New World Pictures

New World Pictures

Company type	Public
Predecessor	The Filmgroup
Founded	July 8, 1970;54 years ago (1970-07-08)
Founders	Roger Corman Gene Corman
Defunct	January 22, 1997;27 years ago (1997-01-22)
Fate	Acquired by News Corporation
Successor	The Walt Disney Company (through 20th Century Studios and BVS Entertainment) (post-1989 films and TV programs only) Shout! Studios (through New Concorde) (1970–1984 films only) Vine Alternative Investments (through Lakeshore Entertainment) (1984–1989 films and TV programs only) Fox Corporation (corporate assets only)
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia , United States [1]
Key people	Robert Rehme (CEO, 1983–1989) Ronald Perelman (CEO; 1989–1997)
Products	Motion pictures Television production and distribution Television broadcasting
Divisions	New World Television New World Animation

New World Pictures (also known as New World Entertainment and New World Communications Group, Inc.) was an American independent production, distribution, and (in its final years as an autonomous entity) multimedia company. It was founded in 1970 by Roger Corman and Gene Corman as New World Pictures, Ltd., a producer and distributor of motion pictures, eventually expanding into television production in 1984. New World eventually expanded into broadcasting with the acquisition of seven television stations in 1993, with the broadcasting unit expanding through additional purchases made during 1994.

20th Century Fox (then solely-owned by News Corporation), controlled by Rupert Murdoch, became a major investor in 1994 and purchased the company outright in 1997; the alliance with Murdoch, specifically through a group affiliation agreement with New World reached between the two companies in May 1994, helped to cement the Fox network as the fourth major U.S. television network.

Although effectively defunct, it continues to exist as holding companies within the Fox Corporation corporate structure along with various regional subsidiaries (e.g. "New World Communications of Tampa").

New World Pictures' co-founder Gene Corman died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on September 28, 2020, at the age of 93. ^[2] Roger Corman later died at his home in Santa Monica, California, on May 9, 2024, at the age of 98. ^{[3] [4]}

History

New World Pictures (1970–1987)

Founded on July 8, 1970, New World Pictures, Ltd. was co-founded by B-movie director Roger Corman and his brother Gene, following their departure from American International Pictures (AIP). ^[5] As the last remaining national low-budget film distributor at the time, New World quickly became one of the most successful independent companies in the nation. ^{[ citation needed ]} Corman hoped to continue AIP's formula at New World, making low-budget films by new talent and distributing them internationally. However, it started out with only ten domestic offices, and one each in Canada and the United Kingdom; its films were distributed regionally by other companies. ^[6]

New World initially made exploitation films such as The Student Nurses and other small-scale productions. Corman helped launch the filmmaking careers of Jonathan Demme ( Caged Heat , Crazy Mama ), Jonathan Kaplan ( White Line Fever ), Ron Howard ( Grand Theft Auto ), Paul Bartel ( Death Race 2000 ) and Joe Dante ( Piranha ), all of whom made some of their early films as interns for the company. ^[6] New World also released foreign films from acclaimed directors such as Ingmar Bergman ( Cries and Whispers , Autumn Sonata ), Federico Fellini ( Amarcord ) and Akira Kurosawa ( Dersu Uzala ). The distribution of such films was conceived by Corman in an effort to disassociate New World as an exhibitor of exploitation films. ^[6]

In 1983, Corman sold New World to Larry Kupin, Harry E. Sloan and Larry A. Thompson for $16.5 million; the three new owners decided to take the company public. Corman retained the film library, while New World acquired home video rights to the releases. In 1984, Robert Rehme – who formerly served as chief executive officer of Avco Embassy Pictures and Universal Pictures and had previously worked for New World as its vice president of sales in the 1970s – returned to the company as its new CEO. Later that year Thompson left the company to form his own firm. ^[7] On February 21, 1984, New World Pictures added 3 new pictures in order to expect to produce a minimum of 14 releases per year, and had plans to start their own regional network. ^[8]

In 1984, the company created three new divisions: New World International, which would handle distribution of New World's productions outside the United States; New World Television, a production unit focusing on television programs (the first television programs produced by the unit were the soap opera Santa Barbara and the made-for-TV movie Playing With Fire); and New World Video, which would handle home video distribution of films produced mainly by New World Pictures. It would eventually see success of its video division in its first few months of its operation. ^[9]

In May 1986, New World acquired post-production facility Lions Gate Studios for $4.4 million. That November the company acquired the Marvel Entertainment Group (MEG), the corporate parent of Marvel Comics from the liquidated Cadence Industries. ^{[10] [11]}

New World Entertainment (1987–1992)

In July 1967, William "Bill" Deneen left Encyclopædia Britannica Films to start up the Learning Corporation of America, a rival company with Columbia Pictures. ^[12] It would quickly become one of EBF's biggest rivals in the 16mm field. During his past decade with EBF, William Deneen's specialty was geography films, being owner of an independent film company since 1950 that was distributing through EBF until they absorbed his company and made him vice president. Among his most famous in-depth looks of everyday life overseas were a series on Japan, Hungary and Communism and a trio shot on Samuel Bronston's sets of Fall of the Roman Empire , including Claudius: Boy of Ancient Rome. These were certainly the most expensive looking school films of the era, despite being made very economically.

In 1987, New World acquired educational film company Learning Corporation of America and independent film studio Highgate Pictures. ^[13] By this time New World Pictures changed its name to New World Entertainment to better reflect its range of subsidiaries besides the film studio, including its purchase of Marvel Comics, and partner Harry Sloan said that the name change would have the revised banner "more accurately reflects the business the company is in". ^[14] Also that year New World almost purchased two toy companies, Kenner Parker Toys and Mattel, but both planned acquisitions never materialized (although Tonka would acquire Kenner in 1987).

Around this time, New World faced a major financial slump and the company began restructuring itself. This began with the sale of Marvel Entertainment Group to Andrews Group (run by financier Ronald Perelman) on January 6, 1989; Marvel Productions was excluded from the sale. ^[15] After a failed bid by Giancarlo Parretti's Pathe Communications, New World was sold to the Andrews Group in April 1989; Perelman indicated that, while New World's television operations would continue, their motion picture and home video activity would be cut back, if not scrapped entirely. ^[16] The bulk of its film and home video holdings were sold in January 1990 to Trans-Atlantic Pictures, a newly formed production company founded by a consortium of former New World executives (Trans-Atlantic was sold to Lakeshore Entertainment in 1996). ^[17] Highgate Pictures and Learning Corporation of America were shut down in 1990.^{[ citation needed ]} On October 7, 1991, New World sold much of its "network" television assets to Sony Pictures Entertainment, who used these assets to relaunch TriStar Television. ^{[18] [19]} Some television programs produced by New World such as Santa Barbara and The Wonder Years would remain in production by the company until their cancellations in 1993; New World would not return to producing programs for the major broadcast television networks until early 1995.

New World Communications (1992–1997)

"New World Communications" redirects here. Not to be confused with News World Communications.

On February 17, 1993, Perelman purchased SCI Television from George Gillett, ^[20] acquiring the company's seven television stations: CBS affiliates WAGA-TV (channel 5) in Atlanta, WJBK-TV (channel 2) in Detroit, WJW-TV (channel 8) in Cleveland, WITI-TV (channel 6) in Milwaukee and WTVT (channel 13) in Tampa; NBC affiliate KNSD (channel 39) in San Diego; and independent station WSBK-TV (channel 38) in Boston. SCI had undergone several corporate restructurings following its 1987 purchase by Gillett Communications from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (which, in turn, had acquired the stations' former parent Storer Communications in 1985). Earlier in the decade, the group – then known as GCI Broadcast Services, Inc. – had restructured after defaulting on some of its financing agreements. Eventually, the renamed, SCI ran into severe financial problems and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late 1992. SCI was folded into New World, following the completion of its purchase of the group by Perelman in the summer of 1993. ^{[21] [22] [23] [24]}

In 1993, New World Entertainment purchased ownership stakes in syndication distributor Genesis Entertainment through Four Star Television and made a direct purchase of infomercial production company, Guthy-Renker. ^{[25] [20] [26]} With the asset expansion, the company changed its name to New World Communications. ^[27]

The company expanded its broadcasting holdings in May 1994 with its purchase of Argyle Television – a company partially related to Argyle Television Holdings II, which merged with Hearst Broadcasting to form Hearst-Argyle Television in 1997 – acquiring its four stations: CBS affiliates KTBC-TV (channel 7) in Austin, Texas, and KDFW-TV (channel 4) in Dallas; NBC affiliate WVTM-TV (channel 13) in Birmingham, Alabama; and ABC affiliate KTVI (channel 2) in St. Louis. ^[28] Then, New World acquired four of the six television stations owned by Citicasters: ABC affiliates WBRC-TV (channel 6) in Birmingham and WGHP-TV (channel 8) in High Point, North Carolina; NBC affiliate WDAF-TV (channel 4) in Kansas City, Missouri; and CBS affiliate KSAZ-TV (channel 10) in Phoenix. ^[29] Citicasters retained ownership of ABC affiliates WKRC-TV (channel 12) in Cincinnati, Ohio, and WTSP (channel 10) in St. Petersburg, Florida; in the latter case, New World decided against buying WTSP, as WTVT had the higher viewership of the two stations and market-wide signal coverage (WTSP's analog signal did not adequately cover southern sections of the Tampa–St. Petersburg market, as its transmitter was short-spaced to avoid interfering with the signal of Miami ABC affiliate WPLG, as both stations broadcast on VHF channel 10; because of this reason, ABC has long maintained a secondary Tampa affiliate in Sarasota-based WWSB).

The concurrent purchases of WBRC and WGHP posed issues as, at the time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) only allowed a single company to own a maximum of 12 television stations nationwide (the Argyle and Citicasters purchases, combined with the seven stations it earlier acquired from SCI Television, would have given New World a total of 15 stations) and in the case of Birmingham, New World could not keep WBRC and WVTM in any event, as the FCC forbade common ownership of two television stations in the same market. As a result, following the completion of the Citicasters station purchases in late March 1995, New World placed WBRC and WGHP in a blind trust and sought buyers for both stations. ^[30]

Affiliation agreement with Fox, acquisition by News Corporation, and transfer to Disney

Further information: 1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment

The biggest deal involving New World Communications would aid in changing the face of American broadcasting. In the wake of Fox's landmark $1.58-billion deal with the National Football League (NFL) on December 17, 1993, which awarded it the television rights to the National Football Conference (NFC) beginning with the league's 1994 season, ^{[31] [32]} the network began seeking agreements with various station groups such as SF Broadcasting to affiliate with VHF stations that had established histories as affiliates of the Big Three broadcast television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) and therefore had higher value with advertisers (compared to its predominately UHF affiliate body, the vast majority of which were independent stations before joining the network), in an effort to bolster the network's newly acquired package of NFL game telecasts. ^[33]

Shortly after the Citicasters acquisition announcement, on May 23, 1994, New World Communications and Fox reached a multi-year affiliation agreement in which New World would switch most of its television stations to the network beginning that fall. The deal would include most of the stations that New World was in the midst of acquiring from Argyle and Citicasters, with all of the affected stations joining Fox after existing affiliation contracts with their then-current network partners concluded. In exchange, Fox parent News Corporation agreed to purchase a 20% interest in New World for $500 million. ^{[1] [34] [28] [35]} New World was approached by Fox in part due to the group's expanding presence in several primary and secondary markets of NFC teams. New World, meanwhile, was concerned about the effect that the network's loss of NFC rights to Fox would have on both CBS, which was near the bottom of the network ratings at the time, and on the group's CBS-affiliated stations.

The stations that became Fox affiliates had to acquire or produce additional programming to fill their broadcast days, as Fox programmed significantly fewer hours of network content (prime time programming for two hours on Monday through Saturdays and three hours on Sundays, the Monday through Saturday children's block Fox Kids, and an hour of late night programming on Saturdays) than its three established major network competitors; on top of that, most of the New World stations (with KTVI later becoming the lone exception) declined to carry the Fox Kids block. The time vacated by news programs, daytime shows and children's programs from each station's former network was filled by additional syndicated programming and, in particular, local newscasts. The deal as a whole (as well as a second affiliation agreement that was struck one month after the New World deal through the purchase of four stations by a joint venture with Savoy Pictures) caused a domino effect that resulted in various individual and group affiliation deals involving all four networks (primarily CBS, Fox, and ABC) affecting television stations in more than 70 media markets; in most of those areas, New World did not own a station.

Three New World stations were excluded from the Fox affiliation deal. In Boston, where New World owned WSBK-TV, Fox was already affiliated with WFXT (channel 25). WVTM was exempted in Birmingham, as, in the summer of 1995, New World sold WBRC as well as WGHP to Fox Television Stations, with WBRC switching to Fox after its affiliation contract with ABC expired on August 31, 1996. KNSD (also a UHF station) also did not switch as Fox was already affiliated with a VHF station in the San Diego market, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico-based XETV-TV (channel 6). Both KNSD and WVTM retained their NBC affiliations, although in 1995 its contract was renewed for ten years. ^[36] New World planned to sell all three stations as well, in order to comply with the FCC's twelve-station ownership limit. ^[27] In November 1994, New World sold WSBK-TV to the Paramount Stations Group subsidiary of Viacom for $100 million. ^[37]

Later that year, Brandon Tartikoff, who helped NBC out of its ratings doldrums in the 1980s in his former role as President of Entertainment at NBC, joined New World Communications in an executive position; concurrently, New World acquired Tartikoff's production company Moving Target Productions. ^{[38] [39]}

New World also acquired the remaining interest in Genesis Entertainment, which expanded upon New World's production assets into television distribution (Genesis has subsequently renamed New World-Genesis Distribution following the closure of the purchase). After New World took over Moving Target Productions, the production company was renamed to MT2 Services. ^[40] In 1995, Stone Stanley Productions was signed an exclusive agreement with New World Entertainment. ^[41]

1995 saw the acquisitions of Cannell Entertainment ^{[42] [43]} and entertainment magazine Premiere . In May 1996, New World sold WVTM and KNSD to NBC Television Stations for $425 million. ^{[44] [45]}

On July 17, 1996, Fox parent News Corporation announced that it would acquire the remainder of New World Communications for $2.48 billion in stock. ^{[46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]} When the merger with News Corporation was finalized on January 22, 1997, New World's television production and distribution arms folded into 20th Century Fox Television and 20th Television, respectively and the former New World television stations were transferred into its Fox Television Stations subsidiary, turning the former group's twelve Fox affiliates into owned-and-operated stations of the network, joining WGHP and WBRC. The New World Animation and Marvel Films Animation libraries were acquired by Saban Entertainment and Fox Kids Worldwide (in turn acquired by Disney through its 2001 purchase of Fox Family Worldwide) following News Corporation's acquisition of New World.

As part of the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company, the copyrights to the New World library were transferred to TFCF America, Inc., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, effective March 20, 2019, ^[52] while the New World holding companies remained with Fox Corporation. ^[53]

Legacy

New World is noted for the number of its cult movies it distributed. Filmink have argued "in the history of Hollywood, few studios are as beloved by fans as Corman era New World." ^[54]

Former New World–owned television stations

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.

City of license / market	Station	Channel	Years owned	Current status
Birmingham, AL	WBRC-TV	6	1994–1995 **	Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television
	WVTM-TV	13	1995–1996	NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television
Phoenix, AZ	KSAZ-TV	10	1994–1997	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
San Diego, CA	KNSD	39	1993–1996	NBC owned-and-operated (O&O)
Tampa–St. Petersburg, FL	WTVT	13	1993–1997	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
Atlanta, GA	WAGA-TV	5	1993–1997	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
Boston, MA	WSBK-TV	38	1993–1995	Independent owned by Paramount Global
Detroit, MI	WJBK-TV	2	1993–1997	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
Kansas City, MO	WDAF-TV	4	1994–1997	Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
St. Louis, MO	KTVI	2	1995–1997	Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
High Point–Greensboro–Winston-Salem, NC	WGHP-TV	8	1994–1995 **	Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Cleveland, OH	WJW-TV	8	1993–1997	Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Austin, TX	KTBC-TV	7	1995–1997	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
	K13VC	13	1994–1997	Defunct
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX	KDFW-TV	4	1995–1997	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
	KDFI-TV	27	*	MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Fox Television Stations
Milwaukee, WI	WITI-TV	6	1993–1997	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)

• (*) – Station owned by a third party but operated by KDFW-TV under a local marketing agreement.
• (**) – Stations acquired with the purchases of KSAZ-TV and WDAF-TV, but later placed in a trust for sale to Fox. New World continued to operate the stations for several months until Fox took over through time brokerage agreements in September 1995.

Films

Release date	Title	Notes
June 1970	Angels Die Hard	First film from New World Pictures
August 1970	The Student Nurses	established the "nurse" cycle
1971	Angels Hard as They Come
	Beast of the Yellow Night
	Bury Me an Angel
	Creature with the Blue Hand (P/U)
	Private Duty Nurses
	Scream of the Demon Lover (P/U)
	Women in Cages
April 30, 1971	The Big Doll House	established the "women in prison" cycle
June 1971	The Velvet Vampire
October 22, 1971	Lady Frankenstein
1972	Night Call Nurses
January 1, 1972	Night of the Cobra Woman (P/U)
May 31, 1972	The Final Comedown (P/U)
May 1972	The Hot Box
July 1972	The Big Bird Cage
October 1972	The Cremators
November 1972	The Woman Hunt
December 21, 1972	Cries and Whispers (P/U)	Academy Award for Best Picture nominee
1973	The Big Bust Out
	Fly Me
	The Young Nurses
January 1973	Sweet Kill
February 8, 1973	The Harder They Come (P/U)
May 1973	Savage!
June 1973	Stacey
	The Student Teachers
September 1973	Seven Blows of the Dragon (P/U)
December 1, 1973	Fantastic Planet (P/U)
1974	Caged Heat (P/U)
	Candy Stripe Nurses
	Cockfighter
	The Last Days of Man on Earth
	Summer School Teachers
January 15, 1974	The Arena
July 8, 1974	Down and Dirty Duck
September 19, 1974	Amarcord (P/U)	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner
	Big Bad Mama
October 1974	Tender Loving Care (P/U)
1975	Cover Girl Models
	Darktown Strutters
	The Romantic Englishwoman (P/U)
January 1975	Street Girls
April 27, 1975	Death Race 2000
May 1975	Tidal Wave	US version
June 1975	Crazy Mama
July 7, 1975	T.N.T. Jackson
October 10, 1975	The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (P/U)
December 22, 1975	The Story of Adele H. (P/U)
1976	Foxtrot
	Nashville Girl
	Eaten Alive
February 1976	Hollywood Boulevard
April 1976	Eat My Dust!
	Jackson County Jail
July 6, 1976	Cannonball
July 1976	The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
October 1, 1976	Small Change
October 22, 1976	God Told Me To
November 15, 1976	Lumiere (P/U)
1977	Blonde in Black Leather (P/U)
	Dersu Uzala (P/U)	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner
	Moonshine County Express
	The Tigress
April 8, 1977	Rabid
	Andy Warhol's Bad
April 20, 1977	Black Oak Conspiracy
	Catastrophe
April 29, 1977	The Ransom
May 27, 1977	Too Hot to Handle
June 18, 1977	Grand Theft Auto
July 14, 1977	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
September 30, 1977	A Little Night Music
1978	Autumn Sonata	Produced by ITC Entertainment
	Blackout
	Jokes My Folks Never Told Me
February 3, 1978	A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
March 8, 1978	The Evil
March 1978	Leopard in the Snow
April 12, 1978	Deathsport
August 3, 1978	Piranha
August 30, 1978	Avalanche
November 17, 1978	The Bees
December 2, 1978	Outside Chance
1979	The Green Room
	Love on the Run
March 7, 1979	Starcrash
April 27, 1979	Saint Jack
June 1, 1979	The Brood
June 15, 1979	The Kids Are Alright
June 29, 1979	Up from the Depths
July 1979	The Lady in Red
August 24, 1979	Rock 'n' Roll High School
November 1979	The Prize Fighter
1980	The Tin Drum	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner
	Breaker Morant
	My American Uncle
	Something Waits in the Dark
April 17, 1980	The Private Eyes
May 16, 1980	Humanoids from the Deep
July 25, 1980	Ruckus
September 8, 1980	Battle Beyond the Stars
November 8, 1980	The Georgia Peaches
November 11, 1980	Shogun Assassin
1981	Firecracker
	Quartet
	Richard's Things
June 26, 1981	Screamers
August 8, 1981	Galaxy Express	Recut of Galaxy Express 999
August 14, 1981	Saturday the 14th
October 1981	Smokey Bites the Dust
October 23, 1981	Galaxy of Terror
1982	Sorceress
	Christiane F.
	Three Brothers	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nominee
	The Personals
	Fitzcarraldo
April 23, 1982	Tag: The Assassination Game
May 7, 1982	Forbidden World
	Paradise	Canada version
May 14, 1982	Battletruck
September 10, 1982	The Slumber Party Massacre
October 8, 1982	Murder by Phone
October 16, 1982	Android
November 12, 1982	Jimmy the Kid
November 1982	Time Walker
1983	Screwballs
May 1983	Savage Attraction
July 1983	The Funny Farm
	Space Raiders
September 2, 1983	Deathstalker
	Escape 2000
	Stryker
September 16, 1983	Wavelength
September 23, 1983	Last Plane Out
November 3, 1983	The Being
November 4, 1983	The Prey
November 18, 1983	Cross Country
1984	The Pit
January 13, 1984	Covergirl
	Angel
January 27, 1984	Love Letters
March 9, 1984	Children of the Corn
March 11, 1984	Warriors of the Wind (P/U)	1984 recut of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Nausicaä director Hayao Miyazaki's distaste of the recut is said to have led to Studio Ghibli's stringent "no cuts" policy for international distribution of their works.
April 13, 1984	Suburbia
April 24, 1984	Hambone and Hillie
April 27, 1984	They're Playing with Fire
April 28, 1984	The Initiation
June 1984	Rare Breed
August 3, 1984	The Philadelphia Experiment
August 31, 1984	C.H.U.D.
August 31, 1984	Highpoint
September 28, 1984	Body Rock
October 1984	Bad Manners	also known as Growing Pains
October 19, 1984	Crimes of Passion
November 16, 1984	Night Patrol
January 11, 1985	Tuff Turf
January 11, 1985	Avenging Angel
January 1985	The Annihilators
January 1985	The Highest Honor	US distribution only; produced by Southern International Films
February 8, 1985	Lust in the Dust
March 1, 1985	Certain Fury
March 15, 1985	Def-Con 4
April 12, 1985	Fraternity Vacation
April 12, 1985	Girls Just Want to Have Fun
May 1985	Out of Control
May 15, 1985	The Zoo Gang
June 14, 1985	The Stuff
August 23, 1985	Godzilla 1985	1985 American re-cut of The Return of Godzilla , originally produced and released by Toho in 1984
September 28, 1985	Steaming
September 1985	Stand Alone
October 1985	The Boys Next Door
November 8, 1985	Transylvania 6-5000
December 6, 1985	House
December 27, 1985	Making Contact
January 10, 1986	Black Moon Rising
February 1986	The Gladiator
February 14, 1986	Knights of the City
March 1986	The Aurora Encounter
March 14, 1986	Mountaintop Motel Massacre
April 1986	Star Crystal
April 18, 1986	Torment
May 2, 1986	No Retreat, No Surrender
May 30, 1986	Jake Speed
June 6, 1986	Not Quite Paradise	US distribution only; produced by Acorn Pictures and Gilead
July 18, 1986	Vamp
August 22, 1986	Reform School Girls
August 29, 1986	Code Name: Wild Geese	US distribution only
September 26, 1986	Shadow Play
October 17, 1986	Dancing in the Dark	Distribution only; produced by Brightstar Films, Film Arts, and Film House Group
October 24, 1986	Soul Man
December 19, 1986	Miss Mary
January 9, 1987	Return to Horror High
January 16, 1987	Wanted: Dead or Alive
February 20, 1987	Death Before Dishonor
February 27, 1987	Beyond Therapy
April 3, 1987	Nice Girls Don't Explode
May 1, 1987	Creepshow 2	co-production with Laurel Entertainment
May 1987	The Great Land of Small
August 28, 1987	House II: The Second Story
September 10, 1987	Hellraiser
October 23, 1987	The Killing Time
November 20, 1987	Flowers in the Attic
November 1987	Heart
December 25, 1987	Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night	Produced by Filmation
January 22, 1988	The Telephone
January 1988	Hell Comes to Frogtown
February 5, 1988	Sister, Sister
February 5, 1988	Slugs
April 8, 1988	18 Again!
April 22, 1988	Return of the Killer Tomatoes
May 6, 1988	Dead Heat
May 13, 1988	The Wrong Guys
September 2, 1988	Freeway
September 30, 1988	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	co-production with NBC Productions
November 10, 1988	Angel III: The Final Chapter
December 23, 1988	Hellbound: Hellraiser II	co-production with Film Futures Troopstar
January 26, 1989	Felix the Cat: The Movie
January 27, 1989	Pin	distribution only; produced by Image Organization, Lance Entertainment, Malofilm, and Telefilm Canada
March 31, 1989	Heathers	distribution only; produced by Cinemarque Entertainment
April 14, 1989	Under the Boardwalk
June 1989	Curfew
February 16, 1990	Revenge	co-production with Rastar; distributed by Columbia Pictures
1990	Checkered Flag
January 1, 1991	Killer Tomatoes Eat France
January 11, 1991	Warlock	produced by; distributed by Trimark Pictures
February 1, 1991	Meet the Applegates
April 25, 1991	The Punisher	distributed in North America by Carolco Television and Live Entertainment
August 25, 1993	Die Watching	Final film from New World Pictures

Television programs

Series

Title	Original run	Network	Notes
Maximum Security	1984–1985	HBO	co-production with Major H
Santa Barbara	1984–1993	NBC	co-production with Dobson Productions
Crime Story	1986–1988		co-production with Michael Mann Productions
Sledge Hammer!		ABC
Rags to Riches	1987–1988	NBC	co-production with Leonard Hill Films
The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–present	CBS	International distributor for the first 9 seasons; produced and currently owned by Bell-Phillip Television Productions Inc.
Mariah	1987	ABC
Once a Hero			co-production with Garden Party Productions
Tour of Duty	1987–1990	CBS	co-production with Braun Entertainment Group Distributed by Sony Pictures Television
The Wonder Years	1988–1993	ABC	co-production with The Black-Marlens Company
Dino-Riders	1988	Syndicated	Distribution only; produced by Marvel Productions
RoboCop
Murphy's Law	1988–1989	ABC	co-production with Zev Braun Productions and Michael Gleason Productions
A Fine Romance	1989		co-production with Phoenix Entertainment Group
The Robert Guillaume Show			co-production with Guillaume-Margo Productions
Tales from the Crypt	1989–1996	HBO	U.S. distribution only; produced by Tales from the Crypt Holdings Currently owned by Warner Bros. Television Studios
Rude Dog and the Dweebs	1989	CBS	Distribution only; produced by Marvel Productions and AKOM
Zorro	1990–1993	The Family Channel	co-production with Goodman/Rosen Productions, Ellipse Programme and Zorro Productions, inc.
Grand Slam	1990	CBS	co-production with Bill Norton Productions
Elvis		ABC
Bagdad Cafe	1990–1991	CBS	co-production with Mort Lachman and Associates, Zev Braun Pictures and CBS Entertainment Productions Currently owned by CBS Media Ventures
Top Cops	1990–1993		Distribution only; produced by Grosso-Jacobson Productions and CBS Entertainment Productions Currently owned by CBS Media Ventures
Get a Life	1990–1992	Fox	co-production with TriStar Television (season 2)
The Adventures of Mark & Brian	1991–1992	NBC	co-production with Don Mischer Productions and Frontier Pictures for TriStar Television
Silk Stalkings	1991–1999	USA Network	seasons 5–6 only; co-production with Stu Segall Productions and Cannell Entertainment
Charlie Hoover	1991	Fox	co-production with Ian Gurvitz Productions and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment for TriStar Television
The Boys of Twilight	1992	CBS	co-production with Echo Cove Productions for TriStar Television
Renegade	1992–1997	Syndication/USA Network	seasons 3–5 only; co-production with Stu Segall Productions and Cannell Entertainment
Real Stories of the Highway Patrol	1993–1998	Syndicated	seasons 1–4 only; co-production with Leap Off Productions and Mark Massari Productions
Paradise Beach	1993–1994		U.S. distribution only; produced and currently owned by Village Roadshow Pictures
Biker Mice from Mars	1993–1996		produced by Marvel Productions/New World Animation, Brentwood Television Funnies, Worldwide Sports & Entertainment, inc. and Philippine Animation Studios
Valley of the Dolls	1994		co-production with Take A Meeting Productions
Fantastic Four	1994–1996		produced by New World Animation, Marvel Films and Wang Film Productions/Philippine Animation Studios
Iron Man			produced by New World Animation, Marvel Films and Rainbow Animation Korea
Spider-Man	1994–1998	Fox	produced by New World Animation, Marvel Films and TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation
The Clinic	1995	Comedy Central
The Mark Walberg Show	1995–1996	Syndicated	co-production with Four Point Entertainment
Strange Luck		Fox	co-production with MT2 Services and Unreality, Inc.
Weekly World News	1996	USA Network	co-production with American Media, Inc. and MT2 Services
Second Noah	1996–1997	ABC	co-production with Longfeather Entertainment and MT2 Services
Profit	1996	Fox	co-production with Greenwalt/McNamara Productions and Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Big Deal			co-production with Stone Stanley Productions
The Incredible Hulk	1996–1997	UPN	Distribution only for season 1; produced by New World Animation and Marvel Films/Marvel Studios
Access Hollywood	1996–present	Syndicated	Distribution only for season 1; produced by NBC Studios

Miniseries

Title	Release date	Network	Notes
Sins	February 2–3, 1986	CBS
Monte Carlo	November 9, 1986
Queenie	May 10–11, 1987	ABC
Echoes in the Darkness	November 1–2, 1987	CBS
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun	May 15–17, 1988
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase	May 20–21, 1990	ABC	co-production with ItzBinso Long Productions and P.A. Productions
Stay the Night	April 26–27, 1992		co-production with Stan Margulies Productions
Judith Krantz's Secrets	July 22–29, 1992	GEMS	co-production with Steve Krantz Productions
Murder in the Heartland	May 3–4, 1993	ABC	co-production with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
Tom Clancy's Op Center	February 26–27, 1995	NBC	co-production with Jack Ryan Partnership and Moving Target Productions

Movies

Title	Release date	Network	Notes
Playing with Fire	April 14, 1985	NBC	co-production with Zephyr Productions
Easy Prey	October 26, 1986	ABC
Penalty Phase	November 18, 1986	CBS
Poker Alice	May 22, 1987
After the Promise	October 11, 1987
The Incredible Hulk Returns	May 22, 1988	NBC	co-production with Bixby-Brandon Productions
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick	October 7, 1988
Goddess of Love	November 20, 1988
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro	February 13, 1989		co-production with Spectacor Films and Tamara Asseyev Productions
Original Sin	February 20, 1989
Peter Gunn	April 23, 1989	ABC	co-production with The Blake Edwards Company
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk	May 7, 1989	NBC	co-production with Bixby-Brandon Productions
Nick Knight	August 20, 1989
False Witness	October 23, 1989		co-production with Entertainment Professionals and Valente / Kritzer
Little White Lies	November 27, 1989		co-production with Larry Thompson Organization
The Death of the Incredible Hulk	February 18, 1990		co-production with B & B Productions
The Bride in Black	October 21, 1990	ABC	co-production with Barry Weitz Films and Street Life Productions
She'll Take Romance	November 25, 1990
The Stranger Within	November 27, 1990	CBS
In Broad Daylight	February 3, 1991	NBC	co-production with Force Ten Productions
Miles from Nowhere	January 7, 1992	CBS
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy	May 2, 1994	NBC	co-production with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
XXX's & OOO's	June 21, 1994	CBS	co-production with John Wilder Nightwatch and Moving Target Productions
Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception	October 17, 1994	NBC	co-production with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
A Child Is Missing	October 1, 1995	CBS	co-production with Moore-Weiss Productions and Cannell Entertainment
The Surrogate	October 22, 1995	ABC	co-production with Moore-Weiss Productions and Cannell Entertainment
Generation X	February 20, 1996	Fox	co-production with MT2 Services, Inc., Marvel Films and Marvel Entertainment Group

Pilots

Title	Release date	Network	Notes
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men	September 16, 1989	Syndicated	Distribution only; produced by Marvel Productions
Ghost Writer	August 15, 1990	Fox	co-production with Rumar Films Currently owned by Vine Alternative Investments
Power Pack	September 28, 1991		co-production with Marvel Enterprises and Paragon Entertainment Corporation
Moe's World	July 19, 1992	ABC	co-production for TriStar Television
The Best Defense	June 19, 1995

Genesis Entertainment

• Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)
• Sale of the Century (1985–1986)
• The Judge (1986–1993)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
• The Grudge Match (1991–1993)
• Emergency Call (1991–1998)
• Infatuation (1992–1994)
• Juvenile Justice (1994–1995)

Storer Broadcasting/Rhodes Productions/Blair Entertainment

• The Littlest Hobo (1963–1965)
• It's Your Bet (1971–1973)
• The Hollywood Squares (1971–1981)
• Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972–1974)
• High Rollers (1975–1976)
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977)
• Second City Television (1976–1984)
• Let's Make a Deal (1980–1981)
• Pitfall (1981–1982)
• Break the Bank (1985–1986)
• Divorce Court (1985–1992)
• Strike it Rich (1986–1987)
• Fan Club (1987–1988)
• Dracula: The Series (1990–1991)
• Stuntmasters (1991–1992)

See also

• List of 20th Television programs

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