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Wolf Entertainment is the production company of Dick Wolf, best known as the creator of the Law & Order franchise. In addition to L&O, the company is responsible for the Chicago (a.k.a. One Chicago) and FBI (a.k.a. The FBIs) franchises, among other shows created by Wolf. The company was founded in 1988. Until 2019, it was known as "Wolf Films".
Visuals: There is a silhouette of a wolf in the distance howling at the moon (represented by a white sphere) while standing on a dark, black ground against a dark red sky background with few stars over it. On the screen, we see the blue text:
The text appears to be in Friz Quadrata (a font used in some form in most of Dick Wolf's productions, most famously the Law & Order franchise; the font is also used in the end credits of DreamWorks Animation, the logos of the original six Fox stations, and even some other production company logos).
Variants:
Technique: Still digital graphic. A mix of live-action and early computer animation for the earlier animated variant.
Audio: A soundbite of a wolf howling and crickets chirping.
Audio Variants:
Availability: Seen on all of Dick Wolf's productions for over 30 years.
Legacy: An iconic and well-remembered logo for any fan of the works of Dick Wolf.
Visuals: Same as the previous logo, but with a few changes: as the logo fades in, we see the familiar setting in a more realistic fashion, with the added nebula, the detailed moon, now in between the text and the wolf, and being slightly less saturated as a result. The text is also smaller, with "E N T E R T A I N M E N T" in place of "F I L M S" and in a different font, which is now animated, fading and slightly zooming in after the first second before it stops moving a second later. The wolf is no longer between the "L" and "F" of "WOLF" and is now at the far right of the logo, and is also animated, now howling throughout the logo.
Variant: On First Responders Live, the logo moves differently. Here the text wipes in, while the wolf is howling.
Technique: A mix of live-action and CGI.
Audio: Same as before.
Audio Variants:
Availability: Seen on the Oxygen original series Murder for Hire, and First Responders Live on Fox.
Visuals: On a night sky, there's the moon, with a silhouette of a wolf howling in a distance, animating (similar to the early variant of the Wolf Films logo). On the screen, there's the text "WOLF" with "ENTERTAINMENT" down below, colored black. The moon rises, and the text turns blue (also similar to the early variant of the Wolf Films logo). The background then turns black, leaving only the moon and the text.
Trivia: This logo was designed by Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv of New York, a firm also responsible for the six-feathered NBC Peacock, the 1984 PBS logo, the 1990 Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo, the 1965 Screen Gems Television logo, the 2014 RatPac Entertainment logo, the Warner Bros. Discovery logo, among other designs.
Variant: Starting with season 4 of FBI, season 3 of FBI: Most Wanted and season 1 of FBI: International, the moon and the wolf are in different positions.
Technique: A mix of live-action and 2D computer animation.
Audio: Same as the first two logos, but slightly different.
Audio Variant: NBC and CBS airings use their generic themes.
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