Exclusive: Limitless Win, the hit British game show fronted by Ant & Dec, is potentially on its way to the U.S. with Endemol Shine North America.
The Lego Masters producer is pitching the non-scripted format, which is one of the highest rated formats to come out of the UK in a number of years, to buyers.
The ITV series features the world’s first limitless jackpot and a money ladder that never ends – contestants across the first five-part run totaled winnings of nearly £3M.
Pairs of contestants must earn some lives by facing a series of quick-fire questions against the clock with each correct answer earning them five precious lives. Then they face the limitless ladder, where the answer to every question is a number and the aim of the game is to get as close to the correct answer as possible, without going over. If they go under the correct answer,...
The Lego Masters producer is pitching the non-scripted format, which is one of the highest rated formats to come out of the UK in a number of years, to buyers.
The ITV series features the world’s first limitless jackpot and a money ladder that never ends – contestants across the first five-part run totaled winnings of nearly £3M.
Pairs of contestants must earn some lives by facing a series of quick-fire questions against the clock with each correct answer earning them five precious lives. Then they face the limitless ladder, where the answer to every question is a number and the aim of the game is to get as close to the correct answer as possible, without going over. If they go under the correct answer,...
- 3/1/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix is calling bullshit on game shows with its latest non-scripted order.
The streamer has commissioned Bullsh*t The Game Show with America’s Got Talent judge and Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel fronting the series.
The show comes from Nobody’s Hero, the production company set up by Christopher Potts and Jonty Nash — two of the creatives behind Netflix’s Nailed It!
Bullsh*t The Game Show, which is shot in New Mexico, offer contestants a chance to win big money, even when they don’t know the correct answer.
Throughout the game, players will work their way up a money ladder either by answering questions correctly or by confidently giving incorrect answers – and persuading others that they are accurate. With a lot of money on the line, in this game you don’t have to be the smartest person in the room to win, you just...
The streamer has commissioned Bullsh*t The Game Show with America’s Got Talent judge and Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel fronting the series.
The show comes from Nobody’s Hero, the production company set up by Christopher Potts and Jonty Nash — two of the creatives behind Netflix’s Nailed It!
Bullsh*t The Game Show, which is shot in New Mexico, offer contestants a chance to win big money, even when they don’t know the correct answer.
Throughout the game, players will work their way up a money ladder either by answering questions correctly or by confidently giving incorrect answers – and persuading others that they are accurate. With a lot of money on the line, in this game you don’t have to be the smartest person in the room to win, you just...
- 1/5/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
While other singing competition series feature contestants hoping to become household names, Netflix’s “Sing On” has created a star in one of its technical elements: the vocal analyzer.
The new series from Hello Dolly puts six purposefully “eclectic” singers together on the same stage, notes executive producer and Hello Dolly co-founder Stuart Shawcross. Standing equidistant from each other, as well as from a speaker that is aimed directly at their face, the contestants on “Sing On” take turns singing parts of a popular song, with the vocal analyzer assessing their abilities to hit the exact pitch and timing of the original recording. But, because the art of karaoke is not just about mimicking, the analyzer doesn’t judge the tone of their voice.
“Our first call was for people who loved to sing because we really wanted to get that joyous party atmosphere to come across. And then in the casting process,...
The new series from Hello Dolly puts six purposefully “eclectic” singers together on the same stage, notes executive producer and Hello Dolly co-founder Stuart Shawcross. Standing equidistant from each other, as well as from a speaker that is aimed directly at their face, the contestants on “Sing On” take turns singing parts of a popular song, with the vocal analyzer assessing their abilities to hit the exact pitch and timing of the original recording. But, because the art of karaoke is not just about mimicking, the analyzer doesn’t judge the tone of their voice.
“Our first call was for people who loved to sing because we really wanted to get that joyous party atmosphere to come across. And then in the casting process,...
- 9/16/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is aggressively searching for its own large-scale talent competition and a big-ticket game show as it moves into its next phase of non-scripted originals.
The streamer is looking to do more four-quadrant family entertainment shows to build on its recent reality shows such as Too Hot To Handle and Love Is Blind.
Directors of Unscripted Originals and Acquisitions Nat Grouille and Sean Hancock lifted the lid on their plans, as well as discussed release strategies and their hope to find a reality show that can run for 20 plus years in a panel session, moderated by Deadline, at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.
Grouille explained that it has been working on its non-scripted strategy for just over three years, starting with shows such as Queer Eye and Nailed It!.
“We’ve done docu-series, crime, game, all sorts of different things, we’ve reached the point where we feel very comfortable...
The streamer is looking to do more four-quadrant family entertainment shows to build on its recent reality shows such as Too Hot To Handle and Love Is Blind.
Directors of Unscripted Originals and Acquisitions Nat Grouille and Sean Hancock lifted the lid on their plans, as well as discussed release strategies and their hope to find a reality show that can run for 20 plus years in a panel session, moderated by Deadline, at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.
Grouille explained that it has been working on its non-scripted strategy for just over three years, starting with shows such as Queer Eye and Nailed It!.
“We’ve done docu-series, crime, game, all sorts of different things, we’ve reached the point where we feel very comfortable...
- 8/26/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. actor and singer Tituss Burgess is working a music contest show for Netflix, which has been shooting near London and is being made by U.K. indie Hello Dolly.
Multi-talented Burgess has a string of on-screen credits, including “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” the Netflix comedy series in which he plays Titus Andromedon. He has also appeared on stage and in several musicals on Broadway.
Details of the music contest for Netflix are being kept tightly under wraps. The streamer confirmed to Variety that the project exists and Burgess’ involvement, but would not comment further.
Sources told Variety that filming on the music contest took place at the historic Pinewood studio complex, outside London. That part of the production is now complete.
Hello Dolly is making the series, marking another commission from Netflix after “Awake: The Million Dollar Game,” which bowed this summer. That show was made for the streamer...
Multi-talented Burgess has a string of on-screen credits, including “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” the Netflix comedy series in which he plays Titus Andromedon. He has also appeared on stage and in several musicals on Broadway.
Details of the music contest for Netflix are being kept tightly under wraps. The streamer confirmed to Variety that the project exists and Burgess’ involvement, but would not comment further.
Sources told Variety that filming on the music contest took place at the historic Pinewood studio complex, outside London. That part of the production is now complete.
Hello Dolly is making the series, marking another commission from Netflix after “Awake: The Million Dollar Game,” which bowed this summer. That show was made for the streamer...
- 12/4/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro is heading back to the UK to host a British gameshow.
The actor, who starred on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in 2013, is hosting Money Tree, a Family Fortunes-meets-Millionaire-style quizzer.
The primetime show sees two families go head-to-head over a series of trivia rounds. However, the value of the question will be decided by the contestants, so if they are feeling confident that can add more money to the tree.
It is being produced by Hello Dolly, the indie set up in 2017 by Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? producer Victoria Ashbourne, who previously ran Sony-backed Victory Television, and Hardball creator Stuart Shawcross. The show is also being backed by Banijay.
Ribeiro, who has starred as a contestant in gameshows including Whose Line Is It Anyway? and The $100,000 Pyramid, made his name as Carlton Banks...
The actor, who starred on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in 2013, is hosting Money Tree, a Family Fortunes-meets-Millionaire-style quizzer.
The primetime show sees two families go head-to-head over a series of trivia rounds. However, the value of the question will be decided by the contestants, so if they are feeling confident that can add more money to the tree.
It is being produced by Hello Dolly, the indie set up in 2017 by Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? producer Victoria Ashbourne, who previously ran Sony-backed Victory Television, and Hardball creator Stuart Shawcross. The show is also being backed by Banijay.
Ribeiro, who has starred as a contestant in gameshows including Whose Line Is It Anyway? and The $100,000 Pyramid, made his name as Carlton Banks...
- 10/10/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Channel 4 has commissioned a new gameshow inspired by the best-selling app Draw Something.
A TV version of the mobile game, which sees two people taking it in turns to draw images for their partner to guess correctly, will team up members of the public with celebrities.
The show will be called Draw It! and will feature two teams - each with one contestant and one celebrity - going up against each other in three rounds of sketching contests, reports The Guardian.
The contestant that comes out on top will then collaborate with the two celebrities for the final round to see them compete for a cash prize.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? producers Victory Television will be co-creating the programme.
Victoria Ashbourne, managing director of Victory, said: "There's a creative side to everyone, sometimes more obvious than others, and the show will really tap into that with a...
A TV version of the mobile game, which sees two people taking it in turns to draw images for their partner to guess correctly, will team up members of the public with celebrities.
The show will be called Draw It! and will feature two teams - each with one contestant and one celebrity - going up against each other in three rounds of sketching contests, reports The Guardian.
The contestant that comes out on top will then collaborate with the two celebrities for the final round to see them compete for a cash prize.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? producers Victory Television will be co-creating the programme.
Victoria Ashbourne, managing director of Victory, said: "There's a creative side to everyone, sometimes more obvious than others, and the show will really tap into that with a...
- 4/11/2013
- Digital Spy
London -- Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has wooed Celador Production exec Victoria Ashbourne to the post of svp creative development, international production, it was announced Monday.
Reporting to Spt's London-based chief creative officer and evp international production, Mike Morely, Ashbourne will be charged with boosting Spt's role as a global producer/distributor of light entertainment, non-scripted formats and scripted programming, with a remit to "guide the creation" of new shows across all of SPTs international companies and exploit its back catalogue.
Ashbourne joins Spt from Celador Productions -- Cpl -- where she worked on such shows as "All Star Mr & Mrs," "Celebratng the Carpenters," and "The Paul O'Grady Show."
"Victoria's extensive production experience and network successes in the U.K. give her the pedigree to become a valued member of our global creative team," said Morley.
Spt's light entertainment slate is fast emerging as the freshest in the international format...
Reporting to Spt's London-based chief creative officer and evp international production, Mike Morely, Ashbourne will be charged with boosting Spt's role as a global producer/distributor of light entertainment, non-scripted formats and scripted programming, with a remit to "guide the creation" of new shows across all of SPTs international companies and exploit its back catalogue.
Ashbourne joins Spt from Celador Productions -- Cpl -- where she worked on such shows as "All Star Mr & Mrs," "Celebratng the Carpenters," and "The Paul O'Grady Show."
"Victoria's extensive production experience and network successes in the U.K. give her the pedigree to become a valued member of our global creative team," said Morley.
Spt's light entertainment slate is fast emerging as the freshest in the international format...
- 3/15/2010
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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