More Culture Shock: Norway Ordered

MUNICH: TVNorge is to air a second season of Culture Shock: Norway, a format sold by SevenOne International, for its fall 2011 schedule. 

The show stands as the most watched program on TVNorge so far this year. The weekly prime-time series is outperforming the channel’s average by 412 percent. The format follows a group of ten Norwegian-Americans who are dropped into Norway to complete in a series of extreme challenges. 

Jens Richter, the managing director of SevenOne International, said: "I cannot wait to see the second season of Culture Shock: Norway launching – it’s a great and innovative show!"

Jarle Nakken, the head of programming at TVNorge, added: "I am very pleased with the fact that we are making a new fantastic season of the series. The program generated great interest among our audience and since we asked for suggestions from our viewers at Facebook our site has been flooding with ideas from the viewers."