The Bedford Falls Company

Background
The Bedford Falls Company is the production company of Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick.

(July 3, 1987- )
Logo: On a black background is a black-and-white sketch of a 19th century two-storey house connected on the left to a black filmstrip with a white shadow. It is snowing outside. The text "Times New Roman" fades in below. A light goes on in the top left window of the house. The text "Times New Roman" fades in at the bottom of the logo.

Trivia: This logo is a homage to the movie It's a Wonderful Life. Bedford Falls was the name of the town in this movie, and the house belongs to the main character, George Bailey. The logo's music is also a homage to the movie; George and Mary sing the song while arriving home from their high school reunion party.

Variants:
 * Sometimes, "Times New Roman" is absent.
 * An early variant exists in which the logo is still and in a bright-blue color, as well as the text.
 * On later series, the house is smaller, and the text is in a different, bigger font.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: A man and woman slowly singing the last line of the traditional song "Buffalo Gals" -- "...aaaand dance by the light of the moooon." The early variant had a short piano ditty (which is based on the theme of the show). NBC airings use a generic theme.

Availability:
 * It was seen on the shows Once and Again, Thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and Quarterlife.
 * It's most recently seen on season 5 of Nashville.
 * The early variant is extinct and was seen on the unsold pilot of Sawdust when CBS aired it as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse in 1987.