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'''Logo:''' On a curtain background, we zoom in on a shot of a
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic 1940s-esque horn fanfare.
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'''Logo:''' Over a light shaded background, we see the phrase "Produced by '''REVUE''' In Hollywood". The word "'''REVUE'''" is taller than the rest of the words, and appears in a very slim, 3-dimensional state. The angle is on the right, looking downward, with a
'''Variant:'''
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*At other times, it would say "{{Font|Franklin Gothic|'''produced by {{Big|revue}} in Hollywood'''}}".
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:'''
'''Availability:''' Common.
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'''Logo:''' Two filmstrip-like lines with letters (the top one being black and the bottom one being {{color
This logo also appears in
'''Trivia:'''
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'''Variants:'''
*This logo has a few length variations:
*This logo appeared in quite a few lengths. There is a long version that features the full-length version of the fanfare. Some shows, such as those produced in association with Kayro Productions, feature an abridged version of the logo that starts with the TV tube zooming out and a shortened fanfare. There are also several versions of this logo used for co-productions, such as for Kayro shows, JaMco Productions, Hubbell-Robinson Productions, Top Gun Productions, and [[Shamley Productions]]; those feature the company name alongside a smaller version of the Revue logo.▼
**There is a long version that features the full-length version of the fanfare.
*In 1962, a color version was introduced. The regular logo now takes place on a wallflower-type background with 60s star designs in {{color||darkorange|orange}}, similar to the 1st logo of Universal Television. The filmstrips on the top are {{color||orange|orange}} and those on the bottom are {{color||teal|teal}}. The animation is the same, but the television tube inside later turns {{color||antiquewhite|ivory}} instead of black.▼
**Some shows, such as those produced in association with Kayro Productions, feature an abridged version of the logo that starts with the TV tube zooming out and a shortened fanfare.
▲*
▲*In 1962, a color version was introduced. The regular logo now takes place on a wallflower-type background with 60s star designs in {{color
*Another variation existed with the blocks blinking, which later fades to the co-producer's card. This version is bylineless.
*Another variation existed with this logo on a {{color
*Early versions have a conjoined Revue/MCA logo, with the Revue logo on the left in a solid-lined TV tube border, and an MCA Arrowhead logo in a dotted-line TV tube connected to it on the right, Venn diagram-style. The usual Revue info is written on the left tube, and "mca tv exclusive distributor" is written on the right tube. The company name in which the show had been co-produced is written above, as usual. An MCA T.M. logo bug is sometimes seen in the lower left hand corner.
*One Kayro Productions variant had "Produced by Kayro productions" in a strange font (with "Kayro" in very large letters) and the TV tube containing the Revue logo with no additional text.
*On season 2 of ''Leave It to Beaver'' among other series, it has the words "'''productions inc.'''" on the Revue logo, which later changed to "'''studios'''" in 1959.
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:''' A loud but majestic horn fanfare accompanied by drums and a xylophone
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
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'''Logo:''' It looks just like the 1962 Revue "Blinking Negatives" logo, without the additional animation. The company name flickers 6 times, during the first 5 bars of the fanfare and makes a stop during the rest of the jingle. The phrase is "'''filmed at universal city, MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR'''" with a small MCA logo bug next to the distributor's byline (which was outside the logo as always). The color version has a wallflower-type background in {{color
'''Variant:'''
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*Sometimes a B&W version of the colorized version existed on old TV recordings that still in B&W era.
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the 1960 Revue logo theme.
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'''Logo:''' Like its then-current movie logo, the rotating globe zooms in, along with the two Van Allen radiation belts. The text:
<center>{{color
is superimposed simultaneously. The text, in the same font as the then-current movie logo (minus the texture), will usually appear in the normal {{color
'''Trivia:''' The logo was designed and animated by Universal Title, who also designed and animated all of the logos by Universal until 1990 and handled all title and optical effects for all films and Universal Television series.
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*On early ''Dragnet'' episodes in '67, the "Universal Television" text was not shown.
*Some shows would feature this logo after a Revue logo (as seen on ''McHale's Navy'') or a Kayro-Vue logo (as seen on ''The Munsters''). The theme would start on the Kayro-Vue logo and finish on the Universal logo.
*There is a variant that says "{{color
*On the short-lived show ''Court Martial'', the text reads "'''FROM THE STUDIOS OF UNIVERSAL CITY'''".
* On ''Wild and Wonderful'', the text says
<center>{{color
instead.
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:'''
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'''Logo:''' Same as above, but the phrase now appears as:
<center>{{color
The entire text is in a different font (which is Eurostile Bold, the same font also used in the opening credits of ''Ironside''), compared to the previous logo, which Universal's name was all {{color
'''Variants:'''
*Just like the last logo, co-productions like those by [[Mark VII Limited]] would have the phrase "{{color
*There is also an opening variant that says "{{color
* An enhanced version of the logo was used during the fall 1970 season.
* Later on, the text says "{{color
'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 2nd logo.
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'''Logo:''' This time, the globe is just a still picture. The shortened text fades in, in the same {{color
<center>{{color
'''Variants:''' This one has five other variations:
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*"AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS"
*January 31, 1973?: The text "UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF." was added below the "UNIVERSAL STUDIOS" text.
*Like the 3rd logo, there is also an opening variant that says "{{color
*On season 4 of ''Emergency'' (which they co-produced with [[Mark VII Limited]]), there is in-credit text that reads:
<center>'''{{Huge|MARK VII LIMITED<br>And<br>UNIVERSAL STUDIOS}}<br>{{Big|UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF.<br>MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR}}</center>
...all sporting the MCA union bug alongside the said company byline. Was only referred to as "{{color
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:''' Changed depending on the year, all arranged by Quincy Jones.
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'''Logo:''' Same backdrop as the previous logo, but the phrase was shortened again to...
<center>'''{{color|FROM}}<br>{{color
This time, "{{color
'''FX/SFX:''' Fading effects.
'''Music/Sounds:'''
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'''Logo:''' Same as the previous logo, but with a few differences:
*The font color seems to be mainly white, {{color
*The "{{color
*The MCA globe bug common with previous logos is no longer included with the logo (as it was moved to the copyright notice on the ending credits).
*On the "{{color|'''AN''' {{big|{{Font|Impact|{{big|MCA}}}}}} '''COMPANY'''}}" byline, "{{color|{{big|{{Font|Impact|{{big|MCA}}}}}}}}" seems to be taller the rest of the other letters.
The top text line had the same "{{color
*On ''The A-Team'', it used the "{{color
'''Variants:'''
*There is also an opening variant where the globe is animated like in the movie logo, but before the globe finishes zooming, the word "{{color
*On the 1991 TV movie ''Keeping Secrets'', the logo fades out instead of cutting out.
*On the first 2 seasons of ''The A-Team'', starting with the season 1 episode "A Small and Deadly War", there is a "wipe" effect that brings forth the Cannell logo. The later seasons replaced it with a straight fade.
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*On the ''Magnum P.I.'' finale in 1988, the Universal TV logo is shown on a TV in the Masters mansion. The TV is turned off once the logo finishes.
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:''' A new 5-note fanfare that retains the first four elements of the classic Revue theme but does not feature the 9-note trademark fanfare used since the Revue days (this new version sounds like a variation of "Happy Birthday to You"). There are many versions of this jingle, with the orchestration changing with each rendition. All were arranged by Robert Prince.
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'''Logo:''' Just the end of the 1973 [[Universal Pictures]] logo used in place of the TV logo.
'''FX/SFX:''' The rotating live-action model globe.
'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
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'''Logo:''' It's nearly the same as its 1991 motion picture counterpart, but with a few differences:
*This logo is animated entirely in CGI.
*There is no flash at the beginning.
*
*The MCA byline is white.
The logo starts at a slightly different angle. The text is already rotating over the globe, and the camera moves faster in this version. Once the logo settles, the MCA byline fades in at the bottom.
'''Trivia:''' This logo is based on the print movie artwork logo designed by Glen Wexler.
'''Variants:'''
* Most of the time, "'''IN ASSOCIATION WITH'''" appears above the logo.
* This logo was made in two versions: a filmed version, and a videotaped version. The filmed version was more prominent at first, as most of Universal's shows were still shot primarily on film, but changed to the videotaped version as time progressed. The filmed version isn't as crisp as the videotaped version and features that unfortunate effect known as "Film-O-Vision" and the MCA byline is shifted up a little.
* On some shows, one of the two alternate variations of the company's phrase fades in above the Universal name, followed by the MCA byline.
* Since then, during the 1996-1997 season, the logo became bylineless, in observance to the studio's acquisition by Seagram and Sons and MCA, Inc. was reincorporated into Universal Studios during that time. Also, the "®" symbol has shifted up on the top right end of "{{color
* Original CBS airings of ''Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest'' used the bylineless version, but had the "®" symbol below "{{color
* From 1994-1997 on some shows, like ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Law & Order'' and ''New York Undercover'', the starfield background is stretched.
* On some shows such as ''Sliders'', ''American Gothic'', and ''M.A.N.T.I.S.'' (excluding the pilot episode), there was a still version of the 1994 variant of this logo, but "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" has been replaced by a small black rectangular box with "DISTRIBUTED THROUGH" in it at the top of the globe.
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** The widescreen version of the 1994 stretched starfield variant is very rare and was spotted on an overseas airing of a 1994 ''Law & Order'' episode.
'''FX/SFX:'''
'''Music/Sounds:''' A majestic 7-note French horn fanfare, based on Universal's long version of its 1990 jingle. Composed by James Horner.
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'''Logo:'''
* September 1997-1998: "{{color
* September 7, 1997-July 18, 1998: "{{color
* September 1997-1998: "{{color
* 1998-2000: "{{color
* 1997-2000: Like the movie logo, a small copyright: "©1997 Universal City Studios, Inc." appears at the bottom-right in the Gill Sans typeface. That variant was used for the first three text variants until 1998 while it was still used for the fourth text variant until 2000.
* September 29, 1999-July 23, 2004: "{{color
* September 27, 2002-May 19, 2004: "{{color
* September 2002-2004: "{{color
* September 2002-July 17, 2004: "{{color
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* The miniseries ''House of Frankenstein'' uses the same version, but with the Universal Television Entertainment text.
* The ''Columbo episode'' "Ashes to Ashes" uses a filmed version without any text underneath the globe. Fullscreen prints have the copyright cropped.
* On season 4 of ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and season 3 of ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', the word "{{color
* Sometimes for Universal Television Enterprises and Universal Worldwide Television and mostly for Universal Television Entertainment, there is a longer version of the logo, starting out with the "UNIVERSAL" name making its way to the front of the globe, and the name appears below the logo after it before the logo finally zooms back to its position before the copyright appears.
* On the 1999 5F movie ''Anya's Bell'', some episodes of the first two seasons of ''Monk'', as well as widescreen reruns of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', the tail end of the movie logo, which features the globe zooming back, is shown.
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* A widescreen version exists starting in 2002.
'''FX/SFX:''' CGI animation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A short version of the movie counterpart's theme. On some shows, it's silent. NBC, CBS and ABC used their generic themes. Variations of the theme are listed below. All composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
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'''Logo:''' The logo starts on a black background with a {{color
'''Bylines:'''
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*A rare variant without the earth exists.
'''FX/SFX:''' CGI animation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A 5-note rock jingle. Composed by 5 Alarm Music.
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'''Logo:''' We zoom out from a Western Hemisphere view of a detailed globe with some clouds. As we pan out, a sunburst appears and shines in the northeastern arc of the globe. A {{color
'''FX/SFX:''' CGI animation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show or NBC's generic theme with a voice over.
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'''Logo:''' Against a {{color
'''Trivia:''' This logo was created and animated by Imaginary Forces. The logo has some elements from the 1991 Universal Television logo.
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*On ''The Gilded Age'', the logo is still.
'''FX/SFX:''' CGI animation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A three-note orchestrated theme, consisting of the first two notes of the three-note NBC chimes jingle and a final note that sounds similar to that of the 1997 [[Universal Pictures]] fanfare, composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The theme was composed by FirstCom Music, and it sounds quite similar to the [[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios|NBCUniversal Television]] logo music.
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Universal Television has its roots going back to 1947 when they entered the television market via United World Films. But after very little success, they shifted into producing TV commercials under Universal-International Television, with the United World Name being renamed Universal Television by 1956.
Revue Studios (first known as Revue Productions, Inc.) was founded in 1943 by MCA when they originally produced live shows. The partnership of NBC and Revue extends as far back as September 6, 1950, with the television broadcast of Armour Theatre, based on the radio show Stars Over Hollywood. The company was renamed "Revue Studios" after MCA purchased the Universal Studios lot in 1958. Then in 1962, following the acquisition of Decca Records, who owned Universal-International Pictures at the time, Revue was renamed as Universal Television. They co-produced many shows with Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited such as Adam-12 and a revival of the 1951 series Dragnet in 1967. In 1988, Universal Television and MCA TV formed a sub-division known as MCA Television Entertainment (or "MTE").. In 1990, Uni TV began the Law & Order franchise. The same year, Universal was acquired by the electronics company Mastushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (now "Panasonic Corporation"). In 1995, Universal was acquired by Joseph A. Seagram and Sons and later acquired the USA Networks. In 1996, MCA was reincorporated as "Universal Studios" and acquired Multimedia Entertainment from Gannett, Inc., and Universal Television's distribution arm, MCA TV, as well as its sub-division, MTE were renamed to Universal Television Enterprises and Universal Television Entertainment respectively. In 1997, Universal sold off its USA Networks and Universal Television to HSN Inc. (a company owned by Barry Diller), who renamed it to Studios USA Television. In 1998, the breakup of United International Pictures' TV arm led to Universal reforming its own international television distributor, Universal Worldwide Television. It handled international distribution of Studios USA shows, while Studios USA handled domestic distribution of Universal's own library. In 1998, Seagram bought PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, which included PolyGram Television. The deal closed in 1999, and the name PolyGram was soon scrubbed and replaced with the Universal name. However in 1999, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios used its debt to acquire most of the pre-1996 films (1,300 titles) by PolyGram from Seagram. In 2001, Vivendi Universal acquired USA Networks and made Diller as CEO of VU Entertainment, fully reforming Universal Television. On May 12, 2004, General Electric (GE) acquired 80% of Universal Studios and merged the studio with NBC to form "NBC Universal, Inc." (now "NBCUniversal Media, LLC") and merged the two television companies to form "NBC Universal Television" (now "NBCUniversal Syndication Studios"). However, the company decided to keep the NBC and Universal Television names in the end credits from any series by NBC or Universal. On June 14, 2007, NBC Universal Television Studio was renamed to Universal Media Studios (UMS). On September 12, 2011, Universal Media Studios was renamed back to its original name, "Universal Television".
Logo: On a curtain background, we zoom in on a shot of a rotating television camera, revealing the phrase "A REVUE PRODUCTION" inscribed onto the camera base. Then it later fades to the MCA-TV "Filmreel" logo.
FX/SFX: All done in live action.
Music/Sounds: A dramatic 1940s-esque horn fanfare.
Availability: Extremely rare, as the "Filmreel" is long gone. This has appeared for a short time on some episodes of The Adventures of Kit Carson, among a few others.
Logo: Over a light shaded background, we see the phrase "Produced by REVUE In Hollywood". The word "REVUE" is taller than the rest of the words, and appears in a very slim, 3-dimensional state. The angle is on the right, looking downward, with a small shadow behind the letters. The words above and below are seen in a cursive font.
Variant:
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme of the show.
Availability: Uncommon, though a variant of sorts can be found on first season episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on Antenna TV and on DVD, as well as the pilot episode of Leave It to Beaver on TV Land, Antenna TV, and DVD, and The Adventures of Kit Carson on DVD.
Logo: An in-credit version of the previous logo, but the text is in Franklin Gothic and reads "filmed at revue in Hollywood" with "revue" in bold lettering:
The MCA Arrowhead above it is located near the logo.
Variants:
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from the show.
Availability: Common.
Logo: Two filmstrip-like lines with letters (the top one being black and the bottom one being gray move in opposite directions of each other, with the top line moving left and the bottom line moving right. To the tune of the fanfare, five letters stack horizontally together, unevenly, spelling the name "revue". Then the remaining letters move away, revealing a white-outlined rounded rectangle shape (similar in shape to the Warner Bros. \\' logo). Then, the inside turns into a dark gray color under the black and gray blocks of letters, with the words "filmed in hollywood at" above the blocks, "studios" below, and "MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" under the shape appearing with it. The MCA byline, underneath the logo, is usually accompanied by its own union bug, which is a small globe with the words MCA over it.
This logo also appears in the credits of specific programs. Sometimes, only the name appears, like the previous logo.
Trivia:
Variants:
FX/SFX: Camera-controlled/cel animation.
Music/Sounds: A loud but majestic horn fanfare accompanied by drums and a xylophone. The music has a few length variations, corresponding with the logo. There were two jingles, a (rarely-heard) long version and a short version both arranged by Stanley Wilson and Juan Garcia Esquivel. The long version has the first note longer and 4 extra notes. The short version has the 1st note shorter and deleted the 4 extra notes.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Common.
Final Note: Kayro Productions and Revue Studios formed a partnership by forming Kayro-Vue Productions in 1964.
Logo: It looks just like the 1962 Revue "Blinking Negatives" logo, without the additional animation. The company name flickers 6 times, during the first 5 bars of the fanfare and makes a stop during the rest of the jingle. The phrase is "filmed at universal city, MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" with a small MCA logo bug next to the distributor's byline (which was outside the logo as always). The color version has a wallflower-type background in red with white '60s-type star designs over it. The filmstrip blocks are red and blue, the background of the tubular border was light blue, and all the block colors revert to black and white over and over. The B&W variation of the logo was the same as the B&W version of the Revue logo, but the only block colors that flicker are the black and white ones.
Variant:
FX/SFX: Cel animation.
Music/Sounds: Same as the 1960 Revue logo theme.
Music/Sounds Variant: A sped-up version of the short 1960 Revue jingle was heard when Hallmark Channel reran The Virginian due to time compressing.
Availability: Rare. The B&W version is seen on season 2 of McHale's Navy, Suspense Theatre, and The Jack Benny Program, as well as season 7 of Wagon Train and season 2 of The Virginian.
Logo: Like its then-current movie logo, the rotating globe zooms in, along with the two Van Allen radiation belts. The text:
is superimposed simultaneously. The text, in the same font as the then-current movie logo (minus the texture), will usually appear in the normal near-yellow font with a shadow effect, but a bronze/brown or white color appears sometimes. The MCA union bug appears with the byline.
Trivia: The logo was designed and animated by Universal Title, who also designed and animated all of the logos by Universal until 1990 and handled all title and optical effects for all films and Universal Television series.
Variants:
instead.
FX/SFX: Fading effects.
Music/Sounds:
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Common. It's seen on seasons 2-4 of McHale's Navy, It Takes a Thief, and Adam-12, Dragnet, season 1 and first half of season 2 of Ironside, and season 3 and beyond of The Virginian, as unlike other companies, Universal's past logos are kept quite well.
Logo: Same as above, but the phrase now appears as:
The entire text is in a different font (which is Eurostile Bold, the same font also used in the opening credits of Ironside), compared to the previous logo, which Universal's name was all yellow from that point on. The MCA union bug appears with the byline.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Same as the 2nd logo.
Music/Sounds:
Availability: Pretty common. Should be saved on any Universal show of the era such as It Takes a Thief, S2 of Adam-12, and the final season of Dragnet '67, as well as the second half of season 2 and seasons 3 and 4 of Ironside among others, as well as the 1st season of Marcus Welby, M.D. The later version was only used for 8 months, but it's still saved on any Universal series during this era, such as Marcus Welby, M.D., Adam-12, Columbo, and Night Gallery, as well as the final season of The Virginian and the 1st season of Alias Smith and Jones. It's also seen on the final season of It Takes a Thief.
Logo: This time, the globe is just a still picture. The shortened text fades in, in the same yellow bold font from the logo above:
Variants: This one has five other variations:
...all sporting the MCA union bug alongside the said company byline. Was only referred to as "IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" during the 1971-72 season (the logo's first).
FX/SFX: Fading effects, combined with the movie logo's animation.
Music/Sounds: Changed depending on the year, all arranged by Quincy Jones.
Availability: Uncommon.
Logo: Same backdrop as the previous logo, but the phrase was shortened again to...
This time, "UNIVERSAL" is in the same font as used in that era's movie logo and also appears textured (in fact, this looks like a still of the 1963-1990 movie logo, with MCA information added in afterwards). The MCA byline is also the same, although the position is a bit shifted to the right due to the MCA union bug's appearance with the byline, and the byline may be shifted closer up in some appearances. The MCA globe bug is bigger than the recent and is seen to the left of its respective byline. The top text line sometimes reads "AND" or "IN ASSOCIATION WITH".
FX/SFX: Fading effects.
Music/Sounds:
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Uncommon.
Logo: Same as the previous logo, but with a few differences:
The top text line had the same "FROM", "AND" and "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" lines centered in from previous logos.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Fading effects.
Music/Sounds: A new 5-note fanfare that retains the first four elements of the classic Revue theme but does not feature the 9-note trademark fanfare used since the Revue days (this new version sounds like a variation of "Happy Birthday to You"). There are many versions of this jingle, with the orchestration changing with each rendition. All were arranged by Robert Prince.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Common.
Legacy: This logo is notorious among some viewers for its dramatic logo themes and the less friendly-looking typeface on the logo contributing to it.
Logo: Just the end of the 1973 Universal Pictures logo used in place of the TV logo.
FX/SFX: The rotating live-action model globe.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extinct. Was seen on the '80s syndicated series The Woody Woodpecker Show, which was co-produced and distributed by The Program Exchange.
Logo: It's nearly the same as its 1991 motion picture counterpart, but with a few differences:
The logo starts at a slightly different angle. The text is already rotating over the globe, and the camera moves faster in this version. Once the logo settles, the MCA byline fades in at the bottom.
Trivia: This logo is based on the print movie artwork logo designed by Glen Wexler.
Variants:
FX/SFX: CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: A majestic 7-note French horn fanfare, based on Universal's long version of its 1990 jingle. Composed by James Horner.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Fairly common. With most Universal logos, they are usually retained on any repeat broadcasts.
Logo: The final few seconds of the 1997 Universal Pictures logo, with the globe still rotating and the glow shining. Text appears below the logo (in Universal's corporate typeface, Universal Tertiary), as listed below:
Variants:
FX/SFX: CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: A short version of the movie counterpart's theme. On some shows, it's silent. NBC, CBS and ABC used their generic themes. Variations of the theme are listed below. All composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Common. Can still be found on most, if not all Universal-produced shows of this time such as the Law & Order franchise (except on Sundance and local reruns), among others. When Universal merged with NBC in 2004, this logo was retired.
Logo: The logo starts on a black background with a golden burst of light (very likely intended to be a sun). Then a half-globe motif figure with the features of Earth in its negative space zooms back and "UNIVERSAL MEDIA STUDIOS" with "UNIVERSAL" in the Copperplate Gothic Bold typeface and "MEDIA STUDIOS" in the Akzidenz-Grotesk Extended Medium typeface and underneath "UNIVERSAL", is below it. While that happens the golden burst of light gets brighter and expands, a la the 1988 ABC Productions logo.
Bylines:
Variants:
FX/SFX: CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: A 5-note rock jingle. Composed by 5 Alarm Music.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Common.
Logo: We zoom out from a Western Hemisphere view of a detailed globe with some clouds. As we pan out, a sunburst appears and shines in the northeastern arc of the globe. A bluish/purple starfield with a few nebular clouds appear in the background. The white text "UNIVERSALTELEVISION" (in a sans-serif font called "Folio" and "UNIVERSAL" in bold) without a space between and with an abstract arc above is vertically wiped in front of the Earth globe with a translucent line once we are at a comfortable distance.
FX/SFX: CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show or NBC's generic theme with a voice over.
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: Against a bluish starfield background that's almost similar to the one from the previous logo with some nebular clouds, we see a much more detailed Earth globe zooming out from the front right to the center which is now rotating forward this time like the other Universal logos. As the globe reaches the center, a sunburst appears flashing on the top-right part of the globe. As this happens, the text "UNIVERSALTELEVISION", in the same font as before with the abstract arc above it, appears rotating in from the left and making a stop in front of the globe as the sunburst dims down a bit. Some light rays are seen behind the globe and some nebular clouds are seen moving in front of the globe. The byline "A Division of NBCUniversal" appears under the logo.
Trivia: This logo was created and animated by Imaginary Forces. The logo has some elements from the 1991 Universal Television logo.
Variants:
FX/SFX: CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: A three-note orchestrated theme, consisting of the first two notes of the three-note NBC chimes jingle and a final note that sounds similar to that of the 1997 Universal Pictures fanfare, composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The theme was composed by FirstCom Music, and it sounds quite similar to the NBCUniversal Television logo music.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Current.
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the Universal Television series and TV movies:
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