CBS Television Studios

CBS Television Studios
Subsidiary
Industry Television production
Founded Los Angeles, California, USA (January 17, 2006 (2006-01-17) as CBS Paramount Television)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
Key people
David Stapf, President
Owner CBS Corporation
Website cbstelevisionstudios.com

CBS Television Studios (CTS) is an American television production company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions. It is the television production arm of the CBS network (CBS Productions previously assumed such functions), and, alongside Warner Bros. Television, it is also the television production arm of The CW Television Network (in which CBS has a 50% ownership stake).

Background and timeline

CBS

Paramount Pictures' early television ventures

Desilu Productions

Paramount Television

Viacom

Spelling Television Inc.

Main article: Aaron Spelling

Worldvision Enterprises

King World

Group W

CBS Paramount Television

CBS Paramount Television logo, used from 2006 to 2009.

The production company today: CBS Television Studios

CBS Paramount Television was the only CBS division that used the Paramount name and logo in its own name and logo (Paramount Pictures is currently owned by the post-2006 Viacom that was spun off from CBS, which was once known as the old Viacom). All three of its original divisions had used Paramount in their name: CBS Paramount Network Television (the production arm), CBS Paramount Domestic Television (the US distribution arm), and CBS Paramount International Television (the international distribution arm). When the companies split, CBS had permission to use the Paramount name for three years. The contract expired in 2009, and thus the Paramount name is now gone from television for good, after 42 years as a production company (39 as Paramount Television), and before that, the owners of two early television stations (KTLA and WBKB), an earlier production company (Telemount Productions), and part-owners of the DuMont Television Network. The new company exempts programming from the revived CBS Productions, the in-name-only producer of 90210, Melrose Place and Three Rivers, among others.

National Amusements retains majority control of both CBS and the new Viacom. For a short time, many of Paramount's theatrical films were distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution (the new name for the distribution arm as of 2007).[7] Paramount Home Media Distribution continues to distribute home video sales of CBS shows through the CBS DVD brand.

The studio has an output deal with Australia's Channel Ten, which means that Ten usually gets first airing rights to the studio's productions.

Until recently—in the U.S.—King World distributed its product independently from CBS Paramount Domestic Television, while internationally CBS Paramount International Television handled distribution and sales. As of September 16, 2007 the CBS Television Distribution logo appears after shows that had been distributed by King World.

From 2009 until 2011, all shows produced by the company aired either on CBS or the CW. In the past, Paramount Television produced shows for all networks, but especially had a good relationship with ABC (much as Universal Television had a good relationship with now co-owned NBC). The Cleaner, which aired on A&E until September 2009, was the most recent show from the company to air on a network other than CBS or the CW (which is ironic when NBC/ABC's ownership of A&E is taken into account). This was until Black Entertainment Television began airing new episodes of The Game in 2011. In 2012, USA Network began airing Common Law.

CTS does not directly produce any shows appearing on Showtime, a premium cable television network co-owned with the studio. Instead, sister company Showtime Entertainment handles in-house productions for the network. However, CTD and its international arm do handle syndication distribution for these shows if they ever appear in syndication.

Past names

Shows produced (starting in 2009)

Airing on CBS

Title Years Co-production
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015 with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Alliance Atlantis
The Amazing Race 2001-present with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and ABC Studios
CSI: Miami 2002-2012 with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Alliance Atlantis
NCIS 2003-present with Belisarius Productions
CSI: NY 2004-2013 with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Alliance Atlantis
NUMB3RS 2005-2010 with Scott Free Productions and The Barry Schindel Company
Criminal Minds 2005-present with The Mark Gordon Company and ABC Studios
Gary Unmarried 2008-2010 with Ed Yeager Productions, Rude Mood Productions (both season 1 only) and ABC Studios
The Good Wife 2009-present with King Size Productions, Small Wishes Productions (season 1 only) and Scott Free Productions
Accidentally on Purpose 2009-2010 with BermanBraun
NCIS: Los Angeles 2009-present with Shane Brennan Productions
Three Rivers 2009-2010 with Fixed Mark Productions
Hawaii Five-0 2010-present with K/O Paper Products and 101st Street Television
Blue Bloods 2010-present with Panda Productions and Paw In Your Face Productions (2010-2012 only)
Mad Love 2011 with Two Soups ProductionsSony Pictures Television
Unforgettable 2011-2014 with Timberman/Beverly Productions and Sony Pictures Television
A Gifted Man 2011-2012 with Baer Bones and Timberman/Beverly Productions
How to Be a Gentleman 2011-2012 with Media Rights Capital
¡Rob! 2012 with The Tannenbaum Company
NYC 22 2012 with Tribeca Productions and Post 109
Vegas 2012-2013 with Happy Valley Productions, Tree Line Film and Arthur Sarkissian Productions
Elementary 2012-present with Hill Of Beans Productions and Timberman-Beverly Productions
Made in Jersey 2012 with Left Coast Productions and Sony Pictures Television
Under the Dome 2013-2015 with Amblin Television and Baer Bones
We Are Men 2013 with The Tannenbaum Company and Roughhouse Productions
The Millers 2013-2014 with Amigos de Garcia Productions
Extant 2014-2015 with 22 Plates (season 1 only) and Amblin Television
Intelligence 2014 with Michael Seitzman's Pictures, Tripp Vinson Productions, The Barry Schindel Company and ABC Studios
Bad Teacher 2014 with Gifted And Talented Camp, Mosaic Media Group, Quantity Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television
Reckless 2014 with Sander/Moses Productions
Madam Secretary 2014-present with Barbara Hall Productions and Revelations Entertainment
Scorpion 2014-present with K/O Paper Products, Blackjack Films, Perfect Storm Entertainment and SB Projects
NCIS: New Orleans 2014-present with Wings Productions and When Pigs Fly, Inc.
The McCarthys 2014-2015 with Bambi Cottages Productions, Olive Bridge Entertainment Sony Pictures Television
The Odd Couple 2015-present with The Tannenbaum Company and Timberman-Beverly Productions
CSI: Cyber 2015-present with Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Battle Creek 2015 with Shore Z Productions, Gran Via Productions and Sony Pictures Television
Zoo 2015-present with James Patterson Entertainment, Tree Line Film and Midnight Radio
Limitless 2015-present with K/O Paper Products, Action This Day!, Relativity Television (first episodes) and Critical Content (later episodes)
Code Black 2015-present with Michael Seitzman's Pictures, Tiny Pyro Productions and ABC Studios
Angel from Hell 2016 with Quill Entertainment
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders 2016-present with The Mark Gordon Company, Erica Messer Productions and ABC Studios
BrainDead coming 2016 with King Size Productions and Scott Free Productions

Criminal Minds and NCIS are the last shows formerly from Paramount Television still airing on network television.

Airing on The CW

Title Years Co-production
90210 2008-2013 with Sachs/Judah Productions (season 1 only)
The Vampire Diaries 2009-present with Outerbanks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television
The Beautiful Life: TBL 2009 with Katalyst Films, Page Fright Productions and Warner Bros. Television
Life Unexpected 2010-2011 with Best Day Ever Productions, Mojo Films and Warner Bros. Television
Hellcats 2010 with Five & Dime Productions and Warner Bros. Television
Ringer 2011-2012 with Green Eggs and Pam Productions, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, ABC Studios and Warner Bros. Television
The Secret Circle 2011-2012 with Outerbanks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television
Hart of Dixie 2011-2015 with Dogarooski (season 4 only), Fake Empire and Warner Bros. Television
Beauty & the Beast 2012-present with Take 5 Productions and WhizBang Films
Emily Owens, M.D. 2012-2013 with The Dan Jinks Company and Warner Bros. Television
Cult 2013 with Rockne S. O'Bannon Television, Fake Empire and Warner Bros. Television
The Originals 2013-present with My So-Called Company and Warner Bros. Television
The Tomorrow People 2013-2014 with Berlanti/Plec, FremantleMedia North America and Warner Bros. Television
Reign 2013-present with Joyful Girl Productions, Take 5 Productions, WhizBang Films and Warner Bros. Television
Star-Crossed 2014 with Space Floor TV, Olé Productions and Warner Bros. Television
The 100 2014-present with Alloy Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television
Jane the Virgin 2014-present with Poppy Productions, RCTV International, Electus and Warner Bros. Television
The Messengers 2015 with Thunder Road Television and Warner Bros. Television
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 2015-present with LeanMachine, Webbterfuge and Warner Bros. Television

Airing on other networks

Title Years Network Co-production
The Game 2006-2015 BET with Akil Productions, Grammnet Productions, and BET Originals
Common Law 2012 USA with Junction Entertainment
King & Maxwell 2013 TNT with Shane Brennan Productions
Power 2014-present Starz with Maluwi Productions, Atmosphere Television and G Unit Film & Television
Young & Hungry 2014-present Freeform with Waffle Toaster Productions, Blondie Girl Productions and The Tannenbaum Company
Unforgettable 2015-2016 A&E with Timberman/Beverly Productions and Sony Pictures Television

See also

References

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  2. "Week's Profile: Lucille Ball". Broadcasting: 117. July 31, 1967.
  3. Patrick J. White, The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier p. 117, 141. New York: Avon Books, 1991. ISBN 0-380-75877-6
  4. Patrick J. White, The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier p. 141. New York: Avon Books, 1991. ISBN 0-380-75877-6
  5. "CBS CORPORATION RE-BRANDS PARAMOUNT TELEVISION; PRODUCTION, DOMESTIC SYNDICATION AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION ARM TO BE NAMED CBS PARAMOUNT TELEVISION". January 17, 2006. Archived from the original on September 13, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  6. "If It's Monday, It Must Be CBS TV Studios : TV MoJoe : TVWeek - Television Industry news, TV ratings, analysis, celebrity event photos". TVWeek. May 17, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  7. CBS Television Distribution Syndication Bible TV Movies. Retrieved May 17, 2009.

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