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Sony Pictures Television was established on the 16th of September 2002, when Sony Pictures Entertainment renamed the American studio. It is the fourth and current iteration of what began as Columbia Pictures's television studio, Screen Gems, founded in 1947.
Sony Pictures Television traces its origins to Pioneer Telefilms, founded in 1947 by Ralph Cohn. Columbia Pictures acquired it and renamed it Screen Gems in November 1948, then Columbia Pictures Television on the 6th of May 1974, then Columbia TriStar Television on the 21st of February 1994, before the Sony rebrand in 2002.
Sony Pictures Television acquired a 95% controlling stake in Funimation for $143 million. The deal was announced on the 31st of July 2017, approved by the U.S. Department of Justice on the 22nd of August 2017, and closed on the 27th of October 2017.
Sony Pictures Television produces or distributes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Boys, Cobra Kai, Shark Tank, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and Hilda, among others.
Sony Pictures Television is headquartered at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California.
Sony Pictures Television comprises eight main divisions: Formats, Game Shows, International Production, Kids, Music Development, Nonfiction, Networks, and Studios. It also owns local television studios in 12 countries through its International Production division.