Production company's new lineup suggests reality TV has 'run its course'
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Your support makes all the difference.According to Fremantle Corp., the parent company of television shows such as American Idol and America's Got Talent, the company is now focusing on dramas, suspense shows and programming with a longer shelf life than reality TV fare.
Fremantle is pursuing international co-productions to offset the higher production costs that come with such content in comparison to reality shows.
Currently in the works is an action series co-produced with Italian partner DeAngelis Production & Distribution, including a western series to be shot in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Another series it plans to co-produce is The Further Adventures of Black Beauty with Australian partner Avoca Media Holdings PTY, to be shot in Australia.
Fremantle will also co-produce episodes of a new cartoon series called Fang Force, with the UK's Strict Machine, about a family of vampires fighting villains.
The success of its Canadian police series, Flashpoint, on American network CBS-TV, can be seen as an indication of the shift in direction of the current market; Irv Holender, a Fremantle principal, told entertainment trade publication the Hollywood Reporter, that reality-based TV appears to have "run its course."
Fremantle also produces and distributes game shows, such as The Price Is Right.
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