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| 3 | '''[[https://fremantle.com Fremantle]]''', previously known until September 2018 as '''[=FremantleMedia=]''', is an international production and distribution company responsible for ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' and importing/producing many foreign English-language (i.e., Canadian and British) shows, although RealityTV and {{Game Show}}s are their stock in trade. It was created by the merger of German media giant Bertelsmann's CLT-UFA division with the entirety of Pearson's television division (which had been partly owned by them anyway), forming RTL Group, with the production arm becoming Fremantle, who in turn had bought out All-American Television (which was created from All-American and Scotti Bros./Syd Vinnedge TV merging with LBS Communications, and Fremantle International of the UK, which provides the name). They all had essentially the same management, though. Fremantle (and formerly Pearson) also holds the rights to all Creator/ThamesTelevision (excepting their children's programs, which they (alongside the rest of [=FremantleMedia=]'s kids and family division) sold to Boat Rocker Rights in 2018) and Talkback Thames shows. |
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| 5 | Fremantle owns all formats and libraries formerly held by [[Creator/MarkGoodson Goodson-Todman]], [[Series/SaleOfTheCentury Reg]] [[Series/{{Scrabble}} Grundy]], [[Series/LetsMakeADeal Hatos-Hall]], and [[Series/SecondChance Bill]] [[Series/PressYourLuck Carruthers]]...which adds up to a whole lot of footage. They even authorized DVD compilations of ''Series/FamilyFeud'', ''Series/{{Password}}'', ''Series/MatchGame'', ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', and ''Series/GameShowMomentsGoneBananas''...although further ones for ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'', ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' didn't happen due to distributors Brentwood Communications going out of business. Fremantle also owns a video-game wing in Ludia, which makes video game versions of many of the more popular game shows (though they unfortunately often fall afoul of TheProblemWithLicensedGames). And in June 2015, they launched Creator/{{Buzzr}}, a classic game show-themed network (and competitor to Creator/{{GSN}}). |
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| 8 | !!Programs include: |
| 9 | [[index]] |
| 10 | * ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' |
| 11 | * ''Series/AmericanIdol'', and its predecessor, the UK's ''Pop Idol''. |
| 12 | * ''Series/TheApprentice'' |
| 13 | * ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' |
| 14 | * ''Series/TheBill'' (by subsidiary Talkback Thames) |
| 15 | * ''Series/CardSharks'' (unsold 1996 revival pilot {All-American}, 2001 revival {Pearson} and 2019 revival {Fremantle}) |
| 16 | * ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' (first two series of 2015 reboot, sold to Boat Rocker Media in 2018) |
| 17 | * ''Series/FamilyFeud'' (1994-95 {Mark Goodson/All-American}, 1999- {Pearson/Fremantle}) |
| 18 | * ''Game Show Marathon'' (2006) |
| 19 | * ''Series/GameShowMomentsGoneBananas'' (2005) |
| 20 | * ''Series/GoingForGold'' (1987-1996; 2008-2009) |
| 21 | ** ''Series/QuestionsPourUnChampion'' (1988-) |
| 22 | * ''Series/TheGreatChristmasLightFight'' (2013-) |
| 23 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' (distribution rights) |
| 24 | * ''Series/HoleInTheWall'' |
| 25 | * ''Series/IveGotASecret'' (2006 revival) |
| 26 | * ''WesternAnimation/KateAndMimMim'' |
| 27 | * ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' (2009- revival) |
| 28 | * ''Series/MatchGame'' (unsold 1996 {All-American} and 2000s revival pilots, 1998-99 {Pearson}, 2012-, and 2016- revivals) |
| 29 | * ''Monsuno'' |
| 30 | * ''[[Series/{{Password}} Million-Dollar Password]]'' (2008-09 revival) |
| 31 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonSuno'' |
| 32 | * ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' (1994-) |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{Priscilla}}'' |
| 34 | * ''Series/{{QI}}'' (with Quite Interesting Limited) |
| 35 | * ''SOKO Leipzig'' |
| 36 | * ''[[Series/{{Temptation 2007}} Temptation: The New Sale of the Century]]'' (2007-08 revival) |
| 37 | * ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' (2000-02 {Pearson} and 2016- revivals) |
| 38 | * ''WesternAnimation/TreeFuTom'' |
| 39 | * ''[[Series/{{Whammy}} Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck]]'' (2002-03 revival) |
| 40 | [[/index]] |
| 41 | * ''What's My Line?'' (unsold 2000 revival pilot for CBS; rejected in favor of [[Series/{{Survivor}} some show hosted by Jeff Probst]]) |
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