‘Love Island’ Moves From CBS To Peacock With Two Season Order
deadline.comThe sexy singletons are heading to Peacock.Love Island, the dating format based on the British smash hit, is moving from CBS to Peacock.
The NBCUniversal streamer has given the series, which comes from ITV America, a two season, 80-episode order.It comes after the youth-skewing series ran for three seasons on CBS.Although it’s not unprecedented for unscripted formats to move networks – American Idol, for instance, moved from Fox to ABC – it is still unusual, particularly for a show that had not been canceled at its original home.Deadline understands that for the show to move forward, CBS required the format to be retooled given its prevalence on its summer schedule.
With the network unwilling to commit to the same number of episodes, producers ITV America took it out and landed a bumper order with NBCU.The show will begin on Peacock this summer with a season shot in California.
It’s not clear whether host Arielle Vandenberg and narrator Matt Hoffman will remain on the show.The streamer promised that “multiple episodes” will debut “weekly in real time” as a new group of single search for love in a beautiful villa.It has also said that the contestants will compete in “naughtier” games and “steamier” challengesThe series is produced by ITV America’s ITV Entertainment and based on a format owned by ITV Studios and Motion Content Group.
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