1996

Media from 1996.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
$1 (Series 1993)	H 00000001 C – H 25600000 C
	K 57600001 E – K 96000000 E
	L 57600001 K – L 89600000 K
$1 (Series 1995)
	A 00000001 A – A 44800000 C
	B 00000001 B – B 64000000 E
	C 00000001 A – C 25600000 B
	D 00000001 A – D 70400000 C
	E 00000001 A – E 19200000 B
	F 00000001 C – F 51200000 D
	G 00000001 A – G 06400000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 06400000 B
	J 00000001 A – J 32000000 B
	L 00000001 A – L 83200000 D
$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 84480000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 39040000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 23680000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 24960000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 41600000 A
	L 28160001 A – L 82560000 A
$5 (Series 1993)	L 00000001 A – L 89600000 B
File:$5-F (1995).jpg $5 (Series 1995)	A 00000001 A – A 51200000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 51200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 32000000 A
	F 70400001 A – F 12800000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 64000000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 64000000 A
$10 (Series 1993)	A 00000001 A – A 64000000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 44800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 70400000 A
	F 64000001 A – F 25600000 B
	G 00000001 A – G 32000000 B
$10 (Series 1995)	L 00000001 A – L 44800000 A
$20 (Series 1993)	A 00000001 A – A 96000000 B
	B 00000001 A – B 76800000 C
	C 00000001 A – C 76800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 96000000 B
	E 51200001 B – E 38400000 F
	F 12800001 B – F 64000000 D
	G 00000001 A – G 38400000 D
	H 19200001 A – H 89600000 B
	J 57600001 A – J 06400000 B
	K 32000001 A – K 89600000 B
	L 12800001 A – L 38400000 I
$20 (Series 1995)	L 00000001 A – L 70400000 B
$50 (Series 1990)
	A 28800001 A – A 48000000 A
	B 28800001 B – B 32000000 C
	C 19200001 A – C 41600000 A
	D 44800001 A – D 92800000 A
	E 60800001 A – E 76800000 A
	G 80000001 A – G 09600000 B
	H 12800001 A – H 16000000 A
	I 12800001 A – I 22400000 A
	J 22400001 A – J 35200000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 16000000 A
$50 (Series 1993)	A 00000001 A – A 09600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 60800000 B
	D 00000001 A – D 25600000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 28800000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 76800000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 03200000 A
$100 (Series 1990)	A 64000001 A – A 76800000 A
	B 76800001 C – B 99200000 F
	C 67200001 A – C 12800000 B
	D 48000001 A – D 16000000 B
	E 57600001 A – E 57600000 A
	F 57600001 A – F 64000000 A
	G 96000001 A – G 35200000 B
	H 70400001 A – H 22400000 B
	J 67200001 A – J 76800000 A
	K 67200001 A – K 80000000 A
	L 03200001 B – L 48000000 B
$100 (Series 1993)	A 00000001 A – A 83200000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 25600000 C
	C 00000001 A – C 41600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 09600000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 64000000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 51200000 B
	G 00000001 A – G 44800000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 16000000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 09600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 09600000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 51200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 19200000 A
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1995)
	A 44800001 C – A 25600000 I
	B 64000001 E – B 83200000 P
	C 25600001 B – C 57600000 C
	D 70400001 C – D 32000000 D
	E 19200001 B – E 19200000 G
	F 51200001 D – F 64000000 K
	G 06400001 B – G 44800000 G
	H 06400001 B – H 06400000 D
	I 00000001 A – I 12800000 A
	J 32000001 B – J 12800000 C
	K 00000001 A – K 96000000 D
	L 83200001 D – L 96000000 I
$2 (Series 1995)	F 00000001 A – F 32000000 A
File:$5-F (1995).jpg $5 (Series 1995)	A 51200001 A – A 57600000 B
	B 51200001 A – B 32000000 C
	C 00000001 A – C 38400000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 57600000 A
	E 32000001 A – E 70400000 B
	F 12800001 B – F 70400000 C
	G 00000001 A – G 64000000 B
	H 64000001 A – H 89600000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 38400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 44800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 64000000 C
$10 (Series 1993)	A 64000001 A – A 25600000 B
	B 57600001 B – B 44800000 D
	C 44800001 A – C 19200000 B
	D 70400001 A – D 44800000 B
File:$10-G (1998).png $10 (Series 1995)	E 00000001 A – E 89600000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 44800000 B
	G 00000001 A – G 96000000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 51200000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 70400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 32000000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 44800000 A
	L 44800000 A – L 96000000 A
$20 (Series 1993)	A 00000001 C – A 96000000 C
	B 76800001 C – B 19200000 G
	D 00000001 C – D 64000000 C
	E 38400001 F – E 70400000 G
File:$20-G (1996).png $20 (Series 1995)	F 00000001 A – F 76800000 B
	G 00000001 A – G 76800000 C
	H 00000001 A – H 06400000 B
	J 00000001 A – J 51200000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 06400000 B
	L 70400001 B – L 12800000 E
$50 (Series 1993)	A 09600001 A – A 41600000 A
	B 60800001 B – B 09600000 E
	D 25600001 A – D 60800000 A
	E 28800001 A – E 51200000 A
	G 76800001 A – G 44800000 B
	J 03200001 A – J 12800000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 09600000 A
File:$100-F (1997).png $100 (Series 1996)	AA 00000001 A – AA 51200000 A
	AB 00000001 A – AB 12800000 G
	AC 00000001 A – AC 16000000 A
	AD 00000001 A – AD 03200000 B
	AE 00000001 A – AE 19200000 B
	AF 00000001 A – AF 32000000 A
	AG 00000001 A – AG 70400000 A
	AH 00000001 A – AH 28800000 A
	AI 00000001 A – AI 09600000 A
	AJ 00000001 A – AJ 19200000 A
	AK 00000001 A – AK 25600000 A
	AL 00000001 A – AL 64000000 C

On March 25, 1996, the new design of the $100 bill that was unveiled in September 1995 was officially released to circulation.

Also late this year, the Western Currency Facility printed $2 bills exclusively for the Federal Reserve District of Atlanta as Series 1995 notes, up to the serial number "F 576 00000 B", while all other districts continued circulation of Series 1976 notes for another decade.

Logos

Logos from movies:

Walt Disney Pictures	Paramount Pictures	Universal Pictures	Columbia Pictures
20th Century Fox Film Corporation	Warner Bros. Pictures	TriStar Pictures	Touchstone Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures (for Pixar films)		Pixar Animation Studios

Logos from terrestrial television:

NBC	CBS	ABC	PBS (new logo)
PBS Kids (new logo)	FOX	WB Network	UPN

Logos from cable/satellite television:

HBO	Cinemax	File:Showtime logo 1990.png Showtime	File:TheMovieChannel1988.png The Movie Channel
Disney Channel	USA Network (new logo)	Nickelodeon	The Family Channel
Cartoon Network	TBS	TNT	FX

Logos from television companies and stations:

Walt Disney Television	Paramount Television	Universal Television
Columbia TriStar Television	20th Century Fox Television	Warner Bros. Television
Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Viewers Like You		Family Communications	WGBH
The Incredible World of DiC	File:Sunbow Entertainment (1995).jpg Sunbow Productions	KingWorld
Buena Vista Television	The Britt Allcroft Company	Nickelodeon Productions (new logo)

Logos from home media:

Walt Disney Home Video	Paramount Home Video		MCA/Universal Home Video		20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Columbia TriStar Home Video (new logo)	Warner Home Video		CIC Video		MGM/UA Home Video
Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection		Touchstone Home Video		Disney Videos
Kid Vision		Warner Bros. Records		Together Again Video Productions
PBS Home Video	Barney Home Video (new logo)		Time-Life Video		Random House Home Video

Logos from video games:

Game Boy	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Nintendo 64 (NEW!)
Sega Game Gear	Sega Genesis	File:Sega Saturn Logo.png Sega Saturn

Movies

Theatrical

Poster/Title	Release Date	No. of theaters	Box office
Toy Story	November 22, 1995	2,053 (71%)	$191,796,233 (November 22, 1995–September 3, 1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	June 21, 1996	2,835 (92%)	$100,138,851 (June 21–August 4, 1996)
File:Matilda.jpg Matilda	August 2, 1996	2,006 (67%)	$33,459,416 (August 2–September 2, 1996)

Home video

The Wizard of Oz (UPDATED!)	File:Starwars 1995vhs.jpg File:Starwars2 1995vhs.jpg File:Starwars3 1995vhs.jpg Star Wars Trilogy
File:Ghostbusters 1996vhs.png Ghostbusters (UPDATED!)	File:Goonies vhs.jpg The Goonies	File:Ghostbusters2 1996vhs.png Ghostbusters II (UPDATED!)	File:Homealone vhs.jpg Home Alone
File:Hook vhs.jpg Hook	File:Homealone2 vhs.jpg Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	File:Mask vhs1.jpg The Mask	File:Matilda vhs.jpg Matilda (NEW!)

From Walt Disney Home Video:

Dumbo	Mary Poppins		File:Wdmc petesdragon.jpg Pete's Dragon		The Sword in the Stone
Alice in Wonderland	File:Wdmc threecaballeros.jpg The Three Caballeros (returned)		File:Wdmc bedknobsandbroomsticks.jpg Bedknobs and Broomsticks		Robin Hood
File:Wdmc sodeartomyheart.jpg So Dear to My Heart	File:Homewardbound.jpg Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey		The Lion King		File:Agoofymovie.jpg A Goofy Movie
Cinderella		Pocahontas (NEW!)		The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (NEW!)
The Aristocats (NEW!)		File:Homewardbound2.jpg Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (NEW!)		File:Aladdin3.jpg Aladdin and the King of Thieves (NEW!)
Oliver & Company (NEW!)		File:Jamesandthegiantpeach.jpg James and the Giant Peach (NEW!)		Toy Story (NEW!)

From Disney's Sing-Along Songs:

File:Dsas heighho(3).jpg Heigh Ho	File:Dsas zipadeedoodah(2).jpg Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah	File:Dsas youcanfly(3).jpg You Can Fly	File:Dsas barenecessities(3).jpg The Bare Necessities
File:Dsas underthesea(2).jpg Under the Sea	File:Dsas disneylandfun(2).jpg Disneyland Fun	File:Verymerrychristmassongs(3).jpg Very Merry Christmas Songs	File:Dsas ilovetolaugh(2).jpg I Love to Laugh
File:Dsas beourguest(2).jpg Be Our Guest	File:Dsas friendlikeme.jpg Friend Like Me	File:Dsas 12daysofchristmas(2).jpg The Twelve Days of Christmas	File:Dsas circleoflife.jpg Circle of Life
File:Dsas campoutatwdw.jpg Campout at Walt Disney World	File:Dsas letsgotothecircus.jpg Let's Go to the Circus!	File:Dsas beachpartyatwdw.jpg Beach Party at Walt Disney World	File:Dsas colorsofthewind.jpg Colors of the Wind
File:Dsas topsyturvy.jpg Topsy Turvy (NEW!)		File:Dsas pongoandperdita.jpg Pongo & Perdita (NEW!)

Upcoming

Hercules	A sneak peek at this film was seen on the Toy Story VHS since October 29, 1996.
Home Alone 3	Principal photography for this film began on December 2, 1996.
Mulan	Currently in development.
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Casting for the sequel film began.
A Bug's Life	Currently in development.

Books

Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who!		The Cat in the Hat		How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Green Eggs and Ham			The Lorax
Disney Publishing
The Lion King	Pocahontas		Toy Story		The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Music

Television

Broadcasts

Program title	Network	Current season	Broadcast dates
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	PBS	Season 26	January 1–December 31 (reruns) February 19–23, 1996 (Episodes 1696-1700) April 1–5, 1996 (Episodes 1521–1525; final reruns) July 22–26, 1996 (Episodes 1701-1705) August 26–30, 1996 (Episodes 1706-1710)
Wheel of Fortune	Syndication	Seasons 13-14	January 1–June 7, 1996 (season 13) September 2–December 27, 1996 (season 14)
Jeopardy!	Syndication	Seasons 12-13	January 1–July 19, 1996 (season 12) September 2–December 27, 1996 (season 13)
Full House	Syndication	Seasons 1-8	January 1–December 31, 1996 (reruns)
Shining Time Station	PBS	Seasons 1-4	January 1–December 31, 1996 October 7–November 11, 1996 (new mini-series)
Barney & Friends	PBS	Seasons 1-3	January 1–December 31, 1996
The Kidsongs Television Show	PBS	Seasons 1-2	January 1–December 31, 1996
My Little Pony	Disney Channel	Season 1	January 1–August 30, 1996
My Little Pony Tales	Disney Channel	Season 1	January 1–August 30, 1996
Mario All Stars	The Family Channel	N/A	January 6–September 28, 1996
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	USA Network	Season 1	January 6–December 28, 1996
All That	Nickelodeon	Seasons 2-3	January 6–March 30, 1996 (season 2) November 16–December 28, 1996 (season 3)
Barney Live! in New York City	PBS	N/A	March 3, 1996
Sonic Christmas Blast	USA Network	N/A	November 24, 1996

Home video

Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat (UPDATED!)		The Lorax (UPDATED!)		Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories (UPDATED!)
The Hoober-Bloob Highway (UPDATED!)		How the Grinch Stole Christmas		File:Horton Hears a Who 1992 VHS.jpg Horton Hears a Who!
Grinch Night (UPDATED!)		Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano (UPDATED!)		The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (UPDATED!)
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
We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Play Along Songs		If We Could Talk to the Animals		Billy's Biggle Favorite Songs
Country Sing-Along	Boppin' with the Biggles		Let's Put on a Show!		Baby Animal Songs
Barney & Friends
Waiting for Santa	Barney's Birthday		Barney's Best Manners		Barney Rhymes with Mother Goose
Barney's Home Sweet Homes	Barney's Magical Musical Adventure		Let's Pretend with Barney		Barney's Alphabet Zoo
Barney Live! in New York City	Barney's Imagination Island		Barney: Families are Special		Barney: Safety
Barney's Making New Friends	Riding in Barney's Car		Barney Songs		Barney's All Aboard for Sharing (NEW!)
Campfire Sing-Along (returned)		Barney Goes to School (returned)		Barney in Concert (returned)
Rock with Barney (returned)		File:Barneystalentshow.jpg Barney's Talent Show (NEW!)		File:Barneysfunandgames.jpg Barney's Fun & Games (NEW!)
Barney's Exercise Circus & Parade of Numbers (NEW!)		File:Barneys1234seasons.jpg Barney's 1-2-3-4 Seasons (NEW!)		File:Barneysonceuponatime.jpg Barney's Once Upon a Time (NEW!)
Thomas & Friends
Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories	James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories		Trust Thomas and Other Stories		Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories
Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories		Daisy and Other Thomas Stories		James Goes Buzz Buzz and Other Thomas Stories
Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories		Thomas' Christmas Party and Other Christmas Stories		Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories
Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories		Thomas and His Friends Help Out (NEW!)		The Gallant Old Engine and Other Thomas Stories (NEW!)

Software

CD-ROM
Windows 95 OSR2 (NEW!)	Windows NT 4.0 (NEW!)
Windows apps
Internet Explorer 3 (NEW!)

Video Games

Game Boy
Super Mario Land		Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins		Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Kirby's Dream Land	Kirby's Pinball Land		Kirby's Dream Land 2		Kirby's Block Ball (NEW!)
Sega Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog 2		Sonic the Hedgehog 3		Sonic & Knuckles
Sega Game Gear
Sonic the Hedgehog		Sonic the Hedgehog 2		Sonic Chaos
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble		Sonic Drift 2		Sonic Blast (NEW!)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario World	Super Mario Kart		Super Mario All-Stars		Donkey Kong Country
Kirby's Dream Course		Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island		Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (NEW!)		Kirby Super Star (NEW!)		Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (NEW!)
PC (CD-ROM)
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (NEW!)
Nintendo 64
Super Mario 64 (NEW!)

On the Nintendo.com website, there were screenshots and short video clips of then-upcoming video games like Mario Kart 64, "Yoshi's Island 64" (a.k.a. Yoshi's Story), and Kirby's Air Ride (which was canceled).

Websites

Earliest archived sites on the Wayback Machine from this month include:

http://www.fox.com (since October)
http://www.microsoft.com (since October)
http://www.nbc.com (since October)
http://www.abc.com (since October)
http://www.disney.com (since October)
http://www.imdb.com (since November)
http://www.sega.com (December 19)
http://www.thomasthetankengine.com (December 19)
http://www.cbs.com (December 20)
http://www.nintendo.com (December 22)
http://www.warnerbros.com (December 23)
http://www.pbs.org (December 25)
http://www.starwars.com (December 30)
http://www.usanetwork.com (December 30)

Totals

As of December 31, 1996:
Total movies released in theaters (out of 120)
Total movies released on VHS (out of 41)
Total Disney animated features released on VHS (out of 34)
Total television series broadcasted (out of 25)
Total completed television series (out of 25)
Total video games released (out of 150)

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The Lion King	File:Themask mmp.jpg The Mask	Classic Disney Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic	Pocahontas
Classic Disney Vol. 2: 60 Years of Musical Magic	The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Toy Story: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack	Kidsongs: A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm
Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (NEW!)	Classic Disney Vol. 3: 60 Years of Musical Magic (NEW!)	File:Allthat album.jpg All That: The Album (NEW!)

1996

Contents

Paper money

Logos

Movies

Theatrical

Home video

Upcoming

Books

Music

Television

Broadcasts

Home video

Software

Video Games

Websites

Totals

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