New Line Television
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| Industry | Television production |
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| Founded | 1988 in New York City, United States |
| Defunct | 2008 |
| Fate | Folded into Warner Bros. Television |
| Successor | Warner Bros. Television |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Parent | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) |
| Divisions | New Line Television Pay-Per-View New Line Television Distribution |
New Line Television was the television production arm of the film studio of the same name. It was active for about 20 years from 1988 to 2008.
History
The company was founded in 1988 to produce Freddy's Nightmares, a television series based on the studio's Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Following the series's cancellation in 1990, New Line launched its own television unit a year later.[a]
In 1990, New Line bought a majority stake in Robert Halmi, Inc. Entertainment, a production company specializing in Television films and miniseries.[1][2] RHI was sold to Hallmark Cards in 1994, shortly after New Line had been acquired by Turner Broadcasting System.[3] New Line once had a television distribution shop, New Line Television Distribution, which was previously affiliated with RHI. On October 21, 1992, New Line and RHI was in negotiations to handle management of RHI catalog product.[4]
On February 15, 1999, producer Trilogy Entertainment Group had inked an exclusive development deal with the studio to produce television projects, mostly for syndication, cable and the networks.[5] On April 28, 2000, it was announced that Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher, a program New Line is planning on to debut for syndication would debut instead on the Sci-Fi Channel, eventually making it into a made-for-TV movie.[6]
Turner merged with Time Warner on October 10, 1996. On June 16, 2000, it signed an affiliation production contract with Warner Bros. Television to produce network series for a two-year period.[7] From October 2006, MGM Television began distributing New Line's films and television series.
On February 28, 2008, New Line Cinema was merged with Warner Bros. and hence ceased to exist as a separate entity. In turn, New Line Television was folded into Warner Bros.'s television division.[8]
Television series produced
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Television distribution series
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- The Lost World (1999–2002)
Notes
- ^ Freddy's Nightmares was distributed in syndication by Lorimar-Telepictures from 1988–1989. Warner Bros. purchased Lorimar-Telepictures in 1989 and assumed distribution for the remainder of the series's run.
References
- ^ Citron, Alan (June 6, 1990). "Qintex Entertainment to Sell Virtually All of Its Assets". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "BUSINESS PEOPLE; President for TV Unit At New Line Cinema". The New York Times. November 16, 1991. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
- ^ Lippman, John (April 27, 1994). "Hallmark to Buy TV Movie Producer RHI Entertainment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ Huff, Richard (1992-10-21). "RHI talking to New Line about handling catalog". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (1999-02-16). "Trilogy inks with New Line". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ^ Bernstein, Paula; Grego, Melissa (2000-04-28). "NL's 'Monster' out of syndie, onto Sci Fi". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ Adalian, Josef; Schneider, Michael (2000-06-16). "New Line, WB TV link up". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ "It's Official - New Line Cinema is Dead!". FirstShowing.net. February 28, 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
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