King World Productions, Inc. was a television company established in 1964 by Charles
King when they gained the distribution rights to the
Our Gang (later re-titled
The Little Rascals) shorts. Years later, after King's death, the company was ran by his children, Roger, Michael, Robert, Diana, Richard, and Karen King. In 1982, King World joined forces with
Merv Griffin Enterprises to handle all of Griffin's nightly syndicated programming. King World later formed an ad-sales barter division "
Camelot Entertainment Sales", which would become "King World Media Sales" (and later "CBS Television Distribution Media Sales") in 1997. In 1987, King World and Camelot entered into an ad-sales barter partnership with
Buena Vista Television. In 2000, King World was acquired by CBS and was made part of "
CBS Enterprises" under Viacom, Inc. (now "Paramount Global"). On September 26, 2006, King World merged with
CBS Paramount Domestic Television,
CBS Paramount International Television (later "
CBS Studios International" and "
ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group", now "
Paramount Global Content Distribution"), and
CBS Home Entertainment to form
CBS Television Distribution.
