John De Mol Quiz Show ‘The Floor’ Lands At Fox
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Fox is to adapt Dutch physical quiz show The Floor. The network has acquired the U.S. rights to the show, which comes from The Voice and Big Brother creator John De Mol and Eureka Productions, the company behind ABC’s Holey Moley.
The deal is a rare bright spot for the unscripted TV community, which has seen a lack of major purchases over the last six months.
Fox, along with CBS, whose CEO George Cheeks told Deadline that it is working on four or five unscripted series as part of its writers strike contingencies, are now bucking this trend, a boon for reality producers.
The Floor is a physical quiz show that sees 100 contestants face-off in quiz duels on a giant LED floor divided into one hundred equal squares, each representing its own field of knowledge.
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