Stars in der Manege
Production company Endemol has developed a reality TV format called "Celebrity Circus", which takes stars from fields such as entertainment and sport, and shows them being trained in circus acts over a period of weeks. A version aired in Australia in 2005, and a Portuguese version in 2006. A British version was mooted and announcements were made that NBC had picked up the format for the American market in 2008. "Variety" reported that ABC might be looking to relaunch "Circus of the Stars", while CBS and Fox were purportedly interested in circus concepts, as well.