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Revision as of 23:20, 8 October 2020
Industry | Entertainment |
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Founded | January 1986 |
Fate | Purchased by Warner Communications |
Successor | Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution |
Headquarters | 10202 West Washington Boulevard, , |
Services |
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Parent | Warner Communications |
Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation was an entertainment company established on January 1986 with the merger of Lorimar Productions and Telepictures Corporation. Headquartered at the historic MGM Studios complex in Culver City, California 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 films/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]
- All I Desire (1953) (U.S. distribution only)
- All of Me (1984) (U.S. distribution only)[N 1]
- An Act of Murder (1948) (U.S. distribution only)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–1989; Syndication of first 65 episodes only)
- Animalympics
- Apple's Way
- Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
- The Bat (1959)
- Behind the Screen
- Berrenger's
- The Best Times
- Big Shamus, Little Shamus
- Black Angel (1946) (U.S. distribution only)
- Blood & Orchids
- The Blue Knight
- Boone
- Bridges to Cross
- Bullet for a Badman (1964) (U.S. distribution only)
- Calcutta (1947) (U.S. distribution only)
- The California Kid (1974) (U.S. distribution only)
- Catchphrase
- Chiller (1985) (U.S. distribution only)
- The Choirboys (1977) (U.S. distribution only)
- Club Med (1986)
- Comanche Territory (1950) (U.S. distribution only)
- The Comic Strip
- Curse of the Undead (1959) (U.S. distribution only)
- Dallas (1986–1989)
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) (U.S. distribution only)
- A Death in California
- Detective in the House
- Doc Elliot
- The Dollmaker (1984) (U.S. distribution only)
- Double Indemnity (1944) (U.S. distribution only)
- Double Indemnity (1973) (U.S. distribution only)
- Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (1987)
- Eight Is Enough
- The Electric Horseman (U.S. distribution only)
- Elephant Stampede (1951)
- Falcon Crest (1986–1989)
- Flamingo Road
- Flatbush
- Freddy's Nightmares (1988–1989) (with New Line Television and Stone Television)
- Friendly Persuasion (1956) (U.S. distribution only)
- Full House (1987–1989)
- Fun House (with Stone Television)
- Games People Play
- Ghost of a Chance
- The Great Man's Lady (1942) (U.S. distribution only)
- Gumby (1987–1989)[n 2]
- Gun for a Coward (1957) (U.S. distribution only)
- Hard Choices (theatrical film)
- Here's Lucy[n 3]
- The Hogan Family (1986–1989)
- Hothouse (TV series)'
- House on Haunted Hill (1959)
- Hunter (1986–1989)[n 4]
- It's A Living (1986–1989)
- The Ipcress File (1965) (U.S. distribution only)[N 1]
- Jack Frost
- Jack the Ripper (1988)
- Jake's Journey (1988–1989 pilots for CBS starring Graham Chapman)
- Joe Kidd (1972) (U.S. distribution only)
- Just Our Luck
- Kaz
- Killer Shark (1950)
- Knots Landing (1986–1989)
- Last Summer (1969)
- The Last Starfighter (1984) (U.S. distribution only)
- Legendary Ladies of Rock & Roll
- Light Blast (1985) (U.S. distribution only)
- Love Connection (1986–1989)
- Made in Heaven
- Maggie Briggs
- Mama's Family
- The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955) (U.S. distribution only)
- The Man from the Alamo (1953) (U.S. distribution only)
- "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)
- Mirage (1965) (U.S. distribution only)
- Mitchell (1975)
- The Morning After (1974)
- The Morning After (1986)
- The Mummy (1932) (U.S. distribution only)
- The Mummy (1959) (U.S. distribution only)
- My Favorite Martian
- The New Dick Van Dyke Show
- Newman's Law (1974) (U.S. distribution only)
- One Big Family (1986–1987)
- One-Eyed Jacks (1961) (U.S. distribution only)
- On Golden Pond (1981) (U.S. distribution only)[N 1]
- Operation C.I.A. (1965)
- Our House
- The People's Court (Joseph Wapner era)
- Perfect Match
- Perfect Strangers (1986–1989)
- Phantom Lady (1944) (U.S. distribution only)
- Pillars of the Sky (1956) (U.S. distribution only)
- P.J. (1968) (U.S. distribution only)
- Posse from Hell (1961) (U.S. distribution only)
- Quantez (1957) (U.S. distribution only)
- Real People
- The Redd Foxx Show (1986)
- Red Sundown (1956) (U.S. distribution only)
- Repo Man (1984) (U.S. distribution only)
- The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967) (U.S. distribution only)
- Rituals
- The River (1984) (U.S. Distribution only)
- Rough Night in Jericho (1967) (U.S. distribution only)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In[n 5]
- The Sea Wolves (1980) (U.S. distribution only)
- Second Serve
- Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) (U.S. distribution only)
- Shattered Innocence (1988)
- She's the Sheriff (1987–1989)
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) (U.S. distribution only)
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) (U.S. distribution only)
- SilverHawks
- Six Bridges to Cross (1955) (U.S. distribution only)
- Skag
- Snowfire (1958)
- Sorcerer (1977) (U.S. distribution only)
- Spies (1987)
- The Spoilers (1942) (U.S. distribution only)
- Stranger on the Run (1967) (U.S. distribution only)
- The Stranger Within (1974)
- Summer Girl
- Superior Court
- Tank (1984) (U.S. distribution only)
- Texas Across the River (1966) (U.S. distribution only)
- There's Always Tomorrow (1956) (U.S. distribution only)
- ThunderCats (1986–1989)
- Tobruk (1967) (U.S. distribution only)
- Tormented (1960)
- Tickle Me (1965) (U.S. distribution only)
- Two Marriages
- The Waltons
- The War Wagon (1967) (U.S. distribution only)
- The Waverly Wonders
- Winchester '73 (1950) (U.S. distribution only)
- Wings of the Hawk (1953) (U.S. distribution only)
- The Woody Woodpecker Show (distribution only)
- Young Dillinger (1965)
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.
Notes
- ^ a b c Currently distributed by Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury under license from Alien Productions.
- ^ WB's rights to the series reverted to Premavision in 2003.
- ^ Currently distributed by Paul Brownstein Productions/tvclassics.com.
- ^ Sony Pictures Television is currently the US TV distributor.
- ^ WB's rights to the series later reverted to its original creators.
Broadcasting
Beginning in 1985, Telepictures had owned and operated multiple television stations – mostly in smaller markets, and when Lorimar and Telepictures merged in 1986, those stations carried over with the merger. Also, the merged company attempted to buy two more stations – then-third-party CBS network affiliate WTVJ in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida (then-owned by Wometco Enterprises) and then-independent station WTTV in Indianapolis, Indiana[4] and its satellite WTTK in Kokomo, then-locally-owned by Tel-Am Corporation. However, both attempts failed miserably, with CBS threatening to pull its affiliation from WTVJ – which would have forcibly turned the station into an independent, and as for WTTV and WTTK, those station were eventually sold to Capitol Broadcasting Company, based out of Raleigh, North Carolina. Today, WTVJ operates as an NBC network owned-and-operated station and WTTV and WTTK operate as CBS network affiliates owned and operated by Nexstar Media Group, ironically uniting them with former LTP station KMID.
Also in 1985, the company attempted to buy Multimedia, Inc., which at the time, owned and operated eight television stations and fifteen radio stations[5]. In 1986, private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts attempted to sell to Lorimar-Telepictures six of the seven television stations it acquired from Storer Broadcasting[5] [6], but like its attempts in acquiring WTVJ, WTTV and WTTK, both deals fell through with the Storer stations ultimately being sold to Gillett Communications in 1987. As for Multimedia, it was bought out by and absorbed into the Gannett Company in 1995, and its entire television division was eventually spun off into another company, Tegna Inc. in 2015.
Notes
- 1 Stations owned by Telepictures prior its merger with its Lorimar in (month) of 1986.
- 2 The sale of its spectrum during the FCC's spectrum auction in 2016 as KGHZ, resulted in its assets, intellectual properties and corresponding ABC affiliation being moved to low-power station KYCW-LD, which immediately inherited the former's call letters, now as KSPR-LD. In the end, as a result of all of this, KGHZ, the original KSPR, was taken off the air permanently.
- 3 KNVN is owned by Maxair Media, LLC and operated by Entertainment Studios through subsidiary Allen Media Broadcasting, under a Local marketing agreement.
- 4 To reach all of Puerto Rico, almost immediately upon their acquisitions, WLII-TV and WSUR-TV reached an affiliation agreement with locally-owned, then-newly launched WNJX-TV in Mayagüez, which lasted until 1994. Today, WLII and WSUR are Univision owned-and-operated stations alongside WOLE-DT in Aguadilla, serving Mayagüez. Meanwhile, WNJX now operates as full-time satellite station of another independent station, WAPA-TV, owned by Hemisphere Media Group.
DMA Rank[7] | Market | Station PSIP (RF) |
Years Owned | Sold to | Today |
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24 | Pittsburgh, PA | WPGH-TV 53 (20) | 1986 – 1990[8] | Renaissance Broadcasting | Fox network affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
73 | Springfield – Branson, MO – Harrison, AR | KSPR 33 | 1985 – 19911 2 | Goltrin Communications | Defunct, off the air since 2017 |
131 | Chico – Redding, CA | KCPM 24 (20) | 1985 – 19921 | Goltrin Communications | Dual NBC and Telemundo affiliate KNVN owned by Maxair Media, LLC3 |
145 | Odessa – Midland, TX | KMID 2 (26) | 1985 – 1988[9]1 | Goltrin Communications | ABC network affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |
NR | San Juan – Ponce – Mayagüez, PR | WLII-TV4 11 (11) / WSUR-TV4 9 (9) |
1986–1991 | Malrite Communications | Univision network owned and operated (O&O) |
References
- ^ "Lorimar in Merger". The Pittsburgh Press. October 7, 1985.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sherman, Stratford P.; Caminiti, Susan (May 12, 1986). "A TV TITAN WAGERS A WAD ON MOVIES". CNN Money. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
Lorimar-Telepictures makes a ton of money producing and distributing such TV hits as Dallas and The People's Court. Unsatisfied, chief Merv Adelson is trying to expand in theatrical films. The profits are potentially huge – but a lot less certain.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Delugach, Al (January 12, 1989). "Warner Completes Merger With Lorimar Telepictures". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1987" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 1987 [1987]. p. 643. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b McMahon, Patrick; Harris, Kathryn (May 21, 1986). "Lorimar Reportedly to Buy 6 Former Storer TV Stations". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Broadcasting & Cable Magazine: May 1986" (PDF). WorldRadioHistory.com. Broadcasting & Cable (published May 26, 1986). 1986. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "LOCAL TELEVISION MARKET UNIVERSE ESTIMATES" (PDF). Nielsen Global Connect | Nielsen Global Media – Nielsen (PDF). The Nielsen Company. 2019. pp. 2–5. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1989" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 1989 [1989]. p. 579, 649. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 1990 [1990]. p. 646. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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