Paramount Television

Paramount Television
	Paramount Television Logo
Company type	Division
Industry	Television production
Predecessors	Desilu Productions;
Founded	December 15, 1966
Defunct	January 17, 2006
Fate	Renamed as CBS Paramount Television
Successors	CBS Studios; Paramount Television Studios;
Headquarters	United States
Parent	Gulf+Western (1966–1989); Paramount Communications (1989–1994); Viacom (1994–2005); CBS Corporation (2005–2006);
Divisions	Paramount Domestic Television; Paramount International Television (1966–2004); Wilshire Court Productions (1989–2003);
Subsidiaries	Viacom Productions (1995–2004); Spelling Television (1999–2006); Big Ticket Entertainment (1999–2006);

The first and original incarnation of Paramount Television was the name of the television production division of the American film studio Paramount Pictures, that was responsible for the production of Viacom television programs, until it changed its name to CBS Paramount Television on January 17, 2006, due to the Viacom split.

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