Sony To Sell Third Cycle Of ‘King Of Queens’

Building on the success of its two previous cycles, Sony Pictures Television will begin selling a third cycle of the comedy series The King of Queens, it was announced Monday by John Weiser, president of U.S. distribution, Sony Pictures Television.

“The King of Queens has become a true contemporary classic,” said Weiser. “Its broad, family-friendly comedy has made it a consistently solid player in the off-net arena and we’re putting an aggressive sales effort behind this third cycle.”

Now in its eleventh off-network season, the everyman family comedy starring Kevin James, Leah Remini and Jerry Stiller.

The King of Queens is produced by Hanley Productions Inc. and CBS Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt. The series is executive produced by Tony Sheehan, Kevin James, David Bickel, Ilana Wernick, Chris Downey, Rock Reuben and Jeff Sussman.