Worldvision Productions

[Hawkee]

I saw the logo for Worldvision Productions and I would like to know more about them? Worldvision Productions was a huge producer of sitcoms game shows talk shows and many more shows and they also created movies such as the movie The Goodbye Bird and Filmation Presents Happily Ever After with their movie division Worldvision Home Video. Although not to be confused with the WorldVision charity Worldvision Productions was also owned by the Taft Corporation which also owned Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears Productions too
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[glickmam]

Worldvision also was owned by Aaron Spelling at one point, at which they co-produced Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown.

[Hawkee]

I knew that Worldvision Productions produced Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown because my mom and I would see their logo during those shows and I knew that Aaron Spelling owned it too because Worldvision Productions would mention "A unit of Spelling Television" and didn't Blockbuster Video buy them at one time before they went broke?
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[JMFabiano524]

Don't confuse them with World Vision International, a religious and charitable organization ;-)

[KurtfromPitts]

Worldvision was originally ABC Films, the alphabet net's syndication unit until ABC was ordered to spin it off in 1973.

[glickmam]

Originally Posted by JMFabiano524

Don't confuse them with World Vision International, a religious and charitable organization ;-)

Yup, the charity actually sued, and part of the settlement was that the syndicator put up the disclaimer.

[glickmam]

Originally Posted by KurtfromPitts

Worldvision was originally ABC Films, the alphabet net's syndication unit until ABC was ordered to spin it off in 1973.

That was due to the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, which essentially barred networks from syndicating their own content.

[KurtfromPitts]

Originally Posted by glickmam

That was due to the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, which essentially barred networks from syndicating their own content.

Which also led CBS to spin off its syndie business, which became Viacom, and NBC to sell theirs to National Telefilm Associates-later Republic Pictures. All three of those libraries, strangely, are now owned by CBS Television Distribution.