Columbia TriStar Television

Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. is the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, adopted with the Columbia-TriStar merger of 1991 and last used in 2002.

Columbia TriStar Television was launched in 1994 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television. CTT also owns Merv Griffin's Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, as well as shows from ELP Communications, which include Married... with Children and Beakman's World.

Its global subsidiary Columbia TriStar International Television, distributes Sony's programs across the globe. Its US distribution arm, Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, was launched in 1995 to distribute Sony's programs all across America and to produce and distribute their own programs as well as movies on TV.

In 1996, CTT launched their own animation division, Columbia TriStar Children's Television. The name was changed in 1997 to Adelaide Productions.

In 2002, Sony Pictures Entertainment retired the name "Columbia TriStar" from television and renamed the company to Sony Pictures Television and Sony Pictures Television International.

See also

• Columbia TriStar International Television
• Columbia Pictures Television
• TriStar Television

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