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Hot Snakes Media

Greenwich, Connecticut(approximate location)

Hot Snakes Media is one of the most prolific producers of reality and docu-series television. Since its inception, the company has set ratings records for TLC and Discovery, creating and developing breakout mega-hit shows.

From their site

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Who works there

  • Eric EvangelistaFounder Shannon Evangelista, Founder Hot Sn

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
LocationGreenwich, Connecticut
Websitehotsnakesmedia.com
Emailinfo@hotsnakesmedia.com
Social
LinkedInX
Phone212-204-2550
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
5.8IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

8 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

1 win from 3 nominations across all awards

Extinct or Alive poster
Highest rated
Extinct or Alive
2018
7.6405 votes
Amish Mafia poster
Lowest rated
Amish Mafia
2012
3.01,492 votes
Mostly
reality-tv, documentary, crime
Active
2012–2026
Best known for
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 16 of 19 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
1429 seasons

2012–2026

Television rating
5.9IMDb

Their films average 4.4, so the television rates 1.5 higher.

Networks
  • Investigation Discovery3
  • TLC2
  • Max1
  • discovery+1
  • Netflix1
  • Animal Planet1

Across 12 series matched to TMDB, 217 episodes. 5 still returning or in production.

Longest runningReturn to Amish · 7 seasons

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.

Credits19

6 films · 13 TV titles

Titles per year19 titles · busiest 2014 with 3

19 titles across 15 years, averaging 1.3 a year. The last five years hold at 1.0 a year. 3 of those 15 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time8 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
2468their average 5.8200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 6.6 across 3 titles. The 5 titles since 2016 average 6.5, 0.7 above their 5.8 overall. 4 of 8 rated titles sit above their 5.8 average.

Who they work with

Writers
  • Eric Evangelista6
  • Shannon Evangelista5
Notable cast
  • Beth Karas2
  • Forrest Galante2
  • Sabrina Burkholder2
Genres
  • Reality-TV9 of 16
  • Documentary7 of 16
  • Crime4 of 16
  • Drama2 of 16

Names appearing on two or more of Hot Snakes Media’s produced titles, across the 16 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 with2 companies

Companies that appear alongside Hot Snakes Media on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

Film offices covering Greenwich

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