1990

Media from 1990.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
$1 (Series 1988) Approximately 5.1 billion $1 bills were in circulation by the end of 1990, at least 63% of them as Series 1988 notes.
	A 35200001 A – A 99200000 A
	B 41600001 B – B 99200000 F
	D 44800001 A – D 54400000 A
	E 41600001 B – E 99200000 D
	F 60800001 A – F 60800000 D
	G 22400001 A – G 22400000 D
	H 00000001 A – H 25600000 B
	I 03200001 A – I 64000000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 99200000 A
	K 32000001 A – K 80000000 A
	L 35200001 B – L 96000000 C
$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 1988) Approximately 1.26 billion $5 bills were in circulation by the end of 1990, at least 70% of them as Series 1988 notes.
	A 00000001 A – A 86400000 A
	B 03200001 A – B 51200000 A
	C 12800001 A – C 54400000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 35200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 32000000 A
	F 25600001 A – F 48000000 A
	G 51200001 A – G 35200000 B
	J 00000001 A – J 44800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 70400000 A
$10 (Series 1985) Approximately 1.26 billion $10 bills were in circulation by the end of 1990, at least 65% of them as Series 1985 notes.
	A 12800000 C – A 99200000 C
	B 89600000 G – B 48000000 I
	D 89600000 B – D 41600000 C
	E 57600000 B – E 99200000 B
	G 12800000 D – G 60800000 D
	J 57600000 A – J 86400000 A
$20 (Series 1985) Approximately 3.45 billion $20 bills were in circulation by the end of 1990, at least 74% of them as Series 1985 notes.
	A 19200001 D – A 73600000 E
	B 89600001 K – B 38400000 Q
	C 25600001 B – C 96000000 B
	D 25600001 D – D 54400000 E
	E 67200001 E – E 99200000 G
	F 44800001 C – F 12800000 D
	G 09600001 F – G 32000000 H
	H 22400001 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) Approximately 678 million $50 bills were in circulation by the end of 1990, about half of them as Series 1985 notes.	A 16000001 A – A 51200000 A
	B 64000001 A – B 83200000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 03200000 A
	D 19200001 A – D 57600000 A
	E 16000001 A – E 54400000 A
	G 51200001 A – G 12800000 B
	H 03200001 A – H 09600000 A
	I 03200001 A – I 12800000 A
	J 06400001 A – J 12800000 A
	K 12800001 A – K 25600000 A
	L 22400001 A – L 54400000 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 1981)	A 00000001 B – A 06400000 B
	B 19200001 B – B 60800000 B
	C 00000001 B – C 06400000 B
	E 09600001 B – E 16000000 B
	F 00000001 A – F 06400000 A
	G 06400001 B – G 12800000 B
	H 00000001 B – H 03200000 B
	J 00000001 B – J 16000000 B
	K 00000001 B – K 09600000 B
	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) Approximately 1.4 billion $20 bills were in circulation by the end of 1990, about 43% of them as Series 1985 notes.	A 00000001 A – A 32000000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 60800000 C
	C 00000001 A – C 19200000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 28800000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 54400000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 16000000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 64000000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 12800000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 12800000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 48000000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 38400000 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
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1988) All Series 1988 $1 bills phased out in August 1990. As a result, further notes printed since then were Series 1988A.
	A 00000001 B – A 19200000 C
	B 00000001 G – B 38400000 J
	C 00000001 A – C 96000000 A
	D 54400001 A – D 99200000 A D 00000001 B – D 96000000 B
	E 00000001 E – E 44800000 H
	F 60800001 D – F 92800000 D
	G 22400001 D – G 99200000 D G 00000001 E – G 25600000 E
	H 25600001 B – H 28800000 B
	J 00000001 B – J 38400000 B
	L 96000001 C – L 99200000 C L 00000001 D – L 96000000 F
$1 (Series 1988A)
	A 00000001 A – A 38400000 B
	B 00000001 A – B 12800000 B
	D 00000001 A – D 06400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 38400000 B
	F 00000001 A – F 64000000 E
	G 00000001 A – G 25600000 E
	H 00000001 A – H 38400000 B
	K 00000001 A – K 19200000 C
	L 00000001 A – L 89600000 C
$5 (Series 1988)
	B 51200001 A – B 99200000 A B 00000001 B – B 96000000 B
	D 35200001 A – D 99200000 A D 00000001 B – D 12800000 B
	E 32000001 A – E 99200000 A E 00000001 B – E 32000000 B
	F 48000001 A – F 99200000 A F 00000001 B – F 38400000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 51200000 A
	K 12800001 A – K 54400000 A
$5 (Series 1988A)	G 00000001 A – G 25600000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 28800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 89600000 B
$10 (Series 1985) As of September 1990, with all Series 1985 notes phased out, all $10 bills in production were now Series 1988A.
	A 00000001 D – A 83200000 D
	B 48000001 I – B 99200000 I B 00000001 J – B 38400000 K
	C 41600001 B – C 64000000 B
	D 41600001 C – D 99200000 C D 00000001 D – D 06400000 D
	E 00000001 C – E 12800000 C
	F 76800001 C – F 99200000 C
	H 00000001 B – H 32000000 B
	I 48000001 A – I 64000000 A
	L 03200001 D – L 06400000 D
$10 (Series 1988A)
	B 00000001 A – B 83200000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 51200000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 25600000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 38400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 25600000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 70400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 44800000 A
$20 (Series 1985) Both the Series 1988 $5 and Series 1985 $20 bills phased out in June 1990. As of that month, further production of both denominations continued as Series 1988A notes.
	A 73600001 E – A 99200000 E
	B 38400001 Q – B 99200000 Q B 00000001 R – B 70400000 S
	C 96000001 B – C 99200000 B C 00000001 C – C 25600000 C
	D 54400001 E – D 99200000 E D 00000001 F – D 89600000 F
	E 00000001 H – E 70400000 I
	F 12800001 D – F 16000000 D
	G 32000001 H – G 35200000 H
	H 00000001 C – H 32000000 C
	I 83200001 A – I 12800000 B
	L 00000001 J – L 44800000 L
$20 (Series 1988A)
	A 00000001 A – A 44800000 C
	B 00000001 A – B 96000000 B
	F 00000001 A – F 32000000 C
	G 00000001 A – G 44800000 C
	H 00000001 A – H 25600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 41600000 A
$50 (Series 1988)	A 00000001 A – A 09600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 99200000 A
	D 12800001 A – D 32000000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 12800000 A
	G 41600001 A – G 80000000 A
	J 03200001 A – J 06400000 A
$100 (Series 1988) Only the $50 and $100 bills continued production as Series 1988 notes as of September 1990, when lower denominations were now all Series 1988A as of then.	A 00000001 A – A 09600000 A
	B 64000001 A – B 99200000 C
	C 03200001 A – C 09600000 A
	D 09600001 A – D 35200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 19200000 A
	G 25600001 A – G 51200000 A
	H 03200001 A – H 09600000 A
	J 06400001 A – J 09600000 A
	L 12800001 A – L 19200000 A

Logos

Movie logos
Universal Pictures	1971–1990
Columbia Pictures	1981–1993	Seen on Ghostbusters II.
20th Century Fox	1981–1994	Seen on Home Alone.
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	1989–1990
Warner Bros. Pictures	1990–1992	Time Warner was founded this year.
Universal Pictures	1990–1991	The logo made its VHS debut on October 25, 1990 with Jetsons: The Movie.
Walt Disney Pictures	1990–2006
Paramount Pictures	1990–1995
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.
Viewers Like You	1989–1991	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
WNET	1988–1993	Seen on the first season of Shining Time Station.
PBS	1989–1993	Seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Shining Time Station.
Family Communications	1990	Only seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Cable television logos
HBO	1980–present
USA Network	1979–1996
File:Showtime80s.png 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
File:TheMovieChannel1988.png The Movie Channel	1988–1997
The CBN Family Channel	1988–1990
TNT	1988–1995
Nick Jr.	1988–2009
TBS SuperStation	1989–1994
The Family Channel	1990–1998	New name for the CBN Family Channel.
File:Showtime logo 1990.png Showtime	1990–1997
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! until the 1990-1991 season.
Buena Vista Television	1985–1990
Sunbow & Marvel Productions	1986–1994
DiC Entertainment	1987–1990	Seen on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
Merv Griffin Enterprises	1988–1992	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
Lorimar Television	1988–1993	Seen on Full House.
The Lyons Group	1988–1992	Only seen on Barney & the Backyard Gang.
Paramount Television	1989–1990
Columbia Pictures Television	1989–1992
The Britt Allcroft Company	1989–2002
Paramount Television	1990–1995
Warner Bros. Television	1990–1992
DiC Entertainment	1990–2001	Seen on Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
KingWorld	1990–1999	Seen on newer episodes of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! during the 1990-1991 season.
Home media logos
MGM/UA Home Video	1982–1993
MCA Home Video	1983–1990	Last seen on Sea of Love in April 1990.
Playhouse Video	1983–1990	After 1990, all Playhouse Video titles were discontinued.
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
Paramount Home Video	1989–1995
Walt Disney Classics	1989–1992	Only seen on Bambi.
PBS Home Video	1989–1998
MCA/Universal Home Video	1990–1998	First seen on Back to the Future: Part II in May 1990.
Strand VCI Entertainment	1990–1992	Seen on Thomas & Friends videos.
Warner Home Video	1990–1993
Video game logos
Nintendo Entertainment System	1985–1995
Sega Master System	1986–1992
Game Boy	1989–1998
Sega Genesis	1989–1997
Sega Game Gear	1990–1997	The Game Gear was the Sega counterpart to Nintendo's Game Boy.

Movies

Theatrical

Poster/Title	Release Date	Box office
File:Homealone.jpg Home Alone	November 16, 1990	$145 million (November 16–December 31, 1990)

Of the remaining 18 animated features from Walt Disney Animation Studios, not including any of the 1940s package films, this was the order of their last (re-)releases in theaters:

1. Pinocchio (December 21, 1984)
2. The Black Cauldron (July 24, 1985; withdrawn afterwards)
3. 101 Dalmatians (December 20, 1985)
4. Sleeping Beauty (March 7, 1986)
5. The Great Mouse Detective (July 2, 1986)
6. Lady and the Tramp (December 19, 1986; withdrawn afterwards)
7. The Aristocats (April 10, 1987; withdrawn afterwards)
8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (July 17, 1987)
9. Cinderella (November 20, 1987; withdrawn afterwards)
10. The Fox and the Hound (March 25, 1988; withdrawn afterwards)
11. Bambi (July 15, 1988; withdrawn afterwards)
12. Oliver & Company (November 18, 1988)
13. The Rescuers (March 17, 1989; withdrawn afterwards)
14. Peter Pan (July 14, 1989; withdrawn afterwards)
15. The Little Mermaid (November 17, 1989)
16. The Jungle Book (July 13, 1990)
17. Fantasia (October 5, 1990)
18. The Rescuers Down Under (November 16, 1990)

Home video

Title	Latest release date	Notes
File:Ghostbusters 1985 VHS.jpg Ghostbusters	October 31, 1985
Dumbo	November 5, 1985
File:Petesdragon 1985.jpg Pete's Dragon	November 5, 1985
File:Goonies 1986vhs.jpg The Goonies	March 1986
The Sword in the Stone	March 25, 1986
Alice in Wonderland	May 28, 1986
File:Bedknobsandbroomsticks 1989 front.JPG Bedknobs and Broomsticks	May 28, 1986
My Little Pony: The Movie	October 28, 1986
File:Thethreecaballeros.jpg The Three Caballeros	October 6, 1987
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	Discontinued in March 1990.
File:Ghostbusters II 1989 VHS.png Ghostbusters II	November 23, 1989
The Little Mermaid	May 18, 1990	First time an animated feature was released on VHS less than one year after its first theatrical release.
File:Star Wars 1990 VHS.jpg Star Wars	September 1990
File:The Empire Strikes Back 1990 VHS.jpg The Empire Strikes Back	September 1990
File:Return of the Jedi 1990 VHS.jpg Return of the Jedi	September 1990
Peter Pan	September 21, 1990	Released on VHS after The Little Mermaid, unlike its last theatrical release. The Rescuers was also not yet released on VHS this year.

Upcoming

Beauty and the Beast	The film was re-written with new storyboards. Casting for the film also began.
Hook	Director Steven Spielberg rewrote the script for the film.
Aladdin	Second film in development alongside Beauty and the Beast.

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
Home on the Range			A Day with the Animals			What I Want to Be!			Let's Play Ball
A Day at the Circus				A Day at Camp				Ride the Roller Coaster

Television

Broadcasts

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
April 13, 1990	The annual marathon of all episodes from the current series to date (except "Starting School" and "Josephine") ended.
April 16–20, 1990	"The Environment" (1616–1620) premiered on PBS.
April 23, 1990 – July 27, 1990	Out of 235 episodes of the old series, only 70 aired this year, all for the last time (1141–1210).
July 30, 1990 – August 17, 1990	"Fathers & Music" (1621–1625) premiered on PBS, followed by reruns of two randomly selected weeks ("Playthings" and "Friends").
August 20–31, 1990	"Starting School" and "Josephine" both now reran at the end of every season.
September 3, 1990	Annual reruns of the show now always began with "Competition".
November 19–23, 1990	"Mouths & Feelings" (1626–1630) premiered on PBS.
The Kidsongs TV Show
March 12, 1990	Reruns on The Disney Channel began.
October 29, 1990	Last known broadcast on The Disney Channel.
Shining Time Station
All 20 episodes were still currently airing on reruns on PBS. On December 9, 1990, an hour-length special titled "'Tis a Gift" premiered on PBS.
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. Super Show	All 52 episodes were still currently airing on syndicated reruns.
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3	The first of 26 episodes premiered on September 8, 1990 on NBC. Aired exclusively on weekly reruns as of December 8, 1990.
Wheel of Fortune
June 15, 1990	New episodes of Season 7 ended on syndication.
September 3, 1990	Season 8 began on first-run syndication.
September 8, 1990	Weekend reruns of Season 7 began. Season 6 was withdrawn.
Jeopardy!
July 20, 1990	New episodes of Season 6 ended on syndication.
September 3, 1990	Season 7 began on first-run syndication.
September 8, 1990	Weekend reruns of Season 6 began. Season 5 was withdrawn.
Full House
May 4, 1990	The last Season 3 episode premiered on ABC. After that, up to 19 episodes aired exclusively on reruns.
September 21, 1990	Season 4 premiered on ABC. The first 13 episodes aired through December 28.
Barney & the Backyard Gang
November 5, 1990	First broadcast on The Disney Channel, replacing The Kidsongs TV Show.
Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	This special moved to TNT as of December 6, 1990. It aired at least three times there this year.

Home video

Dr. Seuss
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)
Waiting for Santa (May 1990)				Campfire Sing-Along (June 1990)				Barney Goes to School (August 1990)
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
Koopa Claus (NEW!)				Count Koopula (NEW!)				Princess, I Shrunk the Marios (NEW!)
Thomas & Friends
Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories			James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories			Tenders and Turntables and Other Stories			Thomas Breaks the Rules and Other Stories

Software

Title	Release date(s)
MS-DOS 4.01	April 1989
Windows 3.0	May 22, 1990

Video Games

Title	Console	Latest release date	Notes
Donkey Kong Classics	NES	October 9, 1988
Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	October 9, 1988
Super Mario Bros.	NES	November 1988
Super Mario Land	Game Boy	August 1, 1989
Super Mario Bros. 3	NES	February 12, 1990	Initially released in Japan on October 23, 1988.

Totals

As of December 31, 1990:
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 29 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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