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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Barris Productions, Inc.''' was a television production company that was started on June 14, 1965 by Chuck Barris as "Chuck Barris Enterprises, Inc.". The very first series was an unsold pilot called ''People Pickers'' and the first hit series was ''The Dating Game''. | '''Barris Productions, Inc.''' was a television production company that was started on June 14, 1965 by Chuck Barris as "'''Chuck Barris Enterprises, Inc.'''". The very first series was an unsold pilot called ''People Pickers'' and the first hit series was ''The Dating Game''. On October 28, 1968, Barris took his production company public. After the cancellation of ''Treasure Hunt'' in 1982, Barris left to move to France. | ||
He returned to the United States in 1984 and formed a distribution arm called "[[Bel-Air Program Sales]]" in October and syndicated his classic series: ''The Dating Game'', ''The Newlywed Game'' (for ABC reruns), ''The Gong Show'', ''3's A Crowd'', The ''$1.98 Beauty Show'', and ''Treasure Hunt'', among others. '''Chuck Barris Productions, Inc.''' was renamed to "Barris Industries, Inc." in 1981. He created ''The New Newlywed Game'' in 1984 and airing on ABC during Valentine's Week. However, it would become a first-run syndicated program during the 1985 season. | |||
He returned to the United States in 1984 and formed a distribution arm called "[[Bel-Air Program Sales]]" in October and syndicated his classic series: ''The Dating Game'', ''The Newlywed Game'' (for ABC reruns), ''The Gong Show'', ''3's A Crowd'', The ''$1.98 Beauty Show'', and ''Treasure Hunt'', among others. Chuck Barris Productions, Inc. was renamed to "Barris Industries, Inc." in 1981. | |||
He created ''The New Newlywed Game'' in 1984 and airing on ABC during Valentine's Week. However, it would become a first-run syndicated program during the 1985 season. | |||
In 1985, Chuck Barris formed an ad-sales barter called "Clarion Communications" with Steve Mathis, which was later renamed to "Barris Advertising Sales" on April 8, 1987, Bel-Air Program Sales became "Barris Program Sales" the same year, and the production arm Chuck Barris Productions to "Barris Productions". | In 1985, Chuck Barris formed an ad-sales barter called "Clarion Communications" with Steve Mathis, which was later renamed to "Barris Advertising Sales" on April 8, 1987, Bel-Air Program Sales became "Barris Program Sales" the same year, and the production arm Chuck Barris Productions to "Barris Productions". | ||