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|FilmwaysTV(9).jpeg|1st Logo (July 2, 1958-March 6, 1974)
|FilmwaysTV(9).jpeg|1st Logo (July 2, 1958-March 6, 1974)
|FilmwaysTV(11).jpeg|2nd Logo (1975-1976)
|FilmwaysTV(11).jpeg|2nd Logo (1975-July 4, 1977)
|FilmwaysTV(12).jpeg|3rd Logo (November 7, 1976-1977)
|FilmwaysTV(14).jpeg|3rd Logo (November 7, 1976-March 21, 1981)
|FilmwaysTV(14).jpeg|4th Logo (1977-March 21, 1981)
|FilmwaysTV(16).jpeg|4th Logo (October 8, 1981-June 5, 1983)
|FilmwaysTV(16).jpeg|5th Logo (October 8, 1981-June 5, 1983)
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'''Visuals:''' The sequence starts with a small globe of Earth, horizontally stretched out in the center of the screen. The globe has longitude (left to right) lines on it, and the equator extends beyond the globe, with little Richter-scale like lines on part of it. The globe is on a blue, starry background, with most of the stars clumped in the upper left and right hand corners. From behind the globe, the text "'''A FILMWAYS'''", in a 3D font and arched to match the globe's position, zoom-in a north-forward direction. Shortly after, the text "'''TELEVISION PRESENTATION'''" fades-in below the globe. Sometimes, the Seal of Good Practice appears below. You can see clouds in the background flying to the right.
'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|turquoise}} background with black shading all around it. A small, stretched globe of the Earth is shown in the center of the screen. The globe has longitude lines on it, {{color|cyan}} oceans, {{color|red}}/{{color|darkgreen|dark green}} continents, and has a long white line across it acting as the Equater, with wavelengths on each end. The background is also filled with star clusters, stray sparkling stars, a ringed planet in the top right, and long clouds strewn across the screen. From behind the globe, the text "'''A FILMWAYS'''", with a 3D trail and arched to match the globe's position, zoom in and stop after becoming fully visible, and then the text "'''TELEVISION PRESENTATION'''" fades-in below the globe, along with the the Seal of Good Practice below.


'''Variants:'''
'''Variants:'''
* On the 1962 to 1964 seasons of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' and ''Petticoat Junction'', the Filmways logo would fade to the text "Produced in association with the [[CBS Productions|CBS TELEVISION NETWORK]]" and has the Seal of Good Practice near the text. The clouds are flying to the left direction.
* From 1958-1965, the logo had slower animation and faded out just after "'''TELEVISION PRESENTATION'''" faded in. The globe also has additional latitude lines, the clouds scrolled, an additional black planet is seen in the lower left, and the seal doesn't appear.
* On the 1964-1965 season of the shows mentioned above, the logo is still with the Filmways on the top left of the background, and the CBS mention on the bottom right.
* On the 1962 to 1964 seasons of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' and ''Petticoat Junction'', the Filmways logo would fade to the text "Produced in Association with the {{big|[[CBS Productions|CBS TELEVISION NETWORK]]}}" and has the Seal of Good Practice near the text, and larger clouds can be seen scrolling to the left.
* A variant with "VIDEO LTD. PRESENTATION" just below and the standard CBS notice at the bottom right exists, which only appears on ''The Face is Familiar''.
** On the 1964-1965 season of the shows mentioned above, the logo is still and is shown in the top left, while the mention is seen in the bottom right and the seal is in the bottom left. The background is also has different, more plentiful star clusters.
* Another variant, contains both color and another still version. Similar to the second variant above, but however, on the bottom right of the screen, the text "In Association With PhilDil Productions" is seen. This only appears on ''The Pruitts Of Southampton''.
*** On ''The Pruitts Of Southampton'', this version is used with "In Association With PhilDil Productions" in place of the CBS notice.
* On the pilot episode of ''Mister Ed'' titled "The Wonderful World of Wilber Pope" from 1958 the logo was superimposed in the credits, without animation. Other than that, everything else (the text and the globe) is the same as usual.
* On ''The Face is Familiar'', the print logo is shown with "VIDEO LTD. PRESENTATION" below, as well as the CBS notice at the bottom right and the seal at the bottom left.
* On ''Eye Guess'', the logo appears as an in-credit on the game board all in white. Also features both latitude and longitude lines. However, the continents nor the long radar equator line were not featured. The in-credit also appeared on the game show ''Personality''.
* On the pilot episode of ''Mister Ed'' titled ''The Wonderful World of Wilber Pope'' from 1958, the logo is superimposed in the credits, background and all.
* For the color version in 1965, the stars are sparkling while the animation takes place. The clouds remains still.
* On ''Eye Guess'' and ''Personality'', the logo appears in-credit as a simplified print logo. The globe lacks the continents and the wavelengths, now resembling a grid ovoid.
* On ''Ozzie's Girls'', the logo cuts into the first half of the 1971 Viacom logo (which itself ends when "Viacom" is revealed).
* On ''Ozzie's Girls'', the logo cuts into the first half of the 1971 Viacom logo (which itself ends when "Viacom" is revealed).
* On ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', there's an in-credit mention saying "A T.A.T. COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH FILMWAYS". When it was later known as ''Forever Fernwood'' during season 2, the text said, "PRODUCED BY T.A.T. COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH FILMWAYS, INC."


'''Technique:''' Camera controlled/cel animation.
'''Technique:''' Camera controlled/cel animation.
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'''Legacy:''' A nifty logo from the '50s that remains well-remembered and a favorite by many as it was involved in some classic television shows from the time period.
'''Legacy:''' A nifty logo from the '50s that remains well-remembered and a favorite by many as it was involved in some classic television shows from the time period.


=== 2nd Logo (1975-1976)===
=== 2nd Logo (1975-July 4, 1977)===
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'''Visuals:''' A small Filmways logo, which appears in a stretched Bauhaus 93 font, is seen on a {{color|mediumblue|blue}} background. Another Filmways logo appears behind it, which is larger than the logo that appeared first. This effect repeats four times, making the logo looks like it appears in a Droste effect. The additional logos disappears piece by piece, in order of appearance, leaving a much larger Filmways logo isolated. A copyright appears on the bottom.
'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|mediumblue|blue}} background, the white text {{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}, in a stretched, modified Bauhaus 93 font, appears in the center of the screen, as 3 more appear surrounding it in a aura-like effect, colored {{color|orange}}, {{color|maroon}}, and white in that order. The additional logos disappears piece by piece, in order of appearance, leaving the largest copy alone as a copyright notice appears below. The notice disappears when the logo is about to fade out.


'''Technique:''' Analog computer animation.
'''Technique:''' Stop-motion animation, with digitally-inserted text.


'''Audio:''' Telephone chimes that change in pitch as the logo forms.
'''Audio:''' Telephone chimes that change in pitch as the logo forms.
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'''Audio Trivia:''' The telephone beeps, when translated to numbers, spell out "345-9989".  If one goes by the letters that go with each number on a telephone dial, this spells out "FILMWAY".   
'''Audio Trivia:''' The telephone beeps, when translated to numbers, spell out "345-9989".  If one goes by the letters that go with each number on a telephone dial, this spells out "FILMWAY".   


'''Availability:''' This surfaced on a pilot for ABC titled ''Mason''.
'''Availability:''' Only appeared on the failed TV pilot movie, ''Mason''.


'''Legacy:''' A rather intriguing logo, for its early Scanimation, telephone beeps, and the first appearance of the familiar Filmways logo, which would be kept and refined in the following years.
'''Legacy:''' A rather intriguing logo for its telephone beeps and the first appearance of the familiar Filmways logo, which would be kept and refined in the following years.


=== 3rd Logo (November 7, 1976-1977)===
=== 3rd Logo (November 7, 1976-March 21, 1981)===
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, "{{color|dodgerblue|{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}}}", colored {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} and in a rounded font called Bauhaus 93, fades in and out.
 
'''Variant:''' The logo may appear in-credit on some programs.
 
'''Technique:''' A printed image created with traditional ink-and-paint.
 
'''Audio:''' None or the closing theme of the program.
 
'''Availability:'''
* Its only known appearance is on theatrical prints of the TV movie ''21 Hours at Munich'' (which was released theatrically overseas).
* This is also retained on current prints such as on the German Blu-ray release and MGM HD airings of the aforementioned film.
 
=== 4th Logo (1977-March 21, 1981)===
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'''Visuals:''' On a black screen, many {{color|orange}} and {{color|moccasin|cream}}-colored "{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}" zoom up from the bottom of the screen toward a white "{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}". All the multicolored "{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}" merge into the white "{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}". They are all in the same font as above.
'''Visuals:''' On a black background, many {{color|orange}}, {{color|darkred|dark red}} and {{color|moccasin|cream}}-colored "{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}", all in a unstretched version of the previous logo's font, scroll up from the bottom of the screen, meeting in the center. Eventually, the last "{{Font|Bauhaus 93|{{color|moccasin|FILMWAYS}}}}" fades to a pure white color and the animation stops.


'''Variants:'''
'''Variants:'''
* The logo comes in both fast and slow speeds.
* The logo may appear in-credit on some programs.
* An early version has the logo still and {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}.
* In 1980, the registered trademark symbol appears next to the name.
* In 1980, the registered trademark symbol appears next to the name.
* A variant exists where the trail animation is much slower than usual.


'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled/cel animation.
'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled/cel animation.
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'''Audio Variants:'''
'''Audio Variants:'''
* The early version is silent.
* A variant which includes a synth orchestra exists.
* A variant which includes a synth orchestra exists.
* On ''240 Robert'', two musical variants were heard. One had the music in a psychedelic mood, while the other had a deep sounding brass/woodwind ensemble.
* On ''240 Robert'', two musical variants were heard. One had the music in a psychedelic mood, while the other had a deep sounding brass/woodwind ensemble.
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* The slowed-down music variant was only seen on ''Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson'' which only aired on WGTE Toledo in 1982.
* The slowed-down music variant was only seen on ''Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson'' which only aired on WGTE Toledo in 1982.
* Paramount+ and Epix prints of ''Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love'' (as well as the MGM Limited Edition Collection DVD-R release) and ''Berlin Tunnel 21'' also retain this at the end.
* Paramount+ and Epix prints of ''Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love'' (as well as the MGM Limited Edition Collection DVD-R release) and ''Berlin Tunnel 21'' also retain this at the end.
* The early version's only known appearance is on theatrical prints of the TV movie ''21 Hours at Munich'' (which was released theatrically overseas). This is also retained on current prints such as on the German Blu-ray release and MGM HD airings of the aforementioned film.


=== 5th Logo (October 8, 1981-June 5, 1983)===
=== 5th Logo (October 8, 1981-June 5, 1983)===
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