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2 unusual facts about MTM Enterprises


Gerry Mullins

Along with other players for the Steelers, Mullins also had a brief film career with a cameo appearance in The Rocky Bleier Story for MTM Enterprises.

Television Centre, Southampton

TVS continued successfully until 1991, when another franchise round occurred and they lost, possibly as a result of financial problems the company occurred following the takeover of MTM Enterprises.


ABC Family Worldwide

1992: IFE acquired TVS Entertainment (a former ITV franchise holder for the South of England) archive for $68.5 million, which included the MTM Enterprises library.

Carlton Your Doorman

This was the only animated production from MTM Enterprises (although The Duck Factory - a sitcom set in an animation production company - included cartoon segments, and the closing credits of many MTM series included animated clothing and accessories superimposed on Mimsie the Cat).

Financial Interest and Syndication Rules

Some argue the rules brought about a golden era of independent television production by companies like MTM Enterprises (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and Norman Lear's Tandem Productions (All in the Family).

Shopping Spree

It was hosted by Ron Pearson, announced by Burton Richardson and produced by Jay Wolpert Enterprises and MTM Enterprises.

WDPC

At first, the FCC denied the call letters to the new station, stating that MTM Enterprises, the producers of the popular CBS series WKRP in Cincinnati, had a 'hold' on the callsign.


see also

Grant Tinker

While creating MTM Enterprises, Tinker hired Room 222 writers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns to create and produce the company's first television series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show.