A Very Good Production

A Very Good Production

Company type	Private
Industry	Production company
Founded	2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Founder	Ellen DeGeneres
Headquarters	United States
Key people	Ellen DeGeneres (CEO)[1] Jeff Kleeman (president)[2]
Parent	Ellen Digital Ventures
Subsidiaries	eleveneleven

A Very Good Production is an American film and television production company founded by comedian, television host, actress Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros. Television's Telepictures in 2003. It is known for producing the series The Ellen DeGeneres Show.^[1][2] The logo contains Ellen saying "Anyway..." while crossing her legs.

The company co-founded the former record label, eleveneleven in 2010.^[3]

History

In October 2010, the company signed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros.^[4]

On March 17, 2021, it was announced that the company had signed a multi-year production deal with Discovery, Inc. to produce natural history content for the Discovery Channel and Discovery+.^[5]

Filmography

Television

In production

• Happy Time (TBA)^[6]
• Jekyll (TBA)
• Little Funny (with Telepictures and This is Just a Test) (TBA)^[7]
• Too Close To Home (TBA)^[8]
• Ellen's Home Design Challenge (TBA)^[9]
• Finding Einstein (TBA)^[9]
• First Dates Hotel (TBA)^[9]

Former

• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (with Telepictures Productions, E. W. Scripps Company and WAD Productions) (2003–2022)
• Bethenny (with Telepictures Productions) (2012–2014)
• Repeat After Me (with Katalyst Media and Warner Horizon Television) (2015)
• One Big Happy (with Visualized, Inc. and Warner Bros. Television) (2015)
• Ellen's Design Challenge (with Telepictures Productions and A. Smith & Co.) (2015–2016)
• Heads Up! (with Telepictures Productions) (2016)
• Little Big Shots (with East 112th Street Productions (2016–2018), On the Day Productions (2020) and Warner Horizon Television) (2016–2020)
• Little Big Shots: Forever Young (with East 112th Street Productions and Warner Horizon Television) (2017)
• First Dates (with Twenty Twenty) (2017)
• Ellen's Game of Games (with Telepictures Productions, Bills Market and Television Productions and Warner Horizon Television) (2017–2021)
• Splitting Up Together (with Piece of Pie Productions and Warner Bros. Television) (2018–2019)
• Green Eggs and Ham (with Gulfstream Pictures, A Stern Talking To and Warner Bros. Animation) (2019–2022)
• The Masked Dancer (with Fox Alternative Entertainment, MBC, and Warner Horizon Unscripted & Alternative Television) (2020–2021)
• Little Ellen (with Warner Bros. Animation, as Ellen Digital Ventures) (2021–2022)
• Family Game Fight! (with Dingus Von Pringus, Telepictures Productions and Warner Horizon Television) (2021–2022)

Film

• The Smart One (with Warner Bros. Television) (2012; TV Movie)
• Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure (2014)
• Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

In Production

• Two Steps Forward (with Searchlight Pictures) (TBA)^[10]
• Castle Hangnail (with Walt Disney Pictures) (TBA)^[11]

Specials

• Tig Notaro: Happy To Be Here (with Funny or Die and Zero Dollars And Zero Sense Productions) (2018)
• Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (with Tenth Planet and Netflix Studios) (2018)

References

1. Granatstein, Lisa. "How Adweek Media Visionary Ellen DeGeneres Built a Media Empire". Adweek. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
2. Andreeva, Nellie (16 August 2012). "Jeff Kleeman To Run Ellen DeGeneres' Production Company". Deadline. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
3. "Ellen Degeneres News - Yahoo! Music". Yahoo! Music. May 26, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
4. Levine, Stuart (October 20, 2010). "Ellen DeGeneres signs multiyear WB deal". Variety. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
5. Andreeva, Nellie (March 17, 2021). "Ellen DeGeneres Inks Deal With Discovery For Natural History Content, Will Narrate 'Endangered' Documentary". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
6. Andreeva, Nellie (30 January 2015). "Idina Menzel To Star In 'Happy Time' Comedy Produced By Ellen DeGeneres". Deadline. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
7. Wagmeister, Elizabeth (16 September 2016). "Ellen DeGeneres Lands Greenlight for 'Little Funny' Reality Series at A&E (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
8. Andreeva, Nellie (26 September 2017). "NBC Developing Sisters Comedy From Ellen DeGeneres & '2 Broke Girls' Duo". Deadline. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
9. Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (September 27, 2019). "HBO Max Orders Ellen DeGeneres' 'Ellen's Home Design Challenge', 'Little Ellen' & 'First Dates Hotel' Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
10. Busch, Anita (14 August 2017). "'Two Steps Forward' Optioned By Fox Searchlight For A Very Good Production". Deadline. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
11. Busch, Anita (13 July 2016). "Bill Kunstler To Adapt 'Castle Hangnail' For Disney And A Very Good Production". Deadline. Retrieved December 5, 2018.