51 Minds Entertainment (or Fifty One Minds Entertainment) is a production company specializing in reality TV, known for their "celebreality" programs on VH1. It was created in 2004 as a merger between

Cris Abrego Cris Abrego is an American television producer, writer, and former CEO oEndemol Shine North America Abrego is now the Chairman of Banijay America Group and president and CEO of Endemol Shine Holdings. Early life Abrego grew up in El Monte, Calif ...

's 51 Pictures (formerly Brass Ring Entertainment) and

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's Mindless Entertainment. In 2005, the company signed a two-year, seven series production deal with VH1. The company has been credited in helping revive VH1 ratings during this time. In 2008, the company was purchased by Endemol (later

Endemol Shine Group Endemol Shine Group B.V. (stylized in all spaceless) was a Dutch production and distribution company of scripted and non-scripted content, responsible for programmes such as '' Big Brother'', '' Deal or No Deal'', '' The Money Drop'', '' Fear F ...

, now

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). In 2010, the company branched out in Internet distributed programming, producing '' The Tester'' for the PlayStation Network. Other popular shows include Below Deck and their franchises on the NBCUniversal network, BravoTV.

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