Big Ticket Television: Difference between revisions

Big Ticket Television (also known as "Big Ticket Entertainment" and "Big Ticket Pictures, Inc.") was created by the [[Spelling Television|Spelling Entertainment Group]] in 1994 as a low-budget unit that produces half-hour sitcoms and reality shows. Founder Larry Lyttle wanted to name the company Blockbuster Television after Blockbuster, who at the time owned the Spelling group and was owned by [[Viacom (1952-2006)|Viacom]]; however, Viacom vetoed the idea, so Lyttle went with "Big Ticket" instead, after Blockbuster's iconic logo. They produced ''Moesha'' and its spin-off ''The Parkers'' for UPN (now The CW) as well as the daily syndicated court shows ''Judge Judy'', ''Judge Joe Brown'' and later on in 2014 ''Hot Bench''. When Viacom acquired Spelling in 1999, Big Ticket Television became a label of the [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] Group. Today, Big Ticket Television is an in-name-only unit of [[ViacomCBS]]'s [[CBS Studios]].

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'''Logo''': Against a {{Font color|gray|gray}} background, we see a TV tube flipping in and zooming out with a {{Font color|cyan|cyan}} streak flying across it. The streak wedges into the tube and turns into a white happy smile. Then, we see the company name "'''{{Font color|purple|BIG TICKET}} {{Font color|red|T}}{{Font color|purple|E}}{{Font color|#FFD900|L}}{{Font color|limegreen|E}}{{Font color|red|V}}{{Font color|#FFD900|I}}{{Font color|limegreen|S}}{{Font color|purple|I}}{{Font color|red|O}}{{Font color|teal|N}}'''" in a {{Font color|purple|purple}} Futura Condensed Extra Bold font and with "'''{{Font color|red|T}}{{Font color|purple|E}}{{Font color|#FFD900|L}}{{Font color|limegreen|E}}{{Font color|red|V}}{{Font color|#FFD900|I}}{{Font color|limegreen|S}}{{Font color|purple|I}}{{Font color|red|O}}{{Font color|teal|N}}'''" in rainbow colors coming out of the bottom of the TV tube, then the Spelling Entertainment byline appears below.

'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is a reference to the then-ownership of Spelling Entertainment by Blockbuster Entertainment, but the logo depicts a TV tube-like object, which makes it misleading. It is a fun logo, however.

 

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'''Logo''': Against a white background, we see the {{Font color|green|green}} words "{{Font color|limegreen|BIG TICKET}}" in the Bank Gothic MD BT font flying from the left side of the screen to the center. We also see the word "{{Font color|purple|TELEVISION}}" with a registered trademark symbol next to it in {{Font color|purple|purple}} and in the same font underneath with the same TV tube screen from the last logo fading in above. We later see the happy smile being drawn on the tube and the byline "A PARAMOUNT/VIACOM COMPANY" appearing below "{{Font color|purple|TELEVISION}}" in the same animation used on the Spelling Television logo in the Viacom "Wigga-Wigga" font and in a {{Font color|limegreen|green}} code-out box. For a second, the tube tilts and goes back to is original position.

* Starting in September 2012, the logo was slightly enhanced to feature a slight {{Font color|purple|purple}}-white gradient, and the words fly in more smoothly than the standard version. Also, the font for the "{{Font color|limegreen|BIG TICKET}} {{Font color|purple|TELEVISION}}" text is different.

'''Editor's Note''': It's more simplistic and not as impactful as the previous logo, but it does the job well enough