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‘Wipeout’ Creator on How the TBS Revival Went Ballsier With New Hosts John Cena and Nicole Byer
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variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen “Wipeout” creator Matt Kunitz began planning the show’s revival for TBS, he knew one element had to return: Those iconic, large red balls.
Everything else could be updated — and has been, from new hosts John Cena and Nicole Byer to a revised game play that now features teams of two. “Our marching orders were to make it bigger, bolder, edgier,” Kunitz says of the show, which returns April 1. “Bigger and bolder, that’s easy.
That’s the design of the course, which had to be more competitive and more athletic. And edgier, that really is about our hosts.” But bigger and bolder in the time of COVID-19 meant a major undertaking for the new “Wipeout.” Another safety issue the show faced in its return.
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