Editing CBS Studios (section)

=== Predecessors ===

==== CBS's original production and distribution units ====
In 1952, the [[CBS|Columbia Broadcasting System]] (CBS) formed an in-house television production unit, CBS Productions, as well as facilities in the newly established [[Television City]] in the [[Fairfax District, Los Angeles]] in [[Westside (Los Angeles County)|Westside]].  Also formed was CBS Television Film Sales (later known as CBS Films) as the distributor of off-network and first-run syndicated programming to local television stations in the United States and abroad.

In 1963, [[CBS Studio Center]] is established in the [[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City]] district of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] in the [[San Fernando Valley]]. In 1970, CBS Films became Viacom Enterprises and was spun off the following year. In 1978, CBS' production unit gained the secondary/alternate name CBS Entertainment Productions'''.'''

In 1994, Westinghouse Electric acquired CBS. Viacom merged with its creator CBS, in 2000.

==== Paramount Pictures' early television ventures ====
In 1939, experimental television stations were established in Los Angeles (''W6XYZ)'' as Television Productions Inc. and Chicago (''W9XBK'') with [[Balaban and Katz]]. Commercial broadcasting began in 1943 over ''WBKB'' in Chicago (now [[WBBM-TV]]). Commercial broadcasting began in 1947 over [[KTLA]] in Los Angeles. In 1949, Paramount Pictures became the first major studio to establish program syndication with the [[Paramount Television Network]] (much of which originated from KTLA). Paramount branched out of broadcasting in 1964 with the sale of KTLA to [[Gene Autry]].

==== Desilu Productions, later Paramount Network Television ====
[[Desilu Productions]] was formed in 1950 by [[Desi Arnaz]] and [[Lucille Ball]].<ref name="broadcasting19670220">{{cite journal|date=February 20, 1967|title=Desilu, Famous Players to G&W|journal=Broadcasting|page=71}}</ref><ref name="broadcasting19670731">{{cite journal|date=July 31, 1967|title=Week's Profile: Lucille Ball|journal=Broadcasting|page=117}}</ref> Desilu Studios was established in Hollywood and Culver City in 1957, after Arnaz/Ball purchased the [[RKO Pictures]] studio lot. Desilu Sales Inc. was formed in 1962 as the company's syndication arm. In 1967, Desilu Productions was acquired by [[Gulf and Western Industries]]. The company became the television division of Paramount Pictures Corporation in July, retaining the Desilu name until the end of that year.<ref name="White">Patrick J. White, ''The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier'' p. 117, 141.  New York: Avon Books, 1991. {{ISBN|0-380-75877-6}}</ref> Desilu Sales, in turn, merged with Paramount's syndication division to become Paramount Television Sales.

From 1966 to 1967, [[Gulf and Western Industries|Gulf+Western]] acquired [[Paramount Pictures]]. In 1968, Paramount Television, formerly Desilu, was established as the studio's television production unit.<ref name="autogenerated1">Patrick J. White, ''The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier'' p. 141.  New York: Avon Books, 1991. {{ISBN|0-380-75877-6}}</ref> In 1977, [[Paramount Television Service]] was formed. In 1982, Paramount Television Group and Paramount Domestic Television and Video Programming was established. In September 1989, [[Gulf and Western Industries|Gulf+Western]] was reincorporated as [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Communications]], Inc.. On March 11, 1994, Viacom acquired Paramount Communications. In 1995, Viacom launched the United Paramount Network ([[UPN]]) with [[Chris-Craft Industries]].

On August 10, 2004, Viacom merged the international television banners of [[CBS Studios International|CBS Broadcast International]] and [[Paramount Television|Paramount International Television]] to form [[CBS Studios International]]. On September 7, 2004, Viacom merged CBS Productions and Paramount Network Television to form a new entity of Paramount Network Television, also known as CBS Paramount Television Entertainment Group, with CBS Productions becoming an in-name-only unit.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Adalian |first1=Josef |last2=Schneider |first2=Michael |date=2004-09-07 |title=Moonves' TV makeovers |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/moonves-tv-makeovers-1117910059/ |access-date=2021-08-23 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

On December 31, 2005, as the CBS/Viacom split took effect, CBS inherited Paramount's television program library, with [[Viacom (2005–2019)|the second incarnation of Viacom]] keeping Paramount's films, the [[ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks|MTV Networks]] and the [[ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks#BET Networks|BET Networks]].