Studio Lambert

Studio Lambert is an independent television production company based in Los Angeles and London.

It specializes in creating and producing entertaining non-scripted programs for the UK, US and international markets. It launched in Soho, London, in March 2008 and six months later opened a US office in Culver City, CA. It is currently producing shows in the US and UK for a wide range of broadcast and cable networks. In the 2011 Broadcast (magazine) survey of independent production companies, Studio Lambert ranked #11 by size of turnover.

Chief executive Stephen Lambert is responsible for creating ground-breaking international hit formats in Britain and America such as Wife Swap, Faking It, and Secret Millionaire. Before launching Studio Lambert, he was chief creative officer of the RDF Media Group (now part of the Zodiak Media Group.) Eli Holzman has been the president of Studio Lambert USA since its inception in 2008. He is the former head and co-founder of Miramax Television. Holzman created the series Project Runway, and served as the president of Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Films, where he developed and launched Beauty and the Geek.

Studio Lambert is owned by All3Media, a global group of production companies and an international distribution company.

Studio Lambert's first major formatted show was Undercover Boss, which started on Britain's Channel 4 in 2009 and has become a very successful international hit format produced in more than twenty countries. Studio Lambert's American version premiered on CBS in February 2010 immediately after the Super Bowl to a record-breaking audience of nearly 40 million viewers - the largest audience ever for the premiere of a reality series. It went on to become the most popular new show of the 2009-10 television season in any genre with an average audience of 17 million viewers and to earn an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Reality Program in 2010, 2011 and 2012, winning the category in 2012. The second season averaged 12.3 million viewers and the third season, which saw the show move from Sunday to the less popular Friday night, attracted an average of 9.4 million viewers. CBS ordered a fourth season in March 2012.