The Gurin Company

The Gurin Company A premier, independent production company and distributor of reality TV focused on studio game shows The Gurin Company’s shows have aired on every major U.S.

The Gurin Company and Award-winning Producer/Writer Phil Gurin have been creating, acquiring, selling and producing entertainment programs all over the world. The Gurin Company is responsible for executive producing, creating and writing thousands of hours of television across multiple genres including live events, game, music, hidden camera, comedy, stunt, clip shows, factual, documentary, dramat

ic re-enactment, docusoaps and formatted reality. broadcast network, many cable networks, and in over 185 countries around the world. Gurin has won four Prime Time Emmy Awards as an Executive Producer on ABC’s Shark Tank, an international Rose d’Or (Golden Rose) for the comedy game show Oh Sit! which he co-created for The CW, and a Gold Telly Award for the 50th NAACP Image Awards. His The Singing Bee (NBC/CMT) is one of the Top 30 most produced original formats in the world. He has also produced and written many other formats, including Weakest Link, Lingo, Test The Nation, Candid Camera, Double Dare, Remote Control, Your Chance To Dance, Wanna Bet?, All-New 3’s A Crowd, Make The Grade, Win Lose or Pawn, So You Think You’d Survive, FOX’s New Year’s Eve Live, Women Rock, US Olympic Hall of Fame, KISS: Live, Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Universe. His newest original format Fridge Wars debuted on the CBC (Canada) and aired last summer in the US on The CW. In June 2020 he Executive Produced Movies of The Movement (soon to become a weekly series called Friday Night Vibes) for TBS/TNT, and he recently Executive Produced his 8th NAACP Image Awards for BET/CBS, and an upcoming event special for OWN. His next original format, League of Extraordinary… will debut on the CBC in 2022. On the documentary side, he has produced and/or written several projects including When Cameras Cross the Line, Greatest Animal Rescues, World’s Greatest Stunts, Extreme World Records, Split Second Decision, On Thin Ice: The Dark Side of Skating, Hollywood’s Greatest Stunts, Holocaust: The Revenge Plot (nominated for a British Royal Television Society Award), and is currently in production on the feature film doc Brothers at War: The Long View. Gurin serves on the Board of Directors for NATPE (National Association of Television and Programming Executives) where he developed the NATPE REALITY annual conference and market; is Co-Chairman of the international non-profit organization FRAPA (Format Recognition and Protection Association) and he served for the TELEVISION ACADEMY on the Executive Committee of the Producers’ Peer Group and helped develop and launch the prestigious TV ACADEMY HONORS awards. He moderates panels and speaks frequently on the topics of global television and format rights, creation and protection.

03/26/2025

Shoutout to the team - two CSA nominations coming in hot! Let’s go!

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09/25/2024

Phil Gurin’s LA-based distributor TGC Global Entertainment is expanding its international network into MENA and Latin America by signing representation deals with Dubai-based Different Productions and Colombia’s Miracol Media.

03/12/2024

Tune in this Saturday to watch the 55th NAACP Image Awards on CBS, BET and all the Paramount networks. It's gonna be another great show!

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Honored to receive four nominations, including Best Reality/Competition Program, for our debut season of Canada's Ultima...
03/08/2024

Honored to receive four nominations, including Best Reality/Competition Program, for our debut season of Canada's Ultimate Challenge. Congrats to the cast and crew!

Stay Tuned for Season 2!

Produced by: Insight Productions Ltd. The Gurin Company CBC
Distributed by: TGC Global Entertainment

10/18/2023

One of the big news on the international TV scene this year was Phil Gurin’s announcement that he is launching TGC Global Entertainment with the goal to represent premium formatted content, factual entertainment and documentaries.

Just announced: Canada's Ultimate Challenge returns for SEASON TWO on CBC! Congrats to all who worked on it. Get ready t...
06/07/2023

Just announced: Canada's Ultimate Challenge returns for SEASON TWO on CBC! Congrats to all who worked on it. Get ready to turn Canada once again into a giant obstacle course for the adventure of a lifetime! TGC Global Entertainment distributes the format: www.tgc-global.com

https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/press-release/canadas-ultimate-challenge-renewed-by-cbc-for-second-season-nationwide-cast

It’s Game time! As announced on Thursday by CBC as part of its programming slate announcement, CANADA’S ULTIMATE CHALLENGE, the reality competition series that transforms the country into an epic obstacle course, will return for a second season. The national public broadcaster has kicked off a n...

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