseanne. In the 1998 Lost in Space movie, she had a cameo as Principal Cartwright. One of her daughters is actress Anne Lockhart, who has appeared on scores of shows, including Battlestar Galactica and Chicago Fire. They worked together on Magnum, P.I. and in the 1986 sci-fi film Troll. Survivors include her other daughter, June, and four grandchildren. In game shows, Lockhart appeared on It's News To Me, Quick As A Flash, Who Said That?, To Tell the Truth, What's This Song?, The Celebrity Game, Your First Impression, Oh My Word, I'll Bet, The Face Is Familiar, Match Game, Hollywood Squares, The Dating Game, Win With the Stars, Funny You Should Ask, Name Droppers, The Game Game, What's My Line?, I've Got A Secret, It's Your Bet, Password, You Don't Say, Pyramid, Shoot for the Stars, Family Feud, All Star Blitz, Win, Lose Or Draw and The Weakest Link. Donations in her memory can be made to the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), ProPublica and/or Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. |
posted 10/26/2025 |
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It's Mr. Christmas Time All Over Again |
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A new era of Finding Mr. Christmas has arrived. Season 2 of the hit Hallmark series premieres on October 27, and we’ll be meeting a new batch of hunks looking to be Hallmark’s next leading man. The Finding Mr. Christmas Season 2 contenders hail from New York to California. These 10 aspiring actors will compete in a variety of Hallmark-esque challenges, with only one being crowned the next “Mr. Christmas” at the end of the season. Jonathan Bennett returns as the host alongside lead judge Melissa Peterman. The winner of Season 2 will receive a role in a Countdown to Christmas movie this winter. The would-be holiday hunks are... |
posted 10/27/2025 |
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Cheryl Burke to Return to DWTS... |
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For the first time since 2022, Cheryl Burke on Oct. 28 will return to Dancing with the Stars ballroom — not to perform but to guest judge alongside Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. Burke, who competed for 26 seasons under the mirror ball, returns with a special set of skills. Besides being the first female pro to win the Mirror Ball Trophy and the first pro in the history of the franchise to become a back-to-back champion, Burke is also properly schooled when it comes to ballroom judging (more on that later). But giving the dancers feedback is not what stresses Burke out about her much-anticipated return; it’s keeping her critiques to 15 seconds or less without impacting the flow of the show. Regardless, she’s eager to join the judges’ dais for Halloween Night and the “Dance Monster-thon.” |
posted 10/27/2025 |
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More on "Fear Factor" Reboot |
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This time, Johnny Knoxville can leave the stunts to somebody else: The "Jackass" star is set to host Fox's upcoming revival of "Fear Factor," and we finally have our first look at the horrific competition that will soon take place. Officially titled "Fear Factor: House of Fear," the stunt-based game show will take place in "an unforgiving, remote location," where "a group of strangers will live together under one roof and face mind-blowing stunts, harrowing challenges and a twisted game of social strategy where trust is fleeting — and fear is a weapon," reads its official description. "Only one contestant will conquer all their fears and walk away with the massive grand prize. The series (which is set to premiere in January) will put its contestants front and center with gross eating challenges, hissing snakes, heights, fire challenges and so much more, as seen in the teaser video linked below. |
posted 10/27/2025 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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Band from TV |
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ABC is putting work into finding the next big TV music competition series — and it has turned to a maestro of the genre to test a new format. The Disney-owned network has set Simon Cowell as a judge on a proof-of-concept taping of Who’s In The Band, a talent search for the next One Direction. He will judge alongside a panel that includes Joe Jonas, Spice Girl Mel B (a frequent Cowell collaborator on America’s Got Talent and beyond), and songwriter Savan Kotecha. Rei Ami, who provided Zoey’s singing voice in Netflix sensation KPop Demon Hunters, is on hosting duties. Who’s In The Band casting materials suggest it will contain a twist on the well-trodden genre, with singers performing the same song, at the same time, in different colored tubes. The Who’s In The Band test shoot will take place on October 30 at Eastbrook Studios in London. Sources say the presentation will not air on ABC, and there is no series greenlight. It is believed to be part of the network’s plan to launch a new talent competition. ABC currently has veteran reality series American Idol — which made Cowell a household name in the US with its original incarnation on Fox — returning for a new season in early 2026. Who’s In The Band hails from Yes Yes Media, the London and LA-based production company founded by Richard Bacon, the former television presenter turned format guru. The network declined to comment. |
posted 10/26/2025 |
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Weekend Lightning Round |
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Tess Daly, Claudia Winkleman to Exit the Dance Floor |
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Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are exiting at the end of this season. In a statement posted on Daly’s Instagram, the pair said “we were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time.” An Insta video from the duo said “there have been some rumblings” about their departure and “we want you to hear this from us.” “We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream,” added Daly and Winkleman, who have hosted the hit BBC series for more than a decade. “We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.” They added: “We will cry when we say the last “keep dancing” but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza.” The shock news comes at a time of change for Strictly, which has had to grapple with a number of scandals over the past couple of years. Daly and Winkleman’s final ep will be this year’s Christmas episode. Around an hour after Daly and Winkleman’s statement, the BBC published their own statement thanking them for “passion and dedication [that] has gone above and beyond.” “I can’t quite believe I’m saying this, but it’s the end of an era with Tess and Claudia’s decision to bid farewell to the Strictly ballroom,” said BBC Chief Content Officer Kate Phillips. “They’ve both been such incredible hosts at the very heart of the show.” Daly and Winkleman have been hosting Strictly since Bruce Forsyth stepped down in 2013, at which point Winkleman, who had already been helming the results show, took over. |
posted 10/23/2025 |
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More on "GABS: Celebrity Holiday" |
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The Great American Baking Show is back! Hosts Casey Wilson and Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells will welcome four celebrity bakers to the tent for the new Celebrity Holiday special, coming to The Roku Channel on November 3. In the special, two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis, SNL alum Cheri Oteri, actor and producer Oliver Hudson, and Emmy-nominated actress Janelle James swap the spotlight for spatulas, tackling three holiday-themed challenges. As they whisk, bake, and decorate their way through the competition, they’ll aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith—but only one can earn the coveted Star Baker crown. Rannells previously appeared as a guest baker in The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer with fellow Broadway alum Jesse Tyler Ferguson. The Book of Mormon star went on to serve as a host during the Halloween episode alongside actress Casey Wilson, both of whom are back for the new holiday special. |
posted 10/23/2025 |
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Bridging to Australia |
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Beeb daytime favourite Bridge of Lies is heading Down Under, after Australia’s Seven Network snapped up the rights to air the quiz show. Produced by Glasgow-based STV Studios, the series has already begun airing as part of Seven’s weekday quiz strand Winning Arvo, with episodes also streaming on 7plus — Australia’s fastest-growing commercial platform. The deal, brokered by BBC Studios, includes all four UK series of Bridge of Lies and all three celebrity editions, giving Australian audiences plenty of chances to see contestants navigate the show’s signature challenge: crossing a bridge of “truths and lies” in pursuit of cash prizes — or risk tumbling into elimination. Hosted by actor and documentary maker Ross Kemp, the format has been a consistent success for the BBC since launching in 2022, earning a loyal audience for its mix of high tension and camp, studio-floor theatrics. The Australian acquisition adds to the show’s expanding international footprint, with versions already airing on RTÉ in Ireland, BBC Nordic, BBC Africa, and local adaptations such as Beat the Bridge in the US and El Puente de las Mentiras in Spain. |
posted 10/23/2025 |
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Canada's "Drag Race" Reveals Season 6 Queens |
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Crave and WOW Presents Plus have unveiled the cast of Canada’s Drag Race Season 6. Based on RuPaul’s Drag Race format, the reality competition series is in search of Canada’s Next Drag Superstar. The nine-episode season features 12 new queens and is set to premiere in Canada on Crave and the U.S. on the WOW Presents Plus streaming service starting Thursday, November 20. The twelve queens competing for the crown are: Dulce, Eboni La’Belle, Hazel, Karamilk, Mya Foxx, Paolo Perfección, PM, Saltina Shaker, Sami Landri, Star Doll, Van Goth, and Velma Jones. Each week, the queens will compete in a variety of gag-worthy challenges and wig-snatching runway categories in a fight to earn the title of Canada’s Next Drag Superstar. In association with Crave, Season 6 of Canada’s Drag Race is produced by Blue Ant Studios with World of Wonder. Executive Producers for Blue Ant Studios are Matthew Hornburg, Mark Bishop, Donna Luke, and Laura Michalchyshyn. Trevor Boris is Executive Producer/Showrunner, Lori Greenberg is Supervising Producer. |
posted 10/23/2025 |
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Thursday Lightning Round |
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Project Runway is strutting into another season on Freeform, Disney+ and Hulu. The series has been renewed for Season 22 and will debut in 2026, Disney announced Tuesday. Heidi Klum will return as host and judge, joined by mentor Christian Siriano and judges Law Roach and Nina Garcia. The competition series made its debut on Bravo in 2004 and revolutionized the reality genre. Project Runway ran for five seasons on Bravo before moving to Lifetime for eleven more seasons. For its 17th season, the show returned to Bravo, where it ran for four seasons. It moved to Disney for Season 21, making its highly anticipated return this summer with Klum reclaiming her hosting duties after a five-season hiatus. The season featured a refreshed format and a few Disney-themed challenges including a Princess & Villains episode as well as cameos from the cast of Abbott Elementary. Spyglass Media Group and Alfred Street Industries produce Project Runway. Gary Barber and Sean Hoagland serve as executive producers for Spyglass. Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Nan Strait, Dan Volpe, Michael Rucker, and San Heng serve as executive producers for Alfred Street Industries. Klum, Siriano, and Garcia also serve as executive producers. Roach is a co-EP. |
posted 10/22/2025 |
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"Big Break" Breaking Back... with a YouTube Twist |
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Big Break - Golf Channel's transformative golf reality competition series that broke ground in television entertainment beginning in the early 2000s and ran for a record-breaking 23 seasons - returns to Golf Channel in 2026 in partnership with Good Good Golf. Season 24 of Big Break - Big Break x Good Good - will premiere on Golf Channel in August 2026 and will take place at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. Dating back to its debut in 2003, Big Break pits highly-skilled golfers against each other in a variety of skills challenges from tee-to-green, including two of the series' signature challenges - the popular "Glass Break" and "Flop Wall" challenges - which will return for Big Break x Good Good. Throughout the show's history, Big Break has awarded aspiring professional golfers exemption into select events on tours across professional golf, including the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, DP World Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions. The winner of Big Break x Good Good will earn an exemption into the PGA TOUR's Good Good Championship in November 2026. Big Break Dominican Republic winner, former LPGA Tour pro and Golf Channel personality Blair O'Neal will serve as host of Big Break x Good Good. O'Neal competed twice on Big Break, also earning runner-up honors in Big Break Prince Edward Island. Members of Good Good Golf will compete and be featured throughout Big Break x Good Good. Brad Dalke and Sean Walsh will be two of the 12 competitors on Big Break x Good Good, Matt Scharff will co-host the season alongside Blair O'Neal, and Garrett Clark and Bubbie Broders will serve as non-playing team captains. Details on how to apply to compete on Big Break x Good Good will be announced in the coming weeks. |
posted 10/22/2025 |
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Jeopardy! Postseason: A Preview |
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Get ready to see familiar faces return to your screens in 2026. Jeopardy! bosses Sarah Whitcomb-Foss and Michael Davies have explained the post-season Schedule and what is changing within the shows. They sat down for an episode of their podcast, Inside Jeopardy!, which was posted on the game show‘s Substack. Ken Jennings is expected to return to host all of the postseason shows. He hosts the syndicated and celebrity versions as well. - The Second Chance Tournament will last three weeks: 27 players in total, nine players per week, 15 days total for television time Celebrity Jeopardy! Season 2 and 3 champions Lisa Ann Walter and W. Kamau Bell are both expected to play. The rest of the competitors will be revealed later Exhibition game returning Postseason field to be revealed on November 10 on the next Inside Jeopardy! episode. |
posted 10/22/2025 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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More on "Project Runway Canada" |
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Bell Media’s Crave has released the trailer for Project Runway Canada and revealed the full lineup of guest judges who will guide the designers throughout the competition. Canada’s Next Great Designer will face a panel of judges led by Coco Rocha, who also serves as host, along with Jeanne Beker and Spencer Badu. Joining the judging panel is a rotating group of guest judges, including fashion and beauty experts and entrepreneurs. Project Runway USA mentor Christian Siriano, an award-winning CFDA fashion designer and Project Runway Season 4 winner, will be one of the guest judges. Makeup artist Patrick Ta, fashion designer Jason Wu, model and TV personality Lauren Chan, and avant-garde beauty creator and model Mei Pang will also be featured as guest judges. Rounding out the list of guest judges are Creative Director of Halston and Chief Creative Officer of Xcel Brands, Ken Downing; Co-founder and designer of fashion line, Greta Constantine; Kirk Pickersgill, and the first-ever NFL fashion editor, Kyle Smith. The trailer for the revival of Project Runway Canada also features mentor Aurora James as she helps the designers in the workroom with feedback before they present their work to the judges. Project Runway Canada will make its debut on Friday, November 14, on Crave. New episodes of the competition will drop every Friday until the finale set for January 16. |
posted 10/21/2025 |
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GSN Makes "Choices" |
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Game Show Network has decided on putting 100 Choices into development. The cable channel is working with Extracted and On Brand with Jimmy Fallon producer B17 Entertainment to create a U.S. version of the Japanese comedic family format. Tokyo-based Fany Studio and B17 parent Sony Pictures Television, which has international distribution rights, unveiled the development today. Given that Game Show Network is also a Sony-owned business, the deal is something of a family affair. The show sees a a group of contestants faced with one question and 100 possible answers. If they can answer correctly, they win a large cash prize, but the question is nearly impossible to answer, so the they take on five physical challenges that allows them to eliminate some of the choices based on their performance in each challenge. This comes after Sony Pictures Television International Formats pitched the show to international buyers last week as a cornerstone of its unscripted slate. The U.S. studio unveiled the show at the London TV Screenings earlier this year after picking up the rights at the Asia TV Forum, and part of that announcement revealed B17 would represent it in the U.S. “We have enjoyed a tremendous buzz around 100 Choices ever since we unveiled the series at London Screenings and we have had an amazing response from clients at MIPCOM,” said Laura St Clair, SVP, International Formats at SPT. “Fany Studio has created a format with a universality that can be enjoyed by family audiences the world over, and it is fantastic that the brilliant team at B17 Entertainment are developing this for Game Show Network. I can’t wait to see how they adapt and enhance the games for American audiences, and we are very excited to be able to announce further news around 100 Choices very soon.” Fany Studio is behind shows such as comedy quiz Freeze, which has been a major hit in Portugal, and dating format Rea(l)ove, which Turkey’s Global Agency has on the international market. |
posted 10/21/2025 |
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Tuesday Lightning Round |
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Joe Walsh and Zac Brown are joining The Voice Season 28 as mega mentors. Brown will make his debut on the NBC singing competition joining coaches Michael Bublé and Snoop Dogg, while Walsh will join Niall Horan and Reba McEntire as the contestants enter the Knockouts beginning Monday, October 27. Each coach enters the Knockouts with eight artists. With no saves or steals in this round, the competition is intense. Coaches alone choose the winner from their team to advance to the Playoffs, the last round before the Live Shows. The Voice will also introduce a new feature to the show called the “Mic Drop” button. This button is given to each coach to use on an artist from their respective teams whose performance blows them away. Viewers at home will have the opportunity to vote for the “Mic Drop” winner among the four. The artist with the most votes is awarded a performance at the Rose Parade, live on January 1, 2026. Zac Brown is the leading front man of Zac Brown Band, a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning Southern rock group. The group was inducted into the Fenway Music Hall of Fame in 2022. Zac Brown Band will be the first country group to have a residency at Sphere in Las Vegas, which begins in December 2025. Joe Walsh has received numerous accolades throughout this career, which spans more than five decades. The singer, songwriter and producer has released 12 studio records to date. He became a 2016 Kennedy Center Honors recipient as a member of the Eagles. In 2017, Walsh launched VetsAid, his nonprofit organization that supports veterans and their families. |
posted 10/20/2025 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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Pop Culture Jeopardy! has a new home. The spinoff of the iconic game show is making a surprise move from Amazon to Netflix for its second season. The series comes from Sony Pictures Television’s Game Show Division. It is an extremely rare move in the world of entertainment formats. The move comes as Amazon is figuring out its unscripted strategy. The streamer has a new global head of television in former Netflix exec Peter Friedlander, who will likely want to put his own stamp on things. Lauren Anderson, who currently oversees unscripted, has been increasingly focusing on the advertising side of the business as Head of Brand & Content Innovation at Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video, while the unscripted studio, MGM Alternative TV, was recently moved under the division that Friedlander now oversees. Meanwhile, a number of Amazon unscripted execs have moved over to Netflix over the last year including its head of unscripted series Jenny Falkoff and head of docuseries Alysia Russo. Pop Culture Jeopardy! is a new twist on the classic show that originally started in 1964 and features three contestants trying to be experts in categories such as alternative rock, the Avengers, MMA, Broadway, Gen Z and Zendaya. Contestants, playing in teams of three, will compete in a tournament-style event for the grand prize and ultimate bragging rights. It launched on Amazon as part of a game show block – Winning Wednesdays – that also featured the Travis Kelce-hosted Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?, JB Smoove-fronted Buy It Now and Wish List Games. The status of these titles is currently unclear but it’s no surprise to say that Kelce is busy with the Kansas City Chiefs and an upcoming wedding to Taylor Swift so may not be returning to the studio any time soon. Michael Davies, who serves as showrunner of Jeopardy!, exec produces Pop Culture Jeopardy!. The show will premiere its second season on Netflix in 2026. |
posted 10/16/2025 |
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They are playing for themselves, not for friendship! That’s the message shared in the newest trailer for season two of Squid Game: The Challenge on Netflix. Returning Nov. 4, the game will feature 456 new contestants who will enter the “ultimate test of strategy, alliances, and endurance as they compete for a life-changing $4.56 million prize.” The game is inspired by the streamer’s uber-successful drama series. The trailer is promising bigger twists, savage competition and never-before-seen games for season 2. Like the drama series, players face elimination at every turn. The new season will feature nine episodes. Executive Producers are Nicola Brown (The Garden), Tim Harcourt (Studio Lambert), John Hay (The Garden), Anna Kidd, Stephen Lambert (Studio Lambert), Nick Walker, Nia Yemoh (Studio Lambert), and Stephen Yemoh (Studio Lambert). |
posted 10/16/2025 |
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Mexico to Crown "Latina Royale" |
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World of Wonder has greenlit Drag Race Mexico: Latina Royale, the latest expansion of the Drag Race franchise. Latina Royale will spotlight a cast of all Latin Queens from different shows across the global franchise. The new series notably follows in the footsteps of WOW’s Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale, which featured a slate of Asian drag artists from various Drag Race installments. A host for Slaysian Royale has not yet been revealed. (Lolita Banana and Taiga Brava currently serve as the co-hosts of Drag Race Mexico.) In addition to the reveal of the new series, WOW has renewed Drag Race Philippines for a fourth season. The news comes on the heels of Slaysian Royale breaking records, becoming the most watched global premiere ever for its streamer, WOW Presents Plus. Additionally, the series drew in a 50 percent viewership increase compared to season three of Drag Race Philippines. “World of Wonder is proud to continue spotlighting the many cultures which shape global drag, and celebrate Latin artistry with Drag Race Mexico: Latina Royale,” said WOW co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato in a statement. |
posted 10/16/2025 |
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America's Funniest Short-Form Videos |
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Vice Studios (“Gangs of London”) and V10 Entertainment, which owns “America’s Funniest Home Videos” producer Vin DiBona Prods., have come up with a new twist to the age-old TV video clip format. V10 and Vice are behind a new hybrid clip/competition series dubbed “Clip Bait.” The show pits online videos opposite each other in a tournament, as each clip is judged by a panel of content creators. The “ultimate viral champion” will then be chosen in a “live, interactive finale.” “‘Clip Bait’ is what happens when viral videos stop being watched and start getting judged,” said Vice Studios head of non-scripted development Joe Ingham. “This big, beautiful, bonkers format is part banter, part treasure hunt, and totally participatory. We’ve turned the infinite scroll into a full contact sport, and we cannot wait to unleash it onto a screen near you very soon.” Ingham will exec produce the series for Vice Studios, while John Stevens and Rick de Oliveira are exec pdoducers for V10 Entertainment. Global rights to the series are currently being shopped at the Mipcom international television market. “’Clip Bait’ reimagines the clip series and reality competition formats with immediacy and energy to reflect today’s viral video audiences,” said de Oliveira said. “Our partnership with Vice will deliver a high-stakes competition that seamlessly taps into the way audiences watch, share, and connect.” |
posted 10/15/2025 |
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Talpa Catches Australia "In the Middle" |
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Channel 7 is doubling down on game shows for 2026, jumping on a growing trend across the TV industry as audiences start to tune out from dating and social experiment reality series. The network has locked in Talpa Studios’ new format Caught in the Middle, which will make its Australian debut next year. The local version will be produced by Eureka Productions (a Fremantle company) in partnership with Talpa Studios. The show, created by John de Mol’s Talpa Studios, puts two contestants at the heart of a massive LED arena surrounded by one hundred opponents. Over the course of fifteen questions, the central duo must find a way to stay ahead — knocking out rivals before anyone reaches the middle and takes the €50,000 ($58,065) jackpot. While the concept sounds deceptively simple, Seven and Talpa are keeping several gameplay twists under wraps for now, hinting that more details will drop closer to launch. According to Talpa Studios, filming will take place at the company’s international production hub, with Seven confirming its broadcast plans as 2026 approaches. Channel Seven is expected to officially confirm the commission at its upcoming Upfronts event next week. |
posted 10/15/2025 |
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Ready or Not, Here Comes Denmark |
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VS School the Ultimate Hide and Seek, a game-show format from Fuji Television Network, has been optioned in Denmark by Fremantle’s Strong Productions. The format is based on a segment from Fuji TV’s weekly variety show New Key. Ryuji Komiya, head of international distribution (unscripted formats), said: “Since the launch of VS School in 2023 in the global market, we have received considerable positive feedback on this format. The format offers a creative, television-oriented adaptation of the widely recognized game ‘hide-and-seek,’ highlighting collaborative teamwork among participants. We look forward to collaborating with Strong Productions and anticipate the innovative contributions they will bring to this format.” Sune Roland, CEO at Strong Productions, added: We are always focused on finding original formats that can be adapted for our local market. VS School the Ultimate Hide and Seek is an excellent example of a show that has performed well locally already but includes all the right ingredients to work in other markets too. Apart from standing out visually in the storytelling, the celebrity twist combined with an event feel makes us believe that there is a lot of potential for this show in Denmark. We are very excited about teaming up with the amazing team at Fuji TV to make this irresistible for a Danish channel.” |
posted 10/15/2025 |
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2Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress who starred in Annie Hall, has died. She was 79. A family spokesperson has confirmed that the beloved Oscar winner died of pneumonia on Saturday at the age of 79. Keaton got her first acting credit in 1970 as Joan in Lovers and Other Strangers, and she later rose to prominence in 1972 for her role as Kay Adams, the girlfriend of Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone, in The Godfather. She reprised the role in The Godfather Part II in 1974 and The Godfather Part III in 1990. She went on to collaborate with Woody Allen in Sleeper, Interiors, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Annie Hall, which earned her an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1978. She also notably collaborated with writer/director Nancy Meyers in films such as Baby Boom, Something’s Gotta Give and The Father of the Bride. Keaton’s other film credits include The First Wives Club, Red, And So it Goes and The Family Stone. On the TV side, Keaton starred as Sister Mary alongside Jude Law’s Lenny Belardo in the 2016 miniseries The Young Pope. In game shows, Keaton featured on the original German version of "Wanna Bet...?" Keaton had two children, daughter Dexter and son Duke, whom she adopted in 1996 and 2001, respectively. "Motherhood was not an urge I couldn't resist, it was more like a thought I'd been thinking for a very long time. So I plunged in,” she told Ladies' Home Journal in 2008. Keaton is survived by her children. |
posted 10/15/2025 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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Former contestants from across the Bachelor franchises will reunite for HGTV’s newest competition, Bachelor Mansion Takeover. The competition series will bring back alumni from The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, The Golden Bachelor, and The Golden Bachelorette to give the famed property a makeover in a new six-episode design show. Jesse Palmer will host the competition with Tayshia Adams and Tyler Cameron serving as judges. The cast of Bachelor Mansion Takeover includes Dean Bell, Jill Chin, Noah Erb, Allyshia Gupta, Tammy Ly, Sandra Mason, Sam McKinney, Brendan Morais, Courtney Robertson Preciado, Jeremy Simon, Christopher Stallworth, and Joan Vassos. This time, they will be swapping their roses for paintbrushes to help transform the Bachelor mansion. Each episode will feature an elimination with Tayshia and Tyler judging each challenge alongside a guest judge. In the end, only one Bachelor alum will win a $100,000 cash prize. “When we learned the Bachelor Mansion needed a serious makeover, we knew only HGTV could give the iconic property a renovation worthy of the name,” said Howard Lee, Chief Creative Officer, US Networks, Warner Bros. Discovery. “We’re welcoming fan favorites and memorable cast members from throughout Bachelor history to the HGTV family and can’t wait to see what they get up to in this first of its kind competition for the network.” Bachelor Mansion Takeover is slated to premiere on HGTV in 2026. Bachelor Mansion Takeover is distributed by Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, a Warner Bros. Television Group Company. |
posted 10/10/2025 |
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"The Floor" Hits Japan, MENA |
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Talpa Studios’ global hit quiz show “The Floor” has reached a major milestone: its 30th international commission. The latest deals include a new adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa region, airing on MBC — spanning 23 territories and reaching over 150 million weekly viewers — and a landmark first entry into Asia, where Nippon TV will bring the show to Japan. These additions follow recent commissions in Eastern Europe and strong launches across key markets such as the U.S., Australia and France. John de Mol, founder of Talpa Studios, said: “Reaching our 30th commission is a milestone we’re incredibly proud of. With the MENA region now on board and our very first sale in Japan, it shows the format’s universal strength. In all my years in this industry, it’s the first time one of my formats will air in Japan, which makes this an extra special moment.” Megumi Hisamichi, senior manager, programming and platform strategy, Nippon TV, said: “ ‘The Floor’ features a dynamic stage and fast-paced gameplay, capturing global attention as an innovative, audience-participating quiz show. I was tremendously inspired by this format and immediately proposed a Japanese adaptation produced by Nippon TV. We will preserve its original appeal while using our extensive production experience to further enhance it for the Japanese audience.” Samar Akrouk, group director of production at MBC Group and MBC Studios, added: “This is yet another example of MBC’s leadership and commitment to bringing world-class formats to the Arab world. ‘The Floor’ joins our long line of successful international formats that we have produced and adapted for our audiences.” |
posted 10/14/2025 |
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Catching the Wisdom of the Crowd |
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At Mipcom 2025, BBC Studios announced a second international licence for the Magnum Productions’ innovative gameshow format Wisdom of the Crowd. BBC Studios Germany is set to produce a local adaptation for RTL, Germany’s free-to-air broadcaster, to air in 2026. From the creators of the globally successful The 1% Club, Wisdom of the Crowd is a primetime entertainment format that blends humour with fast-paced gameplay, inviting viewers at home to play along and see if they have what it takes to beat the Wisdom of the Crowd. Originally commissioned by the BBC in the UK, the format has already gained international traction with Spain being the first market to secure an international licence. Brutal Media, part of BBC Studios Global Production are producing the Spanish adaptation, known locally as Los 200: One Against the Crowd, for Telecinco. Each episode of Wisdom of the Crowd sees individual contestants face off against a group of 200 studio participants, answering unique number-based questions. If a contestant’s answer beats the average guess of the crowd, they win a cash prize. If not, the money goes into a shared jackpot for the crowd, turning the audience into active players and potential winners. It’s the ultimate David vs Goliath gameshow. Inspired by the early 20th-century theory of crowd wisdom by scientist Francis Galton, the format showcases how collective intelligence can outperform individual knowledge. Matt Forde, President, BBC Studios Global Productions said "Wisdom of the Crowd is an innovative new format and we’re thrilled to see it gaining momentum internationally. Having Spain and now Germany on board shows a lot of early excitement. It is a top-class entertainment show that we hope will resonate and delight audiences around the world." Andy Auerbach, Magnum Productions said “We’re delighted that Germany is joining the UK and Spain to find out if any brave individuals can take on the Wisdom of the Crowd and win. Produced by the same BBC Studios team which has made The 1% Club such a success in Germany, the show couldn’t be in better hands.” Wisdom of the Crowd will air on BBC One in the UK with the TX date to be announced. It will air in prime time on Telecinco, Spain and on RTL in Germany. |
posted 10/14/2025 |
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Tuesday Lightning Round |
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ITV Cleans Up |
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EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios is kicking off MIPCOM Cannes this morning with a spate of format deals and the addition of Fox Reality Channel reality show Solitary to its catalog. Among the deals are a Spanish agreement for A Party to Die For, the fiftieth territory launch for Come Dine With Me, a New Zealand buyer coming in for The Chase and a second season of My Mum Your Dad in Brazil. In Spain, Atresmedia has become the become the latest buyer of murder mystery guessing game show A Party to Die For, which was initially crested by ITV Studios Netherlands and Talpa Studios. This comes after local launches in the Netherlands and France. ITV Studios Iberia is producing the Spanish version ahead of a launch on Atresmedia next year. The format sees celebrities are invited to a glamorous party, only to find that one of them has been ‘murdered’ before the event begins. The remaining guests must use their detective skills to solve the mystery and uncover the culprit, with viewers playing along via an app. Come Dine With Me has launched a fiftieth version with Canal+Magic launching Come Dine With Me Africa (French Speaking). Produced by Mediawan Group’s 909 Productions, the season will run to 40 episodes. The format, an evergreen in the ITV Studios catalog, sees four players take turns to cook for the others, with the best ranking winning a prize. It originated in the UK, where it is now made for Channel 4 by ITV Studios-owned Multistory Media and has a spin-off, Come Dine With Me Teens. Meanwhile, game show The Chase is headed into a 22nd territory after New Zealand’s TVNZ ordered a local version. ITV Studios Australia will make the show, which is scheduled to begin on November 3 on TVNZ1 and streamer TVNZ+. Another British format, it is for ITV and made in the UK by Potato, which is set to merge with 12 Yard Productions in 2026. Finally, relationship format My Mum Your Dad has been recommissioned in Brazil, where Globoplay has ordered a second season. Formata will again produce, following single parents on journeys to find love, with the secret involvement of their grown-up children. The Greg and Haley Daniels-created format was originally for HBO Max in the U.S., with ITV Entertainment producing in association with Rombola Entertainment. As ITV Studios welcomes press for an annual MIPCOM breakfast today, ITV’s production and sales arm has announced the acquisition of Solitary, the controversial social experiment format that was originally for the Fox Reality Channel, which shut up shop 15 years ago. In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts. They are guided only by Val, an ever-present computer entity, as they face relentless physical and mental challenges until the last one standing claims the prize. The series was previously remade in Germany for ProSieben and in Brazil on SBT, but has remained in solitary confinement for many years now. ITV Studios will be aiming to change that this MIPCOM. |
posted 10/13/2025 |
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Sold! |
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The Auction, a new format from Israel’s Dori Media Group and Abot Hameiri, is getting an Italian version from producer Blu Yazmine. The show, which successfully debuted on América Televisión in Peru earlier this summer, is now headed to Italy after producer Blu Yazmine acquired local rights. Blu Yazmine has produced global formats including The Floor, Tempting Fortune, Red Carpet Survival, Cash or Trash and Flat Hunters. Dori Media and Abot Hameiri, in collaboration with América Televisión, produced the first season of The Auction (known locally as La Subasta), which became the number one show in its prime-time slot in Peru on América Televisión during the summer and into the fall. The show sees two families compete without knowing what’s inside the mysterious boxes, relying only on bizarre AI-generated clues that get funnier and more absurd as the bidding intensifies. Each team uses an equal budget to try and acquire prizes with the highest real-world value. Dori Media Group has also licensed its unscripted format Intuition to Portugal’s TVI, where the series will make its European debut in December. TVI has ordered 20 episodes of the game show, which was created by Dori Media and Oded Menashe, who also created the international hit series Smart Face. |
posted 10/13/2025 |
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Food Network Plots Holiday Programming |
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Food Network will deliver a joyful slate of fresh holiday programming launching in November with the debut of a new holiday themed spin-off of the network's top-rated competition series - Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas and daring new dessert showdown with a twist, Sweet Empire. The sparkling lineup also includes a new season of the wildly successful series, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking and returning fan-favorites Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown and Holiday Baking Championship. The holiday cheer continues with Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition, special World's Sweetest Candy Shops, and seasonal episodes of The Kitchen. Last year, Food Network programming had more than 60M total cross-platform viewers during the holiday period. "This year we have upped the ante on Food Network's must-see, seasonal family-friendly programming with new series, new twists and new takes on this fan-favorite lineup," said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. "Along with returning favorites, fans will be dazzled by the holiday spin on Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas and the unique take on the dessert competition format with Sweet Empire. With more than 50 hours of holiday programming Food Network is truly the ultimate destination this holiday season." The holidays begin with the return of Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking on Sunday, November 2nd at 8 p.m. ET/PT, featuring even more spellbinding creations, enchanted elements and baking wizardry as a new field of competitors embark on the experience of a lifetime. Hosts James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) bring their charm, humor and behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and are joined by esteemed culinary judges Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef, who bring their discerning palates and high expectations to the table. Special guests Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick), Afshan Azad (Padma Patil) and Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) help evaluate the competitors' showpieces as they share their own stories from the films. Fans can follow #WizardsOfBaking on social to watch behind the scenes videos, tour the new sets, check out fun games with the hosts and judges, and hear from the Phelps and special guests as they return to Hogwarts once again. On FoodNetwork.com, fans can find out more about the competitors and magical recipes inspired by Harry Potter. Next, Holiday Baking Championship will return on Monday, November 3rd at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and for the first time ever, will split the 12 competing bakers into two teams of Naughty vs. Nice as host Jesse Palmer welcomes them to an adorable, immersive holiday village with a working coffee shop, general store, and town hall. In this joyful world, the teams will take on tasks like "Snow Day Desserts," "Chrismukkah Platters," and of course, "Naughty Elf Desserts" - complete with advantages that lean either mischievous or merry. Judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown will bring tough love as they determine which amazing baker will earn the title of Holiday Baking Champion and receive a feature in Food Network magazine and the grand prize of $25,000. Fans can follow #HolidayBakingChampionship across Food Network social platforms for exclusive content shot on set including holiday hot takes with the judges, holiday "Two Truths and a Lie," fun taste tests, and more. On Wednesday, November 5th at 8 p.m. ET/PT Guy Fieri will make the most wonderful time of the year even more wonderful, with a high-stakes holiday incarnation of the ultimate sudden-death culinary showdown, Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas. And because the holidays are a time for cooking with the ones you love, chefs will be invited to pair up in teams of two to compete for glory and goodwill. In every battle, teams will serve up a savory and a sweet dish based on the spin of the Randomizer. The chef teams will need to be in sync and on their game to earn the title, the belt, a $100,000 cash prize furnished by Carnival Cruise Lines and their split of an additional $50,000 prize to give to a cause close to their hearts. Competing teams include Antonia Lofaso and Alex Guarnaschelli; Maneet Chauhan and Stephanie Izard; Mei Lin and Nini Nguyen; Jet Tila and Ashley Holt; Lee Anne Wong and Zac Young; Sara Bradley and Damaris Phillips; Britt Rescigno and Jonathon Sawyer; Michael Voltaggio and Bryan Voltaggio; Marcus Samuelsson and Rachel Sherriffe; Shirley Chung and Sherry Yard; Kevin Lee and Dale Talde; Aarón Sánchez and Amanda Freitag; Tobias Dorzon and Marcel Vigneron; Adam Sobel and Christian Petroni; Aarti Sequeira and Crista Luedtke; Graham Elliot and Giuseppe Tentori. Judges across the season are Michelle Bernstein, Scott Conant, Cat Cora, Susan Feniger, Gale Gand, Lorena Garcia, Judy Joo, Nancy Silverton, Curtis Stone, Jacques Torres, Christina Tosi, Ming Tsai, and Geoffrey Zakarian. Floor reporters Tiffani Faison and Justin Warner will be joined by Hunter Fieri to provide insight into each team's strategy. Follow #TournamentofChampions and #AllStarChristmas across Food Network social platforms to watch behind the scenes videos including a tour of the set hosted by Guy and check out a holiday Q&A with the all-star duos competing. Making its wintry debut on Sunday, November 9th at 9 p.m. ET/PT is a new competition series, Sweet Empire where fourteen of the most competitive and talented sweets makers are invited to the Yuletide Lodge for a competition unlike any other. While the competitors enter as individuals, their goal will be to get on-- and stay on-- the strongest team by any means necessary, because in this game the bakers must create incredible edible works of art to grow their teams and avoid elimination. In the end, teams will crumble until only the strongest will be left standing to become the Sweet Empire. Wells Adams will host with Jacques Torres and Yolanda Gampp serving as judges in this holiday baking competition with an edge. Fans can follow #SweetEmpire across Food Network social platforms for exclusive content shot on set with host Wells Adams, plus culinary demos from Yolanda Gampp and Jacques Torres. 'Tis the season for revenge when Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown premieres on Tuesday, November 11th at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Last holiday season, Bobby Flay didn't play nice and ended up with a clean sweep. This year, all his old friends and Food Network's favorite chefs will return to serve a helping of "Revengesgiving" with a heaping side of "holi-payback." The stakes will be higher than ever, as everyone is out to ruin Bobby's holiday season. Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown competitors and guest hosts include Sunny Anderson, Gabe Bertaccini, Maneet Chauhan, Esther Choi, Kelsey Barnard Clark, Tiffani Faison, Sophie Flay, Amanda Freitag, Carla Hall, Eddie Jackson, Michael Jenkins, Carson Kressley, Mei Lin, Antonia Lofaso, Jeff Mauro, Ayesha Nurdjaja, Damaris Phillips, Aarti Sequeira, Jet Tila, Michael Voltaggio, Brooke Williamson, Geoffrey Zakarian, Claudette Zepeda, and Andrew Zimmern. Follow #BeatBobbyFlay across Food Network social platforms for more on this star-studded holiday throwdown. On Monday, November 17th at 9 pm ET/PT, Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition will premiere on Food Network and Magnolia Network. Hosted by Oliver Hudson and executive produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines, top bakers will face off in the biggest little gingerbread competition ever imagined. Over a series of four challenges, teams will build incredible, edible worlds from scratch with lights, motion, and storybook-level detail in every miniature. Each week, Oliver Hudson guides the fun with warmth and humor, inviting viewers into a magical holiday world, where imagination has no limits. Judges for the series include acclaimed pastry chef Gale Gand and professor and architect Michael Ford along with episodic guests, celebrity stylist Brad Goreski, chef Christina Tosi, actress D'arcy Carden and for the finale, Joanna Gaines. Fans can follow #GingerbreadLand across social platforms for more on this all-new holiday competition. All holiday series will stream next day on HBO Max and discovery+. And for more festive inspiration throughout the season, viewers can tune in to holiday themed episodes of The Kitchen during Food Network's weekend daytime lineup. Plus, fans can learn more about all of the holiday competitors, read episode recaps, discover behind-the-scenes tidbits and take a deep dive into all of Food Network's holiday offerings on FoodNetwork.com. Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking is produced by Warner Horizon and theoldschool. World's Sweetest Candy Shops is produced by ScreenDog Productions. Holiday Baking Championship is produced by Sonic Dog. Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas is produced by Knuckle Sandwich and Lando Entertainment. Sweet Empire is produced by Alfred Street Studios. Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown is produced by Rock Shrimp Productions. Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition is produced by Lando Entertainment. |
posted 10/13/2025 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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Wordle, the online trivia game that attracts billions of plays each year, is being lined up for television. NBC is piloting a game show based on the New York Times game with Savannah Guthrie hosting. Jimmy Fallon is involved in the adaptation, which is filming in the UK, via his Electric Hot Dog banner. His company is producing with Universal Television Alternative Studio and the New York Times. The New York Times began exploring the idea of a Wordle television game show and chose to partner with Fallon and develop the idea with UTAS for the broadcast network. It comes after the newspaper acquired the game, which was created by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle, in 2022. Last year, it was played 5.3B times, up from 4.8B plays in 2023. The game gives players six attempts to guess a five-letter word, receiving feedback through colored tiles that indicate correct letters and their placement. Inspired by Mastermind, a single puzzle is released daily with all players around the world attempting to solve the same word. Fallon has previously admitted that he is “addicted” to the game and has attempted to solve the puzzle on The Tonight Show. If it makes it to air, Wordle (w/t) would join Fallon’s litany of other shows across NBC. He just launched his business competition reality series On Brand, which airs on Tuesdays and Fridays, and is also behind the reboot of Password, which was recently renewed for a third season, and That’s My Jam. |
posted 10/10/2025 |
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LMAD Celebrates Survivors |
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Let’s Make a Deal turned its blue set pink in celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer survivors and current fighters will get the chance to take home big prizes in the game show’s Monday, October 13, episode. For the special Mega Money Monday episode, one lucky guaranteed winner will get to take home not $10,000, but $20,000. Meanwhile, another person could end up winning three prizes, including a brand-new car. Other prizes up for grabs include trips to New York, Las Vegas, Jamaica, and Canada, and more audience giveaways. |
posted 10/10/2025 |
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More on "Next Level Baker" |
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Gordon Ramsay will be joined by TV host Carla Hall and Sprinkles Cupcakes founder Candace Nelson on Next Level Baker, Fox‘s upcoming three-week special event holiday series. Hall and Nelson will serve as co-mentors on the cooking competition series “where bakers are challenged to create eye-popping festive holiday delights.” In choosing the contestants, Ramsay scoured the country for the best home, pro and social media bakers, from different backgrounds and levels of expertise, according to Fox. Ramsay, Hall and Nelson will take the bakers under their wings in the competition, which will see one of them winning $25,000 and a HexClad prize package. The three-week special event series premieres Thursday, Dec. 4 at 9/8c on Fox, Fox One and Next Day Hulu. Next Level Baker is produced by Studio Ramsay on behalf of Studio Ramsay Global and BiggerStage. Ramsay and Matt Cahoon serve as executive producers. Hall co-hosted The Chew for seven years. She can be seen as a judge in shows including BakeAway Camp and Holiday Baking Championship, and also served as judge and coach for multiple seasons on Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America. She also serves as a judge on Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking. Hall also hosted the Emmy-nominated food and travel show Chasing Flavor. Nelson left a career in finance to start Sprinkles, billed as the world’s first cupcake bakery and Cupcake ATM. She served as a judge for 10 seasons of Cupcake Wars on Food Network and 3 seasons of Sugar Rush on Netflix, where she also served as executive producer. She followed Sprinkles with the launch of Pizzana, a franchise of Neo-Neapolitan pizzerias, and CN2 Ventures, a Los Angeles-based venture studio and investment firm. |
posted 10/10/2025 |
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"Rhythm+Flow" Returns to Italy |
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RHYTHM + FLOW ITALY, Netflix's rap show produced by Fremantle, will officially return in 2026 with a third season that promises to be more explosive than ever, featuring an incredible new addition. Joining the now-iconic judges Fabri Fibra, Geolier and Rose Villain is another legend of the scene: Guè officially becomes part of the team to raise the bar even higher and discover the next stars of Italian rap. The winner will once again take home a €100,000 prize. The search for the artists who will define the new scene is ready to begin, with a stellar jury and plenty of surprises ahead. The first two seasons of RHYTHM + FLOW ITALY have truly made their mark: the original tracks by contestants who reached the final stages of the show (music videos and finale) have reached a total of almost one billion streams across all music and social platforms. These numbers confirm that the show has become one of the most popular showcases for Italian rap, capable of discovering new and promising talents. |
posted 10/10/2025 |
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Gregg Wallace Sues the BBC |
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Gregg Wallace is suing the BBC for “distress and harassment,” seeking £10,000 ($13,000) in damages, after being fired as the presenter of MasterChef in a misconduct scandal. Deadline reported last month (see below) that Wallace had filed the High Court lawsuit, and now BBC News has seen legal documents revealing the particulars of his claim. The presenter argues that the BBC caused him distress by allegedly failing to disclose his personal data when he filed a subject access request. The BBC has declined to comment on the case. |
posted 10/10/2025 |
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Alone at 10 |
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In a scene from Season 3 of “Alone Australia,” Ceilidh, a young deaf woman, looks up at a bird on a tree limb far above and remarks that it is a white-bellied sea eagle. She adds that her father had a tattoo of the bird on his arm, and goes on to explain that he was her greatest champion, but died of leukemia when she was a teenager. After a pause, she says, “It’s like my dad is watching over me.” It’s a scene that encapsulates the emotional appeal of the show, in which 10 survivalists compete for a large cash prize by attempting to be the last person standing in a wild, inhospitable location. As Tom, another of the contestants, says on his arrival in Western Tasmania, “It’s cold, it’s rugged, it’s unforgiving. All 10 of us are (expletive) crazy.” The show launched in the U.S. 10 years ago on the cable channel that is now called History and is currently airing its 12th season. The A+E Global Media format has been replicated in 10 countries, and in Australia, it is broadcast by SBS, with Season 4 in production in the Arctic. The show is the most watched SBS-commissioned series in the network’s history. Joseph Maxwell, SBS head of unscripted, sees the show as a documentary featuring 10 interwoven stories, but the fact that the contestants shoot their own footage and record the sound themselves gives it a “raw, unfiltered feel,” he says. “They’re telling it, they’re choosing what to say, when to say it, they’re filming it. It’s totally unproduced, undirected.” |
posted 10/10/2025 |
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America Plays Ball |
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The pipeline of entertainment formats that originate on YouTube before moving to television and streaming has a new entry: Let’s Play Ball. Bunim/Murray, the company behind The Real World and The Challenge, is set to take out the European format to U.S. buyers later this month. It comes as Bunim/Murray’s parent company Banijay is set to promote the format at Mipcom, amid interest from a number of international territories. Let’s Play Ball follows two rival teams of comedians go head-to-head in a race to transport a gigantic ball across various terrains. Facing physical puzzles along the way, each episode sees the teams navigate varied landscapes, from narrow city streets to rivers and countryside meadows. What begins as a seemingly straightforward task quickly unravels into chaos and strategic gameplay. Banijay initially piloted the format on YouTube via Signal.Stream, where it drew more than 1.2 million views, and was then co-developed by Banijay Benelux label EndemolShine Nederland, Talpa Studios and Signal.Stream for Dutch broadcaster SBS6. The show has already been picked up for a second season in Holland. It is also being adapted in the UK by Initial and Zeppotron, the two companies behind Amazon’s Last One Laughing UK. Let’s Play Ball joins formats such as Pop The Balloon, the viral dating format that started on YouTube before being ordered to series at Netflix. Bunim/Murray’s current slate includes Lifetime’s The Chrisleys: Back to Reality and Hulu’s Vanderpump Villa and it is developing a new competition format with X Games and a survival adventure series with Reacher star Alan Ritchson. |
posted 10/10/2025 |
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Happy Friday Lightning Round |
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ow that Blind Auditions are over, it's time for the Battle rounds on Season 28 of The Voice! If you haven't tuned in before, Artists from the same team will go head to head on the same song, pairing off for competitive duets. Typically, the Coaches choose the songs and the pairings, but this season, they'll just be choosing the songs, and the Artists themselves will be pairing up on their own. Of course, the Coaches will provide indispensable guidance and feedback throughout the process. But they won't be alone. During the Battles, each team gets a Battle Advisor, another music star brought on to share their experience and expertise. There have been some amazing celebrities and musicians on the show throughout the years. During Season 27, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo assisted Coach Michael Bublé, Coach Adam Levine got a boost from longtime pal Kate Hudson, first-time Coach Kelsea Ballerini enlisted Little Big Town, and Coach John Legend's Battle Advisor was Coco Jones. This year, four more incredible stars have agreed to come on the show to help guide the 48 Artists who made it through the Blind Auditions. Here's who they are: |
posted 10/8/2025 |
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MasterChef Refires |
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“MasterChef” has scored a double renewal at Fox, taking the cooking competition series through its 16th and 17th seasons. Gordon Ramsey will return as host and judge, with judges Joe Bastianich and Tiffany Derry returning as well. The series sees a group of home cooks compete for the chance to win a $250,000 prize. Season 15, which ran from May through September, was the top cooking show of the summer among adults age 18-49 and averaged 3.5 million viewers across platforms. “MasterChef” is based on a format created by Franc Roddam and represented internationally by Banihay Entertainment. Banijay Americas’ Endemol Shine North America produces with Gordon Ramsey’s One Potato Two Potato. Ramsay executive produces alongside Elisabeth Murdoch, Danny Schrader, Gordon Ramsay, Jennifer Fazey, Pat Llewellyn, Ben Adler and Sharon Levy. |
posted 10/9/2025 |
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Romesh Ranganathan Plays "Would You Rather" |
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Prime Video will launch a brand-new comedy reality series, Would You Rather: Decide To Survive, hosted by comedy sensation Romesh Ranganathan, in 2026. ‘Would You Rather’ be invisible or be able to fly? Fight one giant duck or 1000 tiny ducks? Eat a man-sized bean or a bean-sized man? We’ve all played the classic hypothetical game–now get ready to play it for real (no bean-sized men will be harmed). Hosted by Ranganathan, this game show sees two teams of familiar faces compete in hilarious challenges based on ‘Would You Rather’ decisions. These three simple words decide everything from what they eat to who they send home. One by one, the players will be eliminated until we have our Would You Rather: Decide To Survive champion. Ranganathan commented: "I'm excited about this new show, and I'm not just saying that because I'm hosting, although that does help. ‘Would You Rather’ is a game that everyone is familiar with and now we're making 10 people live through these choices, which is both hilarious and slightly cruel - the perfect combination for quality entertainment." Would You Rather: Decide To Survive will launch exclusively on Prime Video in 2026, streaming on the platform in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. |
posted 10/9/2025 |
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24 in 24 Heads North |
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Warner Bros. International Television Production has signed its first international format deal on 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing, with Quebecor Content acquiring the rights for a version for Canada. TVA is set to deliver a 12-episode season of the culinary competition format in the spring of next year, produced by Pixcom. It was originally created by Lando Entertainment for Food Network in the U.S. in 2024 and is set to return for a third season next year. André Renaud, WBITVP’s general VP of format and finished sales, said, “Having only brought 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing to buyers at MIPCOM this time last year, the series has gone from strength to strength, with a second hit season in the USA, and a third on the way. It’s incredible to add to that success with this first international version going to Canada with Quebecor Content, whose strong track record for format adaptation makes them the ideal home for the series. The show is gruelling and relentless but with high entertainment value, and I’m confident that the team from Pixcom will know how best to not only celebrate the great cooking talent and cuisine of Québec and Canada but also deliver a thrilling ride for viewers next year.” “By securing the rights to this dynamic and distinctive format, Quebecor Content reaffirms its commitment to bold, high-impact productions that resonate with audiences,” added Sylvie Langlois, senior director of format acquisition and international development at Quebecor Content. “Distributed by WBITVP, the concept captures the raw intensity and fast-paced energy of a professional kitchen, delivering gripping and emotionally charged television moments. We are proud to collaborate with Pixcom, a trusted leader among culinary competition producers, to bring this major production to life.” “We are tremendously proud to produce this wild culinary competition that pushes every limit,” added Nicola Merola and Charles Lafortunes, executive producers at Pixcom. “24 in 24: Last Chef Standing celebrates endurance, talent and creativity, while reflecting Pixcom’s bold spirit in taking on unique and spectacular formats. It is a privilege to collaborate with Quebecor Content and WBITVP to bring such an electrifying show to Quebec’s audience. |
posted 10/9/2025 |
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Thursday Lightning Round |
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The game’s up, Scarlet: Netflix is opening the doors of its latest competition series, an adaptation of iconic board game and movie Clue. The streamer has greenlit Clue, an unscripted series based on the murder mystery classic. The series will feature a group of contestants facing physical and mental challenges to collect clues before stepping into a real-life game of deduction and deception. To win, they’ll have to outwit opponents and identify the who, where, and with what of the crime. Guess right and add money to the prize pot; guess wrong and they may be eliminated. They’ll be surrounded by familiar suspects such as Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum and Mrs. White. Clue comes from Hasbro Entertainment, The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) and B17 Entertainment. It comes after Sony Pictures, which owns IPC and B17, landed the rights to Clue last year. |
posted 10/8/2025 |
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"Survivor" Book to Celebrate Anniversary |
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Survivors ready? Read! Next year will mark the airing of Survivor‘s highly-anticipated 50th season. And in honor of the occasion, as well as the recent celebration of the veteran reality show’s 25th anniversary, host and executive producer Jeff Probst announced today that an official book, Survivor: Forged By Fire, will be hitting shelves on Feb. 24. “To celebrate this milestone, we’ve teamed up with Simon and Schuster to create the definitive cinematic Survivor book that takes you inside what it’s like to be a player,” the Emmy winner said in an Instagram video revealing the book. |
posted 10/8/2025 |
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DWTS Lines Up 2026 Live Tour |
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Cue the Dancing With the Stars theme because the pros are coming to a ballroom, er, theater near you. As season 34 continues, Entertainment Weekly reports the 74-date live tour, including all the cities DWTS: Live! will be visiting and the lineup of pro dancers who are hitting the road in 2026. The tour begins on Jan. 22, 2026 in Akron, Ohio, and runs for nearly five months, ending May 2 in Salt Lake City. The participating pro dancers will include Brandon Armstrong, Alan Bersten, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Jenna Johnson, Daniella Karagach, Pasha Pashkov, Emma Slater, Ezra Sosa, Britt Stewart, and Hailey Bills. |
posted 10/8/2025 |
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More on "The Celebrity Traitors" |
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The backstabbing will begin this fall for The Celebrity Traitors, the BBC‘s latest edition of the murder mystery guessing game. At the Edinburgh TV Festival today, the BBC’s Interim Director of Unscripted Syeda Irtizaali said the series will drop in October, and this was confirmed shortly after in a press release. This means it will form a core part of BBC One’s programming in the run-up to the Christmas period. Unlike in the U.S., where besides a first season that mixed famous faces with members of the public, the UK Traitors has always been just for civilians, until now. The British spin-off will officially be known as The Celebrity Traitors. The show’s cast was confirmed earlier this year, comprising comedian Alan Carr, singer-songwriter Cat Burns, Bridget Jones actor Celia Imrie, singer and activist Charlotte Church, broadcaster and author Clare Balding, historian and filmmaker David Olusoga, former rugby player and podcaster Joe Marler, Afterlife actor and comedian Joe Wilkinson, presenter Jonathan Ross, broadcaster Kate Garraway, Hullraisers star and comedian Lucy Beaumont, Dept Q actor Mark Bonnar, Ted Lasso actor and comedian Nick, content creator Niko Omilana, singer-songwriter Paloma Faith, The Fall of the House of Usher actor Ruth Codd, Blackadder and Wilde actor and presenter Stephen Fry, 3 Non-Blondes star Tameka Empson and Olympic diver Tom Daley. The BBC’s trailer captures the celebrities entering Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, where host Claudia Winkleman explains that there “is no special treatment.” The players will decamp at Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands and play a game in which a group of ‘faithful’ players must detect and eliminate ‘traitors,’ who each evening banish others from the competition. The winner of the show will bag £100,000 ($135,000) for their charity of choice. Studio Lambert is producing the show, which rolls out on the BBC this fall over nine episodes. Exec producers are Mike Cotton, Sarah Fay, Katy Fox and Lewis Thurlow and Production Executives are Lynette Woods-Reynolds and Gemma Scholes. |
posted 10/8/2025 |
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Pakistan to Choose Its "Idol" |
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U.A.E.-based platform Begin has secured worldwide streaming rights to “Pakistan Idol,” expanding the South Asian music competition series beyond its local market to international territories including India. The acquisition represents a significant move for Begin as it continues building out its South Asian content library for international audiences. The series, produced under license from Fremantle’s global “Idol” franchise, showcases emerging musical talent from across Pakistan. The series, which its backers are positioning as a “cultural moment” for Pakistan, will launch on Geo TV, PTV, Green Entertainment TV, Express Entertainment, APlus Entertainment, Aur Life and Aan TV on September 27. Southwest Asian region SVOD service Begin will also carry the Fremantle-distributed show, which rolls out new episodes on Saturdays and Sundays. “This is more than a television show; it is a cultural moment,” said Jonathan Mark, CEO of Begin. “With Pakistan Idol now streaming on Begin, we are opening doors for millions of people to connect through music and discover the next generation of Pakistani superstars.” The show features a star-studded judging panel including actor Fawad Khan, singer Zeb Bangash, qawwali artist Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, and Strings musician Bilal Maqsood. “Pakistan Idol” currently airs Saturdays and Sundays across seven Pakistani television channels: Geo TV, PTV, Green Entertainment TV, Express Entertainment, APlus Entertainment, Aur Life, and Aan TV. While the series has been available for streaming within Pakistan, Begin’s deal marks its first global digital distribution. The show will stream on the Begin app in the U.S., Canada, Saudi Arabia, and the U.A.E. Viewers in the U.K., Germany, India, Australia, South Africa, and Nigeria can access the series directly via begin.watch. |
posted 10/8/2025 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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posted 12/5/2025
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