Warner Bros. Television Distribution

Warner Bros. Television Distribution (WBTD) is an American television distribution arm of Warner Bros. Television, itself a part of Time Warner formed circa 1960. In 1989, the studio formed Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) after acquiring Lorimar-Telepictures when both distribution arms folded into WBTD.

The company currently distributes the library from its television library, including television programming material acquired from Turner Entertainment Co. (including the pre-May 1986 MGM TV library, the holdings of Associated Artists Productions, Gilligan's Island and it's two animated spin-offs The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet, Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The New Adventures of Captain Planet (both produced by DiC Entertainment and Hanna-Barbera), and most of the Hanna-Barbera and pre-1991 Ruby-Spears cartoons), Lorimar Television, Telepictures, post-1974 Rankin-Bass, HBO (except for non-US rights to certain shows), and Wolper Productions. WBTD also handles its Warner Bros. Pictures library including those by Turner Entertainment Co., Castle Rock Entertainment (excepting those currently owned by MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment), most films by Lorimar Motion Pictures, most of the HBO Films (includes HBO NYC, HBO Films, and HBO Pictures), New Line Cinema, and Warner Independent Pictures, among others.

In 1994, Warner Bros. Television Distribution formed Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV Cable & Network Features. In 2000, however, Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV Cable & Network Features was folded back into WBTD.

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

Not all television 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) (in association with The Douglas S. Cramer Company)
Adam (1976-1983) (in association with Allwhit, Inc.)
Alice (1976–1985)
Pinwheel (1977-1990) (in association with Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment and Nickelodeon)
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)
Love, Sidney (1981–1983)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
V (1984–1985)
Night Court (1984–1992) (co-produced by Starry Night Productions)
Growing Pains (1985–1992)
Spenser For Hire (1985–1988)
My Sister Sam (1986–1988)
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)
3rd Degree (1989-1990) (produced by Burt & Bert Productions/Kline & Friends)
Trump Card (1990-1991) (produced by Fielder/Berlin Productions)
The Flash (1990–1991)
Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1994)
Family Dog (1993; distributed by NBC Universal Television Distribution in North America, while WBTD has international rights)
Animaniacs (1993–1997)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-1997)
Living Single (1993–1998)
Babylon 5 (1993–2000) (co-produced by Lorimar-Telepictures and Babylonian Productions: Lorimar-Telepictures produced the first few seasons, after which WBTV took over)
ER (1994–2009, co-produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Television)
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 (2002–2009)
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 (Co-produced by CBS Television Studios) (2007–present)
Aliens in America (Co-produced by CBS Television Studios) (2007–2008)
Life Is Wild (Co-produced by CBS Television Studios) (2007–2008)
Pushing Daisies (2007–2009)
Chuck (2007–present)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Co-produced by C2-Pictures) (2007–2009)

Lorimar Television

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973) (Broadcast syndication rights only)
The Waltons (1972–1981)
Eight Is Enough (1977–1981)
Dallas (1978–1991)
Knots Landing (1979–1993)
Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
The People's Court (1981–1993)
Flamingo Road (1981–1982)
Mama's Family (1983–1984, 1986–1990)
Love Connection (1983–1994)
Down to Earth (1984–1987) (Produced by Procter & Gamble Productions for Superstation TBS; Lorimar acquired Broadcast syndication rights after series ended)
The Hogan Family (1986–1991)
Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)
Full House (1987–1995)
Midnight Caller (1988–1991)
Freddy's Nightmares (Produced by eventual corporate sibling New Line Television) (1988–1990)
Family Matters (1989–1998)
Sisters (1991–1996)
Step By Step (1991–1997)
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992–1997)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992) (MGM didn't own rights acquired by TimeWarner)
Time Trax (1993–1994)
Island City (TV movie) (1994)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997) (uncredited as series followed on to/bore logo of successor WBTV)

Telepictures Productions

Smokey Unit (1983-1987) (Co-Production with Met-Fix Productions, 1986-1987: Lorimar-Telepictures)
Showtime at the Apollo (1987-2008) (Co-Produced By DePasse Entertainment)
The Jenny Jones Show (1991–2003) (co-production with David Salzman Enterprises 1991-1995 and River Tower Productions 1995-2003)
Extra (1994–Present) (1995-2003 as Time-Telepictures Television) (co-production with Nuvell Riley Productions 1994-1996 and Tinsletown Entertainment 1996-1998)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2002) (co-production with Kid-Ro Productions)
Change of Heart (1998-2003) (with Dawn Syndicated Productions, Distributed By Telepictures Distribution)
Judge Mathis (1999–Present) (co-produced with Syndicated Productions) (2001-2003 Time Telepictures Television)
The Queen Latifah Show (1999-2001) (Co-Produced By Flavor Unit Entertainment and Distributed By Telepictures Distribution)
Street Smarts (2000–2005) (with Dawn Syndicated Productions, This Old House Productions and Entertain the Blues)
ElimiDate (2001-2006) (Distributed By Telepictures Distribution)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003–Present) (Co-produced by Very Good Productions)
Celebrity Justice (2002–2005) (2002-2003 as Time-Telepictures Television) (co-production with Harvey/Harry Levin Productions)
The Sharon Osbourne Show (2003-2006)
The Tyra Banks Show (2005–present) (co-production with Bankable Productions)
The Dr. Keith Ablow Show (2006-2007)
TMZ on TV (2007–Present) (Co-produced by Harvey Levin Productions and Jim Paratore's paraMedia)
Judge Jeanine Pirro (2008-Present)(Co-Produced By Telepictures Productions)
The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008–2010) (Co-produced by Bob & Alice Productions and Jim Paratore’s paraMedia)

Banner Films (a division of National General)

Tarzan (1966 TV series) (1966–1968)

Rankin/Bass (1974-1989)

That Girl in Wonderland (1974) [1]
'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)
The Comic Strip (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 Program Services

Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996) (1990–1993 co-produced by DiC Enterprises and 1993-1996 by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons)

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)
Fantastic Four (1967-1968) (co-produced by Marvel Comics Group)
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1971)
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You (1969-1970)
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–1971)
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971-1972)
Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–1974)
The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972-1973)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1974)
Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974–1976)
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976-1977)
Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977-1979)
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979-1980) (co-produced in association with Marvel Comics Animation)
Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979-1980)
The Smurfs (1981–1990)
The Scooby-Doo/Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982-1983) (co-production with Ruby-Spears Productions)
The Flintstone Kids (1986–1988)
A Pup Named Scooby Doo (1988–1991)
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1989)
Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–1993) (co-produced by Turner Entertainment)
The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–1993)
Droopy, Master Detective (1993-1994)
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1994)

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)
Thicke of the Night (1983)
We Got It Made (1983–1984)
The Mighty Orbots (1984)
Empire (1984)
Jessie (1984)

MGM/UA Television

Pandamonium (1982)
Meatballs and Spaghetti (1982)
Gilligan's Planet (1982–1983) (in association with Filmation Associates)
Lady Blue (1985)

United Artists Television

Gilligan's Island (1964–1967)
The holdings of Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.), which was sold to UA in 1958. Included are WB's pre-1950 library and the Popeye theatrical cartoons. a.a.p.'s library was technically part of UA's TV division, which continues to be the case under WB/Turner.

Independent companies

The New Dick Van Dyke Show (Cave Creek Enterprises, 1971–1974) The series is distributed by WBTD.
Shazam! (Filmation, 1974–1977) The series is distributed by WBTD (via corporate sibling DC Comics).
Man from Atlantis (Solow Production Company, 1977-1978) current distribution rights (home video and TV) are owned by WBTD
It's A Living (1980–82, 1985–89) (produced by Witt-Thomas-Harris Productions; acquired by Lorimar-Telepictures after it bought Golden West television in 1986)
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 MPI Home Video under license from Ball Productions and Desilu, Too LLC.)
Tales (White-Green Productions/Whitt-Thomas Productions, 1988-1991) (MGM did had The Wizard of Oz by Turner Entertainment Co.)
MADtv (Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment, 1995–2009)
My Favorite Martian (Jack Chertok Television, 1963–1966) (WB owns only the Broadcast syndication rights, inherited from Telepictures--all other rights now held by Chertok and, until recently, Rhino Entertainment, once a sister company to WB until spun off along with affiliate Warner Music Group--home video rights to this show, like Here's Lucy, were transferred to MPI Home Video)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC Productions, 1990–1996)¹
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, in conjunction with Prema Toy Co., licensing agent for the Gumby series, has ancillary rights.)
In the House (1995-1999) (NBC Productions, 1995-1996 and NBC Studios, 1996-1999)
Art News (JME Productions/CNN Productions, 1993)
Will & Grace (NBC Studios 1998-2004, NBC Universal Television Studio 2004-2006)¹

1. NBC Universal owns ancillary and trademark rights of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, US Broadcast syndication handled by WBTD and DVD rights by Warner Home Video, and in the case of Will & Grace, WBTD has US Broadcast syndication rights and international syndication rights handled by MGM International Television Distribution and DVD rights by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

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