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After [[Orion Pictures|the Orion Pictures Company]] acquired [[Filmways Television|Filmways]] in 1982, Filmways Television was renamed as "Orion Television" (also known as "Orion Pictures Television"), after allowing their catalog to have been distributed by [[Viacom (pre-2006)|Viacom Enterprises]] (now "[[CBS Media Ventures]]"), and took over Filmways Television content in the same year and began to produce and syndicate various TV shows and movies. As a result of Orion's long-running financial troubles, its television division was closed in spring 1990, although Orion continued to retain ownership of all its television output up to the time of the bankruptcy, except when Orion sold its ''Hollywood Squares'' format to [[King World Productions|King World]] in 1991. After 14 years since Orion Television was shut down, MGM revived the television studio in 2013 and in 2014, MGM revived Orion Pictures. All of Orion TV's library is now owned by MGM.

'''Nicknames:''' "The Constellation", "Starry Sky"

'''Logo:''' Same as the movie logo of the era, but we start at the animation where the letter "'''''O'''''" starts flashing. The forming of "'''''ORION'''''" is the same, but "'''TELEVISION'''" (in a white font similar to that of "'''''ORION'''''") appears below, just as wide as the above text.

'''Variants:'''

* The font and color for "TELEVISION" may vary. Sometimes, it was colored {{Font color|dodgerblue|blue}} or white in the font used for the "Pictures Release" text from the movie logo (this was used early on in the logo's run, though as late as 1987); other times it appeared in a similar yet different font to the movie logo, below the "'''''RION'''''" portion.

* On the pilot of the live-action series ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'', there is an in-credit text that reads as: "ORION TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT and NELSON ENTERTAINMENT".

'''FX/SFX:''' The flashing of the "O", the rest of the logo appearing, and the line being drawn on it. In other cases, it's still.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An abridged and re-arranged version of the Orion Pictures fanfare, the ending theme of the show, or none. At least one episode of ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'' used the final part of the movie fanfare.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' A high tone variant of the abridged and re-arranged version of the Orion Pictures fanfare also exists which is mostly heard on PAL prints.

'''Availability:''' Rare.

* It was seen on the 1988 TV movie ''The Murder of Mary Phagan'' and is retained on the MGM Limited Edition Collection DVD-R and Paramount+'s print of said title, and the version with only the "Orion" text is seen on reruns of ''The Best of Saturday Night Live'' (half-hour edit-downs of ''SNL''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 1975-79 episodes).

* More recently (as of June 2021), this logo has been appearing on some episodes of ''Green Acres'' on MeTV after the [[Filmways Television|Filmways]] "Globe".

'''Editor's Note:''' None.

'''Nicknames:''' "CGI Constellation", "CGI Starry Sky"

'''Music/Sounds:''' See above, but the logo theme would finish playing over the [[The Summit Media Group|Summit Media Group]] logo.

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare.

* It's seen on ''RoboCop: Alpha Commando'', which was last seen on Sinclair Broadcast Group's now defunct KidsClick block.

'''Editor's Note:''' None.

'''Nicknames:''' "CGI Constellation II", "CGI Starry Sky II", "The Blue Laser Light"

'''Logo:''' On a space background, there are two flying stars with one flying in from the upper left and the other on the lower right. The stars from the 1981 Orion Pictures logo is seen as it swirls to create the letter "O" as the flying stars swirl in to meet the circling stars and form a {{Font color|silver|platinum}} letter "{{Font color|silver|'''''O'''''}}" with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} laser light effect. The {{Font color|blue|blue}} light brightens and flies over to the right to form "{{Font color|silver|'''''RION'''''}}" also appearing in {{Font color|silver|platinum}}, as each letter wipes in with the laser one-by-one as the laser light disappears on the letter "{{Font color|silver|'''''N'''''}}". The "{{Font color|silver|'''''ORION'''''}}" logo suddenly zooms in and has a shining wipe effect as the word "{{Font color|silver|'''''TELEVISION'''''}}" with a small Trademark (TM) symbol in subscript beside it fades in underneath and zoom in.

'''FX/SFX:''' The flying stars, the stars forming the letter "O", the laser effect forming the name, and the logo zooming in.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Whooshing sounds, followed by a quiet synth theme and another whooshing sound while the theme plays.

'''Availability:''' Common.

* It was seen on ''Lauren Lake's Paternity Court'', ''Couples Court'', and ''Personal Injury Court'' in syndication.

* With Orion introducing a new logo in 2022, this logo's days are numbered.

'''Editor's Note:''' While the logo can be cool to look at, the redesign is just '''awful''' to look at. As a result, this logo isn't as good as the previous logos.