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'''Editor's Note:''' The extended "Closet Killer" on the earlier version of logo can make this scarier than the previous logo to some, but is tamer with the extended version of Schifrin's "Color ID" jingle.
===5th Logo (September 9, 1975-1988)
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'''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 compressed by about one inch with the indentations (or impressions) also reduced from five to four. The word "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" comes from the right and slides in below "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Paramount'''''}}", creating the same end product from the 3rd logo.
'''Variants:'''
* This comes with or without a Registered trademark "®" symbol under the right side of the near-circle.
* 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 "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" 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 {{Font color|darkblue|dark blue}}, all the way to a {{Font color|powderblue|whitish-blue}} color.
* 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 "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Paramount'''''}}" showing. Then it quickly fades into the animation of "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" 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 "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" slides to its place, and the logo fades to black slower than usual.
* On the first episode of ''Webster'' in 1983, instead of the bombastic 1982 logo with "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" sliding in in front of the mountain, the standard version (with "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" coming into its usual place between "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" and the mountain) is used, with the 1981 sounder.
* On ''The Brady Brides'', a still variant of this logo (without the sliding word "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}") was used.
* Another still variant exists with "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" present. This was spotted on an USA Network airing of ''The Associates'' episode "The Censors".
* On the first two episodes of ''The Brady Bunch Variety Hour'', an in-credit variant was seen. On top is the text "'''Produced in association with PARAMOUNT TELEVISION'''", and below it is the print logo with the G+W byline in one line inside a square.
'''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:
* September 9, 1975-1976: Marching band rendition of the Lalo Schifrin jingle.
* 1976-1977: An 8-note horn fanfare composed by Jerry Goldsmith. A high tone theme also exists.
* 1977-1979: Redone version of Jerry Goldsmith's jingle, sounding a little slower and more majestic.
* 1978-1980: Slowed down version of the Schifrin jingle.
* 1979-1988: The infamous medium tempo version with a xylophone in the background.
* 1980-1983: Slower, xylophone driven version.
* December 8, 1981: A rare version of the 1979 variation in which the xylophone has been made more apparent. This jingle has only been spotted on the ''Happy Days'' episode "Baby, It's Cold Inside".
* 1981-March 28, 1985, October 9, 1986, December 16, 1987: Another medium tempo version which ends in a harp flourish. There has been other slight variations of this theme, and is most commonly found on ''Family Ties''.
* 1982-1987: Two bombastic horn-driven versions used. Xylophone accompanied on the first horn-driven version and what might sound like a harp on the second horn-driven version.
* A stereo version of the aforementioned theme exists, and can be heard on shows like ''Cheers'', ''All is Forgiven'', and ''The Tortellis''.
* September 22, 1986-May 4, 1987: 2 different reverberated versions were used, and was heard only on season 2 episodes of ''MacGyver''.
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
* This logo was used with the 1972 "Split Rectangle II" music on nearly all season 1 and season 2 episodes of ''Happy Days'' when they aired on The Hub (now Discovery Family).
* On reruns of ''Mannix'' from 1983, this logo used the previous three logo's themes:
** The 1967 [[Desilu Productions|Desilu]] jingle (on episodes aired after January 1, 1968)
** The 1968 Split Rectangle music (season 2)
** The 1969 Split Rectangle music (both music versions; season 3 and part of season 4)
** The 1970 Split Rectangle music (seasons 4-5)
** The 1972 Split Rectangle music (seasons 6-7 and most of the final season)
** The 1974 Split Rectangle music (early final season episodes - specifically the fall 1974 period)
* In exceptional cases, the closing theme of the show or TV movie or nothing at all was used.
* The first few notes of the 1982 logo played on the last few seconds of The Georgian Bay Ltd. logo on a few episodes of ''Webster'' DVD's, such as the S2 episode "The Uh-Oh Feeling."
* An unknown show had a Moog theme playing over it.
'''Availability:''' Uncommon.
* 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 Me-TV. It was seen on some episodes of ''Friday the 13th: The Series'' on Chiller (but not on DVD, nor on local airings), the first two seasons of ''MacGyver'' on Cloo, Me-TV and Netflix, and on the first and second season DVD releases of ''MacGyver'' from [[Paramount Home Entertainment
* It also appears on recent DVD releases of the first four seasons of ''Webster'' from Shout! Factory (the Paramount logo on S1 would be the standard version with 1979 music [standard version meaning the one with the space between the mountain and "Paramount"] and the Paramount logo on a few S2 episodes and the entire 4th season would use the 1982 tall-peaked variant, though on some international reruns and DVD episodes, it would use the standard version).
* 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.
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* Internationally, this logo also made a surprise appearance at the end of Australian airings of some episodes of both ''Mork & Mindy'' and ''Laverne & Shirley'', as well as an episode of ''Taxi''.
* On VHS, this is retained on ''Mork & Mindy'' Vol. 1 (and possibly other volumes), The seven-part miniseries ''The Winds of War'', James Clavell's ''Shogun'' (miniseries), Columbia House Collector's Edition VHS releases of ''Laverne and Shirley'', ''Taxi'', and ''Family Ties'', and the silent version can be found on the VHS and the PAL DVD release of ''A Woman Called Golda''.
* It is unknown if this was seen on 1970s/1980s prints of ''The Lucy Show''.
* Paramount (Viacom) had updated this logo with either the 1995 or 2003 Domestic logos, and even syndicated reruns of ''Cheers'' (once known as the best source of the logo) have been replaced with the 1995 Domestic logo, although one local rerun episode of ''Cheers'' from S5 called "Norm's First Hurrah" and Aussie airings of most season 5 episodes of said show retained this logo. However, any new prints on local broadcast and later DVD prints would have this logo replaced by the [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logo.
* The tall-peaked variant with the 1979 jingle has been spotted on the ''Happy Days'' S5 episode "The Apartment", the 1983 Australian miniseries ''Return to Eden'', and some season 5 episodes of ''Taxi'' like "Arnie Meets the Kids".
'''Editor's Note:''' One of the more fondly remembered television logos, mainly due to its charm and cheesiness.
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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 known as "Paramount Television Productions". The network presented and produced 17 programs in total until it and the production banner were 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 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 Paramount Global 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" (later the "ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group", now "Paramount Global Content Distribution"). 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 Paramount Global.
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 circle 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 typeface, and "'Paramount Pictures Corporation" in the Paramount logo font.
Variants:
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, we see a blue rectangle which is split into two sections; the larger section on the left contains the following text:
All of the text excluding the byline is set in the Eurostile font (with the company byline appearing to be set in the Trade Gothic font). "PARAMOUNT" has the largest typeface, and the other two lines are progressively smaller. The smaller right section of the rectangle contains a Paramount logo with a blue circle 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 (with "A Gulf+Western Company" and the copyright message appearing 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: 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 as the previous logo except the background is red, the larger rectangle is blue, the smaller rectangle is white (the mountain is cut off at the bottom in this version), and the circle and stars in the Paramount logo are blue. The zooming towards 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 its predecessor. 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 than the previous logo to some, but is tamer with the extended version of Schifrin's "Color ID" jingle.
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 compressed by about one inch with the indentations (or impressions) also reduced from five to four. The word "Television" comes from the right and slides in below "Paramount", creating the same end product from 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:
Like the movie logo, this was done by Flip Your Lid Animation, with the model of the mountain done by Apogee Inc.
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 La-La Land Records' 2014 release of 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 versions of the theme. The second version, which officially debuted in 1989, has the first note of the fanfare and the last note's echo in a slightly lower pitch. Many of these logos are plastered onto old shows (mostly on TV Land airings, as well as TV movies) with the logo being silent.
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 of the show.
Availability: Extremely rare. 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 6th logo or silence. Like the movie logo, this was done by BUF Compagnie.
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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