Who is Cris Abrego? The Entertainment world knows him as an
American television producer and writer.
Abrego grew up in
El Monte, California . He was a wrestler at
California State University, Fullerton before graduating and moving to
Los Angeles to work on
reality television shows.
[ 1] After graduation, Abrego joined Bunim-Murray, working on The Real World and Road Rules television shows.[ 1] While working for Bunim-Murray, Abrego freelanced as a coordinating producer for Fear and Making the Band .[ 1] In addition, he was the co-creator and executive producer for a reality version of the movie Cannonball Run .[ 1]
In 2002, Abrego created Brass Ring; a production company responsible for Next Action Star , Surf Girls and The Hitchhiker Chronicles .[ 1] Soon after, he created 51 Pictures.[ 1]
In 2003, Abrego's 51 Pictures merged with Mark Cronin 's Mindless Entertainment to form 51 Minds. The two met through Abrego's agent.[ 1] Together, they created The Surreal Life for the WB network. Soon after, the team created a string of "Celebreality" shows for VH1 , including Strange Love , My Fair Brady , The Surreal Life Fame Games , Celebrity Paranormal Project , Flavor of Love , I Love New York , New York Goes to Hollywood , Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School , Rock of Love with Bret Michaels , I Love Money , America's Most Smartest Model , Rock of Love Girls: Charm School 2 , Real Chance of Love , For the Love of Ray J ,Daisy of Love , and Megan Wants a Millionaire .
In 2008, Endemol USA acquired 51 Minds in a deal reported to be worth "upward of $200 million."[ 2]
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