Merv Adelson, co-founder of Lorimar Television (responsible for helping Rankin-Bass's Thundercats), dies


Merv Adelson, the co-founder of Lorimar Television, passed away on Tuesday.  The studio he helped form was responsible for shows such as Dallas and Knotts Landing, but for this blog's sake, Lorimar helped with co-production with Rankin-Bass's Thundercats series when Lorimar acquired Telepictures who owned Rankin-Bass.


Thundercats aired briefly on Boomerang in 2011 in conjunction with the new series of the same name on Cartoon Network.

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