NBC summer

[Bob Jersey]

Not one, but two series involving Bear Grylls: the second round of "Running Wild..." taking celebrities out to the country for 48 hours, and the Channel 4 (UK) port* "The Island", leaving 14 men on one that's deserted with not only the clothes on their backs, but also... at least one camera to document all of it themselves... meanwhile, the returns of "Hollywood Game Night" and "Last Comic Standing," and something called "I Can Do That"... TVWeek (link)

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*yes, the computer term used when software from one system is adapted for another (Wiki link)

[Mark Jeffries]

"I Can Do That" is a format from Talpa, the "Voice" people (who just got acquired by ITV UK.

And there are two scripted sitcoms, one a burnoff of a January 2014 order (Craig Robinson's "Mr. Robinson," a multi-cam) and a show ordered just last month (Jerrod Carmichael's "The Carmichael Show," also a multi-cam).  "Welcome to Sweden," the pickup from TV4 in Sweden, is returning.  It should also be noted that the new sitcoms both have African-American stars--obviously, NBC's been looking at the numbers for "Black-ish" and especially "Empire."

Mark Jeffries
Saints Spotlight Editor
spotl...@gmail.com

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