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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Rysher Entertainment''' was founded by former [[Warner Bros. Television|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]], except for ''The Opposite of Sex'', which is still owned by [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] via [[Sony Pictures Classics]]. As for the television library, it is currently owned by [[Paramount Global]] and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, while the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise and ''California Dreams'' are currently owned by [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]] while [[MGM Television|MGM International Television]] has international television and digital rights to ''Saved by the Bell''. | '''Rysher Entertainment''' was founded by former [[Warner Bros. Television|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, and merged [[Television Program Enterprises]] into it. Rysher was briefly renamed '''Rysher-TPE''' for a time, and that gave them the TPE, [[Operation Prime Time]] and [[Bing Crosby Productions]] libraries. 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]], except for ''The Opposite of Sex'', which is still owned by [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] via [[Sony Pictures Classics]]. As for the television library, it is currently owned by [[Paramount Global]] and distributed by [[CBS Media Ventures]], while the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise and ''California Dreams'' are currently owned by [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]] while [[MGM Television|MGM International Television]] has international television and digital rights to ''Saved by the Bell''. | ||
===1st Logo (September 1991-May 22, 1993)=== | ===1st Logo (September 1991-May 22, 1993)=== | ||
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* A short version of the music exists. | * A short version of the music exists. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Uncommon. | ||
* It appears on syndicated reruns of ''Saved by the Bell: The College Years'' and season 2-4 (and some early season 5 episodes) of ''Highlander''. | * It appears on syndicated reruns of ''Saved by the Bell: The College Years'' and season 2-4 (and some early season 5 episodes) of ''Highlander''. | ||
* The Rysher TPE logo is rare, but still remains intact on all 4 episodes of ''Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style'', a handful of ''Highlander'' episodes from 1993-1995, and appears on the pilot of ''Robocop: The Series'' entitled "The Future of Law Enforcement", which can be found on VHS. | * The Rysher TPE logo is rare, but still remains intact on all 4 episodes of ''Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style'', a handful of ''Highlander'' episodes from 1993-1995, and appears on the pilot of ''Robocop: The Series'' entitled "The Future of Law Enforcement", which can be found on VHS. | ||
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* On ''Three Wishes'', a whoosh is heard as the comet streaks. | * On ''Three Wishes'', a whoosh is heard as the comet streaks. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Common. | ||
* The logo can be seen on the first 3 seasons of ''Nash Bridges'' (except for season 4, which is plastered by the [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logo, H&I airings use the DVD prints), seasons 4-6 of ''Highlander: The Series'', all episodes of ''Highlander: The Raven'', and the first season of ''Judge Mills Lane'' from 1998-99 which airs on Paramount Global owned Pluto TV (however this was plastered by the 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo on episode 125 onwards instead). | * The logo can be seen on the first 3 seasons of ''Nash Bridges'' (except for season 4, which is plastered by the [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logo, H&I airings use the DVD prints), seasons 4-6 of ''Highlander: The Series'', all episodes of ''Highlander: The Raven'', and the first season of ''Judge Mills Lane'' from 1998-99 which airs on Paramount Global owned Pluto TV (however this was plastered by the 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo on episode 125 onwards instead). | ||
* Films that use this logo include ''Destiny Turns on the Radio'', ''Three Wishes'', ''White Man's Burden'', ''Private Parts'', ''Zeus and Roxanne'', ''It Takes Two'', ''Turbulence'', ''House Arrest'', ''The Eighteenth Angel'', and ''Kingpin''. | * Films that use this logo include ''Destiny Turns on the Radio'', ''Three Wishes'', ''White Man's Burden'', ''Private Parts'', ''Zeus and Roxanne'', ''It Takes Two'', ''Turbulence'', ''House Arrest'', ''The Eighteenth Angel'', and ''Kingpin''. | ||