Hoff Productions

Hoff Productions, formerly known as Michael Hoff Productions, is an American television production company with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1994,[1] Hoff has created factual television shows for PBS, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, WE tv, and Travel Channel, among others.[1]

Hoff is known for the series Ultimate Factories,[2] the series Hooked: Monster Fish, Weird, True & Freaky, MegaStructures and Man-Eating Super Croc.[3] In 2005 and 2006, the company produced Best Ranger Competition for the Military Channel, highlighting the Army competition.[4]

Productions

The following is a partial list of programs produced by Hoff Productions:

  • Alcatraz Living Hell (2007)
  • Alcatraz Revealed (2002)
  • Animal Oddities (2008)
  • Are We Cannibals (2004)
  • Beneath Alcatraz (2000)
  • Best Food Ever (2009-2010)
  • Best Ranger Competition (2005)
  • Best Ranger Competition (2006)
  • Breakout (1997)
  • CARnivore (2011)
  • Chain Gang Girls (2008)
  • Chain Gang: Maricopa County (2009)
  • Climate Quiz with Bill Nye (2007)
  • Command Decisions (2004)
  • Conquering Niagara (2007)
  • Country Justice (2011)
  • Crash Science (2007)
  • Critical Decisions (2006)
  • Crocodile Wranglers (2000)
  • Deadly Duels (1996)
  • Devil's Bible (2008)
  • Disaster Detectives (1999)
  • Dungeons of Alcatraz
  • Escapes From Alcatraz (1995)
  • Extreme Forensics (2008)
  • Extreme Funerals (2002)
  • Extreme Parenting (2007)
  • Fantastic Food Factories (2006)
  • Fish Warrior (2010)
  • Fishzilla: Snakehead Invasion (2007)
  • Fix-It Line (1998)
  • Food Crazy (2004)
  • Garbage Mountain (2006)
  • Gardens of Alcatraz (2002)
  • Generation Trap (2002)
  • Geo-Challenge (2006)
  • Ghost Detectives (2001)
  • Green Wheels (2007)
  • Hidden Armor, Found Treasures (2007)
  • Hit By Lightning (2000)
  • Home Theater Revolution (2005)
  • Hooked Again: Monster Fish (2007)
  • Hooked: Caught Barehanded (2007)
  • Hooked: Monster Fish (2006)
  • Hooked V (2009-2010)
  • How Big Can It Get? (2010)
  • How's That Work (2002)
  • I, Detective (2001–2006 original, and 2014 repackaged episodes)
  • Impossible Bridges: Golden Gate Bridge (2007)
  • Instant Millionaires (2001)
  • Interrogation Room (2005)
  • Killer Aliens (2009)
  • Made In America (2011)
  • Madman of the Sea (2009)
  • Man-Eating Super Croc (2012)
  • Man-Eating Super Snake (2011)
  • Man vs. Fish with Matt Watson (2009)
  • Mardi Gras (2000)
  • MegaStructures (2006-2008)
  • Monster Truck Tech (2005)
  • Monster Waves (2000)
  • Moonshine (2007)
  • More Hooked (2008)
  • Mortuary School (2001)
  • Mother of All (2004)
  • Motorcycle Lightning (2002)
  • nDestructible (2003)
  • One Too Many (2006)
  • PetLine (1997)
  • Public Enemies on the Rock (1997)
  • Quintessentials (2005)
  • Quit Your Job (2007)
  • Raw to Ready (2013)[5]
  • Real Ghosthunters (1999)
  • Return to Alcatraz (1995)
  • Ride of Honor (2011)
  • Robberies of the Century (2001)
  • Secrets of Alcatraz (1992)
  • Secrets of the Gold Rush (1994)
  • Secrets of the Wine Country (1995)
  • Seized & Sold: The Madoff Auction (2010)
  • Serendipity (2002)
  • Shark Battleground: The Red Triangle (2007)
  • Size It Up (2004)
  • Skeleton, Inc. (2011)
  • Speedmakers (2010-2011)
  • Stuffed (2010)
  • Subterraneans 1&2 (2003
  • Surviving Alcatraz (2007)
  • The Guillotine (1997)
  • The Launch (2003)
  • Thrill Zone: Extreme Powerboats (2005)
  • Ties That Bind (2001)
  • Top Ten 401K Mistakes (2007)
  • Tough Love Garage (2011)
  • Travel Channel's Top Ten (2001–2004)
  • Ultimate Factories (2007–2008)
  • Weird, True & Freaky (2008-2010)
  • Wet Paint (2005)
  • What's Your Time Worth (2007)
  • When Snakes Bite (2000)
  • Wild Guide (1993, 1996)
  • Wired NextFest (2005, 2006)
  • World's Best (2002)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "About Hoff Productions". Hoff Productions. Retrieved 2013-11-01. Since 1994, Michael Hoff and his staff have created factual programming of various genres, from wildlife and technology to crime and the paranormal. Hoff's clients have included Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet, History Channel, Investigation Discovery, WEtv, Weather Channel, Fine Living Network, Military Channel, FOX, TLC, TruTV, Science Channel, Discovery Health Channel, TV One, Travel Channel, PBS, Speed Channel, NGC Wild and HGTV.
  2. Brendan Christie (March 1, 2008). "G100 US: Michael Hoff Productions". RealScreen. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  3. Antony Reeve-Crook (October 17, 2007). "WE:tv joins MHP chain gang". C21 Media. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  4. Steven Field (April 22, 2006). "Military Channel captures Best Ranger competition". Army News Service. Fort Benning. Archived from the original on 2006-07-17. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  5. "Raw to Ready". PBS. Retrieved 2013-11-01.

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