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Specials, spin-offs & adaptations · Core

Format adaptation

Also called: format version

ELI5

A local or new production created from a licensed or transferred television format.

Used in conversation

“The deck describes the project as a format adaptation; the episode examples need to prove that promise.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Format adaptation” in scripted television conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how series are structured, staffed, commissioned, produced and released.

Sources & evidence · 6

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.