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ITV retiring ITVBe; launching ITV Quiz

ITV2 is set to become the linear home of all of ITV’s most popular reality series as they move from the retiring ITVBe brand to the digital channel in June. The likes of The Only Way is Essex of The Real Housewives of Cheshire will join a schedule of returning formats and new commissions which […]

April 16, 2025

Wheel of Fortune reboot inspiring the return of other game show classics

Wheel of Fortune may have originated in the USA, but the UK version was just as iconic. It ran from 1988 to 2001 on ITV and was a staple of British television in homes up and down the country. When it came back to our screens in 2024 and once again attracted mass audiences, it […]

April 2, 2025

ITV announces new series Time is Money with Sara Davies

The start of 2025 marks another stellar period for afternoon game shows on ITV1 and ITVX, with programmes such as The Chase, Deal or No Deal, Lingo and Tipping Point continuing to dominate the daytime TV landscape. Off the back of this success, ITV Daytime is also announcing brand new show Time is Money hosted […]

March 3, 2025

ITV, Mattel announce Pictionary game show

Mattel, the toy and family entertainment company, and ITV have jointly announced new game show Pictionary (25 x 30”) based on the popular drawing game. The show will be produced by Whisper North and hosted by Mel Giedroyc. The format deal was brokered by Laura Burrell, Vice President, International Formats, Paramount Global Content Distribution. Following […]

October 23, 2024By Nik Roseveare

ITV: The 1% Club biggest original game show in a decade

ITV has reported that The 1% Club has become the biggest game show on UK television over 2023 and to date with its current series averaging 5.8 million viewers in consolidated figures. The show’s ratings success also makes it ITV’s biggest original game show in a decade. Hosted by Lee Mack, the show, which last […]

April 16, 2024

ITV’s The 1% Club to return for third season

Hit ITV game show The 1% Club, hosted by Bafta nominated Lee Mack and produced by Magnum Media, is set to return for a third season will see double the number of episodes, going from 8 to 16, and two Christmas specials planned for this year and 2024. The Saturday night, prime-time show, currently on air in its second run, […]

April 28, 2023

Kemp to present BBC’s The Finish Line

The award-winning ITV Studios label, Potato, in partnership with Belfast-based Nice One Productions has announced that Roman Kemp is to front the brand-new quiz show – The Finish Line – due to air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year, joined by Sarah Greene. Currently filming in Belfast, Northern Ireland, contestants will compete […]

March 30, 2023

Dyer, Taylor to host Netflix quiz show

Cheat, a new quiz show being announced by Netflix, is set to be filmed in front of a studio audience and hosted by actor Danny Dyer and comedian Ellie Taylor. Netflix describes the new production as being “a high-stakes quiz show where contestants can literally cheat their way to a fortune […]. In every episode, […]

May 16, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Netflix launching interactive daily quiz

Netflix has announced Trivia Quest – a daily, interactive trivia series, based on etermax’s Trivia Crack, the multi-platform trivia franchise. Starting April 1st, Netflix will launch one new episode every day throughout the month (30 total). Adapting Trivia Crack’s game play, each episode features 24 questions (12 standard and 12 hard) across categories including science, […]

March 4, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Channel 4 recommissions Moneybags

Following a successful first season, Channel 4 daytime has commissioned a new series of quiz show Moneybags from Youngest Media. The quiz that challenges contestants to literally grab themselves a fortune every afternoon will be back later this year with host Craig Charles. The series has been recommissioned through Channel 4’s Global Format Fund, the […]

February 16, 2022