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'''Availability''': Rare. | '''Availability''': Rare. | ||
*It's still saved on most episodes of ''The Waltons'' on the DVD box sets (with the WBTD logo following it), however TNN (now Paramount Network) airings in the late '90s plastered this logo with the 1994 WB Domestic Pay TV logo. | *It's still saved on most episodes of ''The Waltons'' on the DVD box sets (with the WBTD logo following it), however TNN (now Paramount Network) airings in the late '90s plastered this logo with the 1994 WB Domestic Pay TV logo. | ||
* This also appears at the end of various TV movies from the era such as ''The Blue Knight'', ''Bad Ronald'', ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'', and ''Helter Skelter'', which are retained on some of the recent DVD and Blu-ray releases (and omitting the [[Viacom ( | * This also appears at the end of various TV movies from the era such as ''The Blue Knight'', ''Bad Ronald'', ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'', and ''Helter Skelter'', which are retained on some of the recent DVD and Blu-ray releases (and omitting the [[Viacom (1952-2006)|Viacom]] "V of Doom" logo at the end on current releases, although the original Warner Archive DVD-R of ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' and a recent European TV broadcast of ''A Dream for Christmas'' feature the Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo plastered over this logo, while a recent Decades broadcast of ''The Blue Knight'' had the Viacom "V of Steel" logo over this logo instead). | ||
*It's also seen on a few earlier episodes of ''Dallas'' in its original syndication run. However, most current syndicated episodes prior to 1986, and all episodes on the S1/S2 DVD set plaster/replace it with the WBTD logo, and the 1988 [[Worldvision Enterprises]] logo on a couple of S2 episodes (Worldvision distributed the show internationally until the 1990s, when the rights reverted back to Warner Bros.). On the PAL DVD release of ''Dallas'', this is only retained in the first episode of the series. | *It's also seen on a few earlier episodes of ''Dallas'' in its original syndication run. However, most current syndicated episodes prior to 1986, and all episodes on the S1/S2 DVD set plaster/replace it with the WBTD logo, and the 1988 [[Worldvision Enterprises]] logo on a couple of S2 episodes (Worldvision distributed the show internationally until the 1990s, when the rights reverted back to Warner Bros.). On the PAL DVD release of ''Dallas'', this is only retained in the first episode of the series. | ||
*This was also originally seen on the first two seasons of ''Eight is Enough'', but this logo along with the next logo got plastered by the 1990 WBTD logo in syndication and most reruns. | *This was also originally seen on the first two seasons of ''Eight is Enough'', but this logo along with the next logo got plastered by the 1990 WBTD logo in syndication and most reruns. | ||
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=== 3rd Logo (March 9, 1988) === | === 3rd Logo (March 9, 1988) === | ||
[[File:Lorimar15.png|center|frameless]] | [[File:Lorimar15.png|center|frameless]] | ||
'''Logo:''' On a white background, two logos fade in. The top being the one for [[Green/Epstein Productions]] (a giant green stylized "GE" with the company name underneath the "E") and the bottom being the print logo for Lorimar Television (which is based off the next logo used below with "A LORIMAR TELEPICTURES COMPANY" byline below). In between the two logos are the words "in association with". | '''Logo:''' On a white background, two logos fade in. The top being the one for [[Green/Epstein Productions]] (a giant green stylized "GE" with the company name underneath the "E") and the bottom being the print logo for Lorimar Television (which is based off the next logo used below with "A LORIMAR TELEPICTURES COMPANY" byline below). In between the two logos are the words "in association with". | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme to the program. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme to the program. | ||
'''Availability:''' Possibly extinct. It's only seen on the original CBS airing of TV movie ''Shattered Innocence''. It is not retained on the [[Warner Home Video]] Archive Collection MOD DVD of the aforementioned title, as it's replaced by the 1992 "Distributed By Warner Bros. Pictures" logo with the Time Warner Entertainment byline. It's also not retained on the Lifetime/LMN airings, in which it's replaced by the silent 2001 Warner Bros. Television logo. | '''Availability:''' Possibly extinct. It's only seen on the original CBS airing of TV movie ''Shattered Innocence''. It is not retained on the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] Archive Collection MOD DVD of the aforementioned title, as it's replaced by the 1992 "Distributed By Warner Bros. Pictures" logo with the Time Warner Entertainment byline. It's also not retained on the Lifetime/LMN airings, in which it's replaced by the silent 2001 Warner Bros. Television logo. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' A very unique appearance of the print logo, and something of a predecessor of the Marble logo. | '''Editor's Note:''' A very unique appearance of the print logo, and something of a predecessor of the Marble logo. | ||