USA
USA
With 42 shows reaching 31 million viewers weekly across five continents, Eyeworks USA is one of the most successful producers of reality television in the world, with programming that transforms, inspires and entertains. It’s shows have been nominated for numerous Emmy and other industry awards, and have aired on US cable and broadcast networks including NBC, ABC, FOX, The CW, MTV, VH1, Discovery, Bravo, Animal Planet, TLC, CMT and Oxygen, among others.
In spring 2011, the first season of ratings winner Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition helped the ABC network secure its longest total-viewer winning streak in 14 years. The show follows super-obese individuals over the course of an entire year as they work with transformational specialist Chris Powell (The 650 Pound Virgin) and a team of experts to shed hundreds of pounds and regain their lives. Season two is in production and is slated to air in 2012.
Productions
In addition to Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, Eyeworks USA is producing The Revolution for ABC, a daily show about health and lifestyle
transformations hosted by a team of experts (including U.S. fashion expert Tim Gunn) and rotating guest contributors who help viewers change all aspects of their lives. The series, which will follow one woman’s five-month journey over the course of one week, is set to premiere in January 2012.
The company is also responsible for the reality franchise juggernaut The Biggest Loser, which premiered on NBC in 2004. In the hands of executive producers JD and Todd over 11 seasons, more than 25,000 pounds were lost and more than 1,000 lives transformed. The Biggest Loser not only has helped cast members across the globe to change their lives physically and emotionally, it also inspired millions of viewers and fans around the world to apply the show’s optimistic message of transformation to their own lives.
Eyeworks USA’s inspirational health and weight-loss franchises also include What’s Eating You? for E!, and I Used to be Fat for MTV. Other shows include Flying Wild Alaska for Discovery, which became the highest rated series premiere in the channel’s history with an audience of more than 6 million, Roseanne’s Nuts for Lifetime, featuring Emmy Award-winning actress and comedienne Roseanne Barr, Texas Women for CMT, and Hair Battle Spectacular for Oxygen.
On the network side, the company has also produced For Love Or Money, which premiered on NBC in 2003 and became NBC’s number one show in the key Adult 18-49 demographic, and Beauty And The Geek, also executive-produced by Ashton Kutcher, which launched on The WB in 2005 and migrated to The CW in 2007. Both series ran for four seasons on their respective networks. Other network series include Unan1mous for FOX, Age Of Love for NBC, and in 2010 MasterChef for FOX. Eyeworks USA’s cable presence also includes hit series Breaking Bonaduce, The Pick-Up Artist, Scott Baio Is 45 And Single and The OCD Project for VH1, Groomer Has It and My Cat From Hell for Animal Planet, Hammer Time for A&E; 4th And Long and Bar Rescue for Spike, Forever Young for TV Land, and Love Triangle for GSN.
High potential
In the US, Eyeworks has a position unlike any other company. In this enormously competitive market the team in Los Angeles has proven that it always starts with love for the product, and that that attitude is always a winner in a mature market like the USA. JD and Todd are prime examples to many creative’s who work at Eyeworks around the globe and contribute to the success of the whole group. Right now, Eyeworks USA mainly focuses on launching new shows that have the potential to grow into a true franchise. A welcome side effect is that the success of JD and Todd also reflects on the team of Eyeworks Distribution, which operates from the offices at Redondo Beach. The close cooperation between the legal departments of both companies and the role of Ross Weintraub, have created a very successful exchange that benefits the entire Eyeworks Group. Eyeworks USA is an icon within the Eyeworks family, making the Eyeworks group proud of its position in the US of A!
