Eureka Productions is an Australian-American television production company majority-owned by

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. Launched in 2016 by former

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executives

Chris Culvenor Chris Culvenor is an Australian television executive and creator-developer. He is the co-founder of Eureka Productions, a TV production company based in Los Angeles and Sydney, and was co-CEO until leaving in 2025. The company produced many prog ...

and Paul Franklin with backing from Fremantle, the company primarily develops and produces non-scripted and reality programming in Australia and the United States. Fremantle acquired a majority stake in Eureka in 2021. Since 2022, Eureka has been responsible for Fremantle's non-scripted output in Australia.

History

The company was formed by

and Paul Franklin, both executives with

, setting up Los Angeles and Sydney offices in 2016. The company also formed a partnership with

to co-produce international projects, with the studio taking an investment in Eureka. In 2018, Eureka signed a deal with

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to be the exclusive distributor and producer of Lionsgate entertainment and unscripted series in Australia. In 2021, Fremantle acquired a majority stake in Eureka. In 2022, Fremantle restructured its Australian operations to make Eureka responsible for all of its non-scripted output, assuming production duties for existing series such as ''

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(which will primarily focus on scripted dramas and factual programming under new CEO Greg Woods).

Productions

Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.

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History

Productions

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