1996

Feature films

 * February 16 - Happy Gilmore
 * March 15 - Ed
 * March 29 - Sgt. Bilko
 * April 12 - Fear
 * April 19 - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
 * April 26 - The Quest
 * May 10 - Twister
 * May 17 - Flipper
 * May 31 - Dragonheart
 * June 28 - The Nutty Professor
 * July 19 - The Frighteners
 * August 16 - Bordello of Blood
 * August 30 - The Trigger Effect
 * September 6 - Bulletproof
 * October 11 - The Chamber
 * December 6 - Daylight

Television

 * February 24 - The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper premiered on Fox Kids.
 * August 31 - Hatty premiered on the Gingo Lineup.
 * September 16 - Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad premiered on syndication.
 * September 21 - Wing Commander Academy premiered on USA Network
 * December 13 - Earthworm Jim aired its final episode on Kids' WB.
 * December 21 - The Savage Dragon and Wing Commander Academy aired their final episodes on USA Network.

Direct-to-video releases

 * December 10 - The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

People

 * Amy McNeill is hired at Universal Feature Animation as animator.

Events

 * Universal Studios and Gingo Animation announce a created-for-syndication two-hour animated television programming block called the Gingo Lineup on March 12.
 * Universal and Gingo begin pre-production on Gingo's first feature film Paint World in May.
 * The Gingo Lineup launches, August 31