ToolKit
I Have an Idea for a TV Show. How Do I Get It Made?
The honest answer for formats, reality and game shows, from someone who still hears two or three pitches a week.
Jonathan Glazier
Jonathan Glazier is a format creator, executive producer and multicamera director. A former BBC Head of Format Entertainment, he writes Format Forward on the development of unscripted TV formats.
Market Wall
Fewer doors, bigger rooms
More outlets, fewer gatekeepers. The BBC and Channel 4 are talking about sharing the machinery behind their brands, Channel 4 has a new programme chief, and Paramount and WBD are now one company. Here’s what each means for your next pitch.
Market Wall
The Friday Format Sweep: MIPCOM 2026 Special.
Almost nothing going to MIPCOM 2026 is a paper format. The trends, the five to watch, and a long service medal for Tim Crescenti.
Format Lab
OUTSIDE, Netflix: Who Can Afford to Prove a Format?
The Sidemen turned a self-funded YouTube experiment into a Netflix franchise. A teardown of the game, the route to commission, and whether comic spending carries real stakes.
Market Wall
Friday Format Sweep 25 Sept - Is the Box ITV's Failed format no 10?
Withholding the rules can work. Withholding the feedback doesn't. Hot or Cold vs The Box, and the rest of this week's new formats heading into MIPCOM.
Market Wall
The New Format Model: Follow the Money, Not the Flag
A UK-developed, Norwegian-commissioned reality show points to a new global model for launching television formats.
Format Lab
Why US TV Networks Have Stopped Developing New Formats
America gave the world Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud. So why haven't ABC, NBC, CBS or Fox originated a real format hit in years? A look at where US development actually went.
Market Wall
Friday Format Sweep 11 Sept 26
Two brand new formats land this week, but the real story is five proven ones finding a new mechanic. Ruthless, I'm a Celebrity, and more.
Format Lab
Two Warnings From Nine Cancellations
Nine big-name UK entertainment shows. Nine one-series cancellations. The first Post-Mortem breaks down the two patterns that actually explain it.
Format Lab
Premortem Case Study: The Box
Five days before The Box aired, a Premortem flagged the exact failure mode that showed up on screen. Here's the report, next to what actually happened.
Format Lab
THE BOX ITV, Where did it all go so wrong?
Gary Lineker's big ITV launch got savaged on transmission night. A look at what actually broke, on screen, and why the international success story didn't save it.
Format Lab
What does a TV format consultant do?
A good TV format consultant does more than give notes. They diagnose the engine, test the proposition and help turn a promising idea into a producible, sellable format.