Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television Studios, operating under the name Warner Bros. Television (abbreviated as WBTV; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division), is an American television production and distribution studio and the flagship studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, a flagship studio of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Launched on March 21, 1955 by William T. Orr, it serves as a television production arm of DC Comics productions by DC Studios and of The CW, alongside Paramount Skydance Corporation's CBS Studios and CW Studios (the network's recently-launched production arm) -- Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery each own 9.5% of The CW, while Nexstar Media Group owns the remaining 81%. It also serves as the distribution arm of Warner Bros. Discovery units HBO, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, while currently partnering in that role with CBS Media Ventures for The CW. As of 2015, it is one of the world's two largest television production companies measured by revenue and library along with Sony Pictures Television. As of March 2026, Warner Bros. Television is producing over 30 scripted series for Warner Bros. Discovery's HBO Max, external streaming platforms, cable, and the five American broadcast networks.