{"id":14891,"date":"2025-02-20T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/fremantle-nippon-tv-team-for-physical-game-show\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:39:42","slug":"fremantle-nippon-tv-team-for-physical-game-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/fremantle-nippon-tv-team-for-physical-game-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle &#038; Nippon TV Team for Physical Game Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has acquired the global distribution rights to the hit Japanese competition format <em>Ants<\/em>, originally created and produced by Nippon TV.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the coordination of real ant colonies, the feel-good format proves that when people work together, no challenge is too big. <em>Ants<\/em> has already launched in Japan for Nippon TV. Fremantle North America has further developed the show for global expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle picked up the format for co-distribution, with Nippon TV distributing in Asia (excluding Indonesia, India and Singapore) and Fremantle distributing in the rest of world.<\/p>\n<p>In the format, contestants are transformed into the size of ants and must navigate a super-sized world to complete physical challenges that necessitate strategic thinking. From individual to group games, contestants experience larger-than-life obstacles, such as transporting mega-sized food items across a giant kitchen as fast as possible to win the cash prize while racing against the clock. The more items the contestants collect, the bigger the prize. While some ants will make it, others will not, to tragic results.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Fox, executive VP and head of development and sales for unscripted at Fremantle, said: \u201cWe have always admired Nippon TV\u2019s legacy of innovative and genre-defining format creation, whether it is <em>Dragons\u2019 Den<\/em>, which brought American audiences <em>Shark Tank<\/em> or <em>Sokkuri Sweets<\/em>, which sparked the \u2018cake or not cake\u2019 phenomenon. It is so rare to find a format that makes you say to yourself, \u2018I have never seen anything like this.\u2019 <em>Ants<\/em> is one of those formats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vasha Wallace, executive VP of global acquisitions and development for global entertainment at Fremantle, added: \u201cWe are excited to bring <em>Ants<\/em> to the global stage. This show is absolutely laugh-out-loud, hilarious and compelling viewing, and as a result, we have had a lot of interest in it already. <i>Ants <\/i>blends humor with physical challenges in a way that is both engaging and fun for audiences of all ages. Its unique premise makes it a perfect addition to Fremantle\u2019s growing portfolio of innovative concept formats. We look forward to working with our global partners to bring this one-of-a-kind show to viewers internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has acquired the global distribution rights to the hit Japanese competition format Ants, originally created and produced by Nippon TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":14893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4174,1482,314],"class_list":["post-14891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ants","tag-fremantle","tag-nippon-tv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fremantle &amp; Nippon TV Team for Physical Game Show - TVFORMATS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/fremantle-nippon-tv-team-for-physical-game-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fremantle &amp; 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