SFM Entertainment

SFM Media Services Corporation was founded on September 29,[2] 1969 as an independent advertising agency by Stanley Moger, Bob Frank and Walt Staab. SFM Media started a division, SFM Entertainment (SFME), to enter the strip-programming business. SFME's first program was The Mickey Mouse Club.[4]

During the winter of 1976-77, SFM Media Service assisted Mobil Oil in running and launching the Mobil Showcase Network. This led to three additional companies approaching SFM on setting up their own 'occasional' networks.[3] In 1978, SFM launched its own network, SFM Holiday Network.[5] SFM subsequently launched the General Foods Golden Showcase Network[4] in 1980.[6] In 1983, SFM worked with Del Monte Foods to form an ad hoc TV network to broadcast the special Believe You Can . . . And You Can! over 100 stations on April 21, 1983 at 8 PM EST.[7]

In 1994, SFM started up a sports marketing unit in its media services division with the hiring of Jerry Solomon as executive vice president.[8] In 1998, media holding company Havas purchased SFM, except for its SFM Entertainment division.[9]

Some shows distributed by SFM (past or present) include:

• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin[4]
• Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
• The Mickey Mouse Club (the 1977-1978 version, including the 1975-1977 syndication of the black-and-white original series)[4]
• The Flip Wilson Show
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
• The Smothers Brothers Show
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• The Danny Thomas Show
• The Real McCoys
• The West Point Story (along with MGM Television)
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
• the AFI 100 Years... series of TV specials
• Zoobilee Zoo (with DIC Entertainment) live action pre-school program[10]
• Care Bears (syndicated version from 1988)
• Rainbow Brite
• Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
• Make Room for Daddy
• The Joey Bishop Show
• Death Valley Days[11]
• Mister Peepers
• Help! I'm a Fish
• The Doctors
• Edward the Seventh (British miniseries distributed in U.S. in 1979)
• Deal (a 1978 behind-the-scenes look at Let's Make a Deal)
• Good Morning World
• Lotsa Luck
• Roseanne (produced by Carsey-Werner Productions)
• The Jerry Lewis Show (1967–1969 NBC series; sketches edited from original hour-long shows into half-hour reruns)
• The Toys That Rescued Christmas (2004)
• Superstars[9]
  • Battle of the Network Stars[9]
  • Female Superstars[9]
• SFM I movie and documentary package[10]
  • The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt
  • Pinocchio in Outer Space
• Stamp of Greatness – weekly half-hour program profile those on the postage stamps[10]
• Directions – weekly half-hour program on fashion[10]
• The George Steinbrenner Show – half-hour weekly sports series moderated by Steinbrenner as two well-known sports figures debate sports related issue in front of an audience[10]
• Faces of Love – first-run anthology series from major authors feature romance[10]
• The Hugga Bunch – 5-part limited series[10]
• The Texas 150th Birthday Celebration – 3-hour live special featuring top Texan stars mark the 150th anniversary of Texas[10]
• The March of Time – award-winning British documentary series[10]
• The Dione Lucas Cooking Show

• SFM Entertainment
  • SFM Holiday Network

• Fourth television network
• Mobil Showcase Network
• Operation Prime Time

• Official website