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United Artists Television was an American television production/distribution studio of United Artists Corporation that was formed in 1956. The company is remembered for producing series such as ''This Man Dawson'', ''World of Giants'', ''Stoney Burke'', ''The Outer Limits'', ''Gilligan's Island'', ''My Mother the Car'', ''The Fugitive'', ''Rat Patrol'', ''thirtysomething'', ''The New Phil Silvers Show'', ''The Patty Duke Show'' and ''The Pink Panther Show''. In September 2014, the studio returned to full-time TV production under the new management of United Artists Media Group, led in part by husband/wife producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. ==History== In 1958, United Artists Television purchased Associated Artists Productions, giving access to the pre-1950〔''You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story'' (2008), p. 255.〕〔WB retained a pair of features from 1949 that they merely distributed, and all short subjects released on or after September 1, 1948; in addition to all cartoons released on or after August 1, 1948.〕〔( 1957 MOVIES FROM AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons SALES BOOK DIRECTED AT TV )〕 Warner Bros. library and the ''Popeye'' cartoon shorts made by Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios for Paramount Pictures between 1933 and 1957. In 1960, United Artists Television purchased Ziv Television Programs, including the 20% share still held by board chairman Frederick Ziv and his son-in-law president John L. Sinn, for $20 million. The newly merged production company was renamed Ziv-United Artists. United Artists Television had never been very successful in the small screen, having placed only two series in prime time, ''The Troubleshooters'' on NBC and ''The Dennis O'Keefe Show'' on CBS, both of the 1959-1960 season. This negative pattern continued after the merger. Ziv-United Artists produced a dozen of TV pilots during the first year of operation, but failed to sell any of them, although Aubrey Schenck's ''Miami Undercover'' lasted only one season in 1961. In 1962, the studio phased out Ziv Television Programs and changed its name back to United Artists Television. In that same year, ABC premiered a successful prime time television film show called ''The ABC Sunday Night Movie'' in competition to NBC's successful motion picture program ''Saturday Night at the Movies''. The first season featured releases of many United Artists' films with some episodes containing featurettes promoting the upcoming UA's cinema releases. United Artists Television had several shows such as ''Stoney Burke'' (1962), ''The Patty Duke Show'' (1963), ''The Outer Limits'' (1963), ''The Fugitive'' (1963), ''Hollywood and the Stars'' (1963), ''The Hollywood Palace'' (1964), and ''Gilligan's Island'' (1964). After ''The Mothers-in-Law'' was cancelled on NBC in 1969, the studio decided to focus presenting their movie library on television and rerunning their classics after years of still being unsuccessful in TV production. In 1981, MGM merged with UA to create MGM/UA Entertainment Co. As a result, their respective television units combined as well, becoming MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Television or just simply ''MGM/UA Television'' in 1982. The United Artists Television name was eventually phased out around 1983 in favor of the MGM/UA Television banner, although United Artists Television continued itself producing television shows until 1995. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Artists Television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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