Paramount Television

Paramount Television was an American television production/distribution company that was active from January 1, 1968 to August 27, 2006. Its successor is CBS Television Studios, formerly CBS Paramount Television. Its predecessor is Desilu Productions. The company was known for producing and distributing programs such as The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s, Happy Days on ABC in the 1970s, Cheers and its spinoff Frasier on NBC in 1982 and 1993, the Star Trek franchise, Girlfriends in 2000 (with Grammnet Productions, 2006-2008 episodes by CBS Paramount Network Television) on UPN (later CW), Duckman in 1994 (with Klasky Csupo) on USA Network, and the daily Paramount staple Entertainment Tonight in 1981, among others. The predecessor...