1992

Media from 1992.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
$1 (Series 1988A) Approximately 5.5 billion $1 bills were in circulation by the end of 1992, at least 99% of them as Series 1988A notes.
	B 00000001 E – B 76800000 H
	C 32000001 A – C 64000000 A
	D 06400001 A – D 06400000 B
	F 12800001 I – F 38400000 J
	J 00000001 A – J 76800000 A
	K 51200001 E – K 06400000 G
	L 19200001 D – L 44800000 K
$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 1988A) Approximately 1.34 billion $5 bills were in circulation by the end of 1992, at least 99% of them as Series 1988A notes.
	A 00000001 A – A 51200000 A
	B 00000001 C – B 57600000 C
	C 00000001 A – C 44800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 38400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 25600000 C
	F 57600001 A – F 32000000 B
	G 89600001 B – G 12800000 E
	K 64000001 A – K 89600000 A
$10 (Series 1988A) Approximately 1.3 billion $10 bills were in circulation by the end of 1992, at least 70% of them as Series 1988A notes.
	A 00000001 A – A 06400000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 57600000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 25600000 A
	G 25600001 B – G 12800000 C
	K 70400001 A – K 19200000 B
	L 83200001 A – L 25600000 C
$20 (Series 1988A) Approximately 3.67 billion $20 bills were in circulation by the end of 1992, at least 77% of them as Series 1988A notes.
	A 70400001 C – A 25600000 D
	B 00000001 C – B 51200000 H
	C 00000001 A – C 25600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 76800000 C
	E 12800001 A – E 89600000 C
	G 44800001 C – G 44800000 E
	H 25600001 A – H 12800000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 25600000 A
	J 41600001 A – J 86400000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 51200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 64000000 F
$50 (Series 1988) Approximately 760 million $50 bills were in circulation by the end of 1992, about 30% of them as Series 1988 notes.	B 44800001 A – B 16000000 C
	E 00000001 A – E 12800000 A
	G 41600001 A – G 80000000 A
	J 03200001 A – J 06400000 A
$100 (Series 1985)	A 03200001 A – A 32000000 A
	B 06400001 B – B 60800000 C
	C 06400001 A – C 19200000 A
	D 12800001 A – D 28800000 A
	E 12800001 A – E 54400000 A
	F 09600001 A – F 16000000 A
	G 32000001 A – G 64000000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 03200001 A – I 12800000 A
	J 06400001 A – J 12800000 A
	K 16000001 A – K 48000000 A
	L 19200001 A – L 38400000 A
$100 (Series 1988) Approximately 1.77 billion $100 bills were in circulation by the end of 1992, at least 55% of them as Series 1988 or older notes.	A 00000001 A – A 09600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 48000000 E
	C 00000001 A – C 09600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 35200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 19200000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 51200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 09600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 09600000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 19200000 A
$100 (Series 1990)
	A 00000001 A – A 57600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 96000000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 57600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 48000000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 57600000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 57600000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 57600000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 22400000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 28800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 96000000 A
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1988A)
	A 38400001 B – A 70400000 E
	B 76800001 H – B 32000000 R
	C 64000001 A – C 19200000 C
	D 06400001 B – D 32000000 D
	E 12800001 E – E 38400000 I
	F 38400001 J – F 83200000 N
	G 44800001 H – G 32000000 N
	H 19200001 D – H 38400000 E
	I 76800001 A – I 12800000 B
	J 76800001 A – J 70400000 B
	K 06400001 G – K 19200000 H
	L 44800001 K – L 70400000 T
$2 (Series 1976)	G 75520001 A – G 84480000 A
	I 14080001 A – I 14720000 A
	L 71680001 A – L 74240000 A
$5 (Series 1988A) In July 1992, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing located in Fort Worth, Texas started printing $5 bills.
	A 51200001 A – A 83200000 A
	B 57600001 C – B 96000000 D
	C 44800001 A – C 89600000 A
	D 38400001 A – D 32000000 B
	E 25600001 C – E 51200000 C
	F 32000001 B – F 12800000 C
	G 12800001 E – G 38400000 E
	H 51200001 A – H 89600000 A
	I 38400001 A – I 41600000 A
	J 38400001 A – J 06400000 B
	L 76800001 C – L 32000000 E
$10 (Series 1988A)
	A 06400001 B – A 06400000 C
	B 76800001 C – B 64000000 D
	D 51200001 A – D 32000000 B
	E 25600001 A – E 06400000 B
	F 44800001 B – F 44800000 C
	G 12800001 C – G 70400000 C
	H 38400001 A – H 70400000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 19200000 A
$10 (Series 1990)
	B 00000001 A – B 64000000 C
	E 00000001 A – E 44800000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 19200000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 64000000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 06400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 19200000 A
$20 (Series 1988A) The last $20 bills with serial numbers up to 99200000 were released to circulation early this year. Afterwards, the maximum was 96000000.
	B 51200001 H – B 19200000 K
	C 25600001 A – C 96000000 A
	D 76800001 C – D 19200000 D
	F 64000001 C – F 96000000 C
	G 44800001 E – G 83200000 F
	J 86400001 A – J 38400000 B
	K 51200001 A – K 70400000 A
	L 64000001 F – L 57600000 H
$20 (Series 1990)
	A 00000001 A – A 32000000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 89600000 D
	D 00000001 A – D 70400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 70400000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 96000000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 70400000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 57600000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 25600000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 12800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 38400000 A
$50 (Series 1990)
	A 00000001 A – A 28800000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 28800000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 41600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 73600000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 60800000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 80000000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 12800000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 22400000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 16000000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 19200000 B
$100 (Series 1990)	B 96000001 A – B 19200000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 57600000 A
	I 22400001 A – I 48000000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 67200000 A
	K 28800001 A – K 67200000 A

Microscopic printing was added around Grant's, Jackson's, and Hamilton's portraits on the respective $50, $20 and $10 bills for Series 1990, joining the $100 bill.

Logos

Movie logos
Columbia Pictures	1981–1993	Seen on the Ghostbusters films.
20th Century Fox	1981–1994	Seen on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
TriStar Pictures	1984–1993	Seen on Hook.
Touchstone Pictures	1986–2002
New Line Cinema	1987–1994
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures	1987–1992
Warner Bros. Pictures	1990–1992
Walt Disney Pictures	1990–2006	Seen on Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.
Paramount Pictures	1990–1995
Universal Pictures	1991–1997
Warner Bros. Pictures	1992–1998	The byline was revised.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures	1992–2001
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.
WNET	1988–1993	Seen on Shining Time Station.
PBS	1989–1993	Seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Shining Time Station, and Barney & Friends.
Connecticut Public Television	1991–1993	Seen on the first season of Barney & Friends.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting	1991–1993	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters.
Viewers Like You
Family Communications	1992	Only seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
WNET	1992–1999
Cable television logos
HBO	1980–present
USA Network	1979–1996
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
The Movie Channel	1988–1997
TNT	1988–1995
Nick Jr.	1988–2009
The Family Channel	1990–1998
Showtime	1990–1997
TBS	1991–1994
Sci-Fi Channel	1992–1998	Launched on September 24, 1992.
Cartoon Network	1992–2004	Launched on October 1, 1992.
Television distribution logos
20th Television Fox	1981–1992
Walt Disney Television	1985–2003
Merv Griffin Enterprises	1988–1992	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!. Last appeared on reruns in August 1993.
Lorimar Television	1988–1993	Seen on Full House.
The Lyons Group	1988–1992	Only seen on Barney & the Backyard Gang.
The Britt Allcroft Company	1989–2002	Seen on Thomas & Friends.
Paramount Television	1990–1995
Warner Bros. Television	1990–1992
DiC Entertainment	1990–2001	Seen on Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.
KingWorld	1990–1999	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
Buena Vista Television	1990–1995
Columbia Pictures Television	1991–1992
Universal Television	1991–1997
Nickelodeon Productions	1991–1996
Sunbow Productions	1992–1994	Seen on My Little Pony Tales.
Columbia Pictures Television	1992–1996
TriStar Television	1992–1996
Merv Griffin Enterprises	1992–1993	Seen on the 1992-1993 seasons of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
20th Television	1992–present	Replaced 20th Television Fox for a few years.
Warner Bros. Television	1992–1994
Home media logos
MGM/UA Home Video	1982–1993	Seen on The Wizard of Oz on VHS.
Random House Home Video	1984–2005	Seen on 1992 re-prints of the last three Dr. Seuss specials on VHS.
Warner Home Video	1986–1996	Seen on The Goonies.
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.
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
Paramount Home Video	1989–1995
Walt Disney Classics	1989–1992	Last seen on newer prints of The Rescuers Down Under.
PBS Home Video	1989–1998
MCA/Universal Home Video	1990–1998
Strand VCI Entertainment	1990–1992	Seen on early Thomas & Friends videos.
Warner Home Video	1990–1993
Fox Video	1991–1993	Seen on Home Alone, as well as on 1992 re-prints of the Star Wars films.
New Line Home Video	1991–1995
Columbia TriStar Home Video	1991–1992	Debuted in December 1991 with Another You and last seen in August 1992 with Highlander II: The Quickening. Only appeared on films released in 1991.
CIC Video	1992–1997	Seen on international VHS prints of films distributed by Paramount and Universal.
Walt Disney Classics	1992–1994	The last logo for the Walt Disney Classics. Seen on Beauty and the Beast. On laserdiscs, the regular 1986 logo appeared instead.
Time-Life Video	1992–1995	Seen on VHS releases of the first season of Barney & Friends.
Barney Home Video	1992–1995	Replaced The Lyons Group.
Columbia TriStar Home Video	1992–1993	Debuted with Radio Flyer in September 1992. Only seen on films released in 1992.
Video game logos
Nintendo Entertainment System	1985–1995	From 1991 to 1995, some games were released for both the NES and Super NES.
Sega Master System	1986–1992
Game Boy	1989–1998
Sega Genesis	1989–1997
Sega Game Gear	1990–1997
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1990–1999

Movies

Theatrical

Poster/Title	Release Date	Box office
Beauty and the Beast	November 22, 1991	$145,863,363 (November 22, 1991–June 30, 1992)
Hook	December 11, 1991	$119,654,823 (December 11, 1991–May 31, 1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	November 20, 1992	$136,206,365 (November 20–December 31, 1992)
Aladdin	November 25, 1992	$99,144,774 (November 25–December 31, 1992)

The Great Mouse Detective was re-released in theaters on February 14, 1992, followed by the long-awaited digitally restored version of Pinocchio on June 26.

Home video

Title	Latest release date	Notes
The Goonies	March 1986
My Little Pony: The Movie	October 28, 1986
The Three Caballeros	October 6, 1987
Mary Poppins	October 4, 1988
The Wizard of Oz	August 15, 1989
Bedknobs and Broomsticks	October 12, 1989
Star Wars	September 1990
The Empire Strikes Back	September 1990
Return of the Jedi	September 1990
The Jungle Book	May 3, 1991	Discontinued in 1992.
Robin Hood	July 12, 1991
Dumbo	July 12, 1991
Pete's Dragon	July 12, 1991
The Sword in the Stone	July 12, 1991
Alice in Wonderland	July 12, 1991
Home Alone	August 22, 1991
The Rescuers Down Under	September 20, 1991
Ghostbusters	October 1991
Ghostbusters II
Fantasia	November 1, 1991	Discontinued in 1992.
101 Dalmatians	April 10, 1992	Last video with the 1989 Classics logo and the first with the new 1992 logo at the same time.
The Great Mouse Detective	July 17, 1992
Hook	July 24, 1992
The Rescuers	September 18, 1992	This film was originally intended for a 1990 release on VHS, but there at least two other films also scheduled at that time.
So Dear to My Heart	September 18, 1992
Beauty and the Beast	October 30, 1992	Released internationally in 1993. A CAV laserdisc and Deluxe Video Edition of this film also existed.

Upcoming

Walt Disney Animation Studios was not only still working on The Lion King, but also a new film titled "Pocahontas". In addition, the company was under contract with Pixar in an agreement to produce feature-length films together, starting with its first film, Toy Story.

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

Title	Release date
Beauty and the Beast	October 24, 1991
Aladdin	October 27, 1992

Television

Broadcasts

Program title	Network	Season(s)	Broadcast dates
Wheel of Fortune	Syndication	Seasons 9-10	December 30, 1991–June 12, 1992 (season 9) September 7–December 31, 1992 (season 10)
Jeopardy!	Syndication	Seasons 8-9	December 30, 1991–July 17, 1992 (season 8) Episodes with the previous set last seen in August 1992 September 7–December 31, 1992 (season 9)
Barney & the Backyard Gang	Disney Channel	N/A	January–October 1992
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	PBS	Seasons 22-23	Pre-1979: May 11–June 26 (Season 7) June 29–August 7 (Season 8) Post-1979: January 1–May 8 (rest of all episodes to date) February 24–28 (Episodes 1646–1650) August 10–December 31 August 24–28 (Episodes 1651–1655) November 23–27 (Episodes 1656–1660)
Full House	Syndication	Seasons 1-5	January 1–December 31, 1992
	ABC	Seasons 5-6	January 7–May 12, 1992 (season 5) September 22–December 15, 1992 (season 6)
Super Mario Bros. Super Show	The Family Channel	Season 1	January 5–December 31, 1992
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3	The Family Channel	Season 1	January 5–December 27, 1992 (Sundays only)
Super Mario World	NBC	Season 1	January 4–July 25, 1992
	The Family Channel		August 30–December 27, 1992
Shining Time Station	PBS	Seasons 1-2	April 1–December 31, 1992
Barney & Friends	PBS	Season 1	April 6–December 31, 1992
My Little Pony	Disney Channel	Season 1	August 2–December 30, 1992
My Little Pony Tales

Home video

Title	Release date	Notes
The Cat in the Hat	September 1989
The Lorax	September 1989
Dr. Seuss on the Loose	September 1989
The Hoober-Bloob Highway	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
Kidsongs: A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm	1990
Kidsongs: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	1990
Kidsongs: Good Night, Sleep Tight	1990
Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes	1990
Kidsongs: Home on the Range	1990
Kidsongs: A Day with the Animals	1990
Kidsongs: What I Want to Be!	1990
Kidsongs: Let's Play Ball	1990
Kidsongs: A Day at the Circus	1990
Kidsongs: A Day at Camp	1990
Kidsongs: Ride the Roller Coaster	1990
Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories	June 7, 1990
Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories	August 1990
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Koopa Claus	September(?) 1990
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Count Koopula	September(?) 1990
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Princess, I Shrunk the Marios	September(?) 1990
Thomas & Friends: Tenders and Turntables and Other Stories	September 27, 1990
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Breaks the Rules and Other Stories	September 27, 1990
Thomas & Friends: Better Late Than Never and Other Stories	January 1991
Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs	1991
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Hooded Robin	1991
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Two Plumbers and a Baby	1991
Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Robo Koopa	1991
Barney & the Backyard Gang: The Backyard Show	1992	The last prints of the Barney & the Backyard Gang videos had no previews.
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Three Wishes	1992
Barney & the Backyard Gang: A Day at the Beach	1992
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Waiting for Santa	1992
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Campfire Sing-Along	1992
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Barney Goes to School	1992
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Barney in Concert	1992
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Rock with Barney	1992
Thomas & Friends: Trust Thomas and Other Stories	February 1992	First Strand Home Video release of Thomas & Friends.
Grinch Night	April 21, 1992	Re-released by Random House Home Video.
Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano	April 21, 1992	Re-released by Random House Home Video.
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat	April 21, 1992	Re-released by Random House Home Video.
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories	August 1992
Barney's Birthday	September 2, 1992	First Barney & Friends video release.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	1992
Horton Hears a Who!	1992

Software

Title	Release date(s)	Notes
MS-DOS 5.0	June 1991
Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions	October 20, 1991	This version of Windows 3.0 introduced support for CD-ROM drives.
Windows 3.1	April 6, 1992

Video Games

Title	Console	Latest release date	Notes
Super Mario Land	Game Boy	August 1, 1989	Still remained the only Super Mario game for this console until late 1992.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NEW!)	NES	February 12, 1990
Super Mario Bros. (w/Duck Hunt and World Class Track Meet)	NES	December 1990
Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega Genesis	June 23, 1991
Super Mario World	Super NES	August 13, 1991	Most recent Super Mario game to date until August 1993.
Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega Master System	October 25, 1991
Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega Game Gear	December 1991
Kirby's Dream Land	Game Boy	August 1, 1992	First appearance of Kirby.
Super Mario Kart	Super NES	September 1, 1992
Super Mario USA	NES	September 14, 1992
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins	Game Boy	November 1, 1992	First appearance of Wario.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Sega Game Gear	November 17, 1992	First appearance of Tails.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Sega Genesis	November 24, 1992

Totals

As of December 31, 1992:
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 31 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)
Total soundtracks released (out of 100 in the list)

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