The Television Program Source

Background: The Television Program Source was a short-lived distribution company that was a joint venture between Alan Bennett, former King World president Robert King, and Columbia Pictures Television that was created on October 15, 1984. On November 24, 1986, The Coca-Cola Company (former owner of Columbia Pictures) regrouped CPT, Embassy Communications, and Merv Griffin Enterprises by creating "Coca-Cola Television". It encompassed Columbia/Embassy Television, MGE, Coca-Cola Television Operations, and Coke merged TPS and CPT's first-run distribution division to create the 4th division "Coca-Cola Telecommunications". TPS still operated under its own banner and the Coca-Cola Television banner.

(September 9, 1985-1987)
Logo: Scrolling up in the credits, we see this text:

distributed by THE TELEVISION PROGRAM SOURCE

FX/SFX: The scrolling of the credits or superimposed.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme.

Availability: Extinct. Seen on Tom Kennedy's version of The Nighttime Price is Right and the Bill Rafferty version of Card Sharks. This was also seen on the unsold pilot Now You See It.

Scare Factor: None.