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Neil Patrick Harris doing a variety show for NBC
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The Neil Patrick Harris variety show Americans have hoped and prayed is finally happening. Vulture has learned NBC is close to landing the actor/author/all-around host with the most to headline a U.S. version of Saturday Night Takeaway, the long-running U.K. variety show format produced by U.K.-based production company ITV. We hear multiple broadcast networks actively bid for the rights to land the Harris-hosted series, with ITV asking networks to agree to an on-the air, ten-episode order for the project. In addition, two sources tell us ITV was asking for a price tag north of $2.5 million for each hourlong episode (and that’s before the substantial marketing and promotion such a project demands). The Harris show is also expected to originate from New York, logical given the actor’s roots in the city.
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