Paramount Television Service
| Type | Unrealized broadcast television network |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Availability | Unlaunched |
| Founded | April 1978 by Barry Diller |
| Owner | Gulf+Western |
| Parent | Paramount Pictures |
Key people | Charles Bluhdorn Barry Diller Martin Davis Richard Frank Michael Eisner Jeffrey Katzenberg Mel Harris |
Former names | Paramount Programming Service |
| Callsigns | PTVS |
The Paramount Television Service (or PTVS for short and also known as Paramount Programming Service) was the name of a proposed but ultimately unrealized "fourth television network" from the U.S. film studio Paramount Pictures (then a unit of Gulf+Western, now owned by Paramount Global). It was a forerunner of the later UPN (the United Paramount Network), which launched 17 years later.