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{{Infobox company|image=Col-tv1992a.png|founded=1947|founder=Ralph Cohn<br>Jack Cohn|parent=[[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]]|subsidiaries=See [[:Category:Sony Pictures Television]]|defunct=January 1, 2001|fate=Folded into [[Columbia TriStar Television]]|formerly=Pioneer Telefilms (1947-1948)<br>Screen Gems (1948-1974)}}
{{Infobox company|image=Col-tv1992a.png|founded=1947|founder=Ralph Cohn<br>Jack Cohn|parent=[[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]]|subsidiaries=See [[:Category:Sony Pictures Television]]|defunct=January 1, 2001|fate=Folded into [[Columbia TriStar Television]]|formerly=Pioneer Telefilms (1947-1948)<br>[[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]] (1948-1974)}}


===Background===
===Background===
'''Screen Gems''', previously the [[Screen Gems Cartoons|cartoon division]] of [[Columbia Pictures]], was revived as a television subsidiary in 1948. It was formed when Columbia acquired Pioneer Telefilms, a television commercial company founded in 1947 by Ralph M. Cohn, the son of Columbia Pictures co-founder, Jack Cohn, and the nephew of longtime Columbia Pictures president and co-founder, Harry Cohn. Pioneer Telefilms was renamed to Screen Gems after the acquisition. It was responsible for television production, TV movies, syndicating the Columbia Pictures movie library, and starting in 1958, ''The Three Stooges'' shorts starting with the Curly series. Screen Gems became a fully-fledged studio in 1951 by moving into Telefilm syndication and later into television production in 1952. On July 1, 1956, Columbia studio veteran Irving Briskin formed [[Briskin Productions]] to oversee all of Screen Gems' productions. On December 10, 1956, Screen Gems acquired television syndication company Hygo Television Films (a.k.a. "Serials Inc.") as well as its affiliated company, United Television Films, Inc. On August 2, 1957, Screen Gems agreed to syndicate the Universal Horror Package from [[Universal Pictures|Universal-International]] for 10 years under the names ''Shock'' and ''Son of Shock''. From 1957-1966, Screen Gems held a 20% stake in [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons|Hanna-Barbera]] and acted as their distributor; Screen Gems (and later, Columbia Pictures itself) also owned the distribution rights to ''The Flintstones'' until the 1980s. In January 1961, Columbia Pictures Corporation and Screen Gems, Inc. were split into separate companies, when the former studio sold 11% of the latter's stock to the public. On December 23, 1968, Screen Gems merged with its parent Columbia Pictures Corporation and the whole organization was reincorporated as "Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.".
On May 6, 1974, [[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]] was reincorporated as "'''Columbia Pictures Television'''". The name change was announced on May 1 and was suggested by David Gerber, who was president of Columbia's television division. In 1984, Coke demerged Columbia Pictures and Columbia Pictures Television. CPT was transferred to "CPT Holdings, Inc.". On January 30, 1984, CPT joined forces with Lexington Broadcast Services Company, Inc. (later known as "[[LBS Communications|LBS Communications, Inc.]]") and created "[[Colex Enterprises]]". It was created to distribute series by Screen Gems and CPT from the 1950s to the '70s. In October, CPT created "The Television Program Source" with Alan Bennett and former [[King World Productions|King World]] president, Bob King.
 
On May 6, 1974, Screen Gems was reincorporated as "'''Columbia Pictures Television'''". The name change was announced on May 1 and was suggested by David Gerber, who was president of Columbia's television division. In 1984, Coke demerged Columbia Pictures and Columbia Pictures Television. CPT was transferred to "CPT Holdings, Inc.". On January 30, 1984, CPT joined forces with Lexington Broadcast Services Company, Inc. (later known as "[[LBS Communications|LBS Communications, Inc.]]") and created "[[Colex Enterprises]]". It was created to distribute series by Screen Gems and CPT from the 1950s to the '70s. In October, CPT created "The Television Program Source" with Alan Bennett and former [[King World Productions|King World]] president, Bob King.


On November 24, 1986, CPT was merged with [[Embassy Communications]] by forming "Columbia/Embassy Television". This was also the birth of [[Coca-Cola Telecommunications]], when CPT's distribution division merged with the Television Program Source. Coke also regrouped CPT, Embassy Communications, and [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] into "Coca-Cola Television". On December 21, 1987, Coke's entertainment business was sold to [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.]] for $3.1 billion. Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed to "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." (now "Sony Pictures Entertainment") and CCT was shut down ten days later and folded into the reorganized Columbia Pictures Television Distribution.  
On November 24, 1986, CPT was merged with [[Embassy Communications]] by forming "Columbia/Embassy Television". This was also the birth of [[Coca-Cola Telecommunications]], when CPT's distribution division merged with the Television Program Source. Coke also regrouped CPT, Embassy Communications, and [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] into "Coca-Cola Television". On December 21, 1987, Coke's entertainment business was sold to [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.]] for $3.1 billion. Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed to "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." (now "Sony Pictures Entertainment") and CCT was shut down ten days later and folded into the reorganized Columbia Pictures Television Distribution.  
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On January 1, 2001, Columbia Pictures Television was folded into Columbia TriStar Television as a failed attempt to become a network television syndication division called Columbia TriStar Network Television (later replaced by Columbia TriStar Domestic Television), however, the CPT name was retained in the in-credits of ''The Young and the Restless'' until October 2002. Currently, the division is known as [[Sony Pictures Television]]. A separate entity of CPT continues to exist on paper as an intellectual property holder, and an in-name-only unit and division of SPT known as "CPT Holdings" (formed in 1983) to hold the copyright for the TV show ''The Young and the Restless'' including the UK version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', as well as old incarnations from the company's television library such as ''What's Happening!!''.
On January 1, 2001, Columbia Pictures Television was folded into Columbia TriStar Television as a failed attempt to become a network television syndication division called Columbia TriStar Network Television (later replaced by Columbia TriStar Domestic Television), however, the CPT name was retained in the in-credits of ''The Young and the Restless'' until October 2002. Currently, the division is known as [[Sony Pictures Television]]. A separate entity of CPT continues to exist on paper as an intellectual property holder, and an in-name-only unit and division of SPT known as "CPT Holdings" (formed in 1983) to hold the copyright for the TV show ''The Young and the Restless'' including the UK version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', as well as old incarnations from the company's television library such as ''What's Happening!!''.


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== Screen Gems Television ==
===1st Logo (October 2, 1952-April 4, 1956)===
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'''Logo:''' On a {{color
|lightgray|light grey}} background, we see a TV tube-like shape that's outlined in {{color
|dimgray|dark grey}} and filled in black. There are about eight abstract stars shining inside around the phrase "{{Font|Arial Narrow|A '''SCREEN GEMS INC.'''}} {{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Presentation'''''}}" or "{{Font|Arial Narrow|'''A SCREEN GEMS INC.'''}} {{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Production'''''}}".
'''Variants:'''
* There is one version where the stars shining are more animated and differently shaped, with no glow inside them.
* From late 1954 to early 1956, the word "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Film'''''}}" is added inside the tube.
'''Technique:''' Traditional animation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' The end title theme of any show.
'''Availability:''' Ultra rare.
* It originally appeared on ''The Ford Television Theatre'', ''Captain Midnight'', ''Father Knows Best'', ''The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin'', among other shows.
* Currently seen on the complete first & second season of ''Father Knows Best'' on DVD.
===2nd Logo (August 27, 1955-June 24, 1960)===
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'''Logo:''' Like the 1942 version of the 1936-1976 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo, we see a lady (Columbia, a representation of the USA) holding a light torch on top a pedestal with a backdrop of clouds over her. The Torch Lady's head and upper body is between the words "SCREEN GEMS" with the letter "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''A'''''}}" in Vivaldi font above it and "FILM PRESENTATION" or "FILM PRODUCTION" below it. The byline "TELEVISION SUBSIDIARY COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION" appears below that.
'''Trivia:''' The Torch Lady, aka Columbia, is played by Pittsburgh native Jane Chester Bartholomew, who was recruited by Harry Cohn. (After she left acting in the '60s, Mrs. Bartholomew became a nursing inspector with the Chicago Board of Health. She died in 2012.)
'''Variants:'''
* There is a special variant for the 10th Anniversary of Screen Gems. The logo is the same, except for the text "10<sup>{{small|TH}}</sup> ANNIVERSARY {{small|FILM PROGRAM}}" (or "{{small|FILM PRESENTATION}}") seen below in place of the standard text.
* Recently, an extremely rare colorized version of the logo was spotted. It is known to be seen on the ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'' episode "Mother Goose".
* Another colorized version of the logo exists, where the clouds are blue and the "A SCREEN GEMS FILM PRESENTATION" text and the byline are light blue/white.
* A French version exists, consisting of "UNE PRESENTATION" in place of "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''A'''''}}", "INC." added underneath the "S" in "GEMS", and "TELEVISION SUBSIDIARY" being replaced by "SERVICE DE TELEVISION DE".
'''Technique:''' Likely traditional cel animation.
'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:'''
* A majestic horn fanfare at the begin/end of some syndicated programs, or the opening theme of the movie or short. There exists two known versions of this fanfare.
* Usually, as a closing logo, you will hear the ending theme for whatever show or movie played over it sometimes with Harry Cohn announcing: "This has been a Screen Gems Film Production, from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures".
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' When the movie ''20 Million Miles to Earth'' premiered on television, Screen Gems plastered the Columbia Pictures logo, keeping the fanfare intact.
'''Availability:''' Rare.
* Currently seen on seasons 2-4 DVD releases of ''Father Knows Best'', two episodes of ''Ranch Party'' on the Internet Archive, and a few season 1 & most season 2 episodes of ''Dennis the Menace'' on Hulu, strangely replacing the next logo on season 2 episodes.
* Despite the logo blending in with the show itself, [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar]] has deleted the logo on several occasions. This logo isn't seen on Antenna TV's reruns of ''Father Knows Best'' or ''Dennis the Menace'' as it has been deleted and replaced by the [[Colex Enterprises]] and/or the [[Sony Pictures Television]] logos.
* It was also used on the original late '50s/early '60s 16mm prints of all 190 ''Stooges'' shorts that remained in circulation on TV stations until the late 1980s, including 200 non-Stooge Columbia two-reelers released to TV in 1959, many of which can be obtained by private collectors online, although the logo may vary in quality on most shorts. It can be found on a few ''Stooges'' shorts released on VHS by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|RCA/Columbia]], including "A Bird in the Head" (closing variant only), "Three Smart Saps", and "I'm a Monkey's Uncle", which were last seen on TBS in the early '90s. Surprisingly, it can be found on a newly transferred 16mm print of "Disorder in the Court" on a ''Stooges'' DVD by TGG Direct, as this was a public domain short for many years with many VHS/DVD prints blacking out the opening logo due to copyright issues.
* It's also very rarely seen on ''The Huckleberry Hound Show''.
* This logo can be seen on  the season 1 half-hour episodes of ''Naked City''.  It also makes a surprise appearance at the close of the ''Naked City'' season 2 episode "The Day it Rained Mink" (which, as of this posting, can be seen on RetroTV, Tubi, and Filmrise). The fourth SG logo was already in use by that time.
* This logo can be seen at the beginning of Amazon Prime Video's printing of ''Night of Terror'' (1933).
===3rd Logo (September 3, 1960-July 7, 1963)===
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'''Logo:''' Same as the 1955 logo, excluding the clouds and the additional captions. Only the name "{{font|Arial Narrow|'''SCREEN GEMS'''}}" remains, and the words are smaller and somewhat stretched out, and are shown on each side of her lower body and legs.
'''Trivia:''' The Torch Lady here is also played by Jane Chester Bartholomew.
'''Variants:'''
* A rare color variant of this logo was seen on ''Hazel''.
* Sometimes, the logo is shown in open-matte.
* An opening version featured the lettering "COLUMBIA" over a filming studio, with a camera crane moving (similar to the 1960 [[NBC Studios|NBC]] "Cameraman" logo) and then it fades to the Screen Gems logo.
'''Technique:''' Same as the last logo.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually, the end title theme from any show has played over this with Harry Cohn, the longtime president of Columbia Pictures announcing:
* "This has been a Screen Gems Film Presentation (from Columbia Pictures), Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer".
* "This has been a Screen Gems Film Presentation (from Columbia Pictures), produced by Herbert B. Leonard."
* "This has been a Screen Gems Production."
* "This has been a Screen Gems Film (Production/Presentation)."
* "This has been a Screen Gems Film (Production/Presentation), from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures". Announced by Hal Gibney.
* The opening variants would have a fanfare with a different announcer saying, "From Columbia Pictures, A Screen Gems Production".
'''Availability:''' Rare.
* Last seen on reruns of ''Hazel'', ''Dennis the Menace'', ''The Naked City'', and ''Route 66'', to name a few. (As of this posting, the latter two shows are being aired on Retro TV's weekday afternoon schedule.)
* Surprisingly, this has been edited over with or followed by the [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Television Distribution]] logo or the [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo on some shows recently.
* Currently seen on ''The Naked City'', ''The Donna Reed Show'', some seasons 2-4 episodes of ''Dennis the Menace'' on Hulu, and some episodes of ''Route 66'' on Retro TV and Me-TV.
===4th Logo (September 15, 1963-June 25, 1965)===
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'''Logo:''' Eleven animated lines "drop down" at the right of the black screen to ascending jazz notes as a swarm of circles scatter near the middle of the left side leaving behind the words "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" in a Benguiat Frisky font (these circles were what one rec.arts.animation post described as the "spotlights". The "stars" may come from the fact that the circles sparkle like stars). As this happens, the lines shrink somewhat and spread out, filling the right half and shaking slightly back and forth.
'''Variant:''' When filmed and broadcast in color, the sticks and the dots are in various colors, and "{{color
|gold|'''SCREEN GEMS'''}}" is {{color|gold}}.
'''Technique:''' Traditional animation, done by [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons]].
'''Music/Sounds:''' An 8-note jazzy trumpet fanfare that ascends as the sticks drop in, and ends with a 5-note stinger when the logo finishes. An announcer states that the production is "A Screen Gems Production" (for shows produced in-house) or "A Screen Gems Presentation" (for co-productions with other companies) near the end.
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
* One extremely rare version of the logo does not use an announcer spiel. This was often used on international prints of Screen Gems shows.
* The final season of ''Route 66'' has "A Screen Gems Presentation, Herbert B. Leonard, Executive Producer". The latter part was taken from the previous logo.
'''Availability:''' Rare.
* It does appear in color without the signature music on the 1999 [[Columbia Pictures]] documentary ''The Lady with the Torch''. However, due to replacement with various newer logos, both [[Sony Pictures Television]]-related and syndication, this is very hard to find on television.
* The color logo with no announcer was spotted on extremely rare syndication prints of ''The Peter Potamus Show''.
* Many Hanna-Barbera shows such as ''Jonny Quest'' had the presentation variant appear at the end of the program. Film prints of original broadcast versions keep this logo intact.
* It can be seen on S3 and S4 of ''Hazel'' on DVD.
* This logo also miraculously appears at the end of recent prints such as Me-TV airings of the final season of ''Route 66'' (followed by the 1993 [[Columbia Pictures Television]] logo on most episodes) and also appeared on their prints of ''The Donna Reed Show'', followed by the Sony Pictures Television logo.
* The B&W "Presentation" variant can be seen in the documentary series ''Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman'' episode "Dialogue with the Future, Part I", currently on C-SPAN's YouTube channel.
===5th Logo (September 13, 1965-August 29, 1974)===
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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background, two {{color|red}} parallelograms (or lines) come from the top and bottom of the screen, and the upper one is at a distance while the lower is closer. They fly towards each other, and the higher moves forward while the lower backs away. As they do so, they grow in length and wrap around a space where a {{color|red}} dot appears, forming a stylized "{{color|red|'''''S'''''}}". Under that, the text "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" zooms in.
'''Trivia:'''
* The "S" logo was designed and animated by Chermayeff & Geismar Associates of New York (now Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv), a firm also responsible for the six-feathered NBC Peacock, the 1984 PBS logo, the Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo, and the Chase Manhattan Bank logo, among other designs.
* In the 2019 Tarantino film ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', the jingle can (partially) be heard on a television. Depending on how you feel, it may seem appropriate that said TV is somewhere on the Manson Compound (especially during a particularly unnerving scene). The logo's music is credited in the end credits of the movie.
'''Variants:'''
* There's an in-credit logo that's shown on the short-lived series ''Adventures of the Seaspray'' with the text "{{font|Times New Roman|in association with}}" and "Screen Gems" in the same font as the credits.
* Another in-credit version was shown on ''The Pierre Berton Show'' with the text "'''''SCREEN GEMS Canada Production'''''" in the same font as the credits. 
* Starting in late 1972, the byline "A DIVISION OF COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC." zooms up with "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" on most programs.
* When shown in black & white, the standard scheme appears to be a {{color|lightgray|light grey}} screen and black "'''''S'''''" and words. When shown in color, the standard scheme appears to be a {{color|gold|yellow}} screen, {{color|red}} "'''S'''", and black words. The words may or may not have actually been red at one time as well. On some prints of ''The Partridge Family'', the "'''''S'''''" and the words were both black, attributed by some to film deterioration. However, when the Columbia byline was added, everything was changed to a light grey, and that color change appeared more natural. At the same time, other Screen Gems shows carried the normal color scheme (as did ''The Partridge Family'' when it was rerun on Hallmark Channel).
* Several shows in 1970 didn't have the name in bold.
* There is also a still variant of this logo with the phrase "DISTRIBUTED BY" in small print above "SCREEN GEMS".
* Another still variant with and without Columbia bylines respectively was seen on some shows like the first season of ''Police Story'' and ''Ghost Story'' (also known as ''Circle of Fear'').
* Another variant has the byline appearing after the company logo/text animation stop. This variant was seen on early episodes of the miniseries ''QB VII''.
* There is a variant where (possibly due to film deterioration), the screen is white and the "'''''S'''''" is bright. Seen on the pilot episode of ''Love on a Rooftop''.
** Another variant is similar to the one above, but even brighter, making the "'''''S'''''" invisible and the words "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" barely visible. Seen on the ''Love on a Rooftop'' episode "The Six Dollar Surprise".
*** Another variant like the ones above, contains the byline, has the "'''''S'''''" partly invisible and the name and byline barely visible to see. This was spotted in a B&W print of ''The Paul Lynde Show'' episode "Togetherness".
* On a late 1980s print of an episode of ''Occasional Wife'', the animation and music of the logo were slightly faster than usual, probably due to time compression.
* A still version with a {{color|deepskyblue|sky blue}} background was seen on Episode 5 of the short-lived series ''The Girl with Something Extra''.
** Another still version with a {{color|magenta|pink}} background was seen on the pilot of the same show.
* On the Get TV airing of the TV special ''The Temptations Show'', the logo strangely skips in the middle of its animation, speeding up the logo and music in the process.
* One variant seen on a 16mm Screen Gems film header has the text "EUE/SCREEN GEMS". EUE (Elliot, Unger and Elliot) was a commercial production company which was incorporated into Screen Gems in 1965.
* On some current prints of shows, the logo is cropped to 16:9 (mostly the bylineless versions), sometimes remastered in HD or not.
'''Technique:''' Camera controlled/cel animation.
'''Music/Sounds:'''
* Composed by Van Alexander and arranged by Eric Siday, the entire score was performed on a Moog modular synthesizer (Siday was one of the first musicians to have one). It consists of 6 French horn-like notes, followed by two synth-brass quadruplets, with the last note held out.
* In 1970, the Siday theme was shortened so only three notes came before the tones. This shortened variant was sped-up and was used for the first short-lived [[Columbia Pictures Television]] logo.
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
* There is a silent version on the 1971 television movie ''Brian's Song''.
* The still version seen on ''Police Story'' had the end theme playing over the logo.
* The 1966 series ''Hawk'' (with Burt Reynolds), some later prints of ''The Peter Potamus Show'', the 1966 edition of ''NFL Game of the Week'', and the very first episode of ''Days of Our Lives'', carried an alternate recording of the Eric Siday music, which had sharper, more "shrill" tones, almost sounding like a loud saxophone.
* On some first season episodes of ''I Dream of Jeannie'' (seen in syndication in the '70s and early '80s), as well as the half hour packaging of ''Batfink'', an alternate trumpet fanfare in G major played over the logo (said to be composed by Winston Sharples, but this is unconfirmed).
** Current prints of ''I Dream of Jeannie'' used the extended 2002 [[Sony Pictures Television]] theme instead.
* In other cases, it used the closing theme of the show or TV movie.
* Some prints have the music higher pitched.
* When ABC reran ''Bewitched'' on their daytime schedule in 1968, this logo had the "Dancing Sticks" music attached to it on at least two episodes, probably due to a plastering error.
'''Availability:''' Pretty common.
* This logo has been beautifully restored on reruns of ''Bewitched'', ''I Dream of Jeannie'', and ''The Partridge Family'' on Antenna TV and FETV. Ironically, the DVD versions are not so lucky; except for one B&W episode (episode #22) of ''I Dream of Jeannie'', the logos were removed on disc, but the short version complete with jingle has been restored starting with the seventh season DVDs of ''Bewitched'', as well as the fourth season DVD of ''The Partridge Family''.
* The VHS release ''The Partridge Family: C'mon Get Happy!'' also preserves this logo, followed by the 1993 CPT logo. The only other DVDs with this logo are the 1971 TV movie ''Brian's Song'' and the 1974 miniseries ''QB VII'', with theme music over it, plus the Columbia byline. This logo can be seen after every episode on the DVD release of ''Bridget Loves Bernie''.
* This logo can also be found on every episode on the 2014 Mill Creek Entertainment DVD release of ''Gidget''.
* The still variant with the Columbia byline can be found on most episodes of the first season of ''Police Story'' on DVD, released by Shout! Factory. It was also shown in an edited form on Fox Family reruns of ''The Partridge Family'' and in a sped-up form without music on Hallmark Channel reruns of ''Bewitched''. A good few episodes of ''Bewitched'' when aired on the UK satellite channel ''Living'' have this logo, often followed by the [[Sony Pictures Television International]] logo. However Crackle prints of ''Hawk'' has this plastered with the [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo.
* The "Hawk S" can be seen at the Paley Center, and the 1966 edition of ''NFL Game of the Week'', which can be found on YouTube. This was also seen on an episode of ''The Monkees'' on IFC, which was followed by the 1995 CTTD and 2014 Sony/SPT logos.
* Its first appearance was on the third and final season of ''The Farmer's Daughter'', on ABC, and the fifth and final season of ''Hazel'', on CBS.
'''Legacy:'''
* This logo has gained a relatively large cult following (even transcending the logo enthusiast community), due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers (particularly children), earning its nickname, the "S from Hell". This is mostly due to the animation and Siday's early Moog stinger, which has been described as "creepy"<ref>http://www.milanofamily.org/scrngems/scrngems.htm</ref> and "horrifying"<ref>https://mfqreviews.medium.com/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-is-quentin-tarantinos-ultimate-love-letter-to-60s-cinema-and-bare-edeab9ef10a4</ref>. Commonly referred to alongside other "scary" logos, such as the [[Viacom]] "V of Doom", [[VID|VID]]'s "Mask of Guo Xiang", [[Klasky-Csupo]]'s "Super Scary Face", [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]]'s "Closet Killer", and [[THX]]'s "Deep Note". Its notoriety was even enough to spawn a short mockumentary in 2010 called ''The S from Hell'', as well as get featured in a particularly tense scene in Tarantino's ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood''.
* Despite its notoriety, a large swath of viewers love the logo, with some calling it "charming and innovative"<ref>https://vimeo.com/18332484</ref>.
== Columbia Pictures Television ==


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==Final Note==
==Final Note==
[[Columbia TriStar Television]] took over for then-current shows formerly ending with this logo by 2001, but the copyright holder at the end of each show would credit "Columbia Pictures Television, Inc." or "CPT Holdings, Inc." until 2002, shortly after the debut of the [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo. However, "CPT Holdings, Inc." is still being used today as the copyright holder of ''The Young and the Restless'' and old incarnations from their television library such as ''What's Happening!!'', the Sony-owned Pyramid incarnations, and others. It would also be used on foreign shows by [[Sony Pictures Television International]] from 2002 to 2010.
[[Columbia TriStar Television]] took over for then-current shows formerly ending with this logo by 2001, but the copyright holder at the end of each show would credit "Columbia Pictures Television, Inc." or "CPT Holdings, Inc." until 2002, shortly after the debut of the [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo. However, "CPT Holdings, Inc." is still being used today as the copyright holder of ''The Young and the Restless'' and old incarnations from their television library such as ''What's Happening!!'', the Sony-owned Pyramid incarnations, and others. It would also be used on foreign shows by [[Sony Pictures Television International]] from 2002 to 2010.
== References ==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
* [[w:Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems Television]] on Wikipedia
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0033007&sort=release_date,asc Screen Gems Television filmography] on IMDB
* [https://vimeo.com/18332484 "The S from Hell" mockumentary] on Vimeo
* [[w:Columbia Pictures Television|Columbia Pictures Television]] on Wikipedia
* [[w:Columbia Pictures Television|Columbia Pictures Television]] on Wikipedia
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0041442 Columbia Pictures Television] on IMDb
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0041442 Columbia Pictures Television] on IMDb


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