Fazekas & Butters

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Fazekas & Butters
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryTelevision
FoundedOctober 4, 2005;18 years ago (2005-10-04)
FounderMichele Fazekas
Tara Butters
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Fazekas & Butters is a television production company founded on October 4, 2005, by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters.

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History

The company was established on October 4, 2005, when Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters left the long-running television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to sign an overall deal with Touchstone Television. [1] Their first production, Reaper , aired on The CW from 2007 to 2009. [2]

In 2009, the duo moved to 20th Century Fox Television, but the partnership was terminated in 2011. [3] A subsequent partnership with CBS Television Studios was also short-lived. [4] Neither of these resulted in any published material.

In 2013, they signed a deal with ABC Studios, [5] working first on Agent Carter (2015–2016), then creating Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (2017–2018) and Emergence (2019–2020).

Productions

Year(s)TitleCreator(s)NetworksNotes
2007–2009 Reaper Michele Fazekas
Tara Butters
The CW co-production with The Mark Gordon Company, Dark Baby Productions and ABC Studios
2015–2016 Agent Carter Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeely
ABC co-production with Marvel Television and ABC Studios
2017–2018 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World Michele Fazekas
Tara Butters
co-production with ABC Studios
2019–2020 Emergence
2023–present Gen V Craig Rosenberg
Evan Goldberg
Eric Kripke
Amazon Prime Video co-production with Point Grey Pictures, Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, Kickstart Entertainment, KFL Nightsky Productions, Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television

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References

  1. Adalian, Josef (October 5, 2005). "Touchstone deal in order for 'Law' duo". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. Lowry, Brian (September 21, 2007). "Reaper". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. reaperdmv (April 5, 2009). "Reaper – Fazekas and Butters Ink Deal with 20th Century Fox TV". Reaper DMV News. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  4. Andreeva, Nellie (May 6, 2011). "'Reaper' Creators Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters Sign Overall Deal With CBS Studios". Deadline. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  5. Andreeva, Nellie (February 26, 2013). "Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas Ink Overall Deal With ABC Studios, Will Run 'Gothica'". Deadline. Retrieved May 4, 2020.