Founded by the late television producer Aaron Spelling in 1969, Spelling Television, Inc. (also known as Spelling Entertainment and Spelling Entertainment Group) was a television production company that produced popular shows such as Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210, 7th Heaven, Dynasty and Melrose Place.
In 1988, Aaron Spelling Productions acquired Laurel Entertainment. A share in the company was acquired by Blockbuster Entertainment (which was bein...
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Founded by the late television producer Aaron Spelling in 1969, Spelling Television, Inc. (also known as Spelling Entertainment and Spelling Entertainment Group) was a television production company that produced popular shows such as Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210, 7th Heaven, Dynasty and Melrose Place.
In 1988, Aaron Spelling Productions acquired Laurel Entertainment. A share in the company was acquired by Blockbuster Entertainment (which was being sold to Viacom) in 1994. The remainder of Spelling Entertainment was then acquired by Viacom/Paramount in 1999, but the deal closed in 2000.
Before the merger with Viacom, most of Spelling's shows were distributed by Worldvision Enterprises (which would eventually become part of Spelling's empire), with older Spelling shows distributed by several others including Warner Bros. Television, 20th Century Fox Television and Sony Pictures Television).
After the merger, Spelling Entertainment integrated Worldvision into their Republic Pictures unit...
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