Bad Robot Productions
Bad Robot Productions is a production company owned by J.J. Abrams. It is responsible for the productions of the 2001 film Joy Ride and for the television series Alias, Lost, Six Degrees, What About Brian and others.
The Bad Robot shingle was originally part of Touchstone Productions, but has moved with J.J. Abrams to Paramount and Warner Bros. (for movies and television series, respectively) after his contract with Touchstone had expired in 2006. Bad Robot however continues to produce Lost, Six Degrees and What About Brian in association with Touchstone.
J.J. Abrams is Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Bryan Burk Executive Vice President of the company. Thom Sherman was President of Bad Robot, but it was announced in June 2006 that he would be leaving to become Executive Vice President of drama development at the new CW network. A successor has yet to be named.