Bessie Smith has American citizenship.
Rysher Entertainment was the owner of television and film programming content , primarily distributed around the world by CBS Television Distribution and Paramount Pictures .. Paramount. Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures. CBS Television Distribution. CBS Television Distribution. Television. Television. television. television. film. film. Select rights are also distributed by Warner Bros. , Universal , Lionsgate , Fox , Columbia Pictures , MGM and other entertainment distribution companies worldwide .. Universal. Universal Pictures. Lionsgate. Lionsgate. Fox. 20th Century Fox. Columbia Pictures. Columbia Pictures. MGM. MGM. The company has its roots in Bing Crosby Productions -LRB- `` BCP '' -RRB- .. Bing Crosby Productions. Bing Crosby Productions. Bing Crosby. Bing Crosby. Its namesake , actor-singer Bing Crosby , founded BCP in 1949 , and was best known for producing the sitcom Hogan 's Heroes and the medical drama Ben Casey -- in succeeding years , BCP was acquired by Cox Broadcasting .. Bing Crosby. Bing Crosby. sitcom. sitcom. medical drama. medical drama. Ben Casey. Ben Casey. Cox Broadcasting. Cox Enterprises. In 1993 , Cox acquired Rysher Entertainment .. Rysher , founded in April 1991 by Keith Samples , had been established as an independently owned company whose original sole product had been the distribution of NBC 's series Saved By The Bell .. Keith Samples. Keith Samples. NBC. NBC. Saved By The Bell. Saved By The Bell. In 1993 , and later distribution of another NBC series California Dreams in 1994 , Rysher merged with Al Masini 's Television Program Enterprises to form Rysher TPE , its alternate name used from 1993 to 1995 .. Television. Television. NBC. NBC. California Dreams. California Dreams. Al Masini. Al Masini. Through Rysher TPE , they produced and distributed shows such as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous -LRB- renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte for its final season -RRB- and Star Search .. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Star Search. Star Search. Later , they produced and distributed George & Alana , which ran for one season in 1995 .. George & Alana. George & Alana. The company was shut down in 1999 and the library was acquired by Viacom who folded it into both the film and television division of Paramount .. Viacom. Viacom. Paramount. Paramount Pictures. television. television. film. film. Rysher 's library , today distributed by CBS Television Distribution -LRB- CTD -RRB- and Paramount Pictures -LRB- for TV series and films , respectively -RRB- , includes television and feature film classics such as Hogan 's Heroes -LRB- whose partial rights are held by CBS -RRB- , Ben Casey , and Walking Tall , as well as more recent programs and films including Nash Bridges -LRB- 1999 -- 2001 episodes are produced by Paramount Network Television -RRB- , Highlander  : The Series , The Opposite of Sex -LRB- with Sony Pictures Classics -RRB- , Kingpin and Big Night .. Paramount. Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures. CBS Television Distribution. CBS Television Distribution. Television. Television. television. television. film. film. Ben Casey. Ben Casey. Walking Tall. Walking Tall ( 1973 film ). Nash Bridges. Nash Bridges. The Opposite of Sex. The Opposite of Sex. Kingpin. Kingpin ( 1996 film ). Big Night. Big Night. Rysher also distributes internationally through CTD several of HBO 's award-winning titles including Arli $ $ , Oz and Sex and the City .. Oz ( TV series ). Sex and the City. Sex and the City. Rysher also produced House Arrest and Zeus and Roxanne , both of which were released by MGM and distributed by HBO Home Video for home release .. MGM. MGM. House Arrest. House Arrest ( film ). Zeus and Roxanne. Zeus and Roxanne. HBO Home Video. HBO Home Video