Midnight Radio

Background

Midnight Radio was formed in 2006 as "Space Floor Television" by Going to California writers Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg. Jeff Pinkner later joined the company in 2014, and renamed to its current moniker, which is based off a fact from playing radio late at night while driving with the coolest and weirdest music.

Space Floor Television

1st Logo (March 15, 2007-March 10, 2008)

Nicknames: "The Saturn and the Man", "Cleaning in Progress"

Logo: On a green background, we see a blue stripe that has a series of horizontal lines on the left and right. Beneath the stripe is a photo of a red Saturn with a yellow ring. We see a silhouette of a man holding a handle to put a mop in the mop bucket cart. We can also see two men holding mops on the left and right side of Saturn's ring. Above the top right of Saturn's ring and the stripe, we can see three white stars. Below the Saturn's ring is the words "SPACE FLOOR" in a stylized font with a white outline and a star is between the two words.

Variant: On season 1 of October Road, the logo is smaller and we can see the Mojo Films logo on the bottom.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, or the closing theme. Original ABC airings used a generic theme and voiceover.

Availability: Rare. It's only seen on October Road.

2nd Logo (September 5, 2008-May 12, 2014)

Nicknames: "The Saturn and the Man II", "Cleaning in Progress II", "The Test Card"

Logo: On a black background, we see a TV tube with an antenna black and white TV test card (representing the Indian head test pattern) on it. On the white circular lines we see the Saturn and the man from before, but in black and white, minus the two men holding mops, replacing various circles the original Indian head test pattern had. Above the Saturn and the man is the arched words "SPACE FLOOR", replacing two lines and the Indian head and below it is "TV" with two stars on the left and right of the text.

Variants:

On Samurai Girl, the words are white.
On the U.S. version of Life on Mars, the logo is smaller (or slightly large), and we can see the Kudos Film and Television logo.
On Happy Town, the logo is stretched.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A whoosh sound, none, or the closing theme. Original ABC and The CW airings used a generic theme and a voiceover.

Availability: Seen on Samurai Girl, the U.S. version of Life on Mars, Happy Town and Star-Crossed.

Midnight Radio

(June 30, 2015-)

Logo: On a black background, we see the white words "MIDNIGHT RADIO", and a red lightning bolt is placed between the two words.

Variants:

The logo may be either squished or zoomed out.
On Knightfall, the logo is next to the Island Pictures logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme. Original CBS airings of Zoo used a generic theme.

Availability: Seen on their shows like Zoo, Everything Sucks!, Knightfall, Origin, High Fidelity, and the live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. Don't expect this to appear on its films.