In the 1950s, CBS began to invest further into television programs, creating many live shows as
I Love Lucy and
Captain Kangaroo. However, in 1955 CBS purchased
Terrytoons from Paul Terry under
CBS Films. After the deal's closure in 1956, CBS placed Terrytoons under the management of
UPA's
Gene Deitch (who had already secured a contract with CBS). Deitch would soon produce animated
Tom Terrific shorts for
Captain Kangaroo in 1957. Terrytoons would continue animation under CBS until its closure in 1972 after the corporate spin-off of
the original Viacom International. Despite the change of operations, CBS would continue to air many animated programs such as Terrytoons (which they still owned) and
Hanna-Barbera Productions through the 1970s and mid-1980s. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, they acquired broadcasting rights to multiple series from different studios such as
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Garfield and Friends (both now owned by parent company Paramount Skydance),
Muppet Babies (now owned by
Disney), as well several toy-based shows. The network would continue with broadcast syndication cartoons from several companies (such as
Nelvana) up until the late 1990s. In the 2000s, CBS (by this time merged with Westinghouse) switched to licensing more educational shows. Viacom had also acquired CBS as it agreed to air
Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. on CBS until 2006 (after the split between Viacom and CBS). CBS would later resume airing animated programs by launching
Cookie Jar TV until 2013. == History ==