Amblin Television | |
Company type | Division |
Industry | Television |
Predecessor | DreamWorks Television |
Founded | July 31, 1984 |
Founders | |
Headquarters | 100 Universal City Plaza, Building 5121, , United States |
Key people |
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Products | Television series |
Parent | Amblin Partners |
Website | amblin |
Storyteller TV Distribution Co., LLC, [1] doing business as Amblin Television, is the television production division of Amblin Partners. It was established in 1984 by Amblin Entertainment as a small-screen production arm for Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories anthology series for NBC. [2] The company has produced television series including Tiny Toon Adventures , Animaniacs , SeaQuest DSV , ER , Falling Skies , and The Americans .
In 2013, DreamWorks Television, producer of such series as Spin City , Taken , Band of Brothers , The Pacific , United States of Tara , Smash , and the HBO film All the Way , was merged into Amblin Television. [3] Since then, the combined company has produced television shows including The Borgias , Under the Dome , The Haunting and Roswell, New Mexico .
In the 1980s and 1990s, Amblin Television produced television series, specials, made-for-TV and cable films, and animated children's programming such as Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs , along with television series adaptations based around Amblin's popular feature films such as Back to the Future , An American Tail , Casper , and Men in Black . [4] In the 1990s, they also ventured into live-action series production with Harry and the Hendersons , seaQuest DSV and Earth 2 . Its longest running television series is ER , which aired from 1994 until 2009 for 15 seasons. [5] The company also entered the streaming television market with specials and series including the documentary Five Came Back and The Haunting , both for Netflix.
In 2013, DreamWorks Television was merged into Amblin Television, the former having been founded by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks SKG partners Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in 1996. [6] Soon after the DreamWorks merger, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey were named co-presidents of Amblin Television. [7] Under their leadership, the company would develop and produce several series including The Americans , The Haunting , and Roswell, New Mexico .
Title | Years | Network | Notes |
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Resident Alien | 2021–present | Syfy | co-production with Jocko Productions, Dark Horse Entertainment and Universal Content Productions |
Halo | 2022–present | Paramount+ | co-production with Chapter Eleven (season 1), David Wiener (season 2), One Big Picture, 343 Industries and Showtime Networks |
Billy the Kid | Epix (season 1) / MGM+ (season 2) | co-production with One Big Picture (season 1), De Line Pictures, MGM Television and MGM+ Studios | |
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai | 2023–present | Max Cartoon Network | co-production with Warner Bros. Animation |
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Title | Years | Network | Notes |
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Jurassic World: Chaos Theory | 2024 | Netflix | co-production with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Television credited as Amblin Entertainment [8] |
Cape Fear | TBA | TBA | co-production with Eat the Cat and Universal Content Productions [9] |
Easy Rawlins | co-production with B.O.B FilmHouse, Inc. and JB Pictures [10] | ||
Friends Like These | [11] | ||
Our Time | Disney+ | co-production with Warner Bros. Television, The Jackal Group and The Donners' Company [12] | |
Rashomon | Max | co-production with Opus7 Entertainment and Atmosphere Entertainment [13] | |
Signs of Survival: A Memory of the Holocaust | TBA | co-production with Scholastic Entertainment and Solo One Productions [14] | |
The Afghanistan Papers | co-production with Jigsaw Productions [15] | ||
The Talisman | Netflix | co-production with Upside Down Pictures and Paramount Television Studios [16] [17] | |
The Woman's Hour | The CW | co-production with Warner Bros. Television [18] |
# | Title | Years | Network | Notes |
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1 | Amazing Stories | 1985–1987 | NBC | co-production with Universal Television credited as Amblin Entertainment |
2 | Tiny Toon Adventures | 1990–1995 | CBS (episode 1) / Syndication (seasons 1 and 2) / Fox Kids (season 3) | co-production with Warner Bros. Animation credited as Amblin Entertainment |
3 | Harry and the Hendersons | 1991–1993 | Syndication | credited as Amblin Entertainment in season 1 |
4 | Back to the Future | 1991–1992 | CBS | co-production with Universal Cartoon Studios, Zaloom/Mayfield Productions and BIG Pictures |
5 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1992–1993 | ABC | co-production with Lucasfilm and Paramount Television |
6 | Fievel's American Tails | 1992 | CBS | co-production with Nelvana and Universal Cartoon Studios |
7 | The Plucky Duck Show | Fox Kids | co-production with Warner Bros. Animation credited as Amblin Entertainment | |
8 | Family Dog | 1993 | CBS | co-production with Tim Burton Productions, Nelvana, Universal Television and Warner Bros. Television |
9 | seaQuest DSV | 1993–1996 | NBC | co-production with Universal Television |
10 | Animaniacs | 1993–1998 | Fox Kids (seasons 1 and 2) / Kids' WB (seasons 3–5) | co-production with Warner Bros. Animation credited as Amblin Entertainment |
11 | ER | 1994–2009 | NBC | co-production with Constant C Productions and Warner Bros. Television |
12 | Earth 2 | 1994–1995 | co-production with Universal Television | |
13 | Fudge | 1995–1996 | ABC (season 1) / CBS (season 2) | co-production with Kevin Slattery Productions and MCA Television Entertainment |
14 | Freakazoid! | 1995–1997 | Kids' WB | co-production with Warner Bros. Animation credited as Amblin Entertainment |
15 | Pinky and the Brain | 1995–1998 | ||
16 | The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper | 1996–1998 | Fox Kids | co-production with Harveytoons and Universal Cartoon Studios |
17 | Men in Black: The Series | 1997–2001 | Kids' WB | co-production with Adelaide Productions and Columbia TriStar Television credited as Amblin Entertainment |
18 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | 1998–1999 | co-production with Warner Bros. Animation credited as Amblin Entertainment | |
19 | The Land Before Time | 2007–2008 | Cartoon Network | co-production with Universal Animation Studios credited as Amblin Entertainment |
20 | On the Lot | 2007 | Fox | co-production with Mark Burnett Productions and DreamWorks Television |
21 | The Borgias | 2011–2013 | Showtime | co-production with CTV (season 1), Bell Media (seasons 2 and 3), Myriad Pictures, ImageMovers, Take 5 Productions, Octagon Films and Showtime Networks |
22 | Terra Nova | 2011 | Fox | co-production with Chernin Entertainment, Kapital Entertainment, Siesta Productions and 20th Century Fox Television |
23 | The River | 2012 | ABC | co-production with Haunted Movies, J.A. Green Construction Corp. and ABC Studios |
24 | The Americans | 2013–2018 | FX | co-production with Nemo Films, Fox Television Studios (seasons 1 and 2), Fox 21 Television Studios (seasons 3–6) and FX Productions previously produced by DreamWorks Television in the pilot |
25 | Under the Dome | 2013–2015 | CBS | co-production with Baer Bones and CBS Television Studios |
26 | Lucky 7 | 2013 | ABC | co-production with Remainder Men, The Beekeeper's Apprentice Productions and ABC Studios |
27 | Falling Skies | 2014–2015 | TNT | co-production with Invasion Productions and TNT Original Productions seasons 4–5 only; previously produced by DreamWorks Television in seasons 1–3 |
28 | Extant | CBS | co-production with 22 Plates Productions (season 1) and CBS Television Studios | |
29 | Red Band Society | Fox | co-production with Filmax and ABC Studios | |
30 | The Whispers | 2015 | ABC | co-production with Clickety-Clack Productions and ABC Studios |
31 | Public Morals | TNT | co-production with Marlboro Road Gang Productions and TNT Original Productions | |
32 | Minority Report | Fox | co-production with Paramount Television and 20th Century Fox Television | |
33 | American Gothic | 2016 | CBS | co-production with Full Fathom Five, Hyla Regilla Productions and CBS Television Studios |
34 | Bull | 2016–2019 | co-production with Atelier Paul Attanasio, Picturemaker Productions (seasons 2 and 3), Stage 29 Productions and CBS Television Studios seasons 1–3 only [19] | |
35 | Cooper's Treasure | 2017 | Discovery Channel | co-production with AMPLE Entertainment seasons 1-2 [20] |
36 | Five Came Back | 2017 | Netflix | co-production with Scott Rudin Productions, IACF Productions, Passion Pictures and Rock Paper Scrissors Entertainment |
37 | Reverie | 2018 | NBC | co-production with Extant Storytech, Cheap Theatrics Inc., Energy Entertainment and Universal Television |
38 | All About the Washingtons | Netflix | co-production with Simmons/Lehman Productions and ABC Signature Studios | |
39 | The Haunting | 2018–2020 | co-production with FlanaganFilm (season 1), Intrepid Pictures (season 2) and Paramount Television Studios | |
40 | Roswell, New Mexico | 2019–2022 | The CW | co-production with My So-Called Company, Bender Brown Productions, CBS Studios and Warner Bros. Television |
41 | Why We Hate | 2019 | Discovery Channel | co-production with Jigsaw Productions and Escape Artists [21] |
42 | Tommy | 2020 | CBS | co-production with Atelier Paul Attanasio and CBS Television Studios |
43 | Amazing Stories | Apple TV+ | co-production with ABC Studios, Kitsis/Horowitz and Universal Television | |
44 | Laurel Canyon | Epix | co-production with Jigsaw Productions, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Warner Music Entertainment and MGM Television | |
45 | Brave New World | Peacock | co-production with David Wiener and Universal Content Productions | |
46 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | 2020–2022 | Netflix | co-production with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Television credited as Amblin Entertainment |
47 | Animaniacs | 2020–2023 | Hulu | co-production with Warner Bros. Animation |
48 | Fatal Attraction | 2023 | Paramount+ | co-production with Nutmegger and Paramount Television Studios |
49 | San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time | MGM+ | co-production with Jigsaw Productions, K/M Documentaries, FourScore Productions, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Entertainment and MGM+ Studios | |
50 | Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul | Netflix | co-production with This Machine Filmworks and Time Studios | |
51 | Encounters | co-production with Boardwalk Pictures, Vice Studios and Motherboard | ||
52 | Life on Our Planet | co-production with Silverback Films | ||
53 | Masters of the Air | 2024 | Apple TV+ | co-production with Playtone and Apple Studios [22] [23] |
Airdate | Title | Network | Notes |
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December 18, 1991 | A Wish for Wings That Work | CBS | co-production with Universal Cartoon Studios |
March 27, 1994 | Tiny Toon Spring Break | Fox | co-production with Warner Bros. Animation credited as Amblin Entertainment |
May 28, 1995 | Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery | ||
April 2, 2009 | Previously on ER | NBC | co-production with John Wells Productions, Constant C Productions and Warner Bros. Television Retrospective special of ER |
June 21, 2020 | Why We Hate: The Reckoning | Discovery Channel | co-production with Jigsaw Productions [24] |
November 15, 2022 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure [25] | Netflix | co-production with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Television credited as Amblin Entertainment Interactive special |
Airdate | Title | Network | Notes |
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August 24, 1992 | The Water Engine | TNT | co-production with Brandman Productions, Majestic Films International and Planet Productions |
January 26, 1993 | Cooperstown | co-production with Brandman Productions | |
April 12, 1993 | Class of '61 | ABC | co-production with Universal Television |
August 23, 1993 | Arthur Miller's The American Clock | TNT | co-production with Brandman Productions |
September 7, 1993 | Percy & Thunder | ||
October 15, 1994 | Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies | The Family Channel | co-production with Lucasfilm and Paramount Television credited as Amblin Entertainment [26] |
January 15, 1995 | Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | co-production with Lucasfilm credited as Amblin Entertainment | |
October 8, 1995 | Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen | ||
June 16, 1996 | Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father | ||
May 21, 2016 | All the Way | HBO | co-production with HBO Films, Moon Shot Entertainment, Tale Told Productions and Everyman Pictures |
May 5, 2020 | Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | HBO Max | co-production with Nedland Media and HBO Documentary Films [27] |
October 18, 2022 | Mama's Boy [28] | HBO HBO Max | co-production with LD Entertainment, Playtone, Nedland Media and HBO Documentary Films |
November 4, 2022 | Good Night Oppy [29] | Amazon Prime Video | co-production with Amazon Studios, Film 45 and Tripod Media credited as Amblin Entertainment |
March 15, 2024 | The Bloody Hundredth [30] | Apple TV+ | co-production with Playtone and Herzog & Co. |
Airdate | Title | Network | Notes |
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TBA | Untitled John Williams documentary [31] | TBA | co-production with Imagine Documentaries and Nedland Media |
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