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*It debuted on ''One Day at a Time: Promo Special''. It started appearing on existing and returning shows (except ''Days of Our Lives'' and ''The Young and the Restless'') from 2020 onwards, such as ''Jeopardy!'' from season 37 to its November 18, 2022 episode (which was part of season 39), seasons 38 and 39 of ''Wheel of Fortune'', seasons 12 and 13 of ''Shark Tank'', and seasons 4 and 5 of both ''The Good Doctor'' and ''S.W.A.T.'' (the 2017 TV series).
*The opening variant debuted on the Netflix prints of ''Cobra Kai'', then later in the updated version for the show's third season, as well as on ''The Afterparty''.
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** On OWN reruns of ''Underground'', this logo appears after the Tribune Studios logo, but the 2002 SPT logo follows afterwards as a failed reverse-plaster attempt.
**It also plays before the 2002 Sony Pictures Television logo (whether retained or added) on some shows.
**Comedy Central, Nick at Nite and TV Land reruns of ''Seinfeld'' also feature this logo (albeit with the 2002 Sony Pictures Television logo (from the show's pre-2021 prints) being shown on the latter network's on-screen credits).
**Furthermore, this logo
*This logo also does not appear on the eleventh season of ''Robot Chicken'', as Sony pulled out of co-producing the series after ''The Bleepin' Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special''.
*The version with the 2021 Sony logo debuted on the ''Better Call Saul'' episode "Nippy" (albeit using a variant), while the normal version later debuted on the series finale of said show (that being "Saul Gone").
**It also started to appear on returning shows during the 2022-23 season, such as ''Wheel of Fortune'' (season 40 only), the tenth and final season of ''The Goldbergs'', season 6 of ''The Good Doctor'' and season 14 of ''Shark Tank'', among others. It is also
'''Legacy:''' This logo is considered to be very bland by the logo community, with many considering it an example of the simplified logo trend that started in the 2010s and some even comparing it unfavorably to the first SPT logo at the time of its debut. In fact, it was first thought to be a placeholder logo when it debuted, which ultimately was proven otherwise.
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On September 16, 2002, Japanese giant Sony Corporation decided to retire the Columbia TriStar name and logo from its television division, rebranding it into Sony Pictures Television.
For the first time since 1974, the Torch Lady, Pegasus or anything resembling Columbia or TriStar's emblems are nowhere to be seen; instead, the corporate 1991 "bar" logo for Sony Pictures was introduced to television viewers for the first time.
On July 25, 2017, SPT launched a new in-production name called Sony Pictures Television Studios, in order to further make use of production in the SPT library and rolls out for current and future titles starting on January 7, 2020. The SPT name and logo will continue to be used in media sites, film on television reruns and international broadcasts, as well as current and future titles starting in 2022, in order to phase out the SPTS name.
Visuals: There is an extreme close-up of the words "SONY PICTURES TELEVISION" (in the Sony corporate typeface), stacked word-by-word with "SONY" being the largest, emerge and zoom away downwards from the screen. The three words are not directly stacked at first, but as the animation progresses, they slide into place. A horizontal line is drawn between the "PICTURES" and "TELEVISION". While this happens, there is a bright white light on the left side of the screen that later reveals the names; as the light dies down, the lines in the background themselves back away as well, eventually moving back to the upper part of the screen and into a diagonal pattern to form the logo. The flash dissipates and there is an oblong orange-white glare surrounding the logo and words, which shrinks into the bars to give it a shine. The finished logo, which is a striped parallelogram, appears against a shaded navy blue background.
Trivia: This logo first appeared as a print logo on broadcasting ads in magazines such as Variety in fall 1991, around the time when SPE was founded.
Variants:
Technique: CGI by Rick Scott at Tigar Hare Studios (also known for their work on the 2010 Technicolor logo).
Audio: A descending piano tune and a majestic 5-note orchestral theme composed by David Kurtz, which sounds vaguely similar to the Habanera section of Bizet's opera Carmen and the 1993 TriStar Television theme (specifically the long version).
Audio Variants:
Availability: Seen on its then-new shows and a tremendous amount of new prints of classic shows, off-net syndication series, TV movies and theatrical films on television. The only four pre-2002 shows that do not have this logo are Walker, Texas Ranger on USA Network and the defunct Cloo, All in the Family on GetTV and Sony Crackle, the original One Day at a Time on Antenna TV and The Jeffersons on Me-TV.
Legacy: This logo has been divisive in and out of the logo community. While some consider it well-received, the logo (mainly the standard variant, which uses very simple animation) gained infamy for its large-scale plastering and omnipresence, earning the unofficial nickname the "Bars of Boredom"; additionally, it is widely regarded as the most common logo to find among the community.
Visuals: On a blue gradient background, a purple flash appears onscreen, covering the whole screen. When the flash dies down, the print version of the Sony Pictures Television logo appears. The logo zooms back for a few seconds before stopping completely.
Variant: A 16:9 open-matte version exists on TV airings of the film.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: None.
Availability: This made its only appearance on El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie on Netflix, as a one-off logo produced for the film.
Visuals: On a black background is the corporate Sony logo. It then either fades, blurs out, or uses the 2014/2021 Sony transition (either slow or fast on the former), as the text "SONY PICTURES TELEVISION STUDIOS" appears.
Opening Variants:
Other Variants:
Technique: CGI.
Audio: The same "ding" sound in G major used in the Sony logo.
Audio Variants:
Availability:
Legacy: This logo is considered to be very bland by the logo community, with many considering it an example of the simplified logo trend that started in the 2010s and some even comparing it unfavorably to the first SPT logo at the time of its debut. In fact, it was first thought to be a placeholder logo when it debuted, which ultimately was proven otherwise.
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