A Very Good Production
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Production company |
| Founded | September 8, 2003 |
| Founder | Ellen DeGeneres |
| Defunct | September 24, 2024 |
| Fate | Closed following DeGeneres' retirement |
| Headquarters | United States |
Key people |
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| Parent | Ellen Digital Ventures |
| Subsidiaries | eleveneleven |
A Very Good Production was an American film and television production company founded by comedian, television host, actress Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros. Television's Telepictures in 2003. It was known for producing the series The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[1][2]
The company co-founded the former record label, eleveneleven in 2010.[3]
The company was dissolved on September 24, 2024 as its founder Ellen DeGeneres retired from the show business, stand up comedian and actress after the release of Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval on Netflix following the allegations of on-set bullying before The Ellen DeGeneres Show ended in 2022.
History
[edit]In October 2010, the company signed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros.[4]
On March 17, 2021, it was announced that the company had signed a multi-year production deal with Discovery, Inc. to produce natural history content for the Discovery Channel and Discovery+.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]Former
[edit]- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (with Telepictures Productions, E. W. Scripps Company and WAD Productions) (2003–2022)
- Bethenny (with Telepictures Productions) (2012–2014)
- Repeat After Me (with Katalyst Media and Warner Horizon Television) (2015)
- One Big Happy (with Visualized, Inc. and Warner Bros. Television) (2015)
- Ellen's Design Challenge (with Telepictures Productions and A. Smith & Co.) (2015–2016)
- Heads Up! (with Telepictures Productions) (2016)
- Little Big Shots (with East 112th Street Productions (2016–2018), On the Day Productions (2020) and Warner Horizon Television) (2016–2020)
- Little Big Shots: Forever Young (with East 112th Street Productions and Warner Horizon Television) (2017)
- First Dates (with Twenty Twenty) (2017)
- Ellen's Game of Games (with Telepictures Productions, Bills Market and Television Productions and Warner Horizon Television) (2017–2021)
- Splitting Up Together (with Piece of Pie Productions and Warner Bros. Television) (2018–2019)
- Green Eggs and Ham (with Gulfstream Pictures, A Stern Talking To and Warner Bros. Animation) (2019–2022)
- The Masked Dancer (with Fox Alternative Entertainment, MBC, and Warner Horizon Unscripted & Alternative Television) (2020–2021)
- Little Ellen (with Warner Bros. Animation, as Ellen Digital Ventures) (2021–2022)
- Family Game Fight! (with Dingus Von Pringus, Telepictures Productions and Warner Horizon Television) (2021–2022)
Film
[edit]- The Smart One (with Warner Bros. Television) (2012; TV Movie)
- Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure (2014)
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
Specials
[edit]- Tig Notaro: Happy To Be Here (with Funny or Die and Zero Dollars And Zero Sense Productions) (2018)
- Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (with Tenth Planet and Netflix Studios) (2018)
- Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval (with Fulwell 73 and Netflix Studios) (2024)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Granatstein, Lisa (15 October 2018). "How Adweek Media Visionary Ellen DeGeneres Built a Media Empire". Adweek. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (16 August 2012). "Jeff Kleeman To Run Ellen DeGeneres' Production Company". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ↑ "Ellen Degeneres News - Yahoo! Music". Yahoo! Music. May 26, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ↑ Levine, Stuart (October 20, 2010). "Ellen DeGeneres signs multiyear WB deal". Variety. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 17, 2021). "Ellen DeGeneres Inks Deal With Discovery For Natural History Content, Will Narrate 'Endangered' Documentary". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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Categories:
- American companies established in 2003
- American companies disestablished in 2024
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Mass media companies established in 2003
- Mass media companies disestablished in 2024
- Defunct film and television production companies of the United States
- Television series by A Very Good Production
- Telepictures