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Title: Successful international formats that never aired a version in English?
Post by: Kniwt on January 03, 2023, 10:13:07 AM

I was trying to come up with a list of game show formats that have been successful around the world but never aired a version in English. My criteria: Must have aired in three or more countries, but never in a version that was primarily in English. (Shows that rapid-fire switch between English and another native language, such as in India, are allowed.) Pilots in English that never went to series don't exclude a format.

The first few I've come up with are:

Avanti Un Altro / Next!
Raid the Cage / Escape Perfecto
All Against 1

More?

Title: Re: Successful international formats that never aired a version in English?
Post by: colonial on January 03, 2023, 10:25:44 AM

While successful may be pushing it (there appears to be at least 10 international formats of this game, with only one lasting a year), the WWTBAM spin-off "50/50" only got as far as a pilot in the UK and "discussions" in the U.S. All versions that made it to broadcast were non-English.


JD

Title: Re: Successful international formats that never aired a version in English?
Post by: SuperMatch93 on January 03, 2023, 11:05:18 AM

El Gran Juego de la Oca aired in six countries, but never an English-speaking one.