Scripted Crime & Justice Producers

Producer Flagship Series Notes

Dick Wolf (Wolf Entertainment) Law & Order, SVU, Chicago P.D., FBI franchise The industry template for procedural realism and long-running legal universes.
David E. Kelley Boston Legal, Ally McBeal, Big Sky Blends courtroom narrative with character-driven moral tension.
Shonda Rhimes / Shondaland How to Get Away with Murder, Scandal Stylish, serialized legal thrillers built on political corruption arcs.
Jerry Bruckheimer Television CSI franchise, Cold Case High-budget crime procedurals with network polish.
Ryan Murphy Productions American Crime Story, Monster: Dahmer Prestige anthology approach to real-case dramatization.
Ava DuVernay / ARRAY Filmworks When They See Us (Netflix) Civil-rights–oriented wrongful-conviction storytelling.
David Simon & George Pelecanos The Wire, We Own This City Gritty institutional-corruption exposés set inside police and prison systems.
Taylor Sheridan / 101 Studios Mayor of Kingstown Focused specifically on jail economics and systemic incarceration.



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🎥 Documentary & Reality Producers (Factual Jail Shows)

Producer / Company Flagship Series Platform

Big Fish Entertainment Live PD, On Patrol: Live A&E / Reelz — real-time policing and detention coverage.
Jigsaw Productions (Alex Gibney) The Crime of the Century, Dirty Money HBO / Netflix — corruption and justice-system exposés.
Lightbox (One Strange Rock, Whitney) Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons Netflix global-prison documentary format.
Leftfield Pictures 60 Days In A&E — undercover civilian participants in county jails.
ITN Productions Locked Up Abroad, Secrets of the World’s Toughest Prisons National Geographic / Netflix.
Lion Television / Discovery UK Behind Bars: Britain’s Toughest Prisons Focused on institutional behavior analysis.
Lightbox & Netflix Docs The Confession Tapes, Making a Murderer (co-production) True-crime docuseries using wrongful-conviction narratives.
Half Yard Productions Jail: Big Texas, Jail: Las Vegas Reality series filmed inside county detention centers.
Kurt Sutter & FX Productions Sons of Anarchy, Mayans MC Fictional but inspired by incarceration and criminal-justice cycles.
Raw TV (UK/US) Don’t F**k with Cats, Fear City Netflix investigative docuseries; known for meticulous narrative construction.



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🔍 If You’re Pitching or Networking

Scripted Angle → approach Wolf Entertainment, 101 Studios, or ARRAY if your story leans toward dramatized reform or whistle-blower arcs.

Documentary Angle → Leftfield Pictures, Lightbox, Jigsaw Productions, and Raw TV are open to investigative or rights-focused jail exposés.

Hybrid Podcast → Doc Pipeline → Wondery / Amazon Studios and Campfire Studios regularly option investigative podcasts for television (your Resilience Radio concept fits this path).