Amblin Television

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**Amblin Television** is the television production division of Amblin Partners. It was established in 1981 by Amblin Entertainment as a small-screen production arm for Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories anthology for NBC. The company has produced television series including *Tiny Toon Adventures*, *Animaniacs*, *SeaQuest DSV*, *ER*, *Falling Skies*, and *The Americans*.

In 2012, 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. Since then, the combined company has produced television shows including *The Borgias*, *Under the Dome*, *The Haunting of Hill House* 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. In the 1990s, they also ventured into live-action series production with Harry and the Hendersons, seaQuest DSV and Earth 2. The long-running cornerstone television series ER, produced by Amblin Television and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, first aired in 1994 and ran for 15 seasons until 2009. The company also entered the streaming television market with specials and series including the documentary Five Came Back and The Haunting of Hill House, both for Netflix.

## Merger with DreamWorks Television

In 2012, 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. Soon after the DreamWorks merger, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey were named co-presidents of Amblin Television. Under their leadership, the company would develop and produce several series including The Americans, The Haunting of Hill House, and Smash.

## References

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2. ↑ Littleton, Cynthia; Littleton, Cynthia (2013-06-19). "Steven Spielberg: Tackling TV on His Own Terms" (in en). https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/cover-story-steven-spielberg-tackling-tv-on-his-own-terms-1200498890/.
3. ↑ "History of Amblin Entertainment – FundingUniverse". http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/amblin-entertainment-history/.
4. ↑ Bowes, Danny; Bowes, Danny (2013-04-15). "20 Years of TV: How ‘ER’ Was the Last Great Drama in Which the Show Itself Was the Star" (in en). https://www.indiewire.com/2013/04/20-years-of-tv-how-er-was-the-last-great-drama-in-which-the-show-itself-was-the-star-39442/.
5. ↑ Fabrikant, Geraldine (1997-01-20). "Despite a Sluggish Beginning, Dreamworks Is Viewed as a Potential Hollywood Power" (in en-US), *The New York Times*.
6. ↑ "Amblin TV Chiefs on Spielberg's 'Minority Report' Reboot, 'Extant' Changes and Their Message to Netflix" (in en). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amblin-tv-chiefs-spielbergs-minority-745720.
7. ↑ "Everything You Should Know About 'The Haunting of Bly Manor'". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/what-you-should-know-season-2-hill-house-watch-1188845.
8. ↑ "'Jurassic World' Animated Series Set at Netflix". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jurassic-world-animated-series-set-at-netflix-1215422.
9. ↑ "‘Animaniacs’ Reboot Lands Two-Season Straight-to-Series Order at Hulu". https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/animaniacs-reboot-hulu-1202653608/.
10. ↑ "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Documentaries". https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/natalie-wood-what-remains-behind.
11. ↑ "CBS Picks Up Edie Falco Cop Drama ‘Tommy’ for 2019-2020 Season". https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/cbs-edie-falco-tommy-1203211544/.
12. ↑ "Steven Spielberg Bringing Reboot of "Amazing Stories" to New Apple TV+ Streaming Service". https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3552590/steven-spielberg-bringing-reboot-amazing-stories-new-apple-tv-streaming-service/.
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14. ↑ Tuttle, Will; Editor-in-Chief, Xbox Wire (2018-06-28). "SHOWTIME, Amblin Television and 343 Industries Bring Halo to Television" (in en-US). https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/06/28/showtime-amblin-television-and-343-industries-bring-halo-to-television/.
15. ↑ Weiss, Josh (2018-05-31). "Dark Horse's Resident Alien comic crash-lands a pilot order at SYFY" (in en). https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dark-horses-resident-alien-comic-crash-lands-a-pilot-order-at-syfy.
16. ↑ Otterson, Joe (2019-02-25). "‘Gremlins’ Animated Series in the Works at WarnerMedia Streaming Service (EXCLUSIVE)" (in en). https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/gremlins-animated-series-warnermedia-1203146742/.
17. ↑ Gonzalez, Sandra (2019-10-11). "'Masters of the Air' from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks lands at Apple". https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/entertainment/masters-of-air-steven-spielberg-tom-hanks-apple/index.html.
18. ↑ Porter, Rick (May 9, 2019). "Steven Spielberg's Amblin TV Leaves CBS' 'Bull' Over Harassment Scandal". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/steven-spielbergs-amblin-tv-leaves-cbs-bull-harassment-scandal-1209256. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
19. ↑ "Steven Spielberg, Alex Gibney's Docuseries 'Why We Hate' Gets Premiere Date From Discovery (Exclusive)" (in en-US). 2019-08-26. https://www.thewrap.com/why-we-hate-steven-spielberg-alex-gibney-premiere-date-first-look-video/.
20. ↑ Sandler, Adam (1994-10-14). "Young Indiana Jones & the Hollywood Follies" (in en). https://variety.com/1994/tv/reviews/young-indiana-jones-the-hollywood-follies-1200438988/.

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