Company type | Private |
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Industry | Television production |
Founded | 2016 |
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Area served | Australia United States |
Owner | Fremantle |
Website | www |
Eureka Productions is an Australian-American television production company majority-owned by Fremantle. Launched in 2016 by former Endemol Shine Australia executives Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin with backing from Fremantle, the company primarily develops and produces non-scripted and reality programming in Australia and the United States. Since 2022, Eureka has been responsible for all of Fremantle's non-scripted output in Australia.
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 Fremantle to co-produce international projects, with the studio taking an investment in Eureka. [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]
In 2021, Fremantle acquired a majority stake in Eureka. In 2022, Fremantle restructured its Australian operations to make Eureka responsible for all of its non-scripted output, assuming production duties for existing series such as Australian Idol from Fremantle Australia (which will primarily focus on scripted dramas and factual programming under new CEO Greg Woods). [5] [6]
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 [7] | Seven Network | 2017–2020 | |
The Voice Australia | Nine Network/Seven Network | 2017–present | Co-production with ITV Studios Australia; Season 6 onwards. Earlier Nine Network iteration co-produced by Talpa Media Group and Shine Australia. |
The Chefs' Line | SBS | 2017–2018 | |
The Single Wives | Seven Network | 2018 | |
Drunk History Australia | Network 10 | 2018–2020 | |
Australian Spartan | Seven Network | 2018–2019 | |
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 Discovery+ | 2018–2022 | |
Deadly Cults | Oxygen (United States) | 2019–2020 | co-production with The Intellectual Property Corporation |
Dating Around | Netflix | ||
Thrones 360 | Foxtel | 2019 | |
Holey Moley | ABC (United States) | 2019–2022 | Co-production with Unanimous Media. |
The Real Dirty Dancing | Seven Network | 2019 | |
The Amazing Race Australia | Network 10 | 2019–present | Season 4 onwards. Earlier Seven Network iteration produced by Active TV (seasons 1 & 2) and Seven Productions (season 3). |
The Farmer Wants a Wife | Seven Network | 2020–present | Co-production with Fremantle Australia; from Season 10 onwards. Earlier iterations produced by FremantleMedia Australia. |
Full Bloom [8] | HBO Max | 2020–2021 | |
Name That Tune | Fox (United States) | 2021 | Co-production with Prestige Entertainment and Fox Alternative Entertainment. Filmed in Sydney for the U.S. market. [9] Subsequent seasons were co-produced by BiggerStage, Prestige and Fox Alternative Entertainment and filmed in Ireland. [10] |
Holey Moley (Australia) | Seven Network | 2021 | Co-production with Unanimous Media. |
Luxe Listings Sydney | Amazon Prime Video | 2021–2022 | co-production with Amazon Studios and Kentel Entertainment |
Frogger | Peacock | 2021 | Co-production with Konami Cross Media NY. |
Making It Australia | Network 10 | Co-production with Matchbox Pictures. | |
Finding Magic Mike [11] | HBO Max | Co-production with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television. | |
Twenty Somethings: Austin | Netflix | ||
Parental Guidance | Nine Network | 2021–present | |
The Real Dirty Dancing (United States) | Fox (United States) | 2022 | Co-production with Lionsgate Television Based on the Australian series of the same name. [12] [13] |
Byron Baes | Netflix | Co-production with Superreal. | |
The Real Love Boat (Australia) | Network 10 | ||
The Real Love Boat (United States) | CBS/Paramount+ | ||
The Mole | Netflix | 2022–present | Earlier ABC (United States) iteration produced by Stone Stanley Entertainment. |
Kitchen Nightmares Australia | Seven Network | ||
The Parent Test | ABC (United States) | 2022–2023 | Co-production with Walt Disney Television Alternative. Based on the Australian series Parental Guidance . [14] |
Australian Idol | Seven Network | 2023–present | Previous seasons on Network 10 co-produced by FremantleMedia Australia and 19 Entertainment. |
Million Dollar Island | |||
Farmer Wants a Wife | Fox (United States) | Previous seasons on The CW co-produced by FremantleMedia North America and Super Delicious Productions. | |
Stars on Mars | [15] | ||
The Floor | 2024–present | Co-production with Talpa and BiggerStage [16] [17] | |
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