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===Background=== <!--T:2--> | ===Background=== <!--T:2--> | ||
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 | 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 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's television library is now owned by MGM. | ||
===1st Logo (October 25, 1982-November 16, 1991)=== <!--T:3--> | ===1st Logo (October 25, 1982-November 16, 1991)=== <!--T:3--> | ||
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* There is also a short version of the 1981 logo with the registered trademark symbol. | * There is also a short version of the 1981 logo with the registered trademark symbol. | ||
* There is also a superimposed variant of the "TELEVISION" variant used mainly on TV movies. | * There is also a superimposed variant of the "TELEVISION" variant used mainly on TV movies. | ||
* On early-to-mid '80s prints of | * On early-to-mid '80s prints of Filmways shows, such as TV Land reruns of ''Green Acres'', it starts out with the "O" flashing, then the rest of the movie's animation. The same would be for its movie version with "{{Font color|dodgerblue|''An''}}" above and "{{Font color|dodgerblue|''PICTURES RELEASE''}}" below. | ||
* There is also a variant with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background for the early version. | * There is also a variant with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background for the early version. | ||
* On the beginning of the 1984 TV movie ''A Matter of Sex'', the logo was used as an opening title, reading "ORION TELEVISION PRESENTS". | * On the beginning of the 1984 TV movie ''A Matter of Sex'', the logo was used as an opening title, reading "ORION TELEVISION PRESENTS". | ||
* A variant that shows the logo (with "TELEVISION SYNDICATION" below) in blue and at the bottom left of the screen was spotted. | * A variant that shows the logo (with "TELEVISION SYNDICATION" below) in blue and at the bottom left of the screen was spotted. | ||
* On the first season of the | * On the first season of the animated series ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'', there is an in-credit text that reads as "Produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons|Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.]] in association with Orion Television Entertainment and [[Nelson Entertainment]]" with a copyright stamp to Orion Television Entertainment and [[Nelson Entertainment|Nelson Films, Inc.]] below. | ||
* On the second season of the | * On the second season of the animated series ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'', there is an in-credit text that reads as "Produced by [[DiC Entertainment|DiC Enterprises, Inc.]] in association with Orion Television Entertainment and Nelson 1991, Inc.". | ||
* 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". | * 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". | ||
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* ''Cagney and Lacey'' reruns shown more than a decade ago on TNN (later Spike, now Paramount Network) and Lifetime usually had this logo with the "TELEVISION" text (plastering the Filmways Television logo on those reruns), though on some episodes from the pre-nationally expanded Me-TV reruns from 2007, this logo was plastered with the 5th MGM Television logo. | * ''Cagney and Lacey'' reruns shown more than a decade ago on TNN (later Spike, now Paramount Network) and Lifetime usually had this logo with the "TELEVISION" text (plastering the Filmways Television logo on those reruns), though on some episodes from the pre-nationally expanded Me-TV reruns from 2007, this logo was plastered with the 5th MGM Television logo. | ||
* The short movie logo has been spotted on ''Green Acres'' on MeTV and last seen on TV Land, Amazon Prime Video, and DVD releases (the latter of which even appears alongside the MGM Television logo). | * The short movie logo has been spotted on ''Green Acres'' on MeTV and last seen on TV Land, Amazon Prime Video, and DVD releases (the latter of which even appears alongside the MGM Television logo). | ||
* The superimposed variant was seen on the | * The superimposed variant was seen on the 1983 game show ''Just Men!'' and the TV movie ''Babes in Toyland''. | ||
* The Orion Television Syndication logo is extremely rare and were last seen on a Charge! airing of ''No Man's Land'' and a Comet airing of ''Making Mr. Right'', both before the 2010 MGM Worldwide Television Distribution logo. Also seen on the USA Network reruns of the 1980's versions of ''The Hollywood Squares'' and ''High Rollers,'' as well as season 2 episodes of ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'', in which Pluto TV's prints retains it. | * The Orion Television Syndication logo is extremely rare and were last seen on a Charge! airing of ''No Man's Land'' and a Comet airing of ''Making Mr. Right'', both before the 2010 MGM Worldwide Television Distribution logo. Also seen on the USA Network reruns of the 1980's versions of ''The Hollywood Squares'' and ''High Rollers,'' as well as season 2 episodes of ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'', in which Pluto TV's prints retains it. | ||
* 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". | * 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". | ||