Eureka Productions
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Television production |
Founded | 2016 |
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Headquarters | |
Area served | Australia United States |
Owner | Fremantle |
Website | www |
Eureka Productions is an Australian-American television production company which develops and produces scripted and unscripted programming in both countries. The company has produced numerous popular series including The Voice Australia, The Chefs' Line, Australian Spartan and Crikey! It's the Irwins.
History[edit]
The company was formed by Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin, both executives with Endemol Shine Australia, setting up Los Angeles and Sydney offices in 2016.[2] The company also formed a partnership with FremantleMedia to co-produce international projects.[3] In 2018, Eureka signed a deal with Lionsgate to be the exclusive distributor and producer of Lionsgate entertainment and unscripted series in Australia.[4]
The company developed the first original dating show for Netflix titled Dating Around which debuted in 2019.[5]
Productions[edit]
Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.
Title | Network | Years | Notes |
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The Employables | SBS | 2016 | |
Behave Yourself | Seven Network | 2017 | |
The Voice Australia[6] | Nine Network | 2017 | Co-production with ITV Studios Australia for season 6 |
The Chefs' Line | SBS | 2017–present | |
The Single Wives | Seven Network | 2017 | |
Drunk History Australia | Network 10 | 2018, 2020 | Pilot and first season |
Australian Spartan | Seven Network | 2018–present | |
Pick, Flip and Drive | Facebook Watch | 2018 | |
The Launch | CTV (Canada) | 2018–2019 | Co-production with Bell Media and Insight Productions. |
Crikey! It's the Irwins | Animal Planet | 2018–present | |
Deadly Cults | Oxygen (United States) | 2019–present | |
Dating Around | Netflix | 2019–present | |
Thrones 360 | Foxtel | 2019 | |
Holey Moley | ABC (United States) | 2019–present | Co-production with Unanimous Media |
Farmer Wants a Wife | Seven Network | 2019—present | Co-production with Fremantle Australia; from Season 10 onwards. Earlier iterations produced by FremantleMedia Australia. |
The Real Dirty Dancing | Seven Network | 2019 | |
The Amazing Race Australia | Network 10 | 2019–present | From Season 4 onwards. Earlier Seven Network iteration produced by Active TV (seasons 1 & 2) and Seven Productions (season 3) |
Full Bloom | HBO Max | 2020–present | |
Name That Tune | Fox (United States) | 2021–present | Co-production with Prestige Entertainment and Fox Alternative Entertainment; Season 1 only. Filmed in Sydney for the U.S. market.[7] Season 2 co-produced by BiggerStage.[8] |
Holey Moley (Australia) | Seven Network | 2021 | Co-production with Unanimous Media |
Luxe Listings Sydney | Amazon Prime Video | 2021–present | |
Frogger | Peacock | 2021–present | Co-production with Konami Cross Media NY |
Making It Australia | Network 10 | 2021 | Co-production with Matchbox Pictures |
Finding Magic Mike | HBO Max | 2021–present | Co-production with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television |
Twenty Somethings: Austin | Netflix | 2021–present | |
The Real Dirty Dancing (US) | Fox (United States) | 2022 | Co-production with Lionsgate Television. Spin-off based on Australian series.[9][10] |
Byron Baes | Netflix | TBA | Co-production with Superreal |
References[edit]
- ^ "Eureka". Eureka.
- ^ Knox, David (30 January 2016). "New production company Eureka set for unscripted". TV Tonight.
- ^ Dickens, Andrew (1 February 2016). "Fremantle has Eureka moment". C21 Media.
- ^ Knox, David (6 September 2018). "Eureka productions to represent Lionsgate unscripted". TV Tonight.
- ^ Blichert, Frederick (5 February 2019). "Netflix swipes right on unscripted dating genre with "Dating Around"". Realscreen.
- ^ http://www.eurekagroup.tv/the-voice-australia
- ^ White, Peter (18 November 2020). "Fox Brings Back 'Name That Tune' With Jane Krakowski Hosting & Randy Jackson As Band Leader". Deadline. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "FOX Springs Forward with March Premiere Dates for New and Returning Series" (Press release). FOX. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022 – via The Futon Critic.
- ^ White, Peter (19 January 2022). "'The Real Dirty Dancing': Fox Sets Premiere For Celebrity Dance Competition". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Knox, David (21 January 2022). "The Real Dirty Dancing gets US series". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 January 2022.