What if Paramount Global co-owned Columbia and TriStar?/Columbia Television

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Columbia Television is an American television production and distribution company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Paramount Global's Paramount Media Networks.

The television company is a successor to Columbia Pictures Television, which was Columbia's original television division before it was folded into Sony Pictures Television in 2002. The company was formed after Paramount Global's co-ownership of Columbia, with it using the Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. copyright name like its film counterpart.

Overview
Columbia Television was formed after Columbia being co-owned by Paramount Global, resulting in the studio taking over distribution on television series based on Columbia Pictures' films and franchises; those being Cobra Kai, The Real Ghostbusters, L.A.'s Finest, Men in Black: The Series and Stuart Little: The Animated Series. This also included some television properties that were adapted into films distributed by Columbia.

List of acquired programs

 * Bewitched (1964–1972)
 * The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
 * Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
 * The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
 * Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters (1988–1990)
 * The Karate Kid (1989)
 * The Critic (1994–1995)
 * Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
 * Men in Black: The Series (1997–2001)
 * Stuart Little (2003)
 * Charlie's Angels (2011)
 * Peter Rabbit (2012–2016)
 * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–2018)
 * Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–present)
 * Cobra Kai (2018–present)
 * L.A.'s Finest (2019–present)