ABOUT ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS

A respected powerhouse in unscripted reality television, Original Productions, a FremantleMedia Company, has 14 series currently in production on 9 US television networks. Delivering audience and critic favorites alike, programming ranges from "Ice Road Truckers" and "Ax Men" the two highest rated shows to ever air on HISTORY, to the show the New York Times says has no peer: Discovery's "Deadliest Catch". From the prestigious US Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) Original Productions' shows have received two Primetime Emmy® Awards and 20 nominations. 

With top independent producer Thom Beers at its helm, Original Productions produces authentic reality programming featuring everyday heroes in extraordinary situations. Beers ability to combine top-notch storytelling with engaging personalities in high risk circumstances is the cornerstone of the company's distinctive television brand. In more than a decade of production, he has overseen hundreds of hours of true adventure, unadulterated real life and compelling television programming. Early on, "Monster Garage", "Monster House", and "Biker Build-Off" offered an alternative to controlled and scripted reality shows. Programs like truTV's "Black Gold", HISTORY's strong ratings achievers, Emmy® Award nominated "Ice Road Truckers", and "Ax Men", demonstrate that scripted reality is giving way to honest-to-goodness non-fiction aspects of the Original Productions branded story-line.