Embassy Television logo, used from 1982-1986

(Embassy Television is not to be confused with Avco Embassy Television. AETV is known today as NBC Universal Television) Image File history File links Embassy Television logo used from 1982-1986 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Embassy Television logo used from 1982-1986 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Note: Avco Embassy Television is not to be confused with Sony Pictures Entertainments Embassy Television Avco Embassy Television (then known as Multimedia Entertainment and Studios USA Television) was an American television production/distribution company that was started in 1968 by the then-known Avco Embassy Pictures. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

Embassy Television (also known as Embassy Telecommunications, Embassy Communications, and ELP Communications) was an American television production company that began in 1982. The company was folded into Columbia TriStar Television in 1998. Production company refers to a company responsible for the physical production of a motion picture. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Columbia TriStar Television logo, used only from 1996 to 2001 Columbia-TriStar Television logo, used only from 1994 to 1996 Columbia TriStar Television is the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, adopted with the Columbia-TriStar merger of 1992 and last used in 2002, but might still be... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

As Embassy Television/Embassy Telecommunications

The name was formerly known as TAT Communications Company. Television producer Norman Lear bought Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation in 1982 and decided to drop the name "Avco" from the name to bring back the name Embassy Pictures. Lear decided to launch Embassy Television, a subsidiary name for his shows by the former TAT Communications such as The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, and The Facts of Life. More shows were produced by Embassy Television such as: Square Pegs, Silver Spoons, and Who's the Boss?. Embassy Television also produced the sitcoms Archie Bunker's Place, Gloria, and Diff'rent Strokes both from Tandem. Embassy Television also held the TV rights to a majority of the Embassy theatrical library (see Embassy Pictures for more information). Embassy Telecommunications (formerly P*I*T*S Films), was the television distribution arm of Embassy Television. They distributed off syndicated shows by Embassy Television and those by Tandem Productions, TAT Communications, and TOY Productions. Norman Lear (born July 27, 1922) is a Jewish-American television writer and producer who produced such popular sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, Good Times and Maude. ... For the South Park episode of the same name, see The Jeffersons (South Park). ... One Day at a Time was a long-running American situation comedy which aired on CBS from December 16, 1975 to May 28, 1984. ... The Facts of Life was an American sitcom which ran on the NBC network from 1979 to 1988. ... Parker (in eyeglasses), Linker (under Parker), and Nelson (in blue dress). ... Silver Spoons was a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1986 and in first-run syndication from 1986 to 1987. ... Cast of Whos the Boss?. From left to right: Judith Light, Danny Pintauro, Tony Danza, Katherine Helmond and Alyssa Milano in front. ... Archie Bunkers Place Opening title screen Archie Bunkers Place was a CBS sitcom that had previously been known as All in the Family. ... Gloria was a spinoff television situation comedy that lasted one season on CBS, from September 1982 to September 1983. ... Diffrent Strokes was an American sitcom that aired from 1978 to 1985 on NBC and from 1985 to 1986 on ABC. The sitcom starred Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson and Todd Bridges as his older brother Willis, two African-American children from a poor Harlem background whose deceased mother... Embassy Pictures Corporation (aka Embassy Film Associates) was an independent studio and distributor responsible for such films as The Graduate and The Lion in Winter. ... Norman Lear (born July 27, 1922) is an American television writer and producer who produced shows such as All in the Family, Sanford and Son and Maude. ...

As Embassy Communications

In 1985, CBS cancelled The Jeffersons and NBC cancelled Diff'rent Strokes, the latter of which then moved to ABC. Embassy Television and Tandem Productions were sold to The Coca-Cola Company (then-current owners of Columbia Pictures) for $500 million and a new sitcom 227 was produced. A year later, the television brand name was renamed to Embassy Communications as a television production and distribution banner of Embassy by producing the shows by Embassy Television and distributing those by Tandem Productions, TAT Communications, and TOY Productions, except for What's Happening!!, which had been sold to Columbia Pictures Television, and revived as What's Happening Now!!. When ABC cancelled, Diff'rent Strokes, the brand name Tandem Productions was abandoned and was folded into Embassy Communications. Married with Children was the next successful sitcom by Embassy Communications in 1987. In December 1987, Coca-Cola decided to merge the theatrical divisions Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures into Columbia Pictures Entertainment and merging their other units Triumph Releasing Corporation, Embassy Communications, and Merv Griffin Enterprises under that banner. Still-running Embassy shows would bear the Columbia Pictures Television logo for the rest of their runs. CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... Columbia Pictures current logo. ... The cast of 227. ... Whats Happening!! was an American sitcom that ran on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. ... Columbia Pictures Television logo, used from 1992-2001. ... Whats Happening Now!! was an American sitcom which ran in syndication from 1985 to 1988. ... Norman Lear (born July 27, 1922) is an American television writer and producer who produced shows such as All in the Family, Sanford and Son and Maude. ... Married. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Columbia Pictures current logo. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Triumph Films (aka: Triumph Releasing Corporation) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment geared towards low-budget and direct-to-video film production and distribution. ... Merv Griffin Entertainment logo, used since 1999 Merv Griffin Productions (later Merv Griffin Enterprises now Merv Griffin Entertainment) is a production outfit owned by television mogul Merv Griffin that was founded in 1964. ...

As ELP Communications and beyond

Embassy Communications then became ELP Communications (ELP standing for Embassy Limited Partnership) in 1988 under the banner of Columbia Pictures Television. The company was sold to Sony Corporation of Japan in 1989, along with CPE and its other units. The final show to be produced by Embassy Television was Beakman's World in 1992. When Sony Pictures Entertainment launched Columbia TriStar Television in 1994, Beakman's World and Married with Children were produced under the banner. Beakman's World was cancelled in 1998 and SPE decided to fold ELP Communications into Columbia TriStar Television, retiring Embassy Television for good. Today, television distribution rights to both Embassy's television and theatrical libraries are under the Sony Pictures Television banner. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources. ... Beakmans World was an educational childrens television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... SPT logo Sony Pictures Television, Inc. ...

Studios and tapings by Embassy Television and beyond

• 227 at Metromedia (1985-1986) and Fox Television Center (1986-1990)
• Diff'rent Strokes at Universal City Studios (1982-1985) and ABC Television Center (1985-1986)
• Silver Spoons at Metromedia Square for pilot and Universal City Studios (1982-1987)
• The Facts of Life at Universal City Studios (1982-1988)
• The Jeffersons at Universal City Studios (1982-1985)

In Charge of Production for Embassy Television

• Ken Stump (1982-1988) former associate producer for Tandem Productions and TAT Communications from 1978-1980
• Ed Lammi (1988-1998) for ELP Communications