History Creator / Lorimar

* ''Film/{{Tank}}'' (1984) (Co-production with Universal.)

Lorimar merged with television syndicator Telepictures Corporation in 1986 (and along with it, Creator/RankinBass, albeit without most of its' famous specials, which have bounced around[[note]]General Electric retained the pre-1975 Tomorrow Entertainment and R/B libraries after spinning both companies off; they finally sold them off to Broadway Video in 1988, who then sold them onto Golden Books in TheNineties. Golden Books went bankrupt and was eventually acquired by Classic Media and Random House, with Classic Media controlling the rights to the characters.[[/note]] and currently rest with Creator/DreamworksAnimation). By then, the studio was looking forward to competing with the majors. The combined Lorimar-Telepictures then acquired from UsefulNotes/TedTurner the Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer lot, in which many of its shows were shot. After making a deal with sitcom producers Miller/Boyett, Lorimar ventured into that genre after the merger, with shows like ''Series/FullHouse'' becoming the bulk of their output. They also pushed hard into feature films, which unlike TV, was not their forte (aside from hits such as ''Film/{{Being There}}'', ''Film/{{SOB}}'' and ''Film/AnOfficerAndAGentleman''); this led to a falling out between Adelson and Rich, with the latter leaving Lorimar in 1986 to become chairman/CEO of MGM (earlier in the decade, Lorimar had remade [[Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946 an MGM film from 1946]], ''[[Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice]]''). Lorimar ended up bleeding money, not helped by a disastrous move into self-distribution of their movies. Finally, in January 1989[[note]]the merger had been discussed for nearly a year, and Lorimar had already given control of their home video division to WB by then, which also ended the CBS/Fox distribution deal[[/note]], Creator/WarnerBros bought L-T; this gave Lorimar the funding to keep its (more important) network and syndication divisions alive, while giving Warners a route into the lucrative first-run syndication market, something they had ignored until then. WB essentially renamed Lorimar Syndication (previously just Telepictures) "Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution" (merging the old WBTV distribution firm into that), and its first new release under that banner was a little something they had been working on with Creator/StevenSpielberg--''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. (It was a big enough deal to get a two-page spread in the trades, even though the show's premiere was a year and a half away.)

* ''Series/{{Lace}}''

** ''College Mad House'' (short-lived spinoff featuring college students in 1990-91)