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)

Of the remaining 19 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. Sleeping Beauty (March 7, 1986)
2. Lady and the Tramp (December 19, 1986; withdrawn afterwards)
3. The Aristocats (April 10, 1987; withdrawn afterwards)
4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (July 17, 1987)
5. Cinderella (November 20, 1987; withdrawn afterwards)
6. The Fox and the Hound (March 25, 1988; withdrawn afterwards)
7. Bambi (July 15, 1988; withdrawn afterwards)
8. Oliver & Company (November 18, 1988)
9. The Rescuers (March 17, 1989; withdrawn afterwards)
10. Peter Pan (July 14, 1989; withdrawn afterwards)
11. The Little Mermaid (November 17, 1989)
12. The Jungle Book (July 13, 1990; withdrawn afterwards)
13. Fantasia (October 5, 1990; withdrawn afterwards)
14. The Rescuers Down Under (November 16, 1990; withdrawn afterwards)
15. 101 Dalmatians (July 12, 1991; withdrawn afterwards)
16. Beauty and the Beast (November 22, 1991)
17. The Great Mouse Detective (February 14, 1992)
18. Pinocchio (June 26, 1992)
19. Aladdin (November 25, 1992)

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

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
February 24–28, 1992	"Imaginary Friends" (1646–1650) premiered on PBS.
May 8, 1992	The annual marathon of all episodes from the current series to date (except "Starting School" and "Josephine") ended.
May 11, 1992 – August 7, 1992	Out of 85 episodes of the old series, 65 aired this year, 30 of them for the last time (1351–1360 and 1366–1385), leaving only 55 episodes of the old series as of June 22, 1992.
August 10–28, 1992	Following the annual reruns of "Josephine" and "Starting School", "Learning" (1651–1655) premiered on PBS.
November 23–27, 1992	"Up & Down" (1656–1660) premiered on PBS.
Shining Time Station
All 40 episodes to date aired exclusively on reruns on PBS.
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. Super Show	After Super Mario World last aired on NBC in July 1992, all three shows now aired on The Family Channel as of August 30.
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Barney & Friends
April 6, 1992	The first of 30 episodes premiered on PBS.
May 18, 1992	After Season 1 was done, the show aired exclusively on reruns starting on this date.
My Little Pony
My Little Pony	Reruns on The Disney Channel began in August 1992.
My Little Pony Tales	Premiered on The Disney Channel in September 1992.
Wheel of Fortune
June 12, 1992	New episodes of Season 9 ended on syndication.
September 7, 1992	Season 10 began on first-run syndication.
September 12, 1992	Weekend reruns of Season 9 began. Season 8 was withdrawn.
Jeopardy!
July 17, 1992	New episodes of Season 8 ended on syndication.
September 7, 1992	Season 9 began on first-run syndication.
September 12, 1992	Weekend reruns of Season 8 began. Season 7 was withdrawn.
Full House
May 12, 1992	The last Season 5 episode premiered on ABC. After that, up to 18 episodes aired exclusively on reruns.
September 22, 1992	Season 6 premiered on ABC. The first 12 episodes aired through December 15.
October 26, 1992	Season 5 began airing on off-network syndicated reruns, joining the first four seasons.
Barney & the Backyard Gang
October 11, 1992	Last known broadcast on The Disney Channel ("Campfire Sing-Along").
Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Reran twice on TNT in December 1992.

Home video

Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat			The Lorax			Dr. Seuss on the Loose			The Hoober-Bloob Highway
How the Grinch Stole Christmas						Horton Hears a Who!
Grinch Night				Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano				The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
Random House Home Video re-released the last three Dr. Seuss videos shown above on April 21, 1992.
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			Very Silly Songs
Barney & Friends
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)
Barney in Concert (July 29, 1991)			Rock with Barney (August 1991)			Barney's Magical Musical Adventure (August 1992)			Barney's Birthday (September 1992)
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				Count Koopula				Princess, I Shrunk the Marios
Hooded Robin				Two Plumbers and a Baby				Robo Koopa
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
Better Late Than Never and Other Stories				Trust Thomas and Other Stories (February 1992)				Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories (August 1992)
Shining Time Station
'Tis a Gift (December 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	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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