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===Background===
===Background===
'''Columbia TriStar Television''' was a merger of [[Columbia Pictures Television|'''Columbia''' Pictures Television]] and [[TriStar Television|'''TriStar Television''']] (after branding [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]). It was founded on February 21, 1994 and the same day, SPE renamed Columbia Pictures Television Distribution to "'''Columbia TriStar Television Distribution'''". With [[Sony Pictures Television International|Columbia TriStar International Television]] (formerly "Columbia Pictures International Television") (now Sony Pictures Television International) already in operation since the early 1990s, all three became part of the "'''Columbia TriStar Television Group'''". On June 4, 1994, CTT folded [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] and took over the rights to ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'', and used a logo since the inception by September. However, CPT and TriStar continued producing their own series until TriStar Television became in-name-only in 1999 and CPT folded in 2001. Columbia TriStar Television was officially incorporated on July 12, 1996. On October 25, 2001, CTT and CTTD were merged into "'''Columbia TriStar Domestic Television'''" with CTIT remaining. On September 16, 2002, CTT was reincorporated as "[[Sony Pictures Television]]".
'''Columbia TriStar Television''' was a merger of [[Columbia Pictures Television|'''Columbia''' Pictures Television]] and [[TriStar Television|'''TriStar''' Television]] (after branding [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]). It was founded on February 21, 1994 and the same day, SPE renamed Columbia Pictures Television Distribution to "'''Columbia TriStar Television Distribution'''". With [[Columbia TriStar International Television]] (formerly "Columbia Pictures International Television") (now [[Sony Pictures Television International]]) already in operation since the early 1990s, all three became part of the "'''Columbia TriStar Television Group'''". On June 4, 1994, CTT folded [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] and took over the rights to ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'', and used a logo since the inception by September. However, CPT and TriStar continued producing their own series until TriStar Television became in-name-only in 1999 and CPT folded in 2001. Columbia TriStar Television was officially incorporated on July 12, 1996. On October 25, 2001, CTT and CTTD were merged into "'''Columbia TriStar Domestic Television'''" with CTIT remaining. On September 16, 2002, CTT was reincorporated as "[[Sony Pictures Television]]".


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*It appeared on GSN up until their infamous "Dark Period", then was replaced with the then-current CTT logo.
*It appeared on GSN up until their infamous "Dark Period", then was replaced with the then-current CTT logo.
* It was spotted on ''Jeopardy!'', ''Wheel of Fortune'' (both until spring 1997), ''Men in Black: The Series'' (until 2000), ''Channel Umptee-3'', ''Jumanji: The Series'', several S1 episodes of ''Godzilla: The Series'', and some network shows. Usually during this time, however, whatever logos the shows were always using were used; "C-T mania" did not start until 1997.
* It was spotted on ''Jeopardy!'', ''Wheel of Fortune'' (both until spring 1997), ''Men in Black: The Series'' (until 2000), ''Channel Umptee-3'', ''Jumanji: The Series'', several S1 episodes of ''Godzilla: The Series'', and some network shows. Usually during this time, however, whatever logos the shows were always using were used; "C-T mania" did not start until 1997.
*Was last seen back in 2002 on reruns of ''Men in Black: The Series'' on [[Nickelodeon]]'s short-lived "SLAM!" block, paired with the 2002 [[Sony Pictures Television International]] logo. Although said show was last seen on The Hub (now Discovery Family), the CTT logo was replaced by the Sony Pictures Television logo there. This is also plastered on Crackle's prints.
*Was last seen back in 2002 on reruns of ''Men in Black: The Series'' on [[Nickelodeon Originals|Nickelodeon]]'s short-lived "SLAM!" block, paired with the 2002 [[Sony Pictures Television International]] logo. Although said show was last seen on The Hub (now Discovery Family), the CTT logo was replaced by the Sony Pictures Television logo there. This is also plastered on Crackle's prints.
*This was intact (followed by SPT) on later episodes of ''Beakman's World'' on Tubi.
*This was intact (followed by SPT) on later episodes of ''Beakman's World'' on Tubi.
*Certain modern releases of ''Jumanji: The Animated Series'' retain the logo, including when Hulu and Tubi streamed the series. Most episodes on the former service used the SPTI logo, while the latter features the SPT logo following it.
*Certain modern releases of ''Jumanji: The Animated Series'' retain the logo, including when Hulu and Tubi streamed the series. Most episodes on the former service used the SPTI logo, while the latter features the SPT logo following it.
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'''Logo:''' It's almost the same as the sky variant of the 1995 [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]] logo, except "{{color|navy|'''TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION'''}}" replaces "{{color|navy|'''HOME VIDEO'''}}" and the Sony byline is intact. Plus, the cloud background in the TriStar box is replaced with the one from its movie logo and the text has a drop shadow effect.
'''Logo:''' It's almost the same as the sky variant of the 1995 [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]] logo, except "{{color|navy|'''TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION'''}}" replaces "{{color|navy|'''HOME VIDEO'''}}" and the Sony byline is intact. Plus, the cloud background in the TriStar box is replaced with the one from its movie logo and the text has a drop shadow effect.


'''Variants:'''  
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
*Sometimes a shorter version of the jingle is used, only about the second half of the long version. This version of the music sounds like a re-orchestration and not a truncation of the regular logo. This is mostly seen on the "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" variation of the logo. However, it was also used on the "DOMESTIC TELEVISION" variant of the logo on the final season of ''V.I.P'' and Showtime's ''Going to California''.
*Sometimes a shorter version of the jingle is used, only about the second half of the long version. This version of the music sounds like a re-orchestration and not a truncation of the regular logo. This is mostly seen on the "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" variation of the logo. However, it was also used on the "DOMESTIC TELEVISION" variant of the logo on the final season of ''V.I.P'' and Showtime's ''Going to California''.
*On some TriStar produced shows, the 1992, 1993, and 1997 [[TriStar Television]] themes were used. However, some shows produced by CTT such as ''Cupid'' used the 1993 TriStar Television theme as well. This was started in 1997. On some current prints of the TV movie ''The Advocate's Devil'', the TriStar theme plays over the filmed version.
*On some TriStar produced shows, the 1992, 1993, and 1997 [[TriStar Television (1991-1999)|TriStar Television]] themes were used. However, some shows produced by CTT such as ''Cupid'' used the 1993 TriStar Television theme as well. This was started in 1997. On some current prints of the TV movie ''The Advocate's Devil'', the TriStar theme plays over the filmed version.
*The 1988 [[Columbia Pictures Television|CPT]] theme was also heard on this logo on several ''Three Stooges'' shorts part of ''Stooge TV'' on The Family Channel, particularly ''Goof on the Roof''. Short version of CTTD only.
*The 1988 [[Columbia Pictures Television|CPT]] theme was also heard on this logo on several ''Three Stooges'' shorts part of ''Stooge TV'' on The Family Channel, particularly ''Goof on the Roof''. Short version of CTTD only.
*On ''The Jeffersons'' episode "984 W 124th Street, Apartment 5C" aired on Me-TV, the 1988 CPT theme is heard under the CTTD logo due to botched plastering.
*On ''The Jeffersons'' episode "984 W 124th Street, Apartment 5C" aired on Me-TV, the 1988 CPT theme is heard under the CTTD logo due to botched plastering.
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*One S2 episode of ''The Guardian'' had the CTDT logo silent.
*One S2 episode of ''The Guardian'' had the CTDT logo silent.
*On international and Disney+ printings of the 1999 ''Annie'' remake, the two first notes are cut off.
*On international and Disney+ printings of the 1999 ''Annie'' remake, the two first notes are cut off.
* On one S1 episode of ''The Guardian'' on DVD, the 2007 [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] theme is played on the CTDT logo due to a plaster.
* On one S1 episode of ''The Guardian'' on DVD, the 2007 [[CBS Television Distribution]] theme is played on the CTDT logo due to a plaster.
*There is another version of the CTT theme that has a reverb effect and the last note cut short.
*There is another version of the CTT theme that has a reverb effect and the last note cut short.
*The short-lived UPN series ''Guys Like Us'' uses the abridged 1996 [[TriStar Television]] theme used on ''The Nanny''.
*The short-lived UPN series ''Guys Like Us'' uses the abridged 1996 [[TriStar Television (1991-1999)|TriStar Television]] theme used on ''The Nanny''.
*On one airing of the ''One Day at a Time'' season 5 episode "Small Wonder", you can faintly hear the first note of the 1982 CPT theme. This was a plaster error.
*On one airing of the ''One Day at a Time'' season 5 episode "Small Wonder", you can faintly hear the first note of the 1982 CPT theme. This was a plaster error.
*On another airing of the ''One Day at a Time'' season 5 episode "Heart Attack", you can faintly hear the first three notes of the [[T.A.T. Communications Company]] jingle. This was another plaster error.
*On another airing of the ''One Day at a Time'' season 5 episode "Heart Attack", you can faintly hear the first three notes of the [[T.A.T. Communications Company]] jingle. This was another plaster error.
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*It's not very hard to spot despite being less common than its predecessor, although it's mainly on near-recent prints of shows reran on cable, like ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' on the now-defunct Cloo, the first season (and the first four S2 episodes) of ''The Guardian'' on H&I and previously on TV Guide Network (later renamed TVGN, and currently Pop), and most of the final season episodes of ''Early Edition'' on Start TV and last seen on FamilyNet, TV Guide Network (now Pop) and Syfy.
*It's not very hard to spot despite being less common than its predecessor, although it's mainly on near-recent prints of shows reran on cable, like ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' on the now-defunct Cloo, the first season (and the first four S2 episodes) of ''The Guardian'' on H&I and previously on TV Guide Network (later renamed TVGN, and currently Pop), and most of the final season episodes of ''Early Edition'' on Start TV and last seen on FamilyNet, TV Guide Network (now Pop) and Syfy.
*It also occasionally appeared on Sony-owned programs on GSN like ''Russian Roulette'', seasons 1-5 of ''Hollywood Squares'', the Donny Osmond version of ''Pyramid'', and the short-lived ''Party of Five'' spin-off ''Time of Your Life'', in which CTV Throwback's prints retain it. It also appeared on every episode of ''Harold and the Purple Crayon'' on HBO Family--even though it no longer airs nowadays, the CTT logo was always retained whenever the network reran the series. However, the DVD releases and CTV Throwback prints plaster it with the Sony Pictures Television logo.
*It also occasionally appeared on Sony-owned programs on GSN like ''Russian Roulette'', seasons 1-5 of ''Hollywood Squares'', the Donny Osmond version of ''Pyramid'', and the short-lived ''Party of Five'' spin-off ''Time of Your Life'', in which CTV Throwback's prints retain it. It also appeared on every episode of ''Harold and the Purple Crayon'' on HBO Family--even though it no longer airs nowadays, the CTT logo was always retained whenever the network reran the series. However, the DVD releases and CTV Throwback prints plaster it with the Sony Pictures Television logo.
*The CTDT logos can also be seen on season 2 DVD releases of ''All in the Family'', ''Sanford and Son'', ''Good Times'', and ''The Jeffersons'', and a couple episodes on the season 4 DVD release of ''Punky Brewster'' (with the [[NBC Enterprises]] or [[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios|NBC Universal Television Distribution]] logo following it, this was kept on one episode on Peacock but with the 1982 CPT and the current NBCUniversal Television Distribution logos following this logo), and was last seen on reruns of ''Mad About You'' on Antenna TV (plastering the 1992 TriStar Television logo), among others. CTTD or CTDT can also be spotted on several Sony classic movies on TCM occasionally.
*The CTDT logos can also be seen on season 2 DVD releases of ''All in the Family'', ''Sanford and Son'', ''Good Times'', and ''The Jeffersons'', and a couple episodes on the season 4 DVD release of ''Punky Brewster'' (with the [[NBC Enterprises]] or [[NBCUniversal Television Distribution|NBC Universal Television Distribution]] logo following it, this was kept on one episode on Peacock but with the 1982 CPT and the current NBCUniversal Television Distribution logos following this logo), and was last seen on reruns of ''Mad About You'' on Antenna TV (plastering the 1992 TriStar Television logo), among others. CTTD or CTDT can also be spotted on several Sony classic movies on TCM occasionally.
*As for the high and low tones, they're extinct and were last seen on most season 2 episodes of ''Jackie Chan Adventures'' when it was reran on Cartoon Network. Current prints of season 2 plaster the logo over with the SPT logo (like when it popped up on Disney XD at one point). The low-tone variant was also seen on the short-lived series ''Secret Agent Man'' when it was aired on UPN and is also retained on the Australian DVD. CTTD can be found on ''Sleepless in Seattle'' and ''The Quick and the Dead'' on TBS and TNT, ''The Jeffersons'' episode "Lunch with Mama" on TV One, and some films on ThisTV like ''Swamp Thing'', ''Casualties of War'' or ''1941''. The latter title was followed by the SPT logo. CTDT was found (followed by SPT) on the ''Married... with Children episode'' "Have You Driven a Ford Lately" on TBS.
*As for the high and low tones, they're extinct and were last seen on most season 2 episodes of ''Jackie Chan Adventures'' when it was reran on Cartoon Network. Current prints of season 2 plaster the logo over with the SPT logo (like when it popped up on Disney XD at one point). The low-tone variant was also seen on the short-lived series ''Secret Agent Man'' when it was aired on UPN and is also retained on the Australian DVD. CTTD can be found on ''Sleepless in Seattle'' and ''The Quick and the Dead'' on TBS and TNT, ''The Jeffersons'' episode "Lunch with Mama" on TV One, and some films on ThisTV like ''Swamp Thing'', ''Casualties of War'' or ''1941''. The latter title was followed by the SPT logo. CTDT was found (followed by SPT) on the ''Married... with Children episode'' "Have You Driven a Ford Lately" on TBS.
* The short version was commonly seen on the animated TV show adaptation of ''Dilbert'' (also on UPN and preserved on some current prints, like on Tubi). It was also last seen on 1998-2002 episodes of ''Dawson's Creek'' on The N (now [[TeenNick Originals|TeenNick]]). However, it's preserved on the first two season DVDs and Tubi prints of said show. The Distribution variant was recently spotted on Crackle prints on some episodes of ''Crazy Like a Fox'' (while the GREAT! TV UK airings have the regular variant).
* The short version was commonly seen on the animated TV show adaptation of ''Dilbert'' (also on UPN and preserved on some current prints, like on Tubi). It was also last seen on 1998-2002 episodes of ''Dawson's Creek'' on The N (now [[TeenNick Originals|TeenNick]]). However, it's preserved on the first two season DVDs and Tubi prints of said show. The Distribution variant was recently spotted on Crackle prints on some episodes of ''Crazy Like a Fox'' (while the GREAT! TV UK airings have the regular variant).
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*The logo was also shown surprisingly intact on PBS Kids Sprout (now Universal Kids) airings of ''Dragon Tales''.
*The logo was also shown surprisingly intact on PBS Kids Sprout (now Universal Kids) airings of ''Dragon Tales''.
*The CTTD version appears on season 1 episodes of ''Sledge Hammer!'' last seen on Me-TV, following the New World Television logo and followed by the SPT logo, and was seen on at least one episode of ''The Donna Reed Show'' on Me-TV.
*The CTTD version appears on season 1 episodes of ''Sledge Hammer!'' last seen on Me-TV, following the New World Television logo and followed by the SPT logo, and was seen on at least one episode of ''The Donna Reed Show'' on Me-TV.
*It can also be found on Australian airings of ''The King of Queens'' on Channel Eleven and current international prints, usually followed by a [[CBS Broadcast International]] or [[Paramount Global Content Distribution|CBS Studios International]] logo.
*It can also be found on Australian airings of ''The King of Queens'' on Channel Eleven and current international prints, usually followed by a [[CBS Broadcast International]] or [[CBS Studios International]] logo.
*CTT makes a surprise appearance on Laff's print of the film ''If Lucy Fell''.
*CTT makes a surprise appearance on Laff's print of the film ''If Lucy Fell''.
*It also surprisingly appeared on one episode of ''Barney Miller'' on the Shout! Factory DVD set and on German airings of the final season of ''The Nanny'' (replacing the TriStar Television logo).
*It also surprisingly appeared on one episode of ''Barney Miller'' on the Shout! Factory DVD set and on German airings of the final season of ''The Nanny'' (replacing the TriStar Television logo).
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*1998-1999: Copyright © [YEAR] Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG. All Rights Reserved.
*1998-1999: Copyright © [YEAR] Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG. All Rights Reserved.
*1998-2001: Copyright © [YEAR] Trackdown Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on ''Rock & Roll Jeopardy!'')
*1998-2001: Copyright © [YEAR] Trackdown Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on ''Rock & Roll Jeopardy!'')
* 1999-2000: Copyright © [YEAR] TriStar Television, Inc. and CBS Worldwide, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on the final season of ''Early Edition'')
*1999-2000: Copyright © [YEAR] TriStar Television, Inc. and CBS Worldwide, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on the final season of ''Early Edition'')
*2000-2002: Copyright © [YEAR] Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. and CBS Worldwide, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on ''Family Law'' and ''The King of Queens'')
*2000-2002: Copyright © [YEAR] Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. and CBS Worldwide, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on ''Family Law'' and ''The King of Queens'')
*2001-2002: Copyright © [YEAR] CPT Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on ''The Young and the Restless'')
*2001-2002: Copyright © [YEAR] CPT Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on ''The Young and the Restless'')
*2001-2002: Copyright © [YEAR] Corday Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on ''Days of Our Lives'')
*2001-2002: Copyright © [YEAR] Corday Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Used on ''Days of Our Lives'')
* 2001-2003: Copyright © [YEAR] Columbia TriStar Domestic Television. All Rights Reserved.
*2001-2003: Copyright © [YEAR] Columbia TriStar Domestic Television. All Rights Reserved.


=== Final Notes ===  
=== Final Notes ===  
In 2002, CTT became [[Sony Pictures Television]]. When CTT became SPT in 2002, the third version of the CTDT logo (also known as the "Open Matte" boxes) was used until 2003 on the 5th season of ''Hollywood Squares (H2)'' in syndication. The first two versions ended in 2002.
In 2002, CTT became [[Sony Pictures Television]]. When CTT became SPT in 2002, the third version of the CTDT logo (also known as the "Open Matte" boxes) was used until 2003 on the 5th season of ''Hollywood Squares (H2)'' in syndication. The first two versions ended in 2002.
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