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'''Visuals:''' Against a black background, six multicolored circles scroll into the near-top of the screen while five multicolored circles scroll into the screen below them. Once the two are aligned in the middle, they become the {{color|orange}} letters "{{color|orange|'''CIRCLE FILMS'''}}", in a font reminiscent of the Terminator film title. The ABC logo then drops from the top of the screen and lands on the "{{color|orange|''I''}}" in "{{color|orange|''CIRCLE''}}". | '''Visuals:''' Against a black background, six multicolored circles scroll into the near-top of the screen while five multicolored circles scroll into the screen below them. Once the two are aligned in the middle, they become the {{color|orange}} letters "{{color|orange|'''CIRCLE FILMS'''}}", in a font reminiscent of the Terminator film title. The ABC logo then drops from the top of the screen and lands on the "{{color|orange|''I''}}" in "{{color|orange|''CIRCLE''}}". | ||
''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* On some ''ABC Weekend Specials'' such as "Mayday! Mayday!", the still logo is placed on a {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} background with copyright info below it. | |||
* One version has the circle animation sped-up drastically, with the "morphing" of the circles into words conversely slowed-down. | |||
'''Technique:''' Cel animation. | '''Technique:''' Cel animation. | ||
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'''Audio:''' A dramatic fanfare with an ending similar to Paramount Television's 1969 "Closet Killer" music. | '''Audio:''' A dramatic fanfare with an ending similar to Paramount Television's 1969 "Closet Killer" music. | ||
'''Audio Variant:''' On the ABC Weekend Specials, the end theme plays over it. | '''Audio Variant:''' On the ''ABC Weekend Specials'', the end theme plays over it. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' | ||
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* It might be retained on the KL Studio Classics/Kino Lorber DVD releases of the latter two titles. | * It might be retained on the KL Studio Classics/Kino Lorber DVD releases of the latter two titles. | ||
* It also appeared at the end of an October 7, 2019 UK airing of the 1980 TV movie ''The Comeback Kid'' on Talking Pictures TV. | * It also appeared at the end of an October 7, 2019 UK airing of the 1980 TV movie ''The Comeback Kid'' on Talking Pictures TV. | ||
* The sped-up/slowed down version has been sighted at the end of the Kino Lorber 2-disc BD of ''The Day After'', specifically at the end of the TV cut (implying it was originally used, before the next logo was edited over prior to broadcast). | |||
===5th Logo (November 20, 1983-May 14, 1989)=== | ===5th Logo (November 20, 1983-May 14, 1989)=== | ||