Editing CBS Studios (section)

==== 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.