Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), the Japanese company behind the Ninja Warrior format, and A. Smith & Co. Productions, which produces the U.S. version for NBC, have teamed up again on another competition series.
The two companies are developing Dumb Luck, a series based on Japanese format Kisuke, for the U.S.
They have already produced a two-hour special that aired in Japan that won its time slot before shopping the project to U.S. buyers.
The series is based entirely on chance. A group of lucky contestants, who require no smarts, zero skill and absolutely no strength or stamina, are pitted against each other in rounds of luck-based obstacles where they pick their poison and pray they avoid the predetermined punishment, which could include freezing water, electric shocks and explosive flour cannons. Read the full article here.