Given a sentence in German, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in English that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

Die meisten Serien von 1976, die von CBS produziert oder von CBS Films vertrieben wurden, wurden später von Viacom und Paramount Television vertrieben.
Most of the series produced by CBS before 1976 or distributed by CBS films were later distributed by Viacom and Paramount Television .