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=== Background ===
=== Background ===
'''Alan Landsburg Productions''' was a production company founded in April 1970 by '''Alan Landsburg''', who formerly worked for [[Metromedia Producers Corporation]]. In August 1971, it was acquired by [[Tomorrow Entertainment|Tomorrow Entertainment, Inc.]], then it was spun off as an independent company in late 1974 as Tommorow closed. The company would be sold to '''Reeves''' Teletape Corp. (later part of "Reeves Communications Corp.") on September 18, 1978. Alan Landsburg then left the company in 1985 to form "[[The Landsburg Company]]", and Alan Landsburg Productions became "'''Reeves Entertainment Group'''" on May 6 that year. In 1990, Reeves was sold to [[Thames|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 Syndication Studios]] in the US if previously 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|FremantleMedia]], successor to Thames Television.
[[Alan Landsburg Productions]] was a production company founded in April 1970 by '''Alan Landsburg''', who formerly worked for [[Metromedia Producers Corporation]]. In August 1971, it was acquired by [[Tomorrow Entertainment|Tomorrow Entertainment, Inc.]], then it was spun off as an independent company in late 1974 as Tommorow closed. The company would be sold to '''Reeves''' Teletape Corp. (later part of "Reeves Communications Corp.") on September 18, 1978. Alan Landsburg then left the company in 1985 to form "[[The Landsburg Company]]", and Alan Landsburg Productions became "'''Reeves Entertainment Group'''" on May 6 that year. In 1990, Reeves was sold to [[Thames|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 Syndication Studios]] in the US if previously 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|FremantleMedia]], successor to Thames Television.


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