Dick Clark Productions is an entertainment

Entertainment

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 production company founded by entertainer Dick Clark. Since its inception in 1957, the company has produced a number of shows, specials and movies.

Such programs from classic to contemporary include American Bandstand

American Bandstand

American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...

, Where the Action Is

Where the Action Is

Where the Action Is or ' was a music-based television variety show in the United States from 1965–67. It was carried by the ABC network and aired each weekday afternoon...

, The Dick Clark Show

The Dick Clark Show

The Dick Clark Show is an American musical variety show broadcast weekly in the United States on the ABC television network 7:30-8 PM on Saturdays from February 15, 1958 through September 10, 1960, sponsored by Beechnut Gum.- Summary :Given that the show ran...

, TV Bloopers & Practical Jokes, Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday

Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday

Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday was a 1978 NBC variety television series, sometimes called simply Live Wednesday. Hosted by Dick Clark, it was a musical show much like Clark's American Bandstand. Guests included musical artists and actors such as Frankie Avalon, Bo Diddley, Connie Francis, Annette...

, Camp Midnite

Camp Midnite

Camp Midnite is a late night, ninety-minute variety/talk show on the USA Network from 1988 to 1989. Its twenty-six episodes were hosted by Dick Wilson, a radio personality from Kansas City, Missouri .The show featured skits that were done by cast members Tony Forkush and Caroline Schlitt...

, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were...

, So You Think You Can Dance, American Dreams

American Dreams

American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...

(which includes classic footage from American Bandstand), Shaq Vs.

Shaq Vs.

Shaq Vs. is an American reality television show produced for ABC by Dick Clark Productions and Media Rights Capital starring American basketball star Shaquille O'Neal. It began airing on August 18, 2009....

and Greed

Greed (game show)

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. Its work also includes such specials as its first awards show, the American Music Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards

Academy of Country Music

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, the Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Award

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s and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve.

On June 19, 2007, Dick Clark Productions was sold to Daniel Snyder

Daniel Snyder

Daniel M. Snyder is the current owner of the Washington Redskins American football team, owner of the Dick Clark Productions television production company, and primary investor in Red Zebra Broadcasting, which is home to the Redskins Radio Network. Snyder has a net worth of $1.05 billion...

, Washington Redskins

Washington Redskins

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 owner and former chairman of Six Flags

Six Flags

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, for $175 Million.

The origins of the name and the non-capitalization

The name of the company dated back to, at latest, 1964, when Dick Clark's public relations manager, Henry Rogers of Rogers & Cowan, suggested naming his production company after himself, so he can be more visible following Bandstand's move to Hollywood. Later, Clark rented a building on the Sunset Strip

Sunset Strip

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, in an area among visible, legendary clubs and landmarks. According to his 1976 book, Rock, Roll and Remember: "I hung up a very modest sign in lowercase print -- dick clark productions -- and started producing."