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'''Availability:''' Seen intact on any shows that originally had it.
*The superimposed version can be seen on shows like ''I Love Lucy'' on Hallmark Channel, the ''Star Trek'' pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before", ''The Lucy Show'', and ''The Untouchables'' (1950s version) on
*The in-credit variant was seen intact on some filmed on locations shows, such as ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''I Spy'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', and ''That Girl'', among others.
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'''Availability:''' Uncommon.
*Currently seen on ''Star Trek'' on
*It was also last seen on ''Star Trek'' reruns on TV Land and in local syndication and some ''Mission: Impossible'' episodes on the former ALN (now "YouToo TV"). When ''Star Trek'' is shown on Canada's Space: The Imagination Station, this logo was presumably kept with the Paramount copyright without the Paramount TV logo.
*It's also intact on early episodes of ''Mannix'', as well as ''The Lucy Show''.
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* This was seen on ''Mission: Impossible'' on ALN (now Youtoo America) and on a number of shows and TV movies, but a lot of it have been replaced with either the 6th, 8th, or a later logo (mostly CTD currently). An example of this would be the "The Complete Series" DVDs of ''The Brady Kids'', which plaster this logo with the CBS Television Distribution logo.
*The 1969 versions are rare and it can be seen on ''The Brady Bunch'' DVD box sets, as well as on
*The 1970 version is uncommon. This version has been spotted on all S1 episodes of the 1989 ''War of the Worlds'' TV series on its DVD release, as well as ''The Immortal'', ''Longstreet'' on DVD, season 1 of ''The Odd Couple'' on DVD and
*The 1972 version is rare and was spotted on S1 and some S2 episodes ''Happy Days'' episodes, which includes the season 1 DVD boxset,
*The 1974 version is extinct and was spotted on episodes of ''The Odd Couple'', but is hard to find on said show due to plastering with later logos from the company like the 1995 Domestic logo, or other companies entirely like the CBS Paramount Television, or CBS Television Distribution logos.
*The silent version can be seen on a few programs like ''The Devil's Daughter'' and ''The Legend of Lizzie Borden'', which are retained on their DVD releases. The animated ''Star Trek'' series also has this, which has been seen on Netflix, DVD and Blu-ray box sets, and recent H&I (Heroes and Icons) prints. Not all prints have this, as some plaster it with the 1995 Domestic logo.
* The bylineless version is extremely rare and was recently spotted on a 1970 episode of ''The Brady Bunch'' on
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*This exists as both filmed and videotaped versions.
*By around 1982, a new version of the Paramount Television logo is released utilizing the standard template of the main logo with all 5 indentations intact. As a result, the word "<span style="font-family:times-new-roman;">'''''Television'''''</span>" overlaps the tip. You may notice on this that the portion of the "Television" logo that touches the mountain peak is a brighter white; this is due to "chroma-keying," per Benjamin Edge on Club CBS Television Studios on Facebook.
*Depending on the film quality, the colors may vary from dark blue, all the way to a whitish-blue color. It has even been spotted in a reddish tint on the CBS DVD/VEI release of ''Petrocelli'', specifically on the print of the season 2 episode "Face of Evil". A similar red-tinted version was found on a
*In the later usage of this logo, Paramount used some videotape trickery on some of their prints with this logo. Instead of letting the film clip roll as usual, what they do is show the still of the logo with just "<span style="font-family:times-new-roman;">'''''Paramount'''''</span>" showing. Then it quickly fades into the animation of "<span style="font-family:times-new-roman;">'''''Television'''''</span>" sliding in from the right, which then reverts back into a still image (this time, of the completed animation). This can be seen on the first two seasons of ''MacGyver'', a few early episodes of ''Friday the 13th: The Series'', the short-lived revival ''The New Love, American Style'', the CBS sitcom ''The Cavanaughs'', and the TV movie ''The Jesse Owens Story''.
*A similar variation to the one above exists of the filmed variant becoming a still image after "<span style="font-family:times-new-roman;">'''''Television'''''</span>" slides to its place, and the logo fades to black slower than usual.
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*It's been spotted on ''Family Ties'' and most episodes of ''Happy Days'' when last seen on Hub Network (now Discovery Family), INSP TV, and
*Other programs it was seen on was 1981-1987 episodes of ''Solid Gold'' (the silent 1995 Domestic logo plasters over this logo on VH1 airings from 1998-99), DVD releases of ''Angie'', ''Best of the West'', ''Future Cop'', ''The Bad News Bears'', ''The Powers of Matthew Star'', season 2 of ''Petrocelli'' (on DVD and on AXN Crime airings), ''Having Babies III'' on Amazon Prime Video, and ''The Winds of War'' miniseries on DVD.
*This logo is also retained on the DVD's and Blu-rays of ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (the 1979 BBC TV series) and its sequel ''Smiley's People'', as well as the short-lived Leslie Nielsen sitcom ''Police Squad!'' and the 1980 miniseries ''Shōgun''.
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*1987 logo with 1979 and 1980 themes, reportedly spotted on older ''Bosom Buddies'' reruns on TBS.
*1989 logo with gold byline with the 1970 and 1978 themes.
*1990 logo with 1970, 1972, 1976, 1978 and 1979 themes. The version with the 1976 theme was spotted on 90s prints of the TV movies ''Nero Wolfe'' and ''Delta Country U.S.A.'', the version with the 1978 theme was spotted on
*1995 domestic logo with 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982 themes. The 1978 theme variant was seen on most episodes of ''Mork & Mindy'' on Syfy, while a few had the 1981-B theme variant, an early 2000's airing of ''The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang'' episode "Westward Whoa!" on TV Land used the 1980 theme variant, and the 1968 theme variant was seen on a French airing of ''Mannix''. Several reverse plaster spottings involving Blue Mountain jingles include Fox Family (now Freeform) airings of ''The Brady Brides'', repeats of several ''Mork & Mindy'' episodes when they last aired on older Hub Network and Fox Family airings, and an early 2000's airing of ''The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang'' episode "Westward Whoa!" on TV Land.
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* On an episode of ''Entertainment Tonight'', aired May 16, 1990, the logo is silent, out of a show of respect to Sammy Davis, Jr. and Jim Henson, who both passed away that day and were the focus of the episode.
*At the end of a 1987 outtake reel of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', the last note from the 1966 ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' theme music (aka "Theme from Star Trek"), is heard, followed by the 1967 Desilu logo's music, the 1979 Paramount Television theme, and some suspenseful music sounding like the theme music from the 1975 film ''Jaws'' before finally concluding with an explosion sound.
*A low-toned version was spotted on some episodes of ''Family Affair'' on
*A version exists that has the last note of the theme cut short.
*Another version exists that uses the last 4 notes of the theme.
*On the 2001 remaster and HD remasters of ''Cheers'', 2000s prints of ''The Love Boat'', an episode of season 3 of ''7th Heaven'' on Hulu, and seasons 2 through 6 of ''Charmed'' on DVD, the 1989 arrangement of the theme is slightly re-orchestrated and has a different echo at the end.
*On some episodes of ''Gomer Pyle, USMC'' when they were aired on Me
*On a few episodes of ''Gunsmoke'' last aired on Encore Westerns, the Viacom "V of Steel" music in normal speed would be heard with the 1995 domestic logo due to sloppy plastering. The music would jarringly cut after the logo fades out.
*Reportedly, TubiTV's print of the 1990 film ''Men at Work'' had the Viacom "Wigga Wigga" music with V/O play over the 1995 domestic logo due to sloppy plastering.
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*The Gulf+Western variation was once found on later ''Family Ties'' episodes (seen intact on recent airings such as those on Antenna TV), 1987-1989 ''Cheers'' episodes in syndication, and ''Friday the 13th: The Series'' on Chiller and certain episodes on Syfy. On Netflix, the Gulf+Western version has also turned up on the last 2 seasons of ''Family Ties'' (plastered on DVD), as well as seasons 3-4 and the first 4 season 5 episodes of ''MacGyver'', which can also be seen on Pluto TV. The short-lived 1988-89 game show ''Wipeout'' (with Peter Tomarken) had this as well, and it was retained when the USA Network reran from 1989 to 1991 (episodes can be found on YouTube). This variation usually gets plastered with the Viacom variation.
*The silent Viacom bylined 1995 logo was used to plaster Viacom logos. Since Viacom owns TV Land, many airings of Viacom shows had their logos plastered by this one. These prints are still used, and you may come across some of them if you watch some of these shows that TV Land had aired. Some of these shows include ''The Andy Griffith Show'', the 1970 ''Harlem Globetrotters'' cartoon, ''Cannon'', color ''Gunsmoke'' episodes (and even some black and white episodes), ''Petticoat Junction'' (also seen on
*Non-TV Land programs that used the silent variant are ''Frasier'' on Lifetime, Hallmark Channel, and DVD box sets, ''Cheers'' on Hallmark Channel, Netflix,
*On the initial U.S. syndication reruns of the 1st 4 seasons of ''Webster'', the 1987 logo plastered the "Blue Mountain" on all but a select few episodes, as did the 1995 Domestic logo on much later U.S. syndication reruns after 1995.
* The 1990 and 1995 variants appear on ''Wings'' on USA Network, DVDs use CBS Paramount Domestic Television starting with season 4, and later seasons use CTD.
*The 1989 logo with the gold Paramount Communications byline lasted until January 27, 1995, and during its lifespan was used on the syndicated 1994-1995 ''The New Price Is Right'' show, DVD and Netflix's prints of seasons 5-7 of ''MacGyver'', the first season DVD of ''Wings'', Get TV airings of ''The Boy Who Loved Christmas'', and the 1993
*The 1990 logo with the white Paramount Communications byline made its final regular appearance on ''The Marshal'' season 1 episode "The Great Train Robbery", aired on February 11, 1995, while its final overall appearance was on ''The Laverne & Shirley Reunion''.
*''Star Trek: Enterprise'' season 1 reruns on Netflix and DVD retain the 1995 Viacom-byline logo, while they are replaced by the CBS Television Distribution logo on the 2013 Blu-ray set. This was also seen on the final 2 seasons (1st-run syndication-era) episodes of ''Webster''.
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*On some shows, like ''Judge Judy'' from mid-season 6 to mid-season 10, the end theme of the show is heard.
*S1 DVD episodes of ''Laverne & Shirley'' use the 1975 Paramount Television theme.
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*Network airings on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and UPN used a generic theme instead.
*A variant of the network logo with the 2006-2009 CBS Paramount "Domestic" Television theme was spotted on one episode of ''Everybody Hates Chris'' on Nick at Nite, probably due to a reverse plastering error.
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*It still appears on reruns of several shows, such as pre-2006 episodes of ''Girlfriends'' on BET Her, TV One, Cleo TV, CW Seed and Netflix (plastered on DVD by CBS Paramount Domestic Television or [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]]), the first 3 seasons of ''NCIS'' on USA Network before using compressed credits (which use the CBS Television Studios logo), ''Frasier'' on Lifetime and Hallmark Channel as well as the Complete 10th and 11th seasons DVD box sets, ''One on One'' on Bounce TV (as well as on Netflix), every season of ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' besides season 6 on Antenna TV, Fuse, and when it was last seen on Hub Network (before the re-brand of Discovery Family), ''Everybody Hates Chris'' on Fuse, ''The Parkers'' on BET and Centric, ''Soul Food: The Series'' on Aspire (plastered on DVD), ''Blind Justice'' on the now-defunct Sleuth network, 2004 syndicated late-night airings of ''Perry Mason Returns'' (which followed the 1990 Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo), some syndicated reruns of the first two seasons of ''NUMB3RS'' (followed by the CBS Television Distribution logo) and it surprisingly appeared at the end of a 2016 Showtime 2 broadcast of ''Universal Soldier''. The final show to use this logo was ''Deadwood''. The logo was previously seen on Nick @ Nite, TeenNick, and BET.
*The 90th Anniversary variation is uncommon and can be seen on 2002 episodes of ''One on One'' on Bounce TV and Netflix, ''Raising Dad'' on The WB, 2002 episodes of ''Do-Over'' on The WB, ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' on Syfy, Prime Video, Hulu and Netflix, 2002 episodes of ''Frasier'' on Hallmark Channel and Netflix (but not on DVD), Season 2 and 3 episodes of ''Girlfriends'' on TV One, Cleo TV and Netflix (season 2 is plastered by CBS Paramount Television on Netflix), a syndicated episode of ''Clueless'', local reruns of ''Nash Bridges'', later Season 6 episodes of ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' on Antenna TV, ''Becker'' on Pluto TV and when it was last shown on WGN America, and on H&I's airings of 2002 ''JAG'' episodes. This also appeared on several first-run syndicated shows which were ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''Dr. Phil'', ''Judge Judy'' (mid-seasons 6-10), and ''Montel''.
*As for the 2003 Paramount Domestic Television variant, it used to be seen on ''Deadwood'' on the now-defunct Audience Network, and is currently seen on reruns of ''Judge Joe Brown'' on Bounce TV. This logo had been used to either follow or plaster older logos on some reruns of some shows such as ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (following the 1951 CBS logo), ''Laverne & Shirley'' (plastering the 1975 and 1995 logos), ''Hogan's Heroes'' on
*Season 2-4 episodes of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' on H&I, Paramount+, Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, and DVD retain this logo (which is replaced by the CBS Television Distribution logo on the 2013-14 Blu-ray sets).
*The version with the fanfare makes a surprise appearance at the end of the ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!'' VHS.
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Paramount Pictures was involved in television as early as 1949 when it owned a television network called the "Paramount Television Network" and an early television division "Paramount Television Productions". The network presented and produced 17 programs in total until it and the production banner was dissolved in 1956. Paramount also had a majority stake in the DuMont Television Network and owned KTLA in Los Angeles and WBKB in Chicago (now WBBM-TV). Paramount Pictures' second attempt in the television industry began in 1959 as "Paramount Pictures Television" when they produced the television movie Destination Space for CBS. They also co-produced six unsold pilots with Tandem Productions, such as Henry T. and Meet Me At Danny's. They also had a short-lived production banner called "Telemount-Mutual".
Desilu Productions was a production company founded in 1950 by then-husband-and-wife comedy duo, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball (hence the name of the company), producing very successful TV shows and films between the 1950s and 1960s, notably pioneering the multi-camera sitcom format. In 1960, Desi Arnaz sold the pre-1960 shows to CBS since Ball and Arnaz couldn't work with each other anymore. They later divorced the same year. In 1962, Arnaz sold his holdings of Desilu to Ball. In 1967, she sold Desilu to Gulf+Western Industries, which merged Desilu with Paramount Pictures. Desilu became the television arm of Paramount in July, renaming it to "Paramount Television" months later. Desilu Sales became "Paramount Television Sales", while Lucille Ball formed her then-new company "Lucille Ball Productions, Inc." and Desi Arnaz formed his own company named "Desi Arnaz Productions". Currently, all of the Desilu Productions television library is owned by ViacomCBS through CBS Media Ventures.
In 2004, Viacom merged Paramount Network Television and CBS Productions to form the "CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group" at the same time it merged Paramount International Television and CBS Broadcast International to form "CBS Paramount International Television" (currently known as the "ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group"). On December 31, 2005, the Viacom/CBS split took effect and Viacom changed its name to the CBS Corporation at the same time it created a spin-off company that bears the Viacom name. On January 17, 2006, CBS Corporation merged the CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group, CBS Paramount International Television, and Paramount Domestic Television into the CBS Paramount Television Group, but the on-air logo for PDT remained the same until Memorial Day, May 29, 2006, when the first CBS Paramount Television logo debuted. As for the network version, the PNT and CBS Productions logos were used before the CBS Paramount Network Television logo debuted on June 11. However, CBS Paramount Domestic Television was merged with CBS Paramount International Television, King World Productions, and CBS Home Entertainment to form CBS Television Distribution (now "CBS Media Ventures") in September 2006, and CBS Paramount Network Television was renamed as "CBS Television Studios" (now "CBS Studios") in May 2009 after CBS lost its license to the Paramount name it had for three years. On March 4, 2013, Paramount Pictures relaunched a current incarnation of Paramount Television (now "Paramount Television Studios"); both divisions are owned by ViacomCBS.
Logo: Desilu did not use a logo until 1952. As superimposed or scrolling on the end credits, we see the text:
From 1951-1952, the copyright stamp fades-in below. From 1952-1963, this would fade to the "script" logo.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme from any show.
Availability: Seen intact on all I Love Lucy episodes on Hallmark Channel and DVD. This was also seen on The Untouchables and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.
Editor's Note: None.
Nickname: "Desilu Script"
Logo: Over a specialty backdrop, we see the words "FILMED IN HOLLYWOOD BY" ("Filmed in HOLLYWOOD and MEXICO by" on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour). The word "Desilu" is written in a cursive font, either in black, white, or in a 3D-ish appearance. Then, a round ball dots the "i". The copyright information appears at the bottom. This phrase was shortened to "FILMED BY DESILU" in 1957.
Trivia: The logo was designed by visual artist Howard Anderson Jr., who also designed the titles and effects works for I Love Lucy, among other shows.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The "drawing effect".
Music/Sounds/Voice-over: Music played during the end of the show. Some I Love Lucy episodes have an announcer saying, "I Love Lucy is a Desilu Production". Even some with that have "Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz will return next week at the same time".
Availability: Seen intact on any shows that originally had it.
Editor's Note: The animation in this logo is primitive, but it's well-remembered by fans of I Love Lucy and Star Trek.
Final Notes: This logo was used on the final two seasons of The Lucy Show, which used the 1966 Desilu logo and the 1968 Paramount Television logo at the end.
Nicknames: "Merging Circles", "Multi-Colored Circles", "Color Desilu Logo"
Logo: On a black background, six multicolored (red, pink, and orange) circles surround a white one and then merge together with it to form a blue circle, which backs away upward as the word "Desilu" is written in a yellow cursive font. As the circle takes its place over the "i", it turns white.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The circles merging in a kaleidoscope fashion, moving, and changing colors, the "drawing" effect.
Music/Sounds: A five-note horn fanfare; starts on a light note as the circle forms. This would later be used on Paramount Television's 1st logo. Sometimes this music would play faster. All were composed by Wilbur Hatch.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Uncommon.
Editor's Note: The animation is still primitive here (and the battling loud version of the fanfare may startle some viewers), but again, this is a well-loved and memorable logo by many.
Nicknames: "Rising Circle", "Iris-in Circle", "Dark Mountain", "Changing Paramount Text", "Gulf+Western Mountain"
Logo: On a blue background, we see a black mountain and the words "A Gulf+Western Company" in white. Suddenly, a white filled-in circle border makes an iris-in effect behind the mountain. The "Paramount" name, which is written in its majestic script font and appears in black, pops in while 22 white stars appear around the border, starting in the middle and going downward. The word "Paramount" immediately moves upward to make room for "Television" below it, in the same typeface. Below the logo are two subtitles, both in white: "COPYRIGHT © MCMLXVIII BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" in a more standard type, and "Paramount Pictures Corporation" in the Paramount logo font.
Main Variants: One of 6 visual variants were used:
Other Variant: A B&W variant exists on 16mm prints of said colors.
FX/SFX: The "sunrise" effect, the stars, and "Paramount" changing into "Paramount Television".
Music/Sounds: The two main themes from the 1966 Desilu Productions logo. The battling loud version of the fanfare was only used in early 1968, typically for the bylineless variant.
Music/Sounds Variant: A high tone variant exists for both themes, which is generally heard on PAL prints of shows.
Availability: Very rare as this was short-lived, but it is not too difficult to find.
Editor's Note: This is the first animated Paramount Television logo. This also might be a prototype of the Paramount print logo that made its debut in the same year.
Nicknames: "Split Rectangle", "Yellow Split Rectangle", "Benevolent Rectangle", "The Closet Killer", "The Bumper Sticker", "Split Box", "Gulf+Western Mountain II"
Logo: Against a yellow background is a blue rectangle which is split into two sections; the left and the larger rectangle contains the words:
Besides the last line, all are set in Eurostile font (the company byline appears to be set in Trade Gothic font). "PARAMOUNT" has the largest typeface, and the other two lines are progressively smaller. On the smaller right side of the rectangle is a Paramount logo with a blue border and white mountain. The picture zooms-up to the logo, which kind of looks like a blue and white version of the "Rising Circle" logo ("A Gulf+Western Company" and copyright message appears at the bottom of the white mountain) except the word "Television" is not present. Also, the copyright stamp appears when the picture zooms in.
Trivia: A similar version of this and the next logo were used as the print logo for Paramount's record division of the time, Dot Records, from 1968 to 1971.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The sudden zoom-in.
Music/Sounds:
Availability: Extremely rare, as it is usually not intact on many common prints of the TV shows it was on.
Editor's Note: This logo resembles a bumper sticker, which could be a tongue-in-cheek reference to Paramount's then owner at the time.
Nicknames: "Split Rectangle II", "Red Split Rectangle", "Malevolent Rectangle", "The Closet Killer II", "Bumper Sticker II", "Split Box II", "Gulf+Western Mountain III"
Logo: Same appearance as the 4th logo except the background is red, the larger rectangle is blue, the Paramount mountain and the stars around it mountain are blue, and the smaller rectangle is white (the mountain is cut off at the bottom in this version). The zoom on the square is still intact.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo.
Music/Sounds:
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Uncommon.
Editor's Note: Same as above. Of the two "Split Box" logos, it's the more recognizable version that's also infamous by some viewers for its animation and early Frontiere themes. Also, the 1970 theme would become Paramount's de-facto television theme for the following 17 years.
Nicknames: "Gulf+Western Mountain IV", "Still Mountain"
Logo: Same as the theatrical 1968 logo, although it could be either matted or cropped to fit TV screens.
FX/SFX: Same as the 1968 theatrical counterpart.
Music/Sounds:
Availability: Rare.
Editor's Note: The extended closet killer on the earlier version of logo can make this scarier then the previous logo to some.
Nicknames: "Late 1970s Mountain", "1980s Mountain", "Blue Mountain", "Gulf+Western Mountain V"
Logo: We see only the finished product of the 1975 movie logo, but more defined this time. The mountain has been modified to give more room for the word "Television" by compressing the mountain about one viewer's inch and downgrading the amount of indentations (or impressions) to 4 from its standard of 5. On a sky blue background, we see a near-circle made by 22 white stars. The near-circle contains a navy blue backdrop and a flat mountain in another shade of blue with the word "Paramount" in white above it. Below the mountain is the Gulf+Western byline in the same alignment as its movie counterpart. The word "Television" comes from the right and slides in below "Paramount". Same alignment as the 3rd logo.
Variants:
FX/SFX: The word "Television" sliding in.
Music/Sounds: A slower version of the Lalo Schifrin jingle which was first heard with 5th logo. There were many variations of this jingle throughout the '70s and '80s. There is also one completely different theme composed by Jerry Goldsmith used in 1977. A brief explanation of the jingles goes as follows:
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Uncommon.
Editor's Note: One of the more fondly remembered television logos, mainly due to its charm and cheesiness.
Nicknames: "CGI Mountain", "Majestic Mountain II", "Mountain of Monotony", "'90s Mountain", "Star Wars Mountain", "Gulf+Western Mountain VI", "Viacom Mountain", "Still Mountain II"
Logo: We see only the finished product of the 1986 movie logo. It is sometimes still, while other times it has the animated clouds moving westward in the background.
Bylines: On the bottom, the following bylines were used:
Variants:
FX/SFX:
Music/Sounds: A re-orchestrated version of the last six notes to Paramount Pictures' 1987 theatrical fanfare, which is a re-arrangement of Elsie Janis/Jack King's Paramount on Parade by Jerry Goldsmith, first heard on trailers for Paramount Pictures since 1976, and is in the key of B♭ major. (Lalo Schifrin is credited as composer of this theme on the Star Trek: Enterprise soundtrack.) It may remind some viewers of the Star Wars theme (hence the nickname "Star Wars Mountain"). There are two main arrangements of the theme. The second arrangement, which debuted in 1989, has a VHS pitch-shift effect on the second note of the fanfare. Many of these logos are plastered onto old shows (mostly on TV Land airings, as well as TV movies) with the logo being silent.
Pre-1987 Paramount Television Music/Sounds Variants: As a result of poor attempts at plastering, each variant of the logo was spotted with the following themes from the 4th, 5th, and 7th logos:
Other Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Common. The 1995-2002 Viacom variation plastered over previous logos before being plastered by the CBS Television Distribution logo.
Editor's Note: It's mostly a still shot of the 1986 movie logo, which is fine enough. It also began Paramount's full time practice of using their movie logo as their de-facto television logo. However, the 75th Anniversary version was largely wasted, as it only appeared on Entertainment Tonight, while other shows during the period would instead use the standard Gulf+Western variation, before its use on films in 1988. In addition, this logo (mostly the 1995 variants) was notorious at the time for its wide prevalence during its lifespan, primarily due to plastering older logos, mainly ones from older Paramount TV and Viacom. Despite its notoriety, this would pale in comparison to the later CBS Television Distribution, which plastered logos on a larger scale.
Logo: Just in-credit text that reads:
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme to the show.
Availability: Extinct. Appeared on the first two seasons of Geraldo. It has been kept intact within prints available on the streaming service Nosey.
Editor's Note: None.
Nicknames: "CGI Mountain II", "Mount Paramount", "2000s Mountain", "Star Wars Mountain II", "Viacom Mountain II", "Still Mountain III"
Logo: We see only the finished product of the 2002 movie logo, with the movement of the clouds being the only animation. Like the 6th logo, when the logo is shown closer, it's from Paramount Network Television. However, if it's further away, it's from Paramount Domestic Television.
Trivia: The version with the "90TH ANNIVERSARY" disclaimer debuted in February 2002, a month before its full movie counterpart later came about with the release of We Were Soldiers on March 1 of that same year.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Only the clouds moving westward in the background or none. On Blind Justice, it shows the end animation from the movie logo. Sometimes, the logo utilizes a simple fade in and fade out, like its movie counterpart. The fade transitions occur mostly on the Domestic version of the logo.
Music/Sounds: The same 1987 theme from the 8th logo or silence.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Although this logo is falling victim to plastering (by way of the CBS Paramount Domestic/Network Television or CBS Television Distribution logos), it's still common to find.
Editor's Note: Like the 8th logo, it's mostly a nearly still shot of the 2002 movie logo (because the background is still animating), which is fine enough. However, some people may confuse this logo with the closing logo of the movie counterpart, as the television counterpart sometimes fades in and fades out and is sometimes silent, while the movie counterpart is the same, but always happening and always silent. Also, it should be noted that the television logo debuted in February 2002, a month before the movie logo followed suit in March 2002, and this is the final Paramount logo seen on television until nearly six years later.
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on Paramount TV series:
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