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'''Visuals:''' | '''Visuals:''' A light torch appears, as if in a sunburst, against a black screen and as it shrinks, it changes into a more "abstract" torch: an {{color|orange}} half circle, or a semicircle, with thirteen white light rays in the center and the words "{{Font|Times New Roman|{{color|orange|'''Columbia Pictures Television'''}}}}" in a Souvenir Medium font under it. The entire logo then slowly backs away as it fades out. | ||
'''Trivia:''' | '''Trivia:''' | ||
* It's essentially the second half of the 1976 [[Columbia Pictures]] logo, except the semicircle is {{color|orange}}, and the text "{{Font|Times New Roman|{{color|orange|'''Columbia Pictures Television'''}}}}" appears under instead. The footage also seems to be played faster than the theatrical logo. | |||
* Depending on the quality of the film print or telecine, the logo would appear slightly {{color|red}}. It should be noted that despite this, orange was the designated color for Columbia's television unit during this era. | * Depending on the quality of the film print or telecine, the logo would appear slightly {{color|red}}. It should be noted that despite this, orange was the designated color for Columbia's television unit during this era. | ||
* According to the book ''Screen Gems: A History of Columbia Pictures Television from Cohn to Coke, 1948-1983'', by television historian Jeb H. Perry, this logo was described as "a graphic representing the glow from The Lady's torch". | * According to the book ''Screen Gems: A History of Columbia Pictures Television from Cohn to Coke, 1948-1983'', by television historian Jeb H. Perry, this logo was described as "a graphic representing the glow from The Lady's torch". | ||