Bischoff Hervey Entertainment Television LLC (often shortened to Bischoff Hervey Entertainment or BHE TV) is a

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based production company, founded in 2003 by

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and

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. The company produces and broadcasts various formed of television entertainment, including reality and games shows. Their first show was ''

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''. In addition, the company was involved in producing mobile games.

History

BHE TV produced a live '' Girls Gone Wild''

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event from Florida in 2003 with

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and another pay-per-view about the

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in 2004. They also executive produced the VH1 reality shows ''

'', '' Scott Baio Is 45...and Single'', '' Scott Baio Is 46...and Pregnant'', and ''

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''. BHE TV was also credited on CMT shows ''Billy Ray Cyrus...Home At Last'' and ''Outlaw Country''. BHE TV also produced a

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reality show called ''

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'' in which ten celebrities were trained to wrestle and one celebrity is voted off weekly. In January 2013, Bischoff and Hervey produced the television series '' Hardcore Pawn: Chicago''. In 2006 BHE and Socko Energy Drinks signed a multi-year promotional deal with

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. The following year, BHE and Socko announced a deal with

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to carry a

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branded energy drink. In 2011, BHE was filming a show called ''Miami's Finest: Special Operations Section'', which caught on film the Miami Police Department's killing of a suspect. In 2012 BHE TV acquired a 50% ownership stake in games-development company MX Digital founded by

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. In 2012 BHE entered into a consulting agreement with

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(TNA). The agreement continued until 2019, when TNA was accused of breaching the contract.

Shows

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'' *'' Scott Baio Is 45...and Single'' *'' Scott Baio Is 46...and Pregnant'' *''

'' *''Billy Ray Cyrus...Home At Last'' *''Outlaw Country'' *''

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'' *'' Hardcore Pawn: Chicago'' *''

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'' *''Wrestling with Death'' *''Dope Man'' *''Rouge Society'' *''Posse: The Young Guns of PBR'' *''

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'' *''Big Easy Brides'' *''Bear Swamp Recovery'' *''Lay it Down with Cee Lo Green'' *''Finding Hulk Hogan'' *'' Party Monsters Cabo''

Movies

*'' The Butler's in Love''

References

External links

*{{official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20180308135500/http://www.bhe.tv/ Mass media companies established in 2003 Mass media companies disestablished in 2019 Defunct mass media companies of the United States Companies based in Los Angeles