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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Tomorrow Entertainment, Inc.''' was a television production company that was founded by former [[ABC | '''Tomorrow Entertainment, Inc.''' was a television production company that was founded by former [[ABC |ABC]] president Tom Moore and owned by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric General Electric]. The company produced movies which were generally acclaimed by critics. In August 1971, the company acquired [[Alan Landsburg Productions]], after having previously purchased Hurok Concerts Inc. and [[Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment|Rankin-Bass]]. In late 1974, GE chose to exit the entertainment industry, shutting down Tomorrow and spinning off its' other entertainment companies, while retaining ownership of Tomorrow and Rankin-Bass' programs produced up to that point. | ||
Following Tomorrow's closure, Tom Moore established a new production company, Tom Moore Entertainment, and renamed it Tomorrow Entertainment in 1976. By 1981, the company was owned by advertising agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, and former CBS executive John Backe became the company's president and CEO. The company planned a move into feature films starting in 1985, but this turned out to be a failure, and Tomorrow ended program production the following year. | Following Tomorrow's closure, Tom Moore established a new production company, Tom Moore Entertainment, and renamed it Tomorrow Entertainment in 1976. By 1981, the company was owned by advertising agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, and former CBS executive John Backe became the company's president and CEO. The company planned a move into feature films starting in 1985, but this turned out to be a failure, and Tomorrow ended program production the following year. | ||