is an American Television Production and distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment . In turn, the latter is part of the Japan ese 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 Entertainment , Chuck Barris Productions , Barry & Enright Productions and Bob Stewart Productions .
From '') and movie library.
In addition to the Columbia TriStar Pictures theatrical library, SPT handles the following:
(All series by Screen Gems, CPT , TriStar TV , Columbia TriStar TV , Adelaide Productions , and SPT)
- '' Police Woman '' (1974-1978)
- '' Partridge Family 2200 A.D. '' (1974-1975) (co-produced with Hanna-Barbera Productions)
- '' That's My Mama '' (1974-1975)
- '' Born Free '' (1974)
- '' Barney Miller '' (1975-1982) (with Danny Arnold 's Four D Productions)
- '' Matt Helm '' (1975-1976)
- '' Fish '' (1977-1978) (with Danny Arnold's The Mimus Company)
- '' Tabitha '' (1977-1978)
- '' Quark '' (1977-1978)
- '' Sha Na Na '' (1977-1981) (Originally syndicated by LBS Communications , but CPT took over the rights in 2000)
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- '' Salvage 1 '' (1979)
- '' Eisched '' (1979-1980)
- '' From Here To Eternity '' (1979-1980)
- '' One In A Million '' (1980) (with TOY Productions)
- '' Walking Tall '' (1981)
- '' Mr. Merlin '' (1981-1982)
- '' One Of The Boys '' (1982) (with TOY II Productions)
- '' Bring 'Em Back Alive '' (1982-1983)
- '' Ripley's Believe It Or Not! '' (1982-1986) and (1999-2004) (CPT 1982-1986, CTT 1999-2002, and SPT 2002-2004)
- '' Filthy Rich '' (1982-1983)
- '' Jennifer Slept Here '' (1983-1984)
- '' Lottery! '' (1983-1984)
- '' Blue Thunder '' (1984)
- '' Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer '' (1984-1987)
- '' Punky Brewster '' (1984-1988) (US distribution of all episodes, but produced only the first-run syndication episodes 3 and 4 , while the first two seasons were produced by NBC Productions
- '' Crazy Like A Fox '' (1984-1986)
- '' Thomas And Friends '' (1984-present, international television distribution only, CPT 1984-1994, continued on by CTT 1994-2002, and SPT 2002-present)
- '' What's Happening Now!! '' (1985-1988) (with LBS Communications )
- '' Lime Street '' (1985)
- '' Stir Crazy '' (1985)
- '' Helltown '' (1985)
- '' Designing Women '' (1986-1993)
- '' The New Gidget '' (1986-1990)
- '' Starman '' (1986-1987)
- '' The Real Ghostbusters '' (1986-1991) (co-produced with DiC Entertainment . DiC also syndicated the series in 1987, but Sony Pictures Television owns all of the rights)
- '' Slimer! And The Real Ghostbusters '' (1988-1990) (co-produced with DiC Entertainment )
- '' Buck James '' (1987-1988)
- '' New Monkees '' (1987) (co-produced with Straybert Productions ; co-produced and co-syndicated with LBS Communications )
- '' Someting Is Out There '' (1988-1989)
- '' Shining Time Station '' (1989-1997)
- '' Parker Lewis Can't Lose '' (a.k.a. Parker Lewis) (1990-1993)
- '' Baby Talk '' (1991)
- '' Sunday Dinner '' (1991) (co-produced with ACT III Communications )
- '' The Edge '' (1992-1993)
- '' The Larry Sanders Show '' (1992-1999) (co-produced with HBO and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment )
- '' Ricki Lake '' (1993-2004) (CPT and continued by CTT 2001-2002 and SPT 2002-2004)
- '' Walker Texas Ranger '' (1993-2001) (co-produced with CBS Productions , CPT Distribution)
- '' The Critic '' (1994-1995)
- '' The Cosby Mysteries '' (1994-1995)
- '' Party Of Five '' (1994-2000)
- '' Women Of The House '' (1995)
''(Part owned by SPT; handles ad sales and distribution rights in the US)''
Note: Warner Bros. , who owns Castle Rock Entertainment, holds ownership rights. SPT currently owns distribution rights to certain Castle Rock properties.
includes Tandem Productions, T.A.T. Communications, Embassy Television, and ELP Communications
( text indicates a Spelling-Goldberg/CPT co-production)
- The '' Pyramid '' Game Shows (various incarnations from 1973-2004, except some versions owned by other distributors)
- '' Eye Guess '' (1966-1969) (co-produced by Filmways)
- '' Three On A Match '' (1971-1974)
- '' Jackpot '' (1985-1990)
- '' Chain Reaction '' (1980) (''The New Chain Reaction'' 1986-1991) (3rd revival August 2006 on GSN )
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