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Original Productions
Original Productions, LLC is a television production company based in Burbank, California. It was founded in 1999 by Thom Beers.Q&A: Reality TV Guru Thom Beers tv.msn.com, Retrieved on May 20, 2014 Background It is best known for producing reality television shows for the Discovery Channel but has more recently produced shows for other networks such as , , and |
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. The city was named after David Burbank, who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. Billed as the "Media Capital of the World" and only a few miles northeast of Hollywood, numerous media and entertainment companies are headquartered or have significant production facilities in Burbank, including Warner Bros. Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, The Burbank Studios, Cartoon Network Studios with the West Coast branch of Cartoon Network, and Insomniac Games. The broadcast network The CW is also headquartered in Burbank. The Hollywood Burbank Airport was the location of Lockheed's Skunk Works, which produced some of the most secret and technologically advanced airplanes, including the U-2 spy planes that uncovered Soviet Union missile components ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Hoggers
''American Hoggers'' is an American reality television series on A&E that debuted October 19, 2011. The series chronicles the lives of the Campbell family whose family business is professional game hunting and animal control specifically the removal of feral hogs in the state of Texas. Season 4 premiered on October 22, 2013. Synopsis The show chronicles the day in the life of Brown County (about 100 miles north west of Austin) Texan Jerry Campbell and his family, as they struggle to control the explosive population growth of feral hogs in the state of Texas. Feral hogs are a growing problem because of their destructive feeding habits, potential to spread disease and increasing population. They can be dangerous and are able to cause serious harm and injury to humans and livestock. Millions of dollars are lost by farmers and ranchers from the devastating chaos caused by these wild boars which has prompted the state of Texas to allow and sanction the practice of elimination without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadliest Sea
''Deadliest Sea'' is a 2009 Canadian made-for-television film directed by T. J. Scott. It is about the crew of the Kodiak, Alaska-based scallop fishing vessel ''St. Christopher''. It was produced by the producers of the popular Discovery Channel series ''Deadliest Catch'', and originally aired on the Discovery Channel on July 19, 2009. While the film itself is a fictionalized account, according to a title-card at the beginning it is based on a true story. Discovery's description of the film called it "a thrilling tale of struggle and survival in the fierce open sea." Plot The movie depicts the tale of a young guy who, in search of a genuine job, joins the crew of an Alaskan King Crab trawler. The ship's captain makes an educated guess about where to plant traps in the Bering Sea, but soon the boat and its crew become victims of a strong and persistent storm that turns the icy sea into a death trap in the middle of the night. The guys struggle desperately to survive as the fatal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodline
Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics. Overview In humans, eye color is an example of an inherited characteristic: an individual might inherit the "brown-eye trait" from one of the parents. Inherited traits are controlled by genes and the complete set of genes within an organism's genome is called its genotype. The complete set of observable traits of the structure and behavior of an organism is called its phenotype. These traits arise from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. As a result, many aspects of an organism's phenotype are not inherited. For example, suntanned skin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Colony (U
A colony is a territory governed by people from another country. Colony may also refer to: Biology *Colony (biology), group of individual organisms of the same species living closely together Places in the United States *Colony, Alabama *Colony, Kansas *Colony, Missouri *Colony, Oklahoma * Colony, Lexington, a neighborhood in southwestern Lexington, Kentucky *The Colony, Texas *Colony Township, Adams County, Iowa *Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa * Colony Township, Greeley County, Kansas *Colony Township, Knox County, Missouri Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Colony'' (film), a 2010 documentary about beekeepers and colony collapse disorder * ''The Colony'' (1995 film), an American made-for-television thriller starring John Ritter * ''The Colony'' (1996 film), an American made-for-television thriller starring Michael Paré * ''The Colony'' (2007 film), a Canadian short film by Jeff Barnaby * ''The Colony'' (2013 film), a Canadian science fiction horror film starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal (TV Series)
''Coal'' is an American reality television series that aired on Spike. The series debuted on March 30, 2011. The series portrayed the real life events on a coal mine in Westchester, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ..., and the inherent dangers involved. The series was later premiered in the UK on November 8, 2011, via the Discovery Channel UK. It featured owner Mike Crowder along with several employees involved in the mining operation. Episodes References {{Spike (TV network) programming 2010s American reality television series 2011 American television series debuts 2011 American television series endings Television series by Original Productions Spike (TV network) original programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Building (TV Series)
''The Building'' is an American sitcom television series which aired on CBS from August 20 to September 17, 1993. While it was praised by critics, it earned low Nielsen ratings and was cancelled after only five episodes, leaving one episode unaired. It starred Bonnie Hunt. Premise Bonnie Kennedy, a commercial actress who was jilted by her fiancé (George Clooney) shortly before the show started, moves back to Chicago to pick up the pieces of her life in an apartment across from Wrigley Field. The story focuses on Kennedy's struggles and the characters who live in her apartment building. Production notes Making heavy use of The Second City alum, the show had a theatrical sensibility wherein minor mistakes, accidents, and forgotten lines were often left in the aired episode, and there was a loose improv feel to certain scenes. ''The Building'' was the first sitcom production of David Letterman's Worldwide Pants production company; Letterman appears (unbilled) in a character role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom (TV Series)
''Blood & Oil'' is an American prime time television soap opera created by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne, that premiered on ABC on September 27, 2015. The series follows a young couple that moves to fictitious Rock Springs, North Dakota, after the biggest oil discovery in American history. The series features an ensemble cast headed by Don Johnson as oil tycoon Harlan "Hap" Briggs. ''Blood & Oil'' also stars Amber Valletta as his catty socialite wife, Carla; Scott Michael Foster as his villainous son Wick; and Miranda Rae Mayo as his illegitimate biracial daughter Lacey who has an affair with Hap's personal driver, AJ Menendez (Adan Canto), who leads a triple life. Chace Crawford and Rebecca Rittenhouse play young couple Billy and Cody LeFever, while India de Beaufort plays bar owner/loan shark Jules Jackman, and Delroy Lindo plays a sly sheriff, Tip Harrison. The original order of 13 episodes was reduced to 10 on October 23, 2015. Production Development The project was writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Gold (TV Series)
''Black Gold'' was a reality-documentary television series that chronicles three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, 30 miles northwest of Odessa. It was partly produced by Thom Beers, creator of ''Deadliest Catch'' and ''Ice Road Truckers''. The ''Black Gold'' theme song was sung by country music star Trace Adkins. The title "Black Gold" comes from a slang term for oil. ''Black Gold'' aired Wednesday nights on truTV at 10pm. It is also shown as a special presentation on TNT in high definition. The show also airs in the United Kingdom on ITV4 and debuted in Australia on A&E on February 4, 2016. Series overview First season The first season follows three rigs — Longhorn, Viking, and Big Dog—that have only 50 days to successfully locate and retrieve the crude oil. The roughnecks, as they are called on the rig, endure exhausting and dangerous work demands. Oil rigs Longhorn and Viking are funded by wildcatter Mike Lamonica while the Big Dog is funded by wildcatter Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biker Build-Off
''Biker Build-Off'' is a reality television series for the Discovery Channel. Created and narrated by Thom Beers, the series was originally conceived as a single special called ''The Great Biker Build-Off''. The show proved so popular that more episodes were produced in succeeding years, to the point that it was turned into a regular series (and its name shortened to just ''Biker Build-Off'') in 2005. Premise of the Show Two reputed custom motorcycle builders from different parts of the country—usually with very different styles of building—each build a unique custom bike in their respective style, pitting their teams and expertise against each other to see who is the better builder. Format ''Biker Build-Off'' was originally an irregularly-grouped series (termed "rounds") of contests that spanned a calendar year. The original ''Great Biker Build-Off'' was a single competition. In 2003, the second round had three contests, and the third round (2004) had six. In 2005, the progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big!
Big! is a TV series in which an episode consists of a team of engineers manufacturing the world's biggest items (usually a household item that's normally hand carried, scaled up to proportions that make the items unusable without JCBs and Cherrypickers) for the sake of setting world records. The devices have to function to qualify. The series originally aired on Discovery Channel in 2004. It is currently airing on The Science Channel weekday mornings. Cast * Frank Payne * Eric Scarlett * Reverend Gadget * Lisa Legohn * Wink Eller * Christoff Koon Episodes * 101: Blender * 102: Popcorn * 103: Electric Guitar * 104: Motorcycle (01) - To be continued... * 105: Motorcycle (02) * 106: Giant Claw (game) * 107: BBQ * 108: Clippers * 109: Wood Cuckoo Clock - The team did not achieve an official Guinness World Records. Stuart Claxton, the Guinness World Records representative said that it didn't qualify because the team used styrofoam to create portions of the clock; a material whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Ice
Under may refer to: * "Under" (Alex Hepburn song), 2013 * "Under" (Pleasure P song), 2009 *Bülent Ünder (born 1949), Turkish footballer *Cengiz Ünder (born 1997), Turkish footballer *Marie Under Marie Under ( – 25 September 1980) was one of the greatest Estonian poets. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 12 separate years. Early life Under was born in Reval (now Tallinn), Estonia to school teachers ... (1883–1980), Estonian poet * Under (restaurant), underwater Norwegian restaurant {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
