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Broadway Video

New York, New York(approximate location)

Broadway Video is a global entertainment and media company. Founded in 1979 by Lorne Michaels, it is an independent studio that produces and distributes original comedic content for every platform.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
Statusactive2026 credit i

How their work is rated

Average rating
7.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

56 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Emmys125of156nominations80%

418 wins from 1,805 nominations across all awards

Box office
$114m

Combined US gross, 5 of 79 titles

Mostly
comedy, music, animation
Active
1975–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Best known for
30 Rock

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 67 of 79 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
37162 seasons

1975–2026

Television rating
7.8IMDb

Their films average 6.9, so the television rates 0.9 higher.

Networks
  • NBC12
  • Peacock4
  • HBO Max2
  • Comedy Central2
  • Hulu2
  • IFC2

Across 33 series matched to TMDB, 8,993 episodes. 5 still returning or in production.

Longest runningSaturday Night Live · 51 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.

Credits24 of 84

41 films · 39 TV titles

Titles per year66 titles · busiest 2016 with 6

66 titles across 26 years, averaging 2.5 a year. The last five years hold at 2.4 a year. 2 of those 26 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time48 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.2200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.2 across 8 titles. The 29 titles since 2016 average 6.7, 0.4 below their 7.1 overall. 18 of 48 rated titles sit above their 7.1 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Oz Rodriguez4
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller3
  • Don Roy King3
  • Gary Weis3
  • Eric Idle2
Writers
  • Dan Aykroyd4
  • Tina Fey3
  • Mikey Day3
  • Tom Davis3
  • Lorne Michaels3
Notable cast
  • Fred Armisen5
  • Dan Aykroyd5
  • Jimmy Fallon3
  • Bill Hader3
  • Darrell Hammond2
Genres
  • Comedy61 of 68
  • Music11 of 68
  • Animation6 of 68
  • Drama6 of 68
  • Documentary5 of 68

Names appearing on two or more of Broadway Video’s produced titles, across the 68 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 with12 companies

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

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