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Warner Bros. Television Studios
Warner Bros. Television
Formerly
List
    • Warner Bros. Television Division (1955–1967)
    • Warner Bros. Television (1955–1967; 1970–2020)
    • Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Television (1967–1970)
Company typeDivision
Industry
FoundedMarch 21, 1955;69 years ago(1955-03-21)[1]
FounderWilliam T. Orr
Headquarters4000 Warner Boulevard,
Burbank,California
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsTelevision programs
RevenueIncreaseUS$5.62 billion (2015)[2]
IncreaseUS$344 million (2015)
ParentWarner Bros. Television Group
Divisions
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.warnerbros/tv

Warner Bros. Television Studios,[3]operating under the nameWarner Bros. Television(abbreviated asWBTV;formerly known asWarner Bros. Television Division), is an Americantelevisionproductionand distribution studio and the flagship studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division ofWarner Bros.,a flagship studio ofWarner Bros. Discovery(WBD). Launched on March 21, 1955 byWilliam T. Orr,it serves as a television production arm ofDC Comicsproductions byDC Studiosand, alongsideParamount Global'sCBS Studios,The CW,the latter that launched in 2006 and WBD has a 12.5% ownership stake. It also serves as the distribution arm of WBD unitsHBO,Cartoon NetworkandAdult Swim.

As of 2015, it is one of the world's two largest television production companies measured by revenue and library along withSony Pictures Television.[4][5]

As of May 2024, WBTV is producing nearly 40 scripted series for WBD’sMax,external streaming platforms, cable, and the five U.S. broadcast networks.

History

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Beginning and saturation

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Publicity still with 1959Warner Bros.Westernseries leadsWill Hutchins(Sugarfoot),Peter Brown(Lawman),Jack Kelly(Maverick),Ty Hardin(Bronco),James Garner(Maverick),Wayde Preston(Colt.45), andJohn Russell(Lawman)

The division was started on March 21, 1955,[1]with its first head beingJack L. Warner's son-in-lawWilliam T. Orr.ABChad approachedWarner Bros.initially with the idea of purchasing the studio's film library (WB eventually sold the rights to the negatives of pre-1950 films and pre-1948 cartoons and shorts toAssociated Artists Productions,or a.a.p., in 1956[6][7]). WB formally entered television production with the premiere of its self-titled anthology seriesWarner Bros. Presentson ABC. The one-hour weekly show featured rotating episodes of television series based on the WB filmsCasablancaandKings Row,as well as an original series titledCheyennewithClint Walker.The first one-hour television western,Cheyennebecame a big hit for the network and the studio with the added advantage of featuring promotions for upcoming Warner Bros. cinema releases in the show's last ten minutes. One such segment forRebel Without a CausefeaturedGig Youngnotably talking about road safety withJames Dean.

With onlyCheyennebeing a success, WB ended the ten-minute promotions of new films and replacedWarner Bros. Presentswith ananthology seriestitledConflict.It was felt that "Conflict" was what the previous series lacked.Conflictshowed the pilots forMaverickand77 Sunset Strip.[citation needed]

The success ofCheyenneled WBTV to produce many series for ABC such as Westerns(Maverick,Lawman,Colt.45,Bronco,aspin offofCheyenne,Sugarfoot,andThe Alaskans),crime dramas(77 Sunset Strip,Hawaiian Eye,Bourbon Street Beat,andSurfside 6), and other shows such asThe Gallant MenandThe Roaring Twentiesusing stock footage from WBwar filmsand gangster films respectively. The company also producedJack Webb'sRed NightmarestarringJack Kellyfor theU.S. Department of Defensethat was later shown on American television onJack Webb'sGeneral Electric True.

All shows were made in the manner of WB'sB picturesin the 1930s and 1940s;[8]fast-paced, muchstock footagefrom other films, stock music from the Warners music library and contracted stars working long hours for comparatively small salaries with restrictions on their career.

During the1960 Writers Guild of America strike,WB reused many plots from its films and other television shows under the nom de plume of "W. Hermanos".[9]This was another example of imitating Warner Bros.' B Pictures who would remake an "A" film and switch the setting.[10]

James GarnerandJack KellyasBret and Bart MaverickinMaverick,1959

Two of the most popular stars,James GarnerandClint Walker,quit over their conditions. Garner never returned to the Warners fold during this period, instead moving forward into a major theatrical film career. Successful Warners television stars found themselves in leading roles of many of the studio's theatrical films with no increase in salary.Efrem Zimbalist Jr.was simultaneously the lead of77 Sunset Stripbriefly overlapping with a recurring role as "Dandy Jim Buckley"onMaverick,and also headlined several films until exhaustion forced the studio to give him a rest. Many other actors under contract to Warners at the time, who despite their work conditions, did see their stars rise over time, albeit for most only briefly, includedJack Kelly,Will Hutchins,Peter Brown,Ty Hardin,Wayde Preston,John Russell,Donald May,Rex Reason,Richard Long,Van Williams,Roger Smith,Mike Road,Anthony Eisley,Robert Conrad,Robert McQueeney,Dorothy Provine,Diane McBainandConnie Stevens.Edd ByrnesandTroy Donahuewould become teen heartthrobs. Another contract player, EnglishmanRoger Moore(MaverickandThe Alaskans), was growing displeased with Warner as his contract was expiring and would relocate to Europe from Hollywood, becoming an international star on television, and eventually, in theatrical films, playingJames Bondamong other roles. Warners also contracted established stars such asRay Danton,Peter Breck,Jeanne CooperandGrant Williams.These stars often appeared as guest stars, sometimes reprising their series role in another TV series.

The stars appeared in WB cinema releases with no additional salary, with some such as Zimbalist, Walker, Garner (replacingCharlton HestoninDarby's Rangers), and Danton (replacingRobert EvansinThe Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond[11]) playing the lead roles; many of the stars appeared in ensemble casts in such films asThe Chapman ReportandMerill's Marauders.Some stars such as Connie Stevens, Edd Byrnes, Robert Conrad and Roger Smith made albums forWarner Bros. Records.One particular recording, a novelty tune titledKookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)became a big hit for Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens (1959). The following year, Connie Stevens had her own hit, withSixteen Reasons.

It was during this period that series, particularly Westerns likeCheyenneandMaverick,and the crime dramas like77 Sunset Strip,Hawaiian EyeandSurfside 6featured catchy theme songs that became just as much a part of the American pop culture landscape as the shows themselves. Depending on the particular series (in this case, the Westerns),William LavaorDavid Buttolphwould compose the music, with lyrics byStan JonesorPaul Francis Webster,among others. For the crime shows, it was up to the songwriting team ofJerry LivingstonandMack David,who also scored the themes for the sitcomRoom for One More,andThe Bugs Bunny Show.

In 1960, WBTV turned its attentions to younger audiences as they broughtBugs Bunnyand the other WB cartoon characters to prime time, withThe Bugs Bunny Show,which featured cartoons released after July 31, 1948 (which had not been sold toAssociated Artists Productions), combined with newly animated introductory material. Also, that year saw the debut ofThe Roaring Twenties,which was thought to be a more benign alternative toDesilu'sThe Untouchables.Whether or not that was actually the case, it was, in fact, much less successful.

WBTV expanded on its existing genre of Westerns and crime dramas, and in January 1962, produced its first sitcom,Room For One More.Based on the memoirs ofAnna Rose,which in 1952 WB made into a movie starringCary Grantand his then-wifeBetsy Drake(the only movie that they worked together in) about a married couple with two children of their own who went on to adopt at least two more. The TV series starredAndrew DugganandPeggy McCayas George and Anna Rose. Acting legendMickey Rooney's sonTim,andAhna Capri,who would continue to do episodic TV roles and feature films (arguably, her best-known movie wasEnter the DragonstarringBruce Lee) were cast as the Rose's natural children. The show only lasted for half a season. In the fall of that year, a WWII dramaThe Gallant Mendebuted, but lasted for only one season.

WBTV exclusively produced shows for the ABC network until 1962, whenGE Truepremiered onCBS.

In 1964, WBTV once again tried to turn a classic film comedy of its own into a sitcom, withNo Time for Sergeants.Both the sitcom and the 1958 movie were based on the 1955 Broadway play, which starredAndy Griffith(TV'sThe United States Steel Houralso adapted the stage play for TV in 1956). The sitcom starredSammy Jacksonas Will Stockdale, a naive Georgia farm boy drafted into the military. 1965 saw the debut ofF Troop,a Western spoof taking place at a U.S. Army post after the Civil War. Despite lasting only two seasons, it is still considered a classic of its type.Forrest Tucker,Larry Storch,andKen Berryled an ensemble cast featuring military misfits, and an Indian tribe, who, among other things, forgot how to do a rain dance.

The streak of identifiable series subsided in 1963 with a halt of usingstock companycontract players andJack Webbtaking over WBTV and not being particularly successful. However, many series were still filmed at Warner Bros. such asF TroopandThe F.B.I.[12]

Later years

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Wonder Woman(Lynda Carter) in the 1975–1979 television series,Wonder Woman

For four years, from 1967 to 1971, the company's lone output was the existing television seriesThe F.B.I.,by 1970, several of the former talent from20th Century-Fox Televisionas well as former agent writers was defected to Warner Bros., such asPaul Monash,Rod Amateau,Bill Idelsonand Harvey Miller,Saul TurteltaubandBernie Orenstein,Jerry Gardner andDee Caruso,Hal KanterandA.J. Carothers.[13]By 1971, the company returned to prime-time shows after producing one show for four years. One of the first shows upon returning were the NBC showsNicholsandThe Jimmy Stewart Showand the CBS showThe Chicago Teddy Bears.[14]Also that year, animation studioFilmationand Warner Bros. entered a deal to produce cartoons for film and television, with its television subsidiary having global distribution rights.[15]

In 1975, the stars ofLynda Carter,Warner Bros. andDC Comicsproduced the television seriesWonder Woman.National was purchased byKinney National Companyin 1967 and remained the part of the company until Kinney bought Warner Bros. in 1969. Also that year, the company secured a deal withBill Carruthersand his production company to develop its game shows and other videotaped programming.[16]

In 1976, the company acquired The Wolper Organization, producer ofChico and the ManandWelcome Back, Kotter.In 1978, Stan Margulies, who producedRoots,signed a three-year exclusive contract with the studio.[17]The following week, Warner had acquired contracts with big names likeJames Komack,Danny Arnold,the trio ofDon Nicholl,Michael RossandBernie West(NRW) and the duo of Alan Blye andBob Einsteinto distribute programs worldwide.[18]

In 1979, Warner Bros. Television produced the television seriesThe Dukes of Hazzard.

In 1980, Phillip Saltzman and his Woodruff Productions company signed a deal with the studio.[19]

In 1982,Aaron Spellingandhis production companyhad struck a deal with the studio to distribute the shows. The pact would continue until 1988.[20]

On March 25, 1986,Ted Turnerand hisTurner Broadcasting SystempurchasedMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM) fromKirk Kerkorianfor $1.5 billion, and renamedMGM Entertainment Company, Inc.[21][22][23]Turner immediately sold MGM'sUnited Artistssubsidiary back to Kerkorian for roughly $480 million.[22][23]However, Turner was unable to find financing for the rest of the deal because of concerns in the financial community over the debt-load of his companies; thus, on August 26, 1986, Turner was forced to sell MGM's production and distribution assets to UA for $300 million.[22][23][24][25]The MGM lot and lab facilities were sold toLorimar-Telepictures.[24]Turner kept the pre-May 1986 MGM film and television library, along with theAssociated Artists Productionslibrary, and the RKO Pictures films that United Artists had previously purchased.[24]Warner Bros. Television has produced new productions based onTurner Entertainment's properties.

On June 1, 1986, Alan Shayne has left as president of the studio after 10 years, to start out a new production company, Alan Shayne Productions, which will be affiliated in association with the studio, in order to develop four made-for-TV movies and miniseries projects, which was developed for the 1987–88 season.[26]

Prior to the merge withTime Inc.,Warner CommunicationsacquiredLorimar-Telepictures.The acquisition completed on January 12, 1989.Lorimar Televisionfolded into WBTV in July 1993.Telepictureslater became a television production company.

In 1992,Witt/Thomas Productionssigned a television contract with Warner Bros. after the previous contract with Disney was not renewed.[27]In 1993, twoTime Warner-affiliated production companiesQuincy Jones EntertainmentandDavid Salzman Entertainmenthad merged their companies to formQuincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment,which was affiliated with Warner Bros. and Time Warner.[28]Not too long after that,Lorimar Televisionwas folded into WBTV, taking some key members with them.[29]In 1993,Tom ArnoldandRoseanne Barrvia Wapello County Productions struck a deal with the studio.[30]

In 1994, writers-producers ofFriends,Kevin Bright,Martha KauffmanandDavid Crane,and associated with the studio since 1992 had struck its exclusive deal with the studio.[31]In 1996, Warner Bros. Television collaborated withUniversal Televisionto develop the seriesSpy GameforABC,with Universal alumnusSam RaimiandRobert Tapertof Renaissance Pictures, and Warner alumnusJohn McNamaraproducing the series, but it did not last long, as it only lasted one season on the air.[32]

In 2001, Warner Bros. Television fully took over distribution ofHanna-Barberarelated properties produced byWarner Bros. Animationsuch asScooby-Doo,producing a steady stream of Scooby-Doo direct-to-video films and two new series,What's New, Scooby-Doo?(2002–2006) andShaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!(2006–2008). In 2006, Warner Bros. Television made some of its vast library of programs available for free viewing on the Internet (through sister companyAOL'sIN2TVservice), withWelcome Back, Kotteras its marquee offering. Some of these programs have not been seen publicly since their last syndicated release in the 1980s.

Alternate logo of Warner Bros. Television without banner, used for corporate purposes

On June 11, 2012, WBTV acquiredAlloy Entertainment.[33][34]On June 2, 2014, Warner Bros. Television Group purchased all ofEyeworks' companies outside of the United States, rebranding asWarner Bros. International Television Production.Eyeworks USA however, will remain independent.[35]

In 2020, Warner Bros. Television was renamed Warner Bros. Television Studios as part of WarnerMedia's restructuring of its television divisions.[citation needed][36]The Warner Bros. Television name continues to be used on-screen, as well as the company's trade name.

On November 30, 2022, WBTV head Channing Dungey announced that they were in talks withAmazonto make animated DC content for its streaming serviceAmazon Prime Video.[37]

Divisions

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In addition to the main Warner Bros. Television Studios label, the company also owns and operates the following production companies in the United States:

Current

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Warner Horizon Unscripted Television

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Warner Horizon Unscripted Television
FormerlyWarner Horizon Television
Company typeDivision
FoundedApril 2006;18 years ago(2006-04)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ParentWarner Bros. Television Studios
Websitewww.warnerbros/tv

Warner Horizon Unscripted Televisionis Warner Bros. Television Studios' alternative television, cable and streaming production unit; founded in April 2006, it originally operated as a singular label encompassing both scripted and unscripted productions. Notable series and films produced by the Warner Horizon units includeThe Bachelordating show franchise,The Voice,Pretty Little Liars(and spin-offsRavenswoodandPretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists),Ellen's Game of Games,Fuller House,The Masked Dancer,Whose Line Is It Anyway?,Youand the first season ofPennyworth.

On August 10, 2020, Warner Bros. Television Group separated the Warner Horizon label into two standalone companies maintaining individualized production focuses:

  • Warner Horizon Scripted Television—which combined its operations with those of Warner Bros. Television through the Warner Horizon split-up[38]—focuses on production of scripted comedic and dramatic programs for cable networks and subscription-based streaming platforms.
  • Warner Horizon Unscripted Television—which was folded into Warner Bros. Unscripted & Alternative Television under the realignment[39]—focuses on production ofreality televisionprograms,documentariesand other alternative programming formats for broadcast and cable networks, and subscription-based streaming platforms.

Alloy Entertainment

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Main article:Alloy Entertainment

Alloy Entertainmentis a book packaging and production company under Warner Bros. Television Studios. Notable series and films produced by Alloy includeThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,Gossip Girl,The Vampire Diaries,Pretty Little Liars,The 100,The Sun Is Also a Star,Everything, EverythingandYou.

Blue Ribbon Content

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Formed in 2014,Blue Ribbon Content (BRC)is Warner Bros. Television Studios' digital series production unit. The company takes its name from the "Blue Ribbon” reissues ofMerrie MelodiesandLooney Tunesanimation shorts.

Live-action BRC productions include series such as the horror-comedyCritters: A New BingeforShudder,comedyPlay It Again, Dickand horror-comedyThe PledgeforCW Seed,as well as the following original films:The Banana Splits MovieandCritters Attack!forWarner Bros. Home EntertainmentandSyfy,plusGood Girls Get Highfor AT&T's DirectTV Cinema. BRC also produces the upcoming mixed-media seriesBizarroTVfor DC Universe, plus the animated seriesDeathstroke: Knights & Dragonsfor CW Seed.

Shed Media

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Series produced by Shed Media includeWho Do You Think You Are?forNBC,Criminal ConfessionsandMurder for Hirefor Oxygen,Huda BossforFacebook Watch,SupernannyforLifetime,andThe Real Housewives of New York CityforBravo.

Telepictures

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Main article:Telepictures

Telepicturesis an American production company. It was bought by Warner Communications in 1988 and remains a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television Studios to this day. Programs produced by Telepictures includeThe Ellen DeGeneres Show,as well asExtra,Judge Mathis,The People's Court,The Real,in addition to theNBCprimetime seriesEllen's Game of GamesandEllen's Greatest Night of Giveaways(both produced in association with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television). Telepictures is also producing the upcoming Elizabeth Smart-led seriesSmart Justicefor Lifetime and the newHBO Maxcompetition seriesEllen's Next Great Designer.Telepictures also formerly producedTMZ on TV,which it sold toFox Entertainmentin 2021.

Cartoon Network Studios

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Main article:Cartoon Network Studios

Cartoon Network Studiosis an American production company and the main animation studio forCartoon Networkand its associated channels. It started operating in 1994 as a division ofHanna-Barberauntil 2001 when the latter absorbed intoWarner Bros. Animation.Located inBurbank, California,the studio primarily produces and develops animated programs and shorts for Cartoon Network,Adult Swim,CartoonitoandHBO Max.The company has only produced one theatrically released film,The Powerpuff Girls Movie,distributed by its sister company,Warner Bros. Pictures;its commercial failure prompted the company to stop theatrical releases of its films, thoughRegular Show: The Moviewas released to theaters at a limited capacity. The studio also produces live-action series for Adult Swim and formerly Cartoon Network under various pseudonyms.

Warner Bros. Animation

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Main article:Warner Bros. Animation

Warner Bros. Animation Inc.[40]is an American animation studio closely associated with theLooney TunesandMerrie Melodiescharacters, among others. The studio is the successor toWarner Bros. Cartoons,the studio which producedLooney TunesandMerrie Melodiescartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its animation division in 1980 to produceLooney Tunes–related works, andTurner Broadcasting System(who boughtMGM/UAwhich owned pre-1950Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodiesshorts) merged with Time Warner (later calledWarnerMedia) in 1996.[41]It replacesWarner Bros. CartoonsandWarner Bros. Feature Animation;since March 2001, it also replacesHanna-Barberaas well.

In recent years, Warner Bros. Animation has focused primarily on producing television and direct-to-video animation featuring characters Looney Tunes,Scooby-Doo,The Flintstones,Tom and Jerry,Hanna-Barbera library,Superman,Batman,Wonder WomanandTeen Titanscreated by other properties owned by Warner Bros., includingDC Comics,theMGM cartoon studio(viaTurner Entertainment Co.) andHanna-Barbera Productions.

Williams Street

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Main article:Williams Street

Williams Street Productions, LLC,[42]d/b/aWilliams Streetand formerly known asGhost Planet Industries,is an American animation and live action television production studio. It is an in-house production arm of adult animated television series forCartoon Networkuntil 2001 and currently operates its late-night programming blocksAdult SwimandToonami.Former Cartoon Network executivesMike LazzoandKeith Croffordoversaw operations for the building for most of its existence. It has produced two theatrical films, the first beingAqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters,which was not distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures due to the failure ofThe Powerpuff Girls Movie;the second beingMister America,which they helped fund due to their working relationship withAbso Lutely Productions;they helped produce a majority of the company’s television shows and distributed their web series through Adult Swim Streams until the branch was dismantled by Warner Bros. Discovery. In December 2019, co-founder Lazzo retired from the company,[43]with business partner and co-founder Crofford retiring the following year.[44]Michael Ouweleenwas named president in 2020.[45]

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Warner Bros. Kids, Young Adults and Classics

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Original logo used from 2020 to 2022

Warner Bros. Kids, Young Adults and Classics(KYAC;often known asWarner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics), formerly known asWarner Bros. Global Kids and Young Adults,was a division ofWarner Bros. Entertainment.It was established on March 4, 2019, as part of a major reorganization ofWarner Bros.' now-defunct parent company,WarnerMedia.

On March 4, 2019,AT&Tannounced a major reorganization ofWarnerMediato effectively dissolve theTurner Broadcasting Systemdivision, which involvedCartoon Network,Boomerang,Adult Swim,Turner Classic Movies,and digital media companyOtter Mediabeing transferred to Warner Bros. Entertainment. Aside from TCM and Otter – which was transferred over toWarnerMedia Entertainmenton May 31, 2019, to oversee development on anupcoming over-the-top streaming servicefrom WarnerMedia – the newly transferred properties came under a newly formed Global Kids & Young Adults division.[46][47][48][49]

The division was responsible for overseeing the parent company's family, kids, animation, and young adult properties, its properties include the formerTurner Broadcasting Systemcable television networksCartoon Network(including the programming blocksAdult Swim,Toonami,Cartoonito,andACME Night),Boomerang,andTurner Classic Movies;and the animation studiosWarner Bros. Animation,Cartoon Network StudiosandWilliams Street.

On April 7, 2020,Tom Ascheimwas named president of the division, now renamed Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics, overseeing Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Adult Swim, and adding Turner Classic Movies to his oversight.[50]

On May 11, 2022, Tom Ascheim exited as President of KYAC due to Warner Bros. Discovery's leadership restructuring the organization and eliminating his role. The studios were moved under Warner Bros. Television whileKathleen Finch's U.S. Networks Group assumed oversight over the linear networks, effectively dissolving the unit.[51]

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution

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Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
FormerlyWarner Bros. Television Distribution (1972–1989)
Company typeLabel
IndustryTelevision distribution
Broadcast syndication
PredecessorSeven Arts Associated Corp.(1960–1967)
Lorimar-Telepictures(1986-1989)
FoundedJanuary 10, 1972;52 years ago(1972-01-10)inBurbank, California
Area served
Worldwide
ParentWarner Bros. Television Studios

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution(formerlyWarner Bros. Television Distribution) is the television distribution andbroadcast syndicationarm of Warner Bros. Television Studios.

Established on January 10, 1972,[52]the arm was originally known asWarner Bros. Television Distributionbefore taking on its current name in 1989 following the acquisition ofLorimar-Telepictures.In 1991,Keith Samples,who was employee of the studio left Warner Bros., of which the employment staff inherited from Lorimar, who had joined it in 1986, to start out a TV syndication companyRysher Entertainment.[53]

In 1999, it reached a deal withNBC Enterprisesto pick up the off-net syndication rights to the sitcomWill & Grace.[54]

International operations

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Main article:Warner Bros. International Television Production

Australia

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Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (WBITPA) was founded in 2004 asEyeworks Australiabefore being rebranded in 2014.[55]

As Eyeworks Australia, shows produced includeCelebrity Splash,Being Lara Bingle,Gangs of OzandTerritory Cops.Following the rebrand, WBITPA began producingThe Bachelor Australiafrom itsfourth season,spin-offsThe Bachelorette Australiafrom itssecond season[56]&Bachelor in Paradise,as well asFirst Dates,the eighth season ofWho Do You Think You Are?,[57]thesixteenth seasonofDancing with the StarsandThe Masked Singer Australia.[58]

New Zealand

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WBITVP New Zealand produces some of New Zealand's most successful entertainment shows includingRuPaul's Drag Race Down Under,The Bachelor NZ,The Bachelorette NZ,The Block NZ,Celebrity Treasure Island,Glow Up,House of DragandThe Great Kiwi Bake Off.

Spain

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The Spanish subsidiary was acquired as part of the Eyeworks takeover in 2014.[59]Eyeworks España was renamed Warner Bros. International Television Production España in December 2015.[59][60]

Shows produced by WBITVP España includeJuego de juegos[es],based onEllen's Game of Games;First Dates[es],based on the British show of thesame name;Pesadilla en la Cocina[es],based onRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares;¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (España)[es],based on the BritishWho Wants to Be a Millionaire?;andVen a cenar conmigo[es],based on the BritishCome Dine with Me.[61]Along withMediaset EspañaandNetflix,the company also co-producedBrigada Costa del Sol.[62][63]

United Kingdom

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Warner Bros. Television Productions UK

Main article:Warner Bros. Television Productions UK

Established asShed Productionsin 1998, the company was acquired by Time Warner in 2010, before being rebranded as Warner Bros. Television Productions UK in 2015.

Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

Main article:Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

On April 7, 2021, it was announced that Cartoon Network Studios Europe had re-branded as Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe,[64][65][66]The Hanna-Barbera name had previously been revived on someWarner Bros. Animationseries and films based on the classic franchises, includingScooby-Doomedia, likeThe Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!,the 2017 reboot ofWacky Races,andYabba-Dabba Dinosaurs.Future plans for the studio have yet to be announced, however.[64]The first projects to be greenlit under the new name were a new series and a movie relating toThe Amazing World of Gumball.[67]

Productions

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Main article:List of Warner Bros. Discovery television programs § Warner Bros. Television Studios

Notable shows produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Television includeWonder Woman,The Dukes of Hazzard,The Big Bang Theory,Young Sheldon,Two and a Half Men,Friends,The Middle,and many others.

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