CBS Eye Animation Productions

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CBS Eye Animation Productions
Company type Division
IndustryTelevision animation
Predecessors Terrytoons
FoundedOctober 2018;5 years ago (2018-10)
Headquarters Television City, Los Angeles, California, US
Key people
Alec Botnick (head of animation)
Parent CBS Studios
Divisions Late Night Cartoons, Inc.

CBS Eye Animation Productions is an American animation studio, division of CBS Studios owned by Paramount Global. The studio is closely associated with the Star Trek franchise with its first projects, Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy. CBS reinstated it as an animation division in late 2018 before its re-merger with Viacom in late 2019. [1] [2]

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Background

In the 1950s, CBS began to invest further into television programs, creating many live shows as I Love Lucy and Captain Kangaroo. However, in 1955 CBS purchased Terrytoons from Paul Terry under CBS Films. After the deal's closure in 1956, CBS placed Terrytoons under the management of UPA's Gene Deitch (whom had already secured a contract with CBS). Deitch would soon produce animated Tom Terrific shorts for Captain Kangaroo in 1957. Terrytoons would continue animation under CBS until its closure in 1972 after the corporate spin-off of the original Viacom International.

Despite the change of operations, CBS would continue to air many animated programs such as Terrytoons (which they still owned) and Hanna-Barbera Productions through the 1970s and mid-1980s. Throughout the late 1980s and '90s, they acquired broadcasting rights to multiple series from different studios such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garfield and Friends (both now owned by parent company Paramount Global), Muppet Babies (now owned by Disney), as well several toy-based shows.

The network would continue with broadcast syndication cartoons from several companies (such as Nelvana) up until the late 1990s. In the 2000s, CBS (now merged with Westinghouse) switched to licensing more educational shows. Viacom had also acquired CBS as it agreed to air Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. on CBS until 2006 (after Viacom & CBS' split).

CBS would later resume airing animated programs by launching Cookie Jar TV until 2013.

History

In late 2018, CBS Studios unveiled CBS Eye Animation Productions to produce animated content for CBS All Access (now Paramount+). Star Trek: Lower Decks would become the first animated television series, followed by Star Trek: Prodigy (a co-production with sister studio Nickelodeon Animation Studio). Initially, the studio would only create shows based on the Star Trek franchise but has invested in other shows such as The Harper House and Showtime's Our Cartoon President , as well as critically acclaimed live-action/animated news program, Tooning Out the News .

On September 29, 2022, the CBS Eye Animation Productions employees formed a union with Animation Guild IATSE Local 839 to publicly submit a letter for voluntary recognition.[ citation needed ]

Late Night Cartoons, Inc.

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert and his production company, Spartina Productions, founded Late Night Cartoons, Inc., an animation studio that has collaborated with developers of Adobe Character Animator to produces and providing real-time interactive animations for broadcast. Their topical productions range from a live interview with an animated cartoon version of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016 to several animated series including; Showtime's Our Cartoon President , Paramount+/Comedy Central’s Tooning Out the News , and Comedy Central’s Fairview , as well as upcoming series Washingtonia.[ citation needed ]

List of CBS Eye Animation Studios productions

All productions are co-produced with CBS Studios (formerly CBS Television Studios).

TV series

#TitleCreator(s) / Developer(s)YearsCo-production withNetworkNotes
2020s
1 Star Trek: Lower Decks Mike McMahan 2020–present Secret Hideout
Important Science
Roddenberry Entertainment
Titmouse, Inc.
CBS All Access
(2020)
Paramount+
(2021–present)
2 The Harper House Brad Neely 2021Neely Comics
219 Productions
Titmouse, Inc.
Paramount+
3 Star Trek: Prodigy Kevin and Dan Hageman 2021–2024 Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Secret Hideout
Roddenberry Entertainment
Brothers Hageman Productions
Paramount+ (2021–2022)
Nickelodeon (2021–2022)
Netflix (2024)
[3]
Upcoming
4 Among Us Owen DennisTBAInnersloth
Titmouse, Inc.
TBA [4]
5 Golden Axe Mike McMahan Sony Pictures Television
Original Film
Titmouse, Inc.
Comedy Central [5]

TV specials

#TitleYearCo-production withNetworkNotes
1Reindeer in Here2022The Tiny Toons Co.
Jam Filled Entertainment
CBS Based on a children's book. [6]

Late Night Cartoons, Inc.

#TitleCreator(s) / Developer(s)YearsCo-production withNetworkNotes
2010s
1 Our Cartoon President Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht,
Tim Luecke, R. J. Fried,
and Matt Lappin
2018–2020 Spartina Productions
Licht Media Solutions
Showtime Networks
Showtime
2020s
2 Tooning Out the News Stephen Colbert, R. J. Fried,
Chris Licht, Tim Luecke,
Zach Smilovitz, and Mike Leech
2020–2023Spartina Productions
Licht Media Solutions
RJ Fried Worldwide
CBS All Access
(2020)
Paramount+
(2021)
Comedy Central
(2022–2023)
3 Fairview R. J. Fried, Stephen Colbert
Chris Licht, Tim Luecke
Kim Gamble, Grant Gish
Mike Leech, and Zach Smilovitz
2022Spartina Productions
Licht Media Solutions
RJ Fried Worldwide
MTV Entertainment Studios
Comedy Central

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