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'''Availability:'''
'''Availability:'''
* It appears on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (although some 1970s prints of the show plastered this logo with the 1971 or 1976 Viacom logos, but have since restored the logo) on Me-TV (usually with either the 1986 or 1990 Viacom logos or the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo on restored prints following this logo), ''Green Acres'' on World Harvest Television and Antenna TV and MGM DVD releases, ''The Addams Family'' last aired on Hallmark Channel around the Halloween season and its MGM DVD releases, and ''Mister Ed'' on ThisTV and Antenna TV and also on Shout! Factory DVD releases.
* This logo is seen on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (although some 1970s prints of the show plastered this logo with the 1971 or 1976 Viacom logos, but have since restored the logo) on Me-TV (usually with either the 1986 or 1990 Viacom logos or the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo on restored prints following this logo), ''Green Acres'' on World Harvest Television and Antenna TV and MGM DVD releases, ''The Addams Family'' last aired on Hallmark Channel around the Halloween season and its MGM DVD releases, and ''Mister Ed'' on ThisTV and Antenna TV and also on Shout! Factory DVD releases.
* The in-credit variant was last seen on ''Eye Guess'' and ''Personality'' on GSN.
* The in-credit variant was last seen on ''Eye Guess'' and ''Personality'' on GSN.
* When ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' was shown on Nick at Nite in the early 2000s, this logo was followed by the 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo.
* When ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' was shown on Nick at Nite in the early 2000s, this logo was followed by the 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo.
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'''Audio:''' Telephone chimes that change in pitch as the logo forms.
'''Audio:''' Telephone chimes that change in pitch as the logo forms.


'''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:''' Only appeared on the failed TV pilot movie, ''Mason''.
'''Availability:''' This logo was only seen on the failed TV pilot movie, ''Mason''.


'''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.
'''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.
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'''Availability:'''  
'''Availability:'''  
* It appears on ''Fangface'' (with the closing theme finishing over it) and the first season of ''Thundarr the Barbarian'' (with the logo theme).
* This logo is seen on ''Fangface'' (with the closing theme finishing over it) and the first season of ''Thundarr the Barbarian'' (with the logo theme).
** Boomerang U.S. reruns of both also preserved the logo, but the Warner Archive Blu-ray release of the latter removes it.
** Boomerang U.S. reruns of both also preserved the logo, but the Warner Archive Blu-ray release of the latter removes it.
* It also appeared after the original ''Hollywood Squares'' (with the theme music played over it).
* It was also seen after the original ''Hollywood Squares'' (with the theme music played over it).
* The Paramount+ streaming print of ''Disaster on the Coastliner'' also has this logo intact (which is followed by the 2008 MGM Distribution Co. logo).
* The Paramount+ streaming print of ''Disaster on the Coastliner'' also has this logo intact (which is followed by the 2008 MGM Distribution Co. logo).
* 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.
* The early version's only known appearance is on theatrical prints of the TV movie ''21 Hours at Munich'' (which was released theatrically overseas), and 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 (October 8, 1981-June 5, 1983) ===
=== 4th Logo (October 8, 1981-June 5, 1983) ===
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'''Variants:'''
'''Variants:'''
* A variant exists where only the text "{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}" is seen below the logo.
* A variant exists, where only the text "{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}" is seen below the logo.
* A variant which also only reads "{{color|chartreuse|{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}}}" also exists, but the text is {{color|chartreuse|green}}.
* A variant which also only reads "{{color|chartreuse|{{Font|Bauhaus 93|FILMWAYS}}}}" also exists, but the text is {{color|chartreuse|green}}.
* A still variant also exists.
* A still variant also exists.
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'''Availability:'''  
'''Availability:'''  
* It was used until it was renamed as Orion Television in 1983.
* This logo was used until it was renamed as Orion Television in 1983.
* This was seen on ''The Best of Saturday Night'' reruns (60 minute syndicated cut downs) and appears on the first season of ''Cagney & Lacey''.
* This logo was seen on ''The Best of Saturday Night'' reruns (60 minute syndicated cut downs) and is also seen on the first season of ''Cagney & Lacey''.
** However, on reruns of the latter shown a long time ago on TNN (now Paramount Network), the 1982 [[Orion Television]] logo plastered over all the first season episodes except for one episode (which in turn had the Orion logo right after this logo).
** However, on reruns of the latter shown a long time ago on TNN (now Paramount Network), the 1982 [[Orion Television]] logo plastered over all the first season episodes except for one episode (which in turn had the Orion logo right after this logo).
* It also appears on the 2012 season 1 DVD release of ''Cagney & Lacey'' by VEI under license from [[MGM Home Entertainment]] and [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]].
* It can also be found on the 2012 season 1 DVD release of ''Cagney & Lacey'' by VEI under license from [[MGM Home Entertainment]] and [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]].
* It also appears on the television movies ''Return of the Rebels'' and ''Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade'', the latter of which can be found on Epix and Paramount+.
* It is also seen on the television movies ''Return of the Rebels'' and ''Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade'', the latter of which can be found on Epix and Paramount+.
* It also appears at the end of the Paramount+ streaming service print of ''Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal'' (1982) before the short version of the 2021 MGM logo.
* It is also preserved at the end of the Paramount+ streaming service print of ''Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal'' (1982), before the short version of the 2021 MGM logo.


{{Chronology||[[Orion Television]]}}
{{Chronology||[[Orion Television]]}}
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