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'''Logo:''' From a dark outer space background with stars moving forward in medium speed, a colorful, more physically-correct earth than its Universal predecessor at the time (now with {{color|green|greener}} land, a {{color|blue|bluer}}-looking body of water and an icy white Arctic Ocean surrounded by clouds) zooms toward the screen with lightning speed as if to break through the screen and capture the viewer and then immediately pans down to reveal a large gold shining group of letters, "{{color|gold|'''MTE'''}}" in the MCA font (though slightly resembling the GTE logo), rotating and then zooming back against the globe which now appears again from the bottom, facing a bit down, and has stationed itself behind the letters, rotating also at an abnormal speed. After the letters and globe lock into place, the byline "{{color|gold|'''AN MCA COMPANY'''"}} "glitters" in starting from a little left of the center, revealing some of the MCA logo in its stylized font, and then the rest of the byline and the words "{{color|gold|AN}}" and "{{color|gold|COMPANY}}" in a bold Helvetica type font. All the byline is on a stone-like texture. The text shines afterwards.

* There is also a darker version.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A custom extended rendition of the 1975 Universal Television theme consisting of a deep timpani drum roll, accompanied mainly by a harp, followed by a swift whooshing sound (for the globe), and concluded by a slow eight-note horn fanfare (three extra notes precede the general five notes from the Universal Television counterpart), of which the last note is the loudest. Sometimes, the ending theme of the show plays over it.

* The videotaped version was found on the 1989 TV movie ''Trapped''.

* However, on [[Hulu]] prints of ''Dream On'' (which used the rerun prints seen on Comedy Central in the '90s), it was plastered by the 1990 MCA TV logo.

===2nd Logo (1990-December 1996)===

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'''Logo:''' We see the globe finishing zooming out to the center slowly and rotating on the starfield background from the 1990-1997 Universal Pictures logo. As the globe reaches into the center, the text "{{color|gold|'''MTE'''}}" in a big, bold Gothic-like font and a {{color|gold}}-{{color|#FFD900|yellow}} gradient texture on it, fades in on-screen and zooms back against the globe. Once it has stopped, the byline, "{{color|gold|AN MCA COMPANY}}" appears in spaced-out letters like in the 1990-1997 Universal Pictures logo. The text "{{color|gold|'''MTE'''}}" then shines twice.

* Like the first logo, it is preserved on DVDs of ''Dream On'', ''She-Wolf of London'', ''Swamp Thing'', and a few TV movies like ''Murder 101''.

* However, like the first logo, on [[Hulu]] prints of ''Dream On'' (which were the rerun prints seen on Comedy Central in the '90s), it was plastered by the 1990 MCA TV logo.

===3rd Logo (1994-December 1996)===

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'''Logo:''' Against a dark, static, milky space background, the 1990 MCA/Universal globe stands still and then pans down, obscuring itself into the bottom of a {{color|gold|golden}} letter "{{color|gold|'''T'''}}" which fades in before us, zooming back from a forward angle into the center of the screen. It is soon joined by a corresponding letter "{{color|gold|'''M'''}}" coming in from the screen's left side, and an "{{color|gold|'''E'''}}" coming in from the right. The letters slowly align to a soft stop in which they are just slightly spread apart; the byline "AN MCA COMPANY" fades in underneath. All letters are in a generic Helvetica font.

* This was seen on even fewer TV movies, mostly on USA Network, than that of its predecessor.

* This can possibly be found in vintage or used video stores on MCA/Universal videocassettes which bear the copyright to "MTE, Inc." or "MCA Television Enterprises", but may be cut-off due to the 1991 Universal Pictures logo at the start.

* It also appears on other TV movies such as ''Bionic Ever After?'' and ''The Beast''; Blu-Ray releases of those TV movies keep this logo.

* It was also seen on a September 11, 2006 Sleuth (now defunct Cloo) airing of ''The Asteroid Affair''.

* Don't expect this logo on DVD because Universal is blacking out their television logos and putting their current ones at the beginning of the episode.

* It was seen on ''Breach of Conduct'' on Syndication as well as ''Problem Child 3: Junior in Love'' on NBC, but current prints as well as [[Channel 4|Channel 4]] UK airings remove the logo due to the 1991 Universal Pictures logo at the start.

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