Contemporary Factual Programs
Leo Eaton and Eaton Creative have been producing contemporary factual programs for more than 20 years, dealing with subjects of importance to American and international audiences. And long before reality programming became the TV fashion, Eaton Creative (as Café Inc.) was producing fly-on-the-wall documentary series where camera crews lived with particular groups of people for long enough to get inside their lives. Eaton Creative specializes in such action reality shows, where a combination of good characters and spectacular action provides consistently good ratings for commissioning networks.
Can the Gulf Survive?
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Leo Eaton was one of several producers commissioned by National Geographic's flagship series 'Explorer' to cover the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Eaton and his crews filmed in the Gulf for more than a month at the height of the crisis with unprecedented access to US Coast Guard clean-up operations, drilling the relief well, NOAA research vessels charting the spread of the oil, and BP's 'Source Control' in Houston, where the Nat Geo crew were the only media present during the final sealing of the well. Against the backdrop of potential environmental catastrophe, Can The Gulf Survive follows scientists, oil workers and cleanup crews as they race against time to stop the flow of oil.
Blue Zones
A 4-hour public television series, the story of five extraordinary regions of longevity around the world, providing “lessons for living longer from the people who’ve lived the longest.” The series examines the science behind Blue Zones populations to see why they live longer and healthier than anywhere else in the world. The series goes on to explore how &lsqua;lessons from the Blue Zones’ can help Americans delay the onset of chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease, the most common causes of early death. BLUE ZONES is a co production of Eaton Creative, Inc and Twin Cities Public TV for 2011 PBS distribution. Leo Eaton is Series Producer.
America at a Crossroads
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A major 12-hour public television event hosted by veteran newsman Robert MacNeil. The series, which premiered on PBS over six consecutive nights in April 2007, explores the challenges confronting America in the post-9/11 world – including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on America's role overseas. Seven additional America at a Crossroads special programs will roll out on PBS through the fall of 2007 and winter/spring of 2008. Produced through WETA, Leo Eaton is Series Producer.
Cowboy 101
A series of 13 half-hour reality programs that follow the fortunes of a college rodeo team in West Texas throughout a fall semester. This small college has been national champions many times in the past — it’s where American college rodeo was born — but in recent decades its success has been limited. Now a new young coach hopes to turn things around, although too many parties and a number of wild freshman cowboys and cowgirls end up making his job increasingly difficult. Hosted by cowboy poet Red Steagall and produced by Eaton Creative for WETA.
Mission Impossible - The Shuttle Astronauts
One-hour special that follows the trouble plagued astronauts of STS-101 on their mission to repair the ailing International Space Station. From first mission assignment through training at the Johnson Space Center and Star City in Russia, Leo Eaton’s crew lived alongside the astronauts for more than a year until the Shuttle Atlantis finally blasted off, the Space Station was lifted to a higher orbit and the crew came safely home. An Eaton Creative (as Café) production for A&E’s Investigative Reports.
Women Warriors - The Making of a Marine
One hour special that follows a group of women marine recruits through boot-camp training at Parris Island, from the first terrifying arrival in the middle of the night to their ultimate test—a 72 hour ‘trial by ordeal’ called the Crucible—after which they graduate as US Marines. An Eaton Creative (as Café) production for A&E’s Investigative Reports.
Dangerous Skies; Inside the US Air Force
A two-hour special that follows a group of pilots from three US Air Force squadrons flying F16s, Nighthawk Stealth fighters and A-10s over a year of missions in the interregnum between the two Gulf Wars. From bases in Georgia, New Mexico and Nevada, Leo Eaton’s crews follow this group of men and women on deployment to the deserts of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, flying with them as they enforce the ‘No-Fly’ zone over Iraq. This was the first time the US Air Force ever allowed TV crews to place cameras inside the super-secret Nighthawk Stealth F-117. An Eaton Creative (as Café) production for A&E Investigative Reports.
