- 3 Ball Productions
- 310 Entertainment
- 343 Incorporated
- 495 Productions
- Access Syndication
- Acme Filmworks
- Adam Productions
- After Portsmouth
- Aggregate Films
- Andrew Adelson Company
- Andrew Daly Productions
- Apploff Entertainment
- Arnold Shapiro Productions
- The Arthur Company
- Artists Television Group
- Asylum Entertainment
- Asymmetrical Productions
- Atlantic Television Inc.
- Baer Bones
- Balenciaga Productions
- Banyan Productions
- Bass Entertainment
- Big Phone Productions
- Bixby-Brandon Productions
- The Blue Marble Company
- Bob & Alice Productions
- Bob Banner Associates
- Bon Mot Productions
- Brad Lachman Productions
- Bright-San Productions
- Brillstein Entertainment Partners
- Broadway Video
- Buccieri Entertainment
- Bulldog Productions
- Bullfrog Productions
- Burns & Burns
- Burt Sugarman Inc.
- Carolco Television Productions
- The Carsey-Werner Company
- Carson Entertainment
- Castle Combe Productions
- Castle Hill Productions
- The Cates Brothers Company
- Centropolis Television
- Chanticleer Films
- Chelsea Handler Productions
- Chernin Entertainment
- Chip Taylor Communications
- The Colleton Company
- Consolidated Productions
- Coquette Productions
- Craig Anderson Productions
- Craftsman Films
- The Cramer Company
- Crossover Programming Company
- Daddy's Girl Productions
- Dakota Pictures
- Dan Curtis Productions
- Danny Kallis Productions
- Dauphine Productions
- Dave Bell Associates
- The Detective Agency
- DJ Productions
- Doc Shop Productions
- Don Fedderson Productions
- Don Meier Productions
- Dorado Productions
- Drug Store Television Productions
- Dualstar Entertainment
- Edelman Productions
- Eilenna Productions
- Elsboy Entertainment
- Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises
- Entertainment Studios
- Eyeboogie, Inc.
- The Factor-Newland Production Corporation
- Fair Dinkum Productions
- Field Communications
- Fierce Baby Productions
- Film 44
- Finishing the Hat Productions
- Fisher Communications
- Flat Earth Productions Inc.
- Fly on the Wall Entertainment
- Flying Glass of Milk Productions
- Gallant Entertainment
- Gangbuster Films
- Garen/Albrecht Productions
- Gary Murphy-Larry Strawther Productions
- Geffen Television
- Gekko Film Corp
- Georgia Entertainment Industries
- GEP Productions
- Goddard Textiles
- Gold Coast Television Entertainment
- Grammnet Productions
- Gravy Boat (Some countries)
- Green Couch Entertainment
- Greystone Communications
- Guarascio/Port Productions
- Happy Jack Productions
- Harmony Gold
- Headhunter Films, Inc.
- Heliosphere Productions
- Henerson/Hirsch Productions
- Heyday Production
- Homer Productions, Inc.
- Hurricane Entertainment Corp
- The Hurwitz Company
- Idbox
- IMG Original Content
- In Motion
- Interbang Inc.
- International Mammoth Television
- Jay Wolpert Enterprises
- Jellyvision Productions
- Jerry Leider Company
- Jim Owens Entertainment, Inc.
- Jobsite Productions
- Joe Hamilton Productions
- Jones Programming Services
- Journal Broadcast Group
- JPD Entertainment
- Jump at the Sun Productions
- Jupiter Entertainment
- Just Singer Entertainment
- Karz Entertainment
- The Kaufman Company
- Kaufman Films
- KDTN
- Kevin Slattery Productions
- Keyser/Lippman Productions
- Kin TV Studios
- Kripke Enterprises
- Landmark Entertainment Group
- Lark International
- Larry Levinson Productions
- Laurel Canyon Productions
- Laurelwood Entertainment
- Lawton Entertainment
- Lean Machine
- The Lee Rich Company
- Legendary Television
- Lin Bolen Productions
- LMNO Productions
- Loch Lomond Entertainment, Ltd.
- Lucille Ball Productions
- Luther Davis Productions
- Madwoman In The Attic
- Mantis Productions
- Marian Rees Associates
- Martindale-Hillier Entertainment
- Mastermind Laboratories
- MBR Productions (Some countries)
- McMonkey Productions
- Medallion TV Enterprises
- Meetinghouse Productions, Inc.
- Mega Diva Inc.
- Mess Media
- Messina Baker Entertainment Corporation
- Michael Krauss Productions
- Mighty Oak Entertainment
- Million Monkeys, Inc.
- Monkey Massacre
- Moonlight Productions
- Nash Entertainment
- Nasser Entertainment
- National Geographic Television
- N'Credible Entertainment
- Nemo Films
- NFL Network
- New Century Telecommunications
- New West Entertainment
- Nuyorican Productions
- O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
- Okay Goodnight!
- Olive Bridge Entertainment
- O'Quinn Productions
- Orenthal Productions
- Our Production Company
- Outpost Farm Productions
- The Over The Hill Gang
- P3 Entertainment
- Pacific Bay Entertainment
- Panamort Television
- Paperboy Productions
- Partner Stations Network
- Paul Brownstein Productions
- Pendragon
- Piller/Segan/Shepherd
- Picador Productions
- Pie Town Productions
- Pilot Productions
- PKO Television
- Planet Grande Pictures
- Playboy Productions
- PPI Releasing
- Profile Productions
- QMI Television
- QRZ Media
- Radio City Music Hall Television Productions
- Ralph C. Ellis Enterprises
- Range Rider Production
- Red Board Productions
- Reid/Land Productions
- RickMill Productions
- R-Lab
- Rodan Productions
- Romart
- Room 403 Productions
- Sande Stewart Television
- The Sanitsky Company
- Sather Gate Productions
- Satin Productions
- The Saul Group
- S.B.B. Productions
- Science Originals
- Scout Productions
- The Second City Television Productions (Some countries)
- Secret Hideout
- Select Media Communications
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Television
- Shore Z Productions
- Siroco Enterprises
- Skydance Television
- The Smiley Group, Inc.
- Spanish Trail Productions
- Spartan Productions
- Spectacor Films
- Spin The Bottle Inc.
- Spud TV
- Stage Five Productions
- Staley/Long Productions
- Storyline Entertainment
- Sugar Brothers Entertainment
- TalkStory Productions
- Telco Productions
- Television Artists and Producers Corporation
- Teleworld, Inc.
- Temple TV Productions
- Tenth Planet Productions
- The Thomas Carter Company
- TIL' Productions, Inc.
- Triage Entertainment
- Trillium Productions
- Tropper Schickler Productions
- True Jack Productions
- Two Worlds Incorporated/Channel 1000
- Unreality, Inc.
- Verbatim Productions
- Vision Maker Media
- Visualize
- Wallach Media
- Wes Craven Films
- Western International Syndication
- WesternWorld Television
- WFAA
- When Pigs Fly Incorporated
- Winters/Rosen Productions
- World Sports Enterprises
- Worldwide Biggies
- WW Entertainment
- WWE Originals
- You & I Productions
- Zaloom/Mayfield Productions
- Zero Gravity Management
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* It was found on a few movies aired on HBO and USA such as ''Silhouette'', ''The Hollywood Detective'', ''Running Against Time'', ''Curiosity Kills'', ''Blind Vengeance'', and on a few series in syndication. |
* It was found on a few movies aired on HBO and USA such as ''Silhouette'', ''The Hollywood Detective'', ''Running Against Time'', ''The China Lake Murders'', ''Curiosity Kills'', ''Blind Vengeance'', and on a few series in syndication. |
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* Notable shows where it would have been most available include early Season 1 episodes of ''Swamp Thing'' and ''She-Wolf of London'', early episodes of ''They Came From Outer Space'', and Season 1 episodes of ''Dream On''. |
* Notable shows where it would have been most available include early Season 1 episodes of ''Swamp Thing'' and ''She-Wolf of London'', early episodes of ''They Came From Outer Space'', and Season 1 episodes of ''Dream On''. |
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* It was seen at times on Sleuth/Cloo and Chiller before those channels shut down, and is still preserved on the DVD releases of ''Dream On'', ''Swamp Thing'', and ''She-Wolf of London''. |
* It was seen at times on Sleuth/Cloo and Chiller before those channels shut down, and is also still preserved on the DVD releases of ''Dream On'', ''Swamp Thing'', and ''She-Wolf of London''. |
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** Some of said shows on Hulu also have this logo intact. |
** Some of said shows on Hulu also have this logo intact. |
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* The videotaped version appears on the 1989 TV movie ''Trapped''. |
* The videotaped version appears on the 1989 TV movie ''Trapped''. |
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* However, on [[Hulu]] prints of ''Dream On'' (which used the rerun prints seen on Comedy Central in the '90s), it is plastered by the 1990 MCA TV logo instead. |
* However, on [[Hulu]] prints of ''Dream On'' (which used the rerun prints seen on Comedy Central in the '90s), it is plastered by the 1990 MCA TV logo instead. |
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* This logo was also seen at the end of an August 26, 1996 ITV Night Time airing of the 1990 TV movie ''Blind Vengeance''. |
* This logo was also seen at the end of a January 4, 1992 Sky Movie Channel airing of the 1990 TV movie ''The China Lake Murders'', and an August 26, 1996 ITV Night Time airing of the 1990 TV movie ''Blind Vengeance'', respectively. |
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===2nd Logo (July 27, 1990-December 1996)=== |
===2nd Logo (July 27, 1990-December 1996)=== |
Revision as of 15:56, 4 January 2024
D.L. Chandell
Captures by
Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, subzero917, and Others
Editions by
Shadeed A. Kelly, V of Doom, CuriousGeorge60, MrThorax281 and Michael Kenchington
Video captures courtesy of
Eric S., ChadO, The Logo Channel, mcydodge919, Enormous Rat, Broken Saw and JohnnyL80
Background
MCA Television Entertainment ("MTE" or in some cases, "MCA Television Enterprises") was established in 1987 as the production division of and in partnership with Universal Television and a sub-division of MCA Television (commonly known as "MCA TV"), which produced TV movies, cable TV movies, and television shows, more than likely financed independently by outside producers and production companies. Even in its initial existence as MTE, finding (or, for that matter, paying attention to) its logo was rather rare even while Dream On was on the air.
In December 1996, MCA was reincorporated as Universal Studios, and as a result, MTE was renamed to "Universal Television Entertainment" (a.k.a. "UTE") in 1997, and was later renamed to "Studios USA Pictures" (not to be confused with "USA Pictures") in 1998.
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1st Logo (June 14, 1989-1991) | 2nd Logo (July 27, 1990-December 1996) | 3rd Logo (September 15, 1994-December 1996) |
1st Logo (June 14, 1989-1991)
Visuals: From a dark outer space background with stars moving forward in medium speed, a colorful, more physically-correct earth than its Universal predecessor at the time (now with greener land, a bluer-looking body of water and an icy white Arctic Ocean surrounded by clouds) zooms toward the screen with lightning speed as if to break through the screen and capture the viewer and then immediately pans down to reveal a large gold shining group of letters, "MTE" in the MCA font (though slightly resembling the GTE logo), rotating and then zooming back against the globe which now appears again from the bottom, facing a bit down, and has stationed itself behind the letters, rotating also at an abnormal speed. After the letters and globe lock into place, the byline "AN MCA COMPANY" "glitters" in starting from a little left of the center, revealing some of the MCA logo in its stylized font, and then the rest of the byline and the words "AN" and "COMPANY" in a bold Helvetica type font. All the byline is on a stone-like texture. The text shines afterwards.
Variants:
- A short version of the logo exists.
- A darker version also exists.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A custom extended rendition of the 1975 Universal Television theme consisting of a deep timpani drum roll, accompanied mainly by a harp, followed by a swift whooshing sound (for the globe), and concluded by a slow eight-note horn fanfare (three extra notes precede the general five notes from the Universal Television counterpart), of which the last note is the loudest.
Audio Variants:
- On some TV movies from 1989 such as Nightlife, the music is recomposed and there is a high wind blowing sound throughout the entire logo until the last note. The whooshing sound for the globe is removed in this particular case.
- On High Desert Kill, the logo music has a reverb effect.
- On the She-Wolf of London episode "Beyond the Beyond", the late 1986 Universal Television logo theme is used on the short version of the logo.
- Sometimes, the ending theme of the show plays over it.
Availability:
- It was found on a few movies aired on HBO and USA such as Silhouette, The Hollywood Detective, Running Against Time, The China Lake Murders, Curiosity Kills, Blind Vengeance, and on a few series in syndication.
- Notable shows where it would have been most available include early Season 1 episodes of Swamp Thing and She-Wolf of London, early episodes of They Came From Outer Space, and Season 1 episodes of Dream On.
- It was seen at times on Sleuth/Cloo and Chiller before those channels shut down, and is also still preserved on the DVD releases of Dream On, Swamp Thing, and She-Wolf of London.
- Some of said shows on Hulu also have this logo intact.
- The videotaped version appears on the 1989 TV movie Trapped.
- However, on Hulu prints of Dream On (which used the rerun prints seen on Comedy Central in the '90s), it is plastered by the 1990 MCA TV logo instead.
- This logo was also seen at the end of a January 4, 1992 Sky Movie Channel airing of the 1990 TV movie The China Lake Murders, and an August 26, 1996 ITV Night Time airing of the 1990 TV movie Blind Vengeance, respectively.
2nd Logo (July 27, 1990-December 1996)
Visuals: There is the globe finishing zooming out to the center slowly and rotating on the starfield background from the 1990-1997 Universal Pictures logo. As the globe reaches into the center, the text "MTE" in the same font as the movie logo and a gold-yellow gradient texture on it, fades in on-screen and zooms back against the globe. Once it has stopped, the byline, "AN MCA COMPANY" appears in spaced-out letters like in the 1990-1997 Universal Pictures logo. The text "MTE" then shines twice.
Variants:
- A prototype variant where the "MTE" text fades in transparently and does not shine exists. Also, the text zooms back from a bit more closer than usual and is shifted right a little along with the MCA byline and both the globe and the starfield are a bit darker. As the logo fades out, the last thing to be seen is the transparent "MTE" text.
- On some TV movies like Murder 101, the logo is notably darker.
Technique: A mix of model work and CGI.
Audio:
- 1990-1991: The entire 1989 fanfare from the 1st logo. The on-screen "wiping" appearance of the letters is timed perfectly with the "whoosh" sound heard in the first few seconds of the music.
- 1990-December 1996: An eight note saxophone tune composed by Dana Kaproff.
Audio Variants:
- On the Dream On episode "Flight of the Pedalbee", it uses the music from the 3rd logo (seen below).
- On the original Showtime broadcast of The Birds II: Land's End, a low tone version of the 91-97 theme is heard. Current prints remove the logo due to the 1990 Universal Pictures logo at the start.
- Sometimes, this logo may also appear with the tail end of the program's music or none.
Availability: It was used in tandem with the 1989 logo until early 1991.
- This was seen on Swamp Thing, Dream On since Season 2, She-Wolf of London (which was later renamed to Love & Curses), and They Came From Outer Space, as well as a bunch of TV movies on USA Network, and home video such as Murder 101, Dead in the Water, The Lookalike, and Psycho IV: The Beginning.
- The prototype variant can be seen on the TV movie Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture.
- Sometimes on VHS releases of TV movies like In the Company of Darkness, the logo is blacked out in favor of the 1990 Universal Pictures logo being used at the beginning.
- This was also the case on the DVD release of Psycho IV: The Beginning.
- Like the first logo, it is preserved on DVD releases of Dream On, She-Wolf of London, Swamp Thing, and a few TV movies like Murder 101.
- However, like the first logo, on Hulu prints of Dream On (which were the rerun prints seen on Comedy Central in the '90s), it was plastered by the 1990 MCA TV logo.
3rd Logo (September 15, 1994-December 1996)
Visuals: Against a dark, static, milky space background, the 1991 Universal Television globe stands still and then pans down, obscuring itself into the bottom of a golden letter "T" which fades in before us, zooming back from a forward angle into the center of the screen. It is soon joined by a corresponding letter "M" coming in from the screen's left side, and an "E" coming in from the right. The letters slowly align to a soft stop in which they are just slightly spread apart; the byline "AN MCA COMPANY" fades in underneath. All letters are in a generic Helvetica font.
Variants:
- From its introduction, and for the majority of its run, the logo animation would begin halfway -- particularly from after the obscuring of the globe.
- Depending on the print, the letters can be seen in either a solid gold tint or a red-orange tint.
- A special rendition of the logo with a still screenshot of the final text was seen on Fudge.
Technique: CGI. In other cases, none.
Audio: A one-note ambient synth theme with a low horn sustains the 3rd note of Universal Television's 1991 theme, with chimes and wind blowing.
Audio Variants:
- Sometimes, it will appear with the end of the music from whatever TV movie or show it came from.
- In other cases, it's silent.
- In the rarest of cases, the logo may appear with the Dana Kaproff sax theme from the previous logo.
Availability:
- This was seen on even fewer TV movies, mostly on USA Network, than that of its predecessor.
- This can possibly be found in vintage or used video stores on MCA/Universal videocassettes which bear the copyright to "MTE, Inc." or "MCA Television Enterprises", but may be cut-off due to the 1990 Universal Pictures logo at the start.
- This logo has appeared on Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again, Season 6 episodes of Dream On starting with "Bess You Is Not My Woman Now" (although some episodes from that season used the previous logo), and the series Campus Cops.
- It also appears on other TV movies such as Bionic Ever After? and The Beast.
- Blu-ray releases of those TV movies also keep this logo.
- It was also seen on a September 11, 2006 Sleuth (later Cloo) airing of The Asteroid Affair.
- It was seen on Breach of Conduct on syndication as well as some airings of Incident at Deception Ridge and Problem Child 3: Junior in Love on NBC, however, current prints as well as Channel 4 UK airings remove this logo due to the 1990 Universal Pictures logo at the start.
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