Rysher Entertainment

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Rysher Entertainment (a subsidiary of 2929 Entertainment) is the owner of TV and film programming content, primarily distributed around the world by CBS Paramount Television and Paramount Home Entertainment. Select rights are also distributed by Warner Bros., Sony/Columbia, MGM (now owned by the Sony/Comcast consortium) and other entertainment distribution companies around the world.

The company has its roots in Bing Crosby Productions ("BCP") in the 1960s. In succeeding years, BCP was acquired by Cox Broadcasting. In 1989, Cox incorporated BCP into the Rysher corporation, which itself had been established as an independently owned company whose original sole product had been the distribution of NBC's series Saved By The Bell (the series' syndication rights recently revered back to NBC).

Rysher's library, today incorporated into CBS Paramount Television, includes television and feature film classics such as Hogan's Heroes (whose partial rights are held by CBS), Ben Casey, and Walking Tall, as well as more recent programs including Nash Bridges, The Opposite of Sex, Kingpin and Big Night. Rysher also distributes internationally through CBS Paramount several of HBO's award winning titles including Oz, Sex and the City and Deadwood.