The attractive singletons are heading to Peacock.
Love Island, the relationship format based mostly on the British smash hit, is shifting from CBS to Peacock. The NBCUniversal streamer has given the collection, which comes from ITV America, a two-season, 80-episode order.
It comes after the youth-skewing collection ran for 3 seasons on CBS.
Though it’s not unprecedented for unscripted codecs to maneuver networks – American Idol, for example, moved from Fox to ABC – it’s nonetheless uncommon, significantly for a present that had not been canceled at its unique house.
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Deadline understands that for the present to maneuver ahead, CBS required the format to be retooled given its prevalence on its summer time schedule. With the community unwilling to decide to the identical variety of episodes, producers ITV America took it out and landed a bumper order with NBCU.
The present will start on Peacock this summer time with a season shot in California. It’s not clear whether or not host Arielle Vandenberg and narrator Matt Hoffman will stay on the present.
The streamer promised that “a number of episodes” will debut “weekly in actual time” as a brand new group of singles seek for love in a wonderful villa.
It has additionally stated that the contestants will compete in “naughtier” video games and “steamier” challenges.
The collection is produced by ITV America’s ITV Leisure and based mostly on a format owned by ITV Studios and Movement Content material Group. It’s based mostly on the ITV2 hit, which has spawned seven seasons because it was retooled in 2015.
Love Island was all the time a difficult present for CBS; the primary season carried out reasonably and was introduced again for a second season, which was postponed on account of Covid-19. It was subsequently moved from Fiji to Las Vegas with a 3rd season filmed in Hawaii. Whereas it introduced in a youthful viewers for the community, it by no means replicated the success of its British counterpart and could be higher suited to a streaming service.
CBS itself has had latest historical past of taking over a present from a earlier community; it ran Tiffany Haddish’s Children Say the Darndest Issues, which beforehand aired on ABC, for one season with no plans for it to return.
The community has additionally been bolstering its personal unscripted pipeline; Deadline revealed Tuesday that it had ordered musical spectacle-turned-game present Superfan and it has Come Dance With Me, exec produced by LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell developing alongside its staple of evergreen exhibits reminiscent of The Wonderful Race, Large Brother and Survivor.
“As we proceed to make Peacock a vacation spot for must-watch unique programming, partnering with a worldwide powerhouse like ITV allows us to construct on their internationally beloved codecs to draw all new followers to the platform,” stated Susan Rovner, Chairman Leisure Content material, NBCUniversal Tv and Streaming.
Jenny Groom, EVP Leisure Unscripted Content material, added, “Love Island is a extremely addictive relationship format that’s primed for a streaming service like Peacock the place we are able to push boundaries and convey viewers steamy and dramatic twists. The collection took popular culture by storm after the UK format discovered followers the world over, and we’re thrilled to have the ability to convey an all-new model to Peacock this summer time anchoring our unscripted slate.”
“This actually is an unprecedented deal for an unscripted model,” stated ITV America CEO David George. “Peacock and NBCU are the right house for Love Island due to their technique to develop the present, using the better NBCU tv portfolio and different platforms to assist propel the collection. That dedication, coupled with a two-season dedication on Peacock, sealed the deal. We’re extremely excited to raise the present by a daring new collaboration.”
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