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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Metromedia Producers Corporation''' (MPC) was established from [[The Wolper Organization|Wolper Productions]] in 1968 after David L. Wolper broke apart from Metromedia (Wolper Productions was later relaunched in 1970). On March 6, 1986, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation (later "[[21st Century Fox]]" and now owned by The Walt Disney Company, the current parent company of [[20th Century Fox]]) acquired MPC and with it, the television stations owned by Metromedia for $3.5 billion. MPC was folded into [[20th Century Fox Television]], Metromedia Square (which was not included in the sale, instead being leased to Fox/News Corp) became "Fox Television Center", and the former Metromedia owned television stations were incorporated as the [[Fox Television Stations Productions|Fox Television Stations]] in April. These programs are now distributed worldwide by [[20th Television]]. With the exception for ''The Merv Griffin Show'', which MPC handled co-production and distribution from 1972 to 1983, which was later transferred to [[King World Productions]] (now "[[CBS Television Distribution]]") and [[Columbia Pictures Television]] (now "[[Sony Pictures Television]]") in 1986. | '''Metromedia Producers Corporation''' (or often shortened as '''MPC''') was established from [[The Wolper Organization|Wolper Productions]] in 1968 after David L. Wolper broke apart from Metromedia (Wolper Productions was later relaunched in 1970). On March 6, 1986, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation (later "[[21st Century Fox]]" and now owned by The Walt Disney Company, the current parent company of [[20th Century Fox]]) acquired MPC and with it, the television stations owned by Metromedia for $3.5 billion. MPC was folded into [[20th Century Fox Television]], Metromedia Square (which was not included in the sale, instead being leased to Fox/News Corp) became "Fox Television Center", and the former Metromedia owned television stations were incorporated as the [[Fox Television Stations Productions|Fox Television Stations]] in April. These programs are now distributed worldwide by [[20th Television]]. With the exception for ''The Merv Griffin Show'', which MPC handled co-production and distribution from 1972 to 1983, which was later transferred to [[King World Productions]] (now "[[CBS Television Distribution]]") and [[Columbia Pictures Television]] (now "[[Sony Pictures Television]]") in 1986. | ||
===1st Logo (1969-1974)=== | ===1st Logo (1969-1974)=== | ||
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'''FX/SFX:''' The words zooming, the letters flying, flipping, and binding. | '''FX/SFX:''' The words zooming, the letters flying, flipping, and binding. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A very loud and dramatic five-note fanfare | '''Music/Sounds:''' A very loud and dramatic five-note fanfare. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* In some cases, it used only the opening/closing theme of the show or it's silent. | |||
*There were two music variations for this, one with an extended version of the familiar theme (seen, for example, at the beginning of the 1971 TV movie ''The People''), and on ''Tales of the Crypt'', the logo uses a fanfare composed by Elmer Bernstein, which is actually the closing fanfare from David L. Wolper's documentary ''Four Days in November'' (1964). | *There were two music variations for this, one with an extended version of the familiar theme (seen, for example, at the beginning of the 1971 TV movie ''The People''), and on ''Tales of the Crypt'', the logo uses a fanfare composed by Elmer Bernstein, which is actually the closing fanfare from David L. Wolper's documentary ''Four Days in November'' (1964). | ||
*Sometimes, a generic theme was used. One example is the 1979 [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|PTV]] theme heard instead on early-to-mid-1970s prints of ''That Girl'', presumably because of an editing mistake. | *Sometimes, a generic theme was used. One example is the 1979 [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|PTV]] theme heard instead on early-to-mid-1970s prints of ''That Girl'', presumably because of an editing mistake. | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' The flipping and binding effects in the logo were progressive being from the '60s, which would later become typical animated effects from the '70s onwards. | '''Editor's Note:''' The flipping and binding effects in the logo were progressive being from the '60s, which would later become typical animated effects from the '70s onwards. | ||
===2nd Logo (1973-1980)=== | ===2nd Logo (1973-1980)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | ||
* The in-credit logos would remain intact on certain television films like ''Terror on the 40th Floor'', the nightly syndicated ''The Merv Griffin Show'', and game shows like ''The Cross-Wits''. | * The in-credit logos would remain intact on certain television films like ''Terror on the 40th Floor'' and ''The Norliss Tapes'', the nightly syndicated ''The Merv Griffin Show'', and game shows like ''The Cross-Wits''. | ||
*Recently, the in-credit version has been sighted on ''Where Have All the People Gone?'' and ''Terror on the 40th Floor'' on FX Movie Channel. | *Recently, the in-credit version has been sighted on ''Where Have All the People Gone?'' and ''Terror on the 40th Floor'' on FX Movie Channel. | ||
*It may also show up on other Metromedia TV movies from this era when FXMC airs them. | *It may also show up on other Metromedia TV movies from this era when FXMC airs them. | ||
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*The ''Wild Times'' variant is seen on Encore Westerns airings of the miniseries. | *The ''Wild Times'' variant is seen on Encore Westerns airings of the miniseries. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' It features arguably more primitive animation than the previous logo, which is disappointing. | '''Editor's Note:''' It features arguably more primitive animation than the previous logo, which is disappointing. It may also depend on the versions as well (mainly the in-credit notices). | ||
===3rd Logo (1981-June 15, 1984)=== | ===3rd Logo (1981-June 15, 1984)=== | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' It's a very simple '80s animated logo, not much beyond that. | '''Editor's Note:''' It's a very simple '80s animated logo, not much beyond that. | ||
===4th Logo (1982-1987)=== | ===4th Logo (1982-1987)=== | ||
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*The MPC Video Productions and later, MVP Video Productions variants are preserved on airings of third and fourth (and final) seasons of the aforementioned show on Antenna TV. | *The MPC Video Productions and later, MVP Video Productions variants are preserved on airings of third and fourth (and final) seasons of the aforementioned show on Antenna TV. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' The logo presents some simple, but effective animation with a splendid fanfare. However, there's an odd error as it is facing the southwest when the M is forming, but after the flash, it changes to face the northeast. Regardless, this remains a favorite to many. | '''Editor's Note:''' The logo presents some simple, but effective animation with a splendid fanfare. However, there's an odd error as it is facing the southwest when the M is forming, but after the flash, it changes to face the northeast. Regardless, this remains a favorite to many who have memories of this logo. | ||
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