http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Orion_Television&feed=atom&action=historyOrion Television - Revision history2024-03-28T18:03:56ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Orion_Television&diff=28266&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> James Fabiano, Jeffrey Gray, Matt..."2020-11-05T23:13:23Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> James Fabiano, Jeffrey Gray, Matt..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> James Fabiano, Jeffrey Gray, Matt Williams, and Shadeed A. Kelly<br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> Eric S., Wisp2007, Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, Logophile,<font face="Arial"> </font>snelfu, bdalbor, and TheEriccorpinc<br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom<br/><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> Phasicblu, JohnnyL80, Paperking99, and Eric S.</font></i></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: After the [[Orion Pictures|Orion Pictures Company]] acquired Filmways in 1982, Filmways Television was renamed as "Orion Television" (also known as "Orion Pictures Television"), after allo<font face="Arial">wing their catalog t<font face="Arial">o have been distributed by <font face="Arial">[[Viacom (CBS)|Viacom Enterprises]] (now "[[CBS Television Distribution]]"),</font></font></font> and took over [[Filmways Television]] content in the same year and began to produce and syndicate various TV shows and movies. </font><font color="#333333">As a result of Orion's long-running financial troubles, its television division was closed in spring 1990, although Orion continued to retain ownership of all its television output up to the time of the bankruptcy, except when Orion sold its <i>Hollywood Squares</i> format to [[King World Productions|King World]] in 1991. After 14 years since Orion Television was shut down, MGM revived the television studio in 2013 and in 2014, MGM revived Orion Pictures. All of Orion TV's library is now owned by MGM.<br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">1st Logo<br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(October 25, 1982-November 16, 199<font face="Arial">1</font>)</font></font><br/><div><div align="center"><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion TV: 1982-1985" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/je31_gMl7E9hA3p36xOqJg33999/GW169H127" title="Orion TV: 1982-1985" width="169"/></font><font color="#333333" size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1983)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/FiftSjARvGV1Q2-yghcDRQ15065/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1983)" width="169"/></font><font color="#333333" size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/yLJOyKIhnrxIPoJQcqotNQ38762/GW169H127" title="Orion Television" width="169"/></font><font color="#333333" size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1982)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/3d-7gsdZLGSoRFLtfRw4Og103261/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1982)" width="169"/></font><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1983, Superimposed)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/y1aEE7p7PyXaCIn6CFV7qQ364151/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1983, Superimposed)" width="169"/><br/><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1984)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/ZWyybtFbOTRU_IYGuPGm6w30530/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1984)" width="169"/></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1986)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/d07707f6cbf534effa49ec99f3445e43/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1986)" width="169"/></font></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1985)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/2/QAR2C5mkfy6z24TAdJbr7Q33178/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1985)" width="169"/></font><font color="#333333"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1996)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/2/1UfqbPJjneaSbf-UD5uBLA31929/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1996)" width="169"/></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Pictures (B&amp;W, 1982)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/cjLpSfkEAp6GotUy6Fizyg60283/GW169H127" title="Orion Pictures (B&amp;W, 1982)" width="169"/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1982)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/8vGMgEy4JFMIP1GvCknKDw77367/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1982)" width="169"/></font></font></font><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television Presents (1984)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/8hwivIARIlTIHyDjwfWasw235850/GW169H127" title="Orion Television Presents (1984)" width="169"/><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion TV Syndication Presents: 1985" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/xTaRILNa5nEPFPpFa10VRA38952/GW169H127" title="Orion TV Syndication Presents: 1985" width="169"/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion TV Syndication" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/0CD_wcsp74zvPK5CKTlc5Q25814/GW169H127" title="Orion TV Syndication" width="169"/></font></font><font color="#333333"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television - CLG Wiki" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/y9pQG2VHznHrT7ootJGNQQ6116/GW169H127" title="Orion Television - CLG Wiki" width="169"/></font><br/></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion TV Syn.-HS: 1985" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/w1llJeaLTtYKEitHOXIg7A79000/GW169H127" title="Orion TV Syn.-HS: 1985" width="169"/></font></font></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television Syndication (1987)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/3db90bb6fcb038ce644e2a08c29f3b12/GW169H127" title="Orion Television Syndication (1987)" width="169"/><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television Syndication (1987)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/487ca6dd024d9e355b953954bde0a16b/GW169H127" title="Orion Television Syndication (1987)" width="169"/></font></font></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><img align="bottom" alt='Taken from "Babes in Toyland"' height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/Ldn_sAthp4piXM5DsWHq6A39451/GW169H127" title='Taken from "Babes in Toyland"' width="169"/></font></font><img align="bottom" alt="Orion TV Syn.-HS: 1989" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/oId2A9TvgEZfuHH9ZYdg9w22895/GW169H127" title="Orion TV Syn.-HS: 1989" width="169"/><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1987)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/mvqTYKkvIytBONlRkZ7BLg62569/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1987)" width="169"/></font><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1988)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/305506d3b8b2c05ff943fc440f11fbaf/GW169H127" title="Orion Television (1988)" width="169"/><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television Entertainment" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/Y2pANccvrPFnsGfHrN06lA14077/GW169H127" title="Orion Television Entertainment" width="169"/></font><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television Entertainment" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/1hViaCGPMiFrii4StAglfA12440/GW169H127" title="Orion Television Entertainment" width="169"/></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><img align="bottom" alt="Hanna-Barbera Productions/Orion Television Entertainment/Nelson Television" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/k9UsTtKAn7xD6-q2GJapag126646/GW169H127" title="Hanna-Barbera Productions/Orion Television Entertainment/Nelson Television" width="169"/></font></font></div><div align="center"><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><img align="bottom" alt="DiC Enterprises/Orion Television Entertainment/Nelson Television" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/WgRstoa6iv0QHJa8diSnqQ114099/GW169H127" title="DiC Enterprises/Orion Television Entertainment/Nelson Television" width="169"/></font></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion/Nelson: 1991" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/jMyDQu6dmPxhzOH7lnEq-Q61723/GW169H127" title="Orion/Nelson: 1991" width="169"/></font></font><font size="1"><font color="#333333"><font size="1"><br/><embed height="132" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/page/Orion+Television/widget/youtubevideo/-1203360364" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="164" wmode="transparent"/><embed height="132" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/page/Orion+Television/widget/youtubevideo/-1362323522" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="164" wmode="transparent"/><embed height="132" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/page/Orion+Television/widget/unknown/-1457293555" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="164" wmode="transparent"/><embed height="132" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/d171e6f65941179eed11bbae4aa8f0209e215659" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="164" wmode="transparent"/></font></font></font></div><font size="3"><font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Nicknames</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: "The Constellation", "Starry Sky"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: Same as the </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">movie logo</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> of the era, but we start at the animation where the letter "O" starts flashing. The forming of "ORION" is the same, then "TELEVISION" (in white, similar font to ORION, in caps) appears below, just as wide as the above text.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:</font><br/></font><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">The font and color for "TELEVISION" may vary. Sometimes, it was colored blue or white in the font used for the "Pictures Release" text from the movie logo (this was used early on in the logo's run, though as late as 1987); other times it appeared in a similar yet different font to the movie logo, below the "RION" portion.</font></li><li> <font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">This logo sometimes appears without the additional "TELEVISION" text.</font></li><li> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">Some syndicated shows were ID'ed as a presentation of "</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">ORION</font><font color="#333333"> TELEVISION SYNDICATION</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">". Some of them had the logo superimposed over the closing credits. Others would have the phrase "PRESENTS" below in the beginning of any program.</font></font></li><li> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">A later variation (circa 19<font face="Arial">89</font>) ID'ed the company as "ORION</font><font color="#333333"> TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">" (this version has been sighted on the 1989 TV movie <i>Passport to Terror</i>, <i>Parker Kane</i>, <i>Homeless</i>, and the 1990 <i>Gambit </i>pilot).</font></font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">There is also a short version of the 1981 logo with the registered trademark symbol.</font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">There is also a superimposed variant of the "TELEVISION" variant used mainly on TV movies.</font></li><li> <font size="3"><font color="#333333">On early-to-mid '80s prints of classic Filmways shows, such as TV Land reruns of <i>Green Acres</i>, it starts out with the "O" flashing, then the rest of the movie's animation. The same would be for its movie version with "</font><i><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font color="#0099ff">An</font></font></i><font color="#333333">" above and "</font><i><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font color="#0099ff">PICTURES RELEASE</font></font></i><font color="#333333">" below.</font></font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">There is also a variant with a blue background for the early version.</font></li><li><font color="#333333" size="3">On the beginning of the 1984 TV movie <i>A Matter of Sex</i>, the logo was used as an opening title, reading "ORION TELEVISION PRESENTS".<br/></font></li><li> <font color="#333333" size="3">A variant that shows the logo (with "TELEVISION SYNDICATION" below) in blue and at the bottom left of the screen was spotted.</font></li><li><font size="3">On the first season of the short-lived animated series <i>Bill &amp; Ted's Excellent Adventures</i>, there's an in-credit text that reads as "Produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons|Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.]] in association with Orion Television Entertainment and [[Nelson Television|Nelson Entertainment]]" with a copyright stamp to Orion Television Entertainment and [[Nelson Entertainment|Nelson Films, Inc.]] below.</font></li><li><font size="3">On the second season of the short-lived animated series <i>Bill &amp; Ted's Excellent Adventures</i>, there's an in-credit text that reads as "Produced by [[DiC Entertainment|DiC Enterprises, Inc.]] in association with Orion Television Entertainment and Nelson 1991, Inc.".</font></li><li><font size="3">On the pilot of the live-action series <i>Bill &amp; Ted's Excellent Adventures</i>, there is an in-credit text that reads as: "ORION TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT and NELSON ENTERTAINMENT".</font></li></ul><font size="3"><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The flashing of the "O", the rest of the logo appearing, and the line being drawn on it. In other cases, it's still.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">An abridged and re-arranged version of the Orion Pictures fanfare</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">, the ending theme of the show, or none</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">. At least one <font face="Arial">episode of </font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i>Bill &amp; Ted's Excellent Adventures </i><font face="Arial">used the final part of th<font face="Arial">e movie fanfare.<br/><br/></font></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Rare.<br/></font></font><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">It was seen on the 1988 TV movie <i>The Murder of Mary Phagan </i>and is retained on airings of this film on This TV, and the version with only the "Orion" text is seen on reruns of <i>The Best of Saturday Night Live </i>(half-hour edit-downs of <i>SNL</i>'s 1975-79 episodes).</font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><i>Cagney and Lacey</i> reruns shown more than a decade ago on TNN (later Spike, now Paramount Network) and Lifetime usually had this logo with the "TELEVISION" text (plastering the Filmways Television logo on those reruns), though on some episodes from the pre-nationally expanded Me-TV reruns from 2007, this logo was plastered with the 5th MGM Television logo.</font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">The short movie logo has been spotted on <i>Green Acres</i>, on TV Land, Amazon Prime Video, and MGM DVD releases (the latter of which even appears alongside the MGM Television logo).<br/></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">The superimposed variant was seen on the short-lived 1983 game show <i>Just Men!</i> and the TV movie <i>Babes in Toyland</i>.</font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">The Orion Television Syndication logos are extinct and were last seen on the USA Network reruns of the 1980s versions of <i>The Hollywood Squares </i>and <i>High Rollers.</i></font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">2nd Logo<br/></font>(September 7, 1998-February 3, 1999)<br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3"><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion Television (1998)" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/U2uh_tU_pPBsaMYbDDGKRQ10451/GW233H175" title="Orion Television (1998)" width="233"/><iframe height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/e472e5d887c7d524a7b5da8f3cbd2f2f06dc8b56" width="220"></iframe></font></font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "CGI Constellation", "CGI Starry Sky"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: This is basically the 2nd half of the 1996 Orion Pictures logo starting with the "RION" wipe effect.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The 2nd half of the 1996 Orion Pictures logo.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: See above, but the logo theme would finish playing over the <font color="#333333">[[The Summit Media Group|Summit Media Group]]</font> logo.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extremely rare. It's seen on <i>RoboCop: Alpha Commando</i>.<br/><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None</font>.<br/><br/><br/><br/>3rd Logo<br/>(September 23, 2013- )</font><br/><div align="center"><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Orion TV (2013, high-res)" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/r6uJFyG7YxgrAGP0sI0eeg197097/GW311H175" title="Orion TV (2013, high-res)" width="311"/><iframe height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/959f7548b2def4d8014f22c94245fee2d0516d75" width="287"></iframe></font></div><font color="#333333" size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u><br/>Nicknames</u>: "CGI Constellation II", "CGI Starry Sky II", <font face="Arial">"The Blue La<font face="Arial">ser <font face="Arial">Light</font>"</font></font></font></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><u><br/><br/>Logo</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: On a space background, there are two flying stars with one flying in from the upper left and the other on the lower right. The stars from the 1981 Orion </font></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pictures </font></font><font color="#333333" size="3">logo is seen as it swirls to create the letter "O" as the flying stars </font><font color="#333333" size="3">swirl in to meet the circling stars and form a platinum letter "O" with a blue laser light effect. The blue light brightens and flies over to the right to form "RION" also appearing in platinum, as each letter wipes in with the laser one-by-one as the laser light disappears on the letter "N". The "ORION" logo suddenly zooms in and has a shining wipe effect as the word "TELEVISION" with a small Trademark (TM) symbol in subscript beside it fades in underneath and zoom in.</font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font><u>FX/SFX</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: The flying stars, the stars forming the letter "O", the laser effect forming the name, and the logo zooming in.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Whooshing sounds, followed by a quiet synth theme and another whooshing sound while the theme plays.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Common. It's currently seen on <i>Paternity Court</i>, <i>Couples Court</i>, and <i>Injury Court</i> in syndication.<br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></font></div><br/></div></div>Travis