Unscripted TV update: Formats, launches, and commissions (28/2025).
RTL 4 in the Netherlands enjoys strong viewership with the second season of 'Stars on Stage', airing Saturdays at 8 PM. After six weeks, the show achieves a 5.9 rating and 23.5% share in the 6+ demographic, according to NMO data including 7-day timeshift. In this shiny floor entertainment format from All Right Media, celebrities are challenged to perform well-known musical hits live on stage.
Cooking competition format 'Top Chef', distributed by NBCUniversal, has concluded its 16th season in France. Puremédias reports a decrease compared to the previous season. However, average shares of 18.7% for the first parts and 21.2% for the second parts of the prime-time show in the FRDA-50 target group are strong for M6, which averaged a 13.4% share in June.
ProSieben and Joyn have commissioned a celebrity version of Seven.One Studios' new high-stakes survival reality competition 'The Hunt', set for 2026. Contestants will be dropped into a vast, unforgiving forest to play the ultimate real-world game of hide and seek. The format has yet to debut in the UK, where it was originally commissioned by Channel 4.
Netflix has ordered a new game show, 'What's in the Box'. “Host Neil Patrick Harris will lead pairs of contestants through rounds of fast-paced trivia as they race to guess what’s inside each box,” the release states.
Disney+ has commissioned three reality shows for the British market, including a local reboot of 'Blind Date' (NBCUniversal) according to WorldScreen.
More in commissioning: Spanish pubcaster La 1 is adapting Sony's classic game show format 'Pyramid', and Norwegian NRK will “test the boundaries of comedy and good taste” in Lineup Industries' format 'Taboo'.
Keshet International's Tresor Productions has produced a German version of the U.S. celebrity interview format 'Hot Ones'. The show launches on YouTube, sponsored by Uber Eats. “While celebrity guests eat chicken wings that get increasingly spicier, the host asks deep, surprising questions,” reads the show’s description.
Two unscripted shows launch on U.S. streaming this week: music talent competition 'Building the Band' on Netflix, and 'Love Island' spin-off 'Love Island: Beyond the Villa' on Peacock.