Steve Rotfeld Productions
Steve Rotfeld Productions (SRP) is a television production, stock footage and broadcast syndication company based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. The company was founded in 1986 by president Steve Rotfeld. SRP currently produces six educational/informational (E/I)-compliant series through its syndication division: "Wild About Animals", "Awesome Adventures", "Whaddyado", "Chat Room" and "Animal Science". Additionally, SRP is currently producing one-hour quarterly specials of its popular sports programs "Greatest Sports Legends" and "Sports Gone Wild". Since 1985, SRP's programs have appeared in national broadcast syndication and on major cable channels such as TLC , ESPN, Animal Planet, truTV and the Travel Channel. History. Steve Rotfeld Productions was started in 1986 by Steve Rotfeld after working for his father for five years on sports-documentary series "Greatest Sports Legends". Initially working out of the second level of his home, Rotfeld soon teamed with 44 Blue Productions on "Bob Uecker’s Wacky World of Sports". With ESPN's "The Lighter Side of Sports", his staff outgrew his home. In the mid-1990s, SRP branched out into E/I programming with "Wild About Animals" and "Awesome Adventures" as that genre was left to the smaller producers. In 2008 , Steve Rotfeld established The WorkShop with SRP producer Tom Farrell. In fall 2014, SRP began programming a two-hour weekly block for Fox Television Stations under a syndication agreement entitled Xploration Station. With Sinclair Broadcasting Group adding Xploration Station to its station for five years starting in fall 2016, the block added another hour. Stephanie Wolf, a former National Geographic Channel executive, was hired as director of development for Rotfeld Production in early January 2015. Wolf then sealed distribution deals with Electus, Sky Vision and Tricon. In summer 2019, Rotfeld Productions announced three Apollo documentaries for various channels, streaming services  and syndicated blocks for the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Television shows. Greatest Sports Legends. Greatest Sports Legends is a sports anthology series on the lives and careers of noted athletes. First aired in April 1, 1972, the series was produced with 10 new episodes per year nestled amongst 42 reruns. 207 episodes were produced, with athlete hosts including Michael Jordan, Tom Seaver, Paul Hornung, Reggie Jackson, Steve Garvey and Celebrity Hosts George Plimpton, Ken Howard and Jayne Kennedy interviewing the featured athlete. The series won one Emmy award out of three nominations. After production, the series  continued to air in reruns. In 2012, it was announced that Steve Rotfeld Productions would offer one-hour editions. As of 2015, the series airs sporadically on the broadcast digital network Decades. Xploration Station. In Fall 2014, SRP will begin programming a two-hour weekly block for Fox Television Stations under a syndication agreement entitled "Xploration Station". With Sinclair Broadcasting Group adding Xploration Station to its station for five years starting in the fall 2016, the block added another hour. Xploration Station has received two Daytime Emmy Awards: Xploration Earth 2050 won in the category of Outstanding Special Class Series  in 2018, and "Weird But True!", a co-production with National Geographic Kids, won in the category of Outstanding Educational Informational Series in 2019. The WorkShop. In 2008, Steve Rotfeld established The WorkShop with SRP producer Tom Farrell. The full-service media production company currently produces the Golf Channel's "The Haney Project", and "Independence USA" on GBTV, Glenn Beck's live streaming video network. Past WorkShop series include "Donald J. Trump's Fabulous World of Golf" and "Golf in America".