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Logo descriptions by Sean Beard, James Fabiano, Jason Jones, and Matt Williams
Base Productions
(2007)
Logo: On a black background, we see:
Broadway Video
1st Logo
(1979- )
Nicknames: "City V-Disc", "Spinning City", "The SNL Logo", "The City V"
Logo: Against a black BG, a scene of a nighttime city (colored as if green lights are shining on it) against a blue sky that reflects against a dark sea zooms back, revealing a gold circle decorated with the words "BROADWAY VIDEO" in silver. It spins once, and as the logo stops, a red "V"-shaped bolt of lightning crosses it. The bolt's left side is as high as the top of the screen, while the right stops in the circle.
Variant: There is a rare variant in which a white line comes in from the left and writes "presents" below in script.
FX/SFX: The zoom-out, the circle, the lightning bolt. Very ahead-of-its-time effects used here!
Music/Sounds: Silent, or the end theme of the show.
Availability: Common; appears on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, and is kept on the former show's reruns on E! Can also be seen on the various DVD releases of The Kids in the Hall, and on original printings of the CBS TV special Frosty Returns and other Rankin-Bass specials on VHS.
Scare Factor: None; this logo has held up remarkably well over the past 20+ years it has been used on SNL.
2nd Logo
(2006- )
Nickname: "City V-Disc II"
Carson Productions
(1983-1992)
Logo: We start out with a brightly-lit city skyline, then the outlined word "CARSON" zooms out from us to a comfortable distance, on a gray background. Three thick light-blue horizontal lines wipe in from right to left, filling the outlined word "CARSON" with blue and at the same time, the word "PRODUCTIONS" wipes in the same direction in sync with the horizontal lines. Sometimes, the copyright info is seen below it.
FX/SFX: The zoom-out of "CARSON", the wiping in of the horizontal lines and "PRODUCTIONS".
Cheesy Factor: The effort is there, but the quality turns out a bit poor, in both picture and sound.
Variant: This in-credit notice for Carson Productions was seen on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman:
Music/Sounds: A loud five-note bombastic horn fanfare with a "WHOOSH" accompanying the wiping in of the horizontal lines and "PRODUCTIONS." There is also a variation in which only the last three notes are played, which are the same three notes as the signature NBC "chimes" jingle, and sometimes the end theme of the show plays over the logo.
Availability: Currently seen at the end of Amen episodes on TV One and Gospel Music Channel and Carson's Comedy Classics on Reelz Channel. Also existed at the end of TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes with the outro of the show's theme music. The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson is another show with this logo.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, because of the music.
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Fuji Television Network (Japan)
(1993- )
Nicknames: "The Eye", "FCI"
Logo: A silver shape flies backwards and in a turning motion. It is revealed to be an abstract drawing of a eye with three eyelashes and a round pupil that stops in the middle of the black screen and "twinkles". As the small flash from the "twinkle" shrinks away, the screen turns white and the eye changes color as well (the pupil turns red, and the rest black). Above and below the eye, blocks of "static" turn into words in blue-colored letters. Above it is "FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK, INC." Below the eye is, "FUJI CREATIVE CORPORATION".
Variants: On later seasons on Iron Chef, this logo's text differs a bit from above. The animation is still the same, but only "FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK, INC." fades in below.
FX/SFX: The eye logo turning, the screen changing colors, and the words appearing.
Music/Sounds: A dreamy chiming sound that gives the impression of flying. Ends with a synthesized ring.
Availability: Can be seen at the end of Iron Chef (the original series, not Iron Chef USA) on the Food Network. The eye logo is also associated with FCI, which made video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It also appears on Japanese morning shows seen on some cable channels.
Scare Factor: Low; this logo is not very scary.
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JM Production Company
(1982-1984)
Nickname: "JM in the City", "JM City"
Logo: We see the letters "JM", in pink, and in a stylized font. The letters are also designed to look like a city: In "J" are some building shapes, and in "M" there is an outline of a bridge.
FX/SFX: The logo flipping and spinning.
Cheesy Factor: Of all things, why the godawful pink color?!
Music/Sounds: The outro of Starcade, with announcer Kevin McMahon saying, "This is Kevin McMahon speaking. Starcade is a JM Production.".
Availability: Only appeared on the video arcade game show Starcade in the early 1980s, which hasn't been rerun on TV since 2004. However, 15 episodes are available for viewing at the Starcade official website (Actually, one other show does use this logo at the end; a show called The Video Game, hosted by Greg Winfield).
Scare Factor: None.
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Joe Hamilton Productions
(1982-1990)
Nickname: "JHP"
Logo: On a black background, we see a red "J". Then, a short, red line comes out of the middle of the "J" from the right, and then a vertical line is drawn with the end of the "short line" as the midpoint, forming an "H". A red "P" then forms on the "H" with only the "hump" of the "P" being drawn out. Then, "A JOE HAMILTON PRODUCTION" appears below.
FX/SFX: The animation of the letters.
Cheesy Factor: The animation looks way too simple, not to mention they don't even animate the "P" correctly; it just appears.
Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.
Availability: Can still be seen on Mama's Family when reran.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; very few are big fans of "connecting letters" on black backgrounds (such as the 2nd Lorimar logo).
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Litton Syndications
(1995- )
Logo: On a cloudy gray BG, a diagonal blue square with a zigzag line at the bottom appears via a flashing effect. At the same time, a marker can be seen on the bottom left (look VERY closely). The words "LITTON SYNDICATIONS" in white Impact font is written on it. The text shines with a few gray lines and the square shines with a ping at the top left.
FX/SFX: The appearance of the box, the shine.
Cheesy Factor: Another logo with little effort put into it.
Music/Sounds: Just the music from the Watercourse Road Productions logo (see below).
Availability: Only known to be sometimes seen on Critter Gitters, a locally-aired nature show that airs on KLHU-CA, which is a local low-power TV station in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The show has also aired on KIKU-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. At least one episode is shows on the show's website, www.crittergitters.com, so it shouldn't be too hard for most people on the Internet to find it.
Scare Factor: None.
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Michael Mann Productions
(1984-1989)
Nickname: "Graffiti"
Logo: On a black background, a row of lines arranged like a rectangle and a weird "splotch" thing continually switch places, with the splotch ending up on the left and the line thing ending up on the right. Over this image, the huge words "MICHAEL MANN" are seen in a very weird font, with "a" above and "production" below, all in lower-case letters.
FX/SFX: The "flipping" animation.
Cheesy Factor: The animation is quick and badly done, and the font is really cheesy.
Music/Sounds: No music, but the end theme of the show seems to fit the logo here.
Availability: It and the '80s Universal logo are still preserved on Miami Vice on Sleuth and on the show's DVD releases. Also appears on Crime Story.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the ugliness is going to put off some people.
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Peter M. Cohen Productions
(2007- )
Logo: On a white background with the tops of wooden chairs marbled in, we see a black pencil rolling in to the front. When it stops, we see "Peter M. Cohen Productions", in white, printed on the pencil.
FX/SFX: The pencil rolling in.
Music/Sounds: The sound of the pencil rolling, and after the pencil stops rolling, we hear 3 dog barks.
Availability: The only show that this logo can be seen is on Hell Date on BET.
Scare Factor: None.
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The Samuels Film Co.
(1987-1993)
Nickname: "Sliding Name"
Logo: On a gradient from black to blue background, we see the green Garamond text "The Samuels Film Co." sliding in from the right of the screen to the center. Then, a line fades in under the name.
FX/SFX: The sliding in of the lettering.
Cheesy Factor: The animation looks simple.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the TV movie.
Availability: Rare; appeared on TV movies produced by the company.
Scare Factor: Low.
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Watercourse Road Productions
Background: Watercourse Road is a television production company owned by the pro-censorship organization Parents' Television Council.
(1998- )
Logo: On a watery gray BG, the "undulating" words "WATERCOURSE" and "ROAD", in a tall dark green font, zoom out and fade in one after the other. Then, "Productions", in a strange black script font similar to that used in the Renaissance Pictures logo, fades in below. A lens flare shines on the words.
FX/SFX: The watery BG, the words appearing and undulating, and the lens flare.
Music/Sounds: A gentle piano/woodwind tune that may also play over the Litton Syndications logo that sometimes follows Critter Gitters.
Availability: Only known to be seen on Critter Gitters, a locally-aired nature show that airs on KLHU-CA, which is a local low-power TV station in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The show has also aired on KIKU-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. At least one episode is shows on the show's website, www.crittergitters.com, so it shouldn't be too hard for most people on the Internet to find it.
Scare Factor: None.
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WV Productions Inc.
(2006- )
Logo: On a black BG, we see the letters "WV", with the top right part of the W extend through the V and become separated from the rest of the letter (with the top part turning white), appear. "WV Productions Inc." is seen below in an Old English font.
FX/SFX: The big "WV" letters appearing.
Music/Sounds: Wilmer Valderrama saying "OOOOH WEEEEE!".
Availability: Seen on Yo Momma on MTV.
Scare Factor: None.
Logo captures, videos, and editions by Eric S, Silversword55, CuriousGeorge60, Michael Bass, and Bob Fish
(2007)
Logo: On a black background, we see:
BASEPRODUCTIONS
To the left of the words, we see a white square with an arrow in it, possibly supposed to resemble a "play" button, with a small line under it.
FX/SFX: It's just a still image, so none.
Music/Sounds: None, but on Sport Science, it's a soundbyte from Rampage Jackson's howl.
Availability: Ultra Rare. It was seen on Sport Science on FSN (Fox Sports Net).
Scare Factor: None; if you are scared of this logo, you need to cease your interests in production logos, period.
_______________________________________________________________ To the left of the words, we see a white square with an arrow in it, possibly supposed to resemble a "play" button, with a small line under it.
FX/SFX: It's just a still image, so none.
Music/Sounds: None, but on Sport Science, it's a soundbyte from Rampage Jackson's howl.
Availability: Ultra Rare. It was seen on Sport Science on FSN (Fox Sports Net).
Scare Factor: None; if you are scared of this logo, you need to cease your interests in production logos, period.
Broadway Video
1st Logo
(1979- )
Nicknames: "City V-Disc", "Spinning City", "The SNL Logo", "The City V"
Logo: Against a black BG, a scene of a nighttime city (colored as if green lights are shining on it) against a blue sky that reflects against a dark sea zooms back, revealing a gold circle decorated with the words "BROADWAY VIDEO" in silver. It spins once, and as the logo stops, a red "V"-shaped bolt of lightning crosses it. The bolt's left side is as high as the top of the screen, while the right stops in the circle.
Variant: There is a rare variant in which a white line comes in from the left and writes "presents" below in script.
FX/SFX: The zoom-out, the circle, the lightning bolt. Very ahead-of-its-time effects used here!
Music/Sounds: Silent, or the end theme of the show.
Availability: Common; appears on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, and is kept on the former show's reruns on E! Can also be seen on the various DVD releases of The Kids in the Hall, and on original printings of the CBS TV special Frosty Returns and other Rankin-Bass specials on VHS.
Scare Factor: None; this logo has held up remarkably well over the past 20+ years it has been used on SNL.
2nd Logo
(2006- )
Logo: On a black background, we see a small Broadway Video logo, looking much like the last one, only somewhat more modern-looking.
FX/SFX: None; it's a still logo.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.
Availability: Seen on 30 Rock.
Scare Factor: None.
_______________________________________________________________ FX/SFX: None; it's a still logo.
Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.
Availability: Seen on 30 Rock.
Scare Factor: None.
Carson Productions
(1983-1992)
Logo: We start out with a brightly-lit city skyline, then the outlined word "CARSON" zooms out from us to a comfortable distance, on a gray background. Three thick light-blue horizontal lines wipe in from right to left, filling the outlined word "CARSON" with blue and at the same time, the word "PRODUCTIONS" wipes in the same direction in sync with the horizontal lines. Sometimes, the copyright info is seen below it.
FX/SFX: The zoom-out of "CARSON", the wiping in of the horizontal lines and "PRODUCTIONS".
Cheesy Factor: The effort is there, but the quality turns out a bit poor, in both picture and sound.
Variant: This in-credit notice for Carson Productions was seen on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman:
Produced by
NBC ENTERTAINMENT
in Association with
CARSON PRODUCTIONS
© (year) National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Music/Sounds: A loud five-note bombastic horn fanfare with a "WHOOSH" accompanying the wiping in of the horizontal lines and "PRODUCTIONS." There is also a variation in which only the last three notes are played, which are the same three notes as the signature NBC "chimes" jingle, and sometimes the end theme of the show plays over the logo.
Availability: Currently seen at the end of Amen episodes on TV One and Gospel Music Channel and Carson's Comedy Classics on Reelz Channel. Also existed at the end of TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes with the outro of the show's theme music. The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson is another show with this logo.
Scare Factor: Low to medium, because of the music.
_______________________________________________________________
Fuji Television Network (Japan)
(1993- )
Nicknames: "The Eye", "FCI"
Logo: A silver shape flies backwards and in a turning motion. It is revealed to be an abstract drawing of a eye with three eyelashes and a round pupil that stops in the middle of the black screen and "twinkles". As the small flash from the "twinkle" shrinks away, the screen turns white and the eye changes color as well (the pupil turns red, and the rest black). Above and below the eye, blocks of "static" turn into words in blue-colored letters. Above it is "FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK, INC." Below the eye is, "FUJI CREATIVE CORPORATION".
Variants: On later seasons on Iron Chef, this logo's text differs a bit from above. The animation is still the same, but only "FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK, INC." fades in below.
FX/SFX: The eye logo turning, the screen changing colors, and the words appearing.
Music/Sounds: A dreamy chiming sound that gives the impression of flying. Ends with a synthesized ring.
Availability: Can be seen at the end of Iron Chef (the original series, not Iron Chef USA) on the Food Network. The eye logo is also associated with FCI, which made video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It also appears on Japanese morning shows seen on some cable channels.
Scare Factor: Low; this logo is not very scary.
_______________________________________________________________
JM Production Company
Nickname: "JM in the City", "JM City"
Logo: We see the letters "JM", in pink, and in a stylized font. The letters are also designed to look like a city: In "J" are some building shapes, and in "M" there is an outline of a bridge.
FX/SFX: The logo flipping and spinning.
Cheesy Factor: Of all things, why the godawful pink color?!
Music/Sounds: The outro of Starcade, with announcer Kevin McMahon saying, "This is Kevin McMahon speaking. Starcade is a JM Production.".
Availability: Only appeared on the video arcade game show Starcade in the early 1980s, which hasn't been rerun on TV since 2004. However, 15 episodes are available for viewing at the Starcade official website (Actually, one other show does use this logo at the end; a show called The Video Game, hosted by Greg Winfield).
Scare Factor: None.
_______________________________________________________________
Joe Hamilton Productions
(1982-1990)
Nickname: "JHP"
Logo: On a black background, we see a red "J". Then, a short, red line comes out of the middle of the "J" from the right, and then a vertical line is drawn with the end of the "short line" as the midpoint, forming an "H". A red "P" then forms on the "H" with only the "hump" of the "P" being drawn out. Then, "A JOE HAMILTON PRODUCTION" appears below.
FX/SFX: The animation of the letters.
Cheesy Factor: The animation looks way too simple, not to mention they don't even animate the "P" correctly; it just appears.
Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.
Availability: Can still be seen on Mama's Family when reran.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; very few are big fans of "connecting letters" on black backgrounds (such as the 2nd Lorimar logo).
_______________________________________________________________
Litton Syndications
(1995- )
Logo: On a cloudy gray BG, a diagonal blue square with a zigzag line at the bottom appears via a flashing effect. At the same time, a marker can be seen on the bottom left (look VERY closely). The words "LITTON SYNDICATIONS" in white Impact font is written on it. The text shines with a few gray lines and the square shines with a ping at the top left.
FX/SFX: The appearance of the box, the shine.
Cheesy Factor: Another logo with little effort put into it.
Music/Sounds: Just the music from the Watercourse Road Productions logo (see below).
Availability: Only known to be sometimes seen on Critter Gitters, a locally-aired nature show that airs on KLHU-CA, which is a local low-power TV station in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The show has also aired on KIKU-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. At least one episode is shows on the show's website, www.crittergitters.com, so it shouldn't be too hard for most people on the Internet to find it.
Scare Factor: None.
_______________________________________________________________
Michael Mann Productions
(1984-1989)
Nickname: "Graffiti"
Logo: On a black background, a row of lines arranged like a rectangle and a weird "splotch" thing continually switch places, with the splotch ending up on the left and the line thing ending up on the right. Over this image, the huge words "MICHAEL MANN" are seen in a very weird font, with "a" above and "production" below, all in lower-case letters.
FX/SFX: The "flipping" animation.
Cheesy Factor: The animation is quick and badly done, and the font is really cheesy.
Music/Sounds: No music, but the end theme of the show seems to fit the logo here.
Availability: It and the '80s Universal logo are still preserved on Miami Vice on Sleuth and on the show's DVD releases. Also appears on Crime Story.
Scare Factor: Low to medium; the ugliness is going to put off some people.
_______________________________________________________________
Peter M. Cohen Productions
(2007- )
Logo: On a white background with the tops of wooden chairs marbled in, we see a black pencil rolling in to the front. When it stops, we see "Peter M. Cohen Productions", in white, printed on the pencil.
FX/SFX: The pencil rolling in.
Music/Sounds: The sound of the pencil rolling, and after the pencil stops rolling, we hear 3 dog barks.
Availability: The only show that this logo can be seen is on Hell Date on BET.
Scare Factor: None.
_______________________________________________________________
The Samuels Film Co.
(1987-1993)
Nickname: "Sliding Name"
Logo: On a gradient from black to blue background, we see the green Garamond text "The Samuels Film Co." sliding in from the right of the screen to the center. Then, a line fades in under the name.
FX/SFX: The sliding in of the lettering.
Cheesy Factor: The animation looks simple.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the TV movie.
Availability: Rare; appeared on TV movies produced by the company.
Scare Factor: Low.
_______________________________________________________________
Watercourse Road Productions
Background: Watercourse Road is a television production company owned by the pro-censorship organization Parents' Television Council.
(1998- )
Logo: On a watery gray BG, the "undulating" words "WATERCOURSE" and "ROAD", in a tall dark green font, zoom out and fade in one after the other. Then, "Productions", in a strange black script font similar to that used in the Renaissance Pictures logo, fades in below. A lens flare shines on the words.
FX/SFX: The watery BG, the words appearing and undulating, and the lens flare.
Music/Sounds: A gentle piano/woodwind tune that may also play over the Litton Syndications logo that sometimes follows Critter Gitters.
Availability: Only known to be seen on Critter Gitters, a locally-aired nature show that airs on KLHU-CA, which is a local low-power TV station in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The show has also aired on KIKU-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. At least one episode is shows on the show's website, www.crittergitters.com, so it shouldn't be too hard for most people on the Internet to find it.
Scare Factor: None.
_______________________________________________________________
WV Productions Inc.
(2006- )
Logo: On a black BG, we see the letters "WV", with the top right part of the W extend through the V and become separated from the rest of the letter (with the top part turning white), appear. "WV Productions Inc." is seen below in an Old English font.
FX/SFX: The big "WV" letters appearing.
Music/Sounds: Wilmer Valderrama saying "OOOOH WEEEEE!".
Availability: Seen on Yo Momma on MTV.
Scare Factor: None.
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