Universal Television (2011-present): Difference between revisions

'''Logo:''' Two filmstrip-like lines with letters (the top one being black and the bottom one being {{Font color|gray|gray}} move in opposite directions of each other, with the top line going left and the bottom line going right. To the tune of their 5-note fanfare, five letters stack horizontally together, unevenly, spelling the name "{{Font|Franklin Gothic|'''revue'''}}". Then the rest of the letters move away, bringing in a white-outlined rounded rectangle shape (kind of similar to the Warner Bros. \\' logo). Then the inside turns into a {{Font color|darkgray|dark gray}} color under the black and {{Font color|gray|gray}} blocks of letters, with the phrases "filmed in hollywood at" above the blocks, "studios" below them, and "MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" under the shape appearing with it. The MCA byline, which was actually underneath the logo, was usually accompanied by its own union bug, which was a small globe with the words MCA over it.  

*In 1962, a color version was introduced. The regular logo now takes place on a wallflower-type background with 60s star designs in {{Font color|darkorange|orange}}, similar to the 1st logo of Universal Television. The filmstrips on the top are {{Font color|orange|orange}} and those on the bottom are {{Font color|teal|teal}}. The animation is the same, but the television tube inside later turns {{Font color|antiquewhite|ivory}} instead of black.

*Another variation existed with this logo on a {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}} background, but the inside is {{Font color|red|red}} with a white outline and the "r", "v", and "e" blocks are black and the "e" and "u" ones are {{color|blue}}. The only animation used was the TV tube finishing zooming out and later fading to the 1964 Universal Television logo in color.

'''Logo:''' It looks just like the 1962 Revue "Blinking Negatives" logo, without the additional animation. The company name flickers 6 times, during the first 5 bars of the fanfare and makes a stop during the rest of the jingle. The phrase is "'''filmed at universal city, MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR'''" with a small MCA logo bug next to the distributor's byline (which was outside the logo as always). The color version has a wallflower-type background in {{Font color|red|red}} with white '60s-type star designs over it. The filmstrip blocks are {{Font color|red|red}} and {{color|blue}}, the background of the tubular border was {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}}, and all the block colors revert to black and white over and over. The B&W variation of the logo was the same as the B&W version of the Revue logo, but the only block colors that flicker are the black and white ones.

<center>{{Font color|gold|'''FILMED AT THE STUDIOS OF<br>{{Huge|UNIVERSAL<br>CITY}}<br>MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR'''}}</center>

is superimposed simultaneously. The text, in the same font as the then-current movie logo (minus the texture), will usually appear in the normal {{Font color|gold|near-{{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}}}} font with a shadow effect, but a {{Font color|peru|bronze}}/{{Font color|sienna|brown}} or white color appears sometimes. The MCA union bug appears with the byline.

*There is a variant that says "{{Font color|orange|'''A UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION'''}}" or "{{Font color|orange|'''A UNIVERSAL PRESENTATION'''}}", in the same style (but not in the same font) as the then-current movie logo. This was usually only seen on made-for-TV movies and TV pilots and was seen from 1966-1969.

<center>{{Font color|gold|'''FILMED AT <br>{{Big|UNIVERSAL CITY}}<br>'''}}</center>

<center>{{Font color|#FFD900|'''FILMED IN UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF. AT<br>{{Huge|UNIVERSAL<br>STUDIOS}}<br>MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR'''}}</center>

The entire text is in a different font (which is Eurostile Bold, the same font also used in the opening credits of ''Ironside''), compared to the previous logo, which Universal's name was all {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} from that point on. The MCA union bug appears with the byline.

*Just like the last logo, co-productions like those by [[Mark VII Limited]] would have the phrase "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL TELEVISION'''}}" in a {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} Compacta BT font.

*There is also an opening variant that says "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PRODUCTION'''}}" or for TV movies (especially pilots of TV series) "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PRESENTATION'''}}", in the same style (but not in the same font) as the then-current movie logo. This was seen only on made-for-TV movies from 1969-1973, such as the pilot movie of ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', entitled "A Matter of Humanities," originally broadcast on ABC March 26, 1969, but filmed in December of 1968. This is saved on the recent DVD release of ''Welby''.

<center>{{Font color|#FFD900|'''FILMED IN UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF., AT<br>{{Huge|UNIVERSAL<br>STUDIOS}}<br>MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR'''}}</center>

*As early as 1971, it uses the phrase "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''FROM UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS'''}}".

'''Logo:''' This time, the globe is just a still picture. The shortened text fades in, in the same {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} bold font from the logo above:

<center>{{Font color|#FFD900|'''FROM UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA<br>{{Huge|UNIVERSAL<br>STUDIOS}}<br>MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR'''}}</center>

*Like the 3rd logo, there is also an opening variant that says "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PRODUCTION'''}}" or for TV movies (especially pilots of TV series) "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''A UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PRESENTATION'''}}", in the same style (but not in the same font) as the then-current movie logo. Also, the rotating globe zooms in, along with the two Van Allen radiation belts.

...all sporting the MCA union bug alongside the said company byline. Was only referred to as "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR'''}}" during the 1971-72 season (the logo's first).

<center>'''{{Font color|#FFD900|FROM}}<br>{{Font color|sienna|{{Huge|UNIVERSAL}}}}<br>{{Font color|#FFD900|AN MCA COMPANY</center>}}'''

This time, "{{Font color|sienna|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}" is in the same font as used in that era's movie logo and also appears textured (in fact, this looks like a still of the 1963-1990 movie logo, with MCA information added in afterwards). The MCA byline is also the same, although the position is a bit shifted to the right due to the MCA union bug's appearance with the byline, and the byline may be shifted closer up in some appearances. The MCA globe bug is bigger than the recent and is seen to the left of its respective byline. The top text line sometimes reads "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''AND'''}}" or "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''IN ASSOCIATION WITH'''}}".

*The font color seems to be mainly white, {{Font color|antiquewhite|ivory}}, {{Font color|pink|pink}}, or {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} (though this may be due to film deterioration), while still a bit planetary.

*The "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}" font is different from the movie version, and is much skinnier and stretched out.

*On the "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''AN''' {{big|{{Font|Impact|{{big|MCA}}}}}} '''COMPANY'''}}" byline, "{{Font color|#FFD900|{{big|{{Font|Impact|{{big|MCA}}}}}}}}" seems to be taller the rest of the other letters.

The top text line had the same "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''FROM'''}}", "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''AND'''}}" and "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''IN ASSOCIATION WITH'''}}" lines centered in from previous logos. On ''The A-Team'', it used the "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''FROM'''}}" top line and added the word "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''AND'''}}" (which later turned {{color|green}} starting in the 1984-1985 season) below the MCA byline. This was done to present the [[Cannell Entertainment|Stephen J. Cannell]] logo that followed it.

*There is also an opening variant where the globe is animated like in the movie logo, but before the globe finishes zooming, the word "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}" fades in over the globe. A second later, the byline,"{{Font color|#FFD900|'''AN''' {{big|{{Font|Impact|{{big|MCA}}}}}} '''COMPANY'''}}" appears under "UNIVERSAL". That has appeared at the beginning of few TV movies from that time such as the 1979 TV movie, ''The Seekers''.

*The animation seems to be a tad cheaper than the movie logo. Whereas that logo featured shiny {{color|gold}} lettering for "{{Font color|gold|{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}" in Copperplate Gothic Bold, a detailed globe model (which were both models filmed with motion control), and an impressive-looking starfield, the TV version features a gradient "texture" on "{{Font color|gold|{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}", and a slightly less detailed globe (which are both in CGI), and starfield. Also, there is no flash at the beginning as well and the MCA byline is white.

*"'''TELEVISION'''" appears in white, and spaced out to fit the width of "{{Font color|gold|{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}".

* Since then, during the 1996-1997 season, the logo became bylineless, in observance to the studio's acquisition by Seagram and Sons and MCA, Inc. was reincorporated into Universal Studios during that time. Also, the "®" symbol has shifted up on the top right end of "{{Font color|gold|{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}", though ''Spy Game'' kept the byline through July on the first 9 episodes. The 1994 MCA TV logo and the 1994 Multimedia Entertainment logo were replaced with the 1990-1997 Universal Pictures logo, which was also bylineless.

* Original CBS airings of ''Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest'' used the bylineless version, but had the "®" symbol below "{{Font color|gold|{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}".

* September 1997-1998: "{{Font color|gold|UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT}}" (formerly MTE)

* September 7, 1997-July 18, 1998: "{{Font color|gold|IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL TELEVISION}}" (seen on co-produced programs from that era)

* September 1997-1998: "{{Font color|gold|UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERPRISES, INC. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR}}" (formerly MCA TV)

* 1998-2000: "{{Font color|gold|UNIVERSAL WORLDWIDE TELEVISION}}"

* September 29, 1999-July 23, 2004: "{{Font color|gold|www.universalstudios.com}}" (in the Macintosh "Charcoal" typeface, the 2002 version has it in the Universal Tertiary typeface)

* September 27, 2002-May 19, 2004: "{{Font color|gold|(in association with) UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION, (www.universalstudios.com)}}"

* September 2002-2004: "{{Font color|gold|(in association with) UNIVERSAL DOMESTIC TELEVISION, www.universalstudios.com}}"

* September 2002-July 17, 2004: "{{Font color|gold|UNIVERSAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION, www.universalstudios.com}}"

* On season 4 of ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and season 3 of ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', the word "{{Font color|#FFD900|'''PRESENTS'''}}" in spaced-out letters, fades in under the "UNIVERSAL" text. The copyright is intact.

'''Logo:''' The logo starts on a black background with a {{Font color|gold|golden}} burst of light (very likely intended to be a sun). Then a half-globe motif figure with the features of Earth in its negative space zooms back and "{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|'''{{Big|UNIVERSAL}}'''}} '''MEDIA STUDIOS'''" with "{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|{{Big|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}" in the Copperplate Gothic Bold typeface and "'''MEDIA STUDIOS'''" in the Akzidenz-Grotesk Extended Medium typeface and underneath "{{Font|Copperplate Gothic|{{Big|'''UNIVERSAL'''}}}}", is below it. While that happens the {{Font color|gold|golden}} burst of light gets brighter and expands, a la the 1988 [[ABC Productions]] logo.

'''Logo:''' We zoom out from a Western Hemisphere view of a detailed globe with some clouds. As we pan out, a sunburst appears and shines in the northeastern arc of the globe. A {{Font color|blue|bluish}}/{{color|purple}}

'''Logo:''' Against a {{Font color|blue|bluish}} starfield background that's almost similar to the one from the previous logo with some nebular clouds, we see a much more detailed Earth globe zooming out from the front right to the center which is now rotating forward this time like the other Universal logos. As the globe reaches the center, a sunburst appears flashing on the top-right part of the globe. As this happens, the text "'''UNIVERSAL'''TELEVISION", in the same font as before with the abstract arc above it, appears rotating in from the left and making a stop in front of the globe as the sunburst dims down a bit. Some light rays are seen behind the globe and some nebular clouds are seen moving in front of the globe. The byline "A Division of NBCUniversal" appears under the logo.