In the pilot of “Suits,” the briefcase that springs open during a job interview is full of marijuana, and it stays that way in the show’s Korean and Mongolian remakes. In Japan, the drugs became money, because drugs can’t be shown on Japanese TV, according to Linfield Ng, VP of format sales and production, Asia at NBCUniversal Formats, which licenses the show.
\n\nNg gave the example at Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei, where he shared a stage with Fukaya Shunsuke, head of new format sales, Europe at TBS Television, for a session on how formats get adapted market by market. Emily Chang, who heads the financial news team at Taiwan’s Videoland and produces “Shark Tank Taiwan,” moderated.
\n\n“But the concept is the same. Again, that did not change the DNA of the show,” Ng said.
\n\nThe same thinking applied to “SNL Korea,” which dropped the musical segment because Korea already has a glut of music and countdown shows. Producers there also asked to soften or skip the U.S. show’s politically pointed cold open at sensitive moments, replacing it with topical material. “We just make slight changes to adapt to the local sensitivity and the local landscape,” Ng said.
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/