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List Of Sony Pictures Television Programs
This is a list of television series produced, distributed or owned by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Sony Pictures Television Formerly known as Screen Gems (1948–1974), Columbia Pictures Television (1974–2001), and Columbia TriStar Television (1994–2002). TriStar Television Formerly known as Tri-Star Television (1986–1987). Gemstone Studios Culver Entertainment Embassy Row Formerly known as Diplomatic Productions (2000–2005). Adelaide Productions TOY Productions Spelling-Goldberg Productions Rastar Television ELP Communications Formerly known as T.A.T. Communications Company (1974–1982), Embassy Television (1982–1986) and Embassy Communications (1986–1988). Production of ELP Communications programs were assumed by Columbia Pictures Television in 1988. Tandem Productions Merv Griffin Enterprises Formerly known as Milbarn Productions (1963–1964) and Merv Griffin Productions (1964–1984). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It is the fourth iteration of what had originated as Columbia Pictures' television studio, Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems. History Sony Pictures Television's history goes back to 1947, when Ralph Cohn, whose father Jack and uncle Harry Cohn, Harry co-founded Columbia Pictures, founded Pioneer Telefilms. It was bought by Columbia and renamed Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems in November 1948, reincorporated as Columbia Pictures Television on May 6, 1974, and merged with sister studio TriStar Television (formed in 1986 and relaunched in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers
''Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers'' is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC during its 1956-57 season. In a period in which much of the programming on U.S. television consisted of Westerns, ''Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers'' could best be described as an "Eastern". It consisted of the adventures of a fictional regiment of the famed real-life cavalry of the British Indian Army. The leading characters were the 77th's officers: the commander, Colonel Standish (Patrick Whyte) and two of his lieutenants, William Storm (Warren Stevens) and Michael Rhodes ( Phil Carey). Rhodes was portrayed as a Canadian, purportedly because the actor portraying him, a native of New Jersey, could not be coached to produce a credible English accent. George Archainbaud earned a nomination from the Directors Guild of America as well from the Emmys in 1957 for his direction of the episode "The Traitor," which first aired Nov. 19, 1956. The series failed in the ratings opposite '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodyear Theatre
''Goodyear Theatre'' (also known as ''Award Theatre'' and ''Golden Years of Television'') is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC from October 14, 1957, to September 12, 1960. Cast Actors appearing in the series included: * Parley Baer (2 episodes, 1958-1959) * Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (1 episode, 1952) *Charles Boyer (unknown episodes, 1957-1958) * Russ Conway (2 episodes, 1958) * Pat Crowley (2 episodes, 1959-1960) * John Doucette (2 episodes, 1958) * Paul Douglas (2 episodes, 1958-1959) *Errol Flynn * Virginia Gregg (3 episodes, 1957-1959) *Vivi Janiss (2 episodes, 1958-1960) * Richard Kiley *Michael Landon * John Larch * Peter Leeds (3 episodes, 1958) * Jack Lemmon (4 episodes, 1957-1958) * Dayton Lummis (2 episodes, 1958-1959) * James Mason * James McCallion (2 episodes, 1958-1959) * Patty McCormack * Ray Milland * Cameron Mitchell * David Niven (4 episodes, 1957-1958) * Jane Powell (4 episodes, 1957-1958) * Judson Pratt as Colonel Holt in " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Jones (TV Series)
''Casey Jones'' is an American Western television series syndicated during the 1957–58 television season. It was based upon the life of late 19th-century engineer Casey Jones in the era of pioneering western railroads. ''Casey Jones'' also aired on both the BBC and ITV in the United Kingdom and on the Seven Network in Australia. Synopsis The series is set in the late 19th century, featuring the adventures of railroad engineer Casey Jones and the crew of the Cannonball Express steam locomotive, fireman Wallie Sims and conductor Redrock Smith, working for the Midwest and Central Railroad. Casey lived in the fictional Missouri town of Midvale, within commuting distance of St. Louis, with his wife, Alice, their young son, Casey, Jr., and their dog Cinders. Although there really was a famous locomotive engineer named Casey Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad, the television series is only loosely based on him. His train is named "Cannonball Express" (the real Jones' locomotive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
Mark Leo Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions. Early life and early career Goodson was born in Sacramento, California, on January 14, 1915. *a "Born Jan. 14, 1915 in Sacramento, CA." — ¶ 1. His Jewish parents, Abraham Ellis (1875–1954) and Fannie Goodson (1887–1986), emigrated from Russia in the early 1900s. As a child, Goodson acted in amateur theater with the Plaza Stock Company. The family later moved to Hayward, California. Originally intending to become a lawyer, Goodson attended the University of California, Berkeley. He financed his education through scholarships and by working at the Lincoln Fish Market. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1937 with a degree in economics. That year, he began his broadcasting career in San Francisco, working as a disc jockey at radio station KJBS (now KFAX). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Web (1957 TV Series)
''The Web'' is an American anthology series produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman in association with Screen Gems that aired on NBC from July 7, 1957, to September 29, 1957, as a summer replacement for ''The Loretta Young Show''. It consisted of 13 half-hour filmed dramas that were adapted from writings of the Mystery Writers of America. Its 1958 syndication title was ''Undercurrent''. It was narrated by William Bryant. Guest stars included Raymond Burr, Teresa Wright, James Darren, Alexander Scourby, Joyce Meadows, and DeForest Kelley. Among its directors was Walter Doniger. A program with the same title and a similar premise previously aired on CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ... from 1950 to 1954. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Web (1957 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The George Sanders Mystery Theater
''The George Sanders Mystery Theater '' is the title of a 30-minute Television in the United States, American television Mystery fiction, mystery drama series hosted by character actor George Sanders which aired Sundays on National Broadcasting Company, NBC from June 11, 1957, to September 14, 1957, replacing the first half of ''Caesar's Hour''. Overview In addition to being the host of the series, Sanders acted in some episodes. Other actors who were cast in the episodes included: Lyle Talbot, June Vincent, S. John Launer, Paul Petersen, John Archer (actor), John Archer, Robert Horton (actor), Robert Horton, Kathryn Crosby, Elisha Cook, Mae Clarke, and Marion Ross. Production Work on the program, which had the working title ''The Mystery Writers Theater of TV'', began two years prior to its debut. After Sanders was signed to be host, the title was changed to use his name. He began working on episodes 16 months prior to the show's debut. The producers were Sam Bischoff and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Hall Party
''Town Hall Party'' is an American country music and rockabilly entertainment program originating in Southern California. It was initially broadcast on radio in 1951 and then on television beginning in 1953. The first radio broadcast was in Autumn 1951 by stations KXLA-AM in Pasadena, California, and KFI-AM in Los Angeles. On television, the show was broadcast by KTTV-TV in Los Angeles. Founding and synopsis Promoter William B. Wagnon, Jr., had been booking such acts as Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in ballrooms between Bakersfield and Sacramento for several years when he decided to extend his operations to Los Angeles. Burt "Foreman" Phillips, himself a bandleader had been promoting country and Western barn dance programs at the old Town Hall building, situated at 400 South Long Beach Boulevard in Compton, near Long Beach. Wagnon acquired Phillips' lease and commenced promoting a combined dance-and-show, featuring any and all country & western recording artists working in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playhouse 90
''Playhouse 90'' is an American television anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 134 episodes. The show was produced at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s usually were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual: a weekly series of hour-and-a-half-long dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Background The producers of the show were Martin Manulis, John Houseman, Russell Stoneman, Fred Coe, Arthur Penn, and Hubbell Robinson. The leading director was John Frankenheimer (27 episodes), followed by Franklin J. Schaffner (19 episodes). Other directors included Sidney Lumet, George Roy Hill, Delbert Mann, and Robert Mulligan. With Alex North's opening theme music, the series debuted October 4, 1956, with Rod Serling's adaptation of Pat Frank's novel '' Forbidden Area'' starring Charlton Heston. The following week, '' Requiem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Boy
''Circus Boy'' is an American western adventure family television series that aired in prime time on NBC, and then on ABC, from 1956 to 1957. It was then rerun by NBC on Saturday mornings, from 1958 to 1960. Summary Set in the late 1890s, the title of the series refers to a boy named Corky. After his parents, "The Flying Falcons," were killed in a trapeze accident, young Corky (Micky Dolenz – billed at the time as Mickey Braddock) was adopted by Joey the Clown ( Noah Beery, Jr.), and the whole Burke and Walsh Circus family. When school was brought up for Corky, Joey said he was a school teacher for many years before joining the circus and could easily handle his education. The young boy quickly found a role with the circus as water boy to Bimbo, a baby elephant whom Corky would come to consider his pet. Riding Bimbo's back, Corky dealt with adolescent problems, and helped the show's adults including Joey, owner/promoter Big Tim Champion ( Robert Lowery) and head canv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures, which is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack Cohn, Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded the studio as CBC Film Sales Corporation, Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968), went public two years later, and eventually began to use the image of Columbia (personification), Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal Studios. The studio has produced List of DreamWorks Animation productions#Feature films, 51 feature films. Its first film, ''Antz'', was released on October 2, 1998, and its latest film, How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film), the live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon'', was released on June 13, 2025. Their upcoming slate of films includes ''The Bad Guys 2'' on August 1, 2025, ''Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie'' on September 26, 2025, ''Forgotten Island'' on September 25, 2026, ''Shrek 5'' on December 23, 2026, the How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)#Sequel, live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' on June 11, 2027, ''Cocomelon: The Movie'' in 2027, and an untitled film on September 22, 2028. Formed as a division of DreamWor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
