1989

Media from 1989.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
$1 (Series 1985)	A 38400001 E – A 41600000 F
	B 00000001 Q – B 09600000 T
	C 00000001 D – C 25600000 E
	D 09600001 F – D 28800000 G
	E 73600001 J – E 99200000 L
	F 70400001 M – F 70400000 N
	G 32000001 J – G 57600000 L
	I 25600001 B – I 92800000 B
	J 16000001 D – J 92800000 D
	K 48000001 F – K 03200000 H
	L 35200001 P – L 96000000 T
$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)
	A 48000001 B – A 70400000 B
	B 67200001 D – B 03200000 E
	C 41600001 B – C 64000000 B
	D 64000001 B – D 89600000 B
	E 54400001 C – E 03200000 D
	F 67200001 C – F 28800000 D
	G 83200001 C – G 22400000 D
	H 00000001 B – H 28800000 B
	I 44800001 A – I 73600000 A
	J 92800001 A – J 35200000 B
	K 51200001 B – K 76800000 B
	L 57600001 D – L 19200000 E
$10 (Series 1985)
	A 70400001 B – A 12800000 C
	B 00000001 F – B 28800000 G
	C 83200001 A – C 22400000 B
	D 41600001 B – D 67200000 B
	E 80000001 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 44800001 A – J 57600000 A
	K 00000001 B – K 16000000 B
	L 60800001 C – L 89600000 C
$20 (Series 1985)
	A 09600001 C – A 19200000 D
	B 80000001 G – B 89600000 K
	C 80000001 A – C 48000000 B
	D 00000001 C – D 25600000 D
	E 00000001 D – E 99200000 E
	F 86400001 B – F 44800000 C
	G 28800001 D – G 09600000 F
	H 80000001 A – H 67200000 B
	I 38400001 A – I 67200000 A
	J 12800001 B – J 06400000 C
	K 06400001 B – K 41600000 B
	L 70400001 E – L 99200000 G
$50 (Series 1981A)	G 25600001 A – G 28800000 A
	L 19200001 A – L 22400000 A
$50 (Series 1985)	A 00000001 A – A 41600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 67200000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 03200000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 54400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 51200000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 09600000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 12800000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 09600000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 09600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 12800000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 22400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 54400000 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 25600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 57600000 C
	C 00000001 A – C 19200000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 25600000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 41600000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 09600000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 64000000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 09600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 12800000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 38400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 38400000 A
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1985)	A 41600001 F – A 57600000 F
	D 28800001 G – D 41600000 G
	F 70400001 N – F 25600000 P
	G 57600001 L – G 99200000 L
	I 92800001 B – I 48000000 C
$1 (Series 1988)
	A 00000001 A – A 99200000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 99200000 F
	D 00000001 A – D 54400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 99200000 D
	F 00000001 A – F 60800000 D
	G 00000001 A – G 22400000 D
	H 00000001 A – H 25600000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 64000000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 99200000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 80000000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 96000000 C
$5 (Series 1985) Production of Series 1985 $1 and $5 bills phased out in March 1989, leaving only the Series 1988 notes to continue.
	A 70400001 B – A 92800000 B
	B 03200001 E – B 51200000 E
	C 64000001 B – C 70400000 B
	D 89600001 B – D 16000000 C
	E 03200001 D – E 35200000 D
	F 28800001 D – F 54400000 D
	G 22400001 D – G 48000000 D
	L 19200001 E – L 60800000 E
$5 (Series 1988)
	A 00000001 A – A 86400000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 51200000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 54400000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 35200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 32000000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 48000000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 35200000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 09600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 44800000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 12800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 70400000 A
$10 (Series 1985)
	A 12800000 C – A 99200000 C
	B 28800000 G – B 48000000 I
	C 22400000 B – C 41600000 B
	D 67200000 B – D 41600000 C
	E 28800000 B – E 99200000 B
	F 41600000 C – F 76800000 C
	G 41600000 C – G 60800000 D
	I 38400000 A – I 48000000 A
	J 57600000 A – J 86400000 A
	L 89600000 C – L 03200000 D
$20 (Series 1985) In 1989, $20 bills with serial numbers ending with letters "L" through "Q" were seen in circulation for the first time.
	A 19200001 D – A 73600000 E
	B 89600001 K – B 38400000 Q
	C 48000001 B – C 96000000 B
	D 25600001 D – D 54400000 E
	E 00000001 F – E 99200000 G
	F 44800001 C – F 12800000 D
	G 09600001 F – G 32000000 H
	H 67200001 B – H 99200000 B
	I 67200001 A – I 83200000 A
	K 41600001 B – K 92800000 B
	L 00000001 H – L 99200000 I
$50 (Series 1985)
	A 41600001 A – A 51200000 A
	B 67200001 B – B 83200000 B
	D 54400001 A – D 57600000 A
	E 51200001 A – E 54400000 A
	I 09600001 A – I 12800000 A
	K 22400001 A – K 25600000 A
$50 (Series 1988)	D 00000001 A – D 12800000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 41600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 03200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 12800000 A
$100 (Series 1985) After production of Series 1985 $50 and $100 bills phased out in June 1989, only the $10 and $20 denominations continued as Series 1985 notes as of then.	A 25600001 A – A 32000000 A
	B 57600001 C – B 60800000 C
	D 25600001 A – D 28800000 A
	E 41600001 A – E 54400000 A
	F 09600001 A – F 16000000 A
	I 09600001 A – I 12800000 A
	K 38400001 A – K 48000000 A
$100 (Series 1988)	B 00000001 A – B 64000000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 03200000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 09600000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 25600000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 12800000 A

After 1989, the standard print run of each of the $1, $5, $10 and $20 denominations increased from 100,000 to 200,000 sheets, and the highest serial number per block was reduced again from 99200000 to 96000000.

Logos

Movie logos
Universal Pictures	1971–1990
Columbia Pictures	1981–1993	Seen on Ghostbusters II.
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
Paramount Pictures	1989–1995	With Gulf+Western defunct, Paramount Pictures became a Paramount Communications company in September 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	Last seen on original broadcasts of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: 1606–1610, as well as on reruns of episodes 1456–1460 in June 1989.
Public Television Stations	1987–1989	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting	1987–1989
WNET	1988–1993	Seen on the first season of Shining Time Station.
Family Communications	1989	Only seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Viewers Like You	1989–1991	The phrase "this station and other public television stations" was replaced by "the financial support of viewers like you" in August 1989.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
PBS	1989–1993	Seen on all programming starting on September 18, 1989. The first new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to have this logo was the "When Parents Go to Work" week (1611–1615).
Cable television logos
HBO	1980–present
USA Network	1979–1996
Showtime	1981–1990
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
TNT	1988–1995
Nick Jr.	1988–2009
TBS SuperStation	1989–1994
Television distribution logos
Universal Television	1975–1991
20th Television Fox	1981–1992
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, which last aired this year.
Paramount Television	1987–1989
DiC Entertainment	1987–1990	Seen on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
Merv Griffin Enterprises	1988–1992	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
Columbia Pictures Television	1988–1989
Lorimar Television	1988–1993	Seen on Full House.
The Lyons Group	1988–1992	Only seen on the three Barney & the Backyard Gang videos.
Paramount Television	1989–1990
Columbia Pictures Television	1989–1992
The Britt Allcroft Company	1989–2002
Home media logos
MGM/UA Home Video	1982–1993	Seen on the 50th Anniversary Edition 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 films.
Random House Home Video	1984–2005
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, including Mary Poppins.
Vestron Video	1986–1992
Touchstone Home Video	1987–2002
Golden Book Video	1987–1991	Seen on My Little Pony episodes on VHS.
Paramount Home Video	1988–1989	Last seen on Pet Sematary.
Paramount Home Video	1989–1995	First seen on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Walt Disney Classics	1989–1992	Only seen on Bambi.
PBS Home Video	1989–1998
Video game logos
Nintendo Entertainment System	1985–1995
Sega Master System	1986–1992
Game Boy	1989–1998	The Game Boy was Nintendo's first handheld console.
Sega Genesis	1989–1997	The Sega Genesis began the fourth generation of video game consoles.

Movies

Of all animated features from Walt Disney Animation Studios, this was the order of when they were released on VHS, last released in theaters, or in the case of the package films, first broadcast on The Disney Channel:

Title	Release date	Type of release
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
Fun and Fancy Free	May 1, 1987	Disney Channel
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	July 17, 1987	Theatrical
The Three Caballeros	October 6, 1987	VHS
Lady and the Tramp	October 6, 1987	VHS
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	January 1, 1988	Disney Channel
The Fox and the Hound	March 25, 1988	Theatrical
Cinderella	October 4, 1988	VHS
Oliver & Company	November 18, 1988	Theatrical
The Rescuers	March 17, 1989	Theatrical
Melody Time	April 15, 1989	Disney Channel
Saludos Amigos	June 9, 1989	Disney Channel
Peter Pan	July 14, 1989	Theatrical
Bambi	September 28, 1989	VHS
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	November 4, 1989	Disney Channel
The Little Mermaid	November 17, 1989	Theatrical
Make Mine Music	November 25, 1989	Disney Channel

Theatrical

Poster/Title	Release Date	Box office
Ghostbusters II	June 16, 1989	$112,494,738 (June 16–October 1, 1989)

Home video

Title	Latest release date	Notes
Star Wars	November 13, 1984
The Empire Strikes Back	November 13, 1984
Ghostbusters	October 31, 1985
Dumbo	November 5, 1985	Cover artwork updated for 1989.
Pete's Dragon	November 5, 1985
Warriors of the Wind	December 1985	On Vestron Video International prints, there is a trailer for My Little Pony on this VHS.
Return of the Jedi	February 25, 1986
The Goonies	March 1986
The Sword in the Stone	March 25, 1986	Cover artwork updated for 1989.
Alice in Wonderland	May 28, 1986
Bedknobs and Broomsticks	May 28, 1986	Cover artwork updated for 1989.
My Little Pony: The Movie	October 28, 1986	Cover artwork updated for 1989.
The Three Caballeros	October 6, 1987
Cinderella	October 4, 1988	Discontinued in 1989.
Mary Poppins	October 4, 1988
The Wizard of Oz	August 15, 1989	The 50th Anniversary Edition. Closed-captioned. Includes special features at the end.
Bambi	September 28, 1989	Includes a trailer for The Little Mermaid. Only animated film released on VHS this year, as neither The Fox and the Hound nor Oliver & Company ever got one yet.
Ghostbusters II	November 23, 1989

Upcoming

Home Alone	Director John Hughes was currently working on the script of this film.
Beauty and the Beast	Initial storyboards were created for this film, but were later scrapped and re-written.
Hook	TriStar Pictures bought the rights to this film from Paramount.
Aladdin	Second film in development alongside Beauty and the Beast as of 1989.

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

A Day at Camp was also made this year.

Television

Broadcasts

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
February 20–24, 1989	"Fun & Games" (1601–1605) premiered on PBS.
May 1–5, 1989	"Josephine the Short-Neck Giraffe" (1606–1610) premiered on PBS. This also ended the first era of the new series.
June 12, 1989 – September 22, 1989	PBS decided to withdraw all old episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood after their next broadcasts to allow room for more new episodes. Out of 310 episodes of the old series, only 100 aired this year, 75 of them for the last time (1456–1460, 1066–1070 and 1076–1140).
September 25, 1989	A brand-new era of the show began, in which "Starting School" was pushed back to the end of every season, starting in August 1990.
November 20–24, 1989	"When Parents Go to Work" (1611–1615) premiered on PBS.
My Little Pony
September 9, 1989	Last broadcast on first-run syndication. Every episode had aired up to eight times since September 1987.
The Kidsongs TV Show
September 9, 1989	Last broadcast on first-run syndication. Every episode had aired up to four times throughout the show's run.
Shining Time Station
January 29, 1989	Season 1 premiered on PBS with 20 episodes. This series introduced Thomas & Friends to American viewers.
Super Mario Bros. Super Show
September 4, 1989	The first of 52 episodes premiered on first-run syndication.
December 4, 1989	After the show ended, it aired exclusively on reruns.
Wheel of Fortune
June 16, 1989	New episodes of Season 6 ended on syndication.
September 4, 1989	Season 7 began on first-run syndication.
September 9, 1989	Weekend reruns of Season 6 began. Season 5 was withdrawn.
Jeopardy!
July 21, 1989	New episodes of Season 5 ended on syndication.
September 4, 1989	Season 6 began on first-run syndication.
September 9, 1989	Weekend reruns of Season 5 began. Season 4 was withdrawn.
Full House
May 5, 1989	The last Season 2 episode premiered on ABC. After that, up to 19 episodes aired exclusively on reruns.
September 22, 1989	Season 3 premiered on ABC. The first 12 episodes aired through December 15.
Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Reran on CBS three times in December 1989.

Home video

Dr. Seuss
NOTE: All videos had new cover artwork in January 1989.
The Cat in the Hat			The Lorax			Dr. Seuss on the Loose			The Hoober-Bloob Highway
Grinch Night				Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano				The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
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)				Three Wishes (January 27, 1989)				A Day at the Beach (April 6, 1989)
My Little Pony
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
Super Mario Bros. Super Show
Mario's Magic Carpet				Mario Meets Koopzilla				King Mario of Cramalot
The Great Gladiator Gig				Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid				The Great BMX Race

Software

Title	Release date(s)
Windows 2.11	March 13, 1989
MS-DOS 4.01	April 1989

Video Games

Title	Console	Latest release date	Notes
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
Super Mario Bros.	NES	November 1988
Super Mario Land	Game Boy	August 1, 1989	One of the first Game Boy games released by Nintendo.

Totals

As of December 31, 1989:
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 28 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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