Spelling Television: Difference between revisions

=== Background ===  

The film and television producer Aaron '''Spelling''' established his own television production company initially known as "Aaron Spelling Productions, Inc." in 1969. In 1986, Spelling made his company public after raising $80 million. On March 11, 1989, Aaron Spelling Productions was renamed to "Spelling Entertainment Inc." after acquiring Laurel Entertainment, Inc. and [[Worldvision Enterprises|Worldvision Enterprises Inc.]] The same year, Spelling launched a sub-division named "[[Torand Productions|Torand Productions, Inc.]]", which was named after Spelling's two children: Tori and Randy Spelling. On April 6, 1991, Spelling Entertainment Inc. was acquired by The Charter Company, which then merged with Spelling Entertainment Inc. and was renamed to "Spelling Entertainment Group" on October 5, 1992. In 1992, Spelling Entertainment was again renamed to "Spelling Television". In 1993, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation acquired a 67% stake in Spelling Entertainment Group and established "[[Big Ticket Television]]" (a.k.a. "Big Ticket Entertainment" and "Big Ticket Pictures") in 1994. In 1994, Blockbuster merged with Viacom, Inc. (later renamed "CBS Corporation" in 2006, and later "ViacomCBS" in 2019 and "Paramount Global" in 2022). In 1999, [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] acquired the rest of the Spelling Entertainment Group, making it a division of the [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] Group, but Spelling continued producing shows until his death on June 23, 2006, at the age of 83. On April 4, 2007, it was announced that ''7th Heaven's'' series finale on May 13, 2007 would be dedicated to Aaron Spelling, and every single episode of Season 11 featured the text "In Memory of Aaron Spelling." at the beginning of the closing credits. Today, most of the Spelling Television library is owned by Paramount Global through [[CBS Media Ventures]], while the company still survives as an in-name-only unit of [[CBS Studios]] (formerly "CBS Paramount Network Television" and "CBS Television Studios").

|Spelling_Television_(1970-1991)_AJ.jpeg|1st Logo (January 21, 1977-July 26, 1990)

|Spelling_Television_(1992-2007)_B.jpeg|4th Logo (July 8, 1992-May 13, 2007)

===1st Logo (January 21, 1977-July 26, 1990)===

===2nd Logo (April 8, 1990-January 9, 1992, October 25, 1994, August 18, 1998-March 10, 2002)===

* This was seen on ''Twin Peaks'', but the CBS DVD releases, Cloo, Crime & Investigation airings and Netflix viewings remove this logo (though it is seen intact on the Season 1 R2 DVD released by Universal/Playback/Republic, save for the pilot which is plastered by the [[Worldvision Enterprises]] logo. Might be on the Warner Home Video releases too).

=== 3rd Logo (January 23-May 7, 1992) ===

=== 4th Logo (July 8, 1992-May 13, 2007) ===

* October 1999-May 8, 2006: "A PARAMOUNT/VIACOM COMPANY" (set in Viacom's "Wigga-Wigga" font, the text appears in a laser inscription effect under the logo)