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Inside TV International 280 November 26 - December 2, 2010

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I N T INTERNATIONAL E Winners BAFTA Children’s FremantleMedia ap- R points Kim Ardal as MD N Awards announced of Blu in A T The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has Denmark - p. 2 I NBC Universal Interna- Body Of Proof 4 unveiled the winners of the 2010 Children’s Awards. In O the Animation category Aardman Animations’ ‘Shaun The tional signs deal with N Sheep’ (CBBC) won. The BAFTA for best Comedy went to Canadian Lark A L ‘Horrible Histories’ (Lion TV/Citrus TV/CBBC) and best Productions - p. 3 Drama was CBBC’s ‘Tracy Beaker Returns’; while in the 2 Entertainment category CBBC’s ‘Relic: Guardians of the Museum’ was the winner. At the International front Nick- elodeon’s ‘The Penguins of Madagascar’ won the BAFTA. F (cont. page 2) fICTION Archer 5 Acorn Media acquires I Greenlit shows - p. 5 C Dexter close to renewal T Big CBS Prime wants to - p. 6 I Endemol signs distribu- O Indianise international shows tion deal for Leverage N Big CBS Networks, a joint venture between Reliance - p. 6 Broadcast Network Limited and CBS Studios Interna- 3 7 tional launches this week Big CBS Prime, an English general entertainment television channel for the Indian sub-continent.A key component of BIG CBS Networks’ programming strategy is to Indianise international shows KIDS for its Indian viewers. There is hardly any localization of Galaxy Pop is working K international formats in India, considerably limiting the on new comedy series I potential of consumer engagement. BIG CBS plans to tap Rock It! - p. 6 this potential by Indianising some of CBS Studios’ best Cartoon Network renews D known and most successful shows. Adventure Time, Regular S (cont. page 2) 11 Show and MAD - p. 7 6

Muse Entertainment opens fORMATS F O Belgium acquires Talpa London office R Canadian film and television production and distribution Media’s The Voice - p. 8 ITV commissions magic M Storage Wars 13 company Muse Entertainment Enterprises is opening an office in London, headed by Cynthia Kennedy. As Direc- show - p. 9 A tor of International Sales, Kennedy will be responsible Channel 4 teams up T for selling Muse Entertainment’s productions; including with Jamie Oliver for S TV miniseries, TV movies, TV series and family program- Jamie’s Dream School - p. 14 ming, to television and cable networks as well as DVD 8 distributors around the world. Format in the Picture (cont. page 2) Stand Out From The Crowd - p. 14 The Successor 13

www.insidetv.info 1 Big CBS Prime wants to Indianise international shows for India Big CBS Networks, a joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network Limited and CBS Studios International launches this week Big CBS Prime, an English general entertainment television channel for the Indian sub-continent. The network will feature hit shows like ‘NCIS’, ‘Survivor’, ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ which will air within 24 hours of airing in the US, the newest American cop drama ‘Blue Bloods’, legal drama ‘The Good Wife’, Hollywood magazine shows like ‘Entertainment Tonight’ and ‘The Insider’, ‘Frasier’ and forensic investigators drama ‘CSI: Crime Scene In- vestigation’. The network has signed strategic deals with Sony Pictures and NBC Universal for exclusive access to a library of Hollywood movies to beef up its weekend movie programming. The Company is also in talks with other international studios to acquire a slate of hit Hollywood films. A key component of BIG CBS Networks’ programming strategy is to Indianise international shows for its Indian viewers. There is hardly any localization of international formats in India, considerably limiting the potential of consumer engagement. BIG CBS plans to tap this potential by Indianising some of CBS Studios’ best known and most successful shows. It is, currently, working on the Indian format of ‘Entertainment Tonight’, US’s syndicated entertainment news magazine. Winners BAFTA Children’s Awards announced The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has unveiled the winners of the 2010 Children’s Awards. In the Ani- mation category Aardman Animations’ ‘Shaun The Sheep’ (CBBC) won over ‘Doctor Who: Dreamland’, ‘OOglies’ and ‘Horrid Henry’. The BAFTA for best Comedy went to ‘Horrible Histories’ (Lion TV/Citrus TV/CBBC), leaving ‘Big Babies’, ‘The Legend of Dick and Dom’ and ‘Sorry I’ve Got No Head’ without an award. Best Drama was CBBC’s ‘Tracy Beaker Returns’, which won over ‘The Boy From Before’, ‘Roy’ and ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’; while in the Entertainment category CBBC’s ‘Relic: Guardians of the Museum’ was the winner. Other nominees were ‘Escape from Scorpion island’, ‘Junior MasterChef’ and ‘Undercover Dads’. At the International front Nickelodeon’s ‘The Penguins of Madagascar’ won the BAFTA, leaving I ‘dirtgirlworld’, ‘Phineas and Ferb’ and ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ without an award this N year. Other awards went to ‘L8R Youngers’ (Learning – Primary), ‘Timelines.tv: Smallpox T Through Time’ Up Timmy Time (Learning - Secondary), ‘ ’ (Feature Film), ‘ ’ (Pre-School E Animation) and ‘Something Special’ (Pre-School Live Action). In the BAFTA Kid’s Vote, the choice of the kids, these programmes are the winners: ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ (TV), ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: R The Squeakuel’ (Film), ‘Club Penguin’ (Web) and ‘Just Dance’ (Games). Follow the link for the full list of winners. N http://www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/awards2010,1452,BA.html A T FremantleMedia appoints Kim Ardal as MD of Blu in I Denmark O FremantleMedia has appointed Kim Ardal as the new Managing Director of Blu, FremantleMedia’s Danish production N arm. Starting his new role on April 1, 2011 Ardal will be responsible for all development and production operations in A Denmark, working closely with various divisions within the FremantleMedia group and leveraging existing relationships L with both broadcast and non-broadcast partners in the Danish market. Ardal will be based in Copenhagen, reporting directly to Daniela Matei, CEO Nordics, Central Eastern Europe & Balkans, FremantleMedia. Before his appointment as MD of Blu Denmark, Kim Ardal was the Vice President Nordic of Zodiak Television, having held MD roles at subsidiaries Mastiff and Look Entertainment, which he founded in 2005. Prior to this, Ardal was Head of Programmes at Blu Den- mark, where he served as the Executive Producer of a number of shows, as well as identifying and developing new programmes and rolling out key formats. Ardal has also held several roles at Metronome, including Head of Programmes and Executive Producer between 1995 and 2004. Muse Entertainment opens London office Canadian film and television production and distribution company Muse Entertainment Enterprises is opening an office in London, headed by Cynthia Kennedy. As Director of International Sales, Kennedy will be responsible for selling Muse Entertainment’s productions; including TV miniseries, TV movies, TV series and family programming, to television and cable networks as well as DVD distributors around the world. Kennedy has a background of over 15 years in TV distribution, format sales and co-production. Having graduated from Canada’s McGill University with a degree in International Relations, Kennedy started her career in the television business in Montreal in 1995 and moved to Lon- don as a sales executive for Cinar in 1998. Her career in London has since included managing sales of programming for Channel 4 International, AETN International, History, the Biography Channel, iD Distribution and most recently for Zodiak Entertainment. Kennedy is fluent in four languages including French, Spanish and Armenian. Since its founding 13 years ago, Muse Entertainment has worked from its Canadian base with various US and European networks and creative teams on projects like ‘The Kennedys’, ‘Being Human’, ‘Pillars of the Earth’, ‘Ben Hur’, ‘Human Trafficking’ and ‘Tales from the Neverending Story’.

www.insidetv.info 2 ABPI-TV and Achilles Media to promote RioContentMarket The Brazilian Association of Independent TV Producers (ABPI-TV) and Canada-based Achilles Media have signed a partnership to promote the upcoming audiovisual content market, RioContentMarket, which will take place in March in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event will join together 500 content production, distribution, communication and technology professionals with 50 major international decision makers, commissioning editors, programmers and creators. Achilles Media is an event management company, specializing in the entertainment sector, which carries the brands of NextMe- dia, Banff International Television Festival among others. With the partnership, Achilles will be an international consult- ant for RioContentMarket, advising ABPI-TV with international contacts strategies and programming. The international seminar will host master classes, discussing panels, pitching sessions and business meetings. More information about RioContentMarket can be found at www.riocontentmarket.com. I NBC Universal International signs deal with Canadian Lark N Productions T Lark Productions, a new production venture from producer Louise Clark, has been established in Vancouver to develop E both scripted and non-scripted content for Canadian, as well as International markets. Clark will serve as President R and Erin Haskett Thorn is named Vice-President of Development. Lark Productions has already signed a develop- N ment and first-look deal with NBC Universal International. As part of the deal, NBCU will provide a development fund A for Lark Productions to produce and co-produce content with international appeal for the Canadian market, with the opportunity to distribute its TV content in markets outside Canada. Clark’s career in production, development and as T a broadcast executive spans 25 years across television drama and comedy, feature films, Movies of the Week and I documentaries. As Vice-President of Program Development for Canada’s Network CTV, Clark developed and oversaw O production for five seasons of the number one comedy ‘Corner Gas’ (with TCN) and three seasons of ‘Robson Arms’. N Additionally, she oversaw production for season one of ‘Flashpoint’ and ‘The Listener’, and set up ‘Defying Gravity’. A Other series included ‘Whistler’ (the N), ‘Kaya’ (MTV USA), ‘D’Myna Leagues’, ‘Mentors’, ‘Cold Squad’ and ‘Magician’s House’. Previous to CTV, she served as the Ontario Film Development Corporation’s (OFDC) Head of Production and L Development, as well as acting CEO. There she oversaw all feature film investments and development, as well as TV movies, pilots and documentaries. Clark is a long-time member of the Board of the National Screen Institute and continues to serve as the Chair of its Program Committee. Erin Haskett Thorn joins Clark as Vice-President of Develop- ment, overseeing Lark Productions’ slate of projects both in scripted and non-scripted, focusing on the domestic and international marketplace. Haskett Thorn was previously Director of Development at Paperny Films where she oversaw all development, including scripted series, alternative programming, docu-series, reality and lifestyle programmes. Erin developed a number of series, a docu-soap for CityTV Canada, ‘Dussault Inc.’; a new HGTV Canada series, ‘Consumed’; and the upcoming Food Network Canada series ‘Eat Street’. Prior to Paperny, Erin was the Director of Development at Infinity Features where she managed a growing slate of feature film projects including Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus’ and Charles Martin Smith’s ‘The Stone of Destiny’. BBC Two green lights The Night Watch Anna Maxwell Martin (South Riding), Claire Foy (Little Dorrit), Jodie Whittaker (Accused) and Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank) will star in a tragic and tender adaptation of Sarah Waters’ best-selling novel ‘The Night Watch’ (1x90’). The novel will be adapted by British writer Paula Milne (Small Island, Endgame, The Virgin Queen and The Politician’s Wife) and made by BBC Drama Production. Set against the turbulent backdrop of Forties London, ‘The Night Watch’ tells the stories of four young Londoners inextricably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexual morality and social convention have been broken down, Kay (Anna Maxwell Martin), Helen (Claire Foy), Viv (Jodie Whit- taker) and Duncan (Harry Treadaway) enjoy a freedom never experienced before as they engage in secret liaisons and passionate trysts. The drama opens in 1947 as the country is trying to rebuild itself after the war; we find Kay mysteri- ously roaming the streets, haunted by some traumatic personal loss. Meanwhile, Helen and Viv run a marriage bureau, F helping people rebuild their shattered lives by finding love. But their own complicated love lives are less easy to solve. I Helen obsessively clings to her tumultuous and volatile relationship with Julia while Viv is continuing an affair with a C married man whom she seems unable to break free from. Viv’s vulnerable young brother Duncan harbours a terrible T secret, when a face from his past re-appears which threatens his fragile existence. I O ABC signs for new drama and comedy N American broadcaster ABC has signed for two new fiction shows: a drama and a comedy series. Sendera‘ ’ comes from Eva Longoria’s (Desperate Housewives) production company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Hotplate Productions and ABC Studios. Longoria will executive produce the show together with Kathryn Morris (Cold Case), while the drama will be written by Fred Ellis, Monte Williams and Sally Robinson. The drama is about two wealthy families – a Mexican and an American Texas-based- who are battling for power. Also from ABC Studios and UnbeliEVAble Entertainment comes the comedy project ‘Parenting By Committee’. The comedy revolves around four single best friends who discover that one of them is pregnant; and they decide to raise the child together, without a father. The show will be written by Alyssa Embree and Jessica Koosed.

www.insidetv.info 3 Australian Nine BBC One unveils more details about thriller Network takes new Stolen comedy-drama Damian Lewis leads the cast in ‘Stolen’, a new one-off drama for BBC One from Australian broadcaster Nine the writer of ‘Five Daughters’, Stephen Butchard (House Of Saddam, Vincent), Network has green lighted a and produced by Open Door Productions. Damian Lewis plays Detective Inspector new comedy-drama for airing in Anthony Carter in the fast-paced thriller about human trafficking in Britain today, 2011. Zapruder’s Other Films where children are brought for a better life but end up working illegally outside the will make for the channel ‘Poppy’ system. ‘Stolen’ follows the story of one man, Anthony (Lewis), and three children. (working title), starring Austral- Anthony works in the Human Trafficking Unit, battling to make a difference to the ian comedian and actor Stephen plight of exploited children being smuggled into the UK and from there, to any- Curry (Cloudstreet, Wilfred, The where and to any fate. Anthony has a wall of snapshots in his office of unknown Secret Life Of Us, The King). The children, children without passports, without identity, without family, without hope, series revolves around a closely who have been smuggled into this country to be enslaved and exploited: Rose- knit group of family and friends mary, 11, is a terrorised young girl from West Africa, who thought she was com- as they cope with good and bad ing to England to be educated. She is sold as a house servant; Kim Pak, 15, is a luck that occurs on the same gardener in a Vietnamese cannabis house, imprisoned in a semi in suburbia; and day. Also writer Jaime Browne Georgie, 14, from the Ukraine, is put to work in the food industry, making sand- (The King, The Secret Life Of Us) wiches. is attached to the show. BBC One signs for third Life Of Riley Starz goes for new Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon reprise their roles as multi-tasking mother miniseries Maddy and stoical father Jim Riley when ‘Life Of Riley’ returns to BBC One for a American cable network Starz third eight-part series in 2011. Some time has passed since the second season. has green lighted the eight-part Baby Rosie is now two and about to begin playgroup, and the teen triumvirate of miniseries ‘Aztecs’. The series, Katy, Danny and Ted are embarking on their own new relationships. Refusing to made by Eva Longoria’s Unbe- be fazed by her increasingly complicated brood of children, step-children, step- liEVAble Entertainment, is about siblings and half-siblings, Maddy is still trying to be all things to all people. Now the historic romantic relationship she finds herself coping with a work-at-home husband, the re-emergence of both F their exes, neighbours at war (with each other)... and the challenge of meeting F between Spanish conqueror Her- I man Cortes and his interpreter a new boyfriend – her mother’s… ‘Life Of Riley’ also features Lucinda Dryzek as I Malinalli (La Malinche), in the Katy, Taylor Fawcett as Danny and Patrick Nolan as Ted. The series is made by C 16th century. Catherine Bailey Limited. T I US drama Body Of Proof gets pre-launch in I The Young And The OE Restless renewed Europe N for three more years Walt Disney Company is working with international broadcasters to offer American broadcaster CBS has the pre-US release premiere of the renewed daytime drama ‘The crime procedural series ‘Body of Young and the Restless’ for Proof’, starring Dana Delany (Des- three more years. The series perate Housewives) and produced has been the #1 daytime drama by ABC Studios. During January and on television for more than two February 2011, the dubbed series decades, This season, the show will launch across Italy on Fox, in is first among daytime dramas Spain on Cuatro and Fox, and in in viewers (5.15 million), women Hungary on Story4, with further early 18-49 (11%) and women 25-54 international launches to be confirmed. ‘Body of Proof’ will then launch on ABC in (14%). The series is produced by the US on March 29. Following a devastating car accident, putting an end to her Bell Dramatic Serial Company, in successful career as a top neurosurgeon, Dr. Megan Hunt (Dana Delany) embarks association with Sony Pictures on a new career as a court medical examiner. Finding it hard to let go of her Television. ‘The Young and the natural neurosurgeon instincts, Hunt is still determined to discover the cause of Restless’, which premiered in her patient’s deaths. As Hunt seeks answers, the bodies of the dead, give her the 1973, revolves around the rival- clues. The bodies are in fact, the proof. Megan, smart with sharp instincts, has an ries, romances, hopes and fears unfortunate reputation for blurring the lines of where her job ends and where the of the residents of the fictional police department’s begins. Unfortunately, Hunt’s career isn’t the only aspect of Midwestern metropolis, Genoa her life that is in turmoil. After moving jobs, and regaining a focus on her personal City. The lives and loves of a life, Megan discovers that there’s a lot of work to be done when it comes to her wide variety of characters mingle relationships with the living – namely with her estranged ex-husband and seven- through the generations, domi- year-old daughter. ‘Body of Proof’ is created by Christopher Murphey (The Karate nated by the Newman, Abbott, Kid) and executive produced by Murphey, Matthew Gross (Dirty Sexy Money) and Chancellor, Baldwin and Winters Sunil Nayar (CSI: Miami). families.

www.insidetv.info 4 TV Land green lights FX premieres new drama in January two new pilots American cable network FX will premiere on January 11 the new drama series American cable network TV Land ‘Lights Out’. ‘Lights Out’, from Executive Producer/Showrunner Warren Leight (In has green lighted pilots of two Treatment, Law & Order Criminal Intent), stars Holt McCallany (CSI: Miami) as Pat- new scripted pilots: ‘Happily rick ‘Lights’ Leary, an aging former heavyweight boxing champion who struggles Divorced’ and ‘Rip City’. Based to find his identity and support his wife and three daughters after retiring from on actress Fran Drescher’s real the ring. The financial downturn coupled with a series of failed investments leave life, ‘Happily Divorced’ centres him at a perilous crossroads - battling the urge to return to boxing or reluctantly around how Drescher deals accepting a job as a brutal and intimidating debt collector. Catherine McCormack with dating after finding out (Braveheart) co-stars as Theresa Leary, Lights’ wife who is finishing her medical her husband is gay. The show residency; Pablo Schreiber (The Wire) as Johnny Leary, Lights’ brother and busi- focuses on how she juggles ness manager; and Stacy Keach (Fat City) as Robert ‘Pops’ Leary, Lights’ father her relationship with her cur- and former trainer who runs the boxing gym owned by Lights. ‘Lights Out’ is pro- rent boyfriend and ex-husband duced by Fox Television Studios and FX Productions. FX has ordered 13 episodes post-divorce. The project will be of the series. In other news FX will return on January 27 with the second season written by Fran Drescher (The of its animated series ‘Archer’. ‘Archer’ Nanny) and Peter Marc Jacob- is an animated comedy revolving around sen (The Nanny, What I Like the spy agency known as the Interna- About You). ‘Rip City’ is a office tional Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) comedy which takes place at Rip and the lives of its employees. Although City Cola, a regional beverage their work of espionage, reconnaissance manufacturer and distributor. missions, wiretapping and undercover When a young, Ivy League-edu- surveillances is daunting and enigmatic, cated female takes over as the every covert operation and global crisis are actually unmitigated occasions for boss, the entire office, particu- the ISIS staff to undermine, sabotage and betray each other for personal gains larly a confident man in his 50s, and selfish pleasures. The series features the voices of H. Jon Benjamin as the is shaken and unsure of what highly skilled yet incredibly vain master spy Sterling Archer; Aisha Tyler as fellow happens next. The comedy will agent provocateur Lana Kane; Jessica Walter as Archer’s domineering mother be written by Terri Minsky (Less and the rapacious CEO of ISIS , Mallory Archer; Chris Parnell as the easily intimi- F dated comptroller of ISIS, Cyril Figgis; Judy Greer as Malloy’s loquacious secretary, F Than Perfect, Lizzy McGuire) and I executive produced by Michael Cheryl; Amber Nash as the discordant director of human resources for ISIS, Pam I Hanel (Rita Rocks, Retired at Poovey; and George Coe as Archer’s elderly and always exploited butler, Wood- C 35) and Mindy Schultheis (Reba, house. FX has ordered 13 episodes for season two. The series is produced by FX T Productions in association with Floyd County Productions. Retired at 35). The network pre- I viously announced the comedy OE pilot ‘Ex Men’ by former ‘Frasier’ AMC begins production on The Killing N executive producer Mark Reis- American cable network AMC has man. That pilot revolves around begun production on the network’s three divorced men who live in new original series ‘The Killing’. an apartment building together From writer and executive producer where the landlord is a smart Veena Sud (Cold Case), ‘The Killing’ is and sexy divorce attorney. based on the Danish television series ‘Forbrydelsen’. It tells the story of the Acorn Media murder of a young girl in Seattle and the subsequent police investigation. The acquires Greenlit series is produced by Fox Television Studios and Fuse Entertainment. Season one shows gets thirteen one-hour episodes, slated to premiere in March 2011. ‘The Killing’ ties together three distinct stories around a single murder including the detectives Distributor Acorn Media has assigned to the case, the victim’s grieving family and the suspects. Set in Seattle, acquired the TV rights to a series the story also explores local politics as it follows politicians connected to the case. of UK dramas from bankrupt As the series unfolds, it becomes clear that there are no accidents; everyone has producer Greenlit Rights, includ- a secret, and while the characters think they’ve moved on, their past isn’t done ing ‘Vexed’ and ‘Foyle’s War’. The with them. ‘The Killing’ stars Mireille Enos (Big Love) as Sarah Linden, who is the company, which is mostly active lead homicide detective that investigates the death of Rosie Larsen. Other cast- as DVD distributor, acquired the ings include Billy Campbell (Once and Again, Enough) as Darren Richmond, Seat- TV rights of ITV drama ‘Foyle’s tle’s City Council President, running for Mayor; Michelle Forbes (True Blood) as War’, three-part comedy series Mitch Larsen, Rosie’s mother; Joel Kinnaman (Snabba Cash) as Stephen Holder, ‘Vexed’, six-part series ‘Honest’, an ex-narcotic cop who joins the homicide division in the investigation to find ‘The Man Who Lost His Head’ Rosie Larsen’s killer; and Brent Sexton (W., In the Valley of Elah) as Stan Larsen, starring Martin Clunes, ‘Menace’ Rosie’s father. starring Stephen Moyer, and the thriller ‘The Swap’. ‘Foyle’s War’, however, will still be distributed by Icon Film Distribution.

www.insidetv.info 5 ABC wants Family Australian ABC announces raft of new scripted Owned sitcom shows for 2011 American broadcaster ABC is Australian network ABC has unveiled a raft of scripted shows for 2011, including teaming up with comedian Al 34 hours of drama. Legal drama ‘Crownies’ marks ABC TV’s return to long-form Madrigal (Gary Unmarried) for drama with 22 one-hour episodes commissioned; Asher Keddie and Rob Carlton Family Owned the new sitcom ‘ ’. star as Ita Buttrose and Kerry Packer in the two-part TV movie ‘Paper Giants: The The project will be produced via Birth of Cleo’ (working title); and the television adaption of the novel ‘The Slap’ ABC Studios and comes from will feature as an eight-part series. Filming will also begin on ‘The Straits’, a writers/producers Tony Gama- 10-part series about a crime family with a difference; ‘Phryne Fisher’, an adapta- Lobo (King of the Hill, Freddie) tion of the Kerry Greenwood novels about a glamorous female detective from the and Rebecca May (King of the 1920s; Jane Campion’s six-part compelling mystery series ‘Top Of The Lake’; and Hill, Freddie), who will produce Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush and Charlotte Rampling star in Fred Schepisi’s first the show with Warren Little- Australian film since ‘Evil Angels’,‘The Eye Of The Storm’. Outside the drama of- field (My generation, Love Inc.). fer, Adam Hills gets his own talk show with the premiere of ‘Adam Hills: In Gordon The sitcom revolves around a St. Tonight’; Chris Lilley’s ‘Angry Boys’ goes global in 2011; rediscover what it’s multigenerational family with the like to be ‘Twentysomething’ with ABC2’s new comedy series; and comedian son –played by Al Madrigal- tak- Frank Woodley plays a loveable dad in his own series ‘Woodley’. Lifestyle series ing over the family food truck ‘Poh’s Kitchen’ goes primetime next year; and viewers business. can get up close and personal with the animal world in F ‘Chris Humfrey’s Wild Life’; while three indigenous boys I chasing the AFL dream in ‘Three Boys Dreaming’. For the children the ‘Bananas in Pyjamas’ go 3D in their C new animated series; while the ultimate kid fantasy can T be lived in the action-packed game show ‘Splatalot’; I and the kids drama ‘My Place’ Series 2 comes also to 2011, while Terry Denton’s O ‘GASP!’ books come to the ABC3 screen. N Endemol signs distribution deal for Leverage Dexter close to Endemol has acquired distribution rights outside the US to ‘Leverage’, the drama series produced by Elec- renewal tric Entertainment for American cable network TNT. Drama series ‘Dexter’ is close ‘Leverage’ stars Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), to a renewal. According to Gina Bellman (Coupling), Christian Kane (Into the reports American cable network West), Beth Riesgraf (Alvin and the Chipmunks) and Showtime will green light a sixth Aldis Hodge (Friday Night Lights). Leverage is execu- season. The move wouldn’t be a tive produced by Dean Devlin (‘Independence Day’) and creators John Rogers (‘Transformers’) and Chris surprise with the current ratings Downey (‘The King of Queens’). ‘Leverage’ follows the of the show. Last Sunday the se- adventures of a highly skilled team of thieves out to settle scores against those who use ries averaged more than 2.5 mil- power and wealth to victimize others. The gang is led by former insurance investigator Nate lion viewers, close to the series’ Ford (Hutton), who became involved in the con business after his former employer refused highest-rated final of last season to pay for treatment that could have saved his son’s life. His highly skilled team includes (2.57m). The serial killer drama Sophie Devereaux (Bellman), a grifter who uses her acting skills to corner her marks; Eliot would get 12 new episodes for Spencer (Kane), a ‘retrieval specialist’ with bone-crunching fighting skills; Alec Hardi- the sixth season. son (Hodge), a gadget and technology wizard who keeps the team informed; and Parker (Riesgraf), a slightly off-centre thief adept at rappelling off buildings or squeezing into tight places. TNT has recently announced production of a fourth season following the success of season three which ran over the US summer, with an average of 4.5 million viewers.

Galaxy Pop is working on new comedy series Rock It! Australian production company Galaxy Pop has signed up its pre-school musical comedy series ‘Rock It!’ to a significant broadcast deal throughout the Asia-Pacific region with the ABC’s international broadcast service, Australia Network. The new multi-country deal will K see the colourful pre-school series broadcast to more than 45 countries across Asia, the Pacific and the I Indian subcontinent. ‘Rock It!’ follows the adventures D of three friends - Comet, Asteroid and Jack - who are S accidentally launched into outer space when they discover an old rocket ship. There they make new friends in Cosmos and Zaboo, two lovable aliens, and Gamma, the galaxy’s greatest computer. Together, they form the coolest pop group this side of the Milky Way. ‘Rock It!’ will begin airing on Australia Network channels across the Asia-Pacific from December 6, 2010.

www.insidetv.info 6 New seasons for Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time, Regular Show and MAD American cable network Cartoon Network has green lighted new seasons of the animated comedy series ‘Adventure Time’, ‘Regular Show’ and ‘MAD’. ‘Adventure Time’ ranked in its first two seasons #1 in its timeslots on all of television - broadcast and cable - among kids and boys 2-11, 6-11, and 9-14. The series introduces viewers to unlikely heroes Finn and Jake, buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo and encounter its colourful inhabitants including the Ice King, Princess Bubblegum, Marceline the Vampire Queen and Lumpy Space Princess. ‘Adventure Time’ is currently in its second season with a third commissioned. Consistently winning its timeslot with boys 6-11 and boys 9-14, Cartoon Network’s new animated series ‘Regular Show’ increased both ratings and delivery among targeted kid and boy demos vs. the 2009 time period. The series features best friends Mordecai, a six-foot-tall blue jay and Rigby, a hyperactive raccoon, whose attempts to escape their everyday Eurovision TV boredom take them to fantastical extremes. ‘Regular Show’ debuted in September 2010 and has been green lighted for a second season. ‘MAD’, the Warner Bros. brings Magic Animation series rooted in the eponymous magazine, will return for a second season. Following its premiere in September of this year, ‘MAD’ has been steadily win- Circus Show to ning its time slot with boys 6-11 and boys 9-14. MAD has also increased key kids and boys audience ratings and delivery, ranging between 31% and 71% across the Europe board. Since the first issue of the DC Comics magazine was published in 1952, Last Saturday was the launch of ‘MAD’ has satirized and parodied the pop cultural landscape. In the animated se- brand new family TV entertain- ries, this same sense of the ridiculous is delivered with parodies including Trans- ment format ‘The Magic Circus Bore-Mores, Fantastic Megan Fox, Uglee, CSI-Carly and Avaturds. Show’. The pan-European circus K show features European children Belgian Klumpies ready for international roll-out I performing circus acts under the From the makers from Belgian D big top in Geneva. The show is animated series ‘Uki’ comes organized by Eurovision TV at the S now also ‘The Klumpies’, a new European Broadcasting Union animated show for pre-school (EBU) together with host broad- children, a show that combines caster RTS (Radio Télévision Sui- comedy with high adventure, ap- sse), and is due to be broadcast pealing characters with colour- over the Christmas season.-Over ful natural settings, in a series 40 children aged 7–14 from whose simple but intriguing different parts of Europe will storylines wants to to hold the perform acts reflecting the rich attention of even the youngest and diverse circus traditions of viewer. The Klumpies are a tribe Europe under one big top. Jug- of little people, about 8 centimetres tall. For hundreds of years, they’ve lived hid- glers, acrobats, trapeze artists, den from the rest of the world amongst the branches of the Pipple Tree, an enor- clowns and air gymnasts will mous tree that towers over all others in the forest. To us, the Pipple Tree might show off their talent. The acts look like a huge apple tree, and its fruits juicy red apples – but to The Klumpies were selected during a selection it is their whole world, supporting dwellings, a Royal Palace, and numerous other procedure in their home coun- buildings large and small. At the heart of the show is a group of four friends, The tries. For the European Broad- Klumpy Kids: Bertie and Sunny Blink, Chip Blunk and the somewhat snooty Ella casting Union it is the first time a Klump, only daughter of the Klumpy Royal Family. All live in the Pipple Tree with circus programme has been set their respective parents, although Ella enjoys rather grander circumstances than up within Eurovision family enter- the others in the Royal Palace, also home to King Klump and Queen Klumpetta, tainment. The host broadcaster not to mention numerous guards, footmen and courtiers. But despite their differ- is Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS). ent backgrounds, The Klumpy Kids are firm friends, who enjoy all the activities Co-producers include France open to young Klumpies: roaming the forest, swimming in the river, climbing up, 3, RTP (Portugal), RTR (Rus- down and around the Pipple Tree or enjoying picnics of Pipple turnover with home- sia), RTS (Switzerland), TROS made Pipple juice. The 26-part 3D series (26x7’) is aiming at 3- to 7-year-olds (The Netherlands) and Ketnet and is a Belgian co-production between public youth channel Ketnet, Universal (Belgium). The show will also be Music Belgium, Creative Conspiracy and Nexus Factory. The series will premiere broadcast by RAI (Italy), RTVSLO on December 6 on Ketnet and has already been sold to Belgian commercial (Slovenia), NTU (Ukraine), RTSI French-speaking network Club RTL. Universal Music Belgium is distributing the (Switzerland), TV5 Monde and show internationally and will roll out the show at MIPTV next April. TV5 Canada. www.klumpies.com

www.insidetv.info 7 Lenny Henry to Belgium acquires Talpa Media’s The Voice Belgian commercial channel vtm has acquired the host BBC One’s Belgian (Flemish-speaking) rights of Talpa Media’s new The Magicians music talent search ‘The Voice’. Vtm will air the Flemish Actor and comedian Lenny version in 2012 as ‘De Stem van Vlaanderen’ (The Voice Henry is to host ‘The Magicians’, of Flanders), because next spring the network will bring BBC One’s new Saturday night a new season of talent search ‘Idols’. The 17-part Dutch entertainment show. Lenny will version launched in September on Dutch network RTL4 be joined by three internationally with 1.67 million viewers 28.2%, but is averaging the renowned magic practitioners: last few weeks around 3 million viewers. In ‘The Voice Of US sleight of hand artist Chris Holland’ four very successful, famous singers offer their know-how to unknown Korn, master illusionist Luis de talents to help them transform from great singers into the country’s next genera- Matos, and UK magicians Barry tion of pop stars. Off-screen pre-selections guarantee that only true talents make and Stuart. The Magicians sees it to the blind auditions… the three practitioners do battle for five weeks in early 2011, in SVT Sales brings WikiLeaks documentary to the magic world’s first competi- tive competition on UK screens. the market Master of sleight of hand, Chris Swedish distributor SVT Sales is bringing a documentary on WikiLeaks to the Korn, has more than 21 years of international market. 58-minute documentary ‘WikiRebels’ comes from filmmak- experience and regularly per- ers Jesper Huor and Bosse Lindquist and is, according to SVT Sales, the first ever forms for A-list Hollywood stars in-depth documentary on WikiLeaks with behind-the-scenes of the main play- including Angelina Jolie and Brad ers. WikiLeaks has gained a worldwide reputation of being a whistle blower of Pitt, Alec Baldwin and Adam San- extreme magnitude – enhancing the knowledge about American diplomacy and F Iranian torture. But only few people know anything about the vision driving the dler. Award-winning Scottish duo O Barry and Stuart have had three mysterious founder Julian Assange, a man declared being a saint in the same sell-out shows at the Edinburgh breath as he is facing charges of rape and/or treason. The documentary tells the R festival, including this year’s Se- story behind the founders, the ‘information technology rebels’ without a national M ance. Previously they starred in affiliation, who have created one of the most powerful structures on the interna- A the TV shows ‘Dirty Tricks’, ‘Mag- tional political scene. www.svtsales.com T ick’ and ‘Tricks From The Bible’, S for which they were nominated for a Scottish BAFTA award. They Bridalplasty launches with modest ratings also won the Best Comedy Illu- American cable network E!’s new controversial sionist Award at the World Magic reality show ‘Bridalplasty’ launched last Sun- Awards in 2009. Luis de Matos day night with modest ratings. The premiere has been mesmerising audi- averaged only 900 000 viewers in its 9 pm ences for the last 10 years with timeslot. Ten-part reality series ‘Bridalplasty’, his slick and stylish illusions and which is produced by 51 Minds Entertainment this year the International Magi- (Endemol), brings together 12 engaged women cian’s Society declared him to who are seeking complete image transfor- be the Illusionist of the Decade. mations before their big day – they want the Luis also has an extensive career dream wedding and the dream body to go along with it. These brides-to-be are in Portugal including a series of willing to do whatever it takes to beat the competition in order to get that perfec- successful TV shows. Against the tion. Throughout the show, as they put together their dream wedding, each week backdrop of a specially created one lucky bride will also get one piece of her dream body – going under the knife set on Pinewood Studios, each for one of the surgeries off her ‘wish list’. The last bride standing will have the magician will perform with a opportunity to have an extreme plastic surgery makeover and win a wedding fit different celebrity partner each for the stars where she will unveil her new look for the very first time to the man week, with the three pairs per- that she’s about to marry. Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Dubrow joins host forming illusions from the classic Shanna Moakler to guide the competitors in their quest for a flawless wedding. to the never-attempted-before. The celebrities appearing in the Electus to roll out Jerk All Stars show include TV presenter Chris Ben Silverman’s Electus is rolling out the online reality competition ‘Jerk All Tarrant, presenter and artist Rolf Stars’, which launched on Tuesday on MySpace. ‘Jerk All Stars’ is a competition- Harris, hip-hop group N-Dubz based reality series and interactive community set in the work of jerk dancing. and Ashley Banjo from the street The show is hosted by Indigo Vanity, JHawk, BB The Jerk and Young Ace – the dance troupe Diversity. The show Core Four. will be made by Shine TV. http://www.myspace.com/jerkallstars

www.insidetv.info 8 Discovery ITV commissions magic show UK channel ITV1 has green lighted ‘Penn & Teller: Fool Us’, a brand new enter- brings new tainment show starring the world famous magic double act ‘Penn & Teller’. Hosted by Jonathan Ross and produced by DCD-owned September Films/117 Production, docu-series the 90-minute programme throws down the gauntlet to every aspiring magician Flying Wild in the UK to perform their most mystifying trick to fool Penn & Teller. Las Vegas legends Penn & Teller will have no prior knowledge of either the performers or the Alaska planned trick. They’ll be sitting in the audience just like everyone else, watching American cable network Dis- every move the guest magicians make. If any illusionist comes on and fools the covery Channel will launch on professionals, they will win a five star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening January 5 the new ten-part act in Penn & Teller’s show at the Rio Hotel & Casino. Whether it’s a grand stage docu-series ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ illusion or a tiny trick of sleight of hand, whether it uses tigers or toothpicks, if they (working title), from production are good enough to fool Penn & Teller then they get to perform in Vegas with the company 3 Ball Productions. iconic duo; who have been performing together for over 35 years. Operating their family-run airline, Era Alaska, the Tweto family bat- BBC Two to bring The Reel History Of Britain tles unforgiving Alaska weather In 2011, author, media personality and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg will be present- and terrain to transport life’s ing a brand new series for BBC Two in association with the British Film Institute, necessities to one of the most telling the history of modern Britain through archive film footage. In the 20-part remote and extreme regions series ‘The Reel History of Britain’ he’ll be touring the country in the UK’s only of America. With no freeway surviving vintage mobile cinema, a converted Sixties Bedford van, complete with system for hundreds of miles, a 22-seat, fully tiered cinema, and reuniting people with footage of their ances- Era Alaska is the lifeline for the tors. The series will be covering royal events from the death of Queen Victoria in isolated rural inhabitants of the 1901 to the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977, touching on the latter’s marriage Bering Sea coastline, but where and coronation along the way. The programme will also be reliving the horrors of the roads end, life for the quirky the Somme through a look at the Pals Battalions of World War One as well as the Twetos begins. Wildly determined Home Guard and evacuation of World War Two. The series will also be looking in Jim runs his company with pas- depth at the British industries of cotton production at the turn of the century, as sion and looks to his tiny but well as fishing, mining and rural industries in the inter-war period. National events F fierce wife, Ferno, for support. including the formation of the NHS, the Beeching Axe and the Three Day Week will O She’s cargo runner, dispatcher all feature, as well as events which changed thousands of lives forever. The slum and mom to their two gregarious clearances of the Thirties and the housing redevelopments of the Fifties sit along- R adult daughters, Ayla and Ariel, side the exploration of the changing nature of schools in the Twenties. Finally, the M who also play a vital role in the show will be revisiting the lighter side of life with the boom in the British seaside A operation. Year round, Jim and after World War Two, as well as the first package holidays in the Sixties and the T his family are motivated by the Mods and Rockers of the same decade. People can feature on the programme S fact that the livelihoods of thou- and get the opportunity to see the way their parents, grandparents (or even your sands of people depend on their younger selves) lived. At each of the road shows, Melvyn Bragg will be interviewing business and employees every people about their family history and will be showing footage from the period. day. Era Alaska was founded in the small city of Unalakleet Indonesia gets own 20 Little Piggy Banks and with just one small plane and a service area of a few hundred Show Me What You’ve Got miles. Today, the company has Endemol has sold two game show formats to Indonesian broadcaster PT Indosiar Visual nearly 75 planes and destina- Mandiri (IVM). ‘The 20 Little Piggy Banks’ will make its international debut in Asia when it tions throughout the large state. launches in 2011 on IVM, which has also commissioned ‘Show Me What You’ve Got’, which will broadcast early next year. The variety game show format has already proven to be a hit Valued at millions, the airline with Asian audiences, with two successful series broadcasting on VTV3 in Vietnam. This fol- handles everything from large, lows the recent news that IVM signed its first deal with Endemol Asia for the game show ‘1 cross state commuter flights to vs. 100’. The locally produced show launched in August and is performing well in its prime tiny off-airport ‘bush’ flights. time slot. ‘Show Me What You’ve Got’ is a nerve wracking game show with a unique mecha- nism that can multiply winnings to a life changing amount. It’s a non-stop rollercoaster ride of emotions as players are asked general knowledge questions that test their skill. If they get the answers wrong they’ll watch their prize fund get divided down to practically nothing. The series made its Asian debut in Vietnam and has also successfully aired in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Spain and the US. ‘The 20 Little Piggy Banks’ sees contestants competing to win grand prizes hidden within personalised piggy banks. Players aim to accumulate as many ‘piggies’ as possible by answering general knowledge questions. In the end game all remaining piggies will be smashed to pieces to reveal the prizes. Along the way, there is the chance that contestants could leave empty handed if they stumble across the dreaded black coin. ‘The 20 Little Piggy Banks’ was co-created by Spanish producer Phileas and TF1 Production, the French broadcaster’s in house production company. Endemol has the right to distribute the format outside Spain and France. Endemol’s other recent deals across Asia include new and returning commissions for ‘Deal or No Deal’, ‘1 vs. 100’ and ‘Big Brother’ for broadcasters in Korea, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines. Ende- mol attends the Asia Television Forum in Singapore this December at booth number H16. www.insidetv.info 9 Stand Out From Zodiak sells Help! My House Is Falling Down The Crowd moves worldwide, Channel 4 renews into six territories Distributor Zodiak Rights has inked a raft of sales deals for the UK series ‘Help! My House is Falling Down’ Flash mob game show ‘Stand while Channel 4 has re-commissioned a second series Out From The Crowd’, from Gog- (6x60’) of the show which is produced by Red House, part of Zodiak Media Group. glebox Zodiak Rights has sold Series 1 of ‘Help! My House is Falling Down’ (6x60’) to Enter- TVNZ (New Zealand), Corus (Canada), Groupe TVA (French-speaking Canada) and tainment BBC Worldwide for BBC Lifestyle in Africa and Poland. These broadcasters join TV4 and dis- (Sweden), RTL (The Netherlands) and XYZ Entertainment (Australia) who acquired tributed the series earlier this year. ‘Help! My House is Falling Down’, presented by property interna- expert Sarah Beeny, sees her and a team of experts rescuing houses that appear tionally by Sony Pictures Televi- to be terminally ill. Her aim is to make sure each house is safe – tackling the ‘arch sion’s 2waytraffic, has been com- enemies’ of any home which, if ignored, could threaten their very foundation and missioned in six countries: Italy, lead to collapse. The show premiered on Channel 4 earlier this year and more Portugal, Turkey, Colombia, Lithu- recently on More 4. Zodiak Rights holds worldwide rights for ‘Help! My House is ania and Moldova. In Italy, Sky Falling Down’, finished episodes and format. Italia has ordered 65 episodes (65x30’) of the format to air The Farm gets second Colombian series from mid December. In Portugal, Scandinavia’s production and formats company RTP1 has commissioned six one- Strix Television has licensed its reality format hour episodes which are planned ‘The Farm’ for a second series to Colombian to launch in April next year. The television production company BE-TV. The for- Turkish broadcaster ATV, has mat, distributed in Latin America by 2waytraffic also commissioned the show. In International, is produced by BE-TV for national Colombia, City TV has ordered television network Canal Caracol. The series, 26 one-hour episodes to air in which began airing on November 30 in prime 2011. The Moldovan broad- time on Canal Caracol, is hosted by celebrities caster, Prime TV, has ordered model Natalia Paris and actor Mauricio Velez. Sold to more than 40 countries F ‘The Farm’ reaches in Colombia a strong market share of 62% with the final epi- 13 episodes while in Lithuania, O ‘Stand Out From the Crowd’ has sode peaking at a 78% share. The pre-produced celebrity version of the format already aired on Lietuvos Rytas made its debut on Canal Caracol in the fall of 2004 and was the most-watched R TV. Additionally, options for the programme achieving a steady audience rating and conquering the competition M game show are in place in Den- in Colombia during its 14 weeks of airing. In the format, six women and six men A mark, Finland, Norway, Sweden are thrown together to survive as farmers without the luxuries of running water, T electricity or telephones. Over a ten-week period viewers follow the lives of the and Australia. ‘Stand Out From S The Crowd’ is an ambush-style participants on their primitive and isolated farm. Life is tough as they lack all the format that surprises unsuspect- comforts of modern life and in order to survive they must learn how to live off the ing members of the public into land. However, ‘The Farm’ is not only about physical survival, it is also an elimi- participating in a live game show nation game and after ten weeks and a thrilling grand finale only one competitor with the chance to win a major remains to claim the prize and the title of ‘Farmer of the Year’. cash prize all captured on existing public screens that could be Benidorm Bastards debuts in South Korea anywhere: from a stadium to a SevenOne International´s ‘Benidorm shopping mall to a gym or bus Bastards’ will debut on tvN, South stop. The contestant, chosen Korea´s cable and satellite channel, at random by a hidden host, on December 4. ‘JeulGeoUn In Seng’, faces a mix of questions against which translates into ‘Happy Life’ or the clock supported by crowds ‘Enjoy your Life’, will air weekly every gathered round shouting out Saturday. The Rose d´Or winning ‘Be- answers. The game culminates nidorm Bastards’ (produced by Belgian in the contestant answering one company Shelter) is a hidden camera question on their own wearing show that follows 7 senior citizens whose mission is to roam the streets and blow headphones to block out the the minds of as many young people as they can. In Belgium, its country of origin, sounds of the crowds scream- the show has exceeded channel 2BE ´s average by up to 284 percent with market ing behind them. Get it right and shares of up to 27.9 percent (viewers 18-44). In The Netherlands, the first interna- they stand the chance to win a tional adaptation of ‘Benidorm Bastards’ outperforms RTL 4´s channel average by life changing amount of money. up to 250 percent with a market share of up to 36.8 percent (20-49) on Satur- Get it wrong and they lose all days in prime time. The show has already been sold to more than 20 countries, their hard earned winnings. including France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Israel, throughout the Middle East and Scandinavia.

www.insidetv.info 10 New ITV2 show wants to solve real life problems Peaches Geldof is to present a brand new ITV2 series aimed at solving real life problems. ITV Studios will produce 6-part studio-based series ‘OMG! Totally Peaches’ (6x60’ – working title), in front of a live audience, in which Peaches, supported by a team of resident professional experts, will deal with a wide and varied range of issues faced by the show’s guests. Relationships, sex, and all manner of Shine makes In behavioural issues will be on the agenda in each episode. Guests will tell their Their Footsteps for stories in full OMG! detail to be shown in studio, before sharing their experiences with Peaches and her panel, who, along with the audience, discuss the problems Australian network and how to find a solution. Each show’s lively mix of discussion will also feature Australian Nine Network has special celebrity guests who will offer advice or share their own personal experi- commissioned Shine Australia ence of the issue at hand. to make ‘In Their Footsteps’, which will air in 2011. The team Spike TV renews Auction Hunters behind ‘Australians at War’ is American cable network Spike TV has renewed its reality series ‘Auction Hunters’ now working on a documentary for a second, 20-part, season. Premiering on November 9, the weekly series has series about Australia’s wartime averaged 1.1 million viewers, increasing in viewership each week with the most experiences, seen through the recent episode on November 23 averaging 1.3 million viewers. The first eight- eyes of descendants as they are part season will end on December 21. No date has been announced for the new taken on a very personal journey. season. ‘Auction Hunters’ explores the cutthroat world of storage-unit auctions Shine Australia is looking for with two of the best prospectors in the business, Clinton ‘Ton’ Jones and Allen outgoing and articulate Austral- Haff. Every day in America, there are over ten thousand abandoned storage units ians who want to know more that are put up for public auction. Each unit has the potential to be a goldmine or about the triumphs and trag- a bust for those who make their living hunting unclaimed property. The series of- edies encountered by members fers viewers a rare look into the high stakes, financial risks and potential rewards of their families during a century where the right purchase can bring in serious cash. ‘Auction Hunters’ is produced of conflict, from World War 1 to by Gurney Productions. peacekeeping in East Timor. The series will search out the truth ZDF Enterprises to bring Yakuza F behind wartime experiences and will take a family member on a documentary O unique journey to discover the Filming has begun on the one-hour documentary ‘The Last R places they saw and the things Yakuza’ (1x52’ HD), the first documentary ever to feature M they did. exclusive interviews with the underworld bosses of the A Yakuza, the most highly organized crime syndicate in the Holland gets own world. After spending several years researching their topic, T the team members of the Wiesbaden production company S Who’s The One For Sound & Vision finally won the trust of the bosses of vari- …? ous Yakuza clans, and gained unique access to them. The Dutch commercial network RTL4 worldwide distribution of this documentary will be handled by ZDF Enterprises. Who are the Yakuza? Are they the has green lighted ‘Wie Kiest modern Robin Hoods of Japan? Or are they simply criminals? To learn the truth, the film Tatjana?’ (Who’s Tatjana Choos- team plunged into the underworld of Tokyo, Kyoto and Fukuoka, where high-ranking clan ing?), a Dutch version of Belgian members gave surprisingly open interviews and insights into their lives. The viewer sees format ‘Who’s The One For…’, how a Japanese ‘common man’ transforms himself into a Yakuza, and experiences what it devised and produced by Belgian is like to have people bow and step aside for you on the sidewalk. The Yakuza may rule an production outfit TéVé Company, underworld of criminality, violence and corruption, but this world is also governed by strict which made the show or the first codes of conduct, loyalty, deep credos of honour and respect. Among the moments of this time in the fall of 2006 as ‘Who’s programme are a frank conversation with the wife of a clan boss, who speaks openly about The One For Wendy?’, in which being disowned by her family, a fraternization ceremony between a godfather and a long- time acquaintance, and a view from the ‘other’ side, the Yakuza’s business partners. ‘The Belgian singer and TV personality Last Yakuza’ will be broadcast around the world in 2011. Wendy Van Wanten was looking for a man; and finally also found The Foundation to make children’s action game her big love. In 2011 already a third edition will air in Belgium. In show for Al Jazeera UK production outfit The Foundation has been commissioned by Al Jazeera Children’s the Dutch version actress, model Channel (JCC) to produce the new 115-part x 30’ children’s action game show ‘The Buzzer’ and singer Tatjana Simic will look (115x30’). The Foundation will be producing ‘The Buzzer’ (working title) out of Twofour54’s for her big love. Studios in Abu Dhabi and will go into production in January 2011 and air on JCC starting September 2011. Filmed in an adventure-filled set ‘Buzzer City’, the new series is full of exciting, mentally and physically challenging games and puzzles. Two teams of three go head-to-head over four rounds to win their way to the final where they get the chance to win big prizes if they hit the ‘Ultimate Buzzer’ at the top of the mighty ‘Tower’. The series will be presented in Arabic and hosted by Saeed Sarhan, who co-hosted JCC’s most popular children’s game show ‘Addarb’ (The Trail). Format rights for ‘The Buzzer’ are jointly owned by Zodiak Rights and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC).

www.insidetv.info 11 Channel 4 wants Nine Network unveils 2011 slate The Secret Supper Australian Nine Network has unveiled its new and returning programming offer for Club 2011. Brand new shows include variety programme ‘Live From Planet Earth’ fea- turing comedian Ben Elton; ‘The Joy of Sets’ in which comedians Tony Martin and UK broadcaster Channel 4 has Ed Kavalee give viewers their take on television; commissioned Boomerang and new mockumentary series ‘The Games: Plus to produce a new 10-part London Calling’, which will air in the lead up to daytime ‘pop up dining’ show the 2012 London Olympic Games. Also new will (10x30’), fronted by TV presenter be reality makeover show ‘Top Design’ which and wine expert Olly Smith will put Australians passionate about design (Saturday Kitchen, Iron Chef UK). and renovation to the test to create a master- ‘The Secret Supper Club’ is a piece. Also brand new are docu-series ‘AFP’, brand new format which follows following the Australian Federal Police; historical documentary series ‘In Their Olly Smith around the country as Footsteps’; ‘Under Surveillance’; ‘The Politically Incorrect Parenting Show’; and he stages a series of one-off din- docu-series ‘Big’, which brings intimate stories about clinically obese and over- ing events in stunning locations. weight people who seek to reinvent themselves The series is set to air in Febru- and regain their former selves with help from ary 2011, in a Saturday teatime doctors, dieticians and fitness experts. Nine slot. In each episode, Olly is Network will air next year also the Australian joined by two challenge-hungry version of Endemol’s ‘Million Dollar Drop’ and local food producers who will the brand new talent format ‘Dance Nation’, help him plan, prepare and serve a state by state dance contest. At the scripted a secret supper for 10 mystery front the channel will bring 13-part ‘Underbelly: guests in just two days. In each Razor’, the fifth and final season ofSea ‘ Patrol’ and 22-part ‘Rescue: Special episode of The Secret Supper Ops’. Acquired shows include ‘Mike and Molly’, ‘Episodes’, ‘Mr. Sunshine’ and Club, Olly travels the country to ‘Shit My Dad Says’. Returning programmes are ‘Two and a Half Men’, ‘The Big stage an adventurous supper in bang Theory’, ‘Hot In Cleveland’, ‘Top Gear Australia’, ‘Top Gear’, ‘Millionaire a surprising setting. From a dra- Hot Seat’, ‘The Block’, ‘The Farmer Wants A Wife’, ‘This Is Your Life’, ‘Australia’s matic candlelit dinner in a ruined Funniest Home Videos’ and ‘Hot Property’. Returning acquired drama series are castle, to freshly baked organic F ‘The Mentalist’, the ‘CSI’ franchise, ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Harry’s Law’. bread in a traditional windmill, or O a spit roast in beautiful ancient Fox Look gets Asian interest for Big Family Game R woodland, each location is bold M and atmospheric, inspiring a Night and Pictureka theme for the meal. Along the Fox Look heads for the Asian Television Forum (ATF) in Singapore next week with A way Olly meets with local chefs strong interest, particularly China, for several of its game shows, including ‘Big T and food producers at an ‘ed- Family Game Night’ and ‘Pictureka!’. The two live-action family game shows S ible audition’, where they bring recently launched in the US. ‘Big Family Game Night’ debuted in October on The along their favourite foods of Hub, where it has already become the channel’s most-watched show. ‘Big Family the region, and chooses wine or Game Night’ and ‘Pictureka!’ are the first two properties to benefit from an exclu- other drinks to bring the best out sive deal between Fox Look and Hasbro Studios, under which Fox Look is respon- of each course. As guests, Olly sible for the international distribution of unscripted TV content based on Hasbro’s wants to bring together all kinds world-class brands, which include Monopoly, Twister, Funglish, Catch Phrase, of people who represent the best Mousetrap and Trivial Pursuit. In addition to selling Fox Look’s feel-good formats, of the area. In a spirit of spon- the company is also looking for local partners to create additional synergies for its taneity and surprise they are all properties. Fox Look also manages the sales of existing formats in the Twentieth invited at the last minute and Century Fox library, including shows such as ‘Temptation Island’, ‘Beauty And The haven’t a clue what’s in store, or Geek’, ‘Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé’ and ‘Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy’. where the dinner will be served. Olly hopes to win them over with BIG CBS Prime to air Bellator Fighting an unforgettable communal Championship celebration of local food and the BIG CBS Prime, the premium English GEC of BIG CBS place they live. And the mark of Networks, will launch on December 3 the Indian premiere his success comes after supper of Bellator Fighting Championship. The word Bellator is a when he will look for a guest to Latin word for Warrior and goes with the tag line ‘Where accept a challenging but reward- Fighters become Warriors and Warriors become Legends’. ing task – hosting a Secret Sup- BIG CBS will introduce the Mixed Martial Arts show in India. per of their own. The two-hour episodes of matches, are first-of-its-kind mixed martial arts initia- tive, ushering a new phenomenon to fighting championship entertainment. On BIG CBS, Bellator will introduce the championship in 12-week eight-man tournaments in respective weight classes. Bellator’s television deal with RBNL will gives it just the correct audience mix and exposure it needs to reach its relevant audiences in India.

www.insidetv.info 12 The Call gets Italian Undercover Boss keeps on selling version, Food Chain Distributor All3Media International keeps on selling its factual entertainment show ‘Undercover Boss’, produced by sister com- renewed by La7 pany Studio Lambert. The distributor has been selling the brand Zodiak Rights received two new in various guises; the Channel 4 commissioned UK version, the commissions to be produced CBS commissioned US version (produced by Studio Lambert by Neo Network and Magnolia USA) and the show format. The distributor has reported that Italy, part of Zodiak Media Group over 175 individual territories have been licensed for the show in (ZMG). Zodiak-created format some form – with 165 territories each having acquired Series 1 of the UK and US versions. The format has been optioned in over 25 territories. Leading on from the format success, ‘The Call’ has received its first a third version of the completed show will now be made available with ‘Undercover Boss commission by Italia 1 and will Australia’, which was commissioned by Network Ten and has been achieving 42 % share be produced by Neo Network in of audiences this season. Six hours of this version will be made available via Series 1, and Milan. ‘The Call’ is a prime time a further series has been announced with details pending. In addition, local versions of game show where contestants the show are on air in several territories: Denmark has already re-commissioned a second must make a series of embar- series of the show; IDTV produced the Dutch version for Veronica, with a second series to rassing and funny prank calls be expected; and options are in advanced stages in major territories including Germany and in order to win prizes. The local France. Sales of the second series of the completed versions also continue – for example version of the show (3x120’) will sales for the second series of ‘Undercover Boss USA’, which premiered to 38.6 million viewers and averaged 17 million viewers in its second season for CBS, have been concluded feature Teo Mammuccari, an Ital- in countries such as Thailand (Cineplex), Ukraine (Spintrex), the Middle East (Middle East ian host and comedian, famous Broadcasting), Slovenia (Pop TV), Brazil (Globosat), South Korea (MBC), Latin America (Fox) for his unrivalled talent in prank and France and French-speaking Europe and Africa (AB Droits), and TV Norge (Norway) The calls. ‘The Call – Who is afraid show will also play above China via Cathay Pacific in-flight. Originally developed by Studio of Teo Mammuccari?’ launches Lambert, ‘Undercover Boss’ sees bosses slipping anonymously into the lowest level jobs, this week in prime time on Italia swapping spreadsheets and board meetings for late shifts and irate customers, to discover 1. In addition, Magnolia Italy has what’s not working in the business and what their employees really think of them. In the secured a re-commission from process, these senior executives learn about themselves, the perception of their company Italian broadcaster La7 for 80 and the spirit of their work force. They discover what needs fixing, who deserves praising and who needs a wakeup call. It’s an experience that transforms the bosses and the people episodes of ‘Food Chain’, follow- who work for them. ing the success of season one (20 episodes), which received an F above average audience share Strong premiere for A&E’s Storage Wars O for the channel. The 45-minute American cable channel A&E saw a strong premiere for its newest series ‘Storage Wars’, which R cookery game show, created M by ZMG production company averaged two million viewers with back-to-back Lucky Day in the UK, features episodes last Wednesday night. ‘Storage Wars’ is A two contestants competing in a now A&E’s most watched Real Life series launch of T head-to-head cook-off challenge 2010. Each episode of the series follows a group of S for a cash prize. Contestants bidders as they get a quick peek inside units, aided must work their way up the ‘food only by the beam of a flashlight. They then must chain’ – a sequence of dishes assess on the spot if the unit is worth a bid and which get progressively trickier to how high they will actually go to grasp the gold. The cook. Each dish in the food chain high-stakes fun begins as we see if the resulting buy is full of mostly trash or true will be worth an increasing sum treasure. ‘Storage Wars’ is produced by Original Productions (FremantleMedia). of money. As the dishes get more complex, there’s more cash at The Successor gets Swedish version stake. Zodiak Rights holds world- The Swedish adaptation of ‘The Successor - The wide rights for both formats. next Uri Geller’ with mystifier Uri Geller is going to air on Kanal 5 in spring 2011. The talent show will be produced by Red Arrow Entertainment Group´s new Nordic production company Snowman Produc- tions, which is headed by Pontus Gårdinger. ‘The Successor - The next Uri Geller’ was developed by Keshet Broadcasting, Kuperman Productions & Uri Geller and has been on air worldwide, including the US (NBC), Canada (CTV), Iceland (365), Turkey (Star TV), Greece (ANT 1) Hungary (TV 2), The Netherlands (SBS 6) and all over Latin America (A&E). The talent show premiered in 2007 internationally as ’Phe- nomenon’ on NBC. Originally, the format came from Israel where the TV station Keshet earned an average market share of 50 percent with the search for Uri Geller´s successor in 2006 - the highest audience share of any TV show in the history of Israeli TV.

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Channel 4 teams up with Jamie Oliver for Jamie’s Dream School UK broadcaster Channel 4 is again teaming up with UK chef Jamie Oliver for a show, this time entitled ‘Jamie’s Dream School’. In the show 20 teen- agers (16-18 years old) who have left their school with few qualifications will be taught history, art and politics to get them back into school. Jamie Stand Out From The Crowd himself struggled academically at school, partly because of his dyslexia, This week’s Format in the Picture is ‘Stand leaving at 16. The kids, aged from will out from the Crowd’. be taught a range of subjects by an array of experts in their fields, brought The show is described as ‘an ambush game together by Jamie and supervised show’, which has members of the public by an experienced head teacher. surprised by video ad hoardings that burst The courses will be given by a raft of into life and offer the chance to win prizes. celebrities including which will feature The concept is simple. In a public place, as F barrister Cherie Blair, Alastair Camp- a railway station, a big screen is on a wall O bell (politics), David Starkey (history), in the central hall. The host waits until someone of the crowd does something, which gives him or her the opportunity to participate in a Q&A quiz and win a big cash prize. R Simon Callow (drama), Olympic gold M medallist Daley Thompson (sport), In the trailer the contestants will be the next one to buy yellow tulips from the flower poet Andrew Motion, artist Rolf Harris, booth in the station hall. When two ladies buy the yellow tulips, the host appears on the A professor Robert Winston (science), big screen and calls for them asking if they want to win 50 000 pounds. If they want to T hip hop vocalist Tinchy Stryder and participate they step onto a small stage to answer five questions. S Jazzie B (music). There will also be substantial online content around the The participants are allowed the ask for help from other members from the crowd. programme, created in partnership The questions are about general knowledge as for example ‘Who is the director of the with YouTube, including a dedicated movie ‘Avatar’. Extra twists: all questions have to be answered in a certain period of time. If the participant wins he gets his cash prize right away. The screen can appear YouTube channel with many full-length everywhere, even in a restaurant or a fitness centre. videos of the teachers’ lessons as well as shorter clips and other interac- ‘Stand out from the Crowd’ was devised by Gogglebox Entertainment and is distributed tive elements. The seven-part series by 2wayTraffic/Sony Pictures TV International. In the UK a pilot was made with Noel (7x60’) will be made by Jamie Oliver’s Edmonds as host. Fresh One Productions and will air in early 2011. The format has been commissioned in six countries: Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Colombia, Lithuania and Moldova. In Italy, Sky Italia has ordered 65 episodes (65x30’) of the format to air from mid December. In Portugal, RTP1 has commissioned six one-hour episodes which are planned to launch in April next year. The Turkish broadcaster ATV, Inside TV International is a product from has also commissioned the show. In Colombia, City TV has ordered 26 one-hour epi- FirstOpportunity BVBA, sodes to air in 2011. The Moldovan broadcaster, Prime TV, has ordered 13 episodes Dreef 35 box 3, while in Lithuania, ‘Stand Out From the Crowd’ has already aired on Lietuvos Rytas 9470 Denderleeuw, TV. Additionally, options for the game show are in place in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Belgium Sweden and Australia. Editorial board: Kris Vanderhaegen Chris Van Stiggelen Contact us at [email protected] www.insidetv.info licensed by Pacinfo Vision Inside TV point of view: ‘Stand Out From The Crowd’ is an easy game, More information about with a lot of possibilities. As every member of the public can be a a subscription: participant it will be a surprise to everyone who’s chosen by the host. [email protected] Adaptable in every territory the game show might have an even more brilliant future. www.insidetv.info 14