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* On a <u>1985 French airing of ''Hawaii-Five-O''</u>, a strange beeping sound is heard instead.

** It appears at the end of most Viacom syndication prints of the time, on shows such as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''I Love Lucy'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''The Phil Silvers Show'', and ''My Three Sons''. It also appeared on the Season 11 finale of ''My Three Sons'' on Hallmark back around 2000 and was again seen on a Me-TV airing of the latter on July 2, 2018, strangely with the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo preceding it.

** It also appears on some TV movies from the era, such as ''Police Story'', ''The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan'', and ''Top Secret'' (1978), among others. It was also seen on the original Magnetic Video VHS releases of many feature films, such as ''Last Train from Gun Hill'' and possibly ''All in a Night's Work''; those featuring Elvis Presley, including ''G.I. Blues'' (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release) and ''Blue Hawaii''; those featuring Jerry Lewis, including ''Don't Give Up the Ship'' and at the end of earlier video prints of the 1981 film ''Firebird 2015 AD'' and the 1980 film ''The Unseen'', while the videotaped variant makes a strange appearance at the beginning of the latter film (the same also applied to an '80s broadcast on the USA Network).

** It also makes a strange appearance at the start of the original VHS release of the 1980 film ''The Unseen'' (also intact on an '80s USA Network airing), while the filmed variant appears at the end.  

* During the 1980s, it was seen on various short-lived shows and TV movies produced by this company, such as ''The Master'', ''The Devlin Connection'', ''Amanda's'', ''Dear Detective'', ''Ace Crawford: Private Eye'', ''The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair'', and ''To Race the Wind'', among others; however, very few have been released onto VHS or DVD.

* It is unknown if it's preserved on the USA Home Video releases of ''East of Eden'' (1981) or ''For Ladies Only''; it is, however, surprisingly preserved on the Starmaker Video reprint of the former film.

'''Audio:''' A series of pindrop-like synth notes and a high synth drone, later joined by a descending synth chord, and a "glittery" noise for when the "'''{{Color|grey|V}}'''" shines. The entire theme is slightly warped, oddly.

** It is also seen on older prints of ''Matlock'' (season 1-4, 1989 episodes; current TV prints use the 8th logo instead, while the DVD release of S1 uses CBS/Paramount and every other season on DVD uses the 2007 CTD logo 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 is also preserved on the [https://youtu.be/vJWt5eYMBdc Brazilian VHS release] of ''Jake and the Fatman''.  

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

* Many people think the announcer is mispronouncing the name Viacom. It is indeed pronounced with a long "i" sound, like in "pr<u>i</u>ze", although the original pronunciation of the name pre-1986 was indeed with a short "i" sound, like in "p<u>i</u>zza", hence Christopher Plummer's pronunciation as "vee-a-com". Oddly, the post-1986 pronunciation was used by the announcer on the [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] logo several years before it became the official pronunciation.