Imagine Television Studios

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Background: This is the television division of the film studio Imagine Entertainment.

1st Logo (January 17, 1987-May 7, 1988)

Logo: Just an in-credit notice with a mention of "IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme to the program.

Availability: Extinct. Was seen on the short-lived series Ohara and was possibly seen on Take Five. All these shows are long gone outside of off-air recordings.

2nd Logo (1988) Imagine Television (1988) Logo: On a shimmering sky blue background with hints of light orange at the bottom, we see the brownish-red word "IMAGINE" rising up from a pool of water.

FX/SFX: The ripples of water and the word "IMAGINE" emerging.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct. Was seen on the unsold pilot Smart Guys, which presumably aired once on NBC and resurfaced via an off-air recording. Might have appeared on the NBC pilot Channel 88.

Editor's Note: TBA

3rd Logo (July 8, 1989?-August 11, 1991) Imagine Television (1990)Imagine Television (1990)

Logo: Just a shortened version of Imagine Entertainment's 1988 logo where it shows the words rising out of the water and shining. "TELEVISION" is seen underneath.

Variants: A version with the "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" text exists. The 1989 pilot of My Talk Show has an extended version.

FX/SFX: Same as the movie logo.

Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme to the program.

Availability: Extinct. Confirmed to have been seen on Parenthood (the 1990-91 NBC sitcom starring Ed Begley, Jr. and was preserved when Trio aired the show as part of their Brilliant, but Cancelled block back in 2005), My Talk Show and the TV pilot Life as We Know It!. Might have appeared on Knight & Daye.

4th Logo (September 23, 1997-2020) IMagine Television

Logo: It's a short version of the 1997 movie logo, but the word "TELEVISION" fades in instead of "ENTERTAINMENT".

Variants: On Sports Night, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" appears below in a gold, sans serif typeface. Sometimes, the logo is still. Starting in August 2019, the words "TELEVISION STUDIOS" fades in instead of just "TELEVISION".

FX/SFX: Same as the movie counterpart.

Music/Sounds: The last 2 notes of the movie fanfare. On The PJs, the logo was silent, while on some episodes of The PJs, the end theme plays over it, like on other shows.

Availability: Common. First seen on the short-lived series Hiller and Diller. It can be seen on post-1997 shows from the company, such as Empire, Curious George, Friday Night Lights, Arrested Development, 24, and Parenthood.

5th Logo (2020- )

Imagine Television Studios (2020)

Logo: The Imagine Television Studios logo is now more three-dimensional (including the water ripple), which will be the upcoming logo of the movie counterpart. It is mostly the same as the 4th logo,but the word"TELEVISION STUDIOS" fades in instead of "ENTERTAINMENT".

FX/SFX: Same as the last logo.

Music/Sounds: The last 2 notes of the movie fanfare.

Availability: TBA.

Editor's Note: This new logo is an improvement over the last in terms of detail.