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{{PageCredits|description=Matt Anscher, and Jeffrey Gray|capture=Shadeed A. Kelly|edits=Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, and Unnepad}} | {{PageCredits|description=Matt Anscher, and Jeffrey Gray|capture=Shadeed A. Kelly|edits=Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, and Unnepad}} | ||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
PITS Films was a television distribution arm of Tandem Productions, launched in 1978 to distribute most of their material such as Sanford and Son, Maude, and Good Times, all of which were produced by Norman Lear, with the former by Bud Yorkin. On January 6, 1982, it was folded into "[[Embassy Communications|Embassy Telecommunications]]" with the acquisition of [[Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation]] by Lear and Jerry Perenchio, both by renaming the distribution division of T.A.T. Communications Co. PITS was an acronym, which stood for " | PITS Films was a television distribution arm of Tandem Productions, launched in 1978 to distribute most of their material such as ''Sanford and Son'', ''Maude'', and ''Good Times'', all of which were produced by Norman Lear, with the former by Bud Yorkin. On January 6, 1982, it was folded into "[[Embassy Communications|Embassy Telecommunications]]" with the acquisition of [[Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation]] by Lear and Jerry Perenchio, both by renaming the distribution division of T.A.T. Communications Co. PITS was an acronym, which stood for "'''P'''ie '''i'''n '''t'''he '''S'''ky". | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. While not nearly as rare as the T.A.T. logo, it's still quite difficult to spot. | '''Availability:''' Extinct. While not nearly as rare as the T.A.T. logo, it's still quite difficult to spot. | ||
*Late 1990s reruns of Good Times on TBS was the last network it was seen, on the final season episode "J.J. the Teacher", and only because Columbia TriStar forgot to plaster it with the infamous "Boxes of Boredom". | *Late 1990s reruns of ''Good Times'' on TBS was the last network it was seen, on the final season episode "J.J. the Teacher", and only because Columbia TriStar forgot to plaster it with the infamous "Boxes of Boredom". | ||
*It was also reportedly seen on a 2003 TV Land airing of Sanford & Son with SPT following it. | *It was also reportedly seen on a 2003 TV Land airing of ''Sanford & Son'' with SPT following it. | ||
*It was also seen on Maude. | *It was also seen on ''Maude''. | ||