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In the late 1960s, Lorimar Productions was founded with the aid of a bank loan of $185,000 from Adelson. Prior to Lorimar, Rich had an established reputation first as an advertising executive at Benton & Bowles, then as a television producer, co-producing (with Walter Mirisch) successful series such as The Rat Patrol.
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Lorimar may refer to: Lorimar Television , previously Lorimar Productions and later Lorimar Distribution, an American film and television production and marketing company from 1969 to 1986 Lorimar-Telepictures , formed in 1986 after the merger of Lorimar Television and Telepictures, purchased by Warner Bros. in 1988
It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband.
- History
- Key Components Lorimar Owned
- Productions
Early Years
When Lorimar started operation, they initially started producing made-for-TV movies for the ABC Movie of the Week. Rich then bought the script to an adaptation of Earl Hamner Jr.'s novel The Homecoming and subsequently sold the rights to CBS. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story became a ratings success, and served as the pilot for the company's first major hit, The Waltons, which premiered in 1972. Throughout the 1970s, Lorimar produced several other shows as well, including Eight Is Enough; of...
The Purchase from Warner Communications
In 1988, the Lorimar-Telepictures production arm became known as Lorimar Television. The distribution arm, however, stayed in business until 1989. The following year, Warner Communications purchased the Lorimar name, which then merged with Time, Inc., and formed Time Warner, one of the largest media companies in the world.
Lorimar had owned key components of the film library of the defunct Allied Artists film studio (formerly known as Monogram Pictures), which include Cabaret and Papillon. Both of these movies are owned by Warner Bros.
List of shows produced by Lorimar Television
1. Co-production with Screen Gems. 2. Distribution only. 3. Folded into Warner Bros. Televisionin 1993.
Feb 15, 2019 · Lorimar, later known as Lorimar Television and Lorimar Distribution, was an American television production company that was later a subsidiary of Warner Bros., active from 1969 until 1993. It was founded by Irwin Molasky, Merv Adelson, and Lee Rich, who named the company by combining their initials - LORI(M)A. Inspired by Adelson's ex-wife, Lori, an O was added as was a final R (apparently ...
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The Lorimar Television logo with the "A TIME WARNER COMPANY" byline also plastered the 1978 Lorimar "Script" logo seen on S1 episodes of The Hogan Family (when it was originally titled Valerie at that time) and the 1986 Lorimar-Telepictures "Crashing Comets" logo on S2-S3 of The Hogan Family (when it was originally titled Valerie and Valerie's Family from fall 1986-88) on syndicated reruns and ...
