Authentic Entertainment
View on WikipediaAuthentic Entertainment, LLC was a Burbank-based reality television company founded in 2000 by Lauren Lexton and Tom Rogan that has produced television series that cover a wide range of subjects (e.g. Ace of Cakes, Weird Travels, Toddlers & Tiaras, All on the Line, Surprise Homecoming, Flipping Out, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Auction Kings, Off Limits, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo), and most recently Cheer Perfection and Is Your Dog A Genius? and air on multiple networks, including Bravo, the Food Network, TLC, and the Discovery Channel. Authentic produces about 200 hours of programming a year. Endemol (now Banijay Entertainment) had been the owner of Authentic Entertainment from 2010 to 2025. The name ceased in 2025.
Key Information
History
[edit]Authentic Entertainment was founded in 2000 by Lauren Lexton and Tom Rogan, who were familiar with each other in their work as freelance reality production staffers.[1][2]
On August 10, 2010, Endemol B.V. announced the acquisition of a majority share of Authentic Entertainment Inc. by Endemol North America,[3] with unverified reports claiming the deal worth US$60–70 million.[4][5]
On January 31, 2025, Authentic Entertainment was folded into 51 Minds Entertainment.[6]
Marketing
[edit]Authentic was represented by the Creative Artists Agency.
Awards
[edit]Authentic had been named to Realscreen magazine's "Global 100" list for six consecutive years, starting in 2007,[7] and continuing in 2008,[8] 2009,[9] 2010,[10] 2011, and 2012.
Four of their shows have received CINE Golden Eagle awards: Flipping Out in 2008,[11] and Ace of Cakes, Toddlers & Tiaras, and The Best Thing I Ever Ate in 2010.[12][13] In 2013, The Best Thing I Ever Made won a Daytime Emmy Award,[14] and in 2014, Flipping Out was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.[15]
Productions
[edit]- Weird Travels
- Weddings Away
- Weddings Altered
- Travel Channel Secrets
- The Running of the Brides
- The Other Nostradamus
- The 750 Pound Man
- Scene of the Crime
- Reasonable Doubt
- My Husband's Three Wives
- Losing It: Tales From Fat Camp
- Incredibly Small
- Help I'm A Hoarder
- Haunted Hotels
- Ghost Moms
- Destination USA
- Clinically Wild Alaska
- Christmas: Behind The Tradition
- Christmas Specials (Crazy for Christmas, Dazzling Holiday Lights, Christmas Fun in the Sun)
- Beyond The Bull
- Beach Eats
- Will Work For Food
- The Sun
- Pop School
- Night (TV series)
- Lock 'N Load
- g word
- Cities of the Underworld
- Mysterious Journeys
- Science Of The Movies
- The Unpoppables
- Traveler's Guide to Life
- Best Places I've Ever Been: Disney Memories
- Track Me If You Can
- You're Wearing That?!?
- Surprise Homecoming with Billy Ray Cyrus
- Amsale Girls
- The Originals with Emeril
- Howe and Howe Tech
- High Stakes Sweepers
- 10 Things that Make Me Happy
- Out of Character with Krista Smith
- Sugar High
- Ludo Bites America
- All About The Food
- Raising Fame
- Family Beef
- LA Sugar
- Big Mama's Kitchen
- Bidding War
- The Next Game Boss
- Geek Love
- Living Country
- How Human Are You?
- Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis
- Off Limits
- The Best Thing I Ever Made
- Flipping the Block
- Jersey Belle
- You Can't Lick Your Elbow
- My First home
- Is Your Dog A Genius?
- Cheer Perfection
- White Collar Brawlers
- Auction Kings
- It Takes a Church
- All on the Line with Joe Zee
- Duff Till Dawn
- Waterfront House Hunting
- Guilty Pleasures
- Top 5 Restaurants
- Ace of Cakes
- Toddlers & Tiaras
- The Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Flipping Out
- Knife Fight
- Vacation Home Search
- Christmas Show
- The Poor Bastard
- Food Firsts
- His & Hers
- Paradise Found
- Married Like a Movie Star
- Growing Up Hollywood
- Venom Hunters
- Trip Testers
- Star Plates
- Smartest Guy In The Room
- Cake Masters
- Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
- The Perfect Fit
- Breaking Bass
- Trading Spaces
- Listing Impossible
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". 2002-12-08. Archived from the original on 2002-12-08. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (9 August 2010). "Endemol to acquire Authentic Entertainment". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ "Endemol - News". 2010-11-22. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Endemol to acquire Authentic Entertainment". Variety. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21.
- ^ Walsh, Barry (9 August 2010). "Endemol acquires Authentic Entertainment". RealScreen. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Elems, John (January 31, 2025). "Banijay Americas folds Authentic into 51 Minds". Broadcast. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
- ^ Christie, Brendan (1 April 2007). "The Global 100 - Intro & G100 List". RealScreen. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Staff (1 March 2008). "The Global 100". RealScreen. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Gibb, Lindsay; Walsh, Barry (1 March 2009). "The Global 100". RealScreen. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Realscreen Editorial Staff (1 March 2010). "The Global 100". RealScreen. Retrieved 22 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CINE Golden Eagle Award Recipients". 2011-09-28. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Golden Eagle Award". CINE. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ "Golden Eagle Award". CINE. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ "WINNERS FOR THE 40TH ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY AWARDS |The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". emmyonline.org. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. June 16, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "Bravo Scores 4 Emmy Nominations!". Bravo. NBCUniversal. July 10, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ "comingsoon". 2006-10-05. Archived from the original on 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Productions". 2016-01-13. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "our full show archive". Authentic TV. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
