Warner Bros. Television Distribution

Warner Bros. Television Distribution is an American television distribution arm of Warner Bros. Television, itself a part of Time Warner formed in the 1960s. In 1989, the company formed Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution after acquiring Lorimar-Telepictures when both distribution arms folded.

The company currently distributes the library from Turner Entertainment Co., Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Ruby Spears Enterprises, Cartoon Network, Lorimar Television, Telepictures, post-1974 Rankin-Bass, HBO, Wolper Productions, Warner Horizon Television, and its own programs.

Titles produced and/or distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution

"Not all series were produced by Warner Bros. Television in this unit"

Warner Bros. Television

*"Maverick" (1957-1962)
*"Hawaiian Eye" (1959-1963)
*"77 Sunset Strip" (1958-1964)
*"F Troop" (1965-1967)
*"The F.B.I." (1965-1974) (in association with QM Productions)
*"Kung Fu" (1972-1975)
*"Wonder Woman" (1975-1979)
*"Alice" (1976-1985)
*"The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979-1985)
*"Love, Sidney" (1981-1983)
*"Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983-1987)
*"V" (1984-1985)
*"Night Court" (1984-1992)
*"Growing Pains" (1985-1992)
*"Spenser For Hire" (1985-1988)
*"Head of the Class" (1986-1991)
*"Freddy's Nightmares" (1988-1990)
*"Murphy Brown" (1988-1998)
*"Just the Ten of Us" (1988-1990)
*"Tales from the Crypt" (1989-1996)
*"Life Goes On" (1989-1993)
*"The Flash" (1990-1991)
*"Tiny Toon Adventures" (1990-1994)
*"Animaniacs" (1993-1997)
*"Living Single" (1993-1998)
*"Babylon 5" (1993-2000)
*"ER" (1994-present)
*"Friends" (1994-2004)
*"The Drew Carey Show" (1995-2004)
*"The Wayans Bros." (1995-2000)
*"The Parent 'Hood" (1995-2000)
*"Pinky and the Brain" (1995-1998)
*"Two of a Kind" (1998-2000)
*"Jesse (1998-2000)
*"The West Wing" (1999-2006)
*"Gilmore Girls" (2000-2007)
*"Without a Trace" (2002-present)
*"What I Like About You" (2002-2006)
*"Everwood" (2002-2006)
*"Two and a Half Men" (2003-present)
*"The O.C." (2003-2007)
*"One Tree Hill" (2003-present)
*"Cold Case" (2003-present)
*"Joey" (2004-2006)
*"Twins" (2005-2006)
*"The War at Home" (2005-2007)
*"The Class" (2006-2007)
*"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006-2007)
*"Gossip Girl (TV series) (Co-produced with CBS Paramount Television) (2007-present)
*"Aliens in America (Co-produced with CBS Paramount Television) (2007-present)
*"Life Is Wild (Co-produced with CBS Paramount Television) (2007-present)
*"Pushing Daisies" (2007-present)
*"Chuck (2007-present)
*" (Co-produced with C2-Pictures) (2007-present)

Lorimar Television

*"The Waltons" (1972-1981)
*"Eight is Enough" (1977-1981)
*"Dallas " (1978-1991)
*"Knots Landing" (1979-1993)
*"Falcon Crest" (1981-1990)
*"Flamingo Road" (1981-1982)
*"Mama's Family" (1983-1984, 1986-1990)
*"Love Connection" (1983-1995)
*"The Hogan Family" (1986-1991)
*"Perfect Strangers" (1986-1993)
*"Full House" (1987-1995)
*"Freddy's Nightmares" (1988-1990)
*"Family Matters" (1989-1998)
*"Sisters" (1991-1996)
*"Step By Step" (1991-1997)
*"Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" (1992-1997)
*"" (1993-1997) (uncredited as series followed on to successor WBTV)

Telepictures Productions

*"Extra" (1994-Present) (2001-2003 as Time-Telepictures Television)
*"Judge Mathis" (1999-Present)
*"Street Smarts" (2000-2005)
*"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003-Present)
*"Celebrity Justice" (2002-2005) (2002-2003 as Time-Telepictures Television)
*"The Tyra Banks Show" (2005-Present)
*"TMZ on TV" (2007-Present) (Co-produced by Harvey Levin Productions)

Rankin/Bass (1974-1989)

* "That Girl in Wonderland" (1974) [http://www.toontracker.com/satsup/ssm3.htm]
* "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" (1974)
* "The Year Without a Santa Claus" (1974)
* "The First Christmas" (1975)
* "The First Easter Rabbit" (1976)
* "Frosty's Winter Wonderland" (1976)
* "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" (1976)
* "The Little Drummer Boy, Book II" (1976)
* "The Easter Bunny is Comin' To Town" (1977)
* "The Hobbit" (1977)
* "Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey" (1977)
* "The Stingiest Man in Town" (1978)
* "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July" (1979)
* "Jack Frost" (1979)
* "The Return of the King" (1980)
* "Pinocchio's Christmas" (1980)
* "The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold" (1981)
* "The Coneheads" (1983)
* "Wind in the Willows" (1985)
* "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus" (1985)
* "ThunderCats" (1985)
* "SilverHawks" (1986)
* "The Flight of Dragons" (1986)
* "TigerSharks" (1987)

New World Television

*"Crime Story" (1986-1988)
*"The Wonder Years" (1988-1993, originally distributed by Turner)

HBO

*"Martin" (1992-1997) (in association with You Go Boy Productions)
*"The Ben Stiller Show" (1992-1993)
*"Sex and the City" (1998-2004) (produced by Darren Star Productions) (co-distributor)

Wolper Productions

*"Chico and the Man" (1974-1978)
*"Welcome Back Kotter" (1975-1979)

Turner Broadcasting System

Hanna-Barbera Cartoons

"Note: Not all titles by Hanna-Barbera are owned by Warner Bros."

*"The Flintstones" (1960-1966)
*"The Jetsons" (1962-1963, 1984-1985, and 1987)
*"The Smurfs" (1981-1990)
*"The Flintstone Kids" (1986-1988)
*"A Pup Named Scooby Doo" (1988-1991)
*"The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley" (1989)
*"Tom and Jerry Kids" (1990-1993) (co-produced by Turner Entertainment Co.)
*"The Pirates of Dark Water" (1991-1993)

Turner Entertainment Co.

"Note: These are the shows that were originally owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer along with MGM/UA Television.

MGM Television

*"MGM Parade" (1955-1956)
*"The Thin Man" (1957-1959)
*"Northwest Passage" (1958-1959)
*"National Velvet" (1960)
*"The Best of the Post" (1960)
*"The Islanders" (1960-1961)
*"The Asphalt Jungle" (1961)
*"Cain's Hundred" (1961-1962)
*"Dr. Kildare" (1961-1966)
*"Father of the Bride" (1961-1962)
*"Sam Benedict" (1962-1963)
*"The Eleventh Hour" (1962-1964)
*"The Lieutenant" (1963-1964)
*"Harry's Girls" (1963)
*"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" (1963-1964)
*"Mr. Novak" (1963-1965)
*"Made in America" (1964)
*"Mickey" (1964-1965)
*"Many Happy Returns" (1964-1965)
*"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964-1968)
*"A Man Called Shenandoah" (1965-1966)
*"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" (1965-1967)
*"Tom and Jerry" (1965-1972)
*"Daktari" (1966-1969)
*"Preview Tonight" (1966) (episode "Seven Good Years and Seven Lean")
*"The Rounders" (1966-1967)
*"The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." (1966-1967)
*"Jericho" (1966-1967)
*"The Forsyte Saga" (1967) (mini)
*"Off to See the Wizard" (1967-1968)
*"Hondo" (1967)
*"Maya" (1967-1968)
*"Then Came Bronson" (1969-1970)
*"The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1969-1972)
*"Medical Center" (1969-1976)
*"Young Dr. Kildare" (1972)
*"Assignment Vienna" (1972)
*"Adam's Rib" (1973)
*"Hawkins" (1973-1974)
*"The New Tom & Jerry Show" (1975-1977)
*"Bronk" (1975-1976)
*"The Practice" (1976-1977)
*"Jigsaw John" (1976)
*"Executive Suite" (1976-1977)
*"How the West Was Won" (1977, 1978, 1979) (mini)
*"CHiPs" (1977-1983)
*"Logan's Run" (1977-1978)
*"Lucan" (1977-1978)
*"The French Atlantic Affair" (1979) (mini)
*"McClain's Law" (1981-1982)
*"Chicago Story" (1982)
*"Pandamonium" (1982)
*"Meatballs and Spaghetti" (1982)
*"Thicke of the Night" (1983)
*"We Got It Made" (1983-1984)
*"The Mighty Orbots"(1984)
*"Empire" (1984)
*"Jessie" (1984)

MGM/UA Television

*"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1982-1983)
*"Gilligan's Planet" (1982-1983) (in association with Filmation Associates)
*"Lady Blue" (1985)

United Artists Television

*"Gilligan's Island" (1964-1967)

Independent companies

*"ALF" (Alien Productions, 1986-1990) "(WB never owned video rights, as Alien Productions licensed them to Lions Gate Home Entertainment; WB's syndication rights recently reverted to Lionsgate's syndication arm Debmar-Mercury)"
*"The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" (You And Me Kid Productions, 1987-1991)
*"Here's Lucy" (Lucille Ball Productions, 1968-1974) "(co-produced by Paramount Television 1968-1969. Television distribution rights inherited from Telepictures. WB does not own video rights--such rights are held by Shout! Factory)"
*"MADtv" (Quincy Jones/David Salzman Productions, 1995-present)
*"My Favorite Martian" (Jack Chertok Television, 1963-1966) "(WB owns only the television syndication rights, inherited from Telepictures--all other rights now held by Chertok and Rhino Entertainment, once a sister company to WB until spun off along with affiliate Warner Music Group)"
*"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (NBC Productions, 1990-1996)
*"The Gumby Show" (Clokey Productions/Premavision, 1957-1989 in various incarnations) "(Lorimar/Telepictures, later WBTV, inherited the distribution rights when the 1988 version premiered, then in 2003 lost the rights to Classic Media and Premavision. However, Warner Bros. Entertainment has ancillary rights.)"
*"Will & Grace" (NBC Studios, 1998-2006)

ee also

*Warner Bros. International Television

External Links

* [http://www.warnerbros.com Official website]
* [http://www.snta.com/php/display.php?p=PR_SP_syndicator&s_id=1 Syndicated Network Television Association-Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution]