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===Background===
The '''Turner Entertainment Company''' (commonly referred to as "'''Turner Entertainment Co.'''") was established on August 4, 1986 by media mogul
===1st Logo (1987-2001)===
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Blue/Green Globe", "The CGI Globe", "Planet Turner"
'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue}}/{{color|violet}} gradient CGI starfield,
'''Variants:'''
*Red/violet starfield, violet/white/gold marquee, blue planet facing the left, marquee sweeps at a moderate speed after about a second, facing the camera at an angle.▼
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*There is an "enhanced"/videotaped version shown in widescreen. It
*Sometimes, the logo is shown in black & white.
*On some occasions, chyroned text is shown beneath the logo; one version says "A Turner Entertainment Co. Presentation", another says "Listed on the American Stock Exchange".
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'''Availability:''' Uncommon for both versions.
*This was once found on many movies and shows from the Turner library, mainly on older home video releases by [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Entertainment]] and [[Warner Home Video]]. However, ever since the merger between Turner and Time Warner in 1996, many of the shows have since passed on to [[Warner Bros. Television|Warner Bros. Television Distribution]] (now under WarnerMedia) and thus newer prints of these shows and movies will use WB logos. However, the logo has still managed to end up here and there on some post-1996 releases.
*The long version appears before several short films on TCM (usually preceded by a TCM Extras bumper), but is usually replaced with the current TCM logo on feature films.
*The print logo itself continued to be used until 2015, when they introduced a new print logo.
*The logo is also still kept on much of the [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons|Hanna-Barbera]] library. The short version can be still seen on Tooncast broadcasts in Latin America of ''The Flintstones'', ''The Jetsons'' (both remastered and 80s pre-Turner masters retain it), ''Top Cat'' and all three shows on the Boomerang US channel whenever they decide to rerun them again. It was also kept on Boomerang reruns of ''The Atom Ant Show'', two ''Jonny Quest'' episodes ("Arctic Splashdown" and "Curse of Anubis"), two episodes of ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (even modern home video releases kept it), and some Hanna-Barbera specials like ''The Town That Santa Forgot'', ''A Flintstones Family Christmas'', ''A Flintstones Christmas'' and ''Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights''. Canada's Teletoon Retro kept the short logo on their prints of ''The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' (1988 series). European broadcasts, however, always erase out both versions of the logo on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TCM or TN; if it appears, it's usually unintentional.
*The short version of this logo also appears on the 1997 UK VHS of ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: Bumper Edition'' after the silent 1969 H-B "Multiplying Rectangles" logo.
*The intro logo can be still seen whenever ''Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School'' airs on Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Tooncast, as well as at the end of the 1966 ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' special on Cartoon Network.
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*The short version was also sighted at the end of a ''Huckleberry Hound'' cartoon on Boomerang in 2001 (which was "Bars and Stripes"), and the short even ended up like that on at least one rerun on the Latin American Boomerang. The same happened with a ''Pixie and Dixie'' cartoon ("Goldfish Fever"). This was odd, as these cartoons aired in a three-hour block.
*The original version is also seen on international ''Tom & Jerry Kids'' tapes.
*The long version has recently appeared on an airing of ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear'' on the Australian TV channel "GO!" (now known as 9GO!) as well as a 2017 airing of ''Teahouse of the August Moon'' followed by the MGM "George the Lion" logo.
*The version with the planet on the right side and the green and white marquee was seen on a Taiwanese Video CD release of ''The Sea Wolf''.
*It can be seen at the end of all 5 episodes of ''Scooby-Doo! Where are You?'' on the DVD release "Original Mysteries", preceded by the "Action" variant of the 1994 Hanna-Barbera logo. Also, it was seen at the end of every episode on both the VHS and DVD releases of the "Cartoon Crack-Ups" set.
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*While live-action television series from the Turner library would always have the long extended version of the logo, be it before the intro or after the end credits, there is one exception: the 1977-1983 MGM series ''CHiPs'' actually ends with the shortened variant of the logo.
*The short version was kept on the "Dexter's Laboratory: Season One" DVD release. Notably, ''Dexter's Laboratory'' is the only Cartoon Network original series to have this logo, as it was the only CN show released before the 1996 merger (excluding series like ''The Moxy Show'' or ''The What-a-Cartoon Show'').
*As stated before above, somehow the short variant in high-pitched audio ended up on ''The Flintstones'' episode "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" on recent Boomerang CEE airings from 2013 until 2018 (when the show left the schedule at that time). As the logo is always wiped out on modern overseas airings on the Warner-owned TV channels, it's obvious that it was kept on that episode unintentionally (plus it was the only episode on the channel to keep the full logo). Not only that, but post-2014 reruns of the ''Scooby-Doo Where Are You'' episode "What a Night for a Knight" on the channel featured only a small nano-second frame of this logo after the [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons#14th Logo (September 3, 1994-November 28, 1997)|1994 H-B All-Stars "Action" card]] before cutting to the promos and commercial break.
*The logo is kept on the Warner Archive Collection DVD release of the 1995 ''Dumb and Dumber'' animated series, as well as on Amazon and iTunes prints of the show. The same can be said for a few episodes of ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'', though most of them have the 1988 [[Worldvision Enterprises#3rd Logo (September 1988-May 26, 1999)|Worldvision Enterprises]] logo instead, preceded by the [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons#8th Logo (September 6, 1986-1992; December 15, 1997; November 18, 1998-July 12, 2002)|CGI "Swirling Star" Hanna-Barbera logo]]. It is also kept on the Warner Archive Collection DVD release of ''Josie & The Pussycats in Outer Space'' and also on the DVD release of the 1993 special ''The Halloween Tree''.
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===2nd Logo (January 1, 1988)===
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===3rd Logo (October 1988-December 4, 1993, 2001)===
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'''Nicknames:''' "Filmstrip Star", "Turner Star"
'''Logo:''' This has two distinct versions:
*1988-1993: Everything is concentrated on the center of the screen and appears through a fade-in effects on a black background. At the top, we see a very tiny star outlined by 5 stylized low-cut {{color|fuchsia}} filmstrips. Below the star are the words "{{font|Serif|{{color|fuchsia|A TURNER ENTERTAINMENT}}}}" in a serif font and underneath, in the same font but smaller, "{{font|Serif|{{color|fuchsia|Presentation}}}}". At the bottom-center, in an even smaller lettering are the words "{{font|Serif|{{color|fuchsia|in association with}}}}" and underneath "{{font|Serif|{{color|fuchsia|SELZNICK PROPERTIRES LTD.}}}}" on the same font size as the Turner credit. All of the text is in the same type of {{color|fuchsia}} color. This variant only appears on the direct-to-VHS documentary ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind''.
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'''FX/SFX:''' Just the fading. For the alternate ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind'' variant, there
▲* An alternate variation of the logo from ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind'' appears on some VHS re-releases. This time, the background is a shot of a night sky covered by dark clouds and the full moon scattered in the middle. The fuschia star appears taking the most from the middle of the screen, while the filmstrips that surround it have full solid color. After a few seconds it skrinks while moving one inch below and upwards in the initial position from the original logo. The rest of the text, in the same fuschia color, then fades in and is positioned like in the original logo.
▲* An in-credit version appears on ''Tom and Jerry Kids'':
▲** The filmstrip star along with the "TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO." text (in the same serif font from ''Gone with the Wind'') appear near each other in white color. Above is a white "'''''Hanna-Barbera'''''" logo in its cursive trademark font at that time with a silver-looking Swirling Star (1979-1988 style) on the left. A tiny "A" and "and" appear above and below the Hanna-Barbera logo in Arial font, while "'''CARTOON'''" is below the Turner font on the same size but a bit bigger. All of this appears in a grass-like green background with a sunburst effect, while the text and the logos have a shadow effect. The whole text reads as "A '''''Hanna-Barbera''''' and TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO. '''CARTOON'''".
▲** Later, the title card received some modifications. The background now is of a darker shade of green while the Swirling Star is gone. The text now reads as "'''''A H-B Production Co.'' and TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO. CARTOON'''", with the H-B logo and "A" being written in a different crawled font with the Turner stamp, "and" and "CARTOON" in Arial Narrow font.
▲'''FX/SFX:''' Just the fading. For the alternate ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind'' variant, there's also the star moving on the screen and zooming out. None for the ''Tom and Jerry Kids'' in-credit logo.
'''Music/Sounds:'''
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▲* On both logos of ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind'', a triumphant trumpet piece is heard.
▲* None for the later 2001 variant.
▲* On ''Tom and Jerry Kids'', the final fanfare of the end credits theme is heard.
'''Availability:''' Turner used this logo mainly as a print logo during this era, and any onscreen appearance of this logo is quite rare.
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The Turner Entertainment Company (commonly referred to as "Turner Entertainment Co.") was established on August 4, 1986 by media mogul Ted Turner, initially being a media distribution subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System to oversee its film and television libraries for domestic and worldwide distribution, after its ultra short-lived acquisition of MGM/UA Entertainment Co (now "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.", and "United Artists Corporation" respectively, which are now owned by MGM Holdings Inc.) Since Time Warner (later "WarnerMedia" and now "Warner Bros. Discovery") acquired Turner Broadcasting in 1996, it has served as an in-name only subsidiary and copyright holder of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
Nicknames: "The Blue/Green Globe", "The CGI Globe", "Planet Turner"
Logo: On a blue/violet gradient CGI starfield, a blue oblong marquee with gold trim with the word "Turner" in silver and fancy italic letters with the right arm of the "T" extended over the other letters, and the left arm curled moves in, close to the screen from the right. The camera turns left to follow it, and it approaches a green globe, like a planet or moon, positioned in the top left and lit from there and behind. As it approaches, it zooms out and turns its left side (the camera's right) in away from the camera, eventually settling in front of the globe as the camera movement stops.
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FX/SFX: The starfield, logo and globe, all decent mid-late 1980s CGI.
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Availability: Uncommon for both versions.
Editor's Note: A fantastic logo due to its CGI and fanfare.
Logo: Just a still of the Turner logo on a white background, which is positioned center-left. There are segmented lines behind the logo.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: A snippet of the Droopy Cartoon "Drag-A-Long Droopy", which is an echoed gunshot after Droopy says the line "Exciting. Isn't it?".
Availability: It's seen only in the documentary Tex Avery: King of Cartoons.
Editor's Note: It's probably a placeholder.
Nicknames: "Filmstrip Star", "Turner Star"
Logo: This has two distinct versions:
Variants:
FX/SFX: Just the fading. For the alternate The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind variant, there is also the star moving on the screen and zooming out. None for the Tom and Jerry Kids in-credit logo.
Music/Sounds:
Availability: Turner used this logo mainly as a print logo during this era, and any onscreen appearance of this logo is quite rare.
Editor's Note: None.
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