Hollywood Television Service

Logo descriptions by Shadeed A. Kelly and Eric S. Logo captures by Eric S. and V of Doom Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom

Background: Hollywood Television Service was the television distribution arm of Republic Pictures Corporation and was established in 1951 to distribute all of Republic's library on TV and produce TV shows filmed in the same style as the Republic serials, who later sold all its library to NTA in 1959. It also produced several television shows alongside with Studio City Television. Ironically would later return to Republic Pictures' ownership in 1985 when NTA bought the company name and logo and by forming Republic Pictures Television in 1986. Republic Pictures Corporation was later bought by Spelling Entertainment in 1994. Currently the movie library is owned by Viacom and all of the series are in the public domain.

1st Logo (1952-1956) Hollywood Television ServiceHollywood Television Service (1952-1956)

Nickname: "TV Globe"

Logo: On a sky background with clouds, we have the planet Earth and in the middle has a television screen with the name:

HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION SERVICE INC.

in the center that would later zoom in. Behind the globe has a receiver tower almost like the one from the RKO logo.

FX/SFX: The name zooming in.

Music/Sounds: A 1950s fanfare that is actually a redux of Republic's 1939 fanfare. In other cases, the opening theme of the movie, or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare, bordering on near extinction. Was sighted on Amazon Prime's print of Gunsmoke Ranch before the Worldvision Enterprises logo.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1956-1959) Hollywood Television ServiceHollywood Television Service (1956)

Nickname: "TV Tube Filmstrip"

Logo: It's the same logo as the Studio City Television Productions logo, but inside it has:

HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION SERVICE INC.

in the center that would later zoom in. Underneath has a byline that later fades in.

Bylines: 1955-1957: "A DIVISION OF REPUBLIC PICTURES CORPORATION". 1957-1959: "A SUBSIDIARY OF REPUBLIC PICTURES CORPORATION".

FX/SFX: The name zooming in.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Extinct. Was seen on The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu and Frontier Doctor.

Editor's Note: None.