Paramount Television was an American television production/distribution company that was active from 1967 to January 17, 2006.
Its successor is CBS Television Studios, formerly CBS Paramount Television. Its predecessor is Desilu Productions.
The company was known for producing and distributing programs such as The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960's, Happy Days on ABC in the 1970's, Cheers and its spinoff Frasier on NBC in 1982 and 1993, the Star Tr...
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Paramount Television was an American television production/distribution company that was active from 1967 to January 17, 2006.
Its successor is CBS Television Studios, formerly CBS Paramount Television. Its predecessor is Desilu Productions.
The company was known for producing and distributing programs such as The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960's, Happy Days on ABC in the 1970's, Cheers and its spinoff Frasier on NBC in 1982 and 1993, the Star Trek franchise, Girlfriends in 2000 (with Grammnet Productions, 2006-2008 episodes by CBS Paramount Network Television) on UPN, Duckman in 1994 (with Klasky Csupo) on USA Network, and the daily Paramount staple Entertainment Tonight in 1982, among others.
The predecessor company, Desilu Productions, was originally founded in 1951 by Lucille Ball (1911 – 1989) and Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) for the purpose of producing their sitcom, I Love Lucy, for the CBS network. It later produced other shows, such as Our Miss Brooks, The Untouchables, Mission:...
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