Colbert Television Sales
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Logo description and captures by Shadeed A. Kelly
Background: Colbert Television Sales was an independent television distribution company founded by television pioneer Dick Colbert and also co-ran by his son Ritch Colbert; known for distributing the game shows by Barry & Enright Productions. Colbert had a co-distribution team up with King World and allowed King World to handle ad-sales of the series by B&E until 1982, when King World formed its own ad-sales division; Camelot Entertainment Sales. On September 29, 1986, Colbert Television Sales merged with Access Syndication.
(1977-1986)
Logo: Just an in-credit text that reads as "Distributed by Colbert Television Sales". Sometimes a copyright stamp to Barry & Enright Productions is seen below after the credits are finished.
FX/SFX: Superimposed or scrolling of the text.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show.
Availability: Extinct. It was seen on syndicated episodes of The Joker's Wild, The New Tic-Tac-Dough, Break the Bank (1976 version), Play the Percentages, and Bullseye.
Editor's Note: None.
Background: Colbert Television Sales was an independent television distribution company founded by television pioneer Dick Colbert and also co-ran by his son Ritch Colbert; known for distributing the game shows by Barry & Enright Productions. Colbert had a co-distribution team up with King World and allowed King World to handle ad-sales of the series by B&E until 1982, when King World formed its own ad-sales division; Camelot Entertainment Sales. On September 29, 1986, Colbert Television Sales merged with Access Syndication.
(1977-1986)
Logo: Just an in-credit text that reads as "Distributed by Colbert Television Sales". Sometimes a copyright stamp to Barry & Enright Productions is seen below after the credits are finished.
FX/SFX: Superimposed or scrolling of the text.
Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show.
Availability: Extinct. It was seen on syndicated episodes of The Joker's Wild, The New Tic-Tac-Dough, Break the Bank (1976 version), Play the Percentages, and Bullseye.
Editor's Note: None.