Editing For Better or For Worse (section)

==Animated series and specials==
In 1985, Atkinson Film-Arts of Ottawa, in association with the [[CTV Television Network]], produced an animated Christmas special based on ''For Better or for Worse'' entitled ''The Bestest Present.''<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 |date=1989 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2198-2 |access-date=27 March 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedtvspecia0000wool/page/160/mode/2up |pages=161–162}}</ref> In the USA, it was first broadcast on [[HBO]], and in later years, on [[Disney Channel|The Disney Channel]]. Lynn's own children, Aaron and Katie, provided the voices of Michael and Elizabeth, and Rod Johnston made a cameo appearance as the voice of a mailman.

Beginning in 1992, another Ottawa-based studio, Lacewood Productions, produced six more specials, also for CTV. In the USA, these were seen on [[The Disney Channel]],
and then finally on [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]]. According to Lynn Johnston, the set designs (for instance, for the Pattersons' house) which these and subsequent television programs required led her to develop a much more sophisticated background style in the comic strips, with the layouts of homes and even towns consistent from story to story.{{cn|date=December 2021}}

The six specials produced by Lacewood were:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/262/mode/2up |pages=262–263}}</ref>
* ''The Last Camping Trip'' (July 1992)
* ''The Good-for-Nothing'' (Halloween) (November 1992)
* ''A Christmas Angel'' (December 1992)
* ''A Valentine from the Heart'' (February 7, 1993)
* ''The Babe Magnet'' (a.k.a. ''The Sweet Deal'') (September 1993)
* ''A Storm in April'' (June 1995)

In 2000, Ottawa's [[Funbag Animation Studios|Funbag Animation]] produced a new [[animated series]] for cable television network [[Teletoon]], which began airing on November 5, 2000,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Television/TV_Shows/F/For_Better_or_For_Worse/2000/11/03/pf-734328.html |title=CANOE -- JAM! - Toon comes to life |access-date=2016-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311223407/http://jam.canoe.com/Television/TV_Shows/F/For_Better_or_For_Worse/2000/11/03/pf-734328.html |archive-date=2016-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ran until December 16, 2001.<ref name=crtclogs>{{cite web|url=ftp://support.crtc.gc.ca/logs/|title=Television Program Logs|date=2016-03-02|publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]}}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [https://archive.org/details/support_crtc_gc_ca15052016 Alt URL]</ref> Featuring introductions by Lynn Johnston herself, the show looked at three related storylines from three different eras of the strip—the mid-1980s, the early 1990s, and the late 1990s.

The series consisted of two seasons with eight episodes each. On March 23, 2004, [[Koch Vision]] released the complete series on DVD.