Company type | Private |
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Industry | Production company |
Founded | May 26, 1998 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
Founder | Bill Lawrence |
Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
Key people |
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Products | Scrubs Cougar Town |
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It was originally based at Touchstone Television, then it was shifted to NBC Studios in 2000 in order to develop their own comedy Scrubs , which came from a previous Touchstone pact, [6] and it was reupped in 2003. [7] After six years working at the studio, he moved back to ABC Studios in 2007, for a new overall deal, allowing projects to be developed on the air for the ABC network. [8] After only four years working at ABC, he was moved to Warner Bros. Television, where they are working at the company ever since then, developing their own projects working for the studio. [4]
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