Kapital Entertainment

Background

This is the production company of producer Aaron Kaplan, founded in 2009. Its shows have been produced by multiple television studios including 20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox Television), Fox 21 Television Studios, ABC Signature (formerly ABC Studios), Warner Bros. Television, and CBS Studios (formerly CBS Television Studios). In 2017, Kapital Entertainment formed a joint venture with CBS Corporation (now Paramount Global) in which CBS serves as Kapital's worldwide distributor for its shows.

1st Logo (September 26, 2011-August 5, 2019)

Visuals: Over a gray gradient background is the black word "KAPITAL" in the Impact font with a reflection seen underneath. Underneath it is the word "ENTERTAINMENT" in the Bank Gothic font.

Variants:

Sometimes, it shares the screen with other logos.
The logo may be either smaller or zoomed in.
There exists an animated version where the logo zooms in.
Starting in 2016, a registered trademark symbol was added.
On Terra Nova, the logo is compressed in a rectangle and underneath the Siesta Productions logo. The reflection of "KAPITAL" is absent.
On GCB, the "ENTERTAINMENT" text does not have a shadow and the logo is squished.
On Bad Management, the logo is in an open-matte, right next to the Likkel Hoberg logo.

Technique: None. 2D animation for the animated version.

Audio: A piece of western-style music accompanied by a heavy thud sound. This was composed by Joey Newman.

Audio Variants:

Original airings used a generic theme.
Sometimes, it's silent or has the ending theme playing over.
On The Mysteries of Laura, the theme from the New Media Vision logo is heard.
On the failed pilot to Isabel, the theme from the Dark Toy Entertainment logo is heard.

Availability: It was first seen on Terra Nova, then on shows from the company until 2018, such as GCB, the American version of The Inbetweeners, The Neighbors, Friends with Better Lives, etc. It's also seen on the pilot episode of A Million Little Things, as well as the failed pilots to Isabel, Bad Mom, Bad Management and Dead Boss.

2nd Logo (October 1, 2018-)

Visuals: The screen zooms out on a light gray-white gradient background to reveal the metallic 3D letters in the word "KAPITAL" rotating into position. During this, the 3D letters in the word "ENTERTAINMENT" also rotate into position. Once the letters have finished rotating, the reflection and the registered trademark symbol fade in as the "L" shines.

Variants:

Short and still versions exist.
Sometimes, the logo is almost still, with the "L"'s shine still animated.
On The Neighborhood, Merry Happy Whatever and Santa Clarita Diet, the logo shares the screen with either the Trill TV or KatCo logos.
On Let The World See, the logo is in 2D and still. This variant can be also seen on the company's website.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A 6-note triumphant/heroic orchestral fanfare with a drum roll in the background. Composed by Tom Polce.

Audio Variants:

On most episodes of A Million Little Things, the last note is truncated to fit the logo's 3-second duration.
On the short version, only the last 3 notes are heard.
On Life in Pieces starting with season 4, Fam, Carol's Second Act, Pivoting and Shining Vale, only the last note is heard.
Sometimes, it's silent or has the ending theme playing over.
Original airings used a generic theme.
On The Chi seasons 2 and 4, a short hip-hop tune is heard.

Availability: First seen on The Neighborhood and can be seen on TV shows from the company, including A Million Little Things starting with episode 2, season 4 of Life in Pieces, Fam, season 2 of Santa Clarita Diet, American Housewife, Tell Me a Story, Pivoting, and Shining Vale. This logo does not appear on Delhi Crime, despite Aaron Kaplan being one of the executive producers on the show.