Michael Strahan Looks to Bring 'The Money Drop' to U.S.

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Endemol Shine North America and Michael Strahan’s SMAC Entertainment are partnering to develop a U.S. version of global hit The Money Drop, ESNA announced Tuesday at NATPE Miami 2019. Strahan will serve as an executive producer on the series.

The show was originally created by Endemol Shine UK’s Remarkable Television and was titled The Million Pound Drop Live. It’s been locally produced in 54 territories around the world. In the U.K., it currently airs on Channel 4 as a five-night-a-week strip called The £100K Money Drop.

“I was in London the first time I saw Money Drop and I immediately knew we had to help bring it back to the U.S.,” said Strahan in a statement. “On behalf of myself, Constance Schwartz-Morini and the rest of the team at SMAC, we’re excited to take MoneyDrop to market with the amazing team at Endemol Shine and make it SMAC’s third game show next to The $100,000 Pyramid and TheJoker’s Wild.”

ESNA is currently considering distribution options for the series, including national syndication.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.