Originally published on May 27, 2024, 4:02 p.m.

FOX has extended its successful quiz series, The floorthe most popular game show of the season, hosted and produced by Emmy nominee Rob Lowe (9-1-1: Lone Star), for two additional seasons to air in the upcoming 2024-2025 season, Michael Thorn, President of the FOX Television Network, announced today.

Based on the fast-growing global format, The floor premiered in the U.S. in January and was FOX’s most-watched unscripted Tuesday debut series in over 13 years, FOX’s largest cross-platform audience for an unscripted premiere in two years, and the network’s most-streamed game show premiere ever. The first season averaged 5.5 million viewers across platforms, up 114% from Live + Same Day. The floor marks the For the sixth season in a row, FOX is the number one new non-scripted series on television, following the success of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, Next Level Chef, I Can See Your Voice, LEGO Masters And The Masked Singer.

In seasons two and three of The floorcreated by John de Mols Talpa ((Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, The Voice) and produced by Eureka Productions (Farmer seeks wife, The quiz with balls), 100 contestants (up from 81 in the first season) will stand their ground on a giant, interactive LED game floor with 100 squares, each representing a different quiz category. The first challenger, randomly selected, must select one of their fellow competitors in the neighborhood to face off against in an epic quiz duel in the opponent’s category. The winner takes over the loser’s square, gaining valuable ground while expanding their territory, while the loser leaves the game. The winner must then decide: do they go on the offensive to dominate a larger portion of the game floor? Or do they let the floor select a new challenger? The contestant who gains complete control of the floor takes home a life-changing grand prize.

In addition, FOX Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with Lowe to co-develop unscripted series to air on FOX. Series released under this agreement will be produced by FOX’s own unscripted series studio, FOX Alternative Entertainment.

“The fans loved the first season of The floor so much so that we have ordered two more seasons of this groundbreaking game show and are already making plans to make our epic battle of the wits even bigger and bolder,” said Thorn. “It has also been a huge win to have such a big star as Rob Lowe as our host and both our viewers and competitors can’t wait to see him in action again.”

“I couldn’t be happier with The floor phenomenon and the opportunity to develop more unscripted projects with my partners at FOX,” added Lowe.

Talpa is the creator and owner of The floor Format. The floor is produced by Eureka Productions, Talpa and BiggerStage. John de Mol, Mark van Achterberg, Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening, Sean O’Riordan and Shane Byrne serve as executive producers. Anthony Carbone serves as executive producer/showrunner and Rob Lowe is a producer.

About Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe’s iconic career spans four decades in film, television and theater. He is also an acclaimed author. Rob has been nominated for two Emmys, six Golden Globes and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning two of them. He has starred in the 1980s classics St. Elmo’s Fire, About last night And The Outsidersas well as television classics such as The western wing And Parks and Recreation. Rob’s incredibly diverse career also includes scene-stealing in Behind the Candelabra, Austin Powers And Tommy YoungHis two memoirs, Stories I only tell my friends And Love lifeare both New York Times bestsellers. He has turned his first memoir into a touring show called Stories I only tell my friends: Live!, which received rave reviews across the country and sold out in London. He is the host of the critically acclaimed podcast Literally! With Rob Lowe. Rob is currently starring and producing the critically acclaimed 911: Lonely Starwhich has been renewed for season 5 and is scheduled to air in the fall. He is also the star of one of this year’s No. 1 movies on Netflix, The dog is gone. Based on an incredible true story, a young man and his beloved dog become separated on the Appalachian Trail and he and his father must begin a desperate search to find him before it’s too late. Rob’s latest release was the Netflix comedy Unstable by Victor Fresco and his son John Owen Lowe. Fresco and the two Lowes co-created the show and serve as executive producers. Rob and John Owen both play the lead roles. The series is inspired by their relationship on social media, where John Owen often trolls his father in hilarious ways. Season 2 will premiere this August. Lowe has been married to jewelry designer Sheryl Lowe since 1991. They have two sons, Matthew and John Owen.

About Eureka Productions

Award-winning uncensored entertainment company Eureka Productions was founded in 2016 by co-CEOs Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin. Headquartered in Los Angeles and Sydney, the company has since built a portfolio of over 40 series for network, streaming, cable and digital platforms in the US, Canada and Australia and has become one of the fastest-growing international producers in the television industry. Eureka’s current US slate includes returning shows such as the US reboot of The Mole (Netflix), the US version of the international format of Fremantle Farmer seeks wife (FOX) and The floor (FOX). Other current productions are Stars on Mars for FOX and The parent test for ABC (adapted from Eureka’s Australian hit Parental guidance). Eureka is also known for US hits such as Holy moly (ABC), Full bloom (HBOMax), 20SomethingsAustin (Netflix), Frog Eater (Peacock), Name this melody (FOX), The real Dirty Dancing (FOX), In Search of Magic Mike (HBO Max), Dating around (Netflix) and My goodness, it’s the Irwins (Discovery). In Australia, Eureka’s offering includes Million Dollar Island for channel 7, Luxe Offers for Amazon, Byron Baes for Netflix, Amazing race Australia for Network Ten, Parental guidance for Nine Network and many more. In 2022, Eureka also took over the development and production of all of Fremantle’s entertainment, reality and game show formats in Australia, including Australian IdolAnd Farmer seeks wife for Seven Network. Eureka Productions is a Fremantle company. For more information visit eurekagroup.tv.

Information Talpa

Talpa is an independent global content house for unscripted formats based in the Netherlands and founded by John de Mol. The company fosters creativity to produce next-generation content that connects people in their homes and around the world. Talpa owns exclusive access rights to premium broadcast and streaming channels in the Netherlands and Germany and has proven to be a successful breeding ground for content creation since the industry’s inception. Many of today’s evergreen entertainment brands originated at Talpa and are now blueprints for the international market.

About BiggerStage

Founded in March 2021 by Pat Kiely, former CEO of Virgin Media Television, BiggerStage is a media and entertainment company built on three pillars: producing world-class content, developing outstanding talent and creating innovative partnerships. Headquartered in Dublin, the company develops original content for the global market and establishes studio centres in Ireland for international television production. Our achievements include over 80 hours of primetime network shows produced in the last two years: Celebrity name, the song (FOX), Defeat Shazam (FOX), The big deal (Virgin Media Television), Irish Book of the Year (RTE), Don’t forget the text (FOX).

ABOUT FOX ENTERTAINMENT

With a history spanning nearly 40 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world’s most recognized media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and owned and third-party streaming platforms. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking approach to storytelling, the company was reinvented in 2019 with the creation of FOX Entertainment. While the company maintained its leadership position in broadcast television (9-1-1: Lone Star, The Simpsons, The floor, The cleaning lady, Hell’s Kitchen, LEGO Master), the company is building a portfolio of companies and a library of original content. To date, FOX Entertainment’s long-term growth strategy has included the acquisition of award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers, The Far North, Krapopolis, Grimsburg), entertainment platform TMZ (TMZ investigates) and the global production studio MarVista Entertainment (The way home) and the founding of the culinary and lifestyle content company Studio Ramsay Global (Next Level Chef, Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars, Idiot Sandwich) in partnership with Gordon Ramsay. In addition to the network, the company also founded FOX Entertainment Studios, which includes the in-house, unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment (The Masked Singer, We are a family, America’s most wanted criminal, Snake oil, I can see your voice, Name this melody) and his studio (Animal control) to develop scripts, and the worldwide content sales unit FOX Entertainment Global.