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'''Logo:''' On a dark background (shot on the Revue camera), we see 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:

'''Variant:''' An in-credit variant can be seen on the short-lived series ''The Man Behind the Badge''.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the closing theme of the show, or the end of the Revue theme.

* This logo is intact on some public domain prints of the ''Dragnet'' episode "The Big Crime" (September 9, 1954). It was also left intact on at least one episode of ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' on the ClassicFlix Blu-ray release.

* The version with the Revue "Turning Camera" logo is intact on ''TV Guide Presents...Great Westerns: The Adventures of Kit Carson'' on DVD.

===2nd Logo (1953-1957)===

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'''Logo:''' Virtually the same alignment as before, except that the reel doesn't take up as much picture space, is placed on a sunburst background, the text "DISTRIBUTED BY" is in a different font, "MCA", "TV" and "LTD." (the latter now shown in block letters) are in a variation of the same 3-dimensional font as the then-current Revue logo, "TV" and "LTD." are smaller than "MCA", and "EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES" doesn't take up as much reel space.

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

* It also appeared at the end of ''The Far Frontier'' on Grit.

===3rd Logo (1956-1965)===

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'''Logo:''' On a dark screen, 5 trilons turn to reveal an arrowhead which has the letters "'''mca'''" in a lower-case font inside, set against a satiny background. After a second or two, the letter "'''a'''" appears on top of the "'''mca'''", while "'''tv'''", underneath, and the word "'''release'''", under the arrowhead, fade-in. The trilons then turn in a different direction, and the screen is dark once again.

'''Closing Variant:''' An in-credit version was seen at the end of Revue shows alongside the Revue logo from 1956 to 1961, as well as black & white episodes of ''My Three Sons'' made prior to 1965. However, on the Revue/MCA cards in 1958, "Exclusive Representatives" became "'''exclusive distributor'''".

'''Music/Sounds:'''

* The in-credit logo that's shared with the Revue logo is uncommon. However, it can be seen on ''Leave It to Beaver'' on Me-TV and DVD and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' on Antenna TV.

* The animated version was retained on ''Remember the Night'' with the opening theme and ''Broken Lullaby'' with the theme on TCM. The long version appeared on the 1942 film ''Hatter's Castle'' on TCM.

===4th Logo (December 24, 1980-1992)===

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'''Logo:''' Similar to the 1971-1991 [[Universal Television]] logo, except the company name is replaced by:

* On ''The Morton Downey, Jr. Show'', the logo would iris in from the QMI Television logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The long version of the 1960 Revue Studios theme, excluding the xylophone note intro.

* The filmed version appeared on worldwide prints of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong, Jr.'' (both were originally from ''Saturday Supercade''), ''The New Dragnet'', and ''The New Adam-12''.

* The logo was also spotted on some reruns of the series ''Parenthood'' on the now-defunct Trio network.

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

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'''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:

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'''Music/Sounds:''' The 1982 and late 1986 Universal Television themes.

* It was seen on the 1988 ABC series ''Probe'', the two ''Desperado'' TV movies: ''The Return of Desperado'' and ''Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge'', and the 1988 TV movie ''Longarm''.

* The logo was last seen on the ''Desperado'' TV movies on Encore Westerns.

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

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'''Logo:''' On a space background, we see a 3D Earth model, taken from the contemporary MTE logo. In front of it is the following in a {{color|gold}} color:

* It appeared on ''Shades of L.A.'' (a first-run syndication series), but the show last aired on NBCUniversal's now-defunct Sleuth cable network in 2006. This did not appear on every episode, as some feature the 4th logo instead.

* It was also seen on some early episodes of ''Roggin's Heroes'' in local syndication.

===7th Logo (November 1990-November 1994)===

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'''Logo:''' We see the rotating globe against the starfield background from the 1990-1997 [[Universal Pictures]] logo (this time, the globe and the background are in a {{color|purple}} tint). The company name "{{color|gold|'''MCA TV'''}}" (which is now in the font used on the MCA Records and [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|MCA/Universal Home Video]] logos) slides in from the top of the screen, zooming out, and makes a stop in front of the globe. The words "{{color|gold|'''EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR'''}}" in a Univers Black Extended font, fade in below the MCA name. There is also a shine effect afterward.

'''Music/Sounds:'''

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'''Logo:''' Same as the 1991 Universal Television logo, except this time, the words "{{color|gold|'''MCA TV'''}}" (in the previous logo's typeface) appear from behind the rotating globe and make a stop in front of it. The words "EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" fades in under "{{color|gold|'''MCA TV'''}}", along with the registered trademark "®" symbol next to it.

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

'''Music/Sounds:''' Universal Television's 1991 logo theme or the end-title theme from any show.

* The early variant was seen on ''Vanishing Son'' and ''Vanishing Son III''.

* This also plastered the 5th logo above on the season 4 DVDs of ''Kate and Allie''.

'''Final Note:''' After MCA was rebranded as Universal Studios, the MCA TV and [[Multimedia Entertainment]] logos were replaced with the bylineless Universal logo between January and May 1997.