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| Industry | Talent and Literary Agencies |
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| Predecessor | The Brillstein Company (1969–1992) |
| Founded | 1986; 38 years ago (1986) |
| Founders | Bernie Brillstein Brad Grey |
| Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
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| Owner | Wasserman |
| Members | 200 clients |
| Website | bepmedia |
Brillstein Entertainment Partners (formerly known as Brillstein/Grey Entertainment and Brillstein/Grey Communications) is a talent management firm and television production company formed by the 1986 addition of Brad Grey to The Brillstein Company, founded by Bernie Brillstein in 1969.
On September 18, 2023, it was announced that Casey Wasserman's eponymous company had acquired BEP.[1]
Bernie Brillstein formed The Brillstein Company in 1969, where he continued to manage stars and develop television programming, a career he began in the fabled mailroom of the William Morris Agency. He produced such popular television hits as Hee Haw, The Muppet Show,[2] and Saturday Night Live.[3]
Brillstein managed Saturday Night Live cast members Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and Lorne Michaels, as well as Jim Henson (ofThe Muppets fame) and Paul Fusco (voice and operator of ALF). Productions for television included ALF: The Animated Series and Normal Life.
In 1981, the company produced its first ever television series, Open All Night, under Freeway Productions.[4]
In 1986, Lorimar-Telepictures bought out The Brillstein Company, whereas they would have to transform it into an independently operated and management unit of the studio.[5]
The company became Brillstein Entertainment Partners when Brad Grey left the company to become the head of Paramount Pictures. It is now[when?] headed by Jonathan Liebman, Marc Gurvitz, and Cynthia Pett.
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In 1984, Brillstein met Brad Grey at a television convention in San Francisco. In 1986,[6] the two formed a production company, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, which packaged programming and managed talent. In 1991, the company signed a distribution deal with Columbia Pictures Television Distribution to distribute programs produced by the company.[7]
In 1994, Brillstein-Grey had reached a deal with Capital Cities/ABC to start Brillstein-Grey Communications.[8]
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The new management company Eric Murphy joins in HBO's Entourage is based on Brillstein Entertainment, as well as the character Murray Berenson based on the company's founder Bernie Brillstein.
Brillstein sold his shares in the company to Universal Pictures in 1996, giving Grey, his one time protégé, full rein over operations. In 1999, Universal sold Brillstein's shares to Grey, and the company's television unit was subsequently rechristened Brad Grey Television as a result. Also, Brad Grey Television struck a deal with Columbia TriStar Television to produce and distribute TV shows.[9] In 2002, Brad Grey Pictures was shut down, and it was replaced by Plan B Entertainment.[10] Grey sold his interest in the company in 2005[3] due to his succeeding Sherry LansingasChief executive officerofParamount Pictures, which created a conflict of interest. Briefly, in 1999, it became Basic Entertainment,[11] before reverting to its original name in 2000.[12] In 2007, the company became the current Brillstein Entertainment Partners.[13]
Several shows by the company now have ancillary rights owned by NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. Some of these shows are distributed by Sony Pictures Television in North America.
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