Pilgrim Media Group (also known as Pilgrim Studios) is a television production company based in North Hollywood, California. It was founded in 1997 by Craig Piligian. It is best known for producing reality television shows for the

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It init ...

. In 2022 Pilgrim became a minority owner in the podcasting company Lionsgate Sound with

Lions Gate Entertainment Starz Entertainment Corp, formerly known officially as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation and commonly as Lions Gate and/or Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment industry, entertainment company currently headquartered in Santa Monica ...

, which launched on October 19, 2022.

Acquisition by Lionsgate

On November 12, 2015,

created a partnership with Piligian when the studio acquired more than 50% of Pilgrim Studios for $200 million. Piligian retained his position as CEO of the company while Pilgrim continued to operate independently under Piligian.Lionsgate Buys Major Stake In Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios For $200 Million
Nellie Andreeva deadline.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016Lionsgate Buys Stake in Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios
Cynthia Littleton variety.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016Lionsgate Acquires Stake in Reality Producer Pilgrim Studios
Reid Nakamura, thewrap.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016 The deal allowed Lionsgate to move into unscripted television programming.

Television series

*'' Amazing America with Sarah Palin'' *'' American Casino'' *'' American Chopper'' *'' American Hot Rod'' *''

American Ninja Warrior ''American Ninja Warrior'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''ANW'') is an American sports entertainment reality show based on the Japanese television reality show ''Sasuke (TV series), Sasuke,'' which also serves as a successor of ''American Ninja C ...

'' (Co-production with G4 for

Ninja Warrior ''Sasuke'' (, pronounced sahskay) is a Japanese sports entertainment reality television show, airing since 1997, in which 100 competitors attempt to complete a four-stage obstacle course. Falling at any point during the course or running out ...

) *'' Battlefish'' *'' The Big Brain Theory'' *'' Bounty Girls'' *'' The Cut'' *'' Build It Bigger: Rebuilding Greensburg'' *'' Covert Action'' *''

Cupid In classical mythology, Cupid ( , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor (Latin: ...

'' *'' Destroyed In Seconds'' *'' Dirty Jobs'' *'' Extreme Loggers'' *'' Extreme Peril'' *'' Fast N' Loud'' *'' Firehouse USA: Boston'' *'' Full Metal Jousting'' *'' Ghost Hunters'' *''

Ghost Hunters International ''Ghost Hunters International'' (abbreviated as ''GHI'') is a spin-off series of '' Ghost Hunters'' that aired on Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi). The series premiered on January 9, 2008, and ended on April 4, 2012. Like its parent series, ''GHI'' was ...

'' *'' Ghost Hunters Academy'' *'' Girl Meets Cowboy'' *'' Greensburg'' *'' Guilty Or Innocent?'' *'' Hazard Pay'' *'' Lindsay'' *''Man vs. Cartoon'' *'' Master Of Dance'' *'' Misfit Garage'' *'' NY-SPI Investigates'' *'' Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy'' *'' Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment'' *'' Out of the Wild: Venezuela'' *''The Real Exorcist'' *'' Really Big Things'' *'' Rocco Gets Real'' *'' Sandhogs'' *'' SEMA: The World's Greatest Car Show'' *'' Somebody's Gotta Do It'' *'' Southern Steel'' *'' Scamanda'' *''Street Customs'' *'' Street Outlaws'' *'' Strip Search'' *'' SWAT: Tactical Force'' *'' Swamp Loggers'' *'' TapouT'' *'' Top Hooker'' *'' Top Shot'' *''

The Ultimate Fighter ''The Ultimate Fighter'' is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Pilgrim Media Group currently airing on ESPN+. It previously aired for fourteen s ...

'' *'' The Ultimate Surfer'' *'' UFO Hunters'' *'' Worst Case Scenarios'' (co-produced by Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (later known as

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division o ...

) *'' You Spoof Discovery''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilgrim Films and Television Mass media companies established in 1997 Television production companies of the United States Lionsgate Studios 1997 establishments in California