Lorimar Television: Difference between revisions

Lorimar was formed initially as "Lorimar Productions" on February 1, 1969 by Merv Adelson, Irwin Molasky, and producer Lee Rich, who named the company after Adelson's ex-wife '''Lori''', and San Diego, California's Palo'''mar''' Airport. Their first production was the TV movie ''The Homecoming'' (now owned by [[CBS Studios]]), based on the book by Earl Hamner. Their first logo did not appear until 1971 when ''The Waltons'' premiered. On April 21, 1986, it merged with [[Telepictures Productions|Telepictures Corporation]] and later became Lorimar-Telepictures Corporation (or just simply "[[Lorimar-Telepictures]]"). In 1987, the television production companies were later split back in two companies and Lorimar was reincorporated as Lorimar Television, but "Lorimar-Telepictures" remained as the name for their parent company. On January 12, 1989, Warner Communications (later "Time Warner", now "WarnerMedia") acquired Lorimar-Telepictures and both distribution arms were folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution by forming "Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution" and continued producing the surviving TV shows. The Lorimar name continued until mid-1993, when it was folded into Warner Bros. Television. However, WBTV continued producing the remaining programs under its name.

 

* An in-credit notice/logo can be seen in some early productions from the company, such as in the TV movies ''Aesop's Fables'' and ''The Girls of Huntington House''.

* A dark variant exists possibly due to film deterioration, where the background is brown.

* It's still saved on most episodes of ''The Waltons'' on the DVD box sets (with the WBTD logo following it), however TNN (now The Paramount Network) airings in the late '90s plastered this logo with the 1994 WB Domestic Pay TV logo.

* It's also seen on a few earlier episodes of ''Dallas'' in its original syndication run. However, most current syndicated episodes prior to 1986, and all episodes on the S1/S2 DVD set plaster/replace it with the WBTD logo, and the 1988 [[Worldvision Enterprises]] logo on a couple of S2 episodes (Worldvision distributed the show internationally until the 1990s, when the rights reverted back to Warner Bros.). On the PAL DVD release of ''Dallas'', this is only retained in the first episode of the series.

* This was also originally seen on the first two seasons of ''Eight is Enough'', but this logo along with the next logo got plastered by the 1990 WBTD logo in syndication and most reruns.

* As with the 2nd logo, this comes with or without a registered trademark symbol "®" on the lower-right hand corner of the letter "R".

* A warp-speed variant also exists.

* There is also a rare filmed variant of this logo used mainly on TV movies.

* On a few episodes of ''3rd Degree!'', the logo is shortened with the words "LORIMAR" already in place and the "TELEVISION" bar rotating into place before the 1984 WBTV logo appears.

* On the TV movie ''O Pioneers!'', after the [[Craig Anderson Productions]] logo, the "in association with" text from the previous logo is seen at the beginning of the animation of the logo. In this case the logo is filmed with slow-paced animation, not videotaped with fast-paced animation.

* On the TV movie ''There Was a Little Boy'', "LORIMAR" is written at a much faster speed than usual and the logo cuts to black before the red bar shines.

* On the ''Full House'' S2 episodes "Tanner vs. Gibbler" and "Working Mothers", the music was slightly recomposed with better enhancement.

* Some 1988-1991 episodes of ''The Hogan Family'' will exclude the fourth and fifth notes in the logo theme.

* October 28, 1988, 1990, 1991, September 22, 1992-May 18, 1993: There is also a warp-speed variant, which was heard on a few occasions like the Full House S2 episode "It's Not My Job" and some S1 episodes of ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper''.

* One season 3 episode of ''Perfect Strangers'' has the Lorimar-Telepictures jingle play over it, likely due to a plaster error.

* On some shows such as ''Love Connection'', ''Fun House, College Mad House'', and the short-lived ''3rd Degree!'', as well as early season 1 episodes of ''Time Trax'', the closing theme plays over this logo.

* On the ''Full House'' S2 episode "Cutting It Close", the logo is silent.

* Sometimes, ''Full House'' had Dave Coulier announce over the closing theme and the Lorimar Television jingle which would play over the WBTV logo.

* On the TV movie ''There Was a Little Boy'', the whoosh from the logo theme was cut off.

* On some recent PAL releases of the original ''It'' mini-series, the jingle from the 1994 WBTV logo plays over the logo, presumably due to a reverse plastering error.