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Barbour/Langley Productions

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Logo captures by Eric S.
Videos courtesy of JohnnyL80

Background: This company is named after Malcolm Barbour and John Langley, the creators of COPS.

Barbour/Langley Productions

1st Logo
(1989-1992)

Nicknames: "The Early Cops Logo", "The Pink Logo"

Logo: Over a black background, the text "BARBOUR", in pink, flies from the right of the screen, with "LANGLEY" doing the same thing from the left. They both criss-cross and land on opposite sides, and a yellow slash draws itself between them. "PRODUCTIONS, INC." appears below, in pink.

Variant: On some episodes of Cops, this logo would have a copyright notice.

FX/SFX: The flying text.

Cheesy Factor: Simple animation.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic eight-note synth tune that begins with four descending notes followed by a fifth accompanied by a pound of some kind when the words land. Then three more ascending notes follow.

Availability: Can be seen on the early 1989-1992 episodes of Cops when reran on the FX Network, Fox Reality, TruTV (formerly CourtTV), and in syndication.

Scare Factor: Medium to high; the synth (along with the godawful pink) may not sit well with some people.

2nd Logo
(1992-2002)

Nicknames: "The Cops Logo", "The Silver Logo"

Logo: Almost the same as before, except everything is silver and in 3D, and occurs at a faster rate. Also, there is no "INC." at the end, and the text is in Univers (it was in Helvetica in the previous logo)

FX/SFX: Same as the 1st logo, but an improvement over the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: There were two different themes:

1992-1993: The same synth theme from the previous logo.
1993-2002: A southern guitar riff.

Availability: Appears on Cops whenever it's reran.

Scare Factor: Depends on the music used:

Medium; the synth theme may cause some scares, but the logo is tamer.
None; the absence of the synth theme helps this, and the guitar riff is pretty cool and fits the show Cops.

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Langley Productions

1st Logo
(2002-2008)

Nickname: "Still That Cops Logo"

Logo: On a black screen, the letters to "LANGLEY" fly into place one by one. The word "PRODUCTIONS" then appears, and the logo shines.

Variant: Starting in late 2005, a variant was seen in which the appearance of the letters were cut.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The letters flying in and shining; simple animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the second variant of the second logo.

Music/Sound Variant: On Street Patrol, a different guitar theme is used, which is sometimes abridged.

Availability: Appears on newer episodes of Cops on Fox, as well as the new shows Jail and Street Patrol on MyNetworkTV.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo
(2008- )

Nickname: "Still Again That Cops Logo"

Logo: On a black BG, we see a blue flash. This causes the words "LANGLEY PRODUCTIONS" to appear, in Avenir this time.

FX/SFX: The flash.

Music/Sounds: The abridged music variant from the previous logo, but the generic Fox jingle plays over new episodes that air on Fox.

Availability: Brand new; just went into use on season 21 of Cops, and was used together with the previous logo for a very brief time. Some episodes are viewable on Hulu.

Scare Factor: Minimal, but there's nothing to worry about.

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