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* A couple of <u>"warp-speed" versions</u>, the first of which is a slower version of the regular jingle and the second of which is an ultra warp speed version (featuring a higher pitched jingle), can be seen on various programs, if they haven't been plastered.

* <u>VHS tapes containing this logo</u> and <u>select TV broadcasts</u> have the "{{color|silver|'''V'''}}" shining three times.

* A warp speed version of the three shines variant has been seen on the <u>syndicated version of ''Super Sloppy Double Dare''</u>.

* There is also a variant where the <u>"{{color|silver|'''V'''}}" shines four times</u>. It has been seen on episodes of ''Rawhide'', ''Perry Mason'', ''Matlock'' (seasons 1-4), ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''The Adventures of the Little Koala'', ''Finders Keepers'' (Toffler version), ''Easy Street'' (1986 series), and the 1986 revival of ''Split Second''. There is also a warp speed version of this, as well as an ultra warp speed variant.

* There is a <u>still</u> variant.

* There is a variant where the "{{color|silver|'''V'''}}" <u>doesn't shine</u> at all. It was only seen on ''We Love Lucy''; the 30-minute re-edit of ''The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour''.

* There is also a <u>B&W variant</u>.

* There is <u>another sped-up variant</u> of this logo with the music at the normal speed.

* There is also a variant that plays at a <u>slightly slower speed</u>.

* There is a variant where both the "{{color|silver|'''V'''}}" and the word "{{Font|Times New Roman|{{color|silver|'''Viacom'''}}}}" appear to be in <u>higher contrast</u>, making the logo look shinier than normally.

* There is a variant where the logo starts off in black and white, but quickly changes to color. This was spotted on a <u>1988 rerun of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' on TBS Superstation</u>.

* The <u>British [[Braveworld|Braveworld Video]] VHS of ''King Creole''</u> has a variant that cuts off the first or so second from the logo.

* <u>Some episodes of ''Gunsmoke'', ''Matlock'' (seasons 1-4)</u>, and <u>one episode of ''Hogan's Heroes'' (seen in Australia)</u> have the 1990 "Wigga-Wigga" music playing over this. A <u>Russian print of ''Father Dowling Mysteries'' S1 EP3</u> also features this over the warp-speed variant, which continues into the 2007 [[CBS Television Distribution]] logo.

* A variant of the extended warp-speed (3 wipes) variant includes a voice-over. This was seen on a <u>sales tape for the un-aired game show ''I Predict''</u>. As the logo animates, the voice-over is heard saying: "A Ron Greenberg Production, in association with Viacom." (Pronounced "Vee-a-com", similar to Sandy Hoyt on ''Split Second'').

** It's also currently seen on most episodes of ''The Phil Silvers Show'' on Me-TV, Forces TV (United Kingdom) and occasionally seen on Decades, and it is preserved on the season 2 Shout! Factory DVD of the show, and on most episodes from seasons 3-4 of ''TPSS'' on DVD (season 1 on DVD and the UK DVD releases use CTD instead), and was on most episodes of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', as well as ''Gunsmoke'' (mostly color reruns) on Me-TV before they were issued updated prints by CBS, although for ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', it can still be seen on some episodes (the earliest episode to have this is "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch"), and as for ''Gunsmoke'', it can still appear on certain episodes from season 14 (the third color season) onward.  

** Seen on '80s prints of other Viacom-distributed shows, including at one point in time, episodes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (particularly reruns on TBS Superstation), as well as episodes of ''I Love Lucy'' on Nick at Nite (as well as AMC briefly), ''Have Gun-Will Travel'' on Encore Westerns, various prints of ''The Cosby Show'' and ''Roseanne'', ''Rawhide'' on the Hallmark Channel as well as Encore Westerns, ''The Millionaire'' on TV Land, and various episodes of ''Hogan’s Heroes'' on Forces TV in the United Kingdom and Fox Classics in Australia, among possible others.  

** It can be seen on the ''Perry Mason'' made-for-TV movies from 1987-89, along with some prints of previous ones (though most use the warp speed variant), but DVDs plaster it over with the CBS Television Distribution logo. However, it is preserved on some VHS tapes such as the British VHS release of ''Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson'', but these aren't easy to come by, and as far as we can tell, have never been released to VHS in the United States.  

** The B&W variant can be found at the end of select VHS tapes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' that were released by Premier Promotions, including notably ''The Andy Griffith Show Collector's Series Volume 12: Mayberry Classics'', and was resurfaced on a Season 08 episode of ''Rawhide'' on Me-TV and H&I.  

** This logo was also spotted on British VHS releases of ''Fun in Acapulco'', ''King Creole'', ''Roustabout'' and ''All in a Night's Work'', older prints of ''Dempsey'' and ''Makepeace'', ''Father Dowling Mysteries'', a Decades broadcast of ''The Blue Knight'' (1975), at least one episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' on the French version of the Sci-Fi Channel, a Movies! broadcast of the 1971 docudrama ''Evel Knievel'', a Escape (now Court TV Mystery) airing of the 1989 film ''Night Game'', a TCM UK broadcast of ''Wild Geese II'' (1985), the 1987 Cannon film ''Three Kinds of Heat'', which can be found on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime, Paramount+ and Epix.com, and international prints of seasons 1-4 (and some of season 5) of ''Matlock'', though most use the warp speed variant. It does appear on a few Season 3-4 episodes of ''Matlock'' on CBS Justice (UK).  

** The "in-progress" variant can be found on the [[MCA/Universal Home Video]] VHS of ''Super Force'', the unsold ''Baby on Board'' pilot from 1988, as well as at least one episode of ''Rawhide'' on Me-TV.  

** The long variant (3 wipes) can be found on the [[Family Home Entertainment]] VHS of ''The Adventures of the Little Koala'' and was on at least one episode of ''Perry Mason'' on Me-TV before being issued an updated print by CBS, while the long version with 4 wipes made its premiere on the short-lived NBC-aired sitcom ''Easy Street'', and was last spotted on the Toffler version of ''Finders Keepers'' on the now-defunct Nick GAS network. This is also seen on the aforementioned game shows distributed by Viacom in the late 1980s; reruns of these shows on Nick GAS, as well as Paramount+, retain the logo. The 3 wipes variant was also spotted on a 2017 FETV broadcast of the ''Perry Mason'' episode "The Case of the Poison Pen Pal".

* '''''Silent Variant'':''' Originally, it could only be seen on syndicated TV prints of ''The Stepford Wives'' (the 1975 version), though it was resurfaced on the Forces TV print of the ''Hogan's Heroes'' episode "The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From", which is from season 2, although Fox Classics’ print has the theme present on it.

** It's also seen on older prints of ''Matlock'' (season 1-4, 1989 episodes; current TV prints use the 8th logo instead, while the DVD of S1 uses CBS/Paramount and every other season on DVD uses CTD instead). Oddly, FETV's print of the ''Matlock'' S1 episode, "The Don, Part 1" had this preserved. Many Season 3 and 4 episodes of ''Matlock'' on CBS Justice (UK) as well as a few season 2 episodes and 2 season 1 episodes keep this logo intact. Its spin-off ''Jake and the Fatman'' (DVDs and TV prints of seasons 1 and 2 use CTD instead), ''Father Dowling Mysteries'' (including a few early season 3 episodes), and a Brazilian VHS release of ''Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery'' (and DVD print) all have this logo. It's also preserved on a  [https://youtu.be/vJWt5eYMBdc Brazilian VHS release] of ''Jake and the Fatman''.  

** This is also preserved on the season 1 DVD release of ''Father Dowling Mysteries'', preceded by CTD and can be seen on the other two seasons as well. Decades airings use the DVD prints of ''Father Dowling Mysteries'' as well.  

** A [https://web.archive.org/web/20021109004220/http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/closinglogo/viacom.html 2002 article on this logo] said that this appeared on prints of ''Father Dowling Mysteries'' that aired on PAX (now Ion Television).

** It strangely appeared on that aforementioned program's episode "A Day in the Double Life".

* '''''Warp Speed Variant (Extended)'':''' It is usually plastered by either the "Wigga-Wigga", [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Domestic Television]], [[CBS Paramount Television|CBS Paramount Domestic/Network Television]] ("Eye in the Sky" or "Wallpaper"), or CBS Television Distribution logos, though they have been spotted on a few episodes of ''Rawhide'' on Me-TV and H&I, and the 4 wipe version was spotted on an Australian television print of the ''Hogan's Heroes'' episode "Request Permission to Escape", which is the last episode of season 1. When the episode aired in the UK on Forces TV, the last wipe was cut off. It was also seen on UK airings of some episodes of ''The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams''.

* '''''Ultra Warp Speed Variant'':''' The ultra warp speed version can be seen on Netflix's prints, most official YouTube prints, some VHS tapes, and The Family Channel airings of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show'' and ''The Legend of Zelda'' (1989 cartoon), although international prints have the 1988 [[Saban Entertainment|Saban International]] logo instead. The logo is retained on the DVD of the latter show ''The Power of the Triforce'' as well.