Eureka Productions has appointed Sonya Wilkes as Chief Content Officer, reporting to CEO Rikkie Proost. Wilkes will help lead and expand Eureka’s unscripted slate across the U.S. and Australian markets, working between the company’s Los Angeles and Sydney offices.
FOX has renewed The Quiz With Balls for Season 2, with Jay Pharoah returning as host. Produced by Eureka Productions and Talpa Studios, the high-stakes quiz format sees two families answer rapid-fire questions on a raised platform above a pool—because wrong answers can trigger a giant ball that knocks players into the water.
Netflix is developing a Wonka-inspired reality competition series, with Eureka Productions (Fremantle) winning the right to produce the show after a competitive “bake-off” process. The series is set to draw on the imaginative world of Roald Dahl’s chocolate factory, blending strategy, challenges and social gameplay for contestants chasing a sweet path to victory.
FOX has ordered The Quiz With Balls, a high-energy trivia-meets-physical-competition format from John de Mol’s Talpa Studios and Eureka Productions. The series sees contestants answer questions under pressure—because too many wrong answers can trigger a giant ball that knocks players off the platform and into a pool.
Eureka Productions has promoted David Tibballs to Executive Vice President, Programming & Development, expanding his remit across the company’s U.S. slate. In the newly created role, Tibballs will oversee production of Eureka’s U.S. shows and help grow the U.S. development pipeline, reporting to co-CEOs Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin.
Rob Lowe signed on to host and executive produce FOX’s quiz competition The Floor, a John de Mol (Talpa) format billed as a high-energy “trivia conquest” game. Contestants battle in head-to-head trivia duels on a giant LED floor of categories, with winners taking over territory until one player conquers the entire floor for the top prize.
Eureka Productions is teaming up with John de Mol’s Talpa Studios to bring Dutch hit format The Quiz With Balls to the U.S. market. The game show blends fast-paced trivia with big physical stakes—contestants answer questions to stay in the game, but too many wrong answers can see them knocked off the platform by a giant ball and into the pool.
FOX has picked up The Floor, a large-scale quiz format created by John de Mol / Talpa Studios. The show puts 100 contestants on a giant interactive LED floor split into 100 squares, each tied to a trivia category. Players face off in head-to-head quiz duels, and winners take over territory as the floor shrinks to one final champion.
FOX revealed the first wave of celebrity “celebronauts” for Stars on Mars, the reality competition hosted by William Shatner as “Mission Control.” The line-up includes Natasha Leggero, Ronda Rousey, Lance Armstrong, Marshawn Lynch, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Adam Rippon, Tom Schwartz, Richard Sherman, Tinashe, Porsha Williams Guobadia, Tallulah Willis, and Ariel Winter, as they enter a Mars-style space simulation and compete through missions and eliminations.
FOX has ordered Stars on Mars, a celebrity competition series hosted by William Shatner as “Mission Control.” The show drops celebrities into a Mars-style space simulation where they live together, face weekly missions under tough “Red Planet” conditions, and vote to eliminate a crewmate until one winner remains.
