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'''Tribune Entertainment''' was a television production and syndication company owned by the Tribune Company, which would eventually become Tribune Media Company, and a division of [[Tribune Broadcasting]], formed in 1975. The company's first offering was the WGN Chicago-based ''U.S. Farm Report''. Until 1984, Tribune didn't have a logo separate from the end credits; on 1980-82 episodes of ''Soul Train'', there was an in-credit text, and announcer Sid McCoy would be heard saying "This has been a [[Don Cornelius Productions|Don Cornelius (Television) Production]] in association with Tribune Entertainment." Many programs offered by Tribune Entertainment had been broadcast on Tribune's television stations. In December 2007, Tribune Broadcasting permanently closed Tribune Entertainment; many of the shows it distributed have gone to other syndicators (for example: ''Soul Train'' and ''American Idol Rewind'' have switched to [[Trifecta Entertainment & Media]] (''The Best of Soul Train'' was canceled in 2008), while others such as ''Family Feud'' and syndicated reruns of Comedy Central's ''South Park'' have switched to [[Debmar-Mercury]] with ad-sales by [[20th Television]], and later [[CBS Media Ventures]]). Tribune Broadcasting and its television stations folded into [[Nexstar Media Group]] following Tribune Media's acquisition by Nexstar in 2019. Currently, most of Tribune's past TV library is owned by [[Lionsgate Television]] through Debmar-Mercury in the United States.