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  IRWIN ENTERTAINMENT

Based in Los Angeles, Irwin Entertainment, Inc. is a full-service multi-platform television production company committed to producing and developing high quality projects in the comedy, reality, talk, and live entertainment arenas. Headed by veteran television producer, John Irwin, the company’s most recent projects include NBC’s Dancing with Myself, E! Network’s House of Villains, Roku’s Immoral Compass sketch comedy series starring Bill Burr, WeTV’s My Mane Problem, Netflix’s Pet Stars, NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh as well as stand-up specials for David Letterman, Nate Bargatze, Bill Maher, Pete Davidson, Tom Segura, Christina Pazsitzky, Nick Kroll, Nikki Glaser, Deon Cole, and the 2022 Emmy-nominated, Critics’ Choice Award-winning Norm McDonald special.
In addition, with over 8 series encompassing 20 seasons of television, Irwin Entertainment has established itself as the unequivocal industry leader in the reality-therapy genre. Beginning in 2008 with VH1’s mega-hit series, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (6 seasons), Irwin Entertainment (and its founder, veteran TV producer John Irwin) has been at the forefront of programming in this space, giving audiences a first-ever raw look into the private lives of celebrities working to overcome their addictions to drugs and alcohol. Irwin’s commitment to the genre – and the impact it can have – led to further spin-offs including Sober House (2 seasons) & Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.

Continuing in the therapy space, Irwin also produced the successful series, Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn (6 seasons) and Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn. These series focused on the complicated and often misunderstood world of celebrity relationships and their families. The difficult world of relationships was further explored in Famously Single (2 seasons) on E! & OWN’s Love Goals. Beyond drug addiction, sex addiction, relationship drama and family issues, Irwin has also tackled the issue of anger management therapy by teaming up with Ray Lewis for Spike’s Coaching Bad.

On the comedy front, Irwin’s extensive comedy projects include productions for dozens of famed comics including stand-up specials with Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart, Jim Jefferies, John Mulaney, Neal Brennan, Tracy Morgan, Dana Carvey, Daniel Tosh, Trevor Noah, Al Madrigal, Demetri Martin, David Spade, Patton Oswalt, Bob Saget, Hannibal Buress, and Anthony Jeselnik, to name a few.

Other noteworthy credits for executive producer Irwin and Irwin Entertainment include NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly (2013-2020) and Red Nose Day (2016-current), Mind Your Business with Mahisa for OWN,  Make or Break: The Linda Perry Project for VH1,  All Jacked Up, The Warren Brothers, and Eat it To Beat It for CMT.

“Our goal at Irwin Entertainment is to continue to produce high quality live entertainment, comedy, reality specials and series, and to also develop formats from around the world that can be translated to the next generation of successful projects in the U.S.,” said Irwin.

Prior to forming Irwin Entertainment, Irwin spent four years as a producer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien, two years as a producer at Mad TV, and five years as Vice President, Development and Production for Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.

Irwin’s additional executive producer credits include:  NBC’s Countdown to the Emmys -Live (NBC), Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks – Live (NBC), Mid-Nightly News (FOX), Scriptless (THE N), It’s Only MTV But I Like It (MTV pilot), The Katie Brown Workshop (E!), and TLC’s Planets & Possibilities. Irwin’s supervising producer credits include The Colin Quinn Show – Live (NBC), 75th Anniversary of NBC – Live (NBC), Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry (HBO), P. Diddy Presents Bad Boys of Comedy (HBO) and The Chevy Chase Show (NBC pilot).