Television Programs of America
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Television Programs of America, Inc (TPA) was a New York-based US television production company in the 1950s. TPA had a Canadian subsidiary, Normandie Productions.
The company was created in 1952 as a partnership between Leon Fromkess, Edward Small and Milton Gordon[1]. Jack Wrather was a major shareholder[2].
The company often worked in association with the British production and distribution company ITC and its sister ITV company Associated TeleVision. TPA also worked with Wrather's own company Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting, which held the rights to Lassie and The Lone Ranger.
[edit] Programs
TPA and Normandie productions included[3]:
- The Adventures of Tugboat Annie with the UK's Associated-Rediffusion
- Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans with ITC
- Cannonball with ITC
- The New Adventures of Charlie Chan with ITC
- Ramar of the Jungle
- The Count of Monte Cristo with ITC
- New York Confidential with ITC
- Special Agent 7
[edit] References
- ^ Fury fansite accessed 9 May 2006
- ^ Museum of Broadcast Communications, accessed 9 May 2006
- ^ IMDb entry for TPA, accessed 9 May 2006