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Trends in Unscripted Formats 2025

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    Report

  • 31 Pages
  • October 2025
  • Region: Global
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 6190048
Analyzing commissioning trends for 30 selected unscripted formats across 20 key global markets, providing insight into biggest commissioning territories, trending subgenres, successful format launches, popular titles, spin-offs and revivals and more

Report Scope

  • This report takes a selection of 30 of the top performing or well-travelled formats
  • Analysis provided is based exclusively on commissioning activity in 22 countries
  • The time period for analysis is 2020- H1 2025

Reasons to Buy

  • Gain insight into the trending themes, genres, producers and broadcasters of unscripted TV format
  • Unlock the commissioning and content strategy around entertainment type shows
  • Identify the most popular shows that have travelled successfully across markets
  • Uncover the biggest geographical markets and production companies behind both format generation and adaptation

Table of Contents

  • About this report
  • Key takeaways
30 formats list
  • International format adaptations
  • Most travelled formats
  • Commissioning countries
  • Format commission type
  • Total commissions
  • First-run series
  • Recommissions
  • Spin-off and reboots
  • Emerging formats
  • Top unscripted genres
  • Subgenres by country
  • Format longevity
  • Average number of seasons
  • Spin-off and reboots
  • Format origins
  • By country
  • By production company
  • By production label

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Banijay
  • Fremantle
  • ITV Studios
  • BBC Studios
  • All3Media
  • Netflix
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • Talpa Studios
  • Warner Bros. Discovery
  • The Walt Disney Company