Ben 10 Gets Game-Show Treatment

ATLANTA: Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge is a new game show, commissioned by Turner Broadcasting from Twenty Twenty, based on the hit Cartoon Network series Ben 10.

Twenty Twenty is planning to make 120 22-minute episodes across 12 territories. The content on the new game show will be inspired by the Cartoon Network-produced Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. The format sees kids asked Ben 10 general-knowledge questions, along with physical and mental agility tests and an assault course. The Ben 10-themed set will be located in London; this will be the location for all 12 territories. Among the territories on board for the game show are the U.K., Spain, France, Italy, Holland, the Nordic region, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Russia, Turkey and the Middle East. The show will be hosted by a different presenter in each territory. One child from each of the 36 contestants in every region will be crowned the ultimate Ben 10 superfan.

Michael Carrington, the chief content officer at Turner Broadcasting, said: “Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge represents an exciting next step in the Ben 10 series franchise, and it’s great to be working with Twenty Twenty to bring this ambitious project to fruition. We’re thrilled that Ben 10 has reached a point where it merits its own spin-off show based on the popular and much-loved series. The show will be a fantastic way for Ben 10 fans across EMEA to pit their knowledge about their favorite hero against each other.”

Tim Carter, the CEO at Twenty Twenty, commented: “Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge provides us with an exciting new challenge to produce our first studio format. We’ve gradually built our children’s business over the past six years and this new show feels like a quantum leap forward in ambition and scale. It’s a big prize for our children’s team. Ben 10 is such a massive, creative and well-loved show for Cartoon Network, and we hope that this new format will be successful in attracting vast audiences across the territories.”