EXCLUSIVE: Formats powerhouse Banijay, which produces and sells the likes of Big Brother, Survivor and Total Wipeout around the world, has lashed out at social media and YouTube copycat versions of some of TV’s biggest hits. Lucas Green, the French-headquartered outfit’s Chief Content Officer of Operations, branded copycats “an intrinsic issue facing the industry that
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The return of Survivor to UK screens over the weekend was a steady one, with the show equalling Big Brother‘s first ep from earlier this month. BBC One’s reboot of the CBS smash peaked with 4M and secured a 2.5M average on Saturday at 8.25 p.m. GMT (12.25 p.m. PT) as contestants were introduced, split
EXCLUSIVE: “Anyone expecting a polite, apologetic version of Survivor will be completely surprised,” the EP behind the BBC‘s rebooted reality series has proclaimed. Speaking to Deadline a few days prior to launch, reality TV vet Paul Osborne said Survivor’s producers have leaned into high-production values and high-stakes gameplay in a similar vein to the U.S.
For 18 seasons, CBS’ Tuesday lineup was anchored by NCIS before the venerable crime drama moved to Mondays in fall 2021 to make room for an FBI night. The NCIS franchise is returning to the Tuesday 8 PM time period this fall with the Paramount+ Australia series NCIS: Sydney, which will premiere in the slot
Big Brother will run for at least two seasons on ITV, the network has said. Paul Mortimer, the commissioning editor responsible for the high-profile reboot, confirmed that it will be given two six-week runs across this year and next and hinted that the channel could consider a celebrity version as per the Channel 5 edition.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of Thursday night’s Big Brother episode. Big Brother addressed the removal of houseguest Luke Valentine after his use of the N-word during the live feeds Tuesday night. “It has been an emotional 24 hours in the Big Brother house as the houseguests learned that one of their own broke the Big Brother code