Von Zerneck-Samuels Productions

Background
As TV movies grow, Stu Samuels, after leaving ABC joined Frank von Zerneck's production company in 1987 to form Von Zerneck-Samuels Productions. Samuels would later leave to form his own solo company in 1988, and Robert M. Sertner, who was formerly an employee of the company was promoted to partner and became Von Zerneck-Sertner Films.

(October 1, 1987-December 5, 1988)
Logo: On a purple night sky, we see a city skyline zooming out, with two mountains, and a  wireframe grid below the skyline, which also zooms out. Then we see a sky-blue marquee zoom back, leaving behind a shadow trail (think the first Telepictures logo for a comparison). The marque settles on the top of the screen. On it we see "von Ze R neck • Samue L s " above an upside down elongated trapezoid broken down into three segments, with "PRODUCTIONS" in the middle. Two spotlights activate and move around.

Variants:
 * Early on, the entire logo was set in chrome and the background was entirely black. A spark gleams on the "m" in "SamueLs"
 * A shortened version exists on the unsold pilot Sniff.

Technique: Computer animation.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the movie.

Availability: Rare. Appeared on the television films Proud Men, To Heal a Nation, Lady Mobster, Maybe Baby and the unsold pilot Sniff. The miniseries Queenie and the unsold pilot The Spirit favored in-credit mentions. Current prints black out the logo in favor of the Multicom Entertainment Group logo, although the logo was likely to be preserved on VHS releases..