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* When Desilu merged with [[Paramount Pictures]] in 1966, the Paramount copyright stamp and print logos would appear under it.
* On ''Star Trek'' reruns from 1978, the Paramount copyright is chyroned in, and the logo then cuts to the then-current [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] logo or the 2006 [[CBS Studios|CBS Paramount Domestic Television]] "Eye in the Sky" logo afterward, which is seen on all episodes of the 2004 Season 1 DVD box set, as an example. Some older prints will have the logo with the chyroned Paramount copyright, but it will not be followed by any Paramount logo. This has been seen on the 1980 [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Video]] releases of ''Star Trek'': Television Classics, Volumes 1-5.
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* There is another variant where the year reads as "1967" appears instead of reading in Roman numeral style.
* There is another version of the previously described variant where the copyright notice is partially on the Desilu text. This oddity is known to have been on original prints (and also Sci-Fi Channel airings) of the ''Star Trek'' episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
* A B&W variant exists on 16mm prints of said colors.
* On some recent prints of seasons 5-6 of ''The Lucy Show'', a Desilu Productions copyright has been chyroned in under the logo. These also plaster over the original Paramount copyrights, if any.
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Desilu Productions was a production company founded in 1950 by then-husband-and-wife comedy duo, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball (hence the name of the company), producing TV shows and films between the 1950s and 1960s. In 1960, Desi Arnaz sold the pre-1960 shows to CBS since Ball and Arnaz couldn't work with each other anymore. They later divorced the same year. In 1962, Arnaz sold his holdings of Desilu to Ball. In 1967, she sold Desilu to Gulf+Western Industries, which merged Desilu with Paramount Pictures. Desilu became the television arm of Paramount in July, renaming it to "Paramount Television" (now "CBS Studios") months later, while Lucille Ball formed her company "Lucille Ball Productions, Inc." and Desi Arnaz formed his own company named "Desi Arnaz Productions". Currently, all of the Desilu Productions television library is owned by Paramount Global through CBS Media Ventures.
Logo: Over a custom backdrop, we see the words "FILMED IN HOLLYWOOD BY" ("Filmed in HOLLYWOOD and MEXICO by" on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour). The word "Desilu" is written in a cursive font, either in black, white, or in a 3D-like appearance. Then, a round ball dots the "i". The copyright information appears at the bottom. This phrase was shortened to "FILMED BY DESILU" in 1957.
Trivia: The logo was designed by visual artist Howard Anderson Jr., who also designed the titles and effects works for I Love Lucy, among other shows.
Variants:
Technique: Traditional animation.
Music/Sounds: The end credit music. Some I Love Lucy episodes have an announcer saying, "I Love Lucy is a Desilu Production", while some others have "Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz will return next week at the same time".
Availability: Seen intact on any shows that originally had it.
Final Notes: This logo was used on the final two seasons of The Lucy Show, which used the 1966 Desilu logo and the 1968 Paramount Television logo at the end.
Logo: On a black background, six multicolored (red, pink, and orange) circles surround a white one and then merge together with it to form a blue circle, which backs away upward as the word "Desilu" is written in a yellow cursive font. As the circle takes its place over the "i", it turns white.
Variants:
Technique: Traditional animation.
Music/Sounds: A five-note horn fanfare that starts on a light note as the circle forms. This would later be used on Paramount Television's 1st logo. Sometimes this music plays faster. All were composed by Wilbur Hatch.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Uncommon.
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