Married at First Sight


TV3, NBCU plan wedding format

Latvian channel TV3 has partnered with NBCUniversal International Formats to create wedding format Wedlocked (WT). The format is based on an idea developed within the centralised development unit of NBCUI Formats parent NBCU International Studios, Tellycopter. MTG-owned TV3 is seeking three couples willing to get married in August, and have so far received applications from […]

FYI orders relationship series

FYI has ordered The Seven Year Switch, a reality series in which couples leave their spouses to enter a two-week experimental relationship with a new partner. The US cable net has enjoyed success with another edgy relationship format, Married at First Sight (pictured), which hails from the Red Arrow stable. Red Arrow US prodco Kinetic […]

Boomerang restructures entertainment team

Spain’s Boomerang TV Group has hired a pair of executives, one a MasterChef producer, as its restructures its entertainment division. Encarna Pardo’s entertainment unit has promoted Susana Pérez (pictured left) to deputy general director, while Eva Sanz has rejoined the firm to become coordinator of content, taking executive responsibility for production and direction. Former Antena 3 […]

Antena 3 buys controversial marriage format

Spanish free-to-air broadcast group Atresmedia has ordered a local version of Married at First Sight, the controversial series in which couples are matched and then get married upon their first meeting. Big Bang Media and Boomerang will make the local version of the show, which was originally created by Red Arrow prodco Snowman. It has […]

Broadcasters buy controversial marriage format

A raft of broadcasters have acquired the US version of Married at First Sight, the controversial reality TV format in which total strangers are matched up by a team of experts and then wed upon their first meeting. The couples then live together for six weeks before deciding whether to remain married or go their […]

Cable net FYI to be Married at First Sight for the second time

US cable channel FYI has ordered a second season of Married at First Sight, the entertainment show made by Red Arrow’s US prodco Kinetic Content. FYI, previously the Bio channel and part of A+E stable, greenlit season two with season one still running. The show is billed as an extreme social experiment following six individuals […]

Nine new schedule includes Danish wedding format

Australia’s Nine Network has unveiled its programming line-up for next year, including a remake of Danish wedding format Married at First Sight. Nine’s version of the format, which debuted at MIPCOM, will be produced early next year. It sees matchmakers pair four couples together who are married the first time they meet. The Red Arrow […]

ProSiebenSat.1 remakes Danish wedding format

German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has secured remake rights to Danish wedding reality format Married at First Sight. The network has given the show a straight-to-series order, with company stable mate Red Seven Entertainment attached to produce. The format originally came from Scandinavia’s Snowman Productions, which is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s international arm Red Arrow Entertainment. Distributor […]