Founded: 1989
WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION is one of the leading distributors of entertainment programming to the domestic television marketplace, distributing first-run syndicated series, off-network television programs and theatrical motion pictures to local broadcast television stations, as well as to pay, cable, satellite and broadcast networks throughout the U.S. WBDTD distributes first-run syndicated series from Telepictures Productions; off-network television programs from Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Horizon Television, as well as selected HBO Independent Productions and the Lorimar Television library; current feature films from Warner Bros. Pictures; and additional titles from the Studio’s unmatched film and television library.
First run series distributed by WBDTD include Telepictures Productions’ “Anderson,” “TMZ,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “Extra,” “Judge Mathis” and “The People’s Court.” Current off-network programs include “Two and a Half Men,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “George Lopez,” “Friends,” “Cold Case,” “Without a Trace,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “The Closer” (weekend broadcast window). “The Mentalist” joined TNT’s line-up in 2012; “The Middle” debuts in syndication in 2013 and on cable’s Hallmark Channel in 2014.