Fremantle
, previously known until September 2018 as FremantleMedia, is an international production and distribution company responsible for Baywatch and importing/producing many foreign English-language (i.e., Canadian and British) shows, although Reality TV and Game Shows 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 Thames Television (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.
Fremantle owns all formats and libraries formerly held by Goodson-Todman, Reg Grundy, Hatos-Hall, and Bill Carruthers...which adds up to a whole lot of footage. They even authorized DVD compilations of Family Feud, Password, Match Game, The Price Is Right, and Game Show Moments Gone Bananas...although further ones for Tattletales, To Tell the Truth, and What's My Line? 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 The Problem with Licensed Games). And in June 2015, they launched Buzzr, a classic game show-themed network (and competitor to GSN).
Programs include:
- America's Got Talent
- American Idol, and its predecessor, the UK's Pop Idol.
- The Apprentice
- Baywatch
- The Bill (by subsidiary Talkback Thames)
- Card Sharks (unsold 1996 revival pilot {All-American}, 2001 revival {Pearson} and 2019 revival {Fremantle})
- Danger Mouse (first two series of 2015 reboot, sold to Boat Rocker Media in 2018)
- Family Feud (1994-95 {Mark Goodson/All-American}, 1999- {Pearson/Fremantle})
- Game Show Marathon (2006)
- Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005)
- Going for Gold (1987-1996; 2008-2009)
- Questions pour un champion (1988-)
- The Great Christmas Light Fight (2013-)
- Grojband (distribution rights)
- Hole In The Wall
- I've Got a Secret (2006 revival)
- Kate & Mim-Mim
- Let's Make a Deal (2009- revival)
- Match Game (unsold 1996 {All-American} and 2000s revival pilots, 1998-99 {Pearson}, 2012-, and 2016- revivals)
- Monsuno
- Million-Dollar Password (2008-09 revival)
- Monsuno
- The Price Is Right (1994-)
- QI (with Quite Interesting Limited)
- SOKO Leipzig
- Temptation: The New Sale of the Century (2007-08 revival)
- To Tell the Truth (2000-02 {Pearson} and 2016- revivals)
- Tree Fu Tom
- Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck (2002-03 revival)
- What's My Line? (unsold 2000 revival pilot for CBS; rejected in favor of some show hosted by Jeff Probst)
