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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Rysher Entertainment was founded by former Warner Bros. syndication executive Keith Samples in 1991 as a television syndication company, expanding into TV and feature film production. Cox Enterprises bought Rysher for $15 million in 1993. Rysher was shut down in 1999 by Cox, distribution rights to the company's library was acquired by [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] (now [[CBS Studios]] and [[CBS Media Ventures]]) | Rysher Entertainment was founded by former Warner Bros. syndication executive Keith Samples in 1991 as a television syndication company, expanding into TV and feature film production. Cox Enterprises bought Rysher for $15 million in 1993. Rysher was shut down in 1999 by Cox, and the distribution rights to the company's library was acquired by [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] (now [[CBS Studios]] and [[CBS Media Ventures]]). The ownership of the library was later acquired by [[2929 Entertainment]] in 2001 and by Qualia Capital on March 29, 2006, who merged the library alongside the recently-acquired [[Pandora/Gaylord Films]] to form Qualia Libraries. Most of the company's film library is currently owned by [[Paramount Pictures]] with the following exceptions: ''The Opposite of Sex'' ([[Sony Pictures Entertainment]]/[[Sony Pictures Classics]]), ''Big Night'', ''Foxfire'', and ''Hard Eight'' ([[Samuel Goldwyn Films]]). As for the television library, it is currently owned by [[ViacomCBS]] and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, while the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise and ''California Dreams'' are currently owned by [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Television Distribution]] while [[MGM Television|MGM International Television]] have international television and digital rights to ''Saved by the Bell''. | ||
===1st Logo (1991-1993)=== | ===1st Logo (1991-1993)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
*There is also an extended version of the jingle. | *There is also an extended version of the jingle. | ||
*An even longer variation was seen on ''A Passion to Kill''. | |||
*A short version of the music exists. | *A short version of the music exists. | ||
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*CBS airings of ''Nash Bridges'' and ''Four Corners'' used a generic theme. | *CBS airings of ''Nash Bridges'' and ''Four Corners'' used a generic theme. | ||
*On some shows, the first logo's music can be heard. | *On some shows, the first logo's music can be heard. | ||
*On ''Three Wishes'', a whoosh is heard as the comet streaks. | |||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||