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ENDEMOL WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION MIPCOM 2009 PRODUCT LAUNCHES DRAMA RESCUE Special Operations (13 x 1 hours - total episodes 26 x 1 hours) Dean Gallagher and Chase are brothers. Competitive alpha males, they argue over everything, agree on nothing, but defend each other from outsiders no matter what. They are also members of the elite Rescue Special Operations Unit. Experienced paramedics in peak physical condition, they are called in for complex search and rescue operations. With the latest in equipment and training, they can access anyone, anywhere, under any conditions. A Southern Star Entertainment Production for the Nine Network Australia, produced in association with Screen Australia. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. NINI (120 x 1 hours) After the success of Floricienta, Florencia Bertotti returns to the small screen in Nini, the fun fresh family comedy. When a new ambassador and his family arrive at the embassy where Nini lives with her grandfather the gardener, she starts works as their nanny. However after a series of mishaps and misunderstandings Nini is fired. Desperate to keep in touch with the family she has grown to love, she returns to the embassy disguised as the ambassador’s new ‘male’ chauffeur and soon to be confidante. Nini premiered on Telefe on the 7th September to an outstanding 1.9 million viewers in Buenos Aires, resulting in a 49.9 % market share. An Endemol Argentina and Kaberplay Production for Telefe. All rights worldwide excluding Argentina. 30 SECONDS (6 x half hours) This comedy series is set in and around the fictional advertising agency BND Worldwide, we follow Martin Manning, BND’s star Creative Director as he manages the ridiculous, but often true-to-life dramas that arise from the conflicting interests of an advertising agency and its demanding clients. From inventing banks that care, to terrifying women with fictitious skin conditions, BND is an agency in near-constant panic mode. A Zapruder’s Other Films Production for the Comedy Channel. All rights worldwide excluding non-standard television rights in Australia. PACKED TO THE RAFTERS – SEASON 2 (22 x 1 hours – total episodes 44 x 1 hours) Packed to the Rafters is a light hearted drama that turns a microscope on the lives of would-be "emptynesters" Dave and Julie Rafter. Less than forty-eight hours after their reluctant middle son moves himself next door, all dreams of freedom and personal fulfilment are put on hold as one by one their youngest son and his princess wife, troubled eldest daughter and Julie’s emotionally vulnerable father return to the family house, ensuring that once again, they are literally “packed to the rafters”. Starring Rebecca Gibney (Halifax f.p), Erik Thomson (The Black Balloon) and Michael Caton (The Castle). In 2009 Packed to the Rafters has averaged an outstanding 1.9 million viewers with an average all audience market share of 38% it is currently the number one drama airing on Australian television. A Seven Network Australia Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. RUSH – SEASON 2 (22 x 1 hours – total episodes 35 x 1 hours) Rush is an action drama series set in a new critical incident response police unit. The members of this unit are trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged, mirroring the cutting edge trend in policing worldwide. Rush stars Rodger Corser (Underbelly) as Lawson Blake, Callan Mulvey (Underbelly) as Brendan Joshua and Catherine McClements (Water Rats) as Kerry Vincent. These characters form the nucleus of this mobile squad who can reach anywhere within a large metropolis within ten minutes. Rush is an insider’s view of police under pressure; defusing crises, saving lives and preventing crime, rather than catching the bad guys after the deed is done. Season 2 premiered on the 16th July 2009 and to date has achieved an average audience of 1.2 million viewers with an average all audience market share of 28%. A Southern Star John Edwards Production for Network Ten Australia produced with the assistance of Film Victoria. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. HOME AND AWAY – SEASON 22 (230 x half hours – total episodes 5140 x half hours) The award-winning Australian serial drama that has become a viewing phenomenon around the world, follows the lives and loves of the residents of Summer Bay. If you like your drama with a splash of suntan lotion and a sniff of salt water, join the beautiful beach crowd at Summer Bay. Summer never ends in Home and Away. The performance of Home and Away to date for 2009 has seen an average commercial market share of 36%. A Seven Network Australia Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. ENTERTAINMENT THE MARRIAGE REF (6 x 1 hours) Endemol has partnered with Jerry Seinfeld in a global distribution and production deal for his new comedy format The Marriage Ref. Set to air in the US on NBC leading out of their Winter Olympic coverage at the start of 2010, the show will feature opinionated celebrities, comedians, sports personalities and international A-list stars who will candidly comment, judge and offer different strategies to real-life couples in the midst of a classic marital dispute. The Marriage Ref vows to look at relationships unlike anything you've ever seen on TV. Created by Jerry Seinfeld. Executive Produced by Jerry Seinfeld and Ellen Rakieten for NBC. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. JEFF LEATHAM: ROCK & ROLL FLORIST (10 x half hours) Jeff Leatham uses flowers to transform mood and create ambience. With a million dollars a year to spend on flowers at the George V in Paris, he creates installations that rival any museum exhibition. Known as the rock and roll florist for a reason: stubborn and determined, he is unwilling to compromise when it comes to artistic integrity. Travelling all over the globe to design the most lavish events Jeff thinks he can teach anyone flowers, but vision and artistry – you’ve either got it or you don’t! An Original Media Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR (8 x 1 hours) Figure skating, with its scandalous costumes, death-defying jumps and cut-throat atmosphere meets its match in Johnny Weir. The three-times US Champion, 2006 Olympian and 2008 World Bronze medalist has officially become skating’s most controversial and talented personality. This documentary series follows Johnny on a rollercoaster ride as he seeks to become the 2010 Olympic Champion. Love him or hate him, Johnny is bold, uncompromising and irreverent: a sequined iconoclast. An Original Media Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. SOUTHERN BELLES (10 x 1 hours) Set in Louisville, Kentucky, Southern Belles is a real-life ‘Sex and the City’, offering an intimate look at the professional and romantic lives of an eclectic circle of female friends in their 20s and 30s. This docudrama explores the intense friendships and family values that form the Southern way of life. On a journey of self-discovery, these five modern women have reached crossroads in their lives. Some are struggling with their biological clocks, some are looking for Mr. Right, some are trying to find their career path; all are united by their friendship. An Endemol USA Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. KING OF DIRT (26 x half hours) He’s a loud, bull-in-a-china-shop, Brooklyn-born guy who happens to create incredibly beautiful landscape gardens. Gino Panaro is the King of Dirt and along with his brother Ralph and wife Gina, they are big on personality and even bigger on insider ideas on how to make over outdoor spaces. Sharing his no-holds barred opinion on home-owners backyards, Gino brings in the big machines to rip up the old look and re-build it from the ground up. Every job is very real with homeowners with real budgets. An Original Media Production. All rights available worldwide excluding the USA. homeMADE (16 x 1 hours) The biggest renovation competition ever attempted on television. Ten talented designers from around Australia will compete for a $100,000 cash prize when they take on the biggest challenge of their lives; to completely makeover two suburban family homes every week. Two lucky families each week are given the opportunity of a lifetime: $50,000 each and a team of ambitious and talented designers to completely transform their home in just five days. The series premiered with a 28% commercial market share on Sunday 10th May 2009. A Cavalier Television Production for the Nine Network Australia. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS (8 x 1 hours) A touching, joyous and surprise tribute series to people with hearts of gold. Each week three presenters – Karl Stefanovic, Scott Cam and Simmone Jade Mackinnon (McLeod’s Daughters) – grant wishes and make dreams come true when they head into a community and find someone special who deserves recognition for giving their all to deserving people or causes. A Nine Network Australia Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. WIPEOUT, USA – SEASON 2 (16 x 1 hours – total episodes 26 x 1 hours and 1 x 90 minute clip show) Human cannonballs! Human pinballs! Crashes, smashes and hilarious mud splashes! Wipeout is an action-packed family entertainment show that sees contestants from all walks of life compete in the world’s largest extreme obstacle course designed to provide the most spills, face plants and wipeouts ever seen on television. An Endemol USA Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. TOTAL WIPEOUT UK – SEASON 3 (12 x 1 hours - total episodes 33 x 1 hours) Human cannonballs! Human pinballs! Crashes, smashes and hilarious mud splashes! Wipeout is an action-packed family entertainment show that sees contestants from all walks of life compete in the world’s largest extreme obstacle course designed to provide the most spills, face plants and wipeouts ever seen on television. An Endemol UK/ Initial Production. All rights worldwide excluding the United Kingdom. DOMESTIC BLITZ – SEASON 3 (24 x 1 hours - total episodes 47 x 1 hours and 1 x 90 minute special) Domestic Blitz is a heart-warming lifestyle/renovation series combining house and garden makeovers with personal style overhauls for a selection of deserving families. Hosted by construction guru Scott Cam (Backyard Blitz) and seasoned lifestyle presenter Shelley Craft (The Great Outdoors), Domestic Blitz also features the talents of renowned Hollywood correspondent Richard Reid in his newly created role of international style guru. While Shelley and Scott lead the renovation team on site, Richard takes the family away for two days of pampering, shopping and other surprises. Highly entertaining and informative, viewers will get practical tips and information on interior design and landscaping, building products, handy hints and clever ideas that relate directly to their own homes. Season 1 and 2 of Domestic Blitz have averaged an all-audience market share of 37.5%. A Nine Network Australia Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. FACTUAL THE LITTLE COUPLE (1 x 1 hour followed by 32 x half hours) The Little Couple follows the lives of pint sized newlyweds Bill Klein and Jen Arnold, a pharmaceutical salesman and a paediatrician, battling against prejudice and struggling to live a life of normality in the big world. Join them as they shop for a new home, vacate in Hawaii, take ballroom dancing classes and discuss the possibility of having children. A LMNO Production for TLC. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. ALL THE QUEENS HORSES (1 x 1 hour) Once a year the Royal Windsor Horse Show pitches up in the Queens back garden. With exclusive access to the Royal Palace and the organisation of the event we show you the upstairs and downstairs life at the Castle as well as interviews with staff and behind the scenes team and of course Prince Philip. The Queen and Prince Philip attend the show each day, giving their view on the event and the great leveler that is sport and a shared passion for horsemanship, revealing a warm and intimate picture of the Royal Family. A Spungold Production. All rights worldwide excluding the United Kingdom. LAST CHANCE SURGERY (10 x half hours) Last Chance Surgery features inspirational stories of everyday Australians who have to face their worst nightmares. We’ll meet the brave patients and their families who never give up and never lose hope. When the stakes are high, there are surgeons who rise to meet the challenge. These are the doctors you go to when nobody else can help. Interviews with family, friends, patient and surgeon will provide powerful insights into the range of emotions felt during this difficult time. When life itself is on the line, only then do you understand its true meaning. An Endemol Southern Star Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. DUCHESS ON THE ESTATE (2 x 1 hours) Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is deeply concerned that headlines in the press always portray Britain as broken and wants to find out the truth. So she decides to spend a week living in a B&B on a sprawling council estate in Manchester, there she spends time with a local mum, who is all too aware of the chronic social problems dragging the estate down: drugs, crime, anti-social behaviour, old people scared to leave their homes and growing economic hardship. The Duchess is shocked by what she sees, and hits upon the idea of bringing the mums on the estate together to fight for their own community centre. But can the Duchess get the locals to overcome their fear and change the estate for good? Or will the community's scepticism mean that the project is bound to fail? A Spungold Production. All rights worldwide excluding the United Kingdom. GETAWAY 2009 (40 x 1 hours – total episodes 567 x 1 hours) Getaway brings armchair travellers the latest information on holiday destinations everywhere. Covering everything from fantasy getaways and exotic locations, to affordable day trips, cheap accommodation and airfares; all types of holidays for all types of budgets. Getaway goes travelling from the consumer viewpoint, providing information on the best time to go, what it will cost, what you need to take and other handy tips to get the most from your holiday. A Nine Network Australia Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. RPA 2009 (8 x half hours – total episodes 137 x half hours and 39 x 1 hours) RPA is reality television at its very best. This series follows ordinary people as they come and go from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, as the result of accidents, illness or pregnancy. Often heart-warming and always compelling viewing, RPA provides a unique insight into the life behind the scenes at a busy public hospital and shows it isn’t all doom and gloom. These are places of courage, dedication, hope and humour. A Nine Network Australia Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. FRESH 2009 (24 x half hours – total episodes 1767 x 30 half hours and 10 x 1 hours) TV host and award winning chef/restaurateur, Pete Evans, joins forces with Woman’s Weekly Food Director, Lyndey Milan to make Fresh Australia's premier cooking series. Fresh features easy-to-prepare recipes, handy cooking tips and a special segment devoted to viewers' favourite family recipes. Each episode is packed with information to educate the viewer about food and discover the huge variety of produce available. Chefs from a diverse range of top Australian and international restaurants, as well as local and international celebrities and authors who work with food, have made guest appearances on the programmes, demonstrating their culinary skills and giving away their secrets to great, simple meals. A Nine Network Australia Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. REALITY DAISY OF LOVE (12 x 1 hours) Daisy is a knockout who has it all, beauty, talent, fame and a whole bunch of tattoos. After being jilted by her supposed Rock of Love, Bret Michaels, Daisy De La Hoya is on a quest for true love. And hopefully love is what she will find as she will have 18 hot, rockin’ dudes to choose from. Daisy will allow them all to move into a Hollywood Mansion and fight for her love. Do they love her? Or love her not? A 51 Minds Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. FOR THE LOVE OF RAY J – SEASON 2 World famous R & B superstar Ray J is back for another season of “For the Love of Ray J.” Last season Ray brought 14 beautiful women to his home to see if he could find love and he thought he did. After going through challenges, dates and eliminations, Cocktail won Ray J’s heart and the two of them hoped things would work out, but it wasn’t meant to be. Ray picked the best girl in the house, but unfortunately it wasn’t the best girl for him. Join us on our journey as 18 of the sexiest women from across the country try to tame the ultimate ladies man, Ray J. A 51 Minds Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. REAL CHANCE OF LOVE – SEASON 2 (11 x 1 hours - total episodes 25 x 1 hours) The Stallionaires are back in the saddle for another “Real Chance of Love”. That’s right, America’s favourite longhaired stallion and loudmouth buck are putting their hearts on the line one more time, in the hopes of finding true love. First time around Chance was left loveless, whereas Real had too many to choose from, but distance and life put too big a strain on the keeping the flame alive for him and Cornfed, so the brothers are getting back in the saddle to find the girls of their dreams. A 51 Minds Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. KIDS AND FAMILY a gURLs wURLd (26 x half hours) A live-action series about three young teenage girls – one German, one Singaporean and one Australian, who become friends while studying together at an international school in Singapore. The girls are united by their bright, lively personalities and by their common interests in contemporary dance, an activity in which they all excel. With the end of the school year however, they suddenly realise that things are about to end as two of them must return to their homes in Germany and Australia. To their delight and amazement though, the girls accidentally discover that their mobile phones and computers can combine to physically transport them via a “chatroom” into each other’s houses. From then on it’s fun, mayhem, adventure (and a little romance) as the three teens spend their days moving freely between Singapore, Germany and Australia. A Southern Star Entertainment, Southern Star Singapore, TV Plus production for the Nine Network Australia and Nord Deutscher Rundfunk with the assistance of Screen Australia and with the participation of the Media Development Authority of Singapore. All rights worldwide excluding Australia and Germany. NINI (120 x 1 hours) After the success of Floricienta, Florencia Bertotti returns to the small screen in Nini, the fun fresh family comedy. When a new ambassador and his family arrive at the embassy where Nini lives with her grandfather the gardener, she starts works as their nanny. However after a series of mishaps and misunderstandings Nini is fired. Desperate to keep in touch with the family she has grown to love, she returns to the embassy disguised as the ambassador’s new ‘male’ chauffeur and soon to be confidante. Nini premiered on Telefe on the 7th September to an outstanding 1.9 million viewers in Buenos Aires, resulting in a 49.9 % market share. An Endemol Argentina and Kaberplay Production for Telefe. All rights worldwide excluding Argentina. THE 99 (26 x half hours) Based on the popular superhero comic books, The 99, this animated series follows the adventures of the superhero characters who all have one of the 99 attributes of Allah. With values such as wisdom, mercy, strength and faithfulness the team works together to maximize their powers. Each member of the 99 embodies one of the 99 global values and hail from 99 different countries on six continents. The comics are sold widely through the Middle East and South Asia and the 99 characters appear in DC Comics, Justice league alongside Batman and Superman. A Teshkeel Media & Endemol Digital UK Production. All rights worldwide. THE SHAK – SEASON 3 (65 x 30 half hours - total episodes 330 x half hours) Welcome to The Shak - an exciting new programme for 5 - 14 year old kids. The Shak is a stimulating new way of presenting ideas, information and entertainment to kids of the World! This unique show blends fun, informative reports with character interaction as we watch four fictional characters make a real kid's show. Based out of their secret cubbyhouse and camouflaged to look like an old boatshed, The Shaksters transmit stories on subjects the kids themselves requested. The show has an enormous interactive capability by including the kids in the story requests and then directing the audience to a website and magazine. A Nine Network Australia Production. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. I CAN COOK (26 x 19 minutes) This series will take children through the full cycle of food, from field to fork connecting what is on their plate everyday with the world around them. From discovering the origins of an ingredient to the exploration of the weather, environment and location to the nurturing and caring of a crop to produce the food that they eat. This is not just a cooking programme but a fun, exploration of the full food cycle. An Initial Production for the BBC. All rights worldwide excluding Australia. CATALOGUE HIGHLIGHTS EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION (101 x 1 hours plus 40 x 120 minutes; plus 16 x 1 hours ‘How Do They Do That’ specials and 4 x 1 hours ‘After The Storms’ specials. On this show the families are expecting a few changes when the show packs them off on a well deserved holiday but they aren’t expecting a complete make over! It would normally take four months to complete the project, but our team of talented designers has just seven days to change an entire house. They might even take it down and start again from scratch. It’s a tall order, especially when our creative masterminds spend a lot of time bickering. The big question is – will our families love their new homes or will it be an Extreme Makeover too far, will they even recognise their home? An Endemol USA Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. FEAR FACTOR (USA Version 1 x half hour, 127 x 1 hours, 13 x 90 minutes and 5 x 120 minutes; UK Version 26 x 1 hours; Australian version 7 x 1 hours; South African version 41 x 1 hours and 1 x 1 hour ‘Making Of’) A true test of stamina and guile for those willing to put their body and soul on the line for cold hard cash. Not a show for the faint-hearted; participants must confront their most primal fears, to perform some of the most daring and stomach churning challengers ever. Over the course of three days, six contestants compete against each other in three stunts. Facing maximum fear from a tight rope walk between skyscrapers, to a blind scramble through a rat infested underground tunnel, and that’s before the notorious food challenge! Whoever wins the final stunt walks away with the big prize – the rest leave with nothing. An Endemol USA, Endemol UK, Endemol Southern Star and Endemol South Africa Production. All rights worldwide outside of rights granted in original commissioning licensing deals. WIPEOUT (USA version 26 x 1 hours & 1 x 90 minute clip show; UK version – Total Wipeout – 33 x 1 hours; Australian version – 9 x 1 hours) Human cannonballs! Human pinballs! Crashes, smashes and hilarious mud splashes! Wipeout is an action-packed family entertainment show that sees contestants from all walks of life compete in the world’s largest extreme obstacle course designed to provide the most spills, face plants and wipeouts ever seen on television. Each week 24 intrepid contestants – male and female, young and old, fit and not-so-fit – take on four new gruelling and physically demanding – but wildly hilarious – obstacle courses to win the title of Wipeout Champion and the grand cash prize. An Endemol USA, Initial and Endemol Southern Star Production. All rights worldwide outside of rights granted in original commissioning licensing deals. UPCOMING RELEASES BASEMENT OF LOVE (10 x 1 hours) Frank The Entertainer lost in I Love New York, I Love Money and I Love Money 2…winning is not Franks strength and… he still lives at home in his parents basement. Desperate for their son to find a good girl and move out, Gary and Susan Moresco are allowing 20 beautiful young women to move into their home as they vie for the heart of The Entertainer. But it’s not just Franks decision who stays and who goes…Mom and Dad have a say too. A 51 Minds Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. UNUSUAL SUSPECTS (13 x 1 hours) Showcases some of the most notable and challenging investigations in contemporary law enforcement. Each episode will profile completed cases that were anything but ‘cut and dry’, with twists and turns, multiple suspects, and the unlikely culprit (or culprits) who almost got away with it. Crimes range from murder to extortion, from sexual assault to kidnapping and more. Using news footage, recorded 911 calls, home videos, and recreations, stories will be told through eye witnesses, victims, and the investigators who ‘cracked’ these complex cases. A LMNO Production for Discovery Communications’ ID Network. All rights worldwide excluding the USA. ME ME ME ROBERT VERDI – (8 x half hours) For Robert Verdi, having it all isn’t nearly enough. He’s a successful TV host, a sought-after celebrity stylist, an event-planning impresario and a popular style guru. But there’s something else Robert Verdi wants…Actually there’s EVERYTHING else Robert Verdi wants. In each episode, Robert balances the day to day antics of his hectic creative services business with the serious pursuit of his completely insane and over the top dreams. A True Entertainment Production. All rights worldwide excluding the USA.
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