Columbia Pictures Television

Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.
Company type	Division
Industry	Television production; Television syndication
Predecessors	Pioneer Telefilms (1947–1948); Screen Gems (1947–1974)
Founded	May 6, 1974 Burbank, California, United States
Defunct	January 1, 2001
Fate	Merged with TriStar Television and folded into Columbia TriStar Television
Successors	Columbia TriStar Television (1994–2002); Sony Pictures Television (2002–present)
Headquarters	10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Owner	Sony
Parent	Sony Pictures Entertainment

Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CPT) was launched on May 6, 1974, by Columbia Pictures as an American television production and distribution studio. It is the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG) and the third name of Pioneer Telefilms. For 26 years, the company was active from 1974 until New Year's Day 2001, when it was folded into Columbia TriStar Television (which is currently known as Sony Pictures Television), a merger between Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television. A separate entity of CPT continues to exist on paper as an intellectual property holder, and under the moniker "CPT Holdings" (the initials standing for Columbia Pictures Television) to hold the copyright for the TV show The Young and the Restless, as well as old incarnations from the company's television library such as What's Happening!!