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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''King World Productions, Inc.''' was a television company established in 1964 by Charles '''King''' when they gained the distribution rights to the ''Our Gang'' (later re-titled ''The Little Rascals'') shorts. Years later, the company was ran by his children; Roger, Michael, Robert, Diana, Richard, and Karen King after King's death. In 1982, King World joined forces with [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] to handle all of Griffin's nightly syndicated programming. Including a syndicated version of ''Wheel of Fortune'' that premiered on September 19, 1983, acquiring the syndication rights to ''The Merv Griffin Show'' from [[Metromedia Producers Corporation]], and producing two syndicated pilots of ''Jeopardy!'' until the series officially launched on September 10, 1984. King World later formed an ad-sales barter division "[[Camelot Entertainment Sales]]", which would become "King World Media Sales" (and later "CBS Television Distribution Media Sales") in 1997. In 2000, King World was acquired by CBS and was made part of "[[CBS Enterprises]]" under Viacom, Inc. (now "Paramount Global"). On September 26, 2006, King World merged with [[CBS | '''King World Productions, Inc.''' was a television company established in 1964 by Charles '''King''' when they gained the distribution rights to the ''Our Gang'' (later re-titled ''The Little Rascals'') shorts. Years later, the company was ran by his children; Roger, Michael, Robert, Diana, Richard, and Karen King after King's death. In 1982, King World joined forces with [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] to handle all of Griffin's nightly syndicated programming. Including a syndicated version of ''Wheel of Fortune'' that premiered on September 19, 1983, acquiring the syndication rights to ''The Merv Griffin Show'' from [[Metromedia Producers Corporation]], and producing two syndicated pilots of ''Jeopardy!'' until the series officially launched on September 10, 1984. King World later formed an ad-sales barter division "[[Camelot Entertainment Sales]]", which would become "King World Media Sales" (and later "CBS Television Distribution Media Sales") in 1997. In 2000, King World was acquired by CBS and was made part of "[[CBS Enterprises]]" under Viacom, Inc. (now "Paramount Global"). On September 26, 2006, King World merged with [[CBS Paramount Television|CBS Paramount Domestic Television]], [[CBS Paramount International Television]] (later "[[CBS Studios International]]" and "[[ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group]]", now "[[Paramount Global Distribution Group]]"), and [[CBS Home Entertainment]] to form [[CBS Television Distribution]]. Today, King World remains as an in-name-only unit of CBS Television Distribution (now "[[CBS Media Ventures]]") known as "KWP Studios" on ''Rachael Ray'', a unit of CBS Corporation (later "ViacomCBS", now "Paramount Global"). The name "King World Productions, Inc." is still used on properties such as ''The Little Rascals'' with a co-ownership by CBS Media Ventures. ''Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa'' is now owned by [[WildBrain]], via [[Greengrass Productions]] and [[DIC Entertainment|DiC]]. | ||
===1st Logo (1970?-1977)=== | ===1st Logo (1970?-1977)=== | ||
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'''Logo:''' Over a {{color|#baae00|golden}} cloudy sunset backdrop, the "{{color|#00007a|'''''{{Big|K}}ING{{Big|W}}ORLD'''''}}" wordmark, which is in a different font this time, scans through the sky. As it pans backward, a shooting star glides by the logo, revealing a paint streak and a star shape in the center. The sun shines from behind the logo, revealing either "{{color|#00007a|DISTRIBUTED BY}}", "{{color|#00007a|PRODUCED & DISTRIBUTED BY}}", or nothing at all above the logo. | '''Logo:''' Over a {{color|#baae00|golden}} cloudy sunset backdrop, the "{{color|#00007a|'''''{{Big|K}}ING{{Big|W}}ORLD'''''}}" wordmark, which is in a different font this time, scans through the sky. As it pans backward, a shooting star glides by the logo, revealing a paint streak and a star shape in the center. The sun shines from behind the logo, revealing either "{{color|#00007a|DISTRIBUTED BY}}", "{{color|#00007a|PRODUCED & DISTRIBUTED BY}}", or nothing at all above the logo. | ||
'''Trivia:''' The logo was designed and animated by Pittard Sullivan, who also did the 1995 [[ | '''Trivia:''' The logo was designed and animated by Pittard Sullivan, who also did the 1995 [[Buena Vista Television]] logo, and the 1998 [[CTV Productions|CTV]] logo. The logo was animated in 1999 by SIMEX (in association with Pittard Sullivan) on an SGI computer running Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator ([http://www.awn.com/news/simex-helps-create-king-world-logo read the press release here]). | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common. | '''Availability:''' Common. | ||
* It appeared on ''Jeopardy!'' (it used the "Distributed By" variant until 2006 and began using the non-"Distributed By" variants), ''Wheel of Fortune'', ''Inside Edition'', ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' (until 2002), and ''Dr. Phil'' (until 2007) among others. | * It appeared on ''Jeopardy!'' (it used the "Distributed By" variant until 2006 and began using the non-"Distributed By" variants), ''Wheel of Fortune'', ''Inside Edition'', ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' (until 2002), and ''Dr. Phil'' (until 2007) among others. | ||
* It used to appear on old syndicated prints of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (although CMT Canada airings and one episode on Channel 4 in the UK retain it, followed by the [[CBS Broadcast International]] logo) and the ''CSI'' franchise, but nowadays, [[ | * It used to appear on old syndicated prints of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (although CMT Canada airings and one episode on Channel 4 in the UK retain it, followed by the [[CBS Broadcast International]] logo) and the ''CSI'' franchise, but nowadays, [[CBS Television Distribution]] is shown instead. | ||
* It can still be seen on pre-2007 episodes of ''Dr. Phil'' on OWN. | * It can still be seen on pre-2007 episodes of ''Dr. Phil'' on OWN. | ||
* It's also seen on Start TV's airings of ''Family Law'' and the last 2 seasons of ''Early Edition''. | * It's also seen on Start TV's airings of ''Family Law'' and the last 2 seasons of ''Early Edition''. | ||
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{{Chronology||[[CBS Media Ventures]]}} | {{Chronology||[[CBS Media Ventures]]}} | ||
{{TV-Navbox}}{{Navbox-Paramount}} | {{TV-Navbox}}{{Navbox-Paramount}} | ||
[[Category:Paramount Global]] | [[Category:Paramount Global]] | ||