production & distribution division. FremantleMedia North America, which is based in Burbank, California (outside of Los Angeles), and its portfolio of companies (including 495 Productions & Original Productions) produces entertaining and innovative scripted and alternative programs for broadcast and cable networks, syndication, and digital (online & mobile) platforms. FremantleMedia North America'
s slate includes a diverse range of both critically-acclaimed and award-winning successes including American Idol (FOX), America’s Got Talent (NBC), Family Feud (SYN), Let’s Make A Deal (CBS), The Price Is Right (CBS), The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC), Deadliest Catch (Discovery), Married to Medicine (Bravo), Party Down South (CMT), Ice Road Truckers (HISTORY), Storage Wars (A&E), The Returned (A&E) and Celebrity Name Game (SYN), among others. FremantleMedia North America acquired a majority stake in the company, Original Productions in February 2009. Original
Productions has become television’s number one creator of unscripted reality programming. In 2014, FremantleMedia North America acquired a majority stake in 495 Productions, a leading US-based production company renowned for its cutting edge reality programming.
