Asylum Entertainment
| Television Film Media |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Steve Michaels - CEO Jonathan Koch - CCO |
| Headquarters | Encino, California, United States |
| Owner | Legendary Television |
| Website | www |
Asylum Entertainment is a television production company based in Encino, California, United States. It is known for producing reality and scripted television series such as Beyond the Glory and The Kennedys. It was purchased by Legendary Pictures in 2014.
Steve Michaels (son of sportscaster Al Michaels) and Jonathan Koch formed Asylum Entertainment in 2001 when they began producing Beyond the Glory for Fox Sports. The series ran for 5 seasons and was nominated for 10 Emmys. With its success, Asylum went on to produce several other sports programming series such as IN FOCUS, ESPN’s 30 FOR 30, and the Emmy nominated series Fearless. They soon began to expand their programming to include reality beyond sports programming, producing The Locator, Addicted, American Gangster and many more.
In 2011, Asylum crossed over into scripted content with The Kennedys, the highly acclaimed 10-time Emmy nominated eight-part mini-series for ReelzChannel starring Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Barry Pepper and Tom Wilkinson. After The Kennedys' success, Asylum Entertainment entered into a production deal with ReelzChannel to develop and produce original series for the network, which included The Kennedy Files, Beverly Hills Pawn, Murder in the City of Angels and Hollywood Hillbillies.
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