15 Facts About Paramount Television

Original incarnation of Paramount Television was the name of the television production division of the American film studio Paramount Pictures, that was responsible for the production of Viacom television programs, until it changed its name to CBS Paramount Television on January 17, 2006, due to the Viacom split.

Paramount Television Network was a venture by American film corporation Paramount Pictures to organize a television network in the late 1940s.

Paramount Television built television stations KTLA in Los Angeles and WBBM-TV in Chicago; it invested US$400, 000 in the DuMont Television Network, which operated stations WNYW in New York City, WTTG in Washington, D C, and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.

Paramount Television Network aired several programs, including the Emmy Award-winning children's series Time for Beany.

In 1966, Paramount Television was on the verge of bankruptcy, when the studio was bought out by Gulf+Western.

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In 1967, Charles Bluhdorn's Gulf+Western brought Desilu, which was merged with Paramount Television, who had been Desilu's next door neighbor since the closure of RKO Pictures.

Paramount Television only produced the first season however, selling their stake in the show to Ball after the season finale.

In 1984, former MGM producer Leonard Goldberg joined Paramount Television to serve as production agreement with the studio via Mandy Films.

In 1989, Gulf+Western was re-incorporated as Paramount Television Communications, named after the company's prime asset, Paramount Television Pictures.

In 1990, Paramount had signed Arsenio Hall to a multi-year exclusive production contract for film and television projects, and let his talk show to be renewed through 1994.

In 1992, Paramount Television had struck a deal with various talent writers and producers.

In 1996, producer Barry Kemp had signed a multi-year overall deal with Paramount Television to produce their projects under the Bungalow 78 Productions banner, and had plans for a series with a 13-episode commitment for CBS.

Paramount Television then turned around, along with Kemp, with part ways, to turn the project over to Warner Bros.

In late 2005, Spelling Paramount Television has laid off its employees, transitioning from a separate studio to a pod development deal within the studio.

In January 1995, Paramount finally launched a television network, the United Paramount Network, or UPN for short, which later merged with Time Warner's The WB to form The CW.