Warner Bros. Television
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Warner Bros. Television is the television production and distribution arm of Time Warner's Warner Bros. Entertainment.
The division was started in 1955, with the premiere of its self-titled anthology series Warner Bros. Presents. Warner Bros. Entetainment's TV division has the largest library of Television and Animation combined.
[edit] History
- 1955: The division was started, with the premiere of its self-titled anthology series Warner Bros. Presents.
- 1988: The company acquired Lorimar-Telepictures. Telepictures was later absorbed into WBTV's distribution unit.
- 1990: Telepictures came back as a TV syndication production company.
- 1993: Lorimar Television was absorbed into WBTV.
- 2006: WBTV made its vast library of programs available for free viewing on the Internet (through sister company AOL's IN2TV service), with Welcome Back Kotter as its marquee offering. Some of these programs have not been seen publicly since their last syndicated release in the 1980s.
[edit] Partial list of programs produced by WBTV
Live action
- Maverick (1957-1962)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958-1964)
- F Troop (1965-1967)
- The F.B.I. (1965-1974)
- Kung Fu (1972-1975)
- Alice (1976-1985)
- The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985)
- Love, Sidney (1981-1983)
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983-1987)
- V (1984-1985)
- Night Court (1984-1992)
- Growing Pains (1985-1992)
- Spenser For Hire (1985-1988)
- Head of the Class (1986-1991)
- Perfect Strangers (1986-1993)
- The Hogan Family (1986-1991)
- Full House (1987-1995)
- Murphy Brown (1988-1998)
- Just the Ten of Us (1988-1991)
- Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
- Family Matters (1989-1998)
- Life Goes On (1989-1993)
- Seinfeild (1989-1998) (Castle Rock Entertainment unit, with Sony Pictures Television)
- The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (1990-1996) (distr. with NBC Studios)
- The Flash (1990-1991)
- Step By Step (1991-1998)
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992-1997)
- Martin (1992-1997) (with HBO Independent Productions)
- Living Single (1993-1998)
- Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993-1999)
- ER (1994-present) (with Amblin Entertainment)
- Friends (1994-2004)
- Babylon 5 (1993-1999)
- Lois and Clark (1993-1997)
- MADtv (1995-present) (dist., ownership)
- The Drew Carey Show (1995-2004)
- The Wayans Bros. (1995-1999)
- The Parent 'Hood (1995-1999)
- US TV Series (1995-1996)
- The Jamie Foxx Show (1996-2001)
- Veronica's Closet (1997-2000)
- Two of a Kind (1998-1999)
- Sex and the City (1998-2004) (distr.)
- Jesse (1998-2000)
- The West Wing (1999-2006)
- Gilmore Girls (2000-present)
- Hype (2000-2001)
- Smallville (2001-present)
- What I Like About You (2002-2006)
- Everwood (2002-2006)
- Without A Trace (2002-present)
- Two and a Half Men (2003-present)
- The O.C. (2003-2007)
- Cold Case (2003-present)
- Invasion (2005-2006)
- Twins (2005-2006)
- The War at Home (2005-present)
- Supernatural (2005-present)
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-present)
- Men In Trees (2006-present)
- The Nine (2006-present)
Primetime Animation
- Family Dog (1992-1993) (with Amblin Entertainment, NBC Universal Television Studio and Nelvana)
- Mission Hill (1999-2000) (Castle Rock Entertainment unit, with Nelvana)
- Baby Blues (2000-2001)
- The Oblongs (2001-2002)
- The Life and Times of Tim (Coming Soon)
