Langley Productions

Credits

Descriptions by
yomoneyboat and WizardDuck

Captures by
Eric S. and Pygmalion X

Video captures courtesy of
sailorclose, JohnnyL80, Broken Saw, theRafaMarc (a.k.a. "RM") and External Galaxy

Background

Langley Productions was initially established in 1983 as "Barbour/Langley Productions", named after Malcolm Barbour and John Langley, the creators of Cops. It didn't use a logo until 1988. In 1994, Barbour left from producing Cops. Two years later, the company was renamed to its current name to reference the departure.

Barbour/Langley Productions

1st Logo (November 2, 1988-December 12, 1992)

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Logo: Over a black background, the text "BARBOUR" flies from the right of the screen, with "LANGLEY" doing the same thing from the left. They both criss-cross and land on opposite sides, and a white slash draws itself between them. "PRODUCTIONS, INC." appears below.

Variants:

• On some episodes of Cops, a copyright notice would appear.
• An early version of the logo exists where the logo disappears like a TV turn-off can do.

Technique: Computer animation.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic 8-note synth tune that begins with 4 descending notes, followed by a 5th done on synth strings when the words land. Then 3 more ascending notes follow. This was all done on a Roland D-50 synthesizer with the patches "Future Pad" (for the descending and ascending notes) and "Pizzagogo" (for the 5th note).

Availability: Rare. Can be seen on 1989-1992 episodes of Cops. It was also seen on very early episodes of Code 3 and American Expose: Who Murdered JFK.

2nd Logo (August 15, 1992-September 18, 1999)

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Logo: Almost the same as before, except everything is silver and in 3D, and occurs at a faster rate. Also, there is no "INC." at the end, and the text is in Univers font.

Variant: When the logo first appeared in 1992, some episodes of Cops had the "BARBOUR/LANGLEY" text shining.

Technique: Same as the last logo.

Music/Sounds:

• 1992-1993: The last logo's theme, which was sometimes shortened.
• 1993-1999: A southern guitar riff.

Music/Sounds Variant: Some Cops tapes have a silent variant.

Availability: Uncommon. Appears on 1992-1999 episodes of Cops. A still version of the logo may appear on Spike airings on Cops. Seen also on later episodes of Code 3.

Langley Productions

1st Logo (1996-November 23, 2008)

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Logo: On a black screen, the letters in "LANGLEY" fly into place, scattered about. The word "PRODUCTIONS" then flips up, and the logo shines.

Variant: There is a variant where the logo starts as all the letters have fully appeared. The variant debuted in 2004 as a secondary variant before became the primary variant, which actually debuted in late 2005.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the second variant of the second logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Street Patrol, a different guitar theme is used, which is sometimes abridged.

Availability: Common. Appears on Cops episodes from the era, as well as Jail and Street Patrol.

2nd Logo (September 7, 2008-June 3, 2018)

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Logo: On a black background, we see a blue flash. This causes the words "LANGLEY PRODUCTIONS" to appear, in an Avenir font this time. Plus, "PRODUCTIONS" is in spaced-out letters.

Technique: Computer animation.

Music/Sounds: The abridged music variant from the previous logo, but the generic Fox jingle plays over episodes that aired on Fox until 2013.

Availability: No longer current. Was seen on post-season 21 episodes of Cops and was used together with the previous logo for a very brief time. It can also be seen on Jail.

3rd Logo (June 4, 2018-)

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Logo: On a black background, we see the same logo, but the letters flip and zoom out in the center, and they are in 3D and metallic colored.

Technique: Computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as before.

Music/Sounds Variant: On PlutoTV prints of Season 13 of Cops, this plasters the 1st logo but leaves its music intact.

Availability: Current. It was seen on Cops from season 31 onwards.