SFM Entertainment
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SFM Entertainment, LLC is an American television syndicator, film distributor, production company, and licensing firm established on September 29, 1969, originally as a division of SFM Media Corporation.[1] SFM Entertainment is known for setting up 'occasional' networks.[2] The name comes from the initials of the company's founders: Walter Staab, Robert Frank, and Stanley Moger.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
History
SFM Media Services Corporation was founded on September 29,[1] 1969 as an independent advertising agency by Stanley Moger, Bob Frank and Walt Staab. SFM Media started a division, SFM Entertainment (SFME), to enter the strip-programming business. SFME's first program was The Mickey Mouse Club.[3]
During the winter of 1976-77, SFM Media Service assisted Mobil Oil in running and launching the Mobil Showcase Network. This led to three additional companies approaching SFM on setting up their own 'occasional' networks.[2] In 1978, SFM launched its own network, SFM Holiday Network.[4] SFM subsequently launched the General Foods Golden Showcase Network[3] in 1980.[5] In 1983, SFM worked with Del Monte Foods to form an ad hoc TV network to broadcast the special Believe You Can . . . And You Can! over 100 stations on April 21, 1983 at 8 PM EST.[6]
In 1994, SFM started up a sports marketing unit in its media services division with the hiring of Jerry Solomon as executive vice president.[7]
In 1998, media holding company Havas purchased SFM Media Corporation; its SFM Entertainment division was not included in the sale.[8]
Shows distributed by SFM
Some shows distributed by SFM (past or present) include:
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin[3]
- Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
- The Mickey Mouse Club (the 1977-1978 version, including the 1975-1977 syndication of the black-and-white original series)[3]
- The Flip Wilson Show
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- The Smothers Brothers Show
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The Danny Thomas Show
- The Real McCoys
- The West Point Story (along with MGM Television)
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
- the AFI 100 Years... series of TV specials
- Zoobilee Zoo (with DIC Entertainment) live action pre-school program[9]
- Care Bears (syndicated version from 1988)
- Rainbow Brite
- Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
- Make Room for Daddy
- The Joey Bishop Show
- Death Valley Days[10]
- Mister Peepers
- Help! I'm a Fish
- The Doctors
- Edward the Seventh (British miniseries distributed in U.S. in 1979)
- Deal (a 1978 behind-the-scenes look at Let's Make a Deal)
- Good Morning World
- Lotsa Luck
- Roseanne (produced by Carsey-Werner Productions)
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1967–1969 NBC series; sketches edited from original hour-long shows into half-hour reruns)
- The Toys That Rescued Christmas (2004)
- Superstars[8]
- Battle of the Network Stars[8]
- Female Superstars[8]
- SFM I movie and documentary package[9]
- The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
- Pinocchio in Outer Space
- Stamp of Greatness – weekly half-hour program profile those on the postage stamps[9]
- Directions – weekly half-hour program on fashion[9]
- The George Steinbrenner Show – half-hour weekly sports series moderated by Steinbrenner as two well-known sports figures debate sports related issue in front of an audience[9]
- Faces of Love – first-run anthology series from major authors feature romance[9]
- The Hugga Bunch – 5-part limited series[9]
- The Texas 150th Birthday Celebration – 3-hour live special featuring top Texan stars mark the 150th anniversary of Texas[9]
- The March of Time – award-winning British documentary series[9]
- The Dione Lucas Cooking Show
Units
- SFM Entertainment
See also
References
External links
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