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| Version | User | Scope of changes |
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| Jul 14 2009, 1:22 PM EDT | andor29 | 244 words added, 147 words deleted, 5 photos added, 5 photos deleted, 5 widgets added, 5 widgets deleted |
| May 18 2009, 4:06 PM EDT | channel4fan | 2 photos added, 1 photo deleted, 1 widget added, 1 widget deleted |
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Key: Additions Deletions
1st Logo
(1968-1978)(1969-1989)
Logo: We now have an text "A Presentation of ABCNEWS." Sometimes, you'll see a textcopyright "ANstamp ABCunder NEWSthe text: "© (year) American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved." PRESENTATION".
FX/SFX: Just the scrolling of the credits or superimposed.
Music/Sounds: None.Availability:None, Nearjust extinction;the wasend showntitle ontheme Thefrom ABCany Eveningshow Newsplaying. withNormally Frankyou'd Reynoldshear (&announcer Howardspiels K.on Smith),any program.
Availability: Rare/near extinction; it appeared on The ABC Evening News with Howard K. Smith & Frank Reynolds/Harry Reasoner, ABC Weekend News, ABC Saturday News with Ted Koopel, ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner (& Barbara Walters), Issues and Answers, A.M. America, ABC's World News Tonight, 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America and This Week with David Brinkley.
Scare Factor: None.
2nd Logo
(1988-1990)
Logo: TBA
FX: TBA
Music/Sounds: A rendition of the ABCNEWS theme plays as an announcer says, "[show] is a presentation of ABCNEWS. More Americans get their news from ABCNEWS than from any other source."
Availability: TBA
Scare Factor: None.
3rd Logo
(1989-1994)(1990-1994)
Logo: First, the camera focuses on the top left corner of a computerized map and the "ABC" in the ABCNEWS logo of the time, and then the camera zooms out to show the full map and the full ABCNEWS logo. Below the ABCNEWS logo is text that reads: "MORE AMERICANS GET THEIR NEWS FROM ABCNEWS." Below that is a copyright stamp that is aligned to the right.
FX: The zooming out from the top left corner of the map to the entire map, the "ABCNEWS" logo zooming out.
Music/Sounds: A rendition of the ABCNEWS theme playsSame as an announcer says, "[show] is a presentation of ABCNEWS. More Americans get their news from ABCNEWS than from any otherLogo source."#2.
Availability: Seen on television shows produced by ABCNEWS at the time, such as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, Primetime Live, This Week with David Brinkley, the 1992-1994 episodes of World News Now and 1993-1994 episodes of Day One: The World Series.
Scare Factor: None.
4th Logo
(1994-2000)
Logo: We pan down from the North Pole of the Earth to view the following logo positioned just above Florida:
MORE AMERICANS GET THEIR
In the bottom left corner of the screen, just above Cuba, is a miniscule copyright notice.
Variant: On World News Now, the notice is the same as above, except the logo shows a scary-looking pair of eyes, and the text below the ABCNEWS logo reads: "MORE INSOMNIACS GET THEIR NEWS FROM WORLD NEWS NOW © (year) All Rights Reserved."
FX: The camera panning down from the North Pole to the United States of America.
Music/Sounds: A rendition of the ABC News theme plays as an announcer says, "This has been a presentation of ABCNEWS. More Americans get their news from ABCNEWS than from any other source."
Availability: Seen on television shows produced by ABCNEWS at the time, such as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, Primetime Live, Turning Point, This Week, World News Now and the 1994-1995 episodes of Day One: The World Series.
Scare Factor: None to low, depending on the variant used.
5th Logo:
(2000-2007)
Nicknames: "The Blue Globe", "The Spinning Globe", "The ABC News Globe"
Logo: On a blue gradient background we see clips of ABC News presenters from ABC News shows and the blue globe spinning. Suddenly, the ABC News program title (depending on the show) zooms in in a blue color while another text does the same thing in white. As the program title fades out, the text "More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source" types itself with a red bar at the end of each word. As the text does so, the spinning blue globe we saw earlier fades in and zooms out while the ABC News logo does the same. The globe and the ABC News logo suddenly place themselves and as they do, the clips fade out and all we see is a blue globe spinning around with the ABC News logo in the middle of it.
FX: Sudden animation with the spinning blue globe in CGI.
Music/Sounds: Same as Logo #4.
Availability: Seen on television shows produced by ABCNEWS at the time, such as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (later World News with Charles Gibson), 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, Primetime Thursday (later Primetime), This Week (with George Stephanopoulos) and World News Now. .
Scare Factor: None.
6th Logo
(2007- )
TBA
(1968-1978)(1969-1989)
FX/SFX: Just the scrolling of the credits or superimposed.
Music/Sounds: None.Availability:None, Nearjust extinction;the wasend showntitle ontheme Thefrom ABCany Eveningshow Newsplaying. withNormally Frankyou'd Reynoldshear (&announcer Howardspiels K.on Smith),any program.
- The ABC Evening News with Howard K. Smith (&& HarryFrank Reasoner)Reynolds/Harry Reasoner,: TheThis has been the ABC Evening News with HarryHoward ReasonerK. Smith & BarbaraFrank WaltersReynolds/Harry Reasoner.
- ABC Weekend News,: IssuesFrom andNew Answers,York, this has been the firstABC 5Weekend episodesNews ofwith 20/20(anchor's andname). 1975-1976Watch episodesABC ofNews Goodwith MorningHarry AmericaReasoner (& Barbara Walters), Monday trough Friday.Scare Factor: None.2nd Logo(1976-1989)
- Logo:ABC WeSaturday nowNews havewith anTed textKoopel: "AFrom PresentationNew ofYork, ABCNEWS."this Sometimes,has you'llbeen seethe aABC copyright(Saturday) stampNews underwith theTed text:Koopel. "©Watch (year)ABC AmericanNews Broadcastingwith Companies,Harry Inc.Reasoner All(& RightsBarbara Reserved."Walters), Monday trough Friday.
- FX/SFX:ABC JustNews thewith scrollingHarry ofReasoner: theFrom creditsNew orYork, superimposed.this Music/Soundshas been ABC News with Harry Reasoner.
- :ABC None,Evening justNews thewith endHarry titleReasoner theme& fromBarbara anyWalters: showThis playing.has Normallybeen you'dthe hearABC announcerEvening spielsNews onwith anyHarry program.Reasoner & Barbara Walters.
- ABC's World News Tonight (with Peter Jennings): From ABC, this has been World News Tonight (with Peter Jennings).
- ABC's World News Tonight Sunday with Sam Donaldson: This has been World News Tonight Sunday, a presentation of ABC News.
- 20/20: This has been the ABC News magazine, 20/20.
- Nightline: This has been ABC News Nightline.
Availability: Rare/near extinction; it appeared on The ABC Evening News with Howard K. Smith & Frank Reynolds/Harry Reasoner, ABC Weekend News, ABC Saturday News with Ted Koopel, ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner (& Barbara Walters), Issues and Answers, A.M. America, ABC's World News Tonight, 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America and This Week with David Brinkley.
Scare Factor: None.
2nd Logo
(1988-1990)
Logo: TBA
FX: TBA
Music/Sounds: A rendition of the ABCNEWS theme plays as an announcer says, "[show] is a presentation of ABCNEWS. More Americans get their news from ABCNEWS than from any other source."
Availability: TBA
Scare Factor: None.
3rd Logo
(1989-1994)(1990-1994)
FX: The zooming out from the top left corner of the map to the entire map, the "ABCNEWS" logo zooming out.
Music/Sounds: A rendition of the ABCNEWS theme playsSame as an announcer says, "[show] is a presentation of ABCNEWS. More Americans get their news from ABCNEWS than from any otherLogo source."#2.
Availability: Seen on television shows produced by ABCNEWS at the time, such as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, Primetime Live, This Week with David Brinkley, the 1992-1994 episodes of World News Now and 1993-1994 episodes of Day One: The World Series.
Scare Factor: None.
(1994-2000)
Logo: We pan down from the North Pole of the Earth to view the following logo positioned just above Florida:
ABCNEWS
NEWS FROM ABCNEWS
Variant: On World News Now, the notice is the same as above, except the logo shows a scary-looking pair of eyes, and the text below the ABCNEWS logo reads: "MORE INSOMNIACS GET THEIR NEWS FROM WORLD NEWS NOW © (year) All Rights Reserved."
FX: The camera panning down from the North Pole to the United States of America.
Music/Sounds: A rendition of the ABC News theme plays as an announcer says, "This has been a presentation of ABCNEWS. More Americans get their news from ABCNEWS than from any other source."
Availability: Seen on television shows produced by ABCNEWS at the time, such as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, Primetime Live, Turning Point, This Week, World News Now and the 1994-1995 episodes of Day One: The World Series.
Scare Factor: None to low, depending on the variant used.
5th Logo:
(2000-2007)
Logo: On a blue gradient background we see clips of ABC News presenters from ABC News shows and the blue globe spinning. Suddenly, the ABC News program title (depending on the show) zooms in in a blue color while another text does the same thing in white. As the program title fades out, the text "More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source" types itself with a red bar at the end of each word. As the text does so, the spinning blue globe we saw earlier fades in and zooms out while the ABC News logo does the same. The globe and the ABC News logo suddenly place themselves and as they do, the clips fade out and all we see is a blue globe spinning around with the ABC News logo in the middle of it.
FX: Sudden animation with the spinning blue globe in CGI.
Music/Sounds: Same as Logo #4.
Availability: Seen on television shows produced by ABCNEWS at the time, such as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (later World News with Charles Gibson), 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, Primetime Thursday (later Primetime), This Week (with George Stephanopoulos) and World News Now. .
Scare Factor: None.
6th Logo
(2007- )
