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Sony Pictures Television, Inc. (SPT) is an American television production/distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.
SPT was previously known as Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television, TriStar Television and Columbia TriStar Television. The name was changed to reflect the Sony brand in 2002.
The company also owns and distributes the shows from Tandem Productions, ELP Communications (from TAT to ELP Communications), TeleVentures, Merv Griffin Enterprises, Barris Industries, Barry & Enright Productions and Bob Stewart Productions.
From 2005 until May 31, 2006, SPT also distributed MGM's TV shows (including The Pink Panther and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series) and movie library (due in part to the Sony-led consortium's purchase of MGM).

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Sony Pictures Television, Inc. (SPT) is an American television production/distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.
SPT was previously known as Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television, TriStar Television and Columbia TriStar Television. The name was changed to reflect the Sony brand in 2002.
The company also owns and distributes the shows from Tandem Productions, ELP Communications (from TAT to ELP Communications), TeleVentures, Merv Griffin Enterprises, Barris Industries, Barry & Enright Productions and Bob Stewart Productions.
From 2005 until May 31, 2006, SPT also distributed MGM's TV shows (including The Pink Panther and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series) and movie library (due in part to the Sony-led consortium's purchase of MGM). In 2006, SPT joined forces with Program Partners to handle ad-sales and distribution rights to foreign television series in the U.S., mostly shows produced in Canada.
In Summer 2007, the company introduced The Minisode Network; a digital channel for MySpace airing shows from the 1960s to early 2000s from four to five minutes. In Winter 2007, The Minisode Network was also added to a few more sites like AOL TV and their Crackle site.
SPT owns one-half of cable channel GSN (with Liberty Entertainment), owner of Crackle C-Spot, and is a partner in FEARnet, the horror/thriller website and VOD service.
Shows produced and/or distributed by SPT In addition to the Columbia TriStar Pictures theatrical library, SPT handles the following:
Current programming
- The Three Stooges (1958-Present) (1958-1974 by Screen Gems, 1974-1995 by Columbia Pictures Television, 1995-2002 by Columbia TriStar Television Distribution/Columbia TriStar International Television, 2002-Present by Sony Pictures Television)
- Jeopardy! (1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1983, 1984-present) (produced by MGP 1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1983 and 1984 pilots, MGE 1984-1994, CTT 1994-2002, and SPT 2002-present; distributed by King World (1983-2007), CBS Television Distribution (2007-Present))
- Days of our Lives (1965-present) (in conjunction with Corday Productions, continued on by CPT 1974-2001, CTT 2001-2002, and SPT 2002-Present)
- The Young and the Restless (1973-present) (in conjunction with Bell Dramatic Serial Company and Corday Productions, continued on by CPT 1974-2001, CTT 2001-2002, and SPT 2002-Present)
- Wheel of Fortune (1975-present) (produced by Merv Griffin Productions 1975-1984, MGE 1984-1994, CTT 1994-2002, and SPT 2002-present; syndicated nighttime version distributed by King World (1983-2007), CBS Television Distribution (2007-Present))
- Carson's Comedy Classics (1983-Present) (Produced by Carson Productions)
- The Shield (2002-Present) (co-production with The Barn Productions and Fox Television Studios, CTDT then Sony Pictures Television)
- Rescue Me (2004-Present) (co-produced with DreamWorks Television, Apostle and the Cloudland Company)
- The Boondocks (2005-present)
- 'Til Death (2006-Present)
- My Boys (2006-Present)
- 10 Items or Less (2006-Present)
- Damages (2007-Present)
- Judge David Young (2007-present)
- Rules of Engagement (2007-Present)
- Judge Karen (2008-Present)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008-Present)
- The Gong Show with Dave Attell (2008-Present)
Off-net Syndication
Library Programming
Screen Gems to Sony Pictures Television
(All series by Screen Gems, CPT, TriStar TV, Columbia TriStar TV, Adelaide Productions, and SPT; some having gone through distribution from Colex Enterprises)
Screen Gems
Columbia Pictures Television
TriStar Television
Columbia TriStar Television
Sony Pictures Television
Program Partners
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Barris Industries
- (Note: Formerly known as Chuck Barris Productions).
- Hardcastle & McCormick (1983-1986)
- Riptide (1984-1986)
- Hunter (1984-1991) (Distribution only) 4
New World Television
- includes Tandem Productions and ELP Communications
Tandem
ELP Communications
(Formerly T.A.T. Communications and Embassy Communications)
The Jeffersons (1975-1985)Hot l Baltimore (1975)One Day at a Time (1975-1984)Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Forever Fernwood (1976-1978)The Dumplings (1976)The Nancy Walker Show (1976-1977)Fernwood 2Night/America 2Night (1977, 1978)All That Glitters (1977)A Year at the Top (1977)The Facts of Life (1979-1988)The Baxters (1979-1981)Hello, Larry (1979-1980)Palmerstown, USA (1981)Gloria (1982-1983)Square Pegs (1982-1983)Silver Spoons (1982-1987)a.k.a. Pablo (1984)E/R (1984-1985)Who's the Boss? (1983; 1984-1992)Double Trouble (1984-1985)It's Your Move (1984-1985)227 (1985-1990)The Charmings (1987-1988)The Famous Teddy Z (1989-1990)Living Dolls (1989)Top of the Heap (1991)The Powers That Be (1991-1992)Vinnie and Bobby (1992)the Embassy Pictures theatrical library with few exceptions
(bold text indicates a Spelling-Goldberg/CPT co-production)
The Rookies (1972-1976)S.W.A.T. (1975-1977)Starsky and Hutch (1975-1979)Charlie's Angels (1976-1981)Family (1976-1980)Fantasy Island (1977-1984)Hart to Hart (1979-1984)T.J. Hooker (1982-1988)
Bob Stewart Productions Pyramid (various incarnations from 1973-2004) 8Eye Guess (1966-1969) (co-produced by Filmways)Three on a Match (1971-1974)Jackpot (1985-1990)The New/(The $40,000) Chain Reaction (1980, 1986-1991)
Soap (1977-1981)Benson (1979-1986)
Bud Yorkin Productions/TOY Productions Grady (1975-1976)What's Happening!! (1976-1979)Carter Country (1977-1979)
Others Doctor Doctor (1989-1991) (produced by Reeves Entertainment Group, distributor only)
American TV Ratings
For the week of January 26 - February 1, 2009, Seinfeld drew 5,779,000 viewers. The weekend version drew 5,009,000. Ranking at number 18 was The King of Queens with 4,191,000.
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