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Bing Crosby Productions
| Bing Crosby Productions | |
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| Founded | 1945 |
| Dissolved | 1979 |
| President | — |
| Notable Works | Ben Casey Hogan's Heroes Vacation Playhouse The Bing Crosby Show |
Bing Crosby Productions (BCP) was an American television and film production company.
History
Singer/actor Bing Crosby formed his eponymous production company in 1945 to co-produce films with the major Hollywood studios. BCP later branched out into television in the 1950s with its first show, Rebound, which debuted in 1952 on the DuMont network. The studio also produced several variety shows and a sitcom, all titled The Bing Crosby Show, which served as starring vehicles for Crosby.
BCP's two most famous shows debuted in the 1960s. Ben Casey was a medical drama which debuted on ABC in 1961 and ran concurrently with another medical show, the MGM Television-produced Dr. Kildare, during its five-year run, with both shows having a lasting influence on later medical drama series on television. Hogan's Heroes, a sitcom set in a World War II-era German POW camp, aired on CBS from 1965 to 1971 and later gained popularity in both domestic and international syndication.
BCP was purchased in the 1970s by Cox Broadcasting and ceased operations in 1979. The BCP archive is now owned by 2929 Entertainment, with distribution of most of its shows handled by CBS Media Ventures.
List of shows produced by BCP
| Title | Format | Buyer | Year(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebound | Anthology | DuMont | 1952–1953 | |||||
| Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson | Drama | Syndication | 1954–1955 | |||||
| Ben Casey | Medical drama | ABC | 1961–1966 | |||||
| Vacation Playhouse | Anthology | CBS | 1963–1967 | |||||
| Production was shared by BCP, Four Star Television, Desilu Productions and Universal Television | ||||||||
| Breaking Point | Drama | ABC | 1963–1964 | |||||
| The Bing Crosby Show | Sitcom | ABC | 1964–1965 | |||||
| Slattery's People | Political drama | CBS | 1964–1965 | |||||
| Hogan's Heroes | Sitcom | CBS | 1965–1971 | |||||
| Preview Tonight | Anthology | ABC | 1966 | |||||
| Production was shared by BCP, Four Star Television and MGM Television | ||||||||
| Beat the Odds | Game Shows | Syndication | 1968–1969 | |||||
| Bright Promise | Soap Opera | NBC | 1969–1972 | |||||
External links
- Bing Crosby Productions projects on IMDb
