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Motown Productions

Los Angeles, California(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
LocationLos Angeles, California
Websitewestgrandmedia.com
Emailmlovesmith@westgrandmedia.com
Phone+1 3102618760
Statusdormantnone since 2006, site up i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

12 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars1of11nominations9%
Emmys10of11nominations91%

34 wins from 84 nominations across all awards

Box office
$58m

Combined US gross, 4 of 23 titles

Lonesome Dove poster
Highest rated
Lonesome Dove
1989
8.729,343 votes
Thank God It's Friday poster
Lowest rated
Thank God It's Friday
1978
5.53,346 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, music
Active
1968–1992
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Best known for
Lonesome Dove

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 17 of 23 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
42 seasons

1971–1992

Television rating
8.6IMDb

Their films average 6.3, so the television rates 2.3 higher.

Networks
  • ABC1
  • CBS1
  • NBC1

Across 3 series matched to TMDB, 7 episodes.

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits23

19 films · 4 TV titles

Quality over time12 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.219801990

The 4 titles since 1983 average 7.9, 0.8 above their 7.2 overall. 2 of 12 rated titles sit above their 7.2 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Writers
  • Joel Schumacher2
Notable cast
  • Diana Ross6
  • Billy Dee Williams4
  • Richard Pryor2
  • Mary Wilson2
  • Cindy Birdsong2
Genres
  • Drama8 of 17
  • Comedy6 of 17
  • Music5 of 17
  • Biography3 of 17
  • Adventure3 of 17

Names appearing on two or more of Motown Productions’s produced titles, across the 17 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with8 companies

Companies that appear alongside Motown Productions on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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