TV Formats Screenings Festival Spotlight: Fuji Television Network

Japan remains a source of innovation in the entertainment formats space, and Fuji Television Network is looking to cement that reputation with its brand-new quiz show format Quiz Pinch Hitter, one of the highlights in the TV Formats Screenings Festival.

In the new concept, contestants don’t have to answer the questions by themselves—they use a network of connections of friends and followers on social media to solve the challenges during the live broadcast.

“Quiz Pinch Hitter brings television and the internet together,” says Ryuji Komiya, head of formats at Fuji Television Network. “We thought it would be very interesting and fun to create very difficult questions and use the social network to answer them. You don’t need the knowledge to answer the questions—all you need is your personal connections!”