In 1996, the company was reformed for the television brand labels MGM Television Entertainment, MGM Domestic Television Distribution and MGM International Television Distribution when Kerkorian returned to MGM; however, MGM uses other names in the credits of their television shows such as MGM Global Television, Inc., MGM Global Holdings, Inc. and MGM Television Entertainment, Inc. This is a list of the MGM television shows. Due to a crushing debt, however, Turner was forced to return Kerkorian all of United Artists and the MGM trademark 74 days later on June 8. Stay current with additional news, entertainment, and lifestyle programming from American Heroes Channel, CNBC World, Cooking Channel, Destination America, Discovery Family, Discovery Life, DIY Network, FYI, LMN, and Science. [42] In June 2018, MGM Television acquired Big Fish Entertainment, the production company behind A&E's Live PD. Impact is an action video on demand channel from Comcast and MGM Television. In 1987, the TV distribution arm MGM/UA Telecommunications Group was launched under the new company MGM/UA Communications Co. MGM/UA Television still kept producing the television series Fame until 1987, the 1980s version of The Twilight Zone until 1989, and Kids Incorporated until 1993. [46], Burnett in June 2018 was promoted to chairman when he renewed his contract until 2022. The first half is owned by AT&T's Warner Bros. Television through Turner Entertainment Co. and the second is owned by MGM itself.. Both of them originally were executives of Guild Films. TV production was expect to start with the 1957–58 season and was to include half-hour remakes of or series based on its pictures. [29] MGM launched The Works in April 2014. What's on TV & Streaming What's on TV & Streaming Top Rated Shows Most Popular Shows Browse TV Shows by Genre TV News India TV Spotlight. A few shows play with an ad break before and after the video. No hidden fees. Since May 31, 2006, MGM Television has resumed sole production and distribution of its programs on television. [50] By 2020, Orion Television was formed as three development executives were hired and placed under Barry Poznick, MGM’s President of Unscripted & Alternative Television and Orion Television. The television company was reformed as MGM Worldwide Television Group and its distributor MGM Telecommunications Group. [27] The Magnificent Seven, American Ninja 2, Bulletproof Monk, Into the Blue and Roadhouse are also expected to be available in time through the channel. [6], Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer first used TV for promotional purposes having a tie in with The Ed Sullivan Show (on CBS) in the early 1950s. [32], On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a 55% stake in Lightworkers Media and One Three Media, which were formed by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey with a partial stake held by Hearst Corporation, and consolidated the two companies into MGM's new TV production division, United Artists Media Group, with Burnett as CEO. MGM Television has rejoined the first-run syndication market for the first time in many years with Paternity Court. [39][40], MGM previous attempted a TV network starting in 1973 MGM Family Network (MFN), or MGM Television Network, using its movies on Sundays before Big Three network programming[15] and again starting in 1984 with MGM/UA Premiere Network movie network. As a result, Burnett's reality show franchises (Survivor, The Voice, The Celebrity Apprentice, and Shark Tank) are now being co-produced by MGM Television with their other respective original producers. Thus, when Time Warner acquired Turner Broadcasting System in October 1996, the pre-May 1986 MGM/UA TV shows became part of Warner Bros. (via its Turner Entertainment unit). MGM started with This TV, a joint venture network with Weigel Broadcasting, launched on November 1, 2006. [12], In December 1957, the division had 10 TV series deal under consideration with plans for 8 to be in production with two outright owned and produced by MGM and the other six co-productions with independent producers. [45] The streaming service was closed on December 31, 2019 as it reached only 75,000 subscribers. Light TV, a co-venture with Burnett and Downey and Hearst, started up on December 22, 2016.