MTV Entertainment Studios

1st Logo (June 2, 1991-January 1, 1995)
Logo: On a swirling background with blue water droplets (from the intro of the program) we see the MTV logo in gradient red and TV in white with MUSIC TELEVISION also in white beneath. The logo zooms forward slowly and tilts to the right.

FX/SFX: The background animation, the animation of the MTV logo.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Extinct. Seen on Liquid Television.

2nd Logo (October 25, 1993-June 23, 1995)
Logo: It's a shortened version of the MTV Home Video logo of the era, but "PRODUCTIONS" appears below instead.

FX/SFX: Same as the MTV Home Video logo of the era.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Extinct. Seen on The Jon Stewart Show.

1st Logo (November 9, 2002-December 12, 2003)
Logo: We see the MTV logo on a light blue background, the VH1 logo on a dark pink background, and the Nickelodeon logo (the robot logo) on a blue background. We see "M T V  N E T W O R K S" at the top and I N T E R N A T I O N A L at the bottom.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Extinct. It's only seen on Yakkity Yak, which last aired in 2007.

2nd Logo (2006)
Logo: Inside of what appears to be a containment center, it slowly zooms out. On the bottom of the screen, there are logos for all of the international channels at the time in white (MTV, Nickelodeon, TMF, VH1, TV Land, Spike, GameOne, VIVA, Comedy Central, Logo, and Paramount Comedy). Then large polygonal spikes form the text "MTV NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL", with the former yellow, closer to the screen and turned to to left, as well as being stacked up, and the latter being white and facing the left, behind the text.

FX/SFX: The text forming.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show or a drawn out flute note that ends in some funky beat, with glitchy noises playing when the text is formed.

Availability: Rare. It was seen on a few SpongeBob SquarePants episodes in the UK.

(2005-2010s)
Logo: Just the words "MTV SERIES ENTERTAINMENT" improvised in the credits.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Extinct. Seen on Pimp My Ride, Yo' Momma and Punk'd, among others.

(2003-2019)
Logo: We see a shot of some grass with the silhouettes of a camera crew. Then the MTV logo appears, followed by the stenciled text "Production" and "Development" and a copyright stamp below it (all in white).

Variants:
 * On Teen Wolf, the logo is shortened to a tenth of a second.
 * Sometimes, the logo is still.
 * There a version where it takes place on a beach, with waves crashing into the sand.
 * Sometime around 2011, the logo was updated to have the current MTV logo.

FX/SFX: The text appearing and the shadows moving.

Music/Sounds: An ambient piano theme with the sound of a sprinkler and crickets chirping, or the ending theme of the show.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the beach version, there is the sound of seagulls and waves crashing.

Availability: Extinct. Seen on MTV-produced shows, such Teen Wolf and Jersey Shore.

Editor's Note: This logo is well-remembered by people who grew up watching Teen Wolf and Jersey Shore, as well as other MTV shows of the time.

(201?-2018?)
TBA

1st Logo (2018-2019)
Logo: Same as the 3rd MTV Films logo, but the reflected part is replaced with the 2010 MTV logo. A rectangle is seen next to it with the word "S T U D I O S" inside of it.

FX/SFX: Same as the 3rd MTV Films logo.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Only seen on Viacom's Vimeo account.

2nd Logo (June 13, 2019-2021)
Logo:
 * Opening variant: TBA
 * Closing variant: TBA

Variant: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA. Designed by Antibody.

Music/Sounds: A dream five-note jingle based on the MTV's very first ident from the 1981.

Availability: Seen on the Facebook Watch iteration of The Real World, including the Mexico and Bangkok versions. The full version was uploaded to Vimeo by Patrick Clair.

Editor's Note: TBA

(March 4, 2021-)
Logo: Same as above, but the 2010 MTV logo was updated where the letters "TV" was redrawn, and the "M" remains cropped just like the 2008 revised chopped down version of the 1981 logo, and "STUDIOS" was replaced with "Entertainment Studios".

FX/SFX: Same as the 2019 MTV Studios logo.

Music/Sounds: A sound bite of the "I want my MTV" chorus from Dire Straits' song "Money for Nothing".

Availability: Brand new. Currently seen on The Real World Homecoming: New York and The Challenge: All Stars, as well as season 7 of Younger. It also appears in the credits of recent episodes of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

Editor's Note: TBA