By Michael Schneider
Selection Editor at Massive
Game Show Network is bulking up its steady of authentic collection, including three new strip collection to its lineup. As introduced on Tuesday morning as a part of its 2024 upfronts pitch to advertisers, Recreation Present Community revealed it has ordered a brand new model of traditional gamer “Tic Tac Dough,” this time hosted by Brooke Burns (“Grasp Minds,” “The Chase”), in addition to a U.S. model of the U.Okay. format “Beat the Bridge,” to be hosted by Cameron Mathison (“Normal Hospital,” “House & Household”).
Additionally at GSN, the community will air episodes of the recently announced syndicated game show “Flip Side,” hosted by Jaleel White (“Household Issues”). Information comes as Recreation Present Community additionally lately launched the comedy gamer “Clean Slate,” hosted by Mario Lopez, in January, in addition to new episodes of “Cut up Second,” hosted by John Michael Higgins, and “Change,” hosted by Jeff Hephner.
“Beat the Bridge” will premiere in June, with “Tic Tac Dough” in August and “Flip Side” in September.
“In line with Recreation Present Community’s technique, we proceed to provide originals to maintain our pipeline contemporary, which resonates with our viewers,” stated Stuart Zimmerman, government vp, advert gross sales, Sony Photos Advertiser Gross sales. “As the general market faces headwinds, Recreation Present Community has weathered the storm higher than most of its counterparts in each viewership and distribution. Our viewers is very engaged with our packages and our shopper’s commercials are considered in a trusted surroundings.”
“Tic Tac Dough” hasn’t aired on TV since 1990; it beforehand aired on NBC within the Nineteen Fifties, CBS briefly in 1978 earlier than shifting to syndication. (A earlier try and revive the present in 2021, with Tom Bergeron as host, didn’t transfer ahead.)
The present, which was created by Robert Noah, comes from NBCUniversal’s library; this version is produced by Village Roadshow Tv, together with Recreation Present Enterprises Studio. Like the unique, “two contestants compete to put three of their marks in a row on the enormous trivia board. Each gamers should attempt to keep away from the dragon, who lurks to steal their turns and stands of their path to victory. After three rounds, the successful participant strikes on to face the dragon within the grand prize spherical, the place the dragon strikes strategically on the board to dam the participant’s capacity to make three-in-a-row and take house $10,000.”
Harry Friedman is EP on “Tic Tac Dough,” together with NBC’s Brenda Milinkovic and Village Roadshow’s Shannon Perry; Rane Laymance can also be government producer with Sabrina Hybel Snow as co-executive producer.
“Beat the Bridge” is predicated on the BBC collection “Bridge of Lies” and comes from format creator STV Studios, with Recreation Present Enterprises Studios producing for GSN. Ed Egan is government producer and Sabrina Hybel Snow is co-executive producer, whereas Josephine Brassey, Gary Chippington and David Mortimer are EPs for STV Studios.
Right here’s the explainer for “Beat the Bridge: “An unlimited interactive bridge dares gamers to cross by stepping on the fitting solutions to difficult trivia questions. Every step ahead places cash within the workforce’s financial institution, with bonus cash for every profitable crossing. Nevertheless, the workforce will get to maintain the cash provided that it could ‘beat the bridge’ by returning one in all its gamers again throughout earlier than time expires in an thrilling finish sport.”
CBS Media Ventures distributes “The Flip Facet,” which follows two groups of gamers as they guess how two completely different teams of individuals really feel about the identical subject. Groups select from a number of alternative solutions, and the fitting reply wins the pot. Recreation Present Enterprises Studios additionally produces, with Jay James, Corin Nelson and Wealthy Sirop as EPs, in addition to Cleve Keller and Dave Noll (of Keller/Noll, which created the format) and Ken Ross as EPs.
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