ABC Circle Films

Note: Not to be confused with Circle Films, an unrelated film distribution company.

Background

ABC Circle Films was the made-for-TV motion picture division of the ABC Television Network (later part of "Capital Cities/ABC", now "ABC, Inc."), later reincorporated as "ABC Productions" in 1987. Today, most of the ABC movie library and all television series are currently held by The Walt Disney Company.

1st Logo (March 6, 1972-March 20, 1977)

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Nickname: "The Shining", "ABC Shining"

Logo: On a black-blue background, we see the stacked words:

ABC
CIRCLE
FILMS

in the same crystal lettering as the text in the ABC Motion Pictures logo, zoom-in upward from the bottom of the screen. The logo "shines".

Variants:

There is another variant of this logo with a red background, and one with a black-teal one.
Another variant appears in the end credits.

FX/SFX: The words zooming, and the logo "shining".

Music/Sounds:

It's usually the closing theme of the show.
On the TV movie The Day After, the 1978 logo's music was used at the end.

Availability: Rare. Seen on Moonlighting, as well as on some TV movies from the era. The in-credit version can be found on War and Remembrance.

Editor's Note: None.