Australia’s Seven Network unveiled its content led growth strategy for the next 12 months, underpinned by new and rejuvenated primetime offerings. Its new lineup includes the return of “Big Brother,” produced by Endemol Shine Australia, after six years away. This is the sixth comeback for the mega format this year, in its 20th year, and the first outside of Europe.
“Big Brother” is having an outstanding period, building substantial new momentum, and the Endemol Shine Australia announcement is hot on the heels of the Greek revival announced last week at the show’s 20th birthday party at Mipcom.
The format has already successfully returned to Poland and Finland this year, both of which were filmed in existing locations using new technology, as well as Germany, where the civilian version will be brought back in 2020, following several popular celebrity editions and a five-year break. The renewed success of “Big Brother” is a truly global affair, with 22 productions in 18 markets confirmed for this year.
Endemol Shine Australia, Channel Seven and Screen Australia also today announced the commission of “RFDS” (working title), a gripping new action-drama on a grand scale, based in Australia’s red heart, where the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart stopping emergencies they attend.
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