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Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedApril 21, 1986 (1986-04-21)
DefunctJanuary 11, 1989 (1989-01-11)
FatePurchased by Warner Communications
Headquarters10202 West Washington Boulevard,
Culver City, California
,
United States
Services
  • Television and film production
  • Syndication
  • Home video
  • Television broadcasting
ParentWarner 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.

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

  1. ^ a b c Currently distributed by Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury under license from Alien Productions.
  2. ^ WB's rights to the series reverted to Premavision in 2003.
  3. ^ Currently distributed by Paul Brownstein Productions/tvclassics.com.
  4. ^ Sony Pictures Television is currently the US TV distributor.
  5. ^ 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.

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 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[5] Market Station
PSIP (RF) 		Years Owned Sold to Today
24 Pittsburgh, PA WPGH-TV 53 (20) 1986 – 1990[6] 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[7]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

  1. ^ "Lorimar in Merger". The Pittsburgh Press. October 7, 1985.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Delugach, Al (January 12, 1989). "Warner Completes Merger With Lorimar Telepictures". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 23, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1987" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 1987 [1987]. p. 643. Retrieved May 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1989" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 1989 [1989]. p. 579, 649. Retrieved May 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990" (PDF). American Radio History (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 1990 [1990]. p. 646. Retrieved May 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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