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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, an "{{color|red|'''M'''}}" flies backward from off screen, then splits into two. In the space left between the two letters, two "{{color|green|'''T'''}}"'s come from the top and bottom of the screen and join to form one. This completes the initials of the company, and the letter "{{color|limegreen|'''T'''}}" shrinks when a gold ribbon circle, adorned with stars on the left, right and bottom and "MTM" on the top, appears over it. Under the letters are the words "{{color|#FFD900|'''ENTERPRISES, INC.'''}}", "{{color|#FFD900|'''ENTERPRISES'''}}", "{{color|#FFD900|'''PRODUCTIONS, INC.'''}}", or "{{color|#FFD900|'''PRODUCTIONS'''}}". Sometimes, the finished logo will read out "'''{{color|#FFD900|AN}} {{color|red|M}}{{color|green|T}}{{color|red|M}}MTM {{color|#FFD900|ENTERPRISES (INC.) PRODUCTION}}'''" ("{{color|#FFD900|'''AN'''}}" appears over the first "{{color|red|'''M'''}}"). Contained within the ribbon is a live-action orange tabby kitten named Mimsie that meows once, obviously as a parody of the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] lion. All the text (except for the later versions) appears in the Peignot font used for [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]]'s 1st logo and the ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' opening and closing credits.
'''Trivia:'''
'''Variants:'''
First, here are the little differences in the logo, along with dates in which they were used:
*September 19, 1970-March 2, 1974: One "{{color|orangered|'''M'''}}" is {{color|orangered|red-orange}}, the other is red, and the "{{color|blue|'''T'''}}" is blue and is formed by the merging of a {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}} "{{color|deepskyblue|'''T'''}}" and a green one.
*September 18, 1971-1982: The "{{color|orangered|'''M'''}}"s are both {{color|orangered|red-orange}}, and the "{{color|deepskyblue|'''T'''}}" is {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}}.
*September 12, 1977-April 21, 1982: Company now identified as "MTM Productions Inc.". The "{{color|orange|'''M'''}}"s are now orange.
*1982-1990: Company identified as "MTM Enterprises, Inc.". The "{{color|red|'''M'''}}"s are now red.
*September 17, 1990-May 22, 1993: Same as above, but "{{color|#FFD900|'''ENTERPRISES, INC.'''}}" is smaller than usual, and below it is a byline that says "{{color|#FFD900|A TVS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY}}". Starting in early 1993, the byline was removed.
*1992-May 19, 1998: All letters are orange, the words "{{color|orange|{{Font|Times New Roman|'''AN INTERNATIONAL FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY'''}}}}" appear with an orange line above it, after MTM was bought by the Family Channel. On <u>''VHS print of the Vampire''</u>, the logo is still.
* A still version of this logo did turn up in the movies, notably the Orion Pictures release of ''Just Between Friends'' and possibly more. This is a still of the "Red/Blue Letters" version of the logo, and is shrunk to a considerably small size. No music, animation, or "meow" is present. Mimsie's head is turned away, pre-meowing.
*''Fresno'' has the "{{color|red|'''M'''}}"s in red and the "{{color|deepskyblue|'''T'''}}" {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}}. Here it just reads "'''{{color|red|M}}{{color|deepskyblue|T}}{{color|red|M}}MTM {{color|orange|PRODUCTIONS}}'''".
*The appearance of the circle varies amongst logos. The most common one kind of "iris-in's." In others, usually ones where there's special animation or a different cat, the circle just appears.
*Sometimes, the letters don't animate, as seen in the ''Carlton'', ''White Shadow'', and "Abogast" variants. Everything is up there at once.
*<u>''The New WKRP in Cincinnati''</u>: Dubbed with Les Nesman Jr. exclaiming "Ooh!"
*<u>''Newhart''</u>: Each episode (except the pilot) featured Mimsie meowing in Bob Newhart's voice. On the season 1 episode "No Room at the Inn", a pink Christmas wreath (similar to the one used on ''The Bob Newhart Show'', and ''Rhoda'') is featured in place of the MTM ribbon. On the final episode, the cat yells "QUIET!" (the two Darryls' first and only word).
*<u>''Remington Steele''</u>: Mimsie wears a Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap and meerschaum pipe. As she begins to meow, the pipe drops out of her mouth and falls in front of "{{color|#FFD900|'''ENTERPRISES, INC.}}'''" or "{{color|#FFD900|'''PRODUCTIONS'''}}". Mid-1990s prints of the show added a small IFE byline reading "{{color|orange|'''A DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT'''}}", with the logo slightly zoomed out to make room for it.
*<u>''St. Elsewhere''</u>: Mimsie is wearing a scrub suit and a surgical mask, which is animated to look like her mouth is moving underneath when she meows. At least two episodes feature a different meow soundtrack. On the final episode, she (possibly portrayed by another cat) is hooked on life support on a hospital bed throughout the last credit roll. The credits run as usual over a picture of the MTM circle, with life support equipment attached on either side. You can hear the beeps of the heart monitor over the end theme, too. After the credits complete, the company name fades in and Mimsie flatlines and dies, with a long, high-pitched beep heard. Reruns of the series finale plastered this variant over with the typical credits (as a side note, the actual cat, Mimsie, died in 1988, the same year ''St. Elsewhere'' ended). According to Grant Tinker, it was not uncommon for MTM to kill off Mimsie in their logo whenever a show got cancelled.
*<u>''The Steve Allen Show''</u>: Mimsie (who also wears Allen's famous black rectangular-framed Ray-Ban eyeglasses) lip-syncs Allen's "Schmock!"
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