CBS Television Distribution
From The TV IV
| CBS Television Distribution | |
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| 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 its own first-run and off-network syndicated series. It formerly held the TV distribution rights to a majority of the films made by Paramount Pictures and its subsidiary studios before those rights were transferred by Paramount to Trifecta Entertainment & Media in 2009. It is also the distributor for TV series acquired from the following companies and entities:
- Desilu Productions
- Paramount Television/CBS Paramount Television
- Big Ticket Television
- CBS Films/Viacom
- Most shows produced by the Aaron Spelling companies (Thomas/Spelling Productions, Aaron Spelling Productions, Spelling Entertainment and Spelling Television; shows produced by Spelling/Goldberg Productions are distributed by Sony Pictures Television)
- Laurel Entertainment
- Don Fedderson Productions
- Sheldon Leonard (who used dummy companies to produce his shows)
- Bing Crosby Productions
- SFM Entertainment
- CBS Productions/CBS Television Studios
- King World
- Group W Productions/Eyemark Entertainment
- ABC Films/Worldvision Enterprises
- NBC Films/National Telefilm Associates/Republic Pictures Television
- Rysher Entertainment (outside the United States)
- HBO (outside the United States, certain shows only)
Other shows distributed by CBS Television Distribution
| Title | Format | Network | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Amos 'n Andy Show | Sitcom | CBS | 1951–53 1 |
| The Honeymooners | Sitcom | CBS | 1955–56 2 |
| Get Smart | Sitcom | NBC | 1965–69 3 |
| CBS | 1969–70 | ||
| That Girl | Sitcom | ABC | 1966–71 4 |
| Concentration | Game show | NBC | 1958–73 5 |
| Dark Shadows | Soap opera | ABC | 1966–71 6 |
| The Doris Day Show | Sitcom | CBS | 1968–73 7 |
| Land of the Lost | Adventure/children | NBC | 1974–76 8 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Drama | NBC | 1974–83 9 |
| Petticoat Junction | Sitcom | CBS | 1963–70 10 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Sitcom | CBS | 1962–71 10 |
| Branded | Western | NBC | 1965–66 11 |
| Harlem Globetrotters | Animated | CBS | 1970–73 12 |
| Saved by the Bell | Teen sitcom | NBC | 1989–93 13 |
| Saved by the Bell: The College Years | Teen sitcom | NBC | 1993–94 13 |
| Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Teen sitcom | NBC | 1993–2000 13 |
1Produced by Hal Roach Studios; the show has not been seen on television since CBS withdrew it from syndication in 1966 due to pressure from the NAACP regarding issues of racial stereotyping of the show's characters
2Produced by Jackie Gleason Enterprises; originally distributed by CBS Films, then Viacom
3Produced 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 North American TV distribution rights while HBO sister company Warner Bros. Television is the international distributor
4Produced by Daisy Productions; originally distributed by Metromedia Producers Corporation until the early-1980s, then by Worldvision Enterprises
5Produced by NBC, with co-production in the first two seasons by Barry & Enright Productions
6Produced by Dan Curtis Productions; originally distributed by Worldvision
7Produced by Arwin Productions; originally distributed by Worldvision
8Produced by Sid & Marty Krofft Productions; originally distributed by Worldvision
9Produced 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
10Produced by Filmways Television and CBS; originally distributed by Viacom, then Paramount Television
11Produced by Goodson-Todman Productions; originally distributed by King World
12Produced 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
13Produced 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
External Links
- CBS Television Distribution official website
- CBS Television Distribution at the Internet Movie Database
- CBS Television Distribution closing logos at Closing Logos Group Wiki
