{"id":5232,"date":"2016-10-18T10:49:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T14:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/cbs-goes-for-candy-crush-game-show\/"},"modified":"2016-10-18T13:17:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T17:17:44","slug":"cbs-slates-game-show-based-on-candy-crush-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/cbs-slates-game-show-based-on-candy-crush-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Lines Up Game Show Based on Candy Crush App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: CBS has placed an order for <em>Candy Crush<\/em>, a new one-hour live-action game show inspired by\u00a0the hit mobile game franchise Candy Crush Saga.<\/p>\n<p>CBS, Lionsgate and King will collaborate on the new format created and executive produced by Matt Kunitz that will be distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by Lionsgate. In the show, teams of two use their intelligence and physical abilities to compete on enormous, interactive game boards featuring next-generation technology. A presenter will be announced at a later time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Candy Crush<\/em> will be produced by Pulse Creative in association with Lionsgate Television, King and CBS Television Studios. Kunitz, Peter Levin, Russell Binder, Nicki Sheard (VP of brand at King) and Sebastian Knutsson will serve as executive producers. Knutsson is King\u2019s chief creative officer and is one of the founders of the company. He also created Candy Crush Saga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are huge fans of Candy Crush and, like so many others, we know the \u2018rush\u2019 of advancing to the next level of the game,\u201d said Glenn Geller, the president of CBS Entertainment. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to work with Lionsgate and King to adapt one of the world\u2019s most popular and entertaining game franchises for television and make it available to its massive, passionate fan base who can watch and play along at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Candy Crush franchise is a world-renowned property, so when the head of our interactive and games division, Peter Levin, brought this IP to Lionsgate, we instantly knew it would make an incredibly visual, physical and fun TV program,\u201d said Kevin Beggs, the chairman of Lionsgate Television Group. \u201cCBS is a leader in unscripted television, which makes it the ideal home for <em>Candy Crush<\/em>, and we\u2019re very happy to have Matt shepherding the production as we partner with the team at King on this series with the tremendous second-screen potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levin, the president of interactive ventures and games at Lionsgate, noted: \u201cWe have a very entrepreneurial culture at Lionsgate, so we look for awesome worldwide IP like Candy Crush and work together across divisions to bring it to fans on every platform possible. Everyone who has played it knows that Candy Crush is an exciting, visual switcher game with great characters, and Matt and our alternative television team are working closely with Sebastian Knutsson and his creative team at King to bring it to life on CBS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Candy Crush franchise lends itself perfectly to the kind of larger-than-life, physical game shows that I love to produce and CBS is the perfect home for it,\u201d stated Kunitz. \u201cAs a Candy Crush Saga player myself, I am excited to amp up the action and visuals in our huge Candy Crush Arena.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knutsson added: \u201cThe Candy Crush franchise has been loved by players around the world on mobile so it\u2019s very exciting to be working with Matt and the team to bring the fun and challenge of the Candy Crush games to television. We hope our players will be entertained by what is set to be a high-energy, challenging game show.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: CBS has placed an order for Candy Crush, a new one-hour live-action game show inspired by the hit mobile game franchise Candy Crush Saga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[729,478,730,732],"class_list":["post-5232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-candy-crush","tag-cbs","tag-king","tag-lionsgate","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBS Lines Up Game Show Based on Candy Crush App - 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\/cbs-slates-game-show-based-on-candy-crush-saga\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBS Lines Up Game Show Based on Candy Crush App - 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