Walt Disney Television: Difference between revisions

Disney's TV output from 1954 until 1981 (the anthology series, ''Zorro'', ''Mickey Mouse Club'') had no in-credit text for "Walt Disney Productions" at all, only a copyright stamp at the end of the closing credits; also, the company did not have its own television arm until 1983 as "Walt Disney Pictures Television". The name Disney obviously required no indication, unlike other studios. Syndication of Disney's library was done by [[SFM Entertainment]]. The original ''Mickey Mouse Club'', ''The Mouse Factory'', and the 1970s revival of ''MMC'' were the only programs made available through syndication; in the days before the Disney Channel, the lesser movies and the short cartoons were seen only on the anthology series, while the animated films and first-tier live-action films were, of course, re-issued to theaters. When the anthology series moved to CBS however, this changed. In 2000, Walt Disney Television was folded into [[Touchstone Television (1985-2007)|Touchstone Television]] (now [[ABC Signature]]) while its name continued to be used on new cartoons from Walt Disney Television Animation (now [[Disney Television Animation]], which is now a unit of Disney Branded Television) until 2003, when it disappeared for good.

* 1986-2004: The logo is in the style of the 1985 variant of the then-current movie logo, but the background is {{color|royalblue|royal blue}} and the castle is in {{color|cornflowerblue|cornflower blue}}.

* 1998-2005: The logo is in the style of the 1990 variant of the then-current movie logo, but the background is a {{color|#88baba|grayish aquamarine}}. The URL "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''www.disney.com'''}}" is seen below, although sometimes this was omitted. Usually, there is no ball of light in this variant with the castle and the "WALT DISNEY" name already formed, but in a rare case from 2000, the text and the URL appeared from a flash of light, no longer from a ball of light like the 1986 variant. This was also used with the [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo.

* 1987-March 25, 2005: A 6-note orchestral fanfare based on "When You Wish Upon a Star" played on brass instruments. This piece of music was previously used as a bumper for ''The Magical World of Disney''.

* The 1998 variant is extinct and was last seen internationally on the Disney Cinemagic network, like a few episodes of ''The Legend of Tarzan'' as well as ''Lloyd in Space''.

'''Later Variant:''' The castle and text have been slightly separated, the text is now solid white, and the "WALT DiSNEY" wordmark has now taken on its familiar form by becoming bolder, the "sparkles" are now smaller and slower, the background is now clearer, and the [[Buena Vista Television]] reference has been removed. The background would later change to a purple-black gradient in 1995.