Executives from CBS, Fox Television Stations, Fremantle and Apploff Entertainment to discuss the need for cross-platform interactivity and other strategies to keep viewers more engaged in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 14. Register here.
The writers and actors strikes crippled scripted television and the movie industry last summer. However, reality shows, variety series and game shows were able to continue filming thanks to operating under a different contract – the Network Television Code Contract. SAG-AFTRA is now setting the stage for renewal talks over its 2024 contract.
The pop culture game show, based on iconic People crosswords, is set to return this fall with renewals on the Fox Television Stations, Sinclair, CBS, Nexstar, Gray and Scripps stations for 90% U.S. clearance.
Competition series Squid Game: The Challenge has debuted on Netflix. Based on the hit drama from 2021, it sees 456 players enter and try to win $4.56 million. Five episodes are available Nov. 22. Four more come out Nov. 29, and the season finale premieres Dec. 6.
Lowe also produces the “massive” 81-contestant gamer, which premieres in January.
Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of Truth or Consequences and The Price Is Right, died Saturday. He was 99. “I have grown old in your service,” the silver-haired, perennially tanned Barker joked on a primetime television retrospective in the mid-’90s. In all, he taped more than 5,000 shows in his career. Pictured: Bob Barker waves goodbye as he tapes his final episode of The Price Is Right in Los Angeles on June 6, 2007.
Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy and Family Feud continue to attract big audiences even as streaming upends viewing habits.
CBS has ordered the Jaime Camil game show Loteria Loca. The series is based on the Latin board game of chance known as Loteria. Camil will be host and executive producer. The Mexican actor and singer’s TV credits include Jane the Virgin, where he portrayed Rogelio.