Profiles

Izzet Pinto, founder and CEO of Global Agency, talks about TF1's Good Singers adaptation and the momentum behind the format.

Producers and distributors weigh in on the innovative ways that competition shows are adapting to the new realities of social distancing and increased safety measures.

The head of formats, international programming and production talks about the social-experiment format Seven Year Switch.

Sumi Connock, creative director of formats for BBC Studios, talks about the game-show format The Weakest Link, which has been on air in some iteration or another for two decades and for which BBC Studios continues to notch up new deals in a variety of markets.

Laura Burrell, head of formats at Viacom International Studios, talks about the company's format catalog, which includes such global hits as 16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom and Ex on the Beach.

Nick Smith, executive VP of formats at all3media international, talks about the game-show format Cash Cab, which has traveled extensively since its inception in 2005.

Yuki Akehi, head of marketing for international business development at Nippon TV, talks about the company's many scripted shows that have traveled the world as formats.

Karen Smith, Tuesday’s Child CEO and managing director; Lisa Perrin, CEO of creative networks at Endemol Shine Group; and Sharon Levy, president of unscripted and scripted TV at Endemol Shine North America, on the reality-competition format LEGO Masters.

Nina Etspüler, group creative director at Red Arrow Studios, on the British game-show format A League of Their Own, which is poised to make its debut on CBS in the U.S. under the title Game On!

World Screen looks back at the major trends in formats in 2019.