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A new “Love Island” spinoff could be on the way from ITV America and Peacock.
During a discussion at Content London on Tuesday, ITV America CEO David George — who was instrumental in the U.S. sale of the hit U.K. reality dating format to CBS in 2018 — teased that he is currently in talks with Peacock about a new spinoff of the series. “Love Island,” which just had its biggest U.S. success yet with its sixth season, already has two spinoffs with “Love Island All Stars” and “Love Island Games.”
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When asked about Comcast’s plan to break up Peacock owner NBCUniversal, George said: “What that separation told me is Peacock is the future because they kept Bravo, which supplies a ton of content into Peacock. And if you look at the branding, Peacock is meant to be fun and entertaining and that’s why it aligns with us so well … Actually, we are in conversations with them about a third spinoff to ‘Love Island,’ and that tells you how important that brand is to the streaming service.”
Peacock did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.
At ITV America, George oversees ITV Entertainment, Leftfield Pictures, Sirens Media, Thinkfactory Media, High Noon Entertainment and Good Caper Content. During his tenure, he also developed the wildly successful reimagined “Queer Eye” series for Netflix and the award-winning survival series “Alone” for the History Channel.
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