TV Formats Screenings Festival Spotlight: ZDF Studios

ZDF Studios’ format slate for MIPCOM is packed with uplifting entertainment that can be easily adaptable to multiple markets, as it highlights in the TV Formats Screenings Festival.

Hack My Yard, for example, features gardening experts tasked with transforming a boring family garden “into an oasis of relaxation and fun for the client’s family,” says Ralf Rückauer, VP Unscripted.

On the game-show front, meanwhile, ZDF Studios is showcasing QUIZ HUNT, which premiered in prime time in 2019. “Three years later, the market share in this time slot almost quadrupled, and subsequent time slots benefited from this rapid growth,” Rückauer says.

Launched at MIPFormats, Skydive Quiz sees contestants answer questions while jumping out of a plane for the first time.

Round out ZDF Studios’ highlights is the long-running staple Wanna Bet? “In this show, nothing is pre-recorded or edited,” Rückauer notes. “If the celebrities lose their bet, they must complete a task of their own, most often an entertaining charitable gesture. Airing since 1981, Wanna Bet? was the absolute top entertainment show in the German-speaking territories, and to date, a hit around the world.”