Tribune Entertainment

Tribune Entertainment was a television production and syndication company owned and operated by Tribune Broadcasting in the mid-1980s. Many programs offered from Tribune Entertainment have been broadcast on the company's television stations.

On December 18, 2007, Tribune Entertainment announced it would exit the program distribution business. ( [http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/12/tribune_entertainment_ends_dis.php] ) Two of the programs on its roster, "American Idol Rewind" and "Soul Train", were transferred to Trifecta Entertainment & Media; "Rewind" has since been transferred to TV Guide Network and "Soul Train" has suspended distribution. "South Park", which Tribune distributed along with Debmar-Mercury, is now co-distributed by Twentieth Television. Another program, the revival of "Family Feud", was sold to Debmar-Mercury for the 2007-08 season. ( [http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/12/trifecta_picks_up_idol_rewind.php] ) Some producers of Tribune-distributed programs, such as Telco Productions (producer of "Animal Rescue", "Missing" and "Dog Tales"), opted to distribute the programs themselves. ( [http://www.telcoproductions.com/Telco-Tribune-release.pdf] ) The only other program that was affected was "U.S. Farm Report"; it is believed that that show is also self-distributed.

Programs

This is a listing of programs which were either produced or distributed by Tribune Entertainment:

Animated series

* "Ghostbusters" (1986; co-produced with Filmation and co-distributed with Group W Productions)

Daytime shows

* "Beyond with James van Praagh" (2002-2003)
* "The Charles Perez Show" (1994–1996)
* "Geraldo/The Geraldo Rivera Show" (1987-1998)
* "The Joan Rivers Show" (1989-1994)

First-run syndicated shows

* "Adventure Inc." (2002-2003; co-produced with Fireworks Entertainment)
* "American Idol Rewind" (distributor, 2006-2007)
* "At the Movies" (1982-1990) ( [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083380/] )
* "BeastMaster" (1999-2002)
* "" (1997-2002)
* "Family Feud" (distributor, 2002-2007)
* "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" (2000-2005; co-produced with Fireworks Entertainment)
* "Monsters" (distributor, 1988-1991)
* "Mutant X" (2001-2004)
* "Night Man" (1997-1999)
* "Soul Train" (distributor, 1985-2008)
* "Tales from the Darkside" (distributor, 1983-1988)
* "T. and T." (1988-1990)

Late night talk/variety shows

* "The Dennis Miller Show" (1992)

Made-for-TV movies/Mini-series

* "Emma: Queen of the South Seas", starring Barbara Carrera (1988) ( [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095093/] )
* "Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story", starring Nell Carter and George Kennedy (1992) ( [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104270/] )
* "The Vernon Johns Story", starring James Earl Jones (1994) ( [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111611/] )
* "Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair", starring Burt Lancaster (1990) ( [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100889/] )

News/information series

* "At the Movies" (1982-1990)
* "Independent Network News/USA Tonight" (1980-1990)
* "Now it Can Be Told" (1991-1992) ( [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278221/] )
* "U.S. Farm Report" (1975-2008)

Specials

* "Hollywood Christmas Parade" (1985-1998)
* "The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults" (1986)
* "Soul Train Christmas Starfest" (1998-2006)
* "Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards" (1995-2006)
* "Soul Train Music Awards" (1987-present)