44 Blue Productions is a production company

Production company

A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...

 founded in 1984 by Rasha and Stephanie Drachkovitch. 44 Blue is a top supplier of reality

Reality

In philosophy, reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible...

, documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

, lifestyle and action-adventure programming producing more than 1000 hours for leading US broadcast and cable outlets including A&E

A&E Network

The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...

, Animal Planet

Animal Planet

Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...

, HBO, Tru TV, CBS

CBS

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, Court TV

Court TV

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, Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

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, E!

E!

E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...

, ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

, Fine Living

Fine Living

Fine Living Network was an American specialty television network owned by Scripps Networks Interactive...

, Fox Family

Television networks preceding ABC Family

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, Fox News, HGTV

HGTV

HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...

, History Channel, Lifetime, Spike, MSNBC

MSNBC

MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...

, Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

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, PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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, Style

Style Network

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, TLC

TLC (TV channel)

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, and the Travel Channel

Travel Channel

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. 44 Blue is located in Studio City, California.

President

Rasha Drachkovitch

Rasha Drachkovitch

Rasha Drachkovitch is a television producer and President of 44 Blue Productions, which he co-founded with his wife, Stephanie Drachkovitch, in 1984...

 is a television producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

 and President of 44 Blue Productions. He serves as executive producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

, writer and director for most of the programs. Stephanie Drachkovitch is Executive Vice President of 44 Blue Productions and also Executive Produces series for the company. Stuart Zwagil is Senior Vice President. Sarah Poage is Vice President of Production.

Recent news

In January 2009, 44 Blue inked a development deal with Johnny Wright, the hair stylist for style icon First Lady Michelle Obama.

TV series

"Pirate Hunters: USN" (2009-current) Reality, Spike TV

Family Court With Judge Penny

Family Court With Judge Penny

Family Court with Judge Penny is a syndicated judicial show hosted by former judge and lawyer Penny Brown Reynolds. The half-hour program premiered September 8, 2008. It is produced by 44 Blue Productions and distributed by Program Partners in the United States and Canada and being shown on Pick TV...

 (2008–current) Reality, Syndicated

L.A. Gang Unit (2008–current) Reality, A&E

Peter Perfect (2008–current) Reality, Style Network

Rocco Gets Real (2008–current) Reality, A&E