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{{Short description|Television arm of Paramount Pictures}}
{{For|the original studio now operated as [[CBS Studios]]|Paramount Television}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
|name = Paramount Communications Inc.
| name = Paramount Television Studios
| logo = [[File:Paramount Television Studios logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
|type = Division
| logo_caption = Final logo, used from 2020 to 2024
|logo = Paramount Communications Inc. logo.png
| former_name = Paramount Television (second iteration) {{nowrap|(2013–2020)}}
|logo_size = 300px
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
|fate = Sold and merged into [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]]
|predecessor = [[Gulf+Western]]
| industry = [[Television]]
| predecessors = {{ubl|[[Desilu|Desilu Productions]]|[[Paramount Television]] {{no wrap|(first iteration)}}|[[CBS Paramount Television]]}}
|successor = [[Viacom (original)]] (now remnants operating as [[Viacom Media Networks]] and [[CBS Corporation]] owned by National Amusements)
|foundation = {{start date and age|1911|12|16}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|2013|3|4}}
|defunct = {{end date and age|2016|7|19}}
| defunct = {{end date and age|2024|8|18}}
| fate = Closed; ongoing series and projects in development shifted and folded into [[CBS Studios]]. Name currently used for licensing purposes only.
|location = [[Kissimmee]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]
| successor = [[CBS Studios]]
|industry = [[Entertainment]], [[industry]], [[mass media]]
| products = [[Television show|Television programs]]
|key_people = [[Charles Bluhdorn]], Martin S. Davis
| hq_location_city = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]]
|parent =
| hq_location_country = U.S.
|subsid = [[Madison Square Garden]]<br>[[New Jersey Zinc Company|New Jersey Zinc]]<br>[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[Blue’s Clues]]<br>[[Teletubbies]]<br>[[Simon & Schuster|Simon and Schuster]]
| area_served = {{ubl|United States|Worldwide (via [[Paramount Global Content Distribution]])}}
|homepage = {{url|http://www.paramount.com}}
| key_people = {{ubl|Nicole Clemens ([[President (corporate title)|president]])|Ken Basin ([[Executive vice-president|EVP]] and Head of Business Affairs)<ref>{{cite news|last=Yang|first=Rachel|date=April 25, 2019|title=Paramount TV Ups Ken Basin to Head Business Affairs, Hires Liz Miller as Production SVP|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/Paramount-tv-ken-basin-head-business-affairs-hires-liz-miller-production-svp-1203197988/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>|Debra Bergman (EVP of Production)|Cheryl Bosnak (EVP and Head of Current Programming)<ref>{{cite news|last=Low|first=Elaine|date=March 11, 2019|title=Paramount Television Expands Exec Team, Hires Sonar's Jenna Santoianni, Disney-ABC's Cheryl Bosnak|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/Paramount-Television-jenna-santoianni-cheryl-bosnak-1203160107/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>|Jenna Santoianni (EVP and Head of Development)}}
| owner =
| parent = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| divisions =
| website = {{Official website|https://www.paramountpictures.com/television/}}
}}
}}


'''Paramount Television Studios''', formerly the second iteration of '''Paramount Television''', was the [[television]] arm of American film studio [[Paramount Pictures]], a division of [[Paramount Global]], founded on March 4, 2013, by its predecessor, [[viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]], following an emerging vigorous business with the technological expansion of television via [[streaming media|streaming services]].<ref name="lat">{{cite web|last=James|first=Meg|date=July 23, 2013|title=Viacom revives Paramount Television studio, eyeing multiple platforms|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-paramount-powell-20130723-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref> Paramount also recognized that television could give them little to fall back on when films fail, except for studio stage rentals.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|last1=Chozick|first1=Amy|last2=Barnes|first2=Brooks|date=January 17, 2019|title=Paramount Was Hollywood's 'Mountain.' Now It's a Molehill.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/business/media/paramount-pictures.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>
Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, and formerly known as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) is a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of U.S. media conglomerate Viacom. Paramount is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).[1] It has distributed several successful film series, such as Transformers, Mission: Impossible, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series (2008–11), Indiana Jones (1981–2008), The Godfather, Star Trek, Jack Ryan, Jackass, The Bad News Bears, Beverly Hills Cop, "Crocodile" Dundee, Paranormal Activity, Friday the 13th and G.I. Joe.


It is the revival and successor to [[Paramount Television|Paramount's original television division]], which rebranded as CBS Paramount Television<ref>{{cite web|last=Eggerton|first=John|date=January 17, 2006|title=CBS Has Its Eye on Paramount|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cbs-has-its-eye-Paramount-78505|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427203315/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/cbs-has-its-eye-Paramount-78505|archive-date=April 27, 2019|website=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|access-date=April 27, 2019|quote=CBS has re-branded its Paramount Television division CBS Paramount Television.}}</ref> and was kept by [[CBS Corporation]], the new name for [[Viacom (1952–2006)|the original Viacom]], on December 31, 2005 – on that same day, [[Viacom (2005–2019)|the second Viacom]] took ownership of Paramount Pictures. After the expiration of a 3-year licensing agreement between the split companies for the "Paramount" trademarks, CBS Paramount Television was rebranded to CBS Television Studios on May 17, 2009<ref>{{cite news|date=May 17, 2009|title=If It's Monday, It Must Be CBS TV Studios|url=https://www.tvweek.com/tv-mojoe/2009/05/if-its-monday-it-must-be-cbs-tv-studios/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405200022/http://www.tvweek.com/tvmojoe/2009/05/if-its-monday-it-must-be-cbs-tv-studios.php|archive-date=April 5, 2012|work=TV MoJoe|publisher=[[TV Week]]|access-date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> and then currently [[CBS Studios]] on October 8, 2020. On January 14, 2020, following the closed [[2019 merger of CBS and Viacom|merger]] of the second Viacom and CBS Corporation to form ViacomCBS (which changed name to the current Paramount Global on February 17, 2022), the revived Paramount Television was rebranded as Paramount Television Studios.<ref>{{cite news|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=January 14, 2020|title=Paramount Television Gets New Title & Logo|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/paramount-television-gets-new-title-logo-1202830110/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref>
In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital-form only.[2]


On August 13, 2024, following much of its staff being laid off in a series of cutbacks at [[Paramount Global]], it was announced that the division would be shutting down by the end of that week, with any ongoing and development projects shifting to sister company [[CBS Studios]].
Paramount Pictures, founded in 1912, is America's oldest running movie studio.[3]


== Paramount Pictures History ==
==History==
On March 4, 2013, then-president and then-CEO of [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]] [[Philippe Dauman]] announced that Paramount opted to produce a television series based on one of their films. The show would allow Paramount to “get back, with very little investment, into the television production business.”<ref>{{cite web|last=Lieberman|first=David|date=March 4, 2013|title=Paramount To Return To TV Series Production|url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/03/paramount-viacom-tv-production/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=March 11, 2013}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Hours later, Paramount chairman/CEO [[Brad Grey]] announced that the studio was co-producing a [[CBS]] television series based on ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' with [[Sony Pictures Television]]; however, the pilot did not move forward.<ref>{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 4, 2013|title=Paramount To Co-Produce CBS' 'Beverly Hills Cop.'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/paramount-to-co-produce-cbs-beverly-hills-cop-445376/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=March 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Atkinson|first=Katie|date=July 19, 2013|title='Beverly Hills Cop' TV series fails to find a home -- but it might be a movie instead|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/07/19/beverly-hills-cop-tv-show-dead/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref>


On July 22, 2013, Amy Powell was named president of Paramount Television.<ref>{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=July 22, 2013|title=Amy Powell Named President Of Paramount Television|url=https://deadline.com/2013/07/amy-powell-named-president-of-paramount-television-546639/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref> Until the [[2019 merger of CBS and Viacom|re-merger]] of [[CBS Corporation]] and Viacom on December 4, 2019, the revived Paramount Television had no ties to the CBS network unlike the previous incarnation in its later years before the [[Split of CBS Corporation and Viacom|Viacom/CBS split]]. In addition, shows produced by the revived Paramount Television are distributed on home media by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] under the main Paramount brand, while shows produced by the [[Paramount Television|original Paramount Television]] are released through [[CBS Home Entertainment]] due to [[CBS Studios]] owning the pre-2005 Paramount Television library.
=== Paramount Logo ===
{{Infobox company
| name = Paramount Television
| logo = [[File:Paramount Television logo (2015).png|250px]]
| type = Division
| industry = [[Production company|Television Production]]
| predecessors = [[Paramount Television#Paramount Television (original)|Paramount Television (original)]]<br>[[Desilu Productions]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1967}} (original)<!-- This page refers to the company that was founded after Gulf & Western purchased Desilu from Lucille Ball. The other organizations mentioned in the "Origins" section are completely separate. --><br> {{start date and age|March 4, 2013}} (relaunch)
| products = [[Television program|Television programs]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Amy Powell (Head)<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-tv-head-alienist-george-clooneys-catch-22-future-13-reasons-why-1073192</ref>
| parent = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| owner = [[Viacom]]
| subsid =
}}


[[School of Rock (TV series)|A television series]] based on the 2003 film ''[[School of Rock]]'' was announced to air on [[Nickelodeon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nickelodeon-and-paramount-television-team-up-on-new-live-action-musical-comedy-series-school-of-rock-2014-08-04|title=Nickelodeon and Paramount Television Team up on New Live-Action, Musical Comedy Series School of Rock|work=MarketWatch}}</ref> On August 26, 2014, Paramount Television and [[HBO]] announced plans to develop a new series titled ''Ashecliffe'' which will serve as a prequel to the 2010 [[Paramount Pictures]] film ''[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldstein|first1=Meredith|last2=Shanahan|first2=Mark|date=August 26, 2014|title='Shutter Island' might be a TV show|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2014/08/25/shutter-island-might-show/gViAuZYBdvUakuskIWKcNM/story.html|website=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref>
The distinctively pyramidal Paramount mountain has been the company's logo since its inception and is the oldest surviving Hollywood film logo. In the sound era, the logo was accompanied by a fanfare called ''Why did you cough'' after i dont think of you started in august 31 2009 during the happy tree friends episode:let it slide, released in September 1975, the logo was simplified in a shade of blue, adopting the modified design of the 1968 print logo, which was in use for many decades afterward. The words to the fanfare, originally sung in september 13, 2010 at ms diaz's class in audubon park, in some movies a rhysail is added.


On May 27, 2014, [[Anonymous Content]] signed a 3-year first-look deal with Paramount Television to produce and distribute scripted programming.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stedman|first1=Alex|date=May 27, 2014|title=Paramount TV, 'True Detective' Producer Anonymous Content Ink First-Look Deal|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/paramount-tv-true-detective-producer-anonymous-content-ink-first-look-deal-1201193821/|work=[[variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref> On October 23, 2014, Chapter Eleven, the production company of Kyle Killen and Scott Pennington, signed a 2-year deal with Paramount Television and Anonymous Content after Killen left 20th Century Fox Television (now just [[20th Television]]).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weinstein|first1=Shelli|date=October 23, 2014|title=Kyle Killen Inks First-Look Pact with Paramount Television|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/kyle-killen-inks-first-look-pact-with-Paramount-television-1201337375/|work=[[variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref>
The motion picture logo has gone through many changes over the years:
# 1914:It started out as famous players film company in 1914 and this logo was added on wikia by you when your ip address was blocked that time before all 3 of your ip addresses got blocked from editing
# 1914-1917: Legend has it that the mountain is based on a doodle made by W. W. Hodkinson during a meeting with Adolph Zukor. It is said to be based on the memories of his childhood in Utah. Some claim that Utah's Ben Lomond is the mountain Hodkinson doodled, and that Peru's Artesonraju[113] is the mountain in the live-action logo, while others claim that the Italian side of Monviso inspired the logo. Some editions of the logo bear a striking resemblance to the Pfeifferhorn,[114] another Wasatch Range peak, and to the Matterhorn on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
# 1917-1927: The logo began as a somewhat indistinct charcoal rendering of the mountain ringed with superimposed stars. The logo originally had twenty-four stars, as a tribute to the then current system of contracts for actors, since Paramount had twenty-four stars signed at the time.
# 1927-1930: came a new logo when they took of the information for the famous players Lasky Corporation in September 1927, Famous Players-Lasky was reorganized under the name Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, later becoming the Paramount Pictures Corporation.
# 1929-1936: came a new logo and the why did you cough theme started out as was from MGM's [[Singing In The Rain]] and was first seen on [[Applause (1929 film)|Appluase{1929}]]
# 1934-1942: came a new logo when you could upload videos on YouTube again after you weren't supposed to or it would be deleted but your first 4 YouTube accounts you can still upload videos
# 1936-1942: came a new logo from gullivers travels which had oca, is it a good idea to microwave this and breaking a thing and buying a new one
# 1942-1958: the mountain stays the same and is the wtf boom logo
# 1942-1944: they had a volcano mountain
# 1944-1951: the logo was in color
# 1951-1954: came a new logo which was used for color movies in the early 1950's
# 1953-1958: A newer, more realistic-looking logo debuted in 1953 for Paramount films made in 3D. It was reworked in early-to-mid 1954 for Paramount films made in widescreen process VistaVision. The text VistaVision – Motion Picture High Fidelity was often imposed over the Paramount logo briefly before dissolving into the title sequence.
# 1958-1975: came a new logo which was a paramount picture, a paramount release or paramount. the gulf+western text comes in 4 types and is the day z logo
# 1975-1986: came a new logo with the blue mountain with the print logo and the current why did you cough theme
# 1986-1989: came a new logo with gulf+western company
# 1989-1995: came a new logo when they had communications and was the oobi logo
# 1995-2002: came a new logo when they had Viacom and is usually used in blues clues tapes.
# 2002-2006: came a new logo as a second logo with different clouds for the 90th anniversary and it happened similar when you deleted your google email user and they had two warner bros 90th anniversary logos by mistake too.
# 2006-2012: came a new logo with the new viacom byline and first used in BluesRoom:FredsBirthday and you got it with the wrong vhs and it had a old vhs sticker and it had the viacom logo under the paramount just like in your baby videos
# 2012: came a new logo for their 100th anniversary


On July 14, 2014, [[Robert Zemeckis]], his producing partner Jack Rapke and their production company, Compari Entertainment, signed a 2-year first-look pact with Paramount Television.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stedman|first1=Alex|date=July 14, 2014|title=Robert Zemeckis Inks Two-Year Deal With Paramount Television |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/robert-zemeckis-inks-two-year-deal-with-paramount-television-1201262116/|work=[[variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref> On January 6, 2017, Paramount Television signed a first-look agreement with Federation Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Levy|first1=Dani|date=January 6, 2017|title=Paramount Television Enters Partnership With Federation Entertainment|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/paramount-television-federation-entertainment-1201953794/|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref> On July 19, 2018, Paramount Television fired its president Powell, following reports that several people had "concerns around [Powell's] comments [made in a] professional setting which they believed were inconsistent" with Viacom's and Paramount's values; claims which Powell countered and was considering legal action.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Kim|last1=Masters|first2=Leslie|last2=Goldberg|date=July 19, 2018|title=Paramount TV President Amy Powell Fired Over Inappropriate Comments|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/paramount-tv-president-amy-powell-fired-inappropriate-comments-1128620|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> On September 5, 2018, she was replaced as Paramount Television president by Nicole Clemens.<ref>{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=September 5, 2018|title=Paramount Television Names Nicole Clemens As President|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/paramount-television-nicole-clemens-president-1202457683/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>
=== Paramount Song ===
{{Infobox company
|name = Paramount Television
|type =Division
|logo = File:Paramount Pictures logo (2002).jpg
|logo size = 300px
|fate = Merged with [[CBS Productions]] to form CBS Paramount Television.
|predecessor = [[Desilu Productions]]
|successor = [[CBS Paramount Network Television|CBS Paramount Television]]<br>(2006–09)<br>[[CBS Television Studios]]<br>(2009–present)
|foundation = {{start date and age|1967}}
|defunct = {{end date and age|2006}}
|location =
|industry = [[Television]]
|key_people =
|owner = [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]]
|parent =
|divisions = [[Paramount Domestic Television]]<br>Paramount International Television (until 2004)<br>[[Wilshire Court Productions]] (1989–2003)
|subsid =[[Viacom Productions]] (1995–2004)<br>[[Spelling Television]] (1999–2006)<br>[[Big Ticket Entertainment]] (1999–2006)
|homepage =
}}
why did you cough is the theme to paramount pictures


Viacom indicated that Paramount Television generated $400 million in revenue and produced 9 series at the end-of-year review in 2018. In 2019, Paramount's chief executive Jim Gianopulos indicated that Paramount Television would have 20 series in production and double its profit.<ref name=nyt/> On August 16, 2021, following the rebrand, Auriel Rudnick had signed an overall deal with Paramount Television Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=August 16, 2021|title=Auriel Rudnick Signs Overall Deal With Paramount Television Studios (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/auriel-rudnick-overall-deal-paramount-television-studios-exclusive-1235041481/|access-date=August 17, 2021|work=[[variety (magazine)|Variety]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
==== Lyrics ====
{{Infobox company
| name = Viacom Family Entertainment
| logo = [[File:Viacom logo.svg|200px]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2005|05|24}}
| founder = Blair Johnson
| defunct = {{Start date and age|2016|09|23}}
| hq_location_city = [[Brunswick]], [[Maine]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| area_served = [[International|Worldwide]]
| parent = [[Viacom Inc.]]
| divisions = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br>[[Paramount Pictures]]
| subsid =
| footnotes =
| intl = yes
| homepage = {{URL|www.viacom.com}}
}}
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On April 11, 2023, Paramount Television Studios signed a multi-year first-look deal with [[Brillstein Entertainment Partners]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title=Paramount Television Studios, Brillstein Entertainment Partners Set First-Look Deal |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/paramount-television-studios-brillstein-entertainment-partners-first-look-deal-1235579660/ |website=Variety |date=April 11, 2023}}</ref>
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Sometime in 2024, management of Paramount Television Studios was transferred to CBS Studios.<ref>[https://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No. TXu002439789 / 2024-07-26</ref> On August 13, following two rounds of layoffs at [[Paramount Global]] that year which included much of Paramount Television Studios' team, it was announced that the division would be shut down by the end of that week, with current series as well as those in development shifting to [[CBS Studios]] instead.<ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Meg |date=2024-08-13 |title=Paramount shutters television studio, begins major layoffs ahead of Skydance merger |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-08-13/paramounts-huge-layoffs-begin-nearly-2-000-employees-targeted-in-cuts |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Paramount Television Studios Shutting Down Amid Cutbacks|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=13 August 2024|access-date=13 August 2024|work=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/paramount-television-studios-shut-down-1236038486/}}</ref>
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==Productions==
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{{Main|List of Paramount Global television programs#Paramount Television Studios}}


==Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution==
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{{Infobox company
| name = Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution
| logo = Paramount Global Logo.svg
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| industry = {{ubl|Television distribution|[[Broadcast syndication]]}}
| predecessors = {{ubl|[[Paramount Domestic Television]]|[[Paramount Television|Paramount International Television]]|[[Desilu|Desilu Productions]]|[[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Paramount Domestic Television]]|[[Paramount Global Content Distribution|CBS Paramount International Television]]}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|2013|03|04}}
| defunct = {{end date and age|2024|08|18}}
| fate = Merged with CBS Studios International to form ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, which later rebranded as Paramount Global Content Distribution
| successors = [[Paramount Global Content Distribution]] (international rights)<br>[[CBS Media Ventures]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| owner =
| parent = Paramount Pictures
}}


'''Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution''' was the television distribution arm of Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of [[Paramount Global]].
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It is the successor to Paramount's original syndication arm, [[Paramount Domestic Television]], which was renamed to CBS Paramount Domestic Television on January 17, 2006, and later was merged with [[King World|King World Productions]] to form CBS Television Distribution (now [[CBS Media Ventures]]) on September 26, 2006. It is also the successor to Paramount's original international distribution arm, [[Paramount Television|Paramount International Television]], which was merged with CBS Broadcast International to form CBS Paramount International Television in August 2004, and was later renamed to [[Paramount Global Content Distribution|CBS Studios International]] on May 20, 2009.
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Paramount Pictures returned to television operations on March 4, 2013, forming a new syndication unit in the process. In 2020, Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution and CBS Studios International were merged to form ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group (currently known as Paramount Global Content Distribution), while U.S. distribution rights to the unit's content were assumed by Paramount Pictures' distribution department and [[Trifecta Entertainment & Media]] for broadcast syndication.
==== Trivia ====

{{Infobox company
==See also==
| name = Paramount Family Entertainment
* [[CBS Studios]], the corporate sibling of Paramount Television Studios
| image = [[File:Brandy&Mr.WhiskersTitleCard.jpg|215px|]]
** [[Paramount Television]], the original incarnation of this division
| caption = Logo for Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
** [[Paramount Domestic Television]], the television distribution arm of the original Paramount Television
| type =
* [[CBS Media Ventures]]
| traded_as =
* [[Desilu|Desilu Productions]], the predecessor to the television division of Paramount Pictures
| genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies -->
* [[Viacom Productions]]
| parent = [[Paramount Pictures]]
* [[Paramount Pictures]]
| owner =
* [[List of Paramount Pictures executives]]
| fate = Returned for the 90th Anniversary of [[bubble gum]] on October 8, 2018.
| predecessor = Warner Bros. Pictures
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2016|09|23}}
| founder = Blair Johnson
| defunct = {{Start date and age|2018|10|5}}
| location_city = [[Kissimmee]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]}}
*sometimes there is a rhysail in the lyrics
*the song was also used for the 1988-2006 paramount feature presentation and the 2015-2016 paramount Television logo.
*the fanfare was updated in 2010, it was discontinued in 2011, but it was brought back in 2015 starting with project almanac.


==References==
==== Videography ====
{{Reflist|30em}}
# king Kong trailer
# Saturday night fever trailer
# starting over
# airplane trailer
# hot pursuit
# fatal attraction
# tropical snow
# crocidille dundee 2
# pet sementary
# black rain
# almost an angel
# waynes world
# event horizon
# grease(starting 1998)
# mission impossible 2 trailer
# mean girls
# the spongebob movie: out of water
# zoolander 2


==External links==
=== Paramount Photos ===
* [https://www.paramountpictures.com/television/ Official website]


{{Paramount Global}}
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Famous Players Film Company.jpg|This is a logo owned by Paramount Pictures for Famous Players Film Company. Further details: Corporate logo of The Famous Players Film Company
Paramount Pictures logo, 1915.png|The logo used from 1914 to 1919.
Paramount logo 1914.jpg|Paramount Pictures logo, based on a design by founder [[William Wadsworth Hodkinson]], from 1919 to 1927.
ParamountLogo1930s.JPG|The original Paramount logo seen on its 1936-1942 films and Popeye shorts.
Paramount Pictures logo.png|The 1952-1954 logo.
Paramount Pictures (Gulf+Western) logo.jpg|Paramount's logo from 1953–1975. The [[Gulf and Western Industries|Gulf+Western]] byline was introduced following the company's purchase of Paramount. The variant shown here was used in the first three [[Indiana Jones]] films, released in 1968.
Paramount Pictures print logo (1968).svg| The 1975-1986 Logo.
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Latest revision as of 23:12, 28 December 2024

For the original studio now operated as CBS Studios, see Paramount Television.

Paramount Television Studios
FormerlyParamount Television (second iteration) (2013–2020)
Company typeDivision
IndustryTelevision
Predecessors
FoundedMarch 4, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03-04)
DefunctAugust 18, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-08-18)
FateClosed; ongoing series and projects in development shifted and folded into CBS Studios. Name currently used for licensing purposes only.
SuccessorCBS Studios
Headquarters
Hollywood, California
,
U.S.
Area served
Key people
  • Nicole Clemens (president)
  • Ken Basin (EVP and Head of Business Affairs)[1]
  • Debra Bergman (EVP of Production)
  • Cheryl Bosnak (EVP and Head of Current Programming)[2]
  • Jenna Santoianni (EVP and Head of Development)
ProductsTelevision programs
ParentParamount Pictures
WebsiteOfficial website

Paramount Television Studios, formerly the second iteration of Paramount Television, was the television arm of American film studio Paramount Pictures, a division of Paramount Global, founded on March 4, 2013, by its predecessor, Viacom, following an emerging vigorous business with the technological expansion of television via streaming services.[3] Paramount also recognized that television could give them little to fall back on when films fail, except for studio stage rentals.[4]

It is the revival and successor to Paramount's original television division, which rebranded as CBS Paramount Television[5] and was kept by CBS Corporation, the new name for the original Viacom, on December 31, 2005 – on that same day, the second Viacom took ownership of Paramount Pictures. After the expiration of a 3-year licensing agreement between the split companies for the "Paramount" trademarks, CBS Paramount Television was rebranded to CBS Television Studios on May 17, 2009[6] and then currently CBS Studios on October 8, 2020. On January 14, 2020, following the closed merger of the second Viacom and CBS Corporation to form ViacomCBS (which changed name to the current Paramount Global on February 17, 2022), the revived Paramount Television was rebranded as Paramount Television Studios.[7]

On August 13, 2024, following much of its staff being laid off in a series of cutbacks at Paramount Global, it was announced that the division would be shutting down by the end of that week, with any ongoing and development projects shifting to sister company CBS Studios.

History

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On March 4, 2013, then-president and then-CEO of Viacom Philippe Dauman announced that Paramount opted to produce a television series based on one of their films. The show would allow Paramount to “get back, with very little investment, into the television production business.”[8] Hours later, Paramount chairman/CEO Brad Grey announced that the studio was co-producing a CBS television series based on Beverly Hills Cop with Sony Pictures Television; however, the pilot did not move forward.[9][10]

On July 22, 2013, Amy Powell was named president of Paramount Television.[11] Until the re-merger of CBS Corporation and Viacom on December 4, 2019, the revived Paramount Television had no ties to the CBS network unlike the previous incarnation in its later years before the Viacom/CBS split. In addition, shows produced by the revived Paramount Television are distributed on home media by Paramount Home Entertainment under the main Paramount brand, while shows produced by the original Paramount Television are released through CBS Home Entertainment due to CBS Studios owning the pre-2005 Paramount Television library.

A television series based on the 2003 film School of Rock was announced to air on Nickelodeon.[12] On August 26, 2014, Paramount Television and HBO announced plans to develop a new series titled Ashecliffe which will serve as a prequel to the 2010 Paramount Pictures film Shutter Island.[13]

On May 27, 2014, Anonymous Content signed a 3-year first-look deal with Paramount Television to produce and distribute scripted programming.[14] On October 23, 2014, Chapter Eleven, the production company of Kyle Killen and Scott Pennington, signed a 2-year deal with Paramount Television and Anonymous Content after Killen left 20th Century Fox Television (now just 20th Television).[15]

On July 14, 2014, Robert Zemeckis, his producing partner Jack Rapke and their production company, Compari Entertainment, signed a 2-year first-look pact with Paramount Television.[16] On January 6, 2017, Paramount Television signed a first-look agreement with Federation Entertainment.[17] On July 19, 2018, Paramount Television fired its president Powell, following reports that several people had "concerns around [Powell's] comments [made in a] professional setting which they believed were inconsistent" with Viacom's and Paramount's values; claims which Powell countered and was considering legal action.[18] On September 5, 2018, she was replaced as Paramount Television president by Nicole Clemens.[19]

Viacom indicated that Paramount Television generated $400 million in revenue and produced 9 series at the end-of-year review in 2018. In 2019, Paramount's chief executive Jim Gianopulos indicated that Paramount Television would have 20 series in production and double its profit.[4] On August 16, 2021, following the rebrand, Auriel Rudnick had signed an overall deal with Paramount Television Studios.[20]

On April 11, 2023, Paramount Television Studios signed a multi-year first-look deal with Brillstein Entertainment Partners.[21]

Sometime in 2024, management of Paramount Television Studios was transferred to CBS Studios.[22] On August 13, following two rounds of layoffs at Paramount Global that year which included much of Paramount Television Studios' team, it was announced that the division would be shut down by the end of that week, with current series as well as those in development shifting to CBS Studios instead.[23][24]

Productions

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Main article: List of Paramount Global television programs § Paramount Television Studios

Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution

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Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution
Company typeDivision
Industry
Predecessors
FoundedMarch 4, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03-04)
DefunctAugust 18, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-08-18)
FateMerged with CBS Studios International to form ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, which later rebranded as Paramount Global Content Distribution
SuccessorsParamount Global Content Distribution (international rights)
CBS Media Ventures
Area served
Worldwide
ParentParamount Pictures

Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution was the television distribution arm of Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Paramount Global.

It is the successor to Paramount's original syndication arm, Paramount Domestic Television, which was renamed to CBS Paramount Domestic Television on January 17, 2006, and later was merged with King World Productions to form CBS Television Distribution (now CBS Media Ventures) on September 26, 2006. It is also the successor to Paramount's original international distribution arm, Paramount International Television, which was merged with CBS Broadcast International to form CBS Paramount International Television in August 2004, and was later renamed to CBS Studios International on May 20, 2009.

Paramount Pictures returned to television operations on March 4, 2013, forming a new syndication unit in the process. In 2020, Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution and CBS Studios International were merged to form ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group (currently known as Paramount Global Content Distribution), while U.S. distribution rights to the unit's content were assumed by Paramount Pictures' distribution department and Trifecta Entertainment & Media for broadcast syndication.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Yang, Rachel (April 25, 2019). "Paramount TV Ups Ken Basin to Head Business Affairs, Hires Liz Miller as Production SVP". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. ^ Low, Elaine (March 11, 2019). "Paramount Television Expands Exec Team, Hires Sonar's Jenna Santoianni, Disney-ABC's Cheryl Bosnak". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. ^ James, Meg (July 23, 2013). "Viacom revives Paramount Television studio, eyeing multiple platforms". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Chozick, Amy; Barnes, Brooks (January 17, 2019). "Paramount Was Hollywood's 'Mountain.' Now It's a Molehill". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  5. ^ Eggerton, John (January 17, 2006). "CBS Has Its Eye on Paramount". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019. CBS has re-branded its Paramount Television division CBS Paramount Television.
  6. ^ "If It's Monday, It Must Be CBS TV Studios". TV MoJoe. TV Week. May 17, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (January 14, 2020). "Paramount Television Gets New Title & Logo". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  8. ^ Lieberman, David (March 4, 2013). "Paramount To Return To TV Series Production". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved March 11, 2013.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 4, 2013). "Paramount To Co-Produce CBS' 'Beverly Hills Cop.'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  10. ^ Atkinson, Katie (July 19, 2013). "'Beverly Hills Cop' TV series fails to find a home -- but it might be a movie instead". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 22, 2013). "Amy Powell Named President Of Paramount Television". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  12. ^ "Nickelodeon and Paramount Television Team up on New Live-Action, Musical Comedy Series School of Rock". MarketWatch.
  13. ^ Goldstein, Meredith; Shanahan, Mark (August 26, 2014). "'Shutter Island' might be a TV show". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  14. ^ Stedman, Alex (May 27, 2014). "Paramount TV, 'True Detective' Producer Anonymous Content Ink First-Look Deal". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  15. ^ Weinstein, Shelli (October 23, 2014). "Kyle Killen Inks First-Look Pact with Paramount Television". Variety. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  16. ^ Stedman, Alex (July 14, 2014). "Robert Zemeckis Inks Two-Year Deal With Paramount Television". Variety. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  17. ^ Levy, Dani (January 6, 2017). "Paramount Television Enters Partnership With Federation Entertainment". Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  18. ^ Masters, Kim; Goldberg, Leslie (July 19, 2018). "Paramount TV President Amy Powell Fired Over Inappropriate Comments". The Hollywood Reporter. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  19. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 5, 2018). "Paramount Television Names Nicole Clemens As President". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  20. ^ Otterson, Joe (August 16, 2021). "Auriel Rudnick Signs Overall Deal With Paramount Television Studios (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  21. ^ Otterson, Joe (April 11, 2023). "Paramount Television Studios, Brillstein Entertainment Partners Set First-Look Deal". Variety.
  22. ^ US Copyright Office Registration No. TXu002439789 / 2024-07-26
  23. ^ James, Meg (August 13, 2024). "Paramount shutters television studio, begins major layoffs ahead of Skydance merger". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  24. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 13, 2024). "Paramount Television Studios Shutting Down Amid Cutbacks". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
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