Broadway Video

Broadway Video is an American multimedia entertainment studio founded by Lorne Michaels, creator of the sketch comedy TV series Saturday Night Live and producer of other television programs and movies.

Broadway Video was founded at 1619 Broadway, New York, also known as the Brill Building, where it still has offices.
Broadway Video
Private
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1979 (1979)
FounderLorne Michaels 
Headquarters
La Maison Francaise, New York City, New York
,
United States[1]
Key people
Lorne Michaels (Chairman)
Jack Sullivan (CEO)
ProductsTelevision programs
Motion pictures
Digital content
Number of employees
99+
Websitebroadwayvideo.com

History

Lorne Michaels, who launched Saturday Night Live in 1975, produced several television specials under the banner of Above Average Productions before incorporating Broadway Video in 1979. Michaels took the company's name from its location at 1619 Broadway in the historic Brill Building in New York, New York. Initially, the company's principal activity was videotape post-production. One of its main clients was NBC, which hired Michaels to produce and edit Best of Saturday Night specials that aired in prime time. The specials and other comedy and musical projects helped Broadway Video grow “from a one-room operation into a first-class production company, the foundation of a small empire.”[2]

Broadway Video later “prospered” by moving into home entertainment, acquisition, and international syndication.[3] With offices in New York and Los Angeles, the company has continued to develop films and TV programming. Its sitcom, 30 Rock, ran for seven seasons between 2006 and 2013. Besides SNL, its current TV productions include The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Mulaney, Portlandia, The Awesomes, Man Seeking Woman, and The Maya Rudolph Show. The company's Above Average Productions distributes its own original digital shorts, and those of others, on one of YouTube’s leading comedy networks.[4] Broadway Video Enterprises distributes the company's library and develops branded entertainment. Broadway Video Ventures invests in emerging technology, media, and entertainment companies.[5]

Divisions

Broadway Video Television

Broadway Video Television develops and produces primetime and late night programming. Its flagship show, Saturday Night Live, where Michaels remains Executive Producer, begins its 43rd season in September 2017. Michaels also has served as Executive Producer of NBC's Late Night franchise for more than two decades – producing Late Night With Conan O’Brien (1993–2009), Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (2009–2014), and Late Night With Seth Meyers (2014–present). In 2014, Michaels took on the role of Executive Producer of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[6] Since 2011, Broadway Video has produced Portlandia, the Peabody-winning IFC series created by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and Jonathan Krisel. The show, which has been renewed for a fifth season, is distributed in 91 nations.[7] The company's animated series, The Awesomes, created by Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker, premiered on Hulu in 2013 and is now in its second season.[8] Mulaney, set to air on Fox in the fall of 2014, stars comedian John Mulaney,[9] Slated to air on the FXX channel is Man Seeking Woman, based on Last Girlfriend on Earth by Simon Rich.[10] Ordered by IFC for 2015 is Documentary Now, created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Seth Meyers.[11] The Maya Rudolph Show, a variety show starring the former SNL cast-member, aired on NBC on May 19, 2014.[12] 30 Rock is currently in syndication.[13][14]

Broadway Video Film

Michaels has developed and produced such films as Mean Girls (2004), Enigma (2001), Tommy Boy (1995), Lassie (1994), and Wayne's World (1992), among other titles. His SNL Studios productions have included The Ladies Man (2000), Superstar (1999), and A Night at the Roxbury (1998). Michaels’ co-productions with John Goldwyn include The Guilt Trip (2012), MacGruber (2010), and Baby Mama (2008).[15] Currently in production are Staten Island Summer, written by Colin Jost and directed by Rhys Thomas[16] and a Goldwyn-Michaels comedy based on the 1997 Loomis Fargo Robbery in North Carolina, due to feature Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, and Jason Sudeikis.[17]

Above Average Productions

Broadway Video revived the Above Average name in June 2012, when it created a division for producing digital content.[18][19] The company distributes original comedy shorts via its website, AboveAverage.com, and the Above Average network on YouTube. As of 2014, the network featured over 50 channel partners, including such comedy troupes as the Upright Citizens Brigade, The Lonely Island, Good Neighbor, POYKPAC, and BriTANicK.[20] Its videos frequently feature current and former Saturday Night Live cast members[21] such as Vanessa Bayer, Kristen Wiig, Jay Pharoah, Jason Sudeikis, Taran Killam, and Kate McKinnon[22] as well as up-and-coming comedians.[23] Among the network's most viewed web series are 7 Minutes in Heaven with Mike O’Brien and "Waco Valley," an animated series that received a pilot order from the Comedy Central network.[24] Above Average Productions also creates promotional entertainment for client companies, including Hasbro, Fox Digital Studios, Random House, Sprint, NBC, Conde Nast Entertainment, and Nickelodeon.

In October 2015, Above Average partnered with SNL co-head writer Bryan Tucker to launch a new sports comedy brand, The Kicker. The Kicker creates original sports comedy videos, articles, images, and digital content that are similar in tone to that of Above Average.[25]

Broadway Video Enterprises

Broadway Video Enterprises manages the distribution and licensing of Broadway Video Entertainment's properties. The company's library contains over 1,000 hours of programming including Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, The Awesomes, Above Average webisodes, The Kids in the Hall, The Best of the Blues Brothers, All You Need Is Cash, and musical performances by Neil Young, Randy Newman, and The Beach Boys.[26] The division has syndicated episodes of "Saturday Night Live" in over 200 countries and has licensed the "SNL" format in Italy, Spain, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Russia, Canada, Mexico, France, Turkey and Germany.[27][28][29][30] The SNL consumer products line offers several hundred items, including over 100 DVDs.[31] The Enterprises division has also engineered advertising and promotions for brands such as AT&T, Verizon, Old Navy, and Jeep.[32]

Broadway Video Ventures

Broadway Video Ventures invests in and partners with emerging media, entertainment, and technology firms that complement the company's existing enterprises. Investments by Broadway Video or its strategic partners include Nerdist Industries (acquired by Legendary Entertainment), Zefr, StrikeAd, Evenly (acquired by Square, Inc.), and Optimal (acquired by Brand Networks). Ventures also develops and launches new businesses, including the digital comedy subsidiary Above Average Productions [33] and the astrology app Sanctuary.[34]

Broadway Video Post-Production

Broadway Video Post-Production specializes in the completion of television, film, music, digital, and commercial projects. The division offers design and editorial services, as well as suites for offline editing, online finishing, color correction, compositing, sound design, sweetening, scoring and mixing. Besides working on Broadway Video's own productions, the division has collaborated with organizations including NBCUniversal, MTV, VH1, Showtime Networks, USA Network, Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, American Express, Walmart, and Procter & Gamble.[35]

Awards

"Saturday Night Live" has won 40 Primetime Emmy Awards and currently holds the title for most-nominated show, with 187 Emmy nominations as of July 2014.[36] "SNL" has been honored twice, in 1990[37] and 2009,[38] with a Peabody Award and was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.[39] "Portlandia" has won two Emmys and received six nominations,[40] as well as a 2012 Peabody Award.[41] "30 Rock" won 16 Emmys and received 103 nominations.[42] It also won a Peabody Award in 2007.[43] "Late Night with Conan O’Brien" won one Emmy and received 28 nominations.[44] "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" won one Emmy and received six nominations.[45] "The Kids in the Hall" received three Emmy nominations.[46] Lorne Michaels’ honors include one personal Peabody Award,[47] 13 Prime Time Emmy Awards, induction into the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.[48]

Location
Broadway Video’s headquarters in Rockefeller Center

Broadway Video’s principal offices in New York are located in La Maison Francaise, part of the Rockefeller Center complex.[1] Broadway Video Post-Production and Above Average Productions are based in the Brill Building, located a few blocks west in Midtown Manhattan. Principal offices in Los Angeles are located at 9401 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California.[1] Broadway Video Film also has offices on the Paramount Pictures lot in Los Angeles.

Productions

Below is a list of audio, film, and television projects in which Broadway Video has been involved.

Audio
TitleArtistRelease DateStatusRoleNotes
They're All Gonna Laugh at You!Adam Sandler1993ReleasedDistribution
What the Hell Happened to Me?Adam Sandler1996ReleasedDistribution
What's Your Name?Adam Sandler1997ReleasedDistribution
RidiculousNorm Macdonald2006ReleasedDistribution
IncredibadThe Lonely Island2009ReleasedDistribution
Turtleneck and ChainThe Lonely Island2011ReleasedDistribution
The Wack AlbumThe Lonely Island2013ReleasedDistribution

Film
TitleRelease DateRoleNotes
The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour1976Production/DistributionProduced with Craig Kellem
80 Blocks From Tiffany's1979DistributionProduced by Above Average
Gilda Live1980Production
Nothing Lasts Forever1984ProductionProduced with MGM
Three Amigos1986ProductionProduced with L.A. Films and HBO
Wayne's World1992ProductionProduced with Paramount Pictures
Wayne's World 21993ProductionProduced with Paramount Pictures
Coneheads1993ProductionProduced with Paramount Pictures
Lassie1994ProductionProduced with Paramount Pictures. At the time, Broadway Video owned the Lassie franchise, which is now owned by DreamWorks Classics/DreamWorks Animation (via Universal Pictures/NBCUniversal).
Tommy Boy1995ProductionProduced with Paramount Pictures
Stuart Saves His Family1995ProductionProduced with Paramount Pictures
Black Sheep1996ProductionProduced with Paramount Pictures
A Night at the Roxbury1998ProductionProduced with SNL Studios and Paramount Pictures
Superstar1999ProductionProduced with SNL Studios
The Ladies Man2000ProductionProduced with SNL Studios
Enigma2001ProductionProduced with Jagged Films
Mean Girls2004ProductionProduced with Paramount and M.G. Films
Hot Rod2007ProductionProduced with Michaels-Goldwyn, Paramount, and The Lonely Island
Baby Mama2008ProductionProduced with Michaels-Goldwyn and Relativity Media
MacGruber2010ProductionProduced with Michaels-Goldwyn and Relativity Media
The Guilt Trip2012ProductionProduced with Michaels-Goldwyn, Paramount, and Skydance Productions
Staten Island Summer2015ProductionProduced with Paramount Pictures
Masterminds2016ProductionProduced with Michaels-Goldwyn and Relativity Media
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot2016Production
Vampires vs. the BronxTBAProductionIn Development

Television
TitleAir DatesRoleNotes
Saturday Night Live1975–presentProduction/DistributionSeries
The Paul Simon Special1977ProductionSpecial, Produced by Above Average
Things We Did Last Summer1978Production/DistributionSpecial
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash1978Production/DistributionTV movie, Produced by Above Average
Diary of a Young Comic1979DistributionSpecial
Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda1979Production/DistributionSpecial, Produced by Above Average
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video1979ProductionSpecial pulled by NBC; later aired on cable and released theatrically
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever1981ProductionSpecial
Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park1982ProductionSpecial
The Coneheads1983ProductionSpecial; Produced with Rankin/Bass Productions and Topcraft
Randy Newman - Live at the Odeon1983DistributionSpecial
The New Show1984ProductionSeries
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary1986ProductionSpecial; Produced with Warner Bros. Television
Neil Young in Berlin1986DistributionSpecial
40th Annual Emmy Awards1988ProductionSpecial
Superman 50th Anniversary1988ProductionSpecial
Mr. Miller Goes to Washington Starring Dennis Miller1988ProductionSpecial
Night Music1988–1990Production/DistributionSeries, aka Sunday Night
The Kids in the Hall1988–1995Production/DistributionSeries
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary Special1989ProductionSpecial
Paul Simon's Concert in the Park1991ProductionSpecial
Frosty Returns1992Production/DistributionSpecial, Produced with CBS and Bill Melendez. At the time, Broadway Video owned the pre-1974 Rankin/Bass Productions television library (Frosty Returns being a pseudo-sequel to Frosty the Snowman), which are now owned by DreamWorks Classics/DreamWorks Animation (via NBCUniversal), along with Frosty Returns.
The Vacant Lot1993–1994Production/DistributionSeries
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993–2009ProductionSeries
Saturday Night Live 251999ProductionSpecial
Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular2000ProductionSpecial
50 Years of NBC Late Night2001ProductionSpecial
Strange Frequency2001ProductionTV movie
Strange Frequency 22001ProductionTV movie
Strange Frequency2001ProductionSeries
SportsCentury: The Century's Greatest Athletes2002ProductionSeries episode
The Colin Quinn Show2002ProductionSeries
Countdown to the Emmys2002ProductionSpecial
NBC 75th Anniversary Special2002ProductionSpecial
Night of Too Many Stars2003ProductionSpecial
The Tracy Morgan Show2003–2004ProductionSeries
The Rutles 2: You Can't Buy Me Lunch2004ProductionTV movie
Wulin Warriors[49]2006Production/DistributionSeries, English dub produced with Animation Collective and Pili International Multimedia
Sons & Daughters2006–2007ProductionSeries
30 Rock2006–2013ProductionSeries
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon2009–2014ProductionSeries
Portlandia2011–2018ProductionSeries
Up All Night2011–2012ProductionSeries
The Awesomes2013–2015ProductionSeries
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014–presentProductionSeries
Late Night With Seth Meyers2014–presentProductionSeries
The Maya Rudolph Show2014ProductionVariety show
Mulaney2014–2015ProductionSeries, Produced with 3 Arts Entertainment
Man Seeking Woman2015–2017ProductionSeries
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special2015ProductionSpecial
Detroiters2017–2018ProductionSeries
A.P. Bio2018–presentProductionSeries, Produced with Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions
The Other Two2019ProductionSeries, Produced with Jax Media
Miracle Workers2019ProductionSeries, Produced with Allagash Industries, FX Productions and Studio T
Shrill2019ProductionSeries, Produced with Brownstone Productions and Warner Bros. Television
Alien News Desk2019ProductionSeries, Produced with Bento Box Entertainment and Syfy
The Kenan Show2020ProductionSeries
Mapleworth Murders2020ProductionSeries, Quibi[50]
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See also

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