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===Background===  

MCA TV (first known as "MCA TV, Ltd." and later "MCA Television Enterprises"; commonly known as "MCA Television") was the television production/distribution company of Revue Studios that was founded in 1951, several years before parent MCA's purchase of the U.S. branch of Decca Records, (now "Universal Music Group"), in 1959 and Universal-International Pictures in 1962. For more than four decades, it was one of the most active producers and distributors of television programming. MCA TV's other television divisions included [[Universal Television]] (formerly "[[Revue Studios]]") and MCA Television Entertainment (also known as "[[MTE]]"). From 1965-December 1973, MCA TV became an in-name-only unit for Universal Television until January 1974, and even then films distributed by MCA TV used the standard Universal film logo until at least 1982. MCA TV also had a global distribution arm called "MCA TV International". In December 1996, MCA was reincorporated as Universal Studios and as a result, MCA TV was renamed as "Universal Television Enterprises" and MCA TV International was renamed to "Universal Worldwide Television".

'''Nickname:''' "MCA Filmreel"

'''Logo:''' On a dark background (shot on the Revue camera), we a reel of film with a black rectangle in front of it. The words "DISTRIBUTED BY" in a Futura font, appear atop the reel. Inside the rectangle are the words:

"MCA TV" appears in a variation of a Futura font, while ''Ltd.'' which appears underneath, is in a fancy cursive font. Underneath the reel, the words "EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES" in the same font as "DISTRIBUTED BY", are shown contoured (if that's the right word), taking up half the reel's shape.

'''Nicknames:''' "MCA Filmreel II", "The Sunburst Filmreel"

'''Variants:'''

* This logo was also seen alongside the Revue logo at the end of programs. The text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is seen arched above the film reel.

* On ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', the logo is superimposed into the background and the company name is in 2D.

* It also appears at the beginning and end of ''Bells of San Angelo'' on Starz Encore Westerns.

'''Variants:'''

* A long version exists.

'''FX/SFX:''' The turning walls. None for the in-credit variant.

'''Nicknames:''' "MCA Globe", "Globe of Doom", "Still Zooming Globe"

'''Variants:'''

'''Editor's Note:''' On the still variant, the flipping effect and the freeze-frame of the logo looks '''really''' low-budget.

===5th Logo (November 1987-June 1988)===

'''Nicknames:''' "MCA Globe II", "Globe of Doom II", "Still Zooming Globe II"

'''Logo:''' Like Universal Television's 1971-1991 logo, we see a still of the then-current Universal “Zooming Globe”, but the logo now reads, in the same font as the MCA byline on that logo:

'''FX/SFX:''' Just the entire text fading in.

===6th Logo (October 10, 1990-April 6, 1991)===

'''Nicknames:''' "MCA Globe III", "Globe of Doom III", "CGI Globe", "CGI MCA Globe", "Still CGI Globe"

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

===7th Logo (1991-1994)===

'''Nicknames:''' "MCA Globe IV", "90s Globe", "90s MCA Globe"

'''FX/SFX:''' The slide-in of the name, the shining of the name and the globe rotating.

'''Editor's Note:''' None.

===8th Logo (1994-December 1996)===

'''Nicknames:''' "MCA Globe V", "CGI Globe II", "CGI MCA Globe II", "90s Globe II", "90s MCA Globe II"

'''Variant:''' There is a prototype variant of the logo where the starfield background is stretched out more vertically.

'''Editor's Note:''' None.