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Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. So we’re going to do the hard work for you.

This is week, we’re heading to Japan via Portugal to hear about Freeze, an entertaining format in which contestants need to stay still while faced with loud noises, jumps, comedy situations and even robot arms, all designed to make them move and lose money. Japan is famed for its wacky formats and distributor Fremantle has proven the concept can travel by landing three season commissions for the show in Portugal, just six months after adding it to the catalog.

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This morning, ABC announced that it has relaunched its streaming service with a new name and a ton of new shows. ABCd will not just have digital short series but also has full seasons of 38 "throwback" shows such as 8 Simple Rules, My So-Called Life, Felicity (which aired on The WB but is owned by ABC), Ellen, Ugly Betty, and more. ABCd also has a whole new interface for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV and access to full episode of current shows on demand (such as Modern Family and Quantico). One of the most interesting elements is its collection of original digital series. Per the press release, here are descriptions of each series. “All My Gay Friends are Getting Married” A celebration of gay marriage through the eyes of only mildly bitter single girl, Michelle Collins, who’s realizing that everyone is now getting married – except her. She’ll...

ABC has relaunched its streaming service, complete with seven original digital short-form series — including ones starring former “View” host Michelle Collins and “Modern Family” star Ty Burrell — and full seasons of 38 older shows. Here are the dozens “throwback” series returning to the ABCd streaming service: “8 Simple Rules,” “Benched,” “Betrayal,” “Body of Proof,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Commander in Chief,” “Detroit,” “Dinosaurs,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Ellen,” “Felicity,” “FlashForward,” “Happy Town,” “Hope and Faith,” “I Survived a Japanese Game Show,” “The Knights of Prosperity,” “Less Than Perfect,” “Manhattan Love Story,” “Mixology,” “My Generation,” “My So-Called Life” (pictured above), “The Neighbors,”...

ABC has relaunched its streaming service with not just a new name — ABCd — but a bevy of new bells and whistles.

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For one, full seasons of 38 “throwback” series — including Brothers & Sisters, Felicity, My So-Called Life, Body of Proof and Sports Night — will be available via the free, ad-supported service.

Other past programs now streaming include 8 Simple Rules, Benched, Betrayal, Commander in Chief, Detroit 1-8-7, Dinosaurs, Dirty Sexy Money, Ellen, FlashForward, Happy Town, Hope and Faith, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, The Knights of Prosperity, Less Than Perfect,...

Apa has signed a slew of actors. Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile) was previously repped by Paradigm. He is managed by Industry Entertainment. Adam Beach, who will next be seen in Cowboys & Aliens, was formerly with Icm. He is managed by Industry. Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Vincere) is managed by Principal Entertainment. She was formerly at Paradigm. Matthew Modine will next be seen in the HBO film Too Big to Fail. He is managed by Untitled Entertainment and was formerly at Innovative. Former ER star Eriq Lasalle will next appear in the miniseries Black Out. He is managed by Principato Young. Burt Reynolds, managed by Klwg Entertainment, was formerly repped by Icm. CAA has signed 2 production companies: Firecracker Films, a U.K.- and U.S.-based reality production company that recently produced the two-hour My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding for Channel 4 in the U.K., and Zig Zag Prods.

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America is great at a lot of things. We rule the world in football (and I mean actual football, not the kind of "football" that eighth graders can master faster than Ethiopians). We always win the World Series (except when Toronto wins and the Mlb is required to erase the memory of every baseball fan for that particular year). And we produce more monster trucks, people needlessly crying on television and illegal fireworks accidents per capita than any other nation on Earth.

However, when it comes to game shows, the Japanese have us beat by a mile marker or two. They produce shows with brilliant, insane challenges that produce more hilarious trips and falls than a 'Tosh.0' marathon.

So now that the two companies who created the short-lived ABC reality series 'I Survived a Japanese Game Show' have joined forces once again, maybe they...

U.S. reality producer A. Smith & Co (Hell’s Kitchen) has formed partnership with Japanese production company Taiyo Kikaku, marking the first venture between an U.S. and Japanese pure TV production companies. The alliance stems from the two companies’ collaboration on the ABC series I Survived a Japanese Game Show, which became the first American show to be filmed entirely in Japan. As part of the alliance, A. Smith & Co. will adapt Taiyo Kikaku’s formats in the Us and other regions, while Taiyo Kikaku will convert A. Smith & Co.’s formats for Japan and other Asian territories. Additionally, the two companies [...]...

ABC is continuing its quest to make summer all about embarrassing reality shows with a new series called Downfall.  The series premieres June 22nd, following ABC's other absurd reality show, Wipeout (I Survived A Japanese Game Show used to be paired with Wipeout, which was mercifully cancelled after its poor second season.)  The show's host has just been announced as WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, who will be charged with reading questions to contestants as they stand on top of a very tall building.  This will be a great way for Jericho's fans to see him outside of the WWE ring.  He also stars in MacGruber, but no one except Will Forte's mom has seen that movie in theaters.

Looking to discuss the two-hour season premiere of CBS' fantastic reality series The Amazing Race? Head over to my piece, entitled "The Amazing Race: I Survived a Japanese Game Show," on the Los Angeles Times/Show Tracker site, where you can read my take on the season opener, wasabi bombs, duck herding, anger-prone contestants, the poker players' scheme, and much more. (The piece itself is a post-air story that follows up Friday's piece about five reasons why you should tune in this season to The Amazing Race.) Sound off in the comments section.

Read the full article at Televisionary (http://www.televisionarytv.com).

TCM has Harold Lloyd movies all night. Discovery has more Shark Week all night. At 8, ABC has a new Wipeout, followed by a two-hour season finale of I Survived A Japanese Game Show. Fox has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8. At 9, NBC has a new America's Got Talent, then a new episode of The Philanthropist. There's a new Leverage on TNT at 9, followed by a new Dark Blue. Cartoon Network has a new episode of The Othersiders at 9. Also at 9: Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters International. At 10, Bravo has a new Top Chef Masters. TV Land has the series premiere of How'd You Get So Rich at 10, then the series premiere of Make My Day. MTV has a new Real World at 10. Travel Channel has a new Man vs. Food at 10. At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Michael & Michael Have Issues.

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At 8, Fox has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance. PBS has a new Time Team America at 8, then a new Ascent of Money.

At 9, ABC has a new I Survived A Japanese Game Show, followed by a new Primetime: Crime.

NBC has a new America's Got Talent at 9, then a new episode of The Philanthropist. TNT has a new Leverage at 9, followed by a new Dark Blue. History Channel has a new MonsterQuest at 9. There's a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay on Food Network at 9. BBC America has a new Gordon Ramsay's F Word at 9.

Also at 9: Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters International. At 10, Bravo has a new Top Chef Masters. MTV has a new episode of The Real World at 10. SoapNet has the series premiere of Holidate at 10.

At 10:30, Comedy Central...

Lucerne, Switzerland -- Switzerland's Rose d'Or was once the television equivalent of the Festival de Cannes -- a showcase of the best in TV entertainment and a can't miss market/confab for the industry.

Next to an Emmy, winning a Golden Rose was about as good as it got for the small screen. Since its start in 1961, Rose d'Or juries honored some of the most innovative television programming every made, with show such as David Frost's "The Frost Report," Rowan Atkinson's "Bean," "The Muppet Show" or Canada's "Kids in the Hall" taking home the golden Rose trophy.

But the Rose wilted after financial mismanagement forced organizers Bigger Pix into bankruptcy in 2006. For a while it looked like the festival's decades-long tradition would fade as well. A white knight came in the form of Zurich-based event planner Freddy Burger, which acquired the rights to the Rose d'Or name and...

ABC ushers in a new summer season with new and returning series: May 18: The Bachelorette at 9p (series moves to regular time period starting May 25 at 8p) May 25: Here Come the Newlyweds at 10p May 27: Wipeout at 8p and The Goode Family at 9p June 23: The Superstars at 8p July 8: I Survived A Japanese Game Show at 9p July 20: Dating in the Dark at 10p ABC also plans on airing remaining episodes of Pushing Daisies May 30 through June 13 at 10p; Eli Stone June 20 through July 11 at 10p; and Dirty Sexy Money from July 18 through August 8 at 10p. In addition, the new comedy series Surviving Suburbia will move to a new night and time starting May 27 following The Goode Family at 930p.

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If you think you’ve seen the world’s wackiest game shows on television, think again. ABC is now gearing up for their wackiest offering ever, and it comes by the name of I Survived A Japanese Game Show. ABC has gathered ten Americans, most of which has never gone out of the country, for a grueling feat in Japan, where they will compete in the funniest and craziest games ever. ABC has already begun shooting for the reality competition, which challenges contestants to vie for the prize of $250,000.

Also appearing on the reality competition is host and interpreter Tony Sano. An American actor who is fluent in Japanese, Sano has previously worked on Touch Wood and Beating Vegas. Mamasan, a house mother and resident pot stirrer, will also be leading the contestants alongside game show host Rome Kanda, who was previously seen on the Pink Panther and Saturday Night Live.