The WIT reports that 'The A Talks' has been the world's most adapted format over the past 12 months. Plus, the latest format deals and developments in unscripted TV (week 42/2026).
Dating show 'Couple Palace' will get its first international adaptation, commissioned by TV4 Sweden. In this real wedding project from CJ ENM, 100 singletons desperate to meet their life partners are brought together in a matchmaking palace filled with ideal marriage types.
In another first international deal, Talpa Studios' 'A.S.S. - Anti Survival Show' is heading to RTL Hungary and will be produced at a hub in Greece. A U.S. adaptation is also in development and will be pitched there. In this show, reality stars are dropped onto a deserted beach and battle their way to a luxury yacht waiting just offshore.
According to The WIT report, 'The A Talks' has been the most adapted format globally over the past 12 months, with 8 new versions. The format from Can't Stop Media invites celebrities to take part in very special interviews, facing a group of journalists with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
'The Voice' reaches 80 territories. The latest countries to adapt the ITV Studios singing talent competition are Macedonia and Estonia.
Banijay Entertainment adds a new feel-good cooking competition, 'Cooking Grandmas', commissioned by TV8 Italy. Grandmas are pushed outside their comfort zones through culinary challenges while living together in a rustic farmhouse.
BBC Studios announces 'The Quiz Vault', a fast-paced celebrity quiz show for digital platforms.
Global Agency launches sales of a new format, 'The Greatest Duo', a competition that tests relationships through music.
Fox Entertainment Global opens a new production hub for 'Extracted' in Malaysia. In this survival competition, which tests the strength of family bonds, contestants fight to survive in the wilderness while their family members hold the power to remove them from the game.
Multiple format sales were announced around MIPCOM: game show 'Stacks of Cash' (Fremantle) in Australia, reality competition 'House of Villains' (NBCUniversal) in Germany, strategic reality format 'Werewolves' (StudioCanal/Dreamspark) in Norway, twin factual entertainment format 'Most Identical' (Passion Distribution) in France, game show 'The Final Circle' (Warner Bros.) in Romania, competition 'Battle in the Box' (Just iPicked) optioned in the U.S., and true crime format 'C.D.I.: Código de investigación' (TelevisaUnivision) in Hungary. Fremantle now represents dating format 'Wingman', while ITV Studios distributes social experiment 'Incognito'.
Ten new Japanese formats were introduced at MIPCOM's Treasure Box Japan.