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* '''''V of Pinball'':''' The B&W filmed variant with the "Pinball" theme is near extinct at this stage. It appears on the Magnetic Video releases of ''King Creole'' (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release) and ''Visit to a Small Planet''. This variant was also recently discovered on a 16mm print of ''The Phil Silvers Show''. Its color counterpart has been seen on the 1975 TV movie ''Eric'', and may be intact on that film's VHS release, the Magnetic Video release of ''Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release), the Australian Magnetic Video VHS of ''All in a Night's Work'', and on one mid-1970s print of an early color episode of ''Gunsmoke'', which aired on Superstation WTBS back in 1986.

* '''''Filmed Variant'':''' It appears at the end of most Viacom syndication prints of the time, on shows such as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''I Love Lucy'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'', and ''My Three Sons''. It appeared on the Season 11 finale of My Three Sons on Hallmark back around 2000 and was again seen on a Me-TV airing of the latter on July 2, 2018, strangely with CBS Television Distribution preceding it. It appeared on some TV movies from the era, such as ''Police Story'', ''The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan'', and ''Top Secret'' (1978), among others. It was also seen on the original Magnetic Video VHS releases of many feature films, such as ''Last Train from Gun Hill'' and possibly ''All in a Night's Work''; those featuring Elvis Presley, including ''G.I. Blues'' (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release) and ''Blue Hawaii''; those featuring Jerry Lewis, including ''Don't Give Up the Ship'' (don't expect to see this on any of their laserdiscs or Greatest Sports Legends tapes, though); and at the end of earlier video prints of the 1981 film ''Firebird 2015 AD'' and the 1980 film ''The Unseen'', while the videotaped variant makes a strange appearance at the beginning of the latter film (the same also applied to an '80s broadcast on the USA Network). The filmed variant can be seen on Cozi TV airings of episodes from the first two seasons of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', due to said network using public domain prints of that show. It also appeared on Nelvana's first special ''A Cosmic Christmas''; this is intact on current prints of the special whenever it gets aired on TV, as well as YTV Direct's print on YouTube (where it is followed by the 2004 Nelvana logo), in addition to ''Terror In The Wax Museum'' on Amazon Prime. The B&W filmed variant was once spotted on an episode of ''Perry Mason'' on Me-TV before it was replaced with a later print sometime in 2015. It can also be spotted on almost every episode of ''The Millionaire'', which can occasionally be seen on Decades. The color variant of the filmed variant was seen on some prints of ''The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse'' and recently (as of 2018) on three episodes of ''Gunsmoke'' on Me-TV ("The Witness", "Eleven Dollars", and "Kitty's Love Affair") and one episode ("Like Old Times") on CBS Drama in the UK. The B&W filmed variant variant can also be spotted on DVDs of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' released by the Platinum Disc Corporation, Madacy Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment, and GoodTimes Entertainment, among other companies. It is unknown if this was seen on the Magnum Entertainment releases of ''The Deerslayer'', ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1977) or ''California Gold Rush'', the Magnetic Video VHS release and 1985 Key Video re-release of ''Roustabout'', or the 1985 Key Video re-issue of ''Blue Hawaii''.

* '''''Videotaped Variant'':''' The videotaped version used to be somewhat common on ''Perry Mason'' on Me-TV, but since 2015, they have started using remastered DVD prints with the CBS Television Distribution logo, although these older prints can still be seen on FETV. It's also seen at the end of most ''Cannon'' episodes, mostly between seasons 3-5, shown on Me-TV (and whenever it airs on Decades, owned also by the parent company of Me-TV, Weigel Broadcasting). Several of the "Classic 39" episodes of ''The Honeymooners'', as well as the "lost" episodes, had this logo when they previously aired on WGN America, but newer prints of the latter use the MPI Home Video logo instead. It was also seen on episodes of ''The (New) Price is Right'' from 1976-1980. The 1978 and 1983 variants were formerly seen on two episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' on Syfy ("You Drive" and "One for the Angels") until Syfy acquired updated prints sometime in 2015. It was also surprisingly seen on a 2012 airing of ''The Missiles of October on Me-TV'', before the 1990 "Wigga Wigga" logo; however, newer prints, such as a recent Decades airing, used CTD instead. The warp-speed variant was also recently spotted on a rerun of ''The Bob Newhart Show'' S5 episode "Making Up Is the Thing To Do" on Me-TV, Hallmark Channel, Decades (occasionally), Sundance, and FamNET, after the decorated MTM Enterprises logo and preceding the 20th Television logo, and is also available on various season 5 and 6 episodes of that show on Shout Factory's 2014 complete series set, as well as solo releases of said seasons and Me-TV airings of most season 6 episodes, with the logo on a majority of those episodes being followed by the 20th Television logo. It can be seen on two season 3 episodes of ''Have Gun-Will Travel'' on Me-TV and H&I ("Fragile" and "The Black Handkerchief"). It was also seen on some episodes of ''All in the Family'' before CPTD (now SPT) acquired the syndication rights to that show. The videotaped variant was also recently spotted on two ''Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C.'' VHS tapes released by Forum Home Video in 1989, as well as ''The Devil and Daniel Mouse'', which is included as an extra on the Blu-Ray of Nelvana's ''Rock & Rule''. It also makes a strange appearance at the start of the original VHS release of the 1980 film ''The Unseen'' (also intact on an '80s USA Network airing), while the filmed variant appears at the end. It can also be found on seasons 3-5 of ''Cannon'' on DVD; Season 3 has an odd combo of this with the CBS Television Distribution logo following it, while the remaining two seasons have the videotaped VoD alone. This logo also made a surprise appearance on a recent Decades airing of the season 2 ''Bob Newhart Show'' episode "The Modernization of Emily". This variant had recently made a surprise appearance on GSN and Buzzr airings of a 1980 episode of ''To Tell the Truth''. It appeared on original broadcasts of ''Family Feud''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first syndicated run (where it was preceded by the in-credit text), but does not appear to have ever been retained in repeat airings.

* '''''Silent Variant'':''' Rare. It was seen on old VHS releases of the 1963 movie ''Fun in Acapulco'' and the 1966 movie ''Paradise, Hawaiian Style'' from Magnetic Video (both of which plaster over the Paramount logo at the end of the film, though the Spanish-dubbed version, as well as the 1985 Key Video reprint (In English) of the latter film used the standard "V of Doom" music), the 1974 TV movie ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' from Prism Entertainment, and the 1976 movie ''The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena''. It is also retained on the 1985 Key Video re-issue of ''Fun in Acapulco''. It was also spotted on an '80s USA Network airing of the 1968 movie ''Mission Mars'' (it is unknown if it's intact on any VHS releases of the movie). 16mm prints of ''Fun in Acapulco'' also have this variation.

* '''''Network TV Variant'':''' Near extinction nowadays. During the 1980s, it was seen on various short-lived shows and TV movies produced by this company, such as ''The Master'', ''The Devlin Connection'', ''Amanda's'', ''Dear Detective'', ''Ace Crawford: Private Eye'', ''The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair'', and ''To Race the Wind'', among others; however, very few have been released onto VHS or DVD. Older prints such as VHS releases might have this logo intact but the more recent releases such as on DVD or Blu-Ray generally plaster this with the CTD logo. Cases in point; ''To Race the Wind'', on which said variant is intact, and ''The Devlin Connection'', ''The Master'' and ''The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair'', which were released on video by Trans World Entertainment. It is unknown if it's preserved on the USA Home Video releases of ''East of Eden'' (1981) or ''For Ladies Only''; it is, however, surprisingly preserved on the Starmaker Video reprint of the former film.