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CBS Television Distribution
Founded September 26, 2006
President John Nogawski
Notable Works

CBS Television Distribution (CTD) is the distribution unit of CBS Television Studios, a division of CBS Corporation.

CTD was formed on September 26, 2006 through the merger of three distribution companies owned by CBS, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount International Television and King World. It is the successor to previous distribution companies owned by CBS, including CBS Films (the original company), CBS Broadcast International (the 2nd), Eyemark Entertainment (the 3rd), CBS Paramount International Television (the 4th) and CBS Paramount Domestic Television (the 5th).

CTD holds the TV distribution rights to a majority of the films made by Paramount Pictures and its subsidiary studios, as well as the rights to its own first-run and off-network syndicated series. It is also the distributor for TV series acquired from the following companies and entities:

[edit] Other shows distributed by CBS Television Distribution

Title Format Network Years
The Honeymooners Sitcom CBS 1955–56 1
Get Smart Sitcom NBC 1965–69 2
CBS 1969–70
That Girl Sitcom ABC 1966–71 3
Concentration Game show NBC 1958–73 4
Dark Shadows Soap opera ABC 1966–71 5
The Doris Day Show Sitcom CBS 1968–73 6
Land of the Lost Adventure/children NBC 1974–76 7
Little House on the Prairie Drama NBC 1974–83 8
Petticoat Junction Sitcom CBS 1963–70 9
The Beverly Hillbillies Sitcom CBS 1962–71 9
Branded Western NBC 1965–66 10
Harlem Globetrotters Animated CBS 1970–73 11
Saved by the Bell Teen sitcom NBC 1989–93 12
Saved by the Bell: The College Years Teen sitcom NBC 1993–94 12
Saved by the Bell: The New Class Teen sitcom NBC 1993–2000 12

1Produced by Jackie Gleason Enterprises; originally distributed by CBS Films, then Viacom
2Produced by Talent Associates throughout its run, with co-production by CBS in the final season; originally distributed by NBC Films, then National Telefilm Associates and Republic Pictures Television; HBO owns the series outright, with CTD holding only the TV distribution rights
3Produced by Daisy Productions; originally distributed by Metromedia Producers Corporation until the early-1980s, then by Worldvision Enterprises
4Produced by NBC, with co-production in the first two seasons by Barry & Enright Productions
5Produced by Dan Curtis Productions; originally distributed by Worldvision
6Produced by Arwin Productions; originally distributed by Worldvision
7Produced by Sid & Marty Krofft Productions; originally distributed by Worldvision
8Produced by NBC; originally distributed by Worldvision; NBC Universal owns the ancillary rights to the series, but CTD is the American distributor for the show, while MGM Worldwide Television distributes the show internationally
9Produced by Filmways Television and CBS; originally distributed by Viacom, then Paramount Television
10Produced by Goodson-Todman Productions; originally distributed by King World
11Produced by Hanna-Barbera; originally distributed by Viacom, then by Paramount Television; Warner Bros. Television owns the ancillary rights to the series through parent company Time Warner's ownership of the Hanna-Barbera library
12Produced by NBC and Peter Engel Productions; originally distributed by Rysher Entertainment, then by Paramount Television until 2003; NBC Universal Television Distribution is the American distributor for the show, while CTD distributes the show internationally

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