{"id":17220,"date":"2021-02-08T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=17220"},"modified":"2021-02-08T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:59:03","slug":"nbc-unscripted-is-turning-up-the-heat-with-the-wheel-the-bbcs-1-game-show-launch-in-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/08\/nbc-unscripted-is-turning-up-the-heat-with-the-wheel-the-bbcs-1-game-show-launch-in-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Unscripted Is Turning Up the Heat with &#8220;The Wheel,&#8221; The BBC&#8217;s #1 Game Show Launch in a Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17221\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17221 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheWheelBBC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheWheelBBC.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheWheelBBC-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheWheelBBC-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheWheelBBC-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheWheelBBC-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Wheel<\/em> logo from BBC One<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coming off an unprecedented run in the UK, an all-new US version of &#8216;<strong><em>The Wheel<\/em><\/strong>&#8216; has landed a 10-episode series order on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>A hilarious new take on the game show format, the series is set to put viewers into a spin each week as celebrity guests attempt to help contestants win big. Full of edge-of-your-seat jeopardy, plenty of laughs, huge stars, and a spectacular 42-foot-wide spinning wheel, the series debuted in November as the top game show for BBC Primetime since 2011.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3472333340\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;The Wheel&#8217; will be produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television&#8217;s Warner Horizon division and the original British creative team, Hungry McBear and Michael McIntyre, who hosts the UK version.<\/p>\n<p>The series adds to NBC&#8217;s slate of impressive unscripted programming, including the upcoming series &#8216;<em>College Bowl<\/em>,&#8217; with Peyton Manning as executive producer and host, and &#8216;Weakest Link,&#8217; which just received a season two pick-up from Susan Rovner&#8217;s new Entertainment Content division.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We knew that NBC was the perfect home for &#8216;<em>The Wheel<\/em>&#8216; within the first few minutes of watching the show. It&#8217;s inherent ingenuity and addictive gameplay immediately hooked us,&#8221; said Jenny Groom, Executive Vice President of Unscripted Content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. &#8220;We couldn&#8217;t be more thrilled to add this to our strong roster of game show formats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s incredibly rare in this day and age for a new show to become an unqualified smash hit overnight &#8230; let alone in the biggest territory in Europe,&#8221; said Mike Darnell, President of Warner Bros. Unscripted Television. &#8220;We are thrilled to be in business with Hungry McBear and our amazing partners at NBC, who immediately saw &#8216;The Wheel&#8217;s&#8217; potential and picked it up within 24 hours of the pitch.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2250981837\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled &#8216;<em>The Wheel<\/em>&#8216; is spinning Stateside,&#8221; Michael McIntyre said. &#8220;Hosting this show is the most fun I&#8217;ve had on television. 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Only the contestant at the center of the wheel at the end of the game has a chance to take home a life-changing sum of money, so they must do their best to stay there. The contestants are not on their own. There are seven celebrity experts on the wheel, ready to help answer the questions. With a mixture of real people, larger-than-life celebrity experts, and a massive rotating wheel under the host&#8217;s command &#8230; the fun and challenges are unlimited.<\/p>\n<p>The series was created by Michael McIntyre and Dan Baldwin, who executive produce with Mike Darnell and Brooke Karzen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming off an unprecedented run in the UK, an all-new US version of &#8216;The Wheel&#8216; has landed a 10-episode series order on NBC. A hilarious new take on the game show format, the series is set to put viewers into a spin each week as celebrity guests attempt to help contestants win big. 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