Neil Patrick Harris Hosts “The Cube” Pilot for CBS

Developing story and I’ll add more to it as I read more, but the always great TVMoJoe at the equally great The Wrap has confirmed that CBS is the new home for the hit UK game show The Cube which is shooting a pilot next week.  To add to it, Neil Patrick Harris from How I Met Your Mother is the host.  So CBS has bested NBC’s ripoff Minute To Win It in format and host.  In addition to hosting, Harris will be executive producing the hit show, which says to me he’s a fan of it and helped it get to where it is.

The pilot will tape in London next week, and I know we have a few people going who will report back.  For those not familiar with it, The Cube sees a contestant face a variety of challenges inside a large, intimidating plexiglass cube for large sums of money.  The challenges may look easy but every becomes harder inside The Cube.  The Cube was originally with Fox who dropped it for Our Little Genius.  It took a mere month before CBS picked it up.  It’s a great format, and CBS looks to be the perfect home for it.  CBS doesn’t make bad game shows.  They’re very picky, and they see the potential.  Be expecting to see this show up this summer.

Edit: By the way, doesn’t the host of the UK version look like Neil a bit?  A bit funny.

So after the pilot tapes next week CBS will have the option to move forward with the series or not, but as I said I expect them to.  For those not familiar with the show, take a look below.  How exciting is this?  The prospect of The Cube just got incredibly exciting.  Congratulations to Objective TV who found a fantastic place for it.  It’s the future of game shows and the best since Who Wants to be a Millionaire.