When Did Spelling-Goldberg Sell Out to Columbia Pictures TV?

[Frosty81]

Hi,

Does anyone know exactly when Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg sold off the underlying (ancillary) rights to their co-productions to Columbia Pictures Television? My mind thinks around 1982 or 1983, with Hart to Hart (1979-84) being one of the first to carry the then-current "'80s Torch Lady" logo at the end. I know The Rookies was once distributed by Viacom (some guy named Markie O. once claimed to have seen the filmed "V of Doom" on an episode of this show back in 1979), and I think this was domestically, while Worldvision Enterprises would've been responsible for initial global distribution (non-North American).

I know Fantasy Island (1978-84) was the first Spelling-Goldberg production that Columbia Pictures TV was involved with, even before they (CPTV) took over the underlying rights from Spelling-Goldberg of such existing shows as The Rookies (1972-76), S.W.A.T. (February 1975-76), Starsky & Hutch (1975-79), Family (1976-80), and Charlie's Angels (1976-81) and, of course, the previously-mentioned Hart to Hart.

I also believe Robert Wagner, before he eventually dies (he'll be 81 this February 10th) should fight back with Sony Pictures one last time so as to regain profits from his old deal with Spelling-Goldberg that he and his deceased wife, Natalie Wood (the two formed a partnership with Spelling and Goldberg called "Rona II," an acronym meaning "Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood - Second Time Around, itself referring to their 2nd marriage that ran from 1972 until Natalie Wood's death in 1981), struck with back in 1973. That of course included the original Charlie's Angels show, for which he had owned 50% of all profits; the 2011 remake has him doing the titular role of the "invisible" Charlie Townsend.

~Ben