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Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CPT) was launched on May 6, 1974, by Columbia Pictures as an American television production and distribution studio. It is the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG) and the third name of Pioneer Telefilms.
- January 1, 2001; 22 years ago
- May 6, 1974; 49 years ago Burbank, California, United States
Apr 20, 2024 · Columbia Pictures Television. Founded: May 6, 1974 (49 years ago) Founder: Ralph Cohn. Jack Cohn. Formerly: Pioneer Telefilms (1947-1948) Screen Gems (1948-1974) Defunct: January 1, 2001 (23 years ago) Fate: Folded into Columbia TriStar Television. Location: United States. Parent: Sony Pictures. Subsidiaries: See Category:Sony Pictures Television.
List of Sony Pictures Television programs. This is a list of television series produced, distributed or owned by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Sony Pictures Television. Formerly known as Screen Gems (1948–1974), Columbia Pictures Television (1974–2001), and Columbia TriStar Television (1994–2002).
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Columbia Pictures Television (CPT) was an American television production studio that was launched in 1974 by Columbia Pictures. The second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG). The studio changed its name on May 6, 1974 and was suggested by David Gerber. As the...
Pioneer was bought by Columbia and renamed Screen Gems in November 1948, reincorporated as Columbia Pictures Television on May 6, 1974, and merged with sister studio TriStar Television (formed in 1986 and relaunched in 1991) to form Columbia TriStar Television on February 21, 1994.
- September 16, 2002; 21 years ago
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- Jeff Frost (President), Chris Parnell (Co-president), Jason Clodfelter (Co-president)
Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CPT) was launched on May 6, 1974, by Columbia Pictures as an American television production and distribution studio. It is the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG) and the third name of Pioneer Telefilms.
Columbia Pictures is a major Hollywood studio, now owned by Sony via its Sony Pictures division and based at the old Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot in Culver City, California. Columbia was represented by the "torch lady", a conflation of the Anthropomorphic Personification of America as "Columbia" with the torch of Liberty Enlightening the World.
