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Background

Don Fedderson Productions was founded in 1955 by television producer Don Fedderson. Fedderson produced several programs, the most popular of which were My Three Sons and Family Affair. By 1972, all of the various shows produced by the company had either been canceled or ended. The company syndicated The Lawrence Welk Show until 1982 when its eponymous host retired from television at age 79, making him the oldest man to host a regularly scheduled program on American television until Bob Barker of The Price is Right fame surpassed him when he turned 80 in 2003. Fedderson sold The Millionaire and My Three Sons to CBS while they were still on the air; both shows are still owned by CBS, and distributed by CBS Media Ventures. Family Affair was retained by Fedderson; CBS holds the US broadcast distribution rights, while NBCUniversal Syndication Studios holds the international broadcast distribution rights. Fedderson died on December 18, 1994 at age 81.

Logo (January 19, 1955-June 7, 1972, September 1979-May 1980)

Visuals: Over a burgundy red background, there is the following phrase.

A DON FEDDERSON Production

The words "A" and "Production" are in a white script styled font. The name "Don Fedderson" is made out of 3D letters with the face being white and the sides a shiny dark blue color.

Variants:

The logo originally appeared in B&W.
Sometimes, the logo would be smaller and shifted to the upper left with the MCA-TV shield on the bottom right hand corner and the text "Represented by" above it. This was seen on S1-S5 episodes of My Three Sons.
Another version of the above logo has the MCA-TV "Filmreel" logo instead of the shield.
The colors may vary due to film deterioration.
A superimposed variant exists on the 1957-63 ABC game show Who Do You Trust?
The burgundy red title card was revived in 1979 with a remake of The Millionaire on CBS, which the network co-produced with Fedderson. It lasted only one season.

Technique: A painting filmed by a cameraman.

Audio: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on My Three Sons on Me-TV and occasionally on Decades. First appeared on The Millionaire which rarely airs on Decades. Also appears on Family Affair which also rarely airs on Decades. Also seen on the shows Who Do You Trust?, To Rome with Love, and The Smith Family.

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+===Background===
-Background: Don Fedderson Productions was founded in 1955 by television producer Don Fedderson. Fedderson produced several programs with My Three Sons and Family Affair being the most popular programs. By 1972, all shows produced by the company had either been canceled or ended. The company syndicated The Lawrence Welk Show until 1982 when the company shut down. Fedderson sold The Millionaire and My Three Sons to CBS while they were still on the air; both shows are still owned by CBS, and distributedby CBS Television Distribution. Family Affair was retained by Fedderson; CBSTD holds the US broadcast distribution rights, while NBCUniversal Television Distribution holds the international broadcast distribution rights.
+'''Don Fedderson Productions''' was founded in 1955 by television producer '''Don Fedderson'''. Fedderson produced several programs, the most popular of which were ''My Three Sons'' and ''Family Affair''. By 1972, all of the various shows produced by the company had either been canceled or ended. The company syndicated ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' until 1982 when its eponymous host retired from television at age 79, making him the oldest man to host a regularly scheduled program on American television until Bob Barker of ''The Price is Right'' fame surpassed him when he turned 80 in 2003. Fedderson sold ''The Millionaire'' and ''My Three Sons'' to [[CBS |CBS]] while they were still on the air; both shows are still owned by CBS, and distributed by [[CBS Media Ventures]]. ''Family Affair'' was retained by Fedderson; CBS holds the US broadcast distribution rights, while [[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]] holds the international broadcast distribution rights. Fedderson died on December 18, 1994 at age 81.
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+'''Visuals:''' Over a burgundy red background, there is the following phrase.
+<center>A</center>
-Logo: Over a burgundy red background, we see the following phrase.
+<center><big>DON</big></center>
+<center><big>FEDDERSON</big></center>
-A
+<center>Production</center>
-DON
-FEDDERSON
-Production
 The words "A" and "Production" are in a white script styled font. The name "Don Fedderson" is made out of 3D letters with the face being white and the sides a shiny dark blue color.
-Variants:
+'''Variants:'''
-The logo originally appeared in B&W.
+* The logo originally appeared in B&W.
-Sometimes, the logo would be smaller and shifted to the upper left with the MCA-TV shield on the bottom right hand corner and the text "Represented by" above it. This was seen on S1-S5 episodes of My Three Sons.
+*Sometimes, the logo would be smaller and shifted to the upper left with the [[MCA Television Enterprises|MCA-TV]] shield on the bottom right hand corner and the text "Represented by" above it. This was seen on S1-S5 episodes of ''My Three Sons''.
-Another version of the above logo has the MCA-TV "Filmreel" logo instead of the shield.
+*Another version of the above logo has the MCA-TV "Filmreel" logo instead of the shield.
-The colors may vary due to film deterioration.
+*The colors may vary due to film deterioration.
-A superimposed variant exists on the 1957-63 ABC game show Who Do You Trust?
+*A superimposed variant exists on the 1957-63 [[ABC |ABC]] game show ''Who Do You Trust?''
-The burgundy red title card was revived in 1979 with a remake of The Millionaire on CBS, which the network co-produced with Fedderson. It lasted only one season.
+*The burgundy red title card was revived in 1979 with a remake of ''The Millionaire'' on CBS, which the network co-produced with Fedderson. It lasted only one season.
-FX/SFX: None
-Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.
-Availability: Common. Seen on My Three Sons on Me-TV and occasionally on Decades. First appeared on The Millionaire which rarely airs on Decades. Also appears on Family Affair which also rarely airs on Decades. Also seen on the shows Who Do You Trust?, To Rome with Love, and The Smith Family. Extinct for the 1979 Millionaire variant.
-Editor's Note: None.
-nd Logo
-(1972-1982)
-Don Fedderson Productions [1972]
-Logo: Simply the following text (in Clarendon condensed font) over the closing scene:
-syndicated by
-DON FEDDERSON
-PRODUCTIONS
+'''Technique:''' A painting filmed by a cameraman.
-FX/SFX: None
-Music/ Sounds: The closing theme of the show.
+'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the show.
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on ''My Three Sons'' on Me-TV and occasionally on Decades. First appeared on ''The Millionaire'' which rarely airs on Decades. Also appears on Family Affair which also rarely airs on Decades. Also seen on the shows ''Who Do You Trust?'', ''To Rome with Love'', and ''The Smith Family''.
-Availability: Extinct. Only appeared on syndicated prints of The Lawrence Welk Show.
+[[Category:American television logos]]
-Editor's Note: None.
+[[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:Television logos]]