The U.K. edition of iconic game show “Password” will bow imminently on broadcaster ITV, and new countries are being added.
Variety can reveal that the Fremantle-owned format is getting versions in Greece (Alpha TV), Hungary (TV2), Israel (Channel 13), Mexico (TV Azteca) and Slovakia (TV Joj).
The word association game, which first launched on CBS in 1961, sees captains and contestants try to guess their teammates’ passwords with the help of one-word clues. The U.K. version will offer a cash prize in the final. It benefits from the presence of three eminent comic talents: Stephen Mangan as host and BAFTA winners Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper as team captains.
The most recent U.S. version, starring Keke Palmer and Jimmy Fallon, launched last year on NBC and quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows. The U.K. version will have its own distinct flavor.
Variety can reveal that the Fremantle-owned format is getting versions in Greece (Alpha TV), Hungary (TV2), Israel (Channel 13), Mexico (TV Azteca) and Slovakia (TV Joj).
The word association game, which first launched on CBS in 1961, sees captains and contestants try to guess their teammates’ passwords with the help of one-word clues. The U.K. version will offer a cash prize in the final. It benefits from the presence of three eminent comic talents: Stephen Mangan as host and BAFTA winners Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper as team captains.
The most recent U.S. version, starring Keke Palmer and Jimmy Fallon, launched last year on NBC and quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows. The U.K. version will have its own distinct flavor.
- 8/18/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Iconic game show “Password” – currently fronted by Keke Palmer and Jimmy Fallon – is getting a U.K. adaptation.
Broadcaster ITV has commissioned a version of the Fremantle-owned format, with Stephen Mangan serving as host while Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper are set to be team captains.
The word association game, which first launched on CBS in 1961, sees captains and contestants try to guess their teammates’ passwords with the help of one-word clues. The ITV version will offer a cash prize in the final.
In the U.S., the show has run in every decade across CBS, ABC and NBC. The most recent version, starring Palmer and Fallon, launched last year on NBC and quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows.
In the U.K. it will be produced by Fremantle label Talkback with Jonno Richards and Laura Gibson exec producing for the label. Juliet Morrish is series producer.
Broadcaster ITV has commissioned a version of the Fremantle-owned format, with Stephen Mangan serving as host while Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper are set to be team captains.
The word association game, which first launched on CBS in 1961, sees captains and contestants try to guess their teammates’ passwords with the help of one-word clues. The ITV version will offer a cash prize in the final.
In the U.S., the show has run in every decade across CBS, ABC and NBC. The most recent version, starring Palmer and Fallon, launched last year on NBC and quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows.
In the U.K. it will be produced by Fremantle label Talkback with Jonno Richards and Laura Gibson exec producing for the label. Juliet Morrish is series producer.
- 6/22/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Too Hot to Handle co-creator Laura Gibson has joined Universal International Studios production company Monkey as Creative Director.
Gibson is leaving Fremantle producer Talkback after six years, during which time she oversaw the breakout Netflix reality hit, which has been renewed for a fifth season.
She will be tasked with replicating Too Hot to Handle‘s magic for Monkey, which is best known for shows including Made In Chelsea and the BBC adaptation of NBC’s That’s My Jam.
Gibson’s other credits include Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow for ITV, while she also played a role in reviving iconic British comedy music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks for Sky.
She will work alongside Monkey’s co-founders Will Macdonald and David Granger, who said she has an “exceptional track record creating ground-breaking entertainment shows.”
Jonno Richards, Managing Director of Talkback, said: “Laura has been a key part of the...
Gibson is leaving Fremantle producer Talkback after six years, during which time she oversaw the breakout Netflix reality hit, which has been renewed for a fifth season.
She will be tasked with replicating Too Hot to Handle‘s magic for Monkey, which is best known for shows including Made In Chelsea and the BBC adaptation of NBC’s That’s My Jam.
Gibson’s other credits include Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow for ITV, while she also played a role in reviving iconic British comedy music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks for Sky.
She will work alongside Monkey’s co-founders Will Macdonald and David Granger, who said she has an “exceptional track record creating ground-breaking entertainment shows.”
Jonno Richards, Managing Director of Talkback, said: “Laura has been a key part of the...
- 6/1/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hot Vax Summer is officially here, and with it is the return of one of the crown jewels of Netflix’s programming stable: the second season of “Too Hot to Handle.” The first season, which offered an escape during a very dark April 2020, started a social media sensation for Netflix, as viewers were locked into the “Love Island”-esque premise, with a big twist: Any kissing or sexual activity is banned and punished with a fine taken from a prize fund. The intention is to inspire these sex-driven, relationship-phobic singles to find themselves and actual relationships, but the true joy comes as they sneak around trying to escape the watchful eye of a rule enforcing robot named Lana.
With Season 2, the quarantined horndogs set sail to Turks and Caicos, where they were ready to party until the sobering words of Lana urged them to form relationships that go beyond the physical.
With Season 2, the quarantined horndogs set sail to Turks and Caicos, where they were ready to party until the sobering words of Lana urged them to form relationships that go beyond the physical.
- 6/16/2021
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Kenan Thompson, Danielle Brooks, Simu Liu Among Banff Rockie Award Gala Recipients (TV News Roundup)
The Banff World Media Festival announced Kenan Thompson, Danielle Brooks, Simu Liu and Sinking Ship Ent. are this year’s Rockie Award Gala recipients. Hosted by Jasmeet Raina, the ceremony will stream live on YouTube June 15 at 3 p.m.
Thompson, best known for his work on “Saturday Night Live” and now headlining the NBC sitcom “Kenan,” will be bestowed the Sir Peter Ustinov Award, which recognizes a creative talent who has made an outstanding comedic contribution to the media industry. Past honorees include Sean Hayes, John Cleese, Tracey Ullman, Bob Newhart, Tantoo Cardinal, John Candy and Bill Hader.
Brooks, who recently starred in “Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia” and was on the long-running “Orange is the New Black,” will receive the A+E Inclusion Award, which recognizes an individual whose efforts and vision in the media realm champion and reflect the diversity of the world we live in. Past honorees include LeVar Burton,...
Thompson, best known for his work on “Saturday Night Live” and now headlining the NBC sitcom “Kenan,” will be bestowed the Sir Peter Ustinov Award, which recognizes a creative talent who has made an outstanding comedic contribution to the media industry. Past honorees include Sean Hayes, John Cleese, Tracey Ullman, Bob Newhart, Tantoo Cardinal, John Candy and Bill Hader.
Brooks, who recently starred in “Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia” and was on the long-running “Orange is the New Black,” will receive the A+E Inclusion Award, which recognizes an individual whose efforts and vision in the media realm champion and reflect the diversity of the world we live in. Past honorees include LeVar Burton,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s hit reality show Too Hot To Handle will return for Season 2 on June 23.
Deadline first revealed that the show has been greenlit for a second and third season, with Fremantle companies Thames and Talkback producing the two seasons back-to-back at a new location on the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Netflix will drop Season 2 in two batches of episodes. The first four will go live on June 23, while the remaining six installments are being lined up for June 30.
The show involves a bunch of singletons being transported to an exotic location where they hope to find love, but there’s a catch — they are forbidden from kissing, canoodling, and self-gratification. Every fumble results in their $100,000 cash prize dropping.
Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos hailed Too Hot to Handle as its “biggest competition show ever” after the series premiered last April. Executive producers on Season 2 are Amelia Brown, Saul Fearnley, and...
Deadline first revealed that the show has been greenlit for a second and third season, with Fremantle companies Thames and Talkback producing the two seasons back-to-back at a new location on the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Netflix will drop Season 2 in two batches of episodes. The first four will go live on June 23, while the remaining six installments are being lined up for June 30.
The show involves a bunch of singletons being transported to an exotic location where they hope to find love, but there’s a catch — they are forbidden from kissing, canoodling, and self-gratification. Every fumble results in their $100,000 cash prize dropping.
Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos hailed Too Hot to Handle as its “biggest competition show ever” after the series premiered last April. Executive producers on Season 2 are Amelia Brown, Saul Fearnley, and...
- 5/19/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix, which introduced viewers around the world to the full-season binge drop, is experimenting with new scheduling around two of its biggest non-scripted shows.
The Circle and Too Hot to Handle are returning later this spring, and their release pattern looks a lot more like traditional broadcasting scheduling than it used to.
Season 2 of Studio Lambert’s The Circle, which sees a cast of eight contestants flirt, befriend, piss off and compete in challenges against each other to earn a cash prize as top influencer and catfisher, will premiere on Wednesday, April 14.
It will begin with the first four episodes and will be followed the following Wednesday, April 21 with the next four episodes and Wednesday April 28 with four more before the finale drops May 5.
The four-week event comes after the first season aired in three drops starting in January 2020.
The move towards a more traditional style scheduling pattern, albeit with a binge-able twist,...
The Circle and Too Hot to Handle are returning later this spring, and their release pattern looks a lot more like traditional broadcasting scheduling than it used to.
Season 2 of Studio Lambert’s The Circle, which sees a cast of eight contestants flirt, befriend, piss off and compete in challenges against each other to earn a cash prize as top influencer and catfisher, will premiere on Wednesday, April 14.
It will begin with the first four episodes and will be followed the following Wednesday, April 21 with the next four episodes and Wednesday April 28 with four more before the finale drops May 5.
The four-week event comes after the first season aired in three drops starting in January 2020.
The move towards a more traditional style scheduling pattern, albeit with a binge-able twist,...
- 3/23/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.S. edition of “The Circle” will finally return for a second season in April, Netflix announced Tuesday.
The new season will begin rolling out on Wednesday, April 14, with multiple episodes dropping each week leading up to the May 5 finale. The four-week run will precede a June rollout of “Too Hot to Handle” Season 2, which was also announced Tuesday in a blog post from Netflix unscripted exec Brandon Riegg.
“Although these shows may have felt a little too real at times, fans all over the world rallied around them with an energy and excitement we could not have imagined,” Riegg wrote. “We can’t wait for our members to see what’s in store in their second seasons. We’ve added new twists and surprises to keep the games fresh — and all new players that we think fans will love rooting for.”
“The Circle” was a hit for Netflix...
The new season will begin rolling out on Wednesday, April 14, with multiple episodes dropping each week leading up to the May 5 finale. The four-week run will precede a June rollout of “Too Hot to Handle” Season 2, which was also announced Tuesday in a blog post from Netflix unscripted exec Brandon Riegg.
“Although these shows may have felt a little too real at times, fans all over the world rallied around them with an energy and excitement we could not have imagined,” Riegg wrote. “We can’t wait for our members to see what’s in store in their second seasons. We’ve added new twists and surprises to keep the games fresh — and all new players that we think fans will love rooting for.”
“The Circle” was a hit for Netflix...
- 3/23/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Talkback, the Fremantle-owned producer behind Netflix reality show Too Hot To Handle, has raided Banijay’s Tiger Aspect Productions to hire Kate Edmunds.
Edmunds has joined Talkback in the newly created role of director of programs, overseeing comedy and entertainment shows. She will report to managing director Jonno Richards.
Boasting credits including The Last Leg and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Edmunds was the director of development at Tiger Aspect, which makes shows including Drunk History and Bad Education.
Richards said: “Having the brilliant Kate on the Talkback team puts us in great stead for the future. Her considerable expertise will help us create and deliver more funny, exciting and relevant shows.”...
Edmunds has joined Talkback in the newly created role of director of programs, overseeing comedy and entertainment shows. She will report to managing director Jonno Richards.
Boasting credits including The Last Leg and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Edmunds was the director of development at Tiger Aspect, which makes shows including Drunk History and Bad Education.
Richards said: “Having the brilliant Kate on the Talkback team puts us in great stead for the future. Her considerable expertise will help us create and deliver more funny, exciting and relevant shows.”...
- 7/17/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
When Sharron Townsend, a cast member on Netflix’s reality dating show Too Hot to Handle, heard the show’s actual premise for the first time, he thought it was a joke. It was only their second day on set in sunny Punta Mita, Mexico, and the swimsuit-clad twentysomethings had just barely begun the get-to-know-you activities, like blindfolded kissing and groping. That’s when “Lana,” the omniscient robot who serves as the show’s host, steps in to break the news. “You have been selected because all of you are...
- 5/12/2020
- by Breena Kerr
- Rollingstone.com
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the first season of “Too Hot to Handle.”)
Netflix’s “Too Hot to Handle” has a premise almost too absurd to believe. Ten “hotties” sent to a resort for a month with nothing to do except each other — only they’re not allowed to have sex. Every time they have sex they lose a bit more of the $100,000 pot. The further they go, the more they lose.
Exactly how much they lose is a mystery to both the cast and the audience until someone does the deed and the show’s version of a housemother — a supposedly artificially intelligent robot named Lana who looks like a cross between an Alexa and an air freshener — gathers the cast to inform them how much their housemates’ infraction would cost them. Cue the infighting.
Across the eight-episode first season, we learn that a simple kiss costs the...
Netflix’s “Too Hot to Handle” has a premise almost too absurd to believe. Ten “hotties” sent to a resort for a month with nothing to do except each other — only they’re not allowed to have sex. Every time they have sex they lose a bit more of the $100,000 pot. The further they go, the more they lose.
Exactly how much they lose is a mystery to both the cast and the audience until someone does the deed and the show’s version of a housemother — a supposedly artificially intelligent robot named Lana who looks like a cross between an Alexa and an air freshener — gathers the cast to inform them how much their housemates’ infraction would cost them. Cue the infighting.
Across the eight-episode first season, we learn that a simple kiss costs the...
- 4/18/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
A trio of American gameshows including The Price Is Right, Strike It Lucky and Play Your Cards Right are being rebooted by ITV in a seven-part series hosted by Alan Carr.
The British commercial broadcaster has ordered Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow, which will see the classic gameshows supersized and brought together. Classic British formats Take Your Pick and darts-based Bullseye are also part of the series.
The show, which is produced by Fremantle-owned Talkback, will see contestants hoping to win either big-cash rewards or prizes with each format climaxing with an all new end game.
The Price Is Right first aired on NBC and was hosted by Bill Cullen with contestants competing to win cash and prizes by guessing the pricing of household items; Strike It Lucky is based on U.S. syndicated gameshow Strike It Rich and sees contestants answering trivia questions to move up an archway; Play...
The British commercial broadcaster has ordered Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow, which will see the classic gameshows supersized and brought together. Classic British formats Take Your Pick and darts-based Bullseye are also part of the series.
The show, which is produced by Fremantle-owned Talkback, will see contestants hoping to win either big-cash rewards or prizes with each format climaxing with an all new end game.
The Price Is Right first aired on NBC and was hosted by Bill Cullen with contestants competing to win cash and prizes by guessing the pricing of household items; Strike It Lucky is based on U.S. syndicated gameshow Strike It Rich and sees contestants answering trivia questions to move up an archway; Play...
- 5/30/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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