Talk:Turner Entertainment

The logo description is not very good and it might also use copyrighted text without permission. It is generally a good idea, but it should be rewritten. --Megara 23:54, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Turner Entertainment Co.'s animation library
Here's Turner Entertainment Co.'s animation library before Warner Bros. absorbed it:


 * The pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated library, including
 * All their short subject cartoons (1934–1967)
 * The US rights to Magic Boy
 * The Phantom Tollbooth
 * Three television specials from 1966–1970
 * The television series Off to See the Wizard
 * Two Tom and Jerry TV series animated by Hanna-Barbera in 1975 and Filmation in 1980
 * The television series Mighty Orbots, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Intermedia Entertainment
 * The Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) animated library
 * The Harman-Ising Merrie Melodies except Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
 * The pre-August 1948 color Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, both originally from Warner Bros.
 * The Popeye theatrical cartoon series from 1933–57, originally from Paramount Pictures, Fleischer Studios, and Famous Studios
 * The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show (produced by Hanna-Barbera for RKO General)
 * Two animated series produced by Filmation (The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet) based on Gilligan's Island
 * Most of the non-Cartoon Network backlog of Hanna-Barbera Productions
 * Most of the pre-1991 Ruby-Spears library
 * Ralph Bakshi's The Butter Battle Book
 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers (produced by DiC Entertainment) and The New Adventures of Captain Planet (produced by Hanna-Barbera)
 * Tom and Jerry: The Movie (produced by Film Roman)
 * The television and international rights to The Pagemaster (20th Century Fox owns the domestic rights) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.95.56.37 (talk) 23:02, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Turner Entertainment films
Should not there the category "Turner Entertainment films"? --186.182.145.201 (talk) 22:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
 * EDIT. --186.182.145.201 (talk) 22:53, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Library
The library section has gotten out of hand -- it's almost completely unreferenced, and goes into far too much detail for an article in a general encyclopedia. Trivialist (talk) 02:47, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Anyone else have any thoughts about this? Trivialist (talk) 20:48, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

I disagree. Since Turner Entertainment is primarily a holding company it is important to state what it does and doesn't own; although I do think it should have more refrences and be cut down a little bit. Luxoman237 (talk) 06:02, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's necessary to get down to specific titles and exceptions; this is a general encyclopedia article, not an exhaustive listing. Giving a general overview of its holdings (pre-1986 MGM, Hanna-Barbera) seems reasonable; the long list of exceptions is overly detailed. (Just to pick two, Rambo and the Forces of Freedom and Lazer Tag Academy probably don't even merit a mention, much less one or two sentences each explaining their specific details about the companies that produced them. It's like having an article about a real estate developer, and listing every single parking lot they own and who they acquired them from -- it's more detail than is really necessary. Trivialist (talk) 12:02, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, it's only source seems to be people's memories of what logos were shown at the end of programs, which is not a reliable source. Trivialist (talk) 12:10, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Turner Entertainment Co.'s library
Just in case anyone is curious, here's what Turner Entertainment Co. owns and doesn't own:

Turner Entertainment's library includes the following:


 * Nearly all of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's film, television and cartoon library prior to May 23, 1986 ending with the film Killer Party released on May 9, 1986. This includes The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Singin' in the Rain, Ben-Hur, Doctor Zhivago, A Christmas Story, Tom and Jerry amongst others.
 * Included in this portion are a few individual films that MGM acquired from other studios in connection with filming remakes, such as
 * The 1931 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, originally from Paramount Pictures
 * The 1936 version of Show Boat and the 1931 version of Waterloo Bridge, both originally from Universal Studios
 * The 1937 version of The Prisoner of Zenda, originally from Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists


 * Some material from United Artists
 * Gilligan's Island and its two animated spin-offs The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet
 * The US/Canadian/Latin American/Australian distribution rights to the RKO Radio Pictures library, such as Citizen Kane and King Kong
 * The former Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) catalog
 * Certain material from Warner Bros.
 * Pre-1950 Warner Bros. feature films, such as Casablanca
 * Pre-September 1948 Warner Bros. live-action short subjects
 * Pre-August 1948 Warner Bros. color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
 * The Harman and Ising Merrie Melodies (except Lady, Play Your Mandolin!)
 * The Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons originally from Paramount Pictures


 * Almost all of the Hanna-Barbera Productions library, including Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs
 * Almost all of the pre-1991 Ruby-Spears Productions library, including Mister T


 * Original in-house programing, such as documentaries about the films it owns, animated series, TV specials, and made-for-TV movies, miniseries, and theatrical films


 * Ralph Bakshi's The Butter Battle Book


 * The Turner Pictures library including Gettysburg, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, In Search of Dr. Seuss and the television and international rights to The Pagemaster


 * The 1994 film That's Entertainment! III (distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)


 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers (produced by DIC Entertainment) and The New Adventures of Captain Planet (produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
 * Castle Rock Entertainment and the distribution rights to its post-1994 film library

Turner Entertainment also distributes certain films and shows from New Line Cinema (1994–1997) as well as shows from TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, truTV and PBS (1994–2004) on home video through Turner Home Entertainment and later, after it got absorbed, Warner Home Video. There are very few exceptions to this library, however.
 * A handful of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films and television series are not owned by Turner. This includes;
 * The Hal Roach films which were distributed by MGM are currently owned by Sonar Entertainment domestically and Universal Studios internationally, while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer owns Babes in Toyland, and the television rights to the 1929-1938 Our Gang comedies are owned by CBS Television Studios (successor to King World Productions). Turner does, however own a few Hal Roach films like The Devil's Brother, Bonnie Scotland and General Spanky and also owns the MGM-produced Our Gang comedies from 1938-1944.
 * The Flipper TV series was produced by MGM Television and later sold to The Samuel Goldwyn Company, which was later purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
 * Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper is owned by the Ub Iwerks Estate.
 * Guys and Dolls, produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, is owned by The Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Family Trust, with Warner Bros. holds North American rights and Miramax handles international rights.
 * Although Turner holds US rights to The Wind and the Lion, international rights remain with Columbia Pictures (via Sony Pictures Entertainment).
 * The 1976 film Network, which was a co-production between MGM and United Artists five years before the two companies merged in 1981. After the Turner sold MGM/UA, MGM still retained the rights to UA's releases and currently co-owns the film with Turner as a result.
 * Although Turner holds US rights to The Goodbye Girl, international rights remain with sister company Warner Bros.
 * Although Turner holds the theatrical and television rights to Pink Floyd—The Wall, the video rights are owned by Sony Music.
 * While MGM held onto the US theatrical, copyright and home video rights to the 1984 film Electric Dreams (until 1996), Turner never got the rights to the film. The rights later reverted to EMI/Virgin.
 * State of the Union is now owned by Universal Studios (via NBCUniversal), the successor of EMKA, Ltd..
 * Several RKO Radio Pictures films are not owned by Turner.
 * There are several films that RKO released but does not own. These include;
 * The feature films of Samuel Goldwyn Productions (such as The Best Years of Our Lives), they are currently held by The Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Family Trust, with Warner Bros. holds North American rights and Miramax handles international rights.
 * The feature films and short subjects by Walt Disney Productions from 1937 to 1954/1955/1956 (such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Bambi, Cinderella, etc.). Disney has always owned these as Walt Disney was very strict about his ownership of his films and characters. They are now controlled by The Walt Disney Company.
 * The films from Leo McCarey's Rainbow Productions such as The Bells of St. Mary's and Good Sam as well as Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life and also films that were only distributed by RKO and sold to Astor Pictures such as The Flying Deuces are now controlled by Melange Pictures (formally Republic Pictures), a division of Paramount Pictures.
 * The 1946 Alfred Hitchcock film, Notorious, started out as a David O. Selznick production until the producer sold the rights to RKO before production began. RKO originally owned the copyright, but the film was sold years later to American Broadcasting Company (owned by The Walt Disney Company), which owns the rights to some of Selznick's other films.
 * The 1948 film Rope was an independent production from Alfred Hitchcock's Transatlantic Pictures and released through Warner Bros. and sold to Associated Artists Productions. Despite its copyright renewed by United Artists Television, Hitchcock owned the negatives and pulled the film from circulation in the late 1960s, until Universal Studios acquired the film from his estate in 1983.
 * A few elements of Hanna-Barbera Productions library are not owned by Turner.
 * Several Hanna-Barbera feature films made prior to Turner's purchase of the company are still owned by their original distributors.
 * Charlotte's Web was a co-production with Hanna-Barbera and Sagittarius Productions and therefore is still distributed by Paramount Pictures.
 * While Turner holds the film elements of Hanna-Barbera's Once Upon a Forest, all theatrical, television and home entertainment rights are completely and exclusively controlled by 20th Century Fox.
 * Jetsons: The Movie, The Flintstones, its sequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas and the ride film footage of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera are owned and controlled by Universal Studios (via NBCUniversal) since Hanna-Barbera sold the film rights to Universal prior to the Turner purchase.
 * C.H.O.M.P.S. (via American International Pictures) is owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who also owned GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (via the Atlantic Releasing Corporation library).
 * The live-action Popeye movie (Hanna-Barbera did the animated opening sequence) is owned by Paramount Pictures (domestic rights) and The Walt Disney Company (international rights).
 * Hanna-Barbera does not own any television program based on certain licensed properties.
 * The Laurel and Hardy cartoon series is owned by Larry Harmon Pictures, owner of the Laurel and Hardy trademark.
 * Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family, Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection, Jeannie and Partridge Family 2200 A.D., spin-offs of Bewitched (Hanna-Barbera also did the animated opening and closing credits of the show), Gidget, I Dream of Jeannie and The Partridge Family respectivaly, are owned by Sony Pictures Television (via Sony Pictures Entertainment).
 * Super Friends and its spinoffs, as well as The Dukes are owned by Warner Bros., now the sister company of Turner. WB also owned Dumb and Dumber animated series, co-produced by Hanna-Barbera's corporate sibling New Line Television as TBS owned New Line Cinema from 1994 to 1996.
 * Dinky Dog and Drak Pack are now owned by Endemol.
 * The Berenstain Bears, the 1985 series produced at Hanna-Barbera's Australian division, is now owned by Random House.
 * The Godzilla segments from The Godzilla Power Hour, produced by Hanna-Barbera, are now owned by Toho Company Ltd. with DreamWorks Classics handling U.S. distribution rights. The Godzilla segments were originally included when Turner bought Hanna-Barbera and when Time Warner bought Turner, until 2003, when the rights reverted to Toho (coincidentally, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures released the 2014 American film based on the Godzilla franchise to great critical and commercial success). Turner still owns the Jana of the Jungle segments.
 * The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Laverne & Shirley in the Army, and the Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour was a co-production with Paramount Television the then owners of Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and Mork and Mindy. They are now owned by CBS Television Studios, along with The Little Rascals cartoons co-produced with King World Productions and Harlem Globetrotters (although Turner does own The Super Globetrotters, though both Globetrotters series have been less frequently seen in recent years due to intellectual property issues).
 * CBS Storybreak, produced at Hanna-Barbera's Australian division, is also owned by CBS Television Distribution, as the series was co-produced by CBS.
 * Pink Panther and Sons is owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who also owns Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (both the Hanna-Barbera-produced episodes and the DIC-produced episodes) via Orion Pictures, Teen Wolf, produced at Hanna-Barbera Australian division via the Atlantic Releasing Corporation library and Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt via American International Pictures.
 * The All-New Popeye Hour, Popeye and Son and the TV special Hägar the Horrible: Hägar Knows Best, are owned by King Features Syndicate, although Warner Home Video continues to license them on DVD as part of a deal to release the Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons on DVD.
 * The Further Adventures of SuperTed is owned by S4C, Telin LTD. and Siriol Animation.
 * Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince is owned by Mulberry Square Productions.
 * Gravedale High, co-produced with NBC who continues to hold the rights (via NBCUniversal).
 * Fantastic Max is owned by Kalisto Ltd.
 * The prime time series Capitol Critters and Lost in Space are owned by 20th Century Fox.
 * Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone is owned by DreamWorks Classics (via DreamWorks Animation).
 * There are a few exceptions to the pre-1991 Ruby-Spears Productions library.
 * Ruby-Spears's adaptations of Police Academy and Superman are owned by Warner Bros.
 * Rambo and the Forces of Freedom is owned by StudioCanal owners the Rambo film series, with Lions Gate Entertainment handling Home Video Distribution and CBS Television Distribution handling TV distribution.
 * Lazer Tag Academy was owned by Saban Entertainment and Piggsburg Pigs! was co-produced by Fox Children's Productions. The Two companies eventually merged to create Fox Kids Worldwide Inc., before merging with International Family Entertainment Inc. to become Fox Family Worldwide Inc., which was eventually sold to The Walt Disney Company to become ABC Family Worldwide Inc..
 * It's Punky Brewster is owned by NBCUniversal Television (via NBCUniversal), owners of the live action sitcom Punky Brewster.
 * Alvin and the Chipmunks is owned by Bagdasarian Productions.
 * Although Turner via Castle Rock Entertainment owns the rights to all Castle Rock films and television series, Turner only owns the distribution rights to the post-1994 library.
 * The distribution rights to most pre-1994 Castle Rock's films (such as When Harry Met Sally...) were originally held by New Line Cinema who later sold them off to PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. These films are now part of the pre-1996 PolyGram library owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
 * Certain films such as In the Line of Fire and A Few Good Men were co-productions with Columbia Pictures and are still distributed by the company.
 * The distribution rights to the TV series Seinfeld and Thea are still distributed by Sony Pictures Television.
 * Several films, cartoons and TV programs have lapsed into the public domain, though in some cases Turner has retained the film masters:
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Till the Clouds Roll By, Vengeance Valley, Royal Wedding, Cause for Alarm!, The Painted Hills, Father's Little Dividend, The Last Time I Saw Paris, The Thin Man, Northwest Passage, the Our Gang comedy Waldo's Last Stand and 4 cartoons.
 * Associated Artists Productions: They Made Me a Criminal, Santa Fe Trail, This Is the Army, Life with Father, The Inspector General, 56 Warner Bros. cartoons and 34 Popeye cartoons.
 * RKO Radio Pictures: Becky Sharp and Abbott and Costello's Jack and the Beanstalk (the latter originally distributed by Warner Bros.)
 * Hanna-Barbera Productions: Various television commercials that sponsored the shows produced by Hanna-Barbera such as the Winston cigarettes commercials staring The Flintstones.
 * Turner and 20th Century Fox share ownership in The Pagemaster, with Turner owning TV broadcasting and international distribution rights, and 20th Century Fox owning domestic rights.
 * Turner and Paramount Pictures share ownership in Andre, with Turner owning international distribution rights, and Paramount owning domestic rights.
 * Although Turner co-produced The Wizard of Oz cartoon series produced by DIC Entertainment, the distribution rights to the show are owned by DHX Media (successor to Cookie Jar Entertainment). Turner still owns part of the copyright.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.90.183.177 (talk • contribs)
 * You know, if you can provide references for this, you could probably spin it off into its own article ("List of Turner Entertainment holdings" or something like that). Trivialist (talk) 23:20, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Again, put this in its own article or something; this talk page is for discussing the article, not Turner Entertainment. Trivialist (talk) 23:25, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Those interested in this topic may want to contribute to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/List of Turner Entertainment holdings. Trivialist (talk) 14:32, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

The 1988-present logo of Turner Entertainment upload
The 1988-present logo of Turner Entertainment SVG image needs an upload in the box. 89.242.23.154 (talk) 21:04, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 August 2022
Remove Material from MGM's predecessors (Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Mayer Pictures) post-1915 that did not enter the public domain since their all in the public domain at this point 2601:584:C401:400:6984:E974:F33D:DF44 (talk) 14:47, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. MadGuy7023 (talk) 15:28, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

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