CBS Paramount Television: Difference between revisions

On August 10, 2004, [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]], Inc. formed "[[CBS Paramount International Television]]" as a merger of two successful international television companies: [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount International Television]] and [[CBS Broadcast International]]. That same date, Viacom formed the CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group as a result of two television production companies: [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Network Television]] and [[CBS Productions]]. Their respective names and logos, however, were kept. After the CBS and [[Viacom (2006-2019)|Viacom]] split was made official on December 31, 2005, beginning on January 17, 2006, the CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group and Paramount Domestic Television became part of the new semi-independent CBS Corporation. Because of this new ownership, it was decided that CBS would add their name to the studio's television unit, thus creating '''CBS Paramount Television''', consisting of CBS Paramount Network Television, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, and CBS Paramount International Television (spun-off as "[[CBS Studios International]]" (now [[Paramount Global Content Distribution]]) in 2009). The transition was quick but gradually done, with copyrights to "CBS Studios Inc." appearing on shows such as ''Entertainment Tonight'' as early as February. Although, the post-2006 episodes of shows like ''CSI'' still kept the copyright to "[[CBS Broadcasting|CBS Broadcasting, Inc.]]" The logos made their debut on May 29th, 2006 - Memorial Day on that day's run of syndicated daytime programming from the company and spread to network shows on June 11, 2006 when season 3 of the USA Network original series ''The 4400'' premiered. The label became regulated to network shows in September 2007 when [[CBS Television Distribution]], which was formed through a merger of [[King World Productions]] and CBS Paramount Domestic Television, took control over CBS Paramount's syndicated output, and went defunct on May 15, 2009, when the main CBS Paramount Television group and its network television unit were reincorporated as "[[CBS Studios|CBS Television Studios]]" by dropping the Paramount name and logo. Viacom relaunched a new version of [[Paramount Television Studios|Paramount Television]] four years later.

** However, due to allegations against the presenter John Leslie of ''Wheel of Fortune'' at that time, this season is no longer aired, with the rest using [[CBS Studios International]] or just the Scottish Television logo instead.