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Columbia Pictures Television (CPT)
was the second name of the
Columbia Pictures
television division
Screen Gems
(SG). The studio changed its name on September 4, 1974.
History
1974-1982
As the successor in interest to Screen Gems, it assumed productions of the daytime soap operas
Days of our Lives
and
The Young and the Restless
. During the 1970s and '80s, CPT made many co-productions with
Spelling-Goldberg Productions
, including
S.W.A.T.
,
Starsky & Hutch
,
Charlie's Angels
,
Fantasy Island
,
Hart to Hart
, and
T.J. Hooker
. It also acquired the syndication rights to several independently produced series:
Barney Miller
from
Danny Arnold
,
What's Happening!
from
Bud Yorkin
, and
Soap
and
Benson
from
Witt
/
Thomas
/
Harris
Productions.
The Coca-Cola years and Columbia Pictures Entertainment
The 1980s brought significant changes to CPT. On June 22, 1982,
The Coca-Cola Company
bought
Columbia Pictures
..
New York Times
. June 23, 1982. Retrieved 2010-03-14. In 1984, CPT joined forces with
Lexington Broadcast Services Company
by creating a joint venture between the two companies called
Colex Enterprises
to distribute library shows such as
Father Knows Best
and
The......
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