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Columbia TriStar Television. Founded: February 21, 1994 (30 years ago) Predecessors: Columbia Pictures Television. Founder: Ralph Cohn. Key People: Jeff Frost. Chris Parnell. Jason Clodfelter. Defunct: September 16, 2002 (21 years ago) Fate: Rebranded as Sony Pictures Television. Successors: Sony Pictures Television. Location: United States.
- Background
- Columbia Tristar Television
- Sony Pictures Television
Columbia TriStar Television was a merger of Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television (after branding Columbia TriStar Home Video). It was founded on February 21, 1994 and the same day, SPE renamed Columbia Pictures Television Distribution to "Columbia TriStar Television Distribution". With Columbia TriStar International Television (forme...
1st Logo
Nickname: "CT Boxes" Logo: On a solid blue background, we see two boxes, the left one contains the Columbia Torch Lady (90s version), and the right one contains the TriStar Pegasus (again, 90s version over Columbia cloud background). Above the logo, "COLUMBIA TRISTAR" is seen, with the words positioned over their respective logos, and on the bottom is the word "TELEVISION" and the standard Sony Pictures Entertainment byline. Trivia: This is basically Columbia TriStar's home video logo, but "H...
2nd Logo
Nicknames: "CT Boxes II", "The Sliding Boxes", "The Boxes of Boredom", "The Boxes of Justice" Logo: It's almost the same as the second 1995 Columbia TriStar Home Video logo, except "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" replaces "HOME VIDEO" and the Sony byline is intact. Plus, the cloud background in the TriStar box is replaced with the one from its movie logo and the text has a shadow effect. Standard Variants: Depending on the unit that the show originated from (Television, Television Distribution, or...
1st Logo
Nicknames: "The Shining Bars", "The Bars of Boredom", "The Bars of Annoyance", "The Bars of Plastering", "The Bars of Justice", "The Master of Plaster", "SPE Bars", "Sony Bars", "The SPE Parallelogram", "Lightbeam in Parallelogram", "Lightbeam in Striped Parallelogram" Logo: Against a lined background, the words "SONY PICTURES TELEVISION" (all in the Sony typeface and stacked word-by-word with "SONY" being largest) emerge and downardly zoom away from the screen. The three words aren't directl...
2nd Logo
Logo:On a blue gradient background, a purple flash appears onscreen, covering it. When the flash dies down, the print version of the Sony Pictures Television logo appears. The logo zooms back for a few seconds before stopping completely. FX/SFX:The flash and the SPT logo zooming back. Music/Sounds:None. Availability: Extremely rare. It was only ever seen on El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Editor's Note:Even though the logo can be seen as bland, it's a breath of fresh air from the previous logo.
It was created in 1992 by merging Columbia Pictures International Television with TriStar Television. The launch of Columbia TriStar Television Group (aka Sony Television Entertainment) came five years later. On January 30, 1997, it was changed from Sony Television Entertainment to Columbia TriStar Television Group.
- September 16, 2002; 21 years ago
- Television production, Broadcast syndication
- February 21, 1994; 29 years ago
Background: Columbia TriStar Television was a merger of Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television (after branding Columbia TriStar Home Video). It was founded on February 21, 1994 and the same day, SPE renamed Columbia Pictures Television Distribution to "Columbia TriStar Television Distribution".
After a purchase by Sony Pictures Entertainment, both companies Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television merged and formed Columbia TriStar Television on February 21, 1994. The television studio was relaunched twice and is currently a specialty label for Sony Pictures Television.
TitleYearsNetworkNotes2023Co-production with Afternoon Nap ...2022–2023Co-production with Lord Miller ...2019Co-production with Smoke House Pictures, ...2016–2017Co-production with Kippster ...- January 4, 1988; 35 years ago (original), June 1999; 24 years ago (first relaunch)
- Sony Pictures Television
Mar 15, 2024 · On February 21, 1994, TriStar Television merged with Columbia Pictures Television and became Columbia TriStar Television. Both studios still produced its series independently, but in 1999, TriStar Television was folded into CTT before The Nanny and Mad About You ended on CBS & NBC, but kept its name in credit until 2000 on Early Edition.
Feb 25, 2024 · Background. On May 28, 2015, Sony Pictures Television resurrected TriStar Television as its boutique production label with the television series The Good Girls Revolt, which made its debut on Amazon Prime Video on November 5, 2015. Until her death in March 2018, the revived studio was run by Suzanne Patmore-Gibbs. Logo (November 5, 2015-)
