{"id":5628,"date":"2017-06-05T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T16:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/a-summer-of-alternatives\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T09:46:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:46:12","slug":"a-summer-of-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/a-summer-of-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"A Summer of Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The summer schedules of the U.S. broadcast networks are awash with entertainment shows, from lighthearted games to talent competitions to juicy reality fare.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Singles, celebs, dancing and app-inspired gameplay are just some of what viewers can expect to see within the new spate of alternative series.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Lopez is heating up the small screen this summer as a judge and executive producer on the brand-new competition show\u00a0<em>World of Dance<\/em>\u00a0on NBC. The network also has the returning schedule staple\u00a0<em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>, which this time around sees Tyra Banks as host.\u00a0<em>American Ninja Warrior<\/em>, based on the Japanese megahit, is back as well. NBC continues to bet big on game shows, with\u00a0<em>The Wall<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Hollywood Game Night\u00a0<\/em>both returning.<\/p>\n<p>ABC has the iconic game show\u00a0<em>The $100,000 Pyramid<\/em>, which once again features an all-star cast of celebrities. A celebrity version of\u00a0<em>Family Feud\u00a0<\/em>returns to the network in prime time this summer for a third season.\u00a0<em>To Tell the Truth<\/em>, a reimagining of the beloved game show of the same name, is back with new episodes, also featuring a panel of celebs. The network is bringing back\u00a0<em>Bachelor in Paradise<\/em>\u00a0with a bevy of fan favorites from the long-running\u00a0<em>The Bachelor<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Bachelorette\u00a0<\/em>franchises. New on the scene is\u00a0<em>Boy Band<\/em>, in which talented singers battle it out to become a member of the next great music sensation. Mark Burnett has a fresh entry to ABC\u2019s summer fray with\u00a0<em>Steve Harvey&#8217;s FUNDERDOME<\/em>, a seed-funding competition reality series in which two budding entrepreneurs go head-to-head to win over a live studio audience to fund their ideas, products or companies.\u00a0<em>The Gong Show<\/em>\u00a0is making a comeback, watching as a revolving panel of judges featuring Hollywood stars praise, critique and gong contestants.<\/p>\n<p>While CBS does have some event dramas set for the summer, the network is looking to make a splash with its new prime-time game show\u00a0<em>Candy Crush<\/em>, inspired by the mobile game that became a worldwide phenomenon.\u00a0<em>Big Brother\u00a0<\/em>remains a stalwart hit and is coming back for what will be its 19th season.<\/p>\n<p>Another app-inspired show,\u00a0<em>Beat Shazam<\/em>, has made its way to FOX\u2019s summer lineup. Jamie Foxx hosts the interactive game show, which riffs off of the mobile song-identification application. Gordon Ramsay\u2019s got a new live cooking series,\u00a0<em>The F Word<\/em>, along with another season of\u00a0<em>MasterChef<\/em>\u00a0on the network. A newcomer to the FOX summer slate, the competition format\u00a0<em>Superhuman<\/em>\u2014originally produced by Endemol Shine Germany and adapted in countries such as France, Brazil, China and Italy\u2014will be testing the limits of ordinary people with extraordinary talents.\u00a0<em>American Grit<\/em>\u00a0will once again see WWE superstar John Cena putting contestants through a military-style boot camp. Also returning to the network this summer is\u00a0<em>So You Think You Can Dance<\/em>, which will head into its 14th cycle.\u00a0<em>Love Connection<\/em>, the classic dating game show that won over legions of viewers throughout the \u201980s and \u201990s, was revived by FOX and placed in prime time. The network\u2019s alternative-heavy summer lineup is already delivering, too. The debuts of\u00a0<em>Love Connection<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Beat Shazam<\/em>\u00a0helped FOX claim its first Thursday night win since April 7 of last year, which was the series finale of\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer schedules of the U.S. broadcast networks are awash with entertainment shows, from lighthearted games to talent competitions to juicy reality fare. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":5629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-profiles","category-top-stories","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Summer of Alternatives - 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\/a-summer-of-alternatives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Summer of Alternatives - 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