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Bad Robot Productions (formerly known simply as Bad Robot) is a production company
Production company

Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of performing arts, film, radio or a television program....
 owned by J. J. Abrams
J. J. Abrams

Jeffrey Jacob "J.J." Abrams is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film producer and television producer, writer, actor, composer, director, and founder of Bad Robot Productions....
. It is responsible for the television series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 Alias
Alias (TV series)

Alias is an United States action movie Television program created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006....
, Lost
Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
, What About Brian
What About Brian

What About Brian was an United States dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions....
, Fringe
Fringe (TV series)

Fringe is a science fiction television series co-created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows an FBI Fringe Division team based in Boston, Massachusetts....
, Six Degrees
Six Degrees

'Six Degrees' was a short-lived United States dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
, and the feature length films Star Trek (2009) and Cloverfield
Cloverfield

Cloverfield is a 2008 in film monster movie directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and written by Drew Goddard.Before the film's release Paramount Pictures carried out a viral marketing campaign to promote the film....
 (2008).

Bad Robot was originally part of Touchstone Television
Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Pictures is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. Its releases typically feature more mature themes than those that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner....
, but has moved with J. J. Abrams to Paramount, Universal, Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an United States film production company and distribution company. It was one of the so-called studio system among the eight major film studios of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
, Screen Gems and Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
 after his contract with Touchstone had expired in 2006.






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Bad Robot Productions (formerly known simply as Bad Robot) is a production company
Production company

Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of performing arts, film, radio or a television program....
 owned by J. J. Abrams
J. J. Abrams

Jeffrey Jacob "J.J." Abrams is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film producer and television producer, writer, actor, composer, director, and founder of Bad Robot Productions....
. It is responsible for the television series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 Alias
Alias (TV series)

Alias is an United States action movie Television program created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006....
, Lost
Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
, What About Brian
What About Brian

What About Brian was an United States dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions....
, Fringe
Fringe (TV series)

Fringe is a science fiction television series co-created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows an FBI Fringe Division team based in Boston, Massachusetts....
, Six Degrees
Six Degrees

'Six Degrees' was a short-lived United States dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
, and the feature length films Star Trek (2009) and Cloverfield
Cloverfield

Cloverfield is a 2008 in film monster movie directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and written by Drew Goddard.Before the film's release Paramount Pictures carried out a viral marketing campaign to promote the film....
 (2008).

Bad Robot was originally part of Touchstone Television
Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Pictures is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. Its releases typically feature more mature themes than those that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner....
, but has moved with J. J. Abrams to Paramount, Universal, Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an United States film production company and distribution company. It was one of the so-called studio system among the eight major film studios of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
, Screen Gems and Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
 after his contract with Touchstone had expired in 2006. Bad Robot still continues to produce Lost
Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
 in association with ABC Studios, formerly Touchstone Television. The two companies also continued to jointly produce Six Degrees
Six Degrees

'Six Degrees' was a short-lived United States dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
 and What About Brian
What About Brian

What About Brian was an United States dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions....
 until their respective cancellations.

The final line of every episode of Fringe and Lost is a picture of the company logo and a voice over saying "Bad Robot".

Abrams is Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Bryan Burk
Bryan Burk

Bryan "Burky" Burk is an United States television producer, born on 30 December, 1968.A graduate of USC's School of Cinema-Television, Bryan Burk began his career working with producers Brad Weston at Columbia Pictures, Ned Tanen at Sony Pictures and John Davis at FOX....
 Executive Vice President of the company. Thom Sherman was President of Bad Robot, but it was announced in June 2006 that he would be leaving to become Executive Vice President of drama development at the new CW Network
The CW Television Network

The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-07 United States network television schedule....
. A successor has yet to be named.

Film & Television Productions

As well as popular television programming, Bad Robot Productions are also a feature film production company.

Film Credits:
  • Joy Ride
    Joy Ride (film)

    Joy Ride, also known as Roadkill, is a 2001 in film horror film/thriller film/suspense film road movie. The film was written by J.J....
     (2001)
  • Mission: Impossible III
    Mission: Impossible III

    Mission: Impossible III is a 2006 in film action film, the third based on the spy-themed television series Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise who reprises his role of an agent of Impossible Mission Force, an unofficial branch of the CIA likely modelled after their elite Special Activities Division, agent Ethan Hunt....
     (2006)
  • Pursued
    Pursued

    Pursued is a 1947 in film movie starring Robert Mitchum that combines western , film noir and psychological melodrama. The film was directed by Raoul Walsh and photographed in black-and-white by James Wong Howe....
     (2007) (also with MGM and Columbia Pictures
    Columbia Pictures

    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an United States film production company and distribution company. It was one of the so-called studio system among the eight major film studios of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
    )
  • The Package
    The Package

    The Package was a 1989 Orion Pictures film directed by Andrew Davis . Set during the Cold War, this political Thriller portrays an assassination conspiracy within both the United States and Soviet Union militaries....
     (2007)
  • Homeland Security (2008) (also with Columbia Pictures
    Columbia Pictures

    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an United States film production company and distribution company. It was one of the so-called studio system among the eight major film studios of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
     and Touchstone Pictures
    Touchstone Pictures

    Touchstone Pictures is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. Its releases typically feature more mature themes than those that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner....
    )
  • Cloverfield
    Cloverfield

    Cloverfield is a 2008 in film monster movie directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and written by Drew Goddard.Before the film's release Paramount Pictures carried out a viral marketing campaign to promote the film....
     (2008)
  • Live Feed
    Live Feed

    Live Feed is a 2006 horror film directed by Ryan Nicholson and starring Kevan Ohtsji, Taayla Markell and Stephen M. D. Chang. The film revolves around five Youths are about to find themselves in a fight for their lives, pitted against evil itself! While On Vacation in a foreign city, one of the five makes a seemingly innocent albeit ignor...
     (2008)
  • Attention
    Attention

    Attention is the cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things. Examples include listening carefully to what someone is saying while ignoring other conversations in a room or listening to a cell phone conversation while driving a car....
     (2008) (distributed by Screen Gems
    Screen Gems

    Screen Gems is an United States subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
    )
  • The Package: Resurrection (2009)
  • Star Trek (2009)
  • Untitled Hunter Scott Project (TBA)
  • Untitled Cloverfield Sequel (TBA)


Television credits:
  • Alias
    Alias (TV series)

    Alias is an United States action movie Television program created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006....
     (2001-2006)
  • Lost
    Lost (TV series)

    Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
     (2004-Present)
  • Vaughn
    Vaughn

    Vaughn may refer to:*Vaughn, New Mexico, United States*Vaughn, Montana, United States*Vaughn , a hard rock band*Vaughn , a Welsh language surname originating from Fychan, meaning 'small'....
     (2004-Present)
  • The Catch
    The Catch (TV series)

    The Catch was a television pilot reported to be "an ensemble drama set in the world of bounty hunters."The pilot was developed by J.J. Abrams, starring his friend Greg Grunberg....
     (2005)
  • What About Brian
    What About Brian

    What About Brian was an United States dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions....
     (2006-2007)
  • Six Degrees
    Six Degrees

    'Six Degrees' was a short-lived United States dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
     (2006-2007)
  • Boundaries
    Boundaries (television)

    "Boundaries" is a comedy television series, created by Jill Soloway for American Broadcasting Company, produced by Kathy Lingg.The executive producers for the pilot were J....
     (2008)
  • Anatomy of Hope
    Anatomy of Hope

    The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness is the third book by author Dr. Jerome Groopman, published in 2004 by Random House....
     (2008)
  • Fringe
    Fringe (TV series)

    Fringe is a science fiction television series co-created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows an FBI Fringe Division team based in Boston, Massachusetts....
     (2008-Present)


Awards and recognition

  • 2002 Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series (Alias)
  • 2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Drama Series (Lost)
  • 2005 Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Directing for A Drama Series (Lost)
  • 2005 Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series (Lost)
  • 2006 Golden Globe Award Winner, Best Television Series - Drama (Lost)
  • 2007 Golden Globe Award Nomination, Best Television Series - Drama (Lost)


External links

  • Bad Robot Production Signs Production Deals with Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros. Television... and