1988

Media from 1988.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
$1 (Series 1985)	A 19200001 D – A 57600000 D
	B 06400000 K – B 99200000 L
	C 92800001 B – C 44800000 C
	D 73600001 D – D 44800000 E
	E 25600001 G – E 99200000 I
	F 00000001 I – F 80000000 L
	G 00000001 G – G 32000000 J
	H 22400001 C – H 03200000 E
	J 96000001 B – J 44800000 C
	K 67200001 E – K 48000000 F
	L 00000001 K – L 99200000 L
$2 (Series 1976)	A 00000001 A – A 29440000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 67200000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 33280000 A
	D 05440001 A – D 31360000 A
	E 23040001 A – E 56960000 A
	F 14720001 A – F 60800000 A
	G 08000001 A – G 75520000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 39040000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 14080000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 24960000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 41600000 A
	L 28160001 A – L 71680000 A
$5 (Series 1985)	B 86400001 C – B 12800000 D
	C 89600001 A – C 09600000 B
	D 16000001 B – D 41600000 B
	E 41600001 B – E 06400000 C
	F 00000001 C – F 38400000 C
	G 06400001 C – G 60800000 C
	H 73600001 A – H 99200000 A
	J 44800001 A – J 54400000 A
	K 96000001 A – K 51200000 B
	L 96000001 B – L 99200000 C
$10 (Series 1985)	A 92800001 A – A 38400000 B
	B 00000001 D – B 19200000 E
	C 64000001 A – C 83200000 A
	D 86400001 A – D 19200000 B
	F 28800001 B – F 92800000 B
	G 32000001 B – G 99200000 B
	H 41600001 A – H 76800000 A
	I 12800001 A – I 22400000 A
	K 70400001 A – K 99200000 A
	L 41600001 B – L 09600000 C
$20 (Series 1985)	A 96000001 A – A 09600000 C
	B 00000001 D – B 54400000 H
	C 12800001 A – C 80000000 A
	D 06400001 B – D 28800000 C
	E 35200001 B – E 25600000 D
	F 06400001 B – F 86400000 B
	G 57600001 B – G 70400000 D
	H 25600001 A – H 22400000 B
	I 12800001 A – I 38400000 A
	J 67200001 A – J 12800000 B
	K 48000001 A – K 35200000 B
	L 00000001 C – L 03200000 F
$50 (Series 1981A)	Up to A 09600000 A
	Up to B 28800000 A
	Up to D 12800000 A
	Up to E 12800000 A
	Up to F 03200000 A
	Up to G 28800000 A
	Up to H 03200000 A
	Up to I 03200000 A
	Up to J 06400000 A
	Up to K 06400000 A
	Up to L 22400000 A
$50 (Series 1985)	A 00000001 A – A 22400000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 09600000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 03200000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 35200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 38400000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 09600000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 83200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 06400000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 06400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 09600000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 19200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 35200000 A
$100 (Series 1981)	Up to A 02560000 A A 00000001 B – A 06400000 B
	Up to B 44800000 A B 00000001 B – B 60800000 B
	Up to C 06400000 A C 00000001 B – C 06400000 B
	Up to D 02560000 A
	Up to E 07680000 A E 00000001 B – E 16000000 B
	F 00000001 A – F 06400000 A
	Up to G 20480000 A G 00000001 B – G 12800000 B
	Up to H 02560000 A H 00000001 B – H 03200000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	Up to J 07680000 A J 00000001 B – J 16000000 B
	Up to K 14080000 A K 00000001 B – K 09600000 B
	Up to L 15360000 A L 00000001 B – L 09600000 B
$100 (Series 1981A)	A 00000001 A – A 06400000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 64000000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 03200000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 06400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 12800000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 12800000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 22400000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 03200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 19200000 A
$100 (Series 1985)	A 00000001 A – A 09600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 60800000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 12800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 19200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 25600000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 09600000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 44800000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 06400000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 06400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 09600000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 28800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 28800000 A
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1985) In 1988, $1 bills with serial numbers ending with letters "M" through "T" were seen in circulation for the first time.
	A 57600001 D – A 41600000 F
	B 00000001 M – B 09600000 T
	C 44800001 C – C 25600000 E
	D 44800001 E – D 28800000 G
	E 00000001 J – E 99200000 L
	F 80000001 L – F 70400000 N
	G 32000001 J – G 57600000 L
	I 25600001 B – I 92800000 B
	J 44800001 C – J 92800000 D
	K 48000001 F – K 03200000 H
	L 00000001 M – L 96000000 T
$5 (Series 1985)
	A 22400001 B – A 70400000 B
	B 12800001 D – B 03200000 E
	C 09600001 B – C 64000000 B
	D 41600001 B – D 89600000 B
	E 06400001 C – E 03200000 D
	F 38400001 C – F 28800000 D
	G 60800001 C – G 22400000 D
	H 00000001 B – H 28800000 B
	I 44800001 A – I 73600000 A
	J 54400001 A – J 35200000 B
	K 51200001 B – K 76800000 B
	L 00000001 D – L 19200000 E
$10 (Series 1985)
	A 38400001 B – A 12800000 C
	B 19200001 E – B 28800000 G
	C 83200001 A – C 22400000 B
	D 19200001 B – D 67200000 B
	E 57600001 A – E 28800000 B
	F 92800001 B – F 41600000 C
	G 00000001 C – G 41600000 C
	H 76800001 A – H 99200000 A
	I 22400001 A – I 38400000 A
	J 35200001 A – J 57600000 A
	K 00000001 B – K 16000000 B
	L 09600001 C – L 89600000 C
$20 (Series 1985) In 1988, $20 bills with serial numbers ending with letters "H" through "K" were seen in circulation for the first time.
	A 09600001 C – A 19200000 D
	B 54400001 H – B 89600000 K
	C 80000001 A – C 48000000 B
	D 28800001 C – D 25600000 D
	E 25600001 D – E 99200000 E
	F 86400001 B – F 44800000 C
	G 70400001 D – G 09600000 F
	H 22400001 B – H 67200000 B
	I 38400001 A – I 67200000 A
	J 12800001 B – J 06400000 C
	K 35200001 B – K 41600000 B
	L 03200001 F – L 99200000 G
$50 (Series 1985)
	A 22400001 A – A 41600000 A
	B 09600001 B – B 67200000 B
	D 35200001 A – D 54400000 A
	E 38400001 A – E 51200000 A
	G 83200001 A – G 12800000 B
	H 06400001 A – H 09600000 A
	I 06400001 A – I 09600000 A
	J 09600001 A – J 12800000 A
	K 19200001 A – K 22400000 A
	L 35200001 A – L 54400000 A
$100 (Series 1985) In 1988, $100 bills with serial numbers ending with "C" were seen in circulation for the first time.	A 09600001 A – A 25600000 A
	B 60800001 B – B 57600000 C
	C 12800001 A – C 19200000 A
	D 19200001 A – D 25600000 A
	E 25600001 A – E 41600000 A
	G 44800001 A – G 64000000 A
	H 06400001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 06400001 A – I 09600000 A
	J 09600001 A – J 12800000 A
	K 28800001 A – K 38400000 A
	L 28800001 A – L 38400000 A

Logos

Movie logos
Universal Pictures	1971–1990
Columbia Pictures	1981–1993	Seen on Ghostbusters.
20th Century Fox	1981–1994	Seen on the Star Wars trilogy on VHS.
TriStar Pictures	1984–1993
Warner Bros. Pictures	1984–1990	Seen on The Goonies.
Walt Disney Pictures	1985–1990
Touchstone Pictures	1986–2002
New Line Cinema	1987–1994
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures	1987–1992
Paramount Pictures	1988–1989
Broadcast television logos
CBS	1953–2007
ABC	1962–2007
NBC	1986–2013
FOX	1987–1993
PBS logos (including funding credits)
WGBH	1978–1993
National Captioning Institute	1982–1999	Seen on programs closed-captioned by the National Captioning Institute.
The Caption Center	1987–1994	Seen on programs closed-captioned by The Caption Center.
PBS	1984–1989	When closed-captioned broadcasts of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood began in 1988, this logo went into permanent effect.
Public Television Stations	1987–1989	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
WNET	1988–1993
Family Communications	1988	Only seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Cable television logos
HBO	1980–present
USA Network	1979–1996
Showtime	1981–1990
The Movie Channel	1981–1988
CBN Cable Network	1983–1988
Nickelodeon	1984–2009
Cinemax	1985–1997
Nick at Nite	1985–1997	Nick at Nite only aired during primetime hours on Nickelodeon.
Disney Channel	1986–1997
SuperStation TBS	1987–1989
The Movie Channel	1988–1997
The CBN Family Channel	1988–1990	Replaced the CBN Cable Network.
TNT	1988–1995
Nick Jr.	1988–2009	Nick Jr. launched this year on Nickelodeon.
Television distribution logos
Universal Television	1975–1991
20th Television Fox	1981–1992
Columbia Pictures Television	1982–1988
Warner Bros. Television	1984–1990
Walt Disney Television	1985–2003
KingWorld	1985–1990	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
Buena Vista Television	1985–1990
Sunbow & Marvel Productions	1986–1994	Seen on My Little Pony 'n Friends.
Lorimar-Telepictures	1986–1988	Seen on the first season of Full House.
TriStar Television	1986–1988
Paramount Television	1987–1989
Merv Griffin Enterprises	1987–1988	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
DiC Entertainment	1987–1990
Merv Griffin Enterprises	1988–1992	Seen on the next seasons of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
Columbia Pictures Television	1988–1989
Lorimar Television	1988–1993	Newer seasons of Full House had this logo.
The Lyons Group	1988–1992	Only seen on The Backyard Show on VHS.
Home media logos
MGM/UA Home Video	1982–1993	Seen on the 1985 VHS of The Wizard of Oz.
MCA Home Video	1983–1990
Playhouse Video	1983–1990	Seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and the remaining Dr. Seuss specials on VHS.
CBS/FOX Video	1984–1991	Seen on the Star Wars trilogy on VHS.
Warner Home Video	1986–1996	Seen on The Goonies.
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	1986–1991
View-Master Video	1986–1995	Only seen on Kidsongs.
Warner Bros. Records	1986–1997	Only seen on Kidsongs.
Together Again Video Productions	1987–1997	Only seen on Kidsongs.
CIC Video	1986–1991	CIC Video distributed Paramount and Universal's films outside of North America.
Walt Disney Home Video	1986–1995	Any non-Classics films from Disney had this logo since 1986.
Vestron Video	1986–1992	Seen on My Little Pony: The Movie.
Paramount Home Video	1987–1988	When Beverly Hills Cop II was first released on VHS, the logo did not have the words "75th Anniversary" on it, while on DVDs, it did.
Touchstone Home Video	1987–2002
Golden Book Video	1987–1991	Seen on My Little Pony episodes on VHS.
Walt Disney Classics	1988	Only seen on Cinderella.
Paramount Home Video	1988–1989
Video game logos
Nintendo Entertainment System	1985–1995
Sega Master System	1986–1992

Movies

Theatrical

Columbia Pictures planned a sequel film titled Ghostbusters II, which began filming on November 28, 1988, and lasted for 3 1/2 months.

Of all animated features from Walt Disney Animation Studios, this was the order of when they were released on VHS or last released in theaters:

Title	Release date	Type of release
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	June 26, 1981	VHS
Fun and Fancy Free	November 4, 1982	VHS
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (as two separate films)	November 4, 1982	VHS
Peter Pan	December 17, 1982	Theatrical
The Rescuers	December 16, 1983	Theatrical
The Jungle Book	July 27, 1984	Theatrical
Robin Hood	December 6, 1984	VHS
Fantasia	February 8, 1985	Theatrical
Pinocchio	July 16, 1985	VHS
The Black Cauldron	July 24, 1985	Theatrical
Dumbo	December 3, 1985	VHS
101 Dalmatians	December 20, 1985	Theatrical
The Sword in the Stone	March 24, 1986	VHS
Alice in Wonderland	May 28, 1986	VHS
The Great Mouse Detective	July 2, 1986	Theatrical
Sleeping Beauty	October 14, 1986	VHS
The Aristocats	April 10, 1987	Theatrical
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	July 17, 1987	Theatrical
Lady and the Tramp	October 6, 1987	VHS
The Three Caballeros	October 6, 1987	VHS
The Fox and the Hound	March 25, 1988	Theatrical
Bambi	July 15, 1988	Theatrical
Cinderella	October 4, 1988	VHS
Oliver & Company	November 18, 1988	Theatrical

Saludos Amigos, Make Mine Music and Melody Time were once planned for VHS releases but were canceled due to inappropriate content.

Currently in development were The Little Mermaid and The Rescuers Down Under.

Home video

Title	Latest release date	Notes
Star Wars	November 13, 1984
The Empire Strikes Back	November 13, 1984
The Wizard of Oz	August 1985	The "Videophonic" edition.
Ghostbusters	October 31, 1985
Dumbo	November 5, 1985	With Robin Hood and Pinocchio discontinued, Dumbo was now the oldest available Classics title still in stock.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks	November 5, 1985	Included a preview of The Journey of Natty Gann and the Walt Disney and You promo at the end.
Pete's Dragon	November 5, 1985	Cover artwork updated for 1985.
Return of the Jedi	February 25, 1986
The Goonies	March 1986
The Sword in the Stone	March 25, 1986
Alice in Wonderland	May 28, 1986
So Dear to My Heart	June 25, 1986
Sleeping Beauty	October 14, 1986	Discontinued after 1988.
My Little Pony: The Movie	October 28, 1986
Lady and the Tramp	October 6, 1987	Discontinued after 1988. By then, this film, along with Sleeping Beauty, joined Robin Hood, Pinocchio, and the package films in the vault.
The Three Caballeros	October 6, 1987
Cinderella	October 4, 1988	Only animated film released on VHS this year, as neither The Aristocats nor Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ever get one yet.
Mary Poppins	October 4, 1988	Cover artwork updated for 1988.

Books

Title	Notes
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)	Old copies of this book included the words "50 Word Vocabulary".
The Lorax (1971)

Music

The following titles were released not only on audio CD and cassette, but also on VHS.

Kidsongs
A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm				I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing				Good Night, Sleep Tight
Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes				Sing Out, America!				A Day with the Animals
What I Want to Be!				The Wonderful World of Sports				A Day at the Circus

Television

Broadcasts

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
March 7–11, 1988	"Nighttime" (1586–1590) premiered on PBS.
April 15, 1988	The annual marathon of all 130 episodes of the new series to date ended.
May 2–6, 1988	"Kindness & Unkindness" (1591–1595) premiered on PBS.
August 15–19, 1988	"Starting School" reran on PBS. Closed-captioned for the first time.
October 17, 1988	The next back-to-back marathon of all new series episodes to date began. Every episode was now closed-captioned.
November 21–25, 1988	"Secrets" (1596–1600) premiered on PBS. Episode numbers now appeared at the end of every episode as well.
Out of 390 episodes of the old series, 120 reran this year (1291–1295, 1316–1420 and 1436–1445). At least 80 episodes were withdrawn after 1988.
My Little Pony
All 65 episodes were still currently airing on syndicated reruns.
Wheel of Fortune
June 24, 1988	New episodes of Season 5 ended on syndication.
September 5, 1988	Season 6 began on first-run syndication.
September 10, 1988	Weekend reruns of Season 5 began. Season 4 was withdrawn.
Jeopardy!
July 22, 1988	New episodes of Season 4 ended on syndication.
September 5, 1988	Season 5 began on first-run syndication.
September 10, 1988	Weekend reruns of Season 4 began. Season 3 was withdrawn.
The Kidsongs TV Show
March 19, 1988	After the show ended, all 26 episodes began airing exclusively on reruns.
Full House
May 6, 1988	The last Season 1 episode premiered on ABC. After that, all 22 episodes aired exclusively on reruns.
October 14, 1988	Season 2 premiered on ABC. The first 9 episodes aired through December 16.
Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Reran on CBS on November 28 and December 13, 1988.

Home video

Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss on the Loose			The Lorax and The Hoober-Bloob Highway			Grinch Night			The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat and Pontoffel Pock
How the Grinch Stole Christmas						Horton Hears a Who!
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Dinosaurs and Monsters				Music and Feelings				What About Love?
When Parents are Away						Musical Stories
Barney & the Backyard Gang
The Backyard Show (August 29, 1988)
My Little Pony
NOTE: Released on October 11, 1988, these videos replaced both the mid-1980's My Little Pony specials.
The Golden Horseshoes/The Prince and the Ponies			Flight to Cloud Castle/Pony Puppy			Fugitive Flowers/Little Piece of Magic			The Revolt of Paradise Estate/Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt
The Glass Princess			Mishmash Melee/Baby, It's Cold Outside			Bright Lights			The Quest of the Princess Ponies

Software

Title	Release date(s)	Notes
Windows 2.1	May 27, 1988
MS-DOS 4.0	July 1988	Introduced support for hard disk drives up to 2 GB (FAT16).

Video Games

Title	Console	Latest release date	Notes
Super Mario Bros.	NES	September 13, 1985	Late this year, further copies of Super Mario Bros. now included Duck Hunt.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels	Famicom Disk System	June 3, 1986
Donkey Kong Classics	NES	October 9, 1988	Included Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. in one game.
Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	October 9, 1988	First time Toad and Princess Peach were playable characters.

Totals

As of December 31, 1988:
Total movies released in theaters (out of 120 in the list)
Total movies released on VHS (out of 41 in the list)
Total Disney animated features released on VHS (out of 27 so far)
Total television series broadcasted (out of 25 in the list)
Total completed television series (out of 25 in the list)
Number of cable networks on U.S. television
Total video games released (out of 150 in the list)

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