Spelling-Goldberg Productions was an Americantelevisionproduction company established on May 1, 1972^[1] byAaron Spelling andScreen Gems' top TV executiveLeonard Goldberg. They produced series during the 1970s includingFamily,Starsky & Hutch,T. J. Hooker,S.W.A.T.,Charlie's Angels,Fantasy Island, andHart to Hart. Spelling's other companies, Aaron Spelling Productions (later known as Spelling Entertainment andSpelling Television) andThomas-Spelling Productions, co-existed at the same time period and produced other well-known shows. A majority of the series produced by Spelling-Goldberg originally aired onABC and are currently owned bySony Pictures Television.

In 1973, Spelling-Goldberg struck a deal withMetromedia Producers Corporation to distribute the post-1973 output for off-net syndication, including TV movies and the newChopper One.^[2] It was involved in a lawsuit withWorldvision Enterprises (previously ABC Films), the very first distributor ofThe Rookies; following the lawsuit, domestic syndication ofThe Rookies would be contracted out toViacom Enterprises, which would distribute the program through the 1990s.^[3]

Spelling and Goldberg decided to part ways, and on June 27, 1977, the duo sold four of its series toColumbia Pictures Television includingS.W.A.T.,Starsky & Hutch,Charlie's Angels andFamily.^[4][5] On May 17, 1982, the company was sold toColumbia Pictures for more than $40 million.^[6][7]Sony Pictures Television currently owns the Spelling-Goldberg television library (including the television series which were co-produced by Columbia Pictures Television). By May 1986, all of the Spelling-Goldberg's active operations went out of business after the last episode ofT.J. Hooker aired.

In 2015, many of these series are now seen onCozi TV.

All series today are owned and distributed bySony Pictures Television. All series were previously distributed byColumbia Pictures Television and its successors (except forThe Rookies, which was originally syndicated byViacom Enterprises). Some programs were previously distributed outside the United States throughMetromedia Producers Corporation and that company's successor,20th Television.

• The Rookies (1972–1976)
• Chopper One (1974)
• S.W.A.T. (1975–1976)
• Starsky & Hutch (1975–1979)
• Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
• Family (1976–1980)
• Fantasy Island (1977–1984, original series co-produced with Columbia Pictures Television)
• Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
• T. J. Hooker (1982–1986)

• The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
• No Place to Run (1972)
• Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972)
• The Bounty Man (1972)
• Home for the Holidays (1972)
• A Cold Night's Death (1973)
• Snatched (1973)
• The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
• The Bait (1973)
• The Letters (1973)
• Satan's School for Girls (1973)
• Hijack (1973)
• Letters from Three Lovers (1973)
• The Affair (1973)
• The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974)
• The Death Squad (1974)
• Cry Panic (1974)
• Savages (1974)
• Death Sentence (1974)
• Hit Lady (1974)
• Death Cruise (1974)
• Only with Married Men (1974)
• The Daughters of Joshua Cable Return (1975)

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• Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
• The Legend of Valentino (1975)
• One of My Wives is Missing (1976)
• Charlie's Angels (1976)
• The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976)
• Death at Love House (1976)
• 33 Hours in the Life of God (1976)
• The Sad and Lonely Sundays (1976)
• The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
• Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
• Beach Patrol (1979)

• Stone (1973 failed pilot starringRobert Hooke)^[8]
• California Split (1974 theatrical film released byColumbia Pictures)
• Where's the Fire? (1975 comedy pilot)
• Baby Blue Marine (1976 theatrical film released byColumbia Pictures)

• Spelling Television
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Metromedia Producers Corporation

• Perry, Jeb H. (1991).Screen Gems: A History of Columbia Pictures Television from Cohn to Coke, 1948-1983.ISBN 0-8108-2487-6.

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