{"id":6693,"date":"2019-01-23T11:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/endemol-shine-michael-strahan-bring-money-drop-u-s\/"},"modified":"2019-01-23T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T17:32:00","slug":"endemol-shine-michael-strahan-to-bring-the-money-drop-to-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/endemol-shine-michael-strahan-to-bring-the-money-drop-to-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Endemol Shine, Michael Strahan to Bring The Money Drop to the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
Endemol Shine North America is working with Michael Strahan\u2019s SMAC Entertainment to develop a U.S. version of the hit game show The Money Drop<\/em>.<\/p>\n Created by Endemol Shine UK\u2019s Remarkable Television, the format (originally titled The Million Pound Drop Live<\/em>) has been locally produced in 54 global territories, including the U.K., where a second season is airing five days a week as a strip on Channel 4.<\/p>\n Strahan\u2014an NFL Hall of Famer who currently co-hosts Good Morning America<\/em> and GMA Day<\/em> and hosts ABC\u2019s The $100,000 Pyramid<\/em>\u2014will serve as an executive producer on The Money Drop<\/em>. Endemol Shine North America and SMAC are currently exploring potential prime-time and daytime opportunities, including national syndication, for the series.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled to partner with Michael and the team at SMAC Entertainment to develop an all-new version of The Money Drop<\/em> for an American audience,\u201d said Michael Weinberg, executive VP of syndication at Endemol Shine North America. \u201cThis is a format that has worked successfully all over the world and the game concept itself is a lot of fun and engaging.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was in London the first time I saw Money Drop<\/em>\u00a0and I immediately knew we had to help bring it back to the U.S.,\u201d commented Strahan. \u201cOn behalf of myself, Constance Schwartz-Morini and the rest of the team at SMAC, we\u2019re excited to take Money Drop<\/em> to market with the amazing team at Endemol Shine and make it SMAC\u2019s third game show next to The $100,000 Pyramid<\/em>\u00a0and The Joker\u2019s Wild.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Endemol Shine North America is working with Michael Strahan\u2019s SMAC Entertainment to develop a U.S. version of the hit game show The Money Drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1313,1581,1582,1583],"class_list":["post-6693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-endemol-shine-north-america","tag-michael-strahan","tag-smac-entertainment","tag-the-money-drop","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n