Dick Clark Productions

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dick clark productions is an entertainment production company founded by entertainer Dick Clark. Since its inception in 1957, the company has produced a number of television series, specials and televised movies. Such programs include American Bandstand, TV Bloopers & Practical Jokes and the NBC series American Dreams (which includes classic footage from American Bandstand).

Its work also includes such specials as the Academy of Country Music Awards it's first awards show, American Music Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve.

In 2006, they released "Alien Abduction Incident In Lake County", a Blair Witch genre horror telemovie about a fictional mid-western American family settling down for a Thanksgiving day turkey, and abducted by aliens, written and produced by Paul Allioto, and Dean Chitlik (now available on Google Video), as the company expands its movie production portfolio.

The company licenses its name to a group of restaurants, including Dick Clark's American Bandstand restaurant in the Kansas City, Missouri suburb of Overland Park, Kansas, and four similarly named restaurants in airport terminals in Indianapolis, Indiana, Newark, New Jersey, Phoenix, Arizona, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The company's headquarters is located in Burbank, California.