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Big Fish Entertainment

Big Fish Entertainment is a full-service American content production company founded in 2006 by Dan Cesareo, creating reality, branded, and formatted programming for broadcast and new media.

Last updated September 26, 2026

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Overview

Big Fish Entertainment is a full-service American content production company that creates visually-driven reality, branded, and formatted programming for broadcast, new media, and beyond. Founded in 2006 by Dan Cesareo, the company has produced hundreds of hours of award-winning and top-rated programming in the live, unscripted, reality, lifestyle, and documentary space. Its portfolio spans cable and digital work for major networks including Amazon, History, Discovery, Reelz, VH1, A&E, TLC, MTV, WE, E!, National Geographic, Oxygen, Planet Green, Travel Channel, Spike, Smithsonian Network, and G4. Among its notable productions are VH1's multi-series franchise Black Ink Crew, Esquire's Bomb Patrol Afghanistan, the Under the Bulb campaign that launched the .CO brand, and the Gates Foundation Reality PD public schools project. More recent titles include History's Greatest Mysteries, hosted and narrated by Laurence Fishburne, and History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan, both for History. The company also produced White House Christmas, featuring Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel, and the TLC series Seeking Brother Husband, which premiered in March 2023. The company's name is described on its website as both aspirational and ironic: "We started small but have never lacked in our boldness. Even when we were a company of few, we always thought and dreamt big. Big characters. Big stories. Big ratings." Big Fish Entertainment is headquartered in the United States and operates primarily in the American television market.

History

Big Fish Entertainment was founded in 2006 by Dan Cesareo. Since its launch, the company has produced hundreds of hours of award-winning and top-rated programming in the live, unscripted, reality, lifestyle, and documentary space. The company describes its name as both aspirational and ironic: "We started small but have never lacked in our boldness. Even when we were a company of few, we always thought and dreamt big. Big characters. Big stories. Big ratings." Over the years, Big Fish Entertainment has produced cable programming and digital work for top television networks including Amazon, History, Discovery, Reelz, VH1, A&E, TLC, MTV, WE, E!, National Geographic, Oxygen, Planet Green, Travel Channel, Spike, Smithsonian Network, and G4. Notable productions include VH1's mega-hit multi-series franchise Black Ink Crew, Esquire's groundbreaking Bomb Patrol Afghanistan, the Under the Bulb campaign that launched the .CO brand, and the Gates Foundation Reality PD public schools project. More recent productions include History's Greatest Mysteries, a one-hour documentary series hosted and narrated by Laurence Fishburne that examines top theories surrounding the world's most enigmatic unsolved mysteries, and History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan, which uses dramatic recreations, dynamic storytelling, and cutting-edge visual effects alongside first-person witness accounts. The company also produced White House Christmas, in which Jonathan Scott, Zooey Deschanel and a hundred volunteers had 72 hours to decorate the White House for Christmas 2022. In 2023, TLC premiered Seeking Brother Husband, a series following four polyandrous relationships and their quests to add additional husbands into their families, set to premiere in March 2023.

  • 2023

    Seeking Brother Husband premiered on TLC in March 2023.

  • 2022

    White House Christmas 2022 produced, featuring Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel.

  • 2006

    Big Fish Entertainment founded by Dan Cesareo.

Products and positioning

Full-service content production company creating visually-driven reality, branded, and formatted programming for broadcast, new media, and beyond.

  • Black Ink Crew

    VH1's mega-hit multi-series franchise.

  • Bomb Patrol Afghanistan

    Esquire's groundbreaking series.

  • History's Greatest Mysteries

    One-hour documentary series hosted and narrated by Laurence Fishburne.

  • History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan

    Documentary series using dramatic recreations and first-person witness accounts.

  • Seeking Brother Husband

    TLC series following four polyandrous relationships, premiered March 2023.

  • White House Christmas

    Special featuring Jonathan Scott, Zooey Deschanel and volunteers decorating the White House.

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