SFM Entertainment
SFM Entertainment is an American television syndicator, film distributor, production company, and licensing firm established on September 29, 1969.[2] SFM Entertainment is known for setting up 'occasional' networks.[3] The name comes from the initials of the company's founders: Walter Staab, Robert Frank, and Stanley Moger.[citation needed]
SFM Entertainment logo (1977–present) | |
| Type | Private corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television, film, and new media distribution, production, and licensing[1] |
| Founded | September 29, 1969 |
| Founder | Walter Staab Robert Frank Stanley Moger |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Stanley Moger, CEO Michael Maizes, SVP, Counsel, CFO |
| Products | TV shows |
| Services | Ad hoc TV networks |
| Owner | Stanley Moger |
| Divisions | SFM Holiday Network SFM Media Corporation |
| Website | sfment |
History
SFM Media Services started on September 29,[2] 1969 as an independent advertising agency by Stanley Moger, Bob Frank and Walt Staab. SFM Media started a division, SFM Entertainment (SFME), to enter the strip-programming business. SFME's first program was The Mickey Mouse Club.[4]
During the winter of 1976-77, SFM Media Service assisted Mobil Oil in running and launching the Mobil Showcase Network. This led to three additional companies approaching SFM on setting up their own 'occasional' networks.[3] In 1978, SFM launched its own network, SFM Holiday Network.[5] SFM subsequently launched the General Foods Golden Showcase Network[4] in 1980.[6] In 1983, SFM worked with Del Monte Foods to form an ad hoc TV network to broadcast the special Believe You Can . . . And You Can! over 100 stations on April 21, 1983 at 8 PM EST.[7]
In 1994, SFM started up a sports marketing unit in its media services division with the hiring of Jerry Solomon as executive vice president.[8] In 1998, media holding company Havas purchased SFM, except for its SFM Entertainment division.[9]
Shows distributed by SFM
Some shows distributed by SFM (past or present) include:
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin[4]
- Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
- The Mickey Mouse Club (the 1977-1978 version, including the 1975-1977 syndication of the black-and-white original series)[4]
- The Flip Wilson Show
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- The Smothers Brothers Show
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The Danny Thomas Show
- The Real McCoys
- The West Point Story (along with MGM Television)
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
- the AFI 100 Years... series of TV specials
- Zoobilee Zoo (with DIC Entertainment) live action pre-school program[10]
- Care Bears (syndicated version from 1988)
- Rainbow Brite
- Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
- Make Room for Daddy
- The Joey Bishop Show
- Death Valley Days[11]
- Mister Peepers
- Help! I'm a Fish
- The Doctors
- Edward the Seventh (British miniseries distributed in U.S. in 1979)
- Deal (a 1978 behind-the-scenes look at Let's Make a Deal)
- Good Morning World
- Lotsa Luck
- Roseanne (produced by Carsey-Werner Productions)
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1967–1969 NBC series; sketches edited from original hour-long shows into half-hour reruns)
- The Toys That Rescued Christmas (2004)
- Superstars[9]
- Battle of the Network Stars[9]
- Female Superstars[9]
- SFM I movie and documentary package[10]
- The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
- Pinocchio in Outer Space
- Stamp of Greatness – weekly half-hour program profile those on the postage stamps[10]
- Directions – weekly half-hour program on fashion[10]
- The George Steinbrenner Show – half-hour weekly sports series moderated by Steinbrenner as two well-known sports figures debate sports related issue in front of an audience[10]
- Faces of Love – first-run anthology series from major authors feature romance[10]
- The Hugga Bunch – 5-part limited series[10]
- The Texas 150th Birthday Celebration – 3-hour live special featuring top Texan stars mark the 150th anniversary of Texas[10]
- The March of Time – award-winning British documentary series[10]
- The Dione Lucas Cooking Show
Units
- SFM Entertainment
See also
References
- ^ "SFM Entertainment, LLC: Private Company Information - Businessweek". businessweek.com. Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on October 1, 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ a b SFM at 30, sfment.dreamhosters.com 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Nadel, Gerry (1977-05-30). "Who Owns Prime Time? The Threat of the 'Occasional' Networks". New York Magazine. New York: 33–36. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ a b c d Brokaw, Kurt (September 11, 2006). "My Days and Nights with Moger". Madison Avenue Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ Dougherty, Philip H. (December 22, 1981). "Advertising; Holiday Success At SFM". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ Key, Janet (November 1, 1989). "Despite Mega-budget, Att Sees Real Bargain In 'The Final Days'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ^ Jory, Tom (March 21, 1983). . The Gettysburg Times. AP. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Ramirez, Anthony (September 19, 1994). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA; SFM Media Names Head of Sports Unit". New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d Frank, Bob (September 14, 2006). "Bob to Stanley: "What's a Media Service?"". Madison Avenue Journal. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The SFM Explosion (ad)" (PDF). SFM Entertainment. January 6, 1986. p. 18. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "SFM Entertainment :: Death Valley Days".
External links
- Official website