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Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC) was a television production and distribution company.

[edit] History

MPC was founded in 1968, under the ownership of Metromedia, after being spun off from Wolper Productions. During its years of operation, it was a prominent program supplier for the American television networks and syndication. Among its more popular programs were The Merv Griffin Show, the original version of Jeopardy!, My Favorite Martian, Star Search and Too Close for Comfort.

Metromedia announced the sale of its television stations (which Metromedia's owner, John Kluge, had purchased from the now-defunct DuMont Television Network's founder, Dr. Allen B. DuMont, in 1958) and MPC on May 6, 1985 to News Corporation. The transactions became official on March 6, 1986, after which MPC's operations were absorbed into 20th Century-Fox Television.

While 20th Century-Fox holds the distribution rights to a majority of the MPC catalogue, there are a few exceptions. Shows produced by Aaron Spelling (through his Spelling-Goldberg Productions company) which were distributed internationally by MPC are now syndicated worldwide by Sony Pictures Television (whose predecessor, Columbia Pictures Television, distributed the shows in the United States; the sole exception to this is Vega$). CBS Television Distribution owns the rights to That Girl, Star Search, Strike Force, the original Jeopardy! (co-distributed with Sony), Vega$ and Dynasty (which was distributed by 20th Century-Fox until November 2006, when CBS picked up the show). My Favorite Martian, Groovie Goolies, Mayberry RFD, Truth or Consequences and Thicke of the Night are currently distributed by Warner Bros. Television.

[edit] List of Shows

Title	Format	Network	Years
Charlie's Angels	Crime drama	ABC	1976–81
The Cross-Wits	Game show	Syndication	1975–80
Dusty's Trail	Western comedy	Syndication	1973–74
Dynasty	Drama	ABC	1981–89
Family	Drama	ABC	1976–80
Groovie Goolies	Cartoon	CBS	1970–71
Hart to Hart	Crime drama	ABC	1979–84
Jeopardy! (1964)	Game show	NBC	1964–75
Mayberry RFD	Comedy	CBS	1968–71
The Merv Griffin Show	Talk show	Syndication	1972–86
My Favorite Martian	Comedy	CBS	1963–66
Small Wonder	Comedy	Syndication	1985–89
Starsky and Hutch	Crime drama	ABC	1975–79
Star Search	Talent contest	Syndication	1983–95
Strike Force (1981)	Crime drama	ABC	1981–82
S.W.A.T.	Crime Drama	ABC	1975–76
That Girl	Comedy	ABC	1966–71
Thicke of the Night	Talk show	Syndication	1983–84
T.J. Hooker	Crime drama	ABC	1982–85
		CBS	1985–86
Too Close for Comfort	Comedy	ABC	1980–83
		Syndication	1984–86
Truth or Consequences	Game show	Syndication	1966–78
Vega$	Crime drama	ABC	1978–81

[edit] External link

• Metromedia Producers Corporation at the Internet Movie Database