Reg Grundy Organisation was an Australian television production company founded by Reg Grundy (born Reg Grundle) in 1959. It has since branched out into Europe and the USA. The company first produced game shows, before branching into soap operas in 1973. In 1995, Reg Grundy sold the company to Pearson PLC, which now operates under the name FremantleMedia. In July 2000, Reg Grundy Organisation was sold on to the RTL Group. As of 2005, it is 90% owned by Bertelsmann. However, Grundy Television and Crackerjack Productions have now merged and become FremantleMedia Australia. Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of performing arts, film, radio or a television program. ... Reg Grundy (born 1923) is one of the most successful Australian media and television moguls of his generation. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Pearson plc LSE: PSON;NYSE: PSO is a London-based media conglomerate. ... RTL Group (LuxSE: RTL) is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ... Bertelsmann AG is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. ... Crackerjack Productions is an Australian independent television production company headed by brothers Mark and Carl Fennessy. ... FremantleMedia (formerly All-American Television and Pearson Television) is a division of RTL Group which holds the rights to the Goodson/Todman game show library which includes such classic game shows as The Price is Right, Match Game, Ive Got a Secret, and Family Feud, as well as non...

History

After success in radio, Grundy's first TV production was Wheel of Fortune, which launched on Nine Network in 1959. Another show with this title celebrated its 25th anniversary in Australia, a week before its cancellation in July 2006. Wheel of Fortune was an Australian television game show, produced by Grundy Television and broadcast on the Seven Network from 1981 to 2006. ... The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. ...

In the late 1980’s Reg Grundy established Grundy World Wide Limited. He created and operated local, independent television production and distribution companies in Europe, Asia and North and South America.

FremantleMedia (then Pearson Television) acquired the Grundy group of companies in 1995. On August 30th 2006, FremantleMedia announced they would merge Grundy Television with their other Australian production company, Crackerjack Productions, to form a single 'super' production company called "FremantleMedia Australia". The new company is now managed by the management team from Crackerjack, with Mark Fennessy as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and his brother Carl Fennessy as Chief Operating Officer (COO). FremantleMedia (formerly All-American Television and Pearson Television) is a division of RTL Group which holds the rights to the Goodson/Todman game show library which includes such classic game shows as The Price is Right, Match Game, Ive Got a Secret, and Family Feud, as well as non...

Simon Spalding (FremantleMedia Director of Asia Pacific Operations) said in an interview that Grundy Television's premises in Sydney are to be refurbished and that once complete, all Sydney based staff will be located there. He claims that this will help to create a 'deeper' production facility and is not a cost cutting exercise. Spalding also said that although the Grundy name would be disappearing, he was looking at how FremantleMedia could retain the Grundy name and the heritage associated with it. One compromise re-brand mooted by die-hard Grundy nostalgics is "FremantleGrundles Australia".

Divisions

The company had several divisions in other countries:

• Reg Grundy Productions was the United States division. This is now defunct, having been absorbed into Fremantle Media, along with Mark Goodson Productions. Their U.S. office was headquartered in West Los Angeles, near Century City.
• Grundy Light Entertainment - the still active German division, which produces such shows as Familien-Duell, Ruck Zuck (best known of Grundy's German game shows), Das Quiz mit Jorg Pilawa, Hopp oder Top, Q-Boot, and owns the rights to Der Preis ist Heiss.
• Grundy France EURL - the now defunct French division which was best known for producing Questions Pour un Champion, along with other programs Le Juste Prix, 100%, and La Gym de Neurones.
• Grundy Productions Italy SpA - the now defunct Italian division, which produced programs like Furore, Greed, and $20, based on the Australian game show The $20 Challenge.
• Grundy also had a UK division, best known for producing Going for Gold, a big hit on the BBC for ten years. It also owned the rights to two Bruce Forsyth-hosted games-- Bruce's Price is Right and (Bruce Forsyth's) Play Your Cards Right.
• Their Swedish operation produced a local version of Sons and Daughters - Skilda Världar. It also produced the Swedish version of Card Sharks - Lägt Kört Ligger.

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Programmes

It is produced by Grundy Television (*)

• Australia's Most Wanted
• Australian Idol
• Class of '74
• Bert's Family Feud
• Burgo's Catch Phrase*
• Glenview High
• It's a Knockout
• Neighbours*
• Nerds FC
• Perfect Match
• Prisoner
• $ale of the Century, and later Temptation
• Sons and Daughters
• Superquiz
• The Price Is Right
• The Restless Years
• The Young Doctors
• Wheel of Fortune*
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Australias Most Wanted was a television program based on the format made popular by Americas Most Wanted. ... Australian Idol is the Logie Award winning Australian version of the hit British TV show Pop Idol. ... Class of 74 was a secondary school based daily soap opera produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and screened on Channel Seven Australia starting March 1974. ... Berts Family Feud was an Australian version of the game show Family Feud. ... Burgos Catch Phrase was a game show which ran on the Nine Network in Australia since 1997, starring John Burgess. ... Glenview High is an Australian television series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978. ... Its a Knockout was a popular British television gameshow that ran from 1966 to 1982, featuring teams in outlandish costumes (often large latex suits) competing to complete bizarre tasks in absurd games. ... This article is about an Australian soap opera. ... Nerds FC is an Australian TV show featuring football (soccer). ... Perfect Match was an Australian dating game show in the same vein as The Dating Game and Blind Date. ... Countries which have their own version Sale of the Century is an international television game show format that has screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969. ... For the 1967-68 U.S. game show of the same name, see Temptation (1967 US game show). ... Sons and Daughters was an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. ... The Price Is Right was a television game show that has been produced in a number of different formats in Australia. ... The Restless Years was an Australian soap opera targeting a young audience and following the lives of several Sydney school-leavers and young adults. ... The Young Doctors was an Australian, early evening soap opera. ... Wheel of Fortune was an Australian television game show, produced by Grundy Television and broadcast on the Seven Network from 1981 to 2006. ... Logo from the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions. ...

External links

• FremantleMedia Press release This is the official press release on the FremantleMedia official website.
• Grundy name may survive merger A news story on the merger