{"id":5939,"date":"2015-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/06\/05\/itv2-commissions-new-comedy-panel-show\/"},"modified":"2015-06-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T00:00:00","slug":"itv2-commissions-new-comedy-panel-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/06\/05\/itv2-commissions-new-comedy-panel-show\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV2 Commissions New Comedy Panel Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: ITV has tapped STV Productions, with GroupM Entertainment, to produce a new comedy panel show for ITV2, <em>Safeword<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe 7&#215;45-minute series will begin airing in July. It will be hosted by Rick Edwards (<em>Tool Academy<\/em>) and feature regular captains Katherine Ryan (<em>Have I Got News For You<\/em>) and David Morgan (<em>Sweat The Small Stuff<\/em>). Each episode will see two teams, made up of a celebrity guest and two comedians, compete in a competitive &lsquo;roast&rsquo; format. The only thing that can help the celebrities from stopping the scrutiny is using their &#039;Safe Word&#039;.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGary Chippington, the head of entertainment at STV Productions, said: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re thrilled to be working on a brand new comedy for ITV2. Rick, Katherine and David are huge talents, and we&rsquo;re all looking forward to roasting some of the nation&rsquo;s favorite stars.&rsquo;&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tClaire Zolkwer, ITV&rsquo;s commissioning editor for comedy entertainment, added: &ldquo;Rick&rsquo;s love for celebrity culture paired with Katherine and David comedic talents is a perfect combination for a great, fun ITV2 watch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: ITV has tapped STV Productions, with GroupM Entertainment, to produce a new comedy panel show for ITV2, Safeword. The 7&#215;45-minute series will begin airing in July. It will be hosted by Rick Edwards (Tool Academy) and feature regular captains Katherine Ryan (Have I Got News For You) and David Morgan (Sweat The Small Stuff). &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITV2 Commissions New Comedy Panel Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ITV2 Commissions New Comedy Panel Show. LONDON, June 5: ITV has tapped STV Productions, with GroupM Entertainment, to produce a new comedy panel show for ITV2, Safeword. . 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