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Warner Bros. Television Studios
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<p>Warner Bros. Television Studios, operating under the name Warner Bros. Television (abbreviated as WBTV; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division), is an American <a href="/facts/Television/X4YG5nT1">television</a> <a href="/facts/Production_company/daLRqFqQ">production</a> and distribution studio and the flagship studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division of <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros./JRF3lhQ6">Warner Bros.</a>, a flagship studio of <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Discovery/0rV6EadW">Warner Bros. Discovery</a> (WBD). Launched on March 21, 1955 by <a href="/facts/William_T._Orr/X8866fJB">William T. Orr</a>, it serves as a television production arm of <a href="/facts/DC_Comics/gvuKz3yL">DC Comics</a> productions by <a href="/facts/DC_Studios/255NHXSN">DC Studios</a> and, alongside <a href="/facts/Paramount_Global/7xEPvbjU">Paramount Global</a>'s <a href="/facts/CBS_Studios/834jXlka">CBS Studios</a> and CW Studios (the network's recently-launched production arm), <a href="/facts/The_CW/zPFQN74d">The CW</a>, the latter that launched in 2006 and Paramount and WBD have a 12.5% ownership stake each while <a href="/facts/Nexstar_Media_Group/N6yrCfHu">Nexstar Media Group</a> owns the remaining 75%. It also serves as the distribution arm of WBD units <a href="/facts/HBO/gGSPvEEu">HBO</a>, <a href="/facts/Cartoon_Network/0rdGXMmw">Cartoon Network</a> and <a href="/facts/Adult_Swim/79yUNDfz">Adult Swim</a>, while currently partnering with <a href="/facts/CBS_Media_Ventures/SsoRrd13">CBS Media Ventures</a> for <a href="/facts/The_CW/zPFQN74d">The CW</a>. Warner Bros. Television Studios has since become an alternative television, cable and streaming production unit with the closure of Warner Horizon Unscripted Television on August 31, 2024. </p><p>As of 2015, it is one of the world's two largest television production companies measured by revenue and library along with <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Television/vHRQNkqM">Sony Pictures Television</a>. </p><p>As of May 2024, WBTV is producing nearly 40 scripted series for WBD’s <a href="/facts/Max_(streaming_service)/s2wq20PT">HBO Max</a>, external streaming platforms, cable, and the five American broadcast networks. </p>