{"id":8177,"date":"2021-04-20T09:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/pair-nhk-formats-optioned-europe\/"},"modified":"2021-04-20T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:38:07","slug":"pair-of-nhk-formats-optioned-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/pair-of-nhk-formats-optioned-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair of NHK Formats Optioned in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lineup Industries and NHK Enterprises have secured the first producer options from three countries for the formats <em>The Late Night Show with Nitty &amp; Gritty<\/em> and <em>Chiko\u2019s Challenge<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Late Night Show with Nitty &amp; Gritty<\/em> has been optioned by Hihhihhii in Finland and for the Netherlands by SkyhighTV. <em>Chiko\u2019s Challenge<\/em> has also been optioned by Hihhihhii Oy and for Spain by Mediacrest.<\/p>\n<p>The original version of <em>The Late Night Show with Nitty &amp; Gritty<\/em> recently wrapped its fifth season on NHK. The format celebrates the little-known-but-rumored ways of life of people who are not normally heard from, through a deeply candid talk show\u2026using puppets.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chiko\u2019s Challenge<\/em> is a co-viewing comedy show that challenges celebrities with child-like questions which are often surprisingly difficult to answer. The quizmaster is an \u201ceternal 5-year-old\u201d character named Chiko.<\/p>\n<p>NHK\/NHK Enterprises and Lineup Industries originally began collaborating with the Japanese adaptation of <em>Radio Gaga<\/em>. Their partnership is meant to drive the global exploitation of NHK\u2019s slate of formats.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Louwerse, co-founder of Lineup Industries, said: \u201cAlthough very different, these NHK series are both truly original, defining shows that engage debate and conversation on social media. The use of puppetry in <em>Nitty &amp; Gritty<\/em> allows for a much deeper reveal than would otherwise be the case and feeds into our desire to understand more of human nature, while <em>Chiko\u2019s Challenge<\/em> is a comedy panel show like no other, and pure fun for the whole family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Junko Ogawa, executive controller-general in the content distribution department of NHK Enterprises, said: \u201cWe are tremendously excited about these four options and are grateful to Lineup Industries for finding the perfect partners to work with. NHK created <em>Nitty &amp; Gritty<\/em> to reach the younger generation who are spending more time on the internet than television, by going more niche and underground than we usually do, and with <em>Chiko\u2019s Challenge<\/em> we wanted a create a never-seen-before character for the whole family. Both were challenging projects but with a clear notion of celebrating the fun and colorful world we live in. We appreciate that Mediacrest, Hihhihhii and SkyhighTV all recognized the beauty of these programs and look forward to sharing our experience and success, as well as receiving insights about the overseas markets through these options.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lineup Industries and NHK Enterprises have secured the first producer options from three countries for the formats The Late Night Show with Nitty &amp; Gritty and Chiko\u2019s Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2237,1109,2155,2238],"class_list":["post-8177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-chikos-challenge","tag-lineup-industries","tag-nhk-enterprises","tag-the-late-night-show-with-nitty-gritty","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pair of NHK Formats Optioned in Europe - 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\/pair-of-nhk-formats-optioned-in-europe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pair of NHK Formats Optioned in Europe - TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lineup Industries and NHK Enterprises have secured the first producer options from three countries for the formats The Late Night Show with Nitty &amp; 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