The Mark Gordon Company

Background: The Mark Gordon Company is a company founded by Mark Gordon in 2001, after he left Mutual Film Company. In 2015, Entertainment One took a 51% stake in the company, and later bought the rest of it in 2018; Gordon is now eOne's President.

1st Logo (October 12, 2003)


Nicknames: "Bland Rectangle", "Boring Mark Gordon", "The Rectangle"

Logo: On a black background, we see a white rectangle with the words inside "THE MARK GORDON COMPANY" in blue.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, but CBS airings have a generic theme.

Availability: Seen on Footsteps, the TV movie that was aired on CBS and And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (September 13, 2004-August 3, 2018)


Nicknames: "Bland Rectangle II", "Boring Mark Gordon II", "The Rectangle II"

Logo: On a black background, we see the white, outlined rectangle with the words:

THE

MARK GORDON

COMPANY

Variant: There is the byline on the right bottom of the screen that reads, "an entertainment One company".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme.

Availability: Seen on Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy until season 14, season 4 on Ray Donovan, etc.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (April 6, 2007)
Nicknames: "The Square", 'Animated Mark Gordon"

Logo: On a black background, we fade in to see the white words moving, placing their position:

THE

MARK GORDON

COMPANY

An red square blurs out to see it clear. Everything zooms out a bit slowly, then fades out.

FX/SFX: The words, the square, and the zooming out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen only on The Hoax.

Editor's Note: None.