Lorimar-Telepictures

Lorimar-Telepictures

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

Lorimar-Telepictures was an entertainment company established on April 21, 1986 with the merger of Lorimar and Telepictures. 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. On April 21, 1986, the merger was complete. Lee Rich, one of the 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.

List of shows 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
• ALF (1986–1989) (currently distributed by Debmar-Mercury)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (1988–1989; Syndication only)
• Animalympics
• Blood & Orchids
• Chiller
• The Comic Strip
• Dallas (1986–1989)
• A Death in California
• Falcon Crest (1986–1989)
• 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)
• Ghost of a Chance
• Gumby (1986-1989)
• Hard Choices (theatrical film)
• Here's Lucy (currently distributed by Brownstein Productions/tvclassics.com)
• The Hogan Family (1986–1989)
• Hunter (1986–1989) (Sony Pictures Television is the US TV distributor)
• It's A Living (1986-1989)
• Jack Frost
• Jake's Journey (1988-1989 pilots for CBS starring Graham Chapman)
• Knots Landing (1986–1989)
• Legendary Ladies of Rock & Roll
• Love Connection (1986-1989)
• Made in Heaven
• Mama's Family
• "Master Harold"...and the Boys
• Max Headroom (not the original pilot by Chrysalis Visual Programming for Channel Four UK)
• Our House
• The People's Court
• Perfect Match
• Perfect Strangers (1986–1989)
• Polyester
• Mayberry R.F.D.
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• Second Serve
• Shattered Innocence°
• SilverHawks
• Summer Girl
• Superior Court
• ThunderCats (1986-1989)
• The Waltons

Broadcasting

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

City of License / Market	Station	Channel TV (RF)	Sold To	Current Ownership Status
Chico - Redding	KNVN	24 (24)	Goltrin Communicactions (1987)	NBC affiliate owned by K4 Media Holdings (Operated through a LMA by GOCOM Media, LLC)
Springfield - Branson	KSPR	33 (19)	Goltrin Communications (1987)	ABC affiliate owned by Perkin Media, LLC (Operated through a LMA by Schurz Communications)
Pittsburgh	WPGH-TV	53 (43)	Renaissance Broadcasting (1987)	Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Midland - Odessa	KMID	2 (26)	Goltrin Communications (1987)	ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group
San Juan - Caguas - Ponce - Mayagüez	WLII	11 (11)	Malrite Communications (1991)	Univision Owned & Operated (O&O) (Simulcasts on locally-owned WORA-TV 5 in Mayagüez)
	WSUR-TV	9 (9)

The success of this broadcast division was non-existent (including a failed attempt to buy WTVJ in Miami) resulting in the sale of each of these stations by 1991.

External links

• Lorimar-Telepictures at the Internet Movie Database