DreamWorks Television


DreamWorks Television was an American television distribution and production company based in Universal City, California, that was a division of DreamWorks. The company was active from December 1994 to September 6, 2013.

History

DreamWorks Television was formed in December 1994 as DreamWorks Pictures agreed to a $200 million seven-year television production joint venture with the Capital Cities/ABC. The company was set up to produce series for broadcast networks, cable channels and first run syndication with no first look for ABC, but financial incentives favored ABC. The first show, Champs, was scheduled as a mid-season replacement for ABC. Dan McDermott was named division chief executive in June 1995. DreamWorks Television's first success was Spin City on ABC. The Walt Disney Company bought Capital Cities/ABC in February 1996.
In 1997, DreamWorks Television had a falling-out with NBC over the development of various television shows. The dispute was eventually settled, and went to being a development slated for NBC in 1998. In 1998, DreamWorks struck a deal with Paramount Domestic Television to syndicate Spin City for off-net syndication.
In 2002, the company's joint venture agreement with ABC ended. This agreement was replaced by a development agreement with NBC with a first look clause, financing for series pickups by the network while taking a financial stake in the show. DreamWorks Television could finance shows sold to other outlets, and NBC paid an annual fee to it.
In December 2005, it was announced that Paramount Pictures' parent company Viacom was purchasing DreamWorks' live-action film and television divisions, with the $1.6 billion deal being finalized at the beginning of February 2006. The deal also included a six-year distribution agreement with DreamWorks Animation, which split into its own separate company in October 2004. DreamWorks' live-action film and television divisions briefly operated as labels of Paramount, before becoming independent entities again in late 2008.

TV shows

Much of the pre-2008 DreamWorks Television catalogue is currently owned and distributed worldwide by Paramount Global Content Distribution with the exception of the programs Line of Fire, Carpoolers and Oliver Beene, Las Vegas, Father of the Pride, Off Centre, Band of Brothers, Miracle Workers, and Rescue Me ; Paramount also co-distributes The Job, Boomtown and Alienators: Evolution Continues.

TV series produced by DreamWorks Television

1990s

2000s

2010s

TV specials produced by DreamWorks Television

These are television series produced by DreamWorks Animation that were distributed by DreamWorks Television around the world. In 2004, the animation division of DreamWorks was spun off as a separate company and thus animated shows from after 2004 do not apply here.
  • Toonsylvania
  • Invasion America
  • ''Father of the Pride''