Universal Television Enterprises

Background
Following MCA's renaming to Universal Studios Inc. by Seagram & Sons, MCA TV renamed itself to Universal Television Enterprises, and acquired all of the assets from Multimedia Entertainment, which Universal bought out in 1996, including The Jerry Springer Show. On October 20, 1997, Universal announced it would sell USA Network, Sci-Fi Channel, Universal Television and the rights to the 1929-1949 Paramount Pictures sound feature film library to HSN Inc. (a company owned by Barry Diller) for $4.075 billion, who renamed it to Studios USA Television LLC. The deal was closed in 1998.

1st Logo (January-September 1997)
Visuals: It's a shortened bylineless version of the 1990 Universal Pictures logo, without any modifications whatsoever.

Variant:
 * A rare German version of the logo, where the globe is oriented towards Europe and Africa, and the texts "Eine Produktion von" and "und das redaktionsbüro" exists.
 * A similar variant to the German one which was used in the Netherlands also exists, with "Een produktie van" on top of the logo.

Technique: Models filmed with motion control.

Audio: Same as the 1991 Universal Television logo.

Availability: It was a placeholder.
 * It appears on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.
 * It was also seen on 2nd half season 14-early 1st half season 15 taped episodes of Sally Jessy Raphael and 2nd half season 6-early 1st half season 7 taped episodes of Jerry Springer, replacing the 1994 Multimedia Entertainment logo on Nosey TV.
 * A Polish airing of the 1993 TV movie Torch Song also has this plastering over the Multimedia Motion Pictures logo.
 * It also appeared on episodes of the UK talk show The Vanessa Show.
 * The rare German and Dutch variant appear on adaptations of the talk show Trisha: Vera Am Mittag, which aired on SAT1 and Catherine, which aired on RTL4.

2nd Logo (September 1997-1998)
Visuals: Same as the 1997 Universal Television logo, but the name reads as "UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERPRISES, INC. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" as it fades in under the logo. The copyright notice is also intact.

Variant: A longer version of the logo also exists, starting out with the "UNIVERSAL" name making its way to the front of the globe, and the name appears below the logo after it before the logo finally zooms back to its position before the copyright appears.

Technique: CGI animation by Picturemill.

Audio: Same as the 1997 Universal Television logo, based on the Universal Pictures fanfare by Jerry Goldsmith.

Availability:
 * The longer version of the Universal Television Enterprises logo has appeared on some later episodes of Jerry Springer and Sally Jessy Raphael during the 1997-1998 season.
 * The standard version is retained on season 4 on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys when seen on The Hub (later Hub Network, now Discovery Family) and on DVD, season 3 of Xena: Warrior Princess on DVD, and Team Knight Rider on Hulu.

Copyright Stamps
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the Universal Television series and TV movies:
 * 1997-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1998: Copyright © [YEAR] New-U Distribution LLC. All Rights Reserved.