RIVR Media is an American-based TV production company, specializing in reality and documentary programming. RIVR is responsible for ''Fixer to Fabulous'', '' Whale Wars'', '' Trading Spaces'', ''Escaping Polygamy'', ''Fat Guys in the Woods'', ''Renovation Realities'', ''Going RV'', ''Friday Night Impossible with Jerry Rice'', ''Great American Heroes featuring Trace Adkins'', ''Run My Renovation'', and much more. It provides programming for cable networks, including A&E,

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, DIY Network, GAC, Lifetime Movie Network,

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and TNN. RIVR's production credits include documentaries, reality series,

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, travel series, sports entertainment, and

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services. RIVR Media i
owned by
partners Dee Haslam and Lori Golden-Stryer, and is located in Knoxville, Tennessee. Both Haslam and Stryer ar
Executive Producers
for the company. Lori Golden-Stryer is CEO. She and HGTV co-founder, Bob Baskerville, are partners and co-owners of RIVR Studios, newly-renovated facilities in Knoxville, available to rent for shoots. After 20 years at RIVR, Rob Lundgren retired in 2019.

Company history

RIVR Media originally derives from Bagwell Communications, run by Ross Bagwell Sr. and Ross Bagwell Jr., a Knoxville Tennessee-based advertising agency. In 1985 Bagwell Communications formed a company named 'Cinetel Productions' and engaged with the cable network The Nashville Network (TNN) to produce 415 episodes of I-40 Paradise. Over the next ten years, Cinetel developed programs for A&E, the History Channel, the

, The Learning Channel, Travel Channel, Nickelodeon, and The Nashville Network. In 1994 Cinetel was sold to Scripps Howard, a national media company looking to launch

. In 1998, Cinetel was renamed Scripps Productions. After the acquisition, the Bagwells formed a new company, Bagwell Entertainment LLC / Ross Television Productions, and continued producing programs for a variety of cable networks, including HGTV. In 1999, Dee Haslam and business partner Rob Lundgren assumed control of Bagwell Entertainment renaming the company RIVR Media. In 2000 RIVR established RIVR Media Interactive—now RIVR Digital, which focuses on short form video production and marketing. In 2002 RIVR established RIVR Media Studios, a subsidiary focused on for-hire production and post-production services.

List of shows produced

* '' Trading Spaces'' on TLC * '' Whale Wars'' on Animal Planet * ''Renovation Realities'' on DIY * ''Fat Guys in the Woods'' on The Weather Channel * ''Fixer to Fabulous'' on

* ''Friday Night Impossible with Jerry Rice'' on GAC * ''Escaping Polygamy'' on Lifetime Movie Network * ''Great American Heroes featuring Trace Adkins'' on GAC * ''Going RV'' on GAC * ''Warehouse Warriors'' on DIY * ''Run My Renovation'' on DIY * ''All Star Kitchen Makeover'' on the Food Network * ''America's Castles'' on A&E * ''America's Riverboat Casinos'' on the Travel Channel * ''An Evening with Louis Grizzard'' on TNN * ''Appalachian Stories'' on the Travel Channel * ''

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'' on Animal Planet * ''Blog Cabin'' on DIY * ''Catastrophe Inc.'' on DIY * ''Classic Car Restoration'' on DIY * ''Classic Rides'' on DIY * ''

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'' on TNN * ''Dance Line'' on TNN * ''Dancin' at the Hot Spots'' on TNN * ''Date Plate'' on the Food Network * ''

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'' on Animal Planet * ''DIY to the Rescue'' on DIY * ''Earthguide'' on the

* ''Easy Does It'' on the

* ''Ed the Plumber'' on DIY * ''Elvis Presley's Graceland'' on the

* ''Elvis Presley's Memphis'' on the Travel Channel * ''Exploring America'' on the Travel Channel * ''Family Table with Naomi Judd'' on the Food Network * ''Floors, Doors & Windows'' on DIY * ''Freeform Furniture'' on DIY * ''Gambling Games – Beating the House'' on the

* ''Gambling Games – Why the House Wins'' on the

* ''Garage Mahal'' on DIY * ''Good Life with Eddie Ellis'' on

* ''Great Train Stations'' on the History Channel * ''Grounds for Improvement'' on DIY * ''Happy Trails Theatre'' on TNN * ''Hardscapes'' on DIY * ''Help on the Homefront'' on DIY * '' Hey Dude'' on Nickelodeon * ''High Roller's Vegas'' on the

* ''High Roller's Vegas 2 – The New Breed'' on the

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