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Exclusive: The Wall is getting a big international push here at MIPCOM with plans afoot for a new European production hub and fresh international deals for the gameshow format in the offing.

Season 6 has just wrapped in the U.S. and is in post before airing on NBC. Andrew Glassman, who had the original idea for the show, and Toby Gorman, Universal Television Alternative Studios President (Utas), have broken down their plans to boost the show’s profile outside the U.S.

“We feel like now is the time to bring it back, not just in one country, but multiple at the same time,” Gorman said about the format.

“There are territories where it’s done really well, and for whatever reason it’s had a break, and we believe there is an opportunity to bring it back. Whether it’s bigger, whether it’s a daytime strip, we’re looking at everywhere individually,...

Colin Jost, a cast member of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ has been announced as the host of Pop Culture Jeopardy!, a new spinoff of the Alex Trebek-hosted ‘Jeopardy!’ The new series was first announced in May by Amazon Prime Video and Sony Pictures Television and will be streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Jost, who co-anchors Weekend Update on SNL with Michael Che shares his excitement as he announced in a statement: “What is: I’m excited”; he’s reporting on the Olympics surfing event in Tahiti for NBC.

Pop Culture Jeopardy! Creators, Structure, Production, and Premiere

Created by Patrick McGuigan, Matt Patterson, and Rob Yowell and executive produced by Andrew Glassman, Pop Culture Jeopardy! takes a classic ‘jeopardy-and-answer’ pop-cultural streaming quiz show and adds the unpredictability of pop culture to the mix.

Contestants compete on teams of three in a tournament structure with the potential for a large grand...

A Rubik's Cube movie and game show are on the way from Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Endeavor Content. The iconic puzzle was invented and introduced in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture, Erno Rubik. It was originally called the Magic Cube and Rubik came up with the idea while working for the Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. It was originally believed that the puzzle was invented to help students understand 3D objects, though that was an unintended outcome.

Erno Rubik originally invented the Rubik's Cube to figure out a structural problem of moving the parts independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. It was only when he tried to put the invention back together that he realized that he had made a puzzle game. The upcoming Rubik's Cube movie will be about Professor Erno Rubik's toy and...

Hyde Park also partnering on game show with Endeavor Content-owned Glassman Media.

Endeavor Content and Hyde Park Entertainment are partnering on a feature adaptation based on the iconic Rubik’s Cube puzzle.

The project is out to writers and is being produced by Hyde Park chairman and CEO Ashok Amritraj (pictured), with Hyde Park’s Priya Amritraj and Addison Mehr serving as executive producers.

Hyde Park is also partnering with Endeavor Content-owned Glassman Media on a game show, on which Ashok Amritraj and Andrew Glassman will serve as executive producers.

The Rubik’s Cube, invented in the 1970s by Hungarian architect Erno Rubik,...

NBC has renewed non-scripted competition series The Wall for a fourth season.

The network has handed the show, which will see Chris Hardwick return as host, a 20-episode run.

This comes as it scheduled the three remaining episodes of the third season, which launched in March. The final episodes will air on October 1, October 21 and October 28 at 8pm.

Executive produced by LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Andrew Glassman and Hardwick, the game features two-person teams related by family, friendship or life experience competing for a cash prize. If a question is answered correctly a green ball falls down the five-story wall, adding the value of the slot to the players’ winning total. If it’s wrong, a red ball will fall and deduct the value from the team. With more than $13 million on the line, teammates have to work together to build a huge cash prize.

The Wall was developed by...

NBC is adding another big brick to its wall.

The network has renewed “The Wall” for a 20-episode fourth season. Chris Hardwick will return as host for season 4, and sources confirm that the three remaining episodes of the previous season will now air Oct. 1, Oct. 21 and Oct. 28 in the 8 p.m. time slot.

Executive produced by LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Andrew Glassman, and host Hardwick, “The Wall” premiered in 2016, with contestants competing for a grand prize each episode of more than $13 million.

The titular wall itself is four-stories high, and the rules are simple: Get a question correct, and a green ball will fall down the wall and add the value of the slot to the players’ winning total. Miss a question, and an ominous red ball with fall and deduct the value from the teams’ total. Teammates have to work together to build a huge cash prize.

The show...

NBC is sticking to The Wall: The game show has been renewed for a fourth season, TVLine has learned.

Season 4 of The Wall will span 20 episodes, and Chris Hardwick will once again be back as host.

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Airing quite intermittently since mid-March (including a three-month gap between its two most recent episodes), The Wall Season 3 has averaged 3.1 million total viewers and a 0.52 demo rating in Live+Same Day numbers.

Executive-produced by...

Exclusive: BBC One’s Danny Dyer-fronted game show The Wall is set to be filmed in the UK instead of Poland, as a growing number of British producers look to switch to domestic production to keep shows on track during the coronavirus crisis.

Deadline understands that Endemol Shine Group producer Remarkable Television is drawing up plans to shoot Season 2 of The Wall at a studio in the UK, rather than at the group’s production hub in Warsaw where the first series was made.

It comes as the UK government is warning against “all but essential international travel,” while Poland is restricting the number of people allowed to enter the country and new arrivals are expected to quarantine for two weeks.

Remarkable’s plans are yet to be finalized, but a source said Elstree Studios is one potential option under consideration given its track record in hosting ambitious entertainment shows,...

NBC has set the premiere dates for three of its returning unscripted series.

The “completely reimagined” Little Big Shots returns for Season 4 at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 1 — following a February 24 sneak preview — Season 3 The Wall goes up at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 15, and Songland tunes up for Season 2 at 10 p.m. Monday, April 13.

Emmy winner Melissa McCarthy is hosting Little Big Shots, where she’ll meet inspiring and funny kids from around the world. They will share their remarkable stories and show us the incredible talents that set them apart. It’s a celebration of how resilient, funny and inspiring kids can be when we allow them to be unabashedly themselves. They may be little, but their hearts are big.

Little Big Shots is executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres, McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Steve Harvey, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, Jeff Kleeman, and Alison Holloway. It is produced by Warner Horizon Unscripted Television...

Fox is weighing the future of its non-scripted schedule as series including So You Think You Can Dance, Mental Samurai and First Responders Live remain on the bubble.

The network is still plotting its summer schedule, and president of Alternative and Specials Rob Wade is confident that the “right shows will come back.”

So You Think You Can Dance, which is hosted by Brit Cat Deeley, aired its 16th season in June 2019. Wade said the future of the evergreen format has not been impacted by the order for The Masked Singer spinoff The Masked Dancer or Flirty Dancing.

“The Masked Singer and Dancer feel like very different shows to the classic singing and dancing shows so there’s enough room in the schedule. Look at how many police dramas and medical there are. There are certain genres like singing, dancing and cooking where you can have lots of different types of formats,...

“Give us a load of readies, you mug,” the BBC is bringing back its remake of NBC format The Wall with national treasure Danny Dyer.

The show, which has been performing well in a primetime Saturday night slot on BBC One, is coming back for a second season. The sixth and final episode of the first season ended this evening in the UK.

Produced by Endemol Shine’s Remarkable Television, Dyer hosts with Angela Rippon posing the questions.

The Wall is a quiz that requires both the right answers and the right bounces in order to win a major cash prize. A combination of quiz, luck and strategy set against the background of a highly dramatic and interactive set piece, a pair of teammates must work together to tackle the mammoth wall. The two-person teams related by family, friendship or life experience compete for a cash prize. If a question...

Endeavor Content has closed a co-production deal for Glassman Media’s hit gameshow “Spin the Wheel” with France’s leading commercial network, TF1.

The deal marks the first major international primetime commission for the show. Production is set to start in early 2020 and TF1 will air it on primetime. Glassman Media will be building an international hub with local producers in key territories throughout Europe.

Hosted by Dax Shepard, “Spin the Wheel” aired on Fox earlier this year and became the network’s number one new non-scripted summer series, according to Endeavour Content which reps international sales and negotiated the deal with TF1.

“Spin The Wheel” is executive produced by Justin Timberlake, Rick Yorn, Johnny Wright and Glassman Media’s Jessica Otazua, Aaron Long, Quintin Strack and Andrew Glassman.

The show sees contestants compete for up to $20 million per episode by spinning a colossal 40-foot wheel while answering pop trivia questions.

Exclusive: Endeavor Content is making a move in the unscripted TV space with the acquisition of Andrew Glassman’s Los Angeles-based production company Glassman Media. The company behind such non-scripted series as The Wall and Spin the Wheel, will continue to operate independently, with founder and President Andrew Glassman remaining in his role overseeing the company.

No financial details are being revealed but sources are pegging the value of the deal at more than $60 million. The pact was negotiated before Endeavor Content parent Endeavor’s push for an Ipo last month, which the company ultimately shelved.

“Andrew has created hit after hit of non-scripted series that have a unique ability to connect with audiences around the world,” said Endeavor Content Co-Presidents Chris Rice and Graham Taylor. “We are excited to partner with Andrew and see what innovative concept he comes up with next.”

Glassman Media created the Fox gameshow Spin the Wheel...

After exiting Fox in the wake of the Disney takeover, Prentiss Fraser is heading to Endeavor Content to be its executive vice president for international TV sales. The move sees Endeavor’s TV distribution business relocate from L.A. to London, where Fraser is based. U.S.-based Gary Marenzi is exiting the business.

Fraser will be in post in October, in time for Mipcom, the biggest international TV market of the year. She will report to company co-presidents Chris Rice and Graham Taylor.

“As a leading executive in the international television space, Prentiss brings a wealth of experience and dynamic perspective to our team,” Rice and Taylor said. “The global television business is bigger than ever before, and we are looking forward to Prentiss’ leadership as we expand our services for our partners in this area.”

Fraser headed the Fox Networks Group Content Distribution unit before leaving earlier this year.

Network: Fox.

Episodes: Ongoing (hour).

Seasons: Ongoing.

TV show dates: June 20, 2019 — present.

Series status: Has not been cancelled.

Performers include: Dax Shepard (host).

TV show description:

From creators Andrew Glassman and Justin Timberlake, the Spin the Wheel TV show is a primetime game show hosted by actor and producer Dax Shepard. The high-stakes game affords contestants the opportunity to win over $20 million per episode.

Players spin the colorful 40-foot wheel, which is divided -- much like the Wheel of Fortune wheel -- into wedges, with each one containing either a prize, or a penalty. They win or lose by the fall of the ball, which can land on a big prize or take them all...

The BBC is climbing The Wall with star Danny Dyer to host the local adaptation of the NBC format.

The British public broadcaster has ordered six episodes from Endemol Shine UK’s Remarkable Television and will air it in a Saturday primetime slot. This comes after the BBC piloted the format earlier this year.

The show, which was created by SpringHill Entertainment and Andrew Glassman’s Glassman Media in collaboration with Universal Television Alternative Studio, is also currently set for its third season launch in the U.S. on June 20.

The Wall is a quiz that requires both the right answers and the right bounces in order to win a major cash prize. A combination of quiz, luck and strategy set against the background of a highly dramatic and interactive set piece, a pair of teammates must work together to tackle the mammoth wall. The two-person teams related by family,...

Updated, 3:23 Pm: Fox has moved up the Season 16 premiere of So You Think You Can Dance by a week to Monday, June 3 and released a new promo. Watch it below.

Previously, March 27: Fox is making its summer plans. The network today unveiled premiere dates for returning reality competition hits So You Think You Can Dance and MasterChef along with game shows Beat Shazam and the new Dax Shepard-hosted Spin the Wheel from executive producer Justin Timberlake.

The Cat Deeley-fronted Sytycd will hit the floor for Season 16 at 9 p.m. Monday, June 10. The 10th course of MasterChef gets cookin’ at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, and will air twice a week. Season 3 of Beat Shazam cues up at 8 p.m. Monday, May 20, and the high-stakes new game Spin the Wheel begins play at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 20. Read more details of the shows below.

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WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform has added two seasoned executives to its programming team.

Fox’s head of comedy Suzanna Makkos has been named Evp, Original Comedy and Animation, while Lionsgate TV’s head of alternative Jennifer O’Connell has been appointed Evp, Original Non-Fiction and Kids. They join Sarah Aubrey, who serves as Head of Original Content for the platform, overseen by Kevin Reilly.

Makkos will lead creative development for comedy and animation, with shows ranging from anthology rom-com series to millennial satire to new takes on legacy animated properties. One of the first series put in development by the service has been an animated take on Gremlins.

O’Connell will oversee original non-fiction and kids programming, ranging from docuseries to children’s-focused projects that leverage WarnerMedia’s portfolio of nostalgic brands.

Makkos comes from Fox Broadcasting, where she was most recently Evp of Comedy Programming & Development, running the network’s comedy department.

NBC has booked premiere dates for a quartet of its summer series. The character-driven new procedural drama The InBetween, which origianlly was slated for midseason, now will launch at 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. Also set are the returns of long-running newsmag Dateline NBC (June 10) and game shows The Wall (June 20) and Hollywood Game Night (July 11).

Written by Moira Kirland, The InBetween centers on Cassie Bedford (Harriet Dyer), who was born with a rare ability. She has visions … whether she likes it or not. Sometimes Cassie sees events that have previously occurred or will happen in the future. In addition, sometimes she encounters unsettled spirits who need her help. When her father, Det. Tom Hackett (Paul Blackthorne) and his new partner, former FBI Agent Damien Asante (Justin Cornwell), need assistance solving a dark and puzzling murder, Cassie reluctantly agrees to use her abilities and helps solve some of the city’s most challenging cases.

The BBC is developing a remake of NBC gameshow The Wall. The British public broadcaster is piloting a British version of the high intensity format after striking a deal with Endemol Shine.

The network is lining up British actor Danny Dyer to host the non-tx pilot, which is understood to be filming on the set of one of the European adaptations of the format. It would become the most high-profile international adaptation of the NBC series, which has been remade in multiple territories including Germany and France.

The Wall is quiz that requires both the right answers and the right bounces in order to win a major cash prize. A combination of quiz, luck and strategy set against the background of a highly dramatic and interactive set piece, a pair of teammates must work together to tackle the mammoth wall. The two-person teams related by family, friendship or life experience compete for a cash prize.

Fox is the latest network to take to the Television Critics Association summer press tour to unveil new details about upcoming projects as well as existing series.

The network confirmed that Mental Samurai, a new game show that will focus on contestants using every aspect of the human mind to compete in challenges.

It will mark Rob Lowe's return to TV following the cancellation of Code Black. He is attached to the project as a host and a producer.

“When I was 15, I won big on ‘The $10,000 Pyramid,’” said Lowe. “I’ve loved mental competition shows ever since. For me, Mental Samurai is addicting. Every time you play, you think: This time I’m gonna win! But this very simple game is almost impossible to crack. Also, as a producer, I’m excited to get into this new arena.”

“Mike Darnell and Arthur Smith are two of the most...

Fox has given a series order to a new Justin Timberlake-executive produced game show, “Spin the Wheel,” it was announced during the Television Critics Association press tour Thursday.

Dax Shepard will host the upcoming show and will feature contestants competing for large cash prizes in a game built around a massive, unpredictable wheel. The game will feature pop culture trivia and a 40-wheel that gives contestants the chance to win upwards of $20 million per episode.

The show is created by Timberlake and Andrew Glassman (“The Wall”) of Glassman Media, and will premiere during the 2018-2019 season.

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“This show is massive on so many levels and has the ability to change people’s lives,” said Rob Wade, President, Alternative Entertainment and Specials, Fox Broadcasting Company. “We have a charismatic and hilarious host in Dax, an uber-producer in Andrew,...

Fox has greenlighted Spin the Wheel, a high-stakes game show, co-created and executive produced by Justin Timberlake and hosted by Dax Shepard, which offers contestants a chance to win over $20 million per episode.

Fox has been expected to expand its unscripted portfolio as it is headed into a future as New Fox, an independent broadcast network with no in-house scripted studio.

Created by Timberlake and The Wall developer/executive producer Andrew Glassman of Glassman Media, Spin the Wheel pits contestants against a colossal, spinning 40-foot wheel that holds large sums of cash prizes in its rotation. Throughout the game, players will answer trivia questions – each correct answer adds more extreme amounts of cash in the wheel’s wedges in a strategic location of their choice, while each incorrect answer adds more dangerous wedges that could instantly bring their total back to zero. With massive prize money on the line, contestants...

Fox has given a series order to “Spin the Wheel,” a new game show from executive producer Justin Timberlake. Dax Shepard will host the series, which will feature contestants competing for large cash prizes in a game built around a massive, unpredictable wheel.

The show is created by Timberlake and Andrew Glassman, who serve alongside Rick Yorn and Johnny Wright as executive producers. It is described as pitting contestants against a colossal, spinning 40-foot wheel that holds incredible sums of cash prizes in its rotation. Throughout the game, players will answer trivia questions – each correct answer adds more extreme amounts of cash in the wheel’s wedges in a strategic location of their choice, while each incorrect answer adds more dangerous wedges that could instantly bring their total back to zero.

“This show is massive on so many levels and has the ability to change people’s lives,” said Rob Wade,...

Fox is ready to spin the wheel with Justin Timberlake and Dax Shepard.

Following a multiple-network bidding war and extensive negotiations, the network has handed out a straight-to-series order for the game show Spin the Wheel, based on an original idea from Timberlake and Andrew Glassman (The Wall). Dax Shepard (Parenthood) is set to host.

The series offers what Fox says will be one of the biggest prizes in primetime history: a chance to take home more than $20 million in cash per episode. (An episode count has yet to be determined.) The series will air at some point during ...

As the scandal of Chloe Dykstra’s sexual assault allegations against Chris Hardwick continues to unfold, the Nerdist founder is starting to see a fallout with some of the gigs he is best known for.

AMC recently announced that they were pulling his talk show and that he will no longer be moderating panels at San Diego Comic-Con in July. Now, NBC has announced that they will “assess” the situation in regards to Hardwick’s position as the host the game show The Wall.

NBC released a statement to Deadline Saturday saying: “These allegations about Chris Hardwick took us by surprise as we have had a positive working relationship with him. However, we take allegations of misconduct very seriously. Production on The Wall does not begin until September, and in the meantime we are continuing to assess the situation and will take appropriate action based on the outcome.”

The statement...

The obstacle course of red, white and blue tires is the same, but the dunk tank is a bit more extreme as ABC wages a new Battle of the Network Stars starting Thursday, June 29 at 9/8c.

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For the unfortunately uninitiated of you, gather ’round as I spin a yarn about the original intra-network “field day” competition that aired on ABC during the 1970s and ’80s, pitting the Alphabet network against CBS and NBC and… well, that was it, kids. PBS and the...

NBC has ordered 20 more episodes of new freshman game show “The Wall,” which is executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, and hosted by Chris Hardwick. The announcement was made Wednesday morning during NBC’s Television Critics Association press event. “When we started ‘The Wall’ we wanted to create something that would get families excited and change peoples’ lives,” NBA star James said. “Maverick and I couldn’t be more proud of the show’s early success and we want to keep building on that. I want to thank NBC for their partnership, Andrew Glassman for his vision, and all the fans.

The fact that the woman who has 20 bachelors vying for her affection in the Cmt reality series "Sweet Home Alabama" is not actually an Alabamian says it all. No, 20-year-old Devin Grissom is from Cordova, Tenn., outside Memphis, where she attended a private Christian grade school. The blue-eyed blonde had her moments in the pageant circuit, landing the honor of representing Tennessee for the 2007 Teen Miss America's Outstanding Teen Pageant, and has modeled. And now, she's a junior at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, a fact that qualifies her to star in "Sweet Home Alabama." She was, after all, discovered on Facebook by producers who were "just looking for a specific type of Southern woman," Grissom told The Tuscaloosa News.

She's a type, all right, sweet but lacking a distinct personality. Having someone so young serve as the countryfied "Bachelorette" is one of many mind-boggling and -numbing decisions made by the showrunners.

Fox Look, a new unit of Fox Networks Group that specializes in unscripted projects, has inked distribution deals with four Emmy-winning U.S.-based format producers: Craig Piligian, Andrew Glassman, Scott Sternberg and Scott Satin. Under the agreements, Fox Look will rep selected formats on the international market, beginning with the upcoming Mipcom trade show in Cannes.

Piligian helped transform reality TV as executive producer of CBS' "Survivor" and went on to produce "Dirty Jobs," which has aired on Discovery for five seasons; "The Ultimate Fighter," now heading into season 12 on Spike TV; and the paranormal franchise "Ghost Hunters," now in its sixth season on Syfy.

Glassman's showreel includes NBC's "Average Joe," which attracted 25 million viewers to its first season finale, and "Three Wishes," named "the most family friendly show on broadcast television."

Since 1991, Sternberg has produced a slew of game, reality and talk show formats, including "Raw Nerve With William Shatner,...

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The CW and producer Andrew Glassman have found a real life gossip girl to headline a new reality show: Tinsley Mortimer.

 

The network has greenlit eight episodes of a half-hour docusoap revolving around the New York City socialite, with reality vet Glassman ("Average Joe") on board to produce. Glassman, Mortimer and Mike Aho are the creators of the project, while Glassman will also serve as executive producer.

 

Pre-production on the Mortimer series has already begun, with the show expected to launch early next year. Nothing's official. but t...

NBC has announced that "Law & Order", the crime drama which is scheduled to air for its 19th season in early 2009, will comeback sooner for its premiere on November 5. The series' new season will be aired at the same time as its regular schedule on NBC, Wednesday night at 10 P.M.

The new season will reunite main characters from the previous seasons such as Detective Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto), Detective Kevin Bernard (Anthony Anderson), and Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson). "Law & Order", a police legal drama created by Dick Wolf, is the longest-running drama series of American television since its debut on September 13, 1990. The series received 10.8 million viewers for its last season.

At the same time, NBC also has announced the reschedule time of some series like "Knight Rider", "Life", "Lipstick Jungle", and "Momma's Boys". "Life" moves to Wednesday night at 9, between "Knight Rider" at 8, and "Law & Order" at 10. Meanwhile,...