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39-502: International versions of the show are distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution . The format of the program is composed of stories of interest from throughout the entertainment industry, exclusive set visits, first looks at upcoming film and television projects, and one-on-one interviews with actors, musicians and other entertainment personalities and newsmakers. A one-hour weekend edition, ET Weekend (known as Entertainment This Week until September 1991), originally offered

78-515: A 33% stake in its joint-venture holding company, ElevenCo. Ten Network Holdings entered voluntary administration in June 2017 which ultimately led to CBS acquiring the entirety of the company that November. On 1 August 2012, Chellomedia revealed that the European versions of Zone Romantica , Zone Reality and Club would be rebranded respectively as CBS Drama , CBS Reality and CBS Action . Following

117-574: A 90-episode syndication package. On 28 October that same year, CBS Broadcast International announced its acquisition of TV and ancillary market rights to four Academy Award/Oscar-winning films produced by Arthur Cohn such as Dangerous Moves , Black and White in Color , The Garden of the Finzi Continis and The Sky Above, The Mud Below . It also announced plans to pick up the bulletins of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather which would place it on

156-504: A partnership that would exploit the rights to the Madison Square Garden properties. In 1995, Paramount International Television launched a joint venture to be headed by Peter Press. In 1998, James Dowaliby was tapped to be vice president of production and Christopher Ottinger was named vice president of business development at the division. Later that year, Paramount announced plans to enter international co-production. In 2000,

195-420: A recap of the week's entertainment news, with most or all episodes later transitioning to center (either primarily or exclusively) around some sort of special theme; though the weekend edition now utilizes either format depending on the episode, most commonly, the format of those broadcasts consists of replays of stories that were shown during the previous week's editions. ET Radio Minute , a daily radio feature,

234-549: A tape-delayed basis on international channel Tele Monte Carlo . CBS Broadcast International launched a global programming alliance with Virgin Media Television in 1997. That following year, Stephanie Pacheco was named the managing director of international sales of the division. CBS Broadcast International and Paramount International Television merged on August 11, 2004 to create CBS Paramount International Television and would be headed by Armando Nuarez Jr. The division

273-465: Is an entertainment website that offers news in the fields of comic books , television , films , video games , and anime . The site came online in 1996 serving as a holding page for sales links and press releases related to comic books under various domain names, before becoming ComicBook.com in 2004. In 2007, Joe Blackmon founded the website as a comic book news site. The site was relaunched in 2014 following Shannon Terry becoming CEO. ComicBook.com

312-511: Is syndicated by Westwood One . As of 2021, the program's weekday broadcasts are anchored by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner , while the weekend editions are anchored by Rachael Smith . In its early years from its September 1981 inception, Entertainment Tonight –following a local newscast-style format–consisted primarily of coverage of the latest movies, music and television releases and projects. They signed an exclusive agreement to cover

351-400: Is the international television distribution arm of American media conglomerate , Paramount Global , originally established in 1962 as the international distribution division of Desilu Productions . With the sale of Desilu to Gulf+Western , then-owners of film studio Paramount Pictures , in 1968, the division evolved into Paramount's first foray into the international television industry in

390-513: The ComicBook Nation podcast, the Marvel Comics and Marvel Cinematic Universe –centered Phase Zero podcast, A Wild Podcast Has Appeared , and the daily news and entertainment video series Daily Distraction . In 2023, ComicBook.com collaborated with Entertainment Tonight on The Last of Pods podcast for HBO 's series The Last of Us . By October 2024, Phase Zero had ended and

429-427: The 1970s. The division handles the distribution of television content from the libraries of Paramount Media Networks , Paramount Television Studios , CBS Studios , CBS Media Ventures , Showtime Networks and Paramount+ . The division as well as Paramount International Television was originally established in 1962 as the international distribution division of Desilu Productions , Desilu International , which

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468-608: The CEO of ComicBook.com , with Blackmon becoming the site's president. At that time, the site had eight full time staff, with several part-time writers. Terry relaunched the site in May 2014 with new features, such as message boards, polls, and a larger focus on social media. Jim Viscardi served as editor from 2015, with Sam Savage serving as CEO from 2016. In April 2018, CBS Interactive (which later became part of Paramount Global ) acquired ComicBook.com as well as PopCulture.com . Following

507-504: The December 4, 2019 merger of CBS and Viacom to create ViacomCBS, CBS Studios International and Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution merged and rebranded to ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group . On February 16, 2022, ViacomCBS rebranded as Paramount Global , rebranding the division likewise to its current name and restoring the "Paramount" name in television for the first time in 17 years. ViacomCBS International Studios

546-583: The acquisition, Savage left as CEO. In April 2024, Viscardi left ComicBook.com to become VP of Business Development at Image Comics , with the site then being led by assistant managing editor Joe Schmidt. In August 2024, Paramount Global sold ComicBook.com and PopCulture.com to Savage's digital media operator, Savage Ventures, as part of its plan to divest assets and achieve $ 500 million in cost savings. At that time, both ComicBook.com and PopCulture.com employed over 40 people. While no layoffs or leadership changes were initially expected, following

585-538: The acquisition, several employees were let go from the company including Schmidt. The next month, Ben Kendrick was revealed to have joined Savage Ventures and was hired as the editorial director of ComicBook.com , after previously working at Static Media for Screen Rant , Comic Book Resources , and Collider . The site offers news, interviews, and reviews centered on comic books, television , films , video games , and anime among others. ComicBook.com has also produced video content and podcasts, including

624-516: The breakup of CBS and the original Viacom into separate companies in December 2005. After pressure via a social media campaign by actors Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell , ET announced in February 2014 that it would no longer accept footage or pictures of the children of celebrities from paparazzi photographers. In January 2020, Entertainment Tonight set the Guinness World Record for

663-498: The company, along with MCA TV International , signed an agreement with China Central Television (CCTV), to offer a total of 100 drama hours. The deal, the largest license ever granted to Chinese television in that era, made the two Hollywood studios the largest suppliers of foreign production for that country. In 1990, it briefly considered an investment in Australia's Nine Network . In 1986, Paramount Television International formed

702-436: The current Paramount Global in 2022. ViacomCBS International Inc. was used as an alternate trade name for the new company during the 2020–21 television season. Currently, Viacom International holds the copyrights, trademarks, franchises and in name- only unit under Paramount Media Networks , with the exception of Comedy Central whose properties were trademarked by Comedy Partners. As CBS Paramount International Television ,

741-468: The dissemination of visual and textual television programs on a subscription/fee basis. Viacom International also served as the licensee name and division for its group of television stations for FCC purposes before the 1995 Westinghouse/CBS merger. Former Viacom station WVIT in New Britain, Connecticut (serving Hartford and New Haven ), which it owned from 1978 until 1997, took its call letters from

780-419: The division as Paramount Television International to handle international sales of Desilu/Paramount properties from Paramount Television . The following year, John Pearson, who had run Desilu/Paramount's international operations, was fired. He proceeded to form his own company, John Pearson International, whose purpose was continue distributing the sitcom Here's Lucy for the international market. In 1987,

819-517: The division distributed films/movies from the libraries of Paramount Pictures and the Republic Pictures between 2006 and 2009, as well as DreamWorks Pictures from 2006 to 2008. As CBS Studios International , the division had 50% ownership of former Australian pay-TV channels, TV1 and SF Channel . In 2013, RTL Group and CBS Studios International announced a joint venture called RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network for Southeast Asia with

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858-499: The division was touted to develop and co-produce Jeremiah with Lions Gate Television , but was replaced by MGM Television . In 1981, CBS launched its international division, CBS Broadcast International , to sell news, sports and entertainment programming produced in-house to foreign markets as well as non-broadcast and new technology markets in the U.S. It eventually merged into CBS Worldwide Enterprises and later incorporated into its marketing unit CBS Productions (unrelated to

897-418: The initials of Viacom International, and retains them to the present day under NBC ownership . In 2006, Viacom International was renamed to CBS Operations, Inc., and its copyrights related to Viacom's cable networks were transferred to a new Viacom International company. The new Viacom International remained an active company after Viacom and CBS merged to create ViacomCBS in 2019 and ViacomCBS rebranded as

936-534: The later company of the same name ) with CBS Theatrical Films in August 1984. In the summer of 1985, CBS Productions, CBS News and Columbia House partnered to produce a videocassette The Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite . Later that year, CBS shut down its theatrical production unit and CBS Broadcast International spun-out from the production unit, restoring the CBS Broadcast International moniker in

975-558: The launch of RTL CBS Entertainment in September that year, but would be acquired 5 years later in January by Blue Ant Media. The division previously owned all CBS-branded European TV channels in a joint venture with AMC Networks International and an Australian television company, Ten Network Holdings . Both have since been transferred to the primary international networks division of Paramount Global. ComicBook.com ComicBook.com

1014-988: The libraries of CBS Studios, the King World Productions and certain HBO shows internationally the Rysher Entertainment library, the latter owned domestically by 2929 Entertainment . In May 2009, CPITV was renamed CBS Studios International. On 14 September that year, CBS Studios International struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK which would replace Zone Romantica , Zone Thriller , Zone Horror and Zone Reality , plus timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1. The replacement channels launched on 16 November that year. On 5 April 2010, Zone Horror and Zone Horror +1 were rebranded as Horror Channel and Horror Channel +1 respectively. CBS Studios International licensed rights for

1053-479: The longest-running entertainment news show on TV. In November 2018, CBS launched a free, 24-hour over-the-top streaming service known as ET Live ; it features the correspondents from the linear show with expanded coverage of entertainment news. It is available via web browsers, apps, and most recently, the free streaming service Pluto TV (which added ET Live to its channel lineup in November 2019). In July 2022, it

1092-583: The more general-focus newsmagazine Inside Edition , both also produced by CBS Television Distribution , Entertainment Tonight remained among the ten highest-rated syndicated programs, according to Nielsen ratings weekly ratings. During the 2007–08 season, the program's daytime ratings fluctuated between fourth and fifth place due to competition from fellow CBS-syndicated program Judge Judy . The international rights are distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution. Paramount Global Content Distribution Paramount Global Content Distribution

1131-400: The presence of intrusive paparazzi after Hard Copy did an exposé about his love life, violating an agreement that he had with Paramount, which produced and syndicated both shows. In a letter he sent to Paramount, Clooney stated that he would encourage his friends to do the same. On September 8, 2008, Entertainment Tonight began broadcasting in high-definition television ; concurrently,

1170-505: The process. It planned to provide the CBS Evening News bulletins to UK-based British Satellite Broadcasting in 1988. CBS Broadcast International produced syndicated episodes of the TV series, The Twilight Zone in 1985. It then signed a partnership agreement with MGM/UA Telecommunications 2 years later to syndicate its episodes from all 2 seasons with 30 new first-run episodes to form

1209-472: The program moved its production and studio operations from its longtime home at Stage 28 on the Paramount Pictures studio lot to Stage 4 at CBS Studio Center , one of the final steps involving the incorporation of Paramount's former syndication arm, Paramount Domestic Television , into CBS' distribution arms and the adoption of the then-new CBS Television Distribution name, which all took place following

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1248-558: The top international formats. In 2010, CBS Studios International went into an equal joint venture with Reliance Broadcast Network Limited to form Big CBS Networks Pvt. Ltd . At the time, the network operated 3 main channels; Big CBS Prime , a general entertainment channel, Big CBS Spark , a youth-oriented channel and Big CBS Love , a women's and urban couple-oriented channel. In January 2011, CBS Studios International partnered with Australian company, Ten Network Holdings , to launch digital free-to-air channel known as Eleven and would hold

1287-546: The wedding of convicted child molester Mary Kay Letourneau , who married the student she had an affair with, Vili Fualaau; and attorney Howard K. Stern , who represented Daniel Birkhead in the Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case of the late Anna Nicole Smith 's daughter Dannielynn. ET aired exclusive stories related to Smith, including coverage of her funeral, and her surviving daughter. In 1996, actor George Clooney decided to boycott Entertainment Tonight to protest

1326-483: Was acquired by CBS Interactive (which later became part of Paramount Global ) in 2018 before Paramount Global sold it to Savage Ventures in 2024, and Ben Kendrick was hired as the editorial director . ComicBook.com began as a holding page containing sales links and press releases related to comic books and had various names used by various companies: in 1996, American Entertainment used it for their websites, Smash , Another Universe , and Mania Magazine . The site

1365-462: Was acquired by Fandom in 2000 before it was changed to Cinescape in 2001. By 2004, the site was renamed ComicBook.com . In 2007, Joe Blackmon and a business partner founded ComicBook.com as a comic book news site, and by 2010, it was co-owned by William King of Magellen Press. At this time, it had formed into its own website, posting news about comic books and other fields related to comics. In January 2014, 247Sports CEO Shannon Terry became

1404-433: Was announced that the service would be rebranded as Mixible, and continue to air a mixture of entertainment, lifestyle, and pop culture-related programming (including ET's The Download ), but with expanded contributions from other Paramount Global properties such as MTV , VH1 , Awesomeness , ComicBook.com , Inside Edition , and The Drew Barrymore Show . As of 2007, despite competition from The Insider and even

1443-496: Was folded into the company later in 2022. Viacom International Inc. was established in 1971, just a year after Viacom spun out from the CBS TV network and became Viacom's parent company. The company is responsible for copyrights and trademarks associated with its corporate websites, applications and cable networks, specifically its Media Networks division . The division also licenses the product rights for their various properties and

1482-671: Was managed by Bruce Gordon . The company co-produced The Lost Islands with the Ten Network (now Network 10 ) in 1975. Network 10 and this division have been in common ownership since 2019 after the ViacomCBS re-merger . In 1983, it acquired distribution rights to the Australian miniseries, Return to Eden . In 1968, Desilu was sold to Gulf+Western , the then-owners of the film studio Paramount Pictures , adding international television to its well-known film operations. Gulf+Western rebranded

1521-409: Was transferred to CBS Corporation after CBS spun off from Viacom at the end of 2005, with television rights to the films from its sister company, Paramount Pictures , obtained by Trifecta Entertainment and Media . With the December 4, 2019 merger of CBS and Viacom, the TV rights to Paramount's films were brought back to the now-combined Paramount Global. The company distributes television content from

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