Samuel Goldwyn Television
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Samuel Goldwyn Television 1 (SGT) was a U.S.
television production/distribution division of The Samuel Goldwyn Company
that started in 1979. SGT's best known series was the competition series American Gladiators
, which was very successful in first-run syndication for seven seasons and has recently been revived on NBC
.
It was folded into MGM Television
in 1997.
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television production/distribution division of The Samuel Goldwyn Company
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
The Samuel Goldwyn Company was an independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., the son of the famous Hollywood mogul, Samuel Goldwyn, in 1979.-Background:...
that started in 1979. SGT's best known series was the competition series American Gladiators
American Gladiators
American Gladiators is an American competition television program that aired in syndication from September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a cast of amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own gladiators, in contests of strength and agility.The concept was created by...
, which was very successful in first-run syndication for seven seasons and has recently been revived on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
.
It was folded into MGM Television
MGM Television
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television is an American television production/distribution launched in 1955 and a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc....
in 1997.
Titles by Samuel Goldwyn Television
- FlipperFlipper (1964 TV series)Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park...
(1964-1967) (Distributor)2 - American GladiatorsAmerican GladiatorsAmerican Gladiators is an American competition television program that aired in syndication from September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a cast of amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own gladiators, in contests of strength and agility.The concept was created by...
(1989-1996) (Distributor) - Why Didn't I Think of That? (1992)
- Gladiators 2000Gladiators 2000Gladiators 2000 was a spin-off television show of American Gladiators. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Maria Sansone . Season 5 American Gladiators grand champion Peggy Odita served as head referee. It premiered on September 17, 1994 and ran until May 11, 1996...
(1994-1996) - Wild West Showdown (1994)
- FlipperFlipper (1995 TV series)Flipper, is an American revival television series of the original 1964 Flipper television series. The first two seasons aired in first-run syndication; seasons 3 and 4 aired on the PAX network....
(The New Adventures of Flipper) (1995-2000) (1995-1997 SGTV, 1998-2000 MGM TV)