Amblin Television

Amblin Television is the television production division of Amblin Partners. It was established in 1984 by Amblin Entertainment as a small-screen production arm for Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories anthology series for NBC.[3] The company has produced television series including Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, SeaQuest DSV, ER, Falling Skies, and The Americans.

This article is about the television production company. For the film production company, see Amblin Entertainment. For the parent company, see Amblin Partners.

Amblin Television
TypeDivision
IndustryTelevision
PredecessorDreamWorks Television
FoundedJuly 31, 1984 (1984-07-31)
Founders
Headquarters
Universal City, California
,
United States
Key people
  • Justin Falvey (Co-President)
  • Darryl Frank (Co-President)
ProductsTelevision series
Owner
ParentAmblin Partners
Websiteamblin.com/tv/

In 2013, DreamWorks Television, producer of such series as Spin City, Taken, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, United States of Tara, Smash, and the HBO film All the Way, was merged into Amblin Television.[4] Since then, the combined company has produced television shows including The Borgias, Under the Dome, The Haunting and Roswell, New Mexico.

History

In the 1980s and 1990s, Amblin Television produced television series, specials, made-for-TV and cable films, and animated children's programming such as Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, along with television series adaptations based around Amblin's popular feature films such as Back to the Future, An American Tail, Casper, and Men in Black.[5] In the 1990s, they also ventured into live-action series production with Harry and the Hendersons, seaQuest DSV and Earth 2. Its longest running television series is ER, which aired from 1994 until 2009 for 15 seasons.[6] The company also entered the streaming television market with specials and series including the documentary Five Came Back and The Haunting, both for Netflix.

In 2013, DreamWorks Television was merged into Amblin Television, the former having been founded by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks SKG partners Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in 1996.[7] Soon after the DreamWorks merger, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey were named co-presidents of Amblin Television.[8] Under their leadership, the company would develop and produce several series including The Americans, The Haunting, and Roswell, New Mexico.

Current television series
Title Years Network Notes
Resident Alien2021–presentSyfyco-production with Jocko Productions, Dark Horse Entertainment and Universal Content Productions
Halo2022–presentParamount+co-production with Chapter Eleven, One Big Picture, 343 Industries and Showtime Networks
Billy the KidEpix (season 1) / MGM+ (season 2)co-production with One Big Picture (season 1), De Line Pictures, MGM Television and MGM+ Studios
Fatal Attraction2023–presentParamount+co-production with Nutmegger and Paramount Television Studios
Gremlins: Secrets of the MogwaiMax
Cartoon Network		co-production with Warner Bros. Animation
Tiny Toons Looniversity
EncountersNetflixco-production with Boardwalk Pictures, Vice Studios and Motherboard
Life on Our Planetco-production with Silverback Films

Future television series
Title Years Network Notes
Masters of the Air2024Apple TV+co-production with Playtone, Parliament of Owls and Apple Studios[9][10]
Easy RawlinsTBATBAco-production with B.O.B FilmHouse, Inc. and JB Pictures[11]
Friends Like These[12]
Our TimeDisney+co-production with Warner Bros. Television, The Jackal Group and The Donners' Company[13]
RashomonMaxco-production with Opus7 Entertainment and Atmosphere Entertainment[14]
Signs of Survival: A Memory of the HolocaustTBAco-production with Scholastic Entertainment and Solo One Productions[15]
The Afghanistan Papersco-production with Jigsaw Productions[16]
The TalismanNetflixco-production with Upside Down Pictures and Paramount Television Studios[17][18]
The Woman's HourThe CWco-production with Warner Bros. Television[19]

Former television series
# Title Years Network Notes
1 Amazing Stories1985–1987NBCco-production with Universal Television
credited as Amblin Entertainment
2 Tiny Toon Adventures1990–1995CBS (episode 1) / Syndication (seasons 1 and 2) / Fox Kids (season 3)co-production with Warner Bros. Animation
credited as Amblin Entertainment
3 Harry and the Hendersons1991–1993Syndicationcredited as Amblin Entertainment in season 1
4 Back to the Future1991–1992CBSco-production with Universal Cartoon Studios, Zaloom/Mayfield Productions and BIG Pictures
5 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992–1993ABCco-production with Lucasfilm and Paramount Television
6 Fievel's American Tails1992CBSco-production with Nelvana and Universal Cartoon Studios
7 The Plucky Duck ShowFox Kidsco-production with Warner Bros. Animation
credited as Amblin Entertainment
8 Family Dog1993CBSco-production with Tim Burton Productions, Nelvana, Universal Television and Warner Bros. Television
9 seaQuest DSV1993–1996NBCco-production with Universal Television
10 Animaniacs1993–1998Fox Kids (seasons 1 and 2) / Kids' WB (seasons 3–5)co-production with Warner Bros. Animation
credited as Amblin Entertainment
11 ER1994–2009NBCco-production with Constant C Productions and Warner Bros. Television
12 Earth 21994–1995co-production with Universal Television
13 Fudge1995–1996ABC (season 1) / CBS (season 2)co-production with Kevin Slattery Productions and MCA Television Entertainment
14 Freakazoid!1995–1997Kids' WBco-production with Warner Bros. Animation
credited as Amblin Entertainment
15 Pinky and the Brain1995–1998
16 The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper1996–1998Fox Kidsco-production with Harveytoons and Universal Cartoon Studios
17 Men in Black: The Series1997–2001Kids' WBco-production with Adelaide Productions and Columbia TriStar Television
credited as Amblin Entertainment
18 Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain1998–1999co-production with Warner Bros. Animation
credited as Amblin Entertainment
19 The Land Before Time2007–2008Cartoon Networkco-production with Universal Animation Studios
credited as Amblin Entertainment
20 On the Lot2007Foxco-production with Mark Burnett Productions and DreamWorks Television
21 The Borgias2011–2013Showtimeco-production with CTV (season 1), Bell Media (seasons 2 and 3), Myriad Pictures, ImageMovers, Take 5 Productions, Octagon Films and Showtime Networks
22 Terra Nova2011Foxco-production with Chernin Entertainment, Kapital Entertainment, Siesta Productions and 20th Century Fox Television
23 The River2012ABCco-production with Haunted Movies, J.A. Green Construction Corp. and ABC Studios
24 The Americans2013–2018FXco-production with Nemo Films, Fox Television Studios (seasons 1 and 2), Fox 21 Television Studios (seasons 3–6) and FX Productions
previously produced by DreamWorks Television in the pilot
25 Under the Dome2013–2015CBSco-production with Baer Bones and CBS Television Studios
26 Lucky 72013ABCco-production with Remainder Men, The Beekeeper's Apprentice Productions and ABC Studios
27 Falling Skies2014–2015TNTco-production with Invasion Productions and TNT Original Productions
seasons 4–5 only; previously produced by DreamWorks Television in seasons 1–3
28 ExtantCBSco-production with 22 Plates Productions (season 1) and CBS Television Studios
29 Red Band SocietyFoxco-production with Filmax and ABC Studios
30 The Whispers2015ABCco-production with Clickety-Clack Productions and ABC Studios
31 Public MoralsTNTco-production with Marlboro Road Gang Productions and TNT Original Productions
32 Minority ReportFoxco-production with Paramount Television and 20th Century Fox Television
33 American Gothic2016CBSco-production with Full Fathom Five, Hyla Regilla Productions and CBS Television Studios
34 Bull2016–2019co-production with Atelier Paul Attanasio, Picturemaker Productions (seasons 2 and 3), Stage 29 Productions and CBS Television Studios
seasons 1–3 only[20]
35 Five Came Back2017Netflixco-production with Scott Rudin Productions, IACF Productions, Passion Pictures and Rock Paper Scrissors Entertainment
36 Reverie2018NBCco-production with Extant Storytech, Cheap Theatrics Inc., Energy Entertainment and Universal Television
37 All About the WashingtonsNetflixco-production with Simmons/Lehman Productions and ABC Signature Studios
38 The Haunting2018–2020co-production with FlanaganFilm (season 1), Intrepid Pictures (season 2) and Paramount Television Studios
39 Roswell, New Mexico2019–2022The CWco-production with My So-Called Company, Bender Brown Productions, CBS Studios and Warner Bros. Television
40 Why We Hate2019Discovery Channelco-production with Jigsaw Productions and Escape Artists[21]
41 Tommy2020CBSco-production with Atelier Paul Attanasio and CBS Television Studios
42 Amazing StoriesApple TV+co-production with ABC Studios, Kitsis/Horowitz and Universal Television
43 Laurel CanyonEpixco-production with Jigsaw Productions, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Warner Music Entertainment and MGM Television
44 Brave New WorldPeacockco-production with David Wiener and Universal Content Productions
45 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous2020–2022Netflixco-production with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Television
credited as Amblin Entertainment
46 Animaniacs2020–2023Huluco-production with Warner Bros. Animation
47 San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time2023MGM+co-production with Jigsaw Productions, K/M Documentaries, FourScore Productions, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Entertainment and MGM+ Studios
48 Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of JuulNetflixco-production with This Machine Filmworks and Time Studios

Television specials
Airdate Title Network Notes
December 18, 1991A Wish for Wings That WorkCBSco-production with Universal Cartoon Studios
March 27, 1994Tiny Toon Spring BreakFoxco-production with Warner Bros. Animation
credited as Amblin Entertainment
May 28, 1995Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery
April 2, 2009Previously on ERNBCco-production with John Wells Productions, Constant C Productions and Warner Bros. Television
Retrospective special of ER
June 21, 2020Why We Hate: The ReckoningDiscovery Channelco-production with Jigsaw Productions[22]
November 15, 2022Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure[23]Netflixco-production with Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation Television
credited as Amblin Entertainment
Interactive special

Television films
Airdate Title Network Notes
August 24, 1992The Water EngineTNTco-production with Brandman Productions, Majestic Films International and Planet Productions
January 26, 1993Cooperstownco-production with Brandman Productions
April 12, 1993Class of '61ABCco-production with Universal Television
August 23, 1993Arthur Miller's The American ClockTNTco-production with Brandman Productions
September 7, 1993Percy & Thunder
October 15, 1994Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood FolliesThe Family Channelco-production with Lucasfilm and Paramount Television
credited as Amblin Entertainment[24]
January 15, 1995Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eyeco-production with Lucasfilm
credited as Amblin Entertainment
October 8, 1995Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen
June 16, 1996Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
May 21, 2016All the WayHBOco-production with HBO Films, Moon Shot Entertainment, Tale Told Productions and Everyman Pictures
May 5, 2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindHBO Maxco-production with Nedland Media and HBO Documentary Films[25]
October 18, 2022Mama's Boy[26]HBO
HBO Max		co-production with LD Entertainment, Playtone, Nedland Media and HBO Documentary Films
November 4, 2022Good Night Oppy[27]Amazon Prime Videoco-production with Amazon Studios, Film 45 and Tripod Media
credited as Amblin Entertainment

Future television films
Airdate Title Network Notes
TBAUntitled John Williams documentary[28]TBAco-production with Imagine Documentaries and Nedland Media

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