Colex Enterprises was a joint venture company between

Columbia Pictures Television Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CPT) was launched on May 6, 1974, by Columbia Pictures as an American television production and distribution studio. It is the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gem ...

and LBS Communications, Inc., active from January 30, 1984, to November 24, 1986. The name of the joint venture is a portmanteau of the two companies' names (Columbia and Lexington, the latter coming from LBS' original name of Lexington Broadcast Services). It came after Columbia and LBS agreed to distribute the TV show ''

Family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

'', which LBS distributed under license from Columbia Pictures Television. ''Family'' was then added to Colex's roster when the company formed, and the first new show added to Colex's roster was the show ''

Gidget Gidget () is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenaged daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, ''Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas''. The novel follows the adventures of a teenaged girl and her surfing fr ...

''. It was designed to handle syndication of barter series on an advertised-supported basis, mostly of obscure TV shows that never made it into syndication before. It was also responsible for syndicating ''

What's Happening!! ''What's Happening!!'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976, until April 28, 1979, premiering as a summer series. Due to other shows being cancelled across the network, and good ratings and reviews from ...

'', which led to the revival series as mentioned below. Colex was split into four branches in 1985, which are Colex First-Run, which distributed new material, such as ''

The New Gidget ''The New Gidget'' is an American sitcom sequel to the original 1965–66 sitcom ''Gidget''. It aired in syndication from September 15, 1986, to May 12, 1988. The series was produced by original ''Gidget'' series producer Harry Ackerman and was ...

'', and two telemovies, under the Colex Premiere Movies banner, The Colex Collection, which handled distribution of newer off-network product, The Colex 3-Pack, which consists of mini-series and The Colex Classics, which will continue distribution of several shows. The company was responsible for distributing the

Screen Gems Screen Gems is an American brand name used by Sony Pictures' Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate, Sony Group Corporation. It has served several different purposes for its parent ...

television output, as well as many of the post-1948

Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in Bob Hope filmography, more than 70 short and ...

theatrical output, with the exception of Hanna-Barbera produced programs. Colex also distributed the syndicated sitcom series '' What's Happening Now!!'' and ''

'', which was later distributed by LBS and

Coca-Cola Telecommunications Coca-Cola Telecommunications (CCT) was a short-lived first-run syndication unit of Columbia Pictures Television (then a unit of The Coca-Cola Company) created on November 24, 1986, that was a merger between CPT's first-run syndication division a ...

on its final season.

History

*January 30, 1984 - The company was created. *1986 - Colex was closed out and was succeeded by LBS Communications Inc./

. *1995 -

Columbia TriStar Television Distribution Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CTT) was an American television production and distribution company that was active from 1994 to 2002. It was operated as the third name of the early television studio Screen Gems and the four ...

(CTTD) was formed to distribute the library; *2001 - CTTD merged with Columbia TriStar Television in 2001 to form Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, which is now known as

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production and distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures Enterta ...

since 2002.

Programming distributed by Colex Enterprises

TV programs

* ''

Father Knows Best ''Father Knows Best'' is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by ...

'' (1954-1960) * ''

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'', sometimes called ''The Burns and Allen Show'', was a half-hour television situation comedy broadcast from 1950 to 1958 on CBS. It starred George Burns and Gracie Allen, one of the most enduring acts ...

'' (1950-1958) *'' Route 66'' (1960-1964) *''

'' (1965-1966) *''

The Flying Nun ''The Flying Nun'' is an American sitcom about a community of nuns which included one who could fly when the wind caught her cornette. It was produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book '' The Fifteenth Pelican,'' written by Ter ...

'' (1967-1970) *'' Ghost Story/Circle of Fear'' (1972-1973) *''

'' (1976-1980) *''

'' (1976-1979) *'' Father Murphy'' (1981-1983)

film

* ''

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...

'' (1979) (distribution only) * '' The Amazing Mr. X'' (aka ''The Spiritualist'') (1948) (distribution only) * '' An American Christmas Carol'' (1979) (distribution only) * '' The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez'' (1982) (distribution only) * ''

Brute Force Brute Force or brute force may refer to: Techniques * Brute force method or proof by exhaustion, a method of mathematical proof * Brute-force attack, a cryptanalytic attack * Brute-force search, a computer problem-solving technique People * Brut ...

'' (1947) (distribution only) * '' The Corsican Brothers'' (1941) (distribution only) * '' Count Three and Pray'' (1955) * '' The Electric Horseman'' (1979) (distribution only) * '' Force 10 from Navarone'' (1978) (distribution only) * '' Gunman's Walk'' (1958) * '' He Walked by Night'' (1948) (distribution only) * '' Impact'' (1949) (distribution only) * ''

The Killers The Killers are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals). After going through a number of short-term bass players and drum ...

'' (1946) (distribution only) * ''

'' (1964) (distribution only) * ''

Lonely Are the Brave ''Lonely Are the Brave'' is a 1962 American black and white Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel '' The Brave Cowboy'' directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Wal ...

'' (1962) (distribution only) * '' M'' (1951) * ''

The Naked City ''The Naked City'' (aka ''Naked City'') is a 1948 American film noir directed by Jules Dassin, starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart and Don Taylor. The film, shot almost entirely on location in New York City, depicts the polic ...

'' (1948) (distribution only) * ''

Patterns A pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner. A geometric pattern is a kind of pattern formed of geometric shapes and typically repeated li ...

'' (1956) (distribution only) * ''

Phantom Lady Phantom Lady is a fictional superheroine, one of the first such characters to debut in the 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books. Originally published by Quality Comics, the character was subsequently published by a series of now-defunct comic book com ...

'' (1944) (distribution only) * '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (1957) * '' The Prowler'' (1951) (distribution only) * ''

Quicksand Quicksand is a colloid consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay) and water. It forms in saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly agitated. When water in the sand cannot escape, it creates a liquefied soil that los ...

'' (1950) (distribution only) * '' Raw Deal'' (1948) (distribution only) * ''

Tomahawk A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America. It traditionally resembles a hatchet with a straight shaft. In pre-colonial times the head was made of stone, bone, or antler, and Eur ...

'' (1951) (distribution only) * '' Trapped'' (1949) (distribution only) * ''

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

'' (1949) (distribution only) * '' The Virginian'' (1946) (distribution only) * ''

Whistle Stop In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, s ...

'' (1946) (distribution only) * ''

Wings of the Hawk ''Wings of the Hawk'' is a 1953 3-D American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Van Heflin and Julie Adams. It is set during the Mexican Revolution.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; ...

'' (1953) (distribution only)

TV film

* '' Fear No Evil'' (1969) (distribution only) * ''

Gidget Gets Married ''Gidget Gets Married'' is a 1972 American made-for television comedy film produced by Screen Gems Screen Gems is an American brand name used by Sony Pictures' Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese mult ...

'' (1972) * '' Ritual of Evil'' (1970) (distribution only) * '' Three Wishes for Jamie'' (1987)

References

{{Reflist Defunct mass media companies of the United States Sony Pictures Television Mass media companies established in 1984 Mass media companies disestablished in 1986 Joint ventures Television syndication distributors