Pilgrim Media Group (also known as Pilgrim Studios) is a

television production company A production company, production house or production studio is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and video. These groups co ...

based in

North Hollywood, California North Hollywood is a neighborhood and district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District, El Portal Theater, several art galleries, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Th ...

. It was founded in 1997 by

Craig Piligian Craig Piligian (born August 25, 1957) is an American television producer, and the President and CEO of Pilgrim Films & Television. As an Executive Producer, he is best known for creating ''The Ultimate Fighter'', ''American Chopper,'' and ''Dirty ...

. It is best known for producing reality television shows for the

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It init ...

. In 2022 Pilgrim became a minority owner in the podcasting company Lionsgate Sound with

Lions Gate Entertainment Starz Entertainment Corp, formerly known officially as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation and commonly as Lions Gate and/or Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment industry, entertainment company currently headquartered in Santa Monica ...

, which launched on October 19, 2022.

Acquisition by Lionsgate

On November 12, 2015,

created a partnership with Piligian when the studio acquired more than 50% of Pilgrim Studios for $200 million. Piligian retained his position as CEO of the company while Pilgrim continued to operate independently under Piligian.Lionsgate Buys Major Stake In Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios For $200 Million
Nellie Andreeva deadline.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016Lionsgate Buys Stake in Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios
Cynthia Littleton variety.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016Lionsgate Acquires Stake in Reality Producer Pilgrim Studios
Reid Nakamura, thewrap.com, Retrieved on April 14, 2016 The deal allowed Lionsgate to move into unscripted television programming.

Television series

*'' Amazing America with Sarah Palin'' *''

American Casino ''American Casino'' is an American reality television series which tracks the daily events of the managers and employees of the Green Valley Ranch Casino resort in Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. The show began airing on the Discovery ...

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American Chopper ''American Chopper'' is an American reality television series that airs on Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television. The series centers on Paul Teutul Sr. (frequently called ''Senior''), and his son Paul Teutul Jr. (also know ...

'' *''

American Hot Rod ''American Hot Rod'' is a reality television series that originally aired between 2004 and 2007 on TLC and Discovery Channel. The series followed car designer Boyd Coddington and his crew as they built hot rods and custom vehicles at his wheel ...

'' *''

American Ninja Warrior ''American Ninja Warrior'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''ANW'') is an American sports entertainment reality show based on the Japanese television reality show ''Sasuke (TV series), Sasuke,'' which also serves as a successor of ''American Ninja C ...

'' (Co-production with G4 for

Ninja Warrior ''Sasuke'' (, pronounced sahskay) is a Japanese sports entertainment reality television show, airing since 1997, in which 100 competitors attempt to complete a four-stage obstacle course. Falling at any point during the course or running out ...

) *'' Battlefish'' *''

The Big Brain Theory ''The Big Brain Theory'' is an American television show on the Discovery Channel that first aired in 2013, hosted by Kal Penn Kalpen Suresh Modi ( born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, and fo ...

'' *'' Bounty Girls'' *'' The Cut'' *'' Build It Bigger: Rebuilding Greensburg'' *'' Covert Action'' *''

Cupid In classical mythology, Cupid ( , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor (Latin: ...

'' *'' Destroyed In Seconds'' *''

Dirty Jobs ''Dirty Jobs'' is an American television series that originally aired on the Discovery Channel in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the job's current employees. The sho ...

'' *'' Extreme Loggers'' *'' Extreme Peril'' *''

Fast N' Loud ''Fast N' Loud'' is a reality-styled Discovery Channel TV show featuring Richard Rawlings and his crew from the Dallas, Texas-based Gas Monkey Garage as they search for tired and run-down cars, and restore them for profit. The show was succe ...

'' *'' Firehouse USA: Boston'' *''

Full Metal Jousting ''Full Metal Jousting'' is an American Reality television, reality game show that debuted on the History (U.S. TV channel), History Channel on February 12, 2012. The show featured 16 contestants, split into two teams of eight, competing in full-c ...

'' *'' Ghost Hunters'' *''

Ghost Hunters International ''Ghost Hunters International'' (abbreviated as ''GHI'') is a spin-off series of '' Ghost Hunters'' that aired on Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi). The series premiered on January 9, 2008, and ended on April 4, 2012. Like its parent series, ''GHI'' was ...

'' *'' Ghost Hunters Academy'' *'' Girl Meets Cowboy'' *'' Greensburg'' *'' Guilty Or Innocent?'' *''

Hazard Pay Hazard pay or danger money (British English) is income in addition to regular wages given for performing work under hazardous or dangerous conditions. Hazardous work means that use of reasonable protective gear does not adequately mitigate the inh ...

'' *'' Lindsay'' *''Man vs. Cartoon'' *'' Master Of Dance'' *'' Misfit Garage'' *'' NY-SPI Investigates'' *'' Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy'' *'' Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment'' *'' Out of the Wild: Venezuela'' *''The Real Exorcist'' *'' Really Big Things'' *''

Rocco Gets Real The following is a list of television programs formerly or currently broadcast by A&E. Current programming Original Reality *''City Confidential'' (1998–2005; 2021–present) *''Cold Case Files'' (1999–2002; 2006; 2017; 2021–present) *'' ...

'' *''

Sandhogs Sandhog is the slang term given to urban miners and construction workers who work underground on a variety of excavation projects in New York City, and later other cities. Generally these projects involve tunneling, caisson excavation, road buil ...

'' *'' SEMA: The World's Greatest Car Show'' *''

Somebody's Gotta Do It ''Somebody's Gotta Do It'' is a program that originally aired on CNN and later aired on TBN with host Mike Rowe. The show premiered on October 8, 2014. On May 13, 2016, Mike Rowe announced on his website MikeRowe.com that he and CNN had agreed ...

'' *''

Southern Steel Southern Steel may refer to: * Southern Steel (netball) Southern Steel are a netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill. Between 2008 ANZ Championship season, 2008 and 2016 ANZ Championship season, 2016, they played ...

'' *'' Scamanda'' *''Street Customs'' *'' Street Outlaws'' *''

Strip Search A strip search is a practice of searching a person for weapons or other contraband suspected of being hidden on their body or inside their clothing, and not found by performing a frisk search, but by requiring the person to remove some or al ...

'' *'' SWAT: Tactical Force'' *'' Swamp Loggers'' *'' TapouT'' *'' Top Hooker'' *''

Top Shot ''Top Shot'' is an American reality television show that debuted on the History (U.S. TV channel), History Channel on June 6, 2010. In the show, 16 contestants, split into two teams of eight, compete in various types of shooting sports, shooting ...

'' *''

The Ultimate Fighter ''The Ultimate Fighter'' is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Pilgrim Media Group currently airing on ESPN+. It previously aired for fourteen s ...

'' *'' The Ultimate Surfer'' *''

UFO Hunters ''UFO Hunters'' is an American television series that premiered on January 30, 2008, on The History Channel, produced by Motion Picture Production Inc., and ran for three seasons. Jon Alon Walz was the executive producer of the show and was resp ...

'' *'' Worst Case Scenarios'' (co-produced by

Columbia TriStar Domestic Television Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CTT) was an American television production and distribution company, which was active from 1994 until its reincorporation as Sony Pictures Television in 2002. It was the third iteration of what ...

(later known as

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division o ...

) *'' You Spoof Discovery''

References

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