Screen Gems Network

Screen Gems Network
Screen Gems Network logo, used from 1999-2002
Developed by	Barry Thurston
Narrated by	Billy West
Theme music composer	Peter Himmelman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Douglas Ross Greg Stewart J. Rupert Thompson
Production company	Evolution Media
Distributor	Columbia TriStar Television Distribution (1999–2001) Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001–2002)
Release
Original network	Broadcast syndication
Picture format	NTSC
Original release	September 20, 1999 (1999-09-20) – September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)

Screen Gems Network (SGN) was an American television program which ran in syndication from 1999 to September 9, 2002, launched by Columbia TriStar Television Distribution and produced by Evolution. The concept for the program was announced on January 11, 1999^[1] and it aired on September 20, 1999.^[2] SGN was the first broadcast-based service airing classic shows from the Columbia Pictures Television vault airing shows with an resource base of 58,000 episodes of 350 television series from the 1950s to 1980s from those by Columbia Pictures Television, Tandem Productions, and ELP Communications.^[1] The announcer of the program was Billy West. He was tapped by CTTD to be the announcer for the program on August 11, 1999.^[3][2]

Programs were creatively grouped for theme weeks such as "Love is in the Air", "Pilots", "Best Music Videos" and "Before They Were Stars". Holiday based theme weeks include promotions for Halloween, Christmas, Mother's Day and Father's Day, among others.

List of series aired[]

Screen Gems[]

• Father Knows Best (1954-1960)
• The Donna Reed Show (1958-1966)
• Hazel (1961-1966)
• Bewitched (1964-1972)
• I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970)
• Gidget (1965-1966)
• The Monkees (1966-1968)
• Here Come the Brides (1968-1970)
• The Partridge Family (1970-1974)
• The Flying Nun (1967-1970)

Columbia Pictures Television[]

• Starsky & Hutch (1975-1979)
• Charlie's Angels (1976-1981)
• What's Happening!! (1976-1979)
• Fantasy Island (1977-1984)
• Benson (1979-1986)
• What's Happening Now!! (1985-1988)

Tandem Productions[]

• All in the Family (1971-1979)
• Maude (1972-1978)
• Sanford and Son (1972-1977)
• Good Times (1974-1979)
• Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1986)

ELP Communications[]

• The Jeffersons (1975-1985)
• One Day at a Time (1975-1984)
• The Facts of Life (1979-1988)
• Silver Spoons (1982-1987)

Paired series[]

• Bewitched & I Dream of Jeannie
• The Partridge Family & The Monkees
• The Jeffersons & Benson

References[]