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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
In 1987, [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] | In 1987, [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] television production companies split back in two companies and [[Lorimar Productions|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" and "WarnerMedia", now "Warner Bros. Discovery") acquired Lorimar-Telepictures and both distribution arms were folded into [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|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. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Possibly extinct. | '''Availability:''' Possibly extinct. | ||
* It's only seen on the original CBS airing of TV movie ''Shattered Innocence''. | * It's only seen on the original CBS airing of TV movie ''Shattered Innocence''. | ||
* It is not retained on the [[ | * It is not retained on the [[Warner Home Video]] Archive Collection MOD DVD of the aforementioned title, as it's replaced by the 1992 "Distributed By [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]" logo with the Time Warner Entertainment byline. | ||
* It's also not retained on the Lifetime/LMN airings, in which it's replaced by the silent 2001 [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] logo. | * It's also not retained on the Lifetime/LMN airings, in which it's replaced by the silent 2001 [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] logo. | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a white marble background, wave ripples zoom out from the center. Afterwards, the word "'''LORIMAR'''" is written. The script is in black, and in a revised version of the design from the 1978 logo. The letter "'''A'''" now has a standard line going through it and the "'''O'''" is no longer connected to the first "'''R'''". At about the same time the "'''A'''" in "'''LORIMAR'''" is finished, a shadowed {{color|red}} bar with the word "'''T E L E V I S I O N'''" in white etched on it rotates in below "'''LORIMAR'''", shining once it settles there. From 1991-1993, the Time Warner byline, in the same font used in the Warner Bros. logo, appears below the {{color|red}} bar. | '''Logo:''' On a white marble background, wave ripples zoom out from the center. Afterwards, the word "'''LORIMAR'''" is written. The script is in black, and in a revised version of the design from the 1978 [[Lorimar Productions|Lorimar]] logo. The letter "'''A'''" now has a standard line going through it and the "'''O'''" is no longer connected to the first "'''R'''". At about the same time the "'''A'''" in "'''LORIMAR'''" is finished, a shadowed {{color|red}} bar with the word "'''T E L E V I S I O N'''" in white etched on it rotates in below "'''LORIMAR'''", shining once it settles there. From 1991-1993, the Time Warner byline, in the same font used in the Warner Bros. logo, appears below the {{color|red}} bar. | ||
'''Trivia:''' The logo was first created in 1987, as part of a planned rebranding that saw the design being used for Lorimar-Telepictures' various divisions; the {{color|red}} bar would have read either "TELEVISION", "[[Lorimar Film Entertainment|MOTION PICTURES]]" (or "FILM ENTERTAINMENT"), "HOME VIDEO", "SYNDICATION", "INTERNATIONAL", or "RECORDS" depending on the unit. However, aside from this logo, they were never seen onscreen with the possible exception of trailers, due to L-T's financial issues at the time (they were already in the process of merging with Warner Communications when this logo premiered). The Lorimar Syndication variant was used in trade magazine ads. | '''Trivia:''' The logo was first created in 1987, as part of a planned rebranding that saw the design being used for Lorimar-Telepictures' various divisions; the {{color|red}} bar would have read either "TELEVISION", "[[Lorimar Film Entertainment|MOTION PICTURES]]" (or "FILM ENTERTAINMENT"), "HOME VIDEO", "SYNDICATION", "INTERNATIONAL", or "RECORDS" depending on the unit. However, aside from this logo, they were never seen onscreen with the possible exception of trailers, due to L-T's financial issues at the time (they were already in the process of merging with Warner Communications when this logo premiered). The Lorimar Syndication variant was used in trade magazine ads. | ||
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* On some shows such as ''Love Connection'', ''Fun House'', ''College Mad House'', and ''3rd Degree!'', as well as early season 1 episodes of ''Time Trax'', the closing theme plays over this logo. | * On some shows such as ''Love Connection'', ''Fun House'', ''College Mad House'', and ''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. | * On the ''Full House'' S2 episode "Cutting It Close", the logo is silent. | ||
* ''College Mad House'' has the theme and announcer Beau Weaver spoke, "''College Mad House'' is a [[ | * ''College Mad House'' has the theme and announcer Beau Weaver spoke, "''College Mad House'' is a [[Stone Television]] production, in association with Lorimar Television, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution!". | ||
* ''3rd Degree!'' has the theme and the announcer (usually Bob Hilton, sometimes Don Morrow or Michael Hanks) spoke, "''3rd Degree!'' is a [[Kline and Friends, Inc.|Kline and Friends]] Production, in association with [[Burt Reynolds Productions|Burt & Bert Productions]] and Lorimar Television! Distributed by (omitting "and is") Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution!" [here they used the standard 1984 Warner Bros. Television logo, instead of the 1984 Warner Bros. Television Distribution logo, commonly used on syndicated shows distributed by Warner Bros. Television of the time]. | * ''3rd Degree!'' has the theme and the announcer (usually Bob Hilton, sometimes Don Morrow or Michael Hanks) spoke, "''3rd Degree!'' is a [[Kline and Friends, Inc.|Kline and Friends]] Production, in association with [[Burt Reynolds Productions|Burt & Bert Productions]] and Lorimar Television! Distributed by (omitting "and is") Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution!" [here they used the standard 1984 Warner Bros. Television logo, instead of the 1984 Warner Bros. Television Distribution logo, commonly used on syndicated shows distributed by Warner Bros. Television of the time]. | ||
* Sometimes, ''Full House'' had Dave Coulier announce over the closing theme and the Lorimar Television jingle which would play over the Warner Bros. Television logo. | * Sometimes, ''Full House'' had Dave Coulier announce over the closing theme and the Lorimar Television jingle which would play over the Warner Bros. Television logo. | ||