Nippon TV & ITV Studios Introduce Stacking It!

ITV Studios and Nippon TV have unveiled a brand-new global format created through their co-development deal: Stacking It!

Stacking It! is a large-scale family entertainment game show. There are prizes galore, but contestants will only be able to take home what they can stack.

Each company will produce the new series in their respective territories. Nippon TV will manage the sales of the new format across Asia, with ITV Studios representing the show internationally and producing it in those territories where it has an unscripted production base.

The format will officially premiere to the international market at the MIPTV Formats Accelerator sessions on April 9 at 9:30 a.m. CET.

Stacking It! is the latest format to come through the co-development deal agreed between the two companies last year, following ITV Studios acquiring the international production rights for Nippon TV’s game-show format Red Carpet Survival, again in those territories where it has a production base.

Mike Beale, managing director of the global creative network at ITV Studios, said: “We’ve been living in strange times this past year, but it is said that events like those we have witnessed lead to great steps in innovation and the ways we work—and that could not be more true of our collaboration with Nippon. We’re very excited to be launching Stacking It! next month, when people will be able to get the full story, see exclusive clips and meet the creators of the show, including ITV Studios label Gameface to explain how it all works.”

Tom Miyauchi, format producer of international business development at Nippon TV, said: “I am extremely proud to bring our new format to the industry. It originated from our creator Keita Ono’s crazy idea about families stacking everyday items from their homes to win prizes. Then, working with ITV Studios we elevated it to the next level as a studio game show on a global scale. The collaboration with the amazing team at ITV Studios was a leading co-production of the current times where both parties are extremely committed to creating a new format in a new way. The pilot that we are currently producing will be unveiled at MIPTV on April 9 and I am confident that it will spark conversations online.”