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'''Legacy:''' This is the first animated Paramount Television logo, as well as the earliest onscreen appearance of the Paramount print logo that debuted in 1967.
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<center>{{Huge|'''PARAMOUNT'''}}</center>▼
<center>{{Large|TELEVISION}}</center>▼
<center>{{Small|A DIVISION OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION}}</center>▼
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 {{color▼
|deepskyblue|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 "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" is not present. Also, the copyright stamp appears when the picture zooms in.▼
'''Trivia:'''▼
* This logo resembles a bumper sticker, which could be a tongue-in-cheek reference to Paramount's then-owner, Gulf-Western.▼
* 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.▼
* There was a variation seen on ''Here's Lucy'' in which the mountain has no bylines or copyrights.▼
* Around September-November 1968, the word "CORPORATION" is missing on the rectangle on some shows.▼
* ''Star Trek'' has a special variant with Norway Corporation credited.▼
* On shows like ''Mission: Impossible'' and ''Mannix'' and TV movies, this logo appears with the copyright only. This will linger on through the first 2 months of ''M:I's'' 4th season and ''Mannix''<nowiki/>'s 3rd season, as the first 4 episodes didn't feature the copyright on the ending theme just yet.▼
* On some late '90s PAX TV airings of season 1 episodes of ''Here's Lucy'', this logo (along with the [[Lucille Ball Productions]] and [[Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable & Network Features]] logos {the latter replacing the [[Telepictures Productions|Telepictures]] "Rollercoaster"}) was played at warp-speed before the compressed credits. On other airings on the same network, the logos would cross-fade into the next one before fading to black.▼
* An in-credit version with "{{Font|Times New Roman|''in association with''}}" above the print logo with the byline can be seen on 1968-69 episodes of the game show ''You Don't Say!''.▼
*September 1968-1969: A majestic 7-note horn fanfare. Composed by Leith Stevens, who arranged it from the original "Paramount on Parade" theme.▼
'''Availability:''' Rare, as it is usually not intact on many common prints of the TV shows it was on. ▼
* It is intact on season 1 of ''Here's Lucy'' and Season 3 of ''Star Trek'' (non-remastered) on Amazon Prime Video.▼
* On VHS, this is retained on all ''Star Trek'' Season 3 episodes, as well as ''Mission: Impossible'' episodes that aired during this time period.▼
* Early to mid-1990's prints of all ''Star Trek'' Season 3 episodes have also retained this logo.▼
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'''Logo:''' Against a {{color|red}} background, we see a larger {{color|blue|blue}} rectangle, which contains the following text:
▲<center>{{Huge|'''PARAMOUNT'''}}</center>
▲<center>{{Large|TELEVISION}}</center>
▲<center>{{Small|A DIVISION OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION}}</center>
▲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 is white and contains
▲'''Early Variant:''' There is an earlier version from 1968 to 1969, where the logo is on a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background, the smaller rectangle is {{color|blue}} and the Paramount logo is slightly different, with a {{color|deepskyblue|blue}} circle and white mountain. As the picture zooms up to the Paramount logo, we see what kind of looks like a {{color|deepskyblue|blue}} and white version of the "Rising Circle" logo (with "'''A Gulf+Western Company'''" being smaller and the copyright message appearing at the bottom of the white mountain) except the word "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Television'''''}}" is not present. Also, the copyright stamp appears when the picture zooms in.
▲'''Trivia:'''
▲* This logo resembles a bumper sticker, which could be a tongue-in-cheek reference to Paramount's then-owner, Gulf-Western.
▲* 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:'''
▲* There was a variation seen on season 1 of ''Here's Lucy'' in which the mountain has no bylines or copyrights.
▲* Around September-November 1968, the word "CORPORATION" is missing on the rectangle on some shows.
▲* ''Star Trek'' has a special variant of the early version with Norway Corporation credited.
▲* On shows like ''Mission: Impossible'' and ''Mannix'' and TV movies, this logo appears
▲* On some late '90s PAX TV airings of season 1 episodes of ''Here's Lucy'', this logo (along with the [[Lucille Ball Productions]] and [[Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable & Network Features]] logos {the latter replacing the [[Telepictures Productions|Telepictures]] "Rollercoaster"}) was played at warp-speed before the compressed credits. On other airings on the same network, the logos would cross-fade into the next one before fading to black.
▲* An in-credit version with "{{Font|Times New Roman|''in association with''}}" above the print logo with the byline can be seen on 1968-69 episodes of the game show ''You Don't Say!''.
* The placement of the registered trademark "®" symbol is either close to or under the last star on the right side of the near-circle.
* A version exists with the Paramount copyright. This was seen between 1970-1971.
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* A version where the background is {{color
|blue|blue}} exists, due to film deterioration.
* A still variant with the text "'''IN ASSOCIATION WITH'''" above exists on ''The Brady Kids''. Later episodes had "'''IN ASSOCIATION WITH AND DISTRIBUTED BY'''" above it instead.
* A bylineless copyright version was found on the unsold pilot of ''Scared Stiff''.
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:'''
▲* September 1968-1969: A majestic 7-note horn fanfare. Composed by Leith Stevens, who arranged it from the original "Paramount on Parade" theme.
* September-November 1969: An 8-note horn-driven jingle written by Dominic Frontiere a.k.a. "The Closet Killer". Notes 4-7 are louder. This ends with a quick glissando.
* December 1969-1971: An alternate "Closet Killer" theme. This one is noticeably slower with the first three notes and faster for the rest.
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* An off-sync variant was spotted on an episode of ''The Brady Bunch''. The "Closet Killer" music would begin during the black screen between the credits and the logo, before the logo appears. As a result, part of the logo was silent.
▲'''Availability:''' Rare for the early version, but uncommon for the later version, as it is usually not intact on many common prints of the TV shows it was on.
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* The 1969 versions are rare and it can be seen on ''The Brady Bunch'' DVD box sets, as well as on Me-TV airings of the show. It's also intact on ''The Odd Couple'' on DVD, Me-TV and Decades. Me-TV airings of ''Love, American Style'' have this as well.▼
▲* On VHS,
▲* Early to mid-1990's prints of all ''Star Trek'' Season 3 episodes have also retained
* The later version 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 2007 [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logo.
▲* The 1969 later versions are rare and it can be seen on ''The Brady Bunch'' DVD box sets, as well as on Me-TV airings of the show. It's also intact on ''The Odd Couple'' on DVD, Me-TV and Decades. Me-TV airings of ''Love, American Style'' have this as well.
* The 1970 version is uncommon. This version has been spotted on all S1 episodes of the 1988 ''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 Me-TV, and VHS, local reruns of ''Love, American Style'' (such as airings on Decades and Me-TV), and ''The Brady Bunch'' on DVD and Me-TV airings. This variant was "revived" on ''What Was Carol Brady Thinking?'', part of the former NickMom block on Nick Jr.
* The 1972 version is rare and was spotted on S1 and some S2 episodes ''Happy Days'' episodes, which includes the season 1 DVD boxset, Me-TV and older Discovery Family airings in the US (latter of which was called Hub Network at the time), as well as UK Gold airings in the UK. Other shows where this has been spotted on is ''The Magician'' on DVD, season 1 of ''Petrocelli'' on DVD and older airings on AXN Crime, and ''The Brady Bunch'' on DVD and Me-TV airings.
* The 1974 version is extinct and was spotted on Season 5 episodes of ''The Odd Couple'', and also early Season 8 episodes of ''Mannix'', but is hard to find on these shows due to plastering with later logos from the company like the 1995 Domestic logo, or other companies entirely like the [[CBS Studios|CBS Paramount Television]], or CBS Television Distribution logos.
* The silent version of the later 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 later version is extremely rare and can be seen on the Season 2 premiere episode of ''The Brady Bunch'', on Me-TV and DVD, and also on the ''Mission: Impossible'' S6 episode "Blues" on Decades, and is available on VHS releases (Volumes 11 and 12) of said show.
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* This was also seen on some episodes of ''The Lost Islands'' (while the other episodes including the pilot, use the next logo), and was also seen on Decades airings of the TV pilot for ''The Young Lawyers'' (which was removed on DVD releases), the pilot of ''The Immortal'' on DVD, the TV pilot of ''Longstreet'' on DVD, and ''The Devil's Daughter'' on DVD.
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'''Legacy:''' It began Paramount's full time practice of using their movie logo as their de-facto television logo. The 1995 variants were rather infamous for plastering older logos, similar to CBS Television Distribution.
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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.
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: 2D animation.
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.
Availability: Very rare as this was short-lived, but it is not too difficult to find.
Legacy: This is the first animated Paramount Television logo, as well as the earliest onscreen appearance of the Paramount print logo that debuted in 1967.
Logo: Against a red background, we see a larger blue rectangle, which 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 is white and contains the print version of the Paramount logo in blue, complete with the corporate Gulf+Western byline of the era. The picture zooms up to the logo, which contains the print version of the movie logo from the era.
Early Variant: There is an earlier version from 1968 to 1969, where the logo is on a yellow background, the smaller rectangle is blue and the Paramount logo is slightly different, with a blue circle and white mountain. As the picture zooms up to the Paramount logo, we see what kind of looks like a blue and white version of the "Rising Circle" logo (with "A Gulf+Western Company" being smaller 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:
Variants:
FX/SFX: 2D animation.
Music/Sounds:
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Rare for the early version, but uncommon for the later version, as it is usually not intact on many common prints of the TV shows it was on.
Legacy: The later version is 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.
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.
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: 2D animation.
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.
Legacy: One of the more fondly remembered television logos, mainly due to its charm and cheesiness.
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: CGI animation. 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 Lalo Schifrin, first heard on trailers for Paramount Pictures since 1976, and is in the key of B♭ major. (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. 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.
Legacy: It began Paramount's full time practice of using their movie logo as their de-facto television logo. The 1995 variants were rather infamous for plastering older logos, similar to CBS Television Distribution.
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: CGI 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.
Legacy: This is the last Paramount logo seen on television until six years later. However, there are confusions between the similarity between this and the movie logo, making it look similar; the only difference that the closing variant of the movie logo stays on screen a bit longer than the television logo.
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on Paramount TV series:
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