Lorimar-Telepictures

Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation

Former type	Entertainment
Industry	Television and film production, syndication, home video, television broadcasting
Fate	Purchased by Warner Communications
Founded	April 21, 1986
Defunct	January 11, 1989
Headquarters	Los Angeles, CA, USA Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Parent	Warner Communications

Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation was an entertainment company established on April 21, 1986 with the merger of Lorimar Productions and Telepictures Corporation. Its assets included television production and syndication (which operated under the Lorimar-Telepictures name), feature films, home video, and broadcasting.

History

The merger of Lorimar-Telepictures was announced on October 7, 1985, by Merv Adelson.^[1][2] On April 21, 1986, the merger was complete. Lee Rich, one of the other founders of Lorimar, sold his shares in 1986 and left the company. On January 11, 1989, Warner Communications acquired Lorimar-Telepictures after shaking off the hostile takeover of the company.^[3]

List of programs produced/distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures

Note: All series listed here are now owned and distributed by Warner Bros. Television with a few exceptions.

• The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
• Aaron's Way (1988)
• ALF (1986–1989)^{[n 1]}
• ALF: The Animated Series (1987–1989)^{[n 1]}
• ALF Tales (1988–1989)^{[n 1]}
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (1988–1989; Syndication only)
• Animalympics
• Apple's Way
• Behind the Screen
• Berrenger's
• The Best Times
• Big Shamus, Little Shamus
• Blood & Orchids
• The Blue Knight
• Boone
• Bridges to Cross
• Catchphrase
• Chiller
• The Comic Strip
• Dallas (1986–1989)
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
• A Death in California
• Detective in the House
• Doc Elliot
• Eight Is Enough
• Falcon Crest (1986–1989)
• Flamingo Road
• Flatbash
• Freddy's Nightmares (1988–1989) (with New Line Television and Stone Television)
• Full House (1987–1989)
• Fun House (with Stone Television; technically Lorimar Television, Telepictures, and Warner Bros. in 1990)
• Games People Play
• Ghost of a Chance
• Gumby (1986-1989)^{[n 2]}
• Hard Choices (theatrical film)
• Here's Lucy^{[n 3]}
• The Hogan Family (1986–1989)
• Hothouse (TV series)'
• Hunter (1986–1989)^{[n 4]}
• It's A Living (1986–1989)
• Jack Frost
• Jake's Journey (1988–1989 pilots for CBS starring Graham Chapman)
• Just Our Luck
• Kaz
• Knots Landing (1986–1989)
• Legendary Ladies of Rock & Roll
• Love Connection (1986–1989)
• Made in Heaven
• Maggie Briggs
• Mama's Family
• "Master Harold"...and the Boys
• Max Headroom (not the original pilot by Chrysalis Visual Programming for Channel Four UK)
• Mayberry R.F.D.
• Midnight Caller (1988–1989)
• My Favorite Martian
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show
• One Big Family (1986-1987)
• Our House
• The People's Court (Joseph Wapner era)
• Perfect Match
• Perfect Strangers (1986–1989)
• Real People
• The Redd Foxx Show (1986)
• Rituals
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In^{[n 5]}
• The Sea Wolves (1980)
• Second Serve
• Shattered Innocence
• She's the Sheriff (1987–1989)
• SilverHawks
• Skag
• Spies (1987)
• Summer Girl
• Superior Court
• ThunderCats (1986–1989)
• Two Marriages
• The Waltons
• The Waverly Wonders

Lorimar-Telepictures also distributed most of the pre-1990 DIC Entertainment and Saban Productions series in international markets; most of the DIC series are currently distributed by DHX Media, and most of the Saban series are currently distributed by Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution.

Broadcasting

In the mid-1980s, Lorimar-Telepictures went into the broadcasting business by acquiring six television stations, which were as follows:

The television division included a failed attempt to buy WTVJ in Miami, and after Warner Bros. took control and was not interested in maintaining a broadcast division, sold the stations by 1991.

References

External links

• Lorimar-Telepictures on IMDbPro (subscription required)