Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. launched its own television arm as "Tri-Star Television" in March 1986 after the formation of TeleVentures with Stephen J. Cannell Productions and Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions suggested by Stephen J. Cannell. Scott Siegler was hired as president of the studio. Their first official series was Downtown. After HBO (its last partner) dropped out of the venture the same year, Coca-Cola owned 100% of Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. Tri-Star Television was folded into the newly-formed Columbia Pictures Television on January 4, 1988 along with Columbia/Embassy Television and its distribution business Coca-Cola Telecommunications after Coke sold its entertainment business to Tri-Star and renamed the company to "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." on December 21, 1987. Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was later spun-off as a reorganized company in 1988. The name was reused in 1991, minus the hyphen, when Sony bought out some assets from New World Television.
Visuals: The same triangle from the movie logo (a triangle with a gold border, a dark blue/purple sky background, and the words "TRI STAR" stacked on each other inside) zooms-out and plasters itself on a black background, right below the logo's Pegasus drawing. The word "TELEVISION" appears below.
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Technique: Computer animation, with the word "TELEVISION" superimposed via chroma key.
Audio: An edited version of the last seven notes of the 1984 Tri-Star Pictures theme composed by Dave Grusin. The gap between the 2nd and 3rd notes is shortened.
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Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the TriStar Television series and TV movies:
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