Debmar-Mercury Employee Directory
Entertainment ProvidersCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees
Debmar-Mercury is a midsize entertainment company based in Santa Monica, California, that develops and distributes television programming. It produces and distributes The Wendy Williams Show and, with Citylife Productions, Caught in Providence, and it holds U.S. distribution rights to Fremantle’s Family Feud hosted by Steve Harvey. It also handles U.S. distribution for Schitt’s Creek on Pop TV and for BoJack Horseman episodes distributed outside Netflix by The Tornante Company. The firm is known for pioneering a 10/90 model of sitcom distribution, with examples such as Tyler Perry’s House of Payne and its spinoff Meet the Browns. Its business model targets networks, studios, and syndication partners seeking daytime, comedy, and scripted content for the U.S. market. In 2025, Debmar-Mercury partnered with Lionsgate to launch MovieSphere Gold, a digital all-movie network that began operations in October 2025 and is distributed to more than 30 million homes.