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'''FX/SFX:''' The zooming-in of the Eyemark, the eye pupil opening and closing. Designed by William Golden, and Animated by Kurt Weiss.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually none, particularly on modern prints. On current prints of Perry Mason Season 3 episode 1, the logo uses a version of the generic CBS theme from the era. In other cases, it included a male announcer saying "This is the CBS Television Network" or simply "This is CBS", or the opening/closing theme of the show. Occasionally, Voice actors including Hal Simms doing promotional announcements regarding upcoming programming accompanied this card. "See/Watch (NAME OF SHOW) on most of these (same) stations."

* This logo also inexplicably made a surprise appearance following the 1966 [[20th Century Fox Television]] logo on the recent S2 Blu-ray of ''Lost in Space'', which is odd considering the latter series aired in color by 1966.

'''Legacy:''' This is some exceptional animation for 1952, and remains a classic logo by logo enthusiasts and TV fans alike. However, the sudden appearance might be startling.

* It was seen on original network airings of ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''Pistols 'N' Petticoats'', ''Hazel'', ''Lassie'', ''My Favorite Martian'', ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', ''The Lucy Show'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Captain Kangaroo'', ''Password'', ''Art Linkletter's House Party'', ''The Red Skeleton Hour'', ''The Jackie Gleason Show'', ''To Tell the Truth'', ''What's My Line?'', ''I've Got a Secret'', ''Mission: Impossible'', ''Gunsmoke'', and ''The Gary Moore Show'', among other classic shows.

 

'''Legacy:''' This logo is quite infamous to some, due to the sudden, menacing music.

* Strangely, on some copies, the "closing variant" appears at the start, and the opening variant appears at the end.

 

'''Legacy:''' Pretty good animation for 1983, since it's basically the same as the film division's logo of the era.

* The in-credit version appeared on the short-lived game show ''The Hollywood Game''.

* Starting in 1999, a better-known version debuted, which omits the light. The logo is redone and in a lighter shade of {{Font color|brown|reddish-brown}}, and the font is smaller, with the metallic silver outline more visible. The original text can still be seen in the reflection on the floor. ''Now & Again'' continued to use the original version, and ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' continued to use the original version until its end in 2001. Interestingly enough, ''Snowden's Christmas'' used the original version on the VHS release despite the CBS premiere used the 1999 logo.

* Starting in 2012, most of the shows that used this logo (such as ''Hawaii Five-0'', ''The Good Wife'', ''90210'' and ''Blue Bloods'') began using the CBS Television Studios logo. However, the logo was surprisingly seen on ''CSI: Cyber'', and ''The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS'' continued to use this logo until 2019, with the CBS Studios logo replacing it starting in 2020.  

'''Legacy:''' This is a clean logo, with simple, but effective CGI that still holds up over two decades later. The fact that it's been brought back numerous times is a testament to how well it's held up. This would also become the basis of the later-popular CBS Television Distribution logo.