by Thinus Ferreira
NBCUniversal International Networks has renewed its South African version of celebrity game show Celebrity Game Night produced by Rapid Blue and shown on E! (DStv 124) for a 10-episode fourth season that will premiere in 2023 and with production set to start in September.
Multi-hyphenate producer-presenter Anele Mdoda returns, together with team captains Ayanda Thabethe and Jason Goliath.
In the fourth season which will once again be filmed in Johannesburg, an array of South African celebrities will once compete in a string of party games that will test their pop culture knowledge, physical skills and acting mettle.
Lee Raftery, managing director for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region for NBCUniversal International Networks & direct-to-consumer, says "We're delighted to bring a brand-new season of our award-winning original
production Celebrity Game Night, which has just been nominated for its second
SAFTA, to E! Africa".
"Expect
big celebrities, bigger games and most importantly the biggest laughs yet!"
The Hollywood Game Night format is distributed globally by NBCUniversal
Formats, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of
Universal Studio Group.
The original NBC version of the series was
created by actor-producer Sean Hayes and producer Todd Milliner and has since
been adapted locally in Greece, French Canada, Spain, Iceland, Indonesia,
Vietnam and Thailand.
