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Sharp Entertainment, part of Sony Pictures Television, is one of the biggest creative powerhouses in unscripted television production today. Led by producer Matt Sharp since 2003, Sharp is one of the industry’s leading production enterprises worldwide delivering thousands of hours of programming and unparalleled ratings success across multiple networks and platforms. Sharp’s mega-hit franchise, TLC's “90 Day Fiancé,” is a top-performer on all of cable along with spinoffs including “90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After,” “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days,” and “90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way.” Sharp is also behind WE TV’s buzzy docu-series “Love After Lockup,” as well as top-rated “Man v. Food” for the Cooking Channel. Other notable Sharp series include “Extreme Couponing” for TLC, “Doomsday Preppers” for National Geographic, and the long-running hit “The Fabulous Life” for VH1, among many others.

Production Company

Since launching in 2000, A. Smith & Co. Productions has become one of the largest production companies in North America, creating over 4,000 hours of programming with budgets totaling well over a billion dollars. A. Smith & Co. has produced over 175 television shows for more than 47 networks and is well known for its high production standards across numerous genres. Outside its success in the domestic content marketplace, A. Smith & Co. has been very successful in exporting its programming internationally, with formats sold to well over 120 territories. In 2011, A. Smith & Co. joined forces with the Tinopolis Group to create a transatlantic television powerhouse, becoming the leading North American television production entity within the Tinopolis organization while gaining the ability to tap into the worldwide resources of the parent company. In 2016, A. Smith & Co. Productions launched three divisions: A. Smith & Co. Dox, the company’s documentary and factual programming arm; A. Smith & Co. Entertainment, which houses the company’s wide variety of entertainment programming; and A. Smith & Co. Sports, its sports entertainment arm. The vast lineup of A. Smith & Co. programming includes some of the most innovative, well known, and highly rated series in the reality, documentary, and non-fiction spaces. Current programming includes “Hell's Kitchen” (Fox) -- currently in its 18th season of production – Emmy-nominated “American Ninja Warrior,” “The Titan Games” (NBC), “Unsung (TV One), “Ninja Vs Ninja” (USA), “NFL Pro Bowl Skills Showdown” (ESPN), “SciJinks” (Discovery), “Death By Magic” (Netflix), “Last State Standing” (Facebook),“24/B4,” and “Crashing the Course” (NBC Digital), “Oh My Josh!” (Freeform) and “Mr. Impossible” (Uninterrupted.com).