genre television programming educational entertainment founded 1988 ; 28 years ago 1988 founder dave morgan headquarters charleston south carolina number of locations 5 1 area served worldwide services distribution media sales divisions litton worldwide distribution litton media sales litton news source website www.litton.tv litton entertainment formerly litton syndications is an american media and production company based in charleston south carolina with four additional offices in boston new york city washington d.c. and burbank california . many of litton s programs comply with federally mandated educational and informational requirements . contents 1 history 2 divisions 3 first run syndicated 3.1 programming blocks 3.1.1 go time 3.1.1.1 go time programming 3.2 stand alone programs 4 notes 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1988 by president and ceo dave morgan in baltimore . 2 its first syndicated productions were a series of one off sports related specials . 1 the programs were bought from other companies . 2 in the 1990s seeing a growing market for educational programs due to the enactment of the children s television act requiring television stations to air a weekly quota of educational programs litton began to syndicate jack hanna s animal adventures . 1 in 1993 the company was moved to charleston . most programs were produced in burbank california . 2 adding to its outside syndication library that included baywatch in may 2007 litton purchased from peace arch entertainment group syndication rights to 85 movies in the castle hill library . the low budget films were bundled into 4 groups and was the company s first move into syndicating movies . 3 by 2008 le had syndicated rights to three off mtv shows cribs pimp my ride and date my mom while adding that year storm stories off the weather channel . being in fall 2009 litton offered first run show street court . 1 in may 2011 following the announcement of plans to discontinue the abc kids saturday morning block litton reached a deal with abc s affiliate board to syndicate a block of live action e i compliant programming known as litton s weekend adventure . the block premiered on september 3 2011 . 4 5 on september 28 2013 litton introduced its second saturday morning network television block cbs dream team for cbs ; focusing on teenagers 13 to 16 years old the block replaced cbs s previous block cookie jar tv . 6 recipe rehab was one preexisting program litton moved over from its abc block . 7 the company planned to double its productions by adding production facilities in south carolina . litton began renting and renovation a north charleston studio used with the inspectors being its first show produced there . 2 le s first movie production in that studio will be ivy league farmer with filming beginning in september . additional litton planned to build its own studio complex with multiple stages some where in the state . most of litton s productions should move there too . 8 in 2014 ocean mysteries with jeff corwin one of its weekend adventure shows won two daytime emmy awards in the outstanding travel program category and for outstanding directing in a lifestyle culinary travel program . 2 on october 4 2014 litton introduced its third saturday morning block one magnificent morning for the cw replacing saban brands vortexx block 9 which also marked the end of saturday morning cartoons on terrestrial television in the united states . for the 2016 season litton launched two additional e i programming blocks . on april 27 2015 litton announced the launch of go time syndicated block . 10 on february 24 2016 litton and nbc announced the formation of a new saturday morning e i block the more you know . the block is set to launch in october 2016 replacing nbc kids . 11 divisions edit litton has five operating divisions 12 litton worldwide distribution litton media sales 12 litton news source provides stations with reports and features from consumer reports magazine consumer reports tv and consumer alert news network . 1 previous programming included brighter living with jill cordes businessweek reports from wall street standard & poor s customized reports consumer reports 1 good housekeeping reports and seasonal specials solutions with jill businessweek custom wall street reports s & p custom market indices 12 first run syndicated edit programming blocks edit litton s weekend adventure september 3 2011 to present with abc stations 5 cbs dream team september 28 2013 to present with cbs stations 6 one magnificent morning october 4 2014 to present cw stations 9 go time fall 2016 10 the more you know october 2016 nbc 11 go time edit go time is a syndicated e i compliant block launched separately from the networks . the block has 80 percent clearance in the us . 13 the block is three hours in length . sony pictures television is the block s exclusive advertising sales representative . 14 on april 27 2015 litton announced the launch of go time syndicated e i compliant block to premiere during fall 2016 with cbs owned independent stations as the launch group . litton reached subsequent deals with other station groups such as gray television and sinclair broadcast group to carry the block . 10 station groups carrying the block are 5 cbs television stations wlny tv kcal tv ktxa tv wsbk tv and wbfs tv sinclair broadcast group gray television cowles company cox media group media general meredith corporation news press & gazette company northwest broadcasting e. w. scripps company tribune broadcasting and weigel broadcasting . 13 go time programming edit hatched fall 2016 15 moved from one magnificent morning expedition wild moved from one magnificent morning ocean mysteries with jeff corwin moved from litton s weekend adventure brain games family edition adapted from the series on national geographic channel dog town usa fall 2016 moved from one magnificent morning recipe rehab 16 moved from cbs dream team stand alone programs edit jack hanna s animal adventures 1993 2008 half hour nature show animal exploration with jarod miller 2007 2010 half hour nature show nascar angels reality show businessweek tv half hour financial news home team reality show ask rita a comedy based talkshow strip hosted by rita rudner 3 storm stories off channel syndicated distribution 1 notes edit a b c d e f g albiniak paige august 29 2008 . a small syndicator s big success . broadcasting and cable . newbay media llc . retrieved june 9 2014 . a b c d e darlington abigail july 20 2014 . setting the stage litton entertainment to build network of film industry professionals in charleston . the post and courier . retrieved march 8 2016 . a b dempsey john may 25 2007 . little litton serves up movies . variety . retrieved march 8 2016 . abc orders saturday kids block from litton . tvnewscheck . may 24 2011 . retrieved may 24 2011 . a b albiniak paige may 24 2011 . abc to premiere abc weekend adventure on sept. 3 . broadcasting & cable . retrieved may 24 2011 . a b james meg july 24 2013 . cbs partners with litton entertainment for saturday teen block . los angeles times . retrieved july 25 2013 . former greenbrier chef now stars in recipe rehab . associated press . september 7 2013 . retrieved june 9 2014 . darlington abigail july 21 2014 . litton entertainment to bring tv production film jobs to s.c. . the post and courier . retrieved march 8 2016 . a b james meg july 24 2013 . cbs partners with litton entertainment for saturday teen block . los angeles times . retrieved september 28 2013 . a b c albiniak paige april 27 2015 . it s go time for litton entertainment . broadcasting & cable . p. 22 . subscription required help . a b middleton richard february 26 2016 . nbc litton prep factual block . c21media . retrieved march 7 2016 . a b c chris pursell april 16 2007 . litton maintains its independence . television week . retrieved may 26 2011 . freely accessible here a b genius brands sings a new tune ; behind the masks with eone family chief dumont ; it s go time for sony pictures television . cynopsis . april 20 2016 . retrieved september 15 2016 . tv one grabs empire ; history star jumps ship ; tnt tells tales from the crypt . cynopsis . april 15 2016 . retrieved september 15 2016 . hatched season 2 promo steve . litton entertainment . vimeo . retrieved september 14 2016 . shows . extreme reach pathfire.com . retrieved september 14 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title litton entertainment & oldid 743062508 categories litton entertainmententertainment companies of the united statescompanies based in south carolinaentertainment companies established in 1988television syndication distributorshidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read 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