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Following Tomorrow's closure, Tom Moore established a new production company, Tom Moore Entertainment, and renamed it Tomorrow Entertainment in 1976. By 1981, the company was owned by advertising agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, and former CBS executive John Backe became the company's president and CEO. The company planned a move into feature films starting in 1985, but this turned out to be a failure, and Tomorrow ended program production the following year. | Following Tomorrow's closure, Tom Moore established a new production company, Tom Moore Entertainment, and renamed it Tomorrow Entertainment in 1976. By 1981, the company was owned by advertising agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, and former CBS executive John Backe became the company's president and CEO. The company planned a move into feature films starting in 1985, but this turned out to be a failure, and Tomorrow ended program production the following year. | ||
GE retained the rights to the first Tomorrow's library until 1987, when it was sold to [[Broadway Video]]; it is now controlled by [[NBCUniversal]] through [[DreamWorks Animation]] and [[Classic Media]]. It is unknown who owns the second Tomorrow's library, at one point held by the Backe Group, although some of their movies are currently distributed by [[CBS Media Ventures]], as [[Viacom Enterprises]] syndicated movies from both Tomorrow incarnations in the early 1980s. | GE retained the rights to the first Tomorrow's library until 1987, when it was sold to [[Broadway Video]]; it is now controlled by [[NBCUniversal Television Distribution|NBCUniversal]] through [[DreamWorks Animation]] and [[Classic Media]]. It is unknown who owns the second Tomorrow's library, at one point held by the Backe Group, although some of their movies are currently distributed by [[CBS Media Ventures]], as [[Viacom Productions|Viacom Enterprises]] syndicated movies from both Tomorrow incarnations in the early 1980s. | ||
===1st Logo (1972-1980)=== | ===1st Logo (1972-1980)=== | ||
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'''Variant:''' A still version exists. Here, the background is {{color|blue}}, the "TE" is {{color|gold}}, "from" is omitted, the text "{{font|serif|''TOMORROW ENTERTAINMENT, INC.''}}" is in white, and the logo is bylineless. | '''Variant:''' A still version exists. Here, the background is {{color|blue}}, the "TE" is {{color|gold}}, "from" is omitted, the text "{{font|serif|''TOMORROW ENTERTAINMENT, INC.''}}" is in white, and the logo is bylineless. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Traditional cel animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A series of musical electronic beeping sounds playing throughout, along with a rising flourish of beeps (sounds like the power-up sound from ''Super Mario World'') ending with a deep "bing" as the company name and byline appears below. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A series of musical electronic beeping sounds playing throughout, along with a rising flourish of beeps (sounds like the power-up sound from ''Super Mario World'') ending with a deep "bing" as the company name and byline appears below. | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|gold}} background is a {{color|blue}} Tomorrow Entertainment logo (in the same design as the 1st logo), with the words "{{font|serif|''TOMORROW ENTERTAINMENT, INC.''}}" in Bookman font below the "TE". Suddenly, a {{color|silver|silvered}} hummingbird appears flying from the left and stays in flight next to the left of the "TE". | '''Logo:''' On a {{color|gold}} background is a {{color|blue}} Tomorrow Entertainment logo (in the same design as the 1st logo), with the words "{{font|serif|''TOMORROW ENTERTAINMENT, INC.''}}" in Bookman font below the "TE". Suddenly, a {{color|silver|silvered}} hummingbird appears flying from the left and stays in flight next to the left of the "TE". | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Much better cel animation than the previous logo. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Two long deep notes are heard, then a series of musical electronic beeps are played synchronized with the hummingbird's flight. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Two long deep notes are heard, then a series of musical electronic beeps are played synchronized with the hummingbird's flight. | ||
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'''Variant:''' There is a filmed version, where the logo is darker. | '''Variant:''' There is a filmed version, where the logo is darker. | ||
'''Technique:''' | '''Technique:''' Motion controlled animation mixed with cel animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A synth crescendo, then four notes accompanied by a synth sounder and drum beats. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A synth crescendo, then four notes accompanied by a synth sounder and drum beats. | ||