Lorimar-Telepictures

**Lorimar-Telepictures** was an American entertainment company. It was created on April 21, 1986. The company was created by the merger of Lorimar and Telepictures. Its assets included television production and syndication, movies, home video and broadcasting.

## History

The merger of Lorimar-Telepictures was announced on October 7, 1985 by Merv Adelson. On April 21, 1986, the two companies merged. Lee Rich was one of the founders of Lorimar. In 1986, he sold his shares and left the company. On January 11, 1989, Warner Communications acquired Lorimar-Telepictures after a failed hostile takeover of the company.

## List of shows produced/distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures

**Note:** Most series listed here are owned and distributed by Warner Bros. Television.
- _The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime_
- _ALF_ (1986–1989) (Currently distributed by Debmar-Mercury)
- _Alvin and the Chipmunks_ (1986–1989)
- _Animalympics_
- _Blood & Orchids_
- _Chiller_
- _The Comic Strip_
- _Dallas_ (1986–1989)
- _A Death in California_
- _Falcon Crest_ (1986–1989)
- _Full House_ (1987–1989)
- _Fun House_ (technically Lorimar Television, Telepictures & Warner Bros. in 1990)
- _Ghost of a Chance_
- _Gumby_ (1986-1989)
- _Hard Choices_ (movie)
- _Here's Lucy_
- _The Hogan Family_ (1986–1989)
- _Hunter_ (1986–1989) (Sony Pictures Television is the US television 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_
- _Max Headroom_ (not the original pilot by Chrysalis Visual Programming for Channel Four UK)
- _Love Connection_ (1986-1989)
- _Made in Heaven_
- _Mama's Family_
- _"Master Harold"...and the Boys_
- _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_
- '' The Waltons

## Broadcasting

In the mid-1980s, Lorimar-Telepictures went into the broadcasting business. It bought six television stations. They were as follows:

|style="background: #e3e3e3;"|City of License / Market|style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Station|style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Channel TV (RF)|style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Sold To|style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Current Ownership Status|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Chico - Redding|**KNVN**|24 (24)|Goltrin Communicactions (1987)|**NBC** affiliate owned by K4 Media Holdings||||||
|Springfield - Branson|**KSPR**|33 (19)|Goltrin Communications (1987)|**ABC** affiliate owned by Perkin Media, LLC||||||
|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||||||
|rowspan="2"|San Juan - Caguas - Ponce - Mayagüez|**WLII**|11 (11)|rowspan="2"|Malrite Communications (1991)|rowspan="2"|**Univision** Owned & Operated (O&O)|||
|**WSUR-TV**|9 (9)|||||||||

There was no success of this broadcast division. This led to the sale of each of these stations by 1991.

## Infobox (company)

- **company name**: _Lorimar-Telepictures_
- **logo**: Lorimar-Telepictures.svg
- **fate**: Purchased by Warner Communications
- **hq location city**: Culver City, California
- **hq location country**: United States, USA
- **industry**: Television production, Television and film production, syndication, home video, television broadcasting
- **foundation**: April 21, 1986
- **defunct**: January 11, 1989