Sony Pictures Television-owned independent production outfit Stellify Media has created a new spin-off format from “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” titled “Fastest Finger First.”
The show will expand on the first round of “Millionaire,” where contestants have to put their answers to a multiple-choice question in a specific order. Five contestants play against each other to take it in turn to work their way up the question ladder. The two players with the biggest score at the end of the round go head-to-head in a “Fastest Finger First” duel. The winner will be fast tracked to sit in the “Millionaire” hot seat in front of Jeremy Clarkson, by-passing the usual Fastest Fingers First round that opens the show.
The ITV and ITV Hub series will lead straight into the new series of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” The spin-off, devised by Stellify joint MDs Matthew Worthy and Kieran Doherty,...
The show will expand on the first round of “Millionaire,” where contestants have to put their answers to a multiple-choice question in a specific order. Five contestants play against each other to take it in turn to work their way up the question ladder. The two players with the biggest score at the end of the round go head-to-head in a “Fastest Finger First” duel. The winner will be fast tracked to sit in the “Millionaire” hot seat in front of Jeremy Clarkson, by-passing the usual Fastest Fingers First round that opens the show.
The ITV and ITV Hub series will lead straight into the new series of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” The spin-off, devised by Stellify joint MDs Matthew Worthy and Kieran Doherty,...
- 1/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Television-owned independent production outfit Stellify Media, have signed a deal that will see the format of their Netflix series “Flinch” adapted for Russia.
The format is distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
The original show was set on a remote farm in the hills of Ireland where contestants gathered to test their nerve against three fiendish games. If they flinched, there were hilariously painful consequences both for them, and for the hosts, who had each chosen a player to represent them in the games. The original 10-episode series was hosted by comedians Desiree Burch, Lloyd Griffiths and Seann Walsh and debuted on Netflix in 2019. A second season has not been greenlit yet.
The Russian version has been developed in association with Sony Pictures Television and is produced by Spt’s Russian production company Lean-m, and will continue with a barn setting. Mikhail Galustyan, Artur Babich and Valya Karnaval...
The format is distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
The original show was set on a remote farm in the hills of Ireland where contestants gathered to test their nerve against three fiendish games. If they flinched, there were hilariously painful consequences both for them, and for the hosts, who had each chosen a player to represent them in the games. The original 10-episode series was hosted by comedians Desiree Burch, Lloyd Griffiths and Seann Walsh and debuted on Netflix in 2019. A second season has not been greenlit yet.
The Russian version has been developed in association with Sony Pictures Television and is produced by Spt’s Russian production company Lean-m, and will continue with a barn setting. Mikhail Galustyan, Artur Babich and Valya Karnaval...
- 1/18/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Television producer Stellify Media has landed one of the more unusual TV commissions to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic — it is strapping cameras to dogs and letting them roam the homes of their celebrity owners.
The Northern Irish production company will make four-part series Snoop Dogs for UK broadcaster Channel 4, in which pooches armed with Go-Pros will take viewers inside the homes of the rich and famous.
In a Through The Keyhole-style twist, the identity of the homeowner will be kept under wraps until the end of each episode, meaning viewers will be spend 30 minutes attempting to guess who the dog belongs to.
“I didn’t want lockdown to stifle creative conversations and Snoop Dogs is a perfect example of a reactive and outside of the box commission,” said Sean Doyle, deputy head of features and formats at Channel 4.
“We’ve come up a wonderfully ridiculous spin...
The Northern Irish production company will make four-part series Snoop Dogs for UK broadcaster Channel 4, in which pooches armed with Go-Pros will take viewers inside the homes of the rich and famous.
In a Through The Keyhole-style twist, the identity of the homeowner will be kept under wraps until the end of each episode, meaning viewers will be spend 30 minutes attempting to guess who the dog belongs to.
“I didn’t want lockdown to stifle creative conversations and Snoop Dogs is a perfect example of a reactive and outside of the box commission,” said Sean Doyle, deputy head of features and formats at Channel 4.
“We’ve come up a wonderfully ridiculous spin...
- 4/29/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
After a run of twentieth anniversary specials, ITV has handed Jeremy Clarkson-fronted “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” a new ten-episode order.
Clarkson is best-known as the former host of BBC motoring series “Top Gear” and one of the current presenting team on Amazon’s “The Grand Tour,” alongside James May and Richard Hammond. He sat in the quiz-master’s chair on U.K. broadcaster ITV’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” earlier this year. He told Variety at the time that he would do more if asked.
That call has now come and the famously outspoken host will return to the show for its 2019 run. The ten episodes will be stripped, ITV said, without disclosing when they will launch. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Televison-backed Stellify. Sony owns the format and distributes it internationally.
“I absolutely loved hosting the anniversary shows and cannot wait to...
Clarkson is best-known as the former host of BBC motoring series “Top Gear” and one of the current presenting team on Amazon’s “The Grand Tour,” alongside James May and Richard Hammond. He sat in the quiz-master’s chair on U.K. broadcaster ITV’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” earlier this year. He told Variety at the time that he would do more if asked.
That call has now come and the famously outspoken host will return to the show for its 2019 run. The ten episodes will be stripped, ITV said, without disclosing when they will launch. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Televison-backed Stellify. Sony owns the format and distributes it internationally.
“I absolutely loved hosting the anniversary shows and cannot wait to...
- 9/13/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is returning to British broadcaster ITV with ten new episodes.
The Grand Tour’s Jeremy Clarkson is once again hosting the stripped run following a series of anniversary specials earlier this year. The show relaunched in May with over 6M viewers and a 31% share.
The show will air in 2019 and will once again give members of the public the chance to win £1M.
The show is being produced by Sony-owned production company Stellify Media, which produces the reboot of Blind Date for Channel 5 and recently secured a Jackass-meets-Wipeout gameshow commission for Netflix. Filming takes place in Manchester.
Commissioned for ITV by Head of Entertainment Siobhan Greene and Commissioning Editor Ben Kelly. It will be executive produced by Fiona Clark and Stellify’s joint managing directors Kieran Doherty and Matthew Worthy, with Directors Julia Knowles and Richard Valentine.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?...
The Grand Tour’s Jeremy Clarkson is once again hosting the stripped run following a series of anniversary specials earlier this year. The show relaunched in May with over 6M viewers and a 31% share.
The show will air in 2019 and will once again give members of the public the chance to win £1M.
The show is being produced by Sony-owned production company Stellify Media, which produces the reboot of Blind Date for Channel 5 and recently secured a Jackass-meets-Wipeout gameshow commission for Netflix. Filming takes place in Manchester.
Commissioned for ITV by Head of Entertainment Siobhan Greene and Commissioning Editor Ben Kelly. It will be executive produced by Fiona Clark and Stellify’s joint managing directors Kieran Doherty and Matthew Worthy, with Directors Julia Knowles and Richard Valentine.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?...
- 9/13/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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