Columbia Broadcast Television

The Columbia Broadcast Television (often shortened to Columbia) is a television network that is entirely owned and operated by Sony Pictures Television.

History
Columbia Pictures announced in the week of November 18, 1984 issue of Variety that they would launch a brand new TV channel called "Columbia Broadcast Television" in the summer of 1985. Some readers were excited, while others were not. The channel itself would air old and new Columbia movies and TV shows. To most of us, it had potential. "The channel would also air reruns of the best of the old Columbia Broadcasting System, plus all the cartoons and sitcoms (like Sanford & Son), and all the programs from the long-gone American Movie Classics," according to CBS News.

Two key people involved with the launch of the Columbia Network were CBS network television executive and producer William Link and late manager of Columbia Pictures, Freddie R. Williams. Link was the head of programming at CBS at the time. Williams was the managing partner of CBS Television, where he "ran all programming and advertising for the network."

Programs
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Columbia

Programming consists of dramas, comedies, reality shows, and reruns of feature films. The network primarily airs programming from Columbia Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Television International, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, and Sony Pictures Television International.