Seemingly against the grain of social media-driven viewing habits, game shows and quiz shows are on the ascendency among audiences, according to a BBC Studios presentation at MIPCOM Cannes this week. Faultline was drawn to the findings following our participation in a game show at the recent IBC 2024, courtesy of Ateliere Technologies (we are told the footage should be released in December). While the focus of the BBC Studios pitch was on formats, the most poignant point of all is that—with broadcasters and studios under intense cost pressures—game shows are being heralded as massively cost-effective from a production perspective. BBC Studios boasts that it can shoot up to five episodes of a typical game show in a single day,…