MTM Enterprises

MTM Enterprises (also known as MTM Productions) was an American independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show for CBS. The name for the production company was drawn from Moore's initials.

MTM Enterprises, Inc.
Company typeCorporation
IndustryTelevision and film production
Founded1969 (1969)
FoundersMary Tyler Moore
Grant Tinker
DefunctMay 19, 1998 (May 19, 1998)
FateAcquired by News Corporation
Successor20th Century Fox Television
ParentTVS Entertainment (Television South plc) (1988–1993)
International Family Entertainment (1993–1997)
News Corporation (1997–1998)
DivisionsMTM Television Distribution
MTM International
MTM Home Video
MTM Records

MTM produced a number of successful television programs during the 1970s and 1980s. The library of all of MTM's shows are divided. The Walt Disney Company through its subsidiary, 20th Television owns all of its programs, while CBS Studios owns the 1970 to 1990 library.

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