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*On an <u>April 16, 2017 HBO Signature Caribbean airing of ''Pixels''</u>, the logo is silent, but the music plays 5-6 seconds after the logo cut to black.
*On a 2007 TBS airing of ''Fools Rush In'' and a Peacock print of ''Resident Evil: Extinction'', the logo is slowed down.
*On a Tubi print of episode 1 of season 2 of ''The Nanny'', part of the [[Sony Pictures Telvision International]] logo is seen for a split-second before the SPT logo plays, but the latter appeared twice.
*A scoped version exists. This can be similar to 21:9, or letterboxed 4:3 being stretched in widescreen 16:9.
*Sometimes on shows such as the 2018 reboot of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'', this logo <u>shares the screen with other logos</u>.
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*Two more versions exist by having a <u>high and low tone</u> starting in 2003.
*Another version exists having a <u>bell-type twinkle mixed into the standard theme</u>.
*<u>A double-pitched
**A Pluto TV Italy print of episode 5 of season 5 of the above mentioned show has the theme in double-pitched as well, but is followed by the high-toned version of the logo.
**On a <u>Disney Channel Asia airing of ''The Karate Kid'' (2010)</u>, the theme is in double-pitched and in warp-speed.
*On an <u>AMC airing of ''Ghostbusters II''</u>, the theme is slightly high-pitched (+0.5 semitone higher), thus part of the high-pitched version blends in with the normal-pitched theme.
**On a 2023 USA Network airing of the said film, the normal-pitched theme can be faintly heard in the background along with the end credits
*On some shows like ''The King of Queens'' (2002-2007 episodes) and other shows, the <u>end theme</u> plays over this logo.
*Middle season local reruns of ''Good Times'' and ''Sanford and Son'' would have the first four notes of the standard theme playing first, followed by the finishing of the final notes from the 2002 SPT long version theme.
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*On the Mill Creek Season 4 DVD release of ''Married... with Children'', the episode "Hot Off the Grill" has the 1988 CPT theme playing over this logo.
*One 4:3 airing of the TV movie ''Breakaway'' has the Columbia TriStar Domestic Television music play over the logo.
*On recent prints of ''Hazel'', the [[Colex Enterprises]] music plays over the logo.
*On the Me-TV print of ''The Facts of Life'' S5 episode "Brave New World Part 2", a sloppy plaster job results in the theme playing before the logo itself appears.
*On the NTSC DVD print of the mini-series ''Comanche Moon'', the first 2006 [[CBS Paramount Television]] logo's music plays (and vice-versa), due to an editing error.
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*One S2 episode of ''The Guardian'' on Russian airings has the 2007 CBS Television Distribution theme played over this logo.
*On ''The Substitute'', the music is sped-up and also played in a different tone.
*On a 2007 TBS airing of ''Fools Rush In'', the music is slowed down and
*On the end credits of the episode "It's a Wrap" in ''Mad About You'', Paul Buchman (played by Paul Reiser) is arguing to Lou (played by Larry Miller) on the phone about the closing credits of the episode. As it gets to the end of the credits, Paul says "Show the guy on the phone. All right? Then you have the sound of the racetrack, the thing with the hand..." on the [[In Front Productions]] and [[Nuance Productions]] logos. The audience later laughs and as the logo is formed, Paul says "That'll work.". The "...and then the stupid horse with the wings." line was cut to the audience laughing, in which the end of the 1994 TriStar Television music plays out, plastering the logo in the process.
*On Amazon Prime's prints of the ''Mad About You'' episodes "The Parking Space" and "The Sample", a snippet of the short version of the 1995 Columbia TriStar Television theme is heard before the 2002 SPT theme.
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'''Availability:''' Seen on its then-new shows and many later prints of classic shows, off-net syndication series, TV movies and theatrical films on television (especially ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune''). 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.
*On several shows, due to editing errors, the logo may appear twice, with the short version usually shown on the second time.
*Also seen on 2009 reruns of season 26 of ''Jeopardy!'', which repackage the episodes to include the "square" intro from season 27, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfwJUCOf6rg as evidenced here].
*This logo is also seen on shows produced by Adelaide Productions (such as the final season of ''Dragon Tales'', seasons 3-5 of ''Jackie Chan Adventures'', ''The Boondocks'' and ''The Spectacular Spider-Man''), Sony's now-dormant television animation studio that was founded in 1993, as they did not use their own logo.
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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, in order to capitalize the strength of the Sony brand.
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.
In the late 2000s and throughout the 2010s, SPT gained an infamous reputation for later seasons of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!. Reasons include an increase in celebrity clues (especially starting in season 27 of Jeopardy!), Prize Puzzles (introduced as a regular feature in season 21 of WOF), Alex Trebek's passing in November 2020 (which was followed by a series of guest hosts taking his place for the rest of season 37 not long after it debuted) and Pat Sajak's retirement in 2024, Mayiam Bialik's treatment of contestants on Jeopardy! after her introduction to the show, sporadic inappropriate moments in WOF (as is the case with the "Clam Digger" and "Luck Be In the Air Tonight" puzzles), a decline in clue writing quality and controversial wedges/tags.
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, the 1976 Viacom "V of Doom" theme and the 1993 TriStar Television theme (specifically the long version).
Audio Variants:
Availability: Seen on its then-new shows and many later prints of classic shows, off-net syndication series, TV movies and theatrical films on television (especially Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune). 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: The logo (mainly the standard variant, which uses very simple animation) gained a reputation as one of the most hated closing logo of all time due to its large-scale plastering and omnipresence, earning the unofficial nickname the "Bars of Boredom" (and also due to its later association with/usage on the controversial Ken Jennings/Mayim Bialik era of Jeopardy!, as well as the similarly disdained Ryan Seacrest seasons of WOF). 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.
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Technique: CGI.
Audio: The same "ding" sound in G major used in the Sony logo.
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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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