Sharp Entertainment

American television production company

Sharp Entertainment, LLCCompany type| Subsidiary

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Industry| Reality television
Founded| 2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Founder| Matt Sharp
Headquarters|

Manhattan

U.S.

Key people

| Eli Holzman (CEO, Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction)
Parent| Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction (2012–present)
Website| sharpentertainment.com

Sharp Entertainment, LLC is a television production company based in Manhattan, New York. Founded by Matt Sharp in 2003, they have produced thousands of hours of programming in reality television.[1] They produce TLC's top rated television franchise, 90 Day Fiancé, which consists of 6 spin off series.[2] The February 23, 2020 premiere of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days had 3.3 million viewers, putting TLC in the #2 spot for the night.[3] Some of their other hits include Love After Lockup (We TV), Man v. Food (Cooking Channel), Marrying Millions (Lifetime), Doomsday Preppers (National Geographic), Extreme Couponing (TLC), and The Fabulous Life (VH1).[4]

Sharp Entertainment was acquired by CORE Media Group in 2012,[5] which was relaunched as Industrial Media in 2018.[6] On March 2, 2022, the company became part of Sony Pictures Television after its acquisition of Industrial Media and subsequent rebranding as Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction in November.[7]

## List of television shows produced[edit]

* 90 Day Fiancé
* Most Outrageous Animals
* Man v. Food
* Underdog to Wonderdog
* Call of the Wildman
* Ask Aida
* Extreme
* The Fabulous Life of...
* Biography
* Videos That Rocked the World
* Most Chrismasy Places in America
* Most Terrifying Places in America
* Christmas to the Extreme
* 20 Most Outrageous Moments
* 25 Biggest Real Estate Mistakes on HGTV
* Extreme Halloween
* Confessions of a Matchmaker
* NoFX Backstage Passport
* The iPod Revolution
* 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments
* Criminal Records on TruTV
* Misunderstood: Eminem
* 100 Greatest Red Carpet Moments
* Red Hot Red Carpet
* 100 Funniest Movies
* Great Thing About Holidays
* Doomsday Preppers
* Celebrity Nightmares Decoded
* Love After Lockup
* Extreme Couponing
* Ghosted: Love Gone Missing
* Marrying Millions

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sharp Entertainment : Our Shows". sharpentertainment.com. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
2. ^ Morgan, Jillian. "Summit '20: TLC, Sharp Entertainment on creating a franchise hit with "90 Day Fiance"". Real Screen. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
3. ^ Nakamura, Reid (March 2, 2020). "'90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' Draws Franchise's Best Premiere-Episode Ratings Ever". The Wrap. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
4. ^ "Sharp Entertainment : Our Shows". sharpentertainment.com. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
5. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (July 23, 2012). "Core Media acquires Sharp reality shop". Retrieved February 6, 2019.
6. ^ "CORE Media Acquires Intellectual Property Corp., Relaunches as Industrial Media". Industrial Media. August 6, 2018. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019.
7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 3, 2022). "Sony Pictures Television Acquires Industrial Media In $300M+ Deal, Restructures Its Unscripted Operations". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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Sony Pictures

Key personnel|

* Tony Vinciquerra
* Tom Rothman

Motion
Picture Group|

* Columbia Pictures
* Ghost Corps
* TriStar Pictures
* TriStar Productions
* Screen Gems
* Classics
* Imageworks
* Animation
* Worldwide Acquisitions
* Destination Films
* Stage 6 Films
* Affirm Films
* Great American Pure Flix
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
* Sony Pictures Kids Zone

Television|

| U.S. production|

* Embassy Row
* Great American Pure Flix

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International production|

* 2waytraffic
* Bad Wolf
* Eleven
* Left Bank Pictures
* Playmaker Media
* Sony Pictures Television Kids
* Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction
* The Intellectual Property Corporation
* 19 Entertainment
* Sharp Entertainment
* Stellify Media
* Stolen Picture
* Teleset

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Sony Pictures TV channels

Sony Channel|

* United States
* Sony Movies
* Cine Sony
* Latin America

AXN|

* Brazil
* Latin America
* Portugal
* AXN White
* AXN Movies
* AXN Now
* Spain
* AXN Movies
* AXN Now

Others|

* Game Show Network
* Get

Former|

| Sony Channel|

* Baltics
* Sony Sci-Fi
* Sony Turbo
* Germany
* Sony AXN
* Russia
* Sony Sci-Fi
* Sony Turbo
* Turkey
* Sony Çocuk
* Sony Max (Hungary)
* Sony Movie Channel (Hungary)
* Sony One

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Others|

* Animax
* Japan
* Middle East
* Southeast Asia
* Taiwan
* AXN
* Adria
* Hungary
* Southeast Asia
* Taiwan
* AXN Black
* CEE
* AXN White
* CEE
* AXN Now
* Hungary
* AXN Spin
* Crackle
* Film1
* Film1 Action
* Film1 Drama
* Film1 Family
* Film1 Premiere
* Gem
* Hollywood Suite
* Kids Station
* Planet Mutfak
* Planet Türk
* Viasat Hungary
* Viasat 3
* Viasat 6

Defunct|

* 3net
* Animax
* CEE
* Germany
* Latin America
* Portugal
* South Africa
* Spain
* AXN
* Israel
* Italy
* AXN Beyond
* AXN Black
* Portugal
* AXN Crime
* AXN Sci-Fi
* CEE
* Italy
* Cine Sony
* Italy
* BeTV
* Fearnet
* Film1 Festival
* Film1 Sundance
* Hooq
* Locomotion
* Pop (Italy)
* Sony Channel
* South Africa
* Southeast Asia
* Sony Max
* South Africa
* Sony Spin

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Sony Pictures Networks

Hindi|

* Sony Entertainment Television
* Sony Max
* Sony Max 2
* Sony Pal
* Sony Sab
* Sony Wah

English|

* Sony Pix

Bengali|

* Sony Aath

Marathi|

* Sony Marathi

Sports|

* Sony Sports Ten
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5

Children's|

* Sony Yay

Factual|

* Sony BBC Earth (50%; Joint venture with BBC Studios)

Online VOD|

* Sony LIV

International channels|

* Sony Kal

Former|

* Animax
* AXN
* Sony ESPN (50%; joint venture with ESPN Inc.)
* Sony Le Plex HD
* Sony Mix
* Sony Rox HD
* TEN Cricket International

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* t
* e

Television channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland operated by Sony Pictures Television

Currently broadcasting but sold to another company|

Narrative Capital Partners LLC

Great! TV
Great! Movies
Great! Action
Great! Romance
Pop
Pop Max

Former|

Bliss
Flava
More Than Movies
Movies4Men
Movies4Men 2
Pop Girl
Scuzz
Sony Crime Channel
True Crime
True Drama
True Entertainment
True Movies
True Movies 2
TruTV

Sold and later closed|

Starz TV
Trace Hits
Trace Latina
Trace Vault
Tiny Pop

Miscellaneous|

* Sony Pictures Television
* CSC Media Group
* animaxtv.co.uk (VOD, defunct)
* Funimation

Other|

* Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
* Crunchyroll LLC (with Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex)
* Crunchyroll
* Crunchyroll EMEA
* Crunchyroll SAS
* Crunchyroll SA
* Crunchyroll GmbH
* Crunchyroll Films
* Crunchyroll Games LLC
* Crunchyroll Studios
* Crunchyroll Store Australia
* Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
* Nozomi Entertainment
* Digital
* Mobile
* Entertainment Japan
* Studios
* Madison Gate Records

Defunct/Former|

* Adelaide Productions
* AnimeLab
* Anime on Demand
* Columbia Pictures Television
* Columbia TriStar Television
* Crackle
* The Minisode Network
* Culver Entertainment
* ELP Communications
* Funimation
* Jim Henson Pictures
* Kazé
* Merv Griffin Enterprises
* Right Stuf
* Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
* TriStar Television
* Triumph Films
* VRV
* Wakanim

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