CBS to turn Candy Crush into a TV gameshow, because money

CBS network announces competition series based on the popular mobile phone game, once skewered by Stephen Colbert on his Late Show

Candy Crush, the addictive mobile phone game, is being adapted into a TV game show, the CBS network announced on Tuesday.

Matt Kunitz, who produced NBC's long-running game show Fear Factor, is listed as creator of the Candy Crush competition series. The network did not announce the number of episodes ordered or a premiere date, though it did say the show would be broadcast on its TV network in the US and distributed internationally by Lionsgate.