Time-Telepictures Television
Logo description by Matt A., James Fabiano, and Adam P. Logo captures by V of Doom and Phillip Hatfield Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, and Phillip Hatfield
Background:
Time-Telepictures Television was the joint-venture production unit of Time, Inc. (later independent from "Time Warner" (now "WarnerMedia") and after acquired by and folded into Meredith Corporation) and Telepictures Productions.
(1994-2003)
Nicknames: "The Changing "T", "That Logo From Extra"
Logo: On a black background, a white box with the "T" from the Time Magazine logo appears, materializing as a set of lines before fully appearing. It then changes into the "T" from Futura Bold (the Telepictures typeface of the era), which is colored white and disappears as a set of lines. A serifed "T" in a white box appears and does the same thing. The text "TIME-TELEPICTURES T e l e v i s i o n" appears in this "segmented" manner, with "TIME" and "TELEPICTURES" as their respective logo and wordmark. A white box is used for the cote-out word "TIME", while "TELEPICTURES" has a white line under it.
Variant: There is a variant where the copyright stamp fades in under the logo and the Time-Telepictures logo would fade out, leaving the copyright stamp in.
FX/SFX: The changing "T" and the text appearing.
Music/Sounds: It's usually just the end-title theme from Extra playing over the logo. However, on the Sports Illustrated tapes from the mid-'90s, it had a jingle consisting of various interference-esque, mechanical grunting noises.
Availability: Extremely rare:
- This was on 1994-2003 episodes of Extra, and the first season of Celebrity Justice.
- This can be found, however, on some Sports Illustrated videos from the mid-'90s, such as the 30th Anniversary Swimsuit Special, which was released on VHS.
- A clue for those who want to see this: shows that had it (at least Extra did) have a copyright stamp in the end credits for "TTT West Coast". On the Sports Illustrated videos, it reads as "TTT East Coast".
Editor's Note: The TTT name was retired in 2003, and consequently, replaced with the 1993 Telepictures logo.