Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

Background

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (first known as Bernie Brillstein Productions) was a talent management film and television production company formed in 1986, founded by Bernie Brillstein and Brad Grey. It was based on the roots of The Brillstein Company. In 1994, Brillstein-Grey struck a deal with Capital Cities/ABC to begin Brillstein-Grey Communications. In 1996, Brillstein sold his interest to Universal Pictures. In 1999, Universal sold its shares to Grey renaming the television unit to Brad Grey Television. Universal soon launched Universal Studios Network Programming to continue to produce Brillstein-Grey productions such as The Steve Harvey Show, Just Shoot Me!, and Work with Me.

Brillstein-Grey Productions

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Logo (November 23, 1990-1992)

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1st Logo (May 17, 1992-May 19, 1995)	2nd Logo (March 21, 1995-December 17, 1999)

Brillstein-Grey Productions

Logo (November 23, 1990-1992)

Visuals: Against a blue background, the letters "BGP" (in green with pink outlining) zoom out and pan over against a large blue diamond with a green border outline. While the letters pan over, a gray and pink gradient curved rectangular shape with "B R I L L S T E I N ● G R E Y" in spaced-out letters and in curved yellow-orange text, appears zooming out from above and a light pink and gray gradient rectangular shape with "P R O D U C T I O N S" (in black) again in spaced-out letters, zooming out from below and stopping in front of "BGP" forming the logo.

Variants:

On Dennis Miller: Black & White, the logo is in B&W, keeping consistent with the black and white coloring of the program.
On some programs, there is copyright info underneath:
- Penn & Teller: Don't Try This at Home! has "©1990 Brillstein/Grey Productions".
- The Jackie Bison Show has "©1990 The JB Venture".
- Normal Life has "© 1990 All Rights Reserved", with "(C)" being used as the copyright symbol.
- Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed just has a simple "©1990".
- All of these copyright notices appear below in white Arial font with shadow effects except for the Richard Lewis special.
On the Fox sitcom Charlie Hoover, the logo is shortened and has the words "in association with" beneath.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A short piano entry ending in a sudden horn note. On Garry Shandling: Stand-Up, the logo is silent. The closing theme to the program was also used.

Availability: It appears on the HBO special Dennis Miller: Black & White, Penn & Teller: Don't Try This at Home!, which can be found on VHS in the UK from Fremantle International, Garry Shandling: Stand-Up on VHS from PolyGram Video, The Dennis Miller Show, The Jack Bison Show, and Normal Life, all three long gone outside of old VHS recordings long gone outside of old recordings, and Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed on VHS. It also appeared on Charlie Hoover and possibly on the sitcom Good Sports.

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

1st Logo (May 17, 1992-May 19, 1995)

Visuals: Against a white background, the letters "BGE" fade in and split making two slashes "/" appear zooming in between each letter. At the same time, the words "BRILLSTEIN-GREY ENTERTAINMENT" set in Futura Condensed Medium font, appears underneath.

Variant: On The Larry Sanders Show, a copyright stamp for Partners with Boundaries Productions appears underneath.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: None, or the ending theme of the show.

Availability: It appears on the first three seasons of The Larry Sanders Show. It was also seen on Dennis Miller specials made in 1994, Life on Mars and The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special.

2nd Logo (March 21, 1995-December 17, 1999)

Visuals: On a sea blue cloudy background, there is a stylized "BGE", made out of stone with the words "B R I L L S T E I N - G R E Y E N T E R T A I N M E N T" with a glow behind it, under the logo. The logo is shining.

Variants:

On The Larry Sanders Show, a copyright notice for Partners with Boundaries Productions is shown under the logo.
On Mr. Show, it is still.
There is a variant of the logo where the letters read "BGC" and the company reads "B R I L L S T E I N-G R E Y C O M M U N I C A T I O N S" under the logo.
On at least one episode of Just Shoot Me!, the cloudy background on the "BGC" version is gray.
On early season 4 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!, the "BGE" version of the logo is seen on the left along with the 1997 Universal Pictures logo inside a white outline box against a gray stone spotlight background.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The end theme of the show, generic music on original NBC and ABC airings, or none.

Availability:

The "BGE" version was seen on various HBO comedy specials, the last three seasons of The Larry Sanders Show, 1998-99 episodes of Politically Incorrect, season 3 and early season 4 (with Universal logo) episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me! and the final season of NewsRadio.
The "BGC" version appears on 1997-98 episodes of Politically Incorrect, C-16: FBI, the first two seasons of The Steve Harvey Show on Centric, Just Shoot Me! that last aired on TVGN, The Naked Truth, the first four seasons of NewsRadio on Antenna TV and The Jeff Foxworthy Show on TBS. However, DVD releases of said shows have the logo intact.
It also appears on original prints of season one of The Sopranos, but later prints use the Brad Grey Television logo.

Brillstein-Grey Entertainment

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