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
$50 (Series 1981A)	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	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters.
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	1989–1991
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

Theatrical

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

Of the 22 animated features from Walt Disney Animation Studios, not including any of the 1940s package films, the following either continued playing in theaters, or have not yet gotten a VHS release, in order of their last (re-)releases:

The Jungle Book (July 27, 1984)
Pinocchio (December 21, 1984)
Fantasia (February 8, 1985)
The Black Cauldron (July 24, 1985)
101 Dalmatians (December 20, 1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (July 2, 1986)
The Aristocats (April 10, 1987)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (July 17, 1987)
The Fox and the Hound (March 25, 1988)
Oliver & Company (November 18, 1988)
The Rescuers (March 17, 1989)
Peter Pan (July 14, 1989)
The Little Mermaid (November 17, 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
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

Television

Broadcasts

Program title	Network	Current season	Broadcast dates
My Little Pony	Syndication	Seasons 1–2	January 2–August 25
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	PBS	Seasons 19-20	Pre-1979: May 8–June 9 (Season 8) June 12–16 (Season 9; final run) June 19–September 8 (Season 3; final run) September 11–22 (Season 4; final run) Post-1979: January 2–April 28 (rest of all episodes to date) February 20–24 (Episodes 1601–1605) May 1–5 (Episodes 1606–1610) September 25–December 29 November 20–24 (Episodes 1611–1615)
Wheel of Fortune	Syndication	Seasons 6-7	January 2–June 16, 1989 (season 6) September 4–December 29, 1989 (season 7)
Jeopardy!	Syndication	Seasons 5-6	January 2–July 21, 1989 (season 5) September 4–December 29, 1989 (season 6)
The Kidsongs TV Show	Syndication	Season 1	January 7–July 1
Full House	ABC	Seasons 2-3	January 6–May 5, 1989 (season 2) September 22–December 15, 1989 (season 3)
Shining Time Station	PBS	Season 1	January 29–December 31, 1989 (only on Sundays)
Super Mario Bros. Super Show	Syndication	Season 1	September 4–December 31, 1989

Home video

Title	Release date	Notes
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Dinosaurs and Monsters	1986	These tapes were released without closed captions, but with Hi-Fi Stereo.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Music and Feelings	1986
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	December(?) 1986
Horton Hears a Who!	December(?) 1986
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: What About Love?	1987
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: When Parents are Away	1987
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Musical Stories	1988
The Backyard Show	August 29, 1988
My Little Pony Vol. 1: The Golden Horseshoes/The Prince and the Ponies	October 11, 1988	These videos replaced both the mid-1980's My Little Pony specials.
My Little Pony Vol. 2: Flight to Cloud Castle/Pony Puppy
My Little Pony Vol. 3: Fugitive Flowers/Little Piece of Magic
My Little Pony Vol. 4: The Revolt of Paradise Estate/Sweet Stuff and the Treasure Hunt
My Little Pony Vol. 5: The Glass Princess
My Little Pony Vol. 6: Mishmash Melee/Baby, It's Cold Outside
My Little Pony Vol. 7: Bright Lights
My Little Pony Vol. 8: The Quest of the Princess Ponies
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Three Wishes	January 27, 1989
Barney & the Backyard Gang: A Day at the Beach	April 6, 1989
The Cat in the Hat	September 1989
The Lorax	September 1989
Dr. Seuss on the Loose	September 1989
The Hoober-Bloob Highway	September 1989
Grinch Night	September 1989
Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano	September 1989
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat	September 1989
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Mario's Magic Carpet	October(?) 1989
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Mario Meets Koopzilla	October(?) 1989
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: King Mario of Cramalot	October(?) 1989
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: The Great Gladiator Gig	October(?) 1989
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid	October(?) 1989
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: The Great BMX Race	October(?) 1989

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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Contents

Paper money

Logos

Movies

Theatrical

Home video

Upcoming

Books

Music

Television

Broadcasts

Home video

Software

Video Games

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