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[04/17/14 - 06:31 AM]
"The Great Christmas Light Fight" Will Spar Again This Holiday Season
Plus: a one-part special, "The Great Halloween Fright Fight," will debut this fall featuring families competing for the greatest of the ghoulish haunted Halloween displays!
[via press release from ABC]

"THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT" WILL SPAR AGAIN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

"THE GREAT HALLOWEEN FRIGHT FIGHT" TO HAUNT HOUSEHOLDS THIS HALLOWEEN

Both Reality-Competition Programs are produced by FremantleMedia North America for ABC

The battle for lights and frights is on! ABC has announced one series renewal and one new special from FremantleMedia North America. "The Great Christmas Light Fight" will be returning for a second installment this holiday season, but before stringing up the mistletoe, a one-part special, "The Great Halloween Fright Fight," will debut this fall featuring families competing for the greatest of the ghoulish haunted Halloween displays!

Commented Thom Beers, CEO, FremantleMedia North America, "'The Great Christmas Light Fight' really brought the holiday spirit to light in homes across the country. Our team had a terrific time producing this show and seeing so many magnificent displays that were of theme-park gravitas. We are excited to be coming back for more and to also be frightening the format for Halloween."

"The Great Christmas Light Fight" first debuted on ABC in December 2013 and featured 20 families competing to have the greatest Christmas display. The families were chosen through an extensive nationwide search, based on their previous elaborate Christmas light displays, incredible choreography and over-the-top designs. On its debut, "The Great Christmas Light Fight" delivered ABC's highest total viewers in the time period in five years and improved 17% over the prior year in total viewers and Adults 18-49 during its three-week run.

"The Great Christmas Light Fight" will be returning with six episodes, while "The Great Halloween Fright Fight" will premiere as a one-episode special. Both shows come from FremantleMedia North America ("American Idol," "America's Got Talent," "The Price is Right"). Executive Producers for both series are Brady Connell, Max Swedlow, Thom Beers and Jennifer Mullin. FremantleMedia is distributing the shows and format internationally.

About FremantleMedia North America

FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) is the U.S. arm of global media giant FremantleMedia, which includes a distribution arm, FremantleMedia International, a digital and branded entertainment division and a kids & family entertainment business. As the world's largest independent studio, FremantleMedia's comprehensive global network has operations in 25 countries, creating over 9100 hours of programming a year, rolling out more than 60 formats and managing over 400 individual titles. FMNA and its portfolio of companies produce entertaining and innovative scripted and alternative programs for network, cable, syndicated and online platforms. Their slate includes a diverse range of both critically-acclaimed and award-winning successes including "American Idol" (FOX), "America's Got Talent" (NBC), "Family Feud" (SYN), "Let's Make A Deal" (CBS), "The Price Is Right" (CBS), "The Great Christmas Light Fight," (ABC), "The Tomorrow People" (The CW), "Deadliest Catch" (Discovery), "Married to Medicine" (Bravo), "Ice Road Truckers" (HISTORY), "Storage Wars" (A&E), "The Pet Collective", and the upcoming "Celebrity Name Game" (SYN), among others.

For more information on "The Great Christmas Light Fight," visit ABC.com





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