Multi-national Shows

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Television series with at least five distinct local versions across the world, as opposed to one show shown, possibly dubbed, in many countries. Virtually all of these are examples of the Game Show.

See also Trans-Atlantic Equivalent. Compare International Coproduction.

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Examples of Multi-national Shows include:

• The Amazing Race
• The Apprentice
• Aqui No Hay Quien Viva
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
• Big Brother
• The Biggest Loser
• Come Dine With Me
• Deal or No Deal
• Dragons' Den
• Duel
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• Family Feud
• Fear Factor
• Fort Boyard
• Fraggle Rock
• Gladiators/AmericanGladiators
• The Got Talent series
• Hole in the Wall- An adaptation of part of the Japanese Game Show Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita (Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone), which has been exported to about 20 countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States. Just read the description.
  • Either has been cancelled or is still running in the Netherlands. Nobody knows. After the initial episode it was quickly forgotten by the general public. Seeing (washed up) 'celebrities' jumping through holes seemed to be not so entertaining.
• The Honeymooners - A sitcom, surprisingly. The Polish version is really very fine.
  • The Dutch version "Toen was geluk heel gewoon" ended after in the summer of 2009 after sixteen full seasons, with the 1974 season as the series stayed 35 year in the past.
• Iron Chef
• Jeopardy! (Waagstuk!)
• Married With Children - A sitcom
• MasterChef
  • Junior Master Chef
• The Mole
• The Next Top Model series
• The Office (a sitcom)
• Play School
• Pop Idol/The Idol series.
• The Price Is Right
• Project Runway
• Romper Room
• Sale of the Century
• Sesame Street
• Los Simuladores
• Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing With the Stars
• Supernanny
• Survivor (began as a Swedish show called Expedition Robinson and has had other international versions, including Koh Lanta in France and Last Hero in Russia.)
• Thank God You're Here
• Top Gear
• Ugly Betty (a drama)
• The Weakest Link
• Who Do You Think You Are
• The Worst Driver Series
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
• Wipeout
• The X Factor