Variety reporting that Netflix are about to do a streamer reality show called House of Streams where eight content creators live in a villa create content for a grand prize of Bitcoin. We wondered what the first show to give away a Bitcoin grand prize was back in about 2015 so I’m pleased that a… Read More: Straight out of 2019 »
We’re halfway through the series (original Show Discussion post here) and doubtless you have discovered by now that “The” Genius Game has not been the hit we were hoping for, and that is a shame as I think production have broadly got the format right and the mistakes its made I think are understandable. I… Read More: Just because it’s got a Doctor Who in it doesn’t… »
NBC broadcast a 20-minute preview for Destination X last week and recently ungeoblocked the Youtube version. This might be worth having a look at as it’s a similar UK/US production model to The Traitors, so even if not exactly the same it’s likely that many of the challenges and locations overlap. What we’re hoping does… Read More: Destination X Preview »
They showed the second 35th anniversary special of Fort Boyard on France 2 on Thursday night, this is the one with Jean-Pierre Castaldi in it. They begin filming the new series very soon, but there was a bombshell press release on Friday where M6 revealed they’ve poached Olivier Minne who is set to become a… Read More: Some French Summer intrigue »
Fresh from Sally Lindsay’s 70s Quiz Night, it looks like five are turning Sally Lindsay’s Quiz Night into a franchise, there’s an 80s Quiz Night and a Christmas Quiz Night incoming but that’s not the end for our ertswhile Tenable stand-in host! She’s also a team captain on the new and improved Celebrity Puzzling with… Read More: 5 going ALL-IN on Sally Lindsay »
Broadcast reporting ITV Be is going to be shut down with its hit shows moving to ITV2, and the channel is going to become ITV Quiz, playing quiz and game shows “akin to a FAST channel”. Quite interesting, it will presumably cost pennies to run if its not going to have any of its own… Read More: Challenge TV gets some competition »