Reeves Entertainment: Difference between revisions

Alan Landsburg Productions was a production company founded in April 1970 by Alan Landsburg, who was formerly working for [[Metromedia Producers Corporation]]. It was acquired by [[Tomorrow Entertainment|Tomorrow Entertainment, Inc.]] in August 1971 and Reeves Teletape Corp. (later part of "Reeves Communications Corp.") acquired ALP on September 18, 1978 from Tomorrow Entertainment. Alan Landsburg then left the company in 1985 to form "[[The Landsburg Company]]", and Alan Landsburg Productions became "Reeves Entertainment Group" on May 6, 1985. In 1990, Reeves was sold to [[Thames (UK)|Thames Television]] for $89 million. Reeves Entertainment was closed down in 1994 and folded into Thames. Most of the television series it made are currently distributed by [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Television Distribution]] in the US if distributed by [[MCA TV]], while ''What Would You Do?'' and ''Wild and Crazy Kids!'' are owned by [[Nickelodeon]] and ''Doctor, Doctor'' is distributed by [[Sony Pictures Television]]. Some made for TV movies such as 1983's ''Adam'' and 1977's ''Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo'' are distributed by [[Fremantle (UK)|FremantleMedia]], successor to Thames Television.