Bunim/Murray

Bunim/Murray Productions

Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment production
Founded	1987
Founder	Mary-Ellis Bunim, Jonathan Murray
Headquarters	Glendale, California , United States
Area served	United States
Owner	Banijay Entertainment
Website	www.bunim-murray.com

Bunim/Murray Productions is a United States-based entertainment production company located in Glendale, California, currently under the ownership of the French media giant Banijay Entertainment since March 2010. Esteemed as a trailblazer in the reality television sector, the firm has produced acclaimed series such as The Real World, Road Rules, and Bad Girls Club. Established in 1987 by entrepreneurs Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray, the company emerged following a connection made by an agent from the William Morris Agency. After an initially planned scripted soap opera for MTV proved financially unfeasible, they pivoted to an unscripted approach, debuting The Real World, which rapidly showcased substantial commercial viability.

Bunim/Murray broadened its operations to encompass music management, representing groups including A Cursive Memory. Although early efforts to launch scripted shows like Jam Bay in collaboration with Universal Television for ABC did not progress beyond pilot stages, the company pursued growth through syndication and strategic alliances. In 1999, it aimed to produce a reality strip titled Love Hurts alongside Columbia TriStar Television Distribution. A 2001 collaboration with Artists Television Group on the unaired WB program Lost in the USA ended prematurely with cancellation and resulted in a $1 million lawsuit. The company ventured into theatrical film production in 2002 by partnering with New Line Cinema to create The Real Cancun, marking its only feature-length movie project.

Current television shows

• After Happily Ever After
• Born For Business
• Buddy Games
• The Challenge (including All Stars, Argentina, Australia, UK, USA, World Championship)
• Collab Crib
• Don't Forget the Lyrics!
• El Mundo Real
• Emily's Wonder Lab
• Endless Summer
• Family or Fiance
• The Family Stallone
• For Real: The Story of Reality TV
• Growing up is a Drag
• House of Creators
• I Survived Bear Grylls
• Like Mother, Like Daughter?
• Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls
• Miz & Mrs.
• The Never Ever Mets
• On Edge
• Project Runway
• The Real World (including Homecoming)
• Road Rules
• Road Trippin'
• Sway Life
• Twinning Out
• Vanderpump Villa
• WWE Evil

Past television shows

• #SOS stylist on set
• Allure Incubator
• American Families
• America's Psychic Challenge
• Bad Girls Club (including All-Star Battle, Road Trip)
• Ball in the Family
• Best Ink
• Born This Way
• Born to Diva
• BRKDWN
• Chachi's World
• The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros/Stars
• Citizen Rose
• The Crystal Maze (American version)
• Dash Dolls
• Deaf Out Loud
• Disney TRYathlon
• Dr. Steve-O
• Earth Live
• The Gary Owen Show
• Girl Next Door
• GloBugz!
• Happy Wheels: The Series
• The Healer
• Howard Stern shows
• I Am Cait
• Iyanla: Fix My Life
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians’’ (and spinoffs)
• L'Oreal Paris Academy
• Life of a Fitness Pop Star’’
• Life of Kylie’’
• Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club’’
• Living Lohan’’
• Lookbook’’
• Love Cruise’’
• Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too’’
• Love Thy Sister’’
• Making the Band’’
• Mariah's World’’
• Married to Rock’’
• Match Made in Heaven’’
• Models of the Runway’’
• Motor City Masters’’
• Mrs. Eastwood & Company’’
• Murder (American TV program)
• Old Skool with Terry and Gita'‘’
• One Ocean View'‘’
• Project Runway All Stars'‘’
• The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best'‘’
• Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas'‘’
• Rob & Chyna'‘’
• Saddle Ranch'‘’
• The Scholar'‘’
• The Selection'‘’
• The Simple Life'‘’
• Ski Patrol'‘’
• So Cosmo'‘’
• The Spin Crowd'‘’
• Starting Over'‘’
• Stewarts & Hamiltons'‘’
• Stranded with Sam and Colby'‘’
• Styl'd'‘’

* Supreme Court of Comedy'‘’
* Surviving R. Kelly'‘’
* Total Bellas'‘’
* Total Divas'‘’
* Under the Gunn'‘’
* Undressed'‘’
* Valerie's Home Cooking'‘’
* Wildlife Rescue Rangers'‘’
* WWE Legends' House'‘’

Films and documentaries

* Autism: The Musical
* Camp Steve-O
* Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project
* The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
* Pedro
* Personally Yours
* The Real Cancun
* The Real World Movie: The Lost Season
* The Real World Presents: Return to Duty
* Shadow Billionaire
* They Call Us Monsters
* Transhood
* Valentine Road
* Wealth Hunters

Sexual assault controversy

In 2011, contestant Tonya Cooley initiated legal action against fellow participants, MTV, and Bunim/Murray Productions, accusing them of sexual assault during filming of the season titled "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins". Cooley alleged she was assaulted while unconscious and described a hostile atmosphere toward female contestants on set. Following an internal review, Bunim/Murray denied these allegations. Viacom placed responsibility on Cooley due to her conduct during production. The dispute was resolved through an out-of-court settlement in 2012.

External links

• Official site