(Chicago, IL) (May 7, 2008)—Towers Productions, Inc. (TPI), the Chicago-based producer of factual and entertainment programs has made the annual listing of the top 100 independent production companies working in non-fiction programming.
The Realscreen’s Global 100 is made up of the top broadcasters from around the World who gave Realscreen their top-rated non-fiction shows from 2007. Some of the programs that TPI produced in 2007 include the National Geographic series and specials The Final Report, Road to War, The Weather Channel series When Weather Changed History, a 4-part series for MSNBC Runaways, and a CNN Special Investigations Until: Narco State.
Founded in 1989, Towers Productions, Inc. has produced over one thousand hours of factual and entertainment programming for US and international television networks including A&E, The Biography Channel, CNN, CourtTV (truTV), The History Channel, Discovery Networks, Lifetime, MSNBC, NBC, National Geographic Channel, PBS, WGN and The Weather Channel. Among the Company’s signature series are American Justice and Biography (A&E), The Final Report (National Geographic Channel), Storm Stories (The Weather Channel) and the syndicated comedy series Sports Action Team.