Sony Pictures Television’s nonfiction group is the feature documentary, premium content, and unscripted unit within Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Through ownership interests or production deals with companies Sharp Entertainment, The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), B17 Entertainment, 19 Entertainment, This Machine, Maxine Productions, Brass Monkeys Media, and Rebel Minds Media, the group creates and produces content in every genre of nonfiction programming for audiences worldwide.
Key programs include Shark Tank and19 Entertainment’s global hit American Idol for ABC; Sharp Entertainment’s 90 Day Fiancé franchise for TLC; IPC’s Emmy Award-winning hit documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology & the Aftermath for A&E, With Love, Meghan for Netflix, Secrets of Playboy for A&E, Peabody Award winner We’re Here for HBO, and Selena + Chef for HBO Max and Food Network; B17 Entertainment’s Extracted for FOX, On Brand with Jimmy Fallon for NBC, Maxine’s hit exposé Quiet on Set; This Machine’s Academy Award-winning documentary Elton John: Never Too Late for Disney+, and Emmy Award nominated Martha for Netflix. Additionally, 19 Recordings has launched the music careers of platinum artists including Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Fantasia, Phillip Phillips, Lauren Alaina, and more recently, Gabby Barrett, Chayce Beckham, Iam Tongi, and Jamal Roberts among many others.
19
19 Entertainment, a part of Sony Pictures Television, is led by executive producers Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman, with key programs including the global hit American Idol co-produced by Fremantle for ABC and So You Think You Can Dance co-produced by dcp for Fox. Additionally, 19 Recordings has launched the music careers of platinum artists, including Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Phillip Phillips, Lauren Alaina, and more recently, Gabby Barrett, Chayce Beckham, Iam Tongi, and up and coming country artist Will Moseley.
B17
B17 Entertainment was founded in 2013 by principals and TV veterans, Rhett Bachner and Brien Meagher, as a full-service production company producing breakthrough content in a variety of genres including documentary, competition, comedy, kids and game. Based in Los Angeles, the company is a key supplier of programming for Netflix, ABC, Roku, MGM+, Instagram, Discovery, TikTok and SyFy to name a few. Some of B17 Entertainment’s recent productions include The Final Straw for ABC, The History of Swear Words with Nic Cage for Netflix, Jojo Goes with JoJo Siwa, and Thanks A Million with Jennifer Lopez for Roku.
The Intellectual Property Corporation
The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) is an industry leader in premium unscripted content, and creator of formats, limited series, doc features and culturally impactful hits. Founded by Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman in 2016, the multi Emmy®-winning production company is known as a destination for the stars, developing and producing series with talent like Selena Gomez, Meek Mill, Jason Momoa, Charli D’Amelio, Leah Remini and Paris Hilton. From hard-hitting investigative docuseries, to high stakes competition formats, to dating hits and cooking shows, IPC’s ability to execute hits across multiple genres of nonfiction has resulted in hundreds of hours of programming, and numerous awards and nominations, including the Primetime Emmys®, Daytime Emmys®, News and Documentary Emmys®, PGA Awards, TCA Awards, MTV Movie & TV Awards, GLAAD Media Awards, and the IDA Awards.
This Machine Filmworks
This Machine (a part of Sony Pictures Television - Nonfiction) was founded in Los Angeles and New York City in 2020 and has quickly established itself as one of the premier producers of documentary film and television in the world. Headed by Award-winning filmmaker and non-fiction pioneer R.J. Cutler, This Machine is a filmmaker-driven company that explores the times in which we live through non-fiction storytelling in all media. This Machine is behind the Academy Award shortlisted Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, the critically acclaimed four-part MGM+ docuseries Murf the Surf, the multi-award winning BELUSHI, the celebrated history of women of color in the fashion industry, Supreme Models, and the cult-hit Dear… which recently aired its second season on Apple TV+. Upcoming projects include the feature documentaries Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years That Made His Legend (Disney+), the Untitled Martha Stewart Documentary (Netflix), Anthem (Hulu) and The Devil You Know (HBO), as well as the four-part series Big Vape (Netflix), which chronicles the rise and fall the of E-cigarette company Juul.
Sharp Entertainment
Sharp Entertainment is one of the biggest creative powerhouses in nonfiction television today. Founded by producer Matt Sharp in 2003, Sharp Entertainment has created and delivered thousands of hours of programming and unparalleled ratings achievements across multiple networks, including TLC’s mega-franchise 90 Day Fiancé, WeTV’s Love After Lockup franchise, Cooking Channel’s Man v. Food, Nat Geo’s Doomsday Preppers, Discovery+‘s Love Off the Grid, and TLC’s Extreme Couponing.
Brass Monkeys Media
Brass Monkeys Media is a next-gen media company working across all media platforms. Led by Executive Producer and industry veteran Nick Rigg, the company develops and produces content across all media with a focus on talent development, format development and lifestyle content.
Brass Monkeys Media offers full-service production and consultancy services for talent and brands and has key partnerships in the US, Canada and the UK. The Monkeys work with all the major networks and platforms
Maxine
Maxine is an Emmy and Grammy Award-nominated film and television studio part of Sony Pictures Television devoted to the creation of extraordinary journalist- and filmmaker-driven nonfiction work. It was created in 2022 by Emmy Award-winning director and producer Mary Robertson (Quiet on Set, Framing Britney Spears, The Circus).
