How are game shows from other countries different from American game shows?
Game shows have been as popular, or more popular, around the world than they have in this country. Many shows have gone back and forth over the ocean. Many shows started here and gained great success and profitability overseas including The Price is Right, Family Feud and Match Game. Some shows started overseas and came here, like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and The Weakest Link. Every country is a little bit different, their tastes, their styles, their standards for what entertainment is. In Italy there are shows where people take their clothes off and dance around naked. I don't think that would succeed here. There has been a tremendous successful show called Sabado Gigante, which is a Spanish language show. It has been running for over two decades and that is driven much by the Spanish culture which is singing and dancing and just having a raucous good old time and playing a bunch of mini games throughout. Many producers over the years have tried to adapt that form for American audiences and it still just hasn't quite happened.