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Its first production was The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971), a television film which led to Lorimar producing the series it inspired, The Waltons, featuring the same characters. The series ran on CBS from 1972 to 1981. Rich also co-produced the short-lived 1977 CBS espionage drama Hunter.
May 30, 2012 · Lee Rich, the creative force behind Lorimar Productions, an independent studio that spawned two of television’s most enduring (and archetypally opposite) fictional American families — the...
May 25, 2012 · Producer Lee Rich, the co-founder of the legendary Lorimar production company — the home of classic TV dramas The Waltons and Dallas and films including An Officer and a Gentleman — died Thursday...
May 25, 2012 · Lee Rich, a television executive who co-founded Lorimar — the production company responsible for such successful series as The Waltons and Dallas — has died. He was 85.
May 26, 2012 · Lee Rich, co-founder and former president of Lorimar Productions, died Thursday of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles, a Warner Bros. spokesman confirmed. He was 93.
May 25, 2012 · Influential TV mogul Lee Rich, who ran Lorimar Television and later MGM/UA, and won an Emmy for producing "The Waltons," died of lung cancer Friday in Los Angeles. He was 93.
In 1986 Mr. Rich left Lorimar to join MGM/UA as Chairman and CEO. In that position he greenlit a number of modern classics such as "A Fish Called Wanda,", "Moonstruck" and "Rain Man." After leaving MGM/UA Mr. Rich set up Lee Rich Productions which was based at Warner Brothers.
