Miller-Boyett Productions

Credits

Descriptions by
Codyfinke2

Captures by
Eric S., JohnnyL80, Shadeed A. Kelly, snelfu, ClosingLogosHD, TrickyMario7654, Gilblitz112, megamanj2004, and TheEriccorpinc

Editions by
TrickyMario7654 and SamAWebster

Background

Miller-Boyett Productions was the production company of program executives Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, formed through a renaming of Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions after Edward K. Milkis left the company in 1985. Miller and Boyett moved from Paramount Television to Lorimar Productions, and later Lorimar-Telepictures, Lorimar Television and Warner Bros. Television. Under their new partnership with Lorimar/Warner, Miller and Boyett executive-produced The Hogan Family (originally Valerie and Valerie's Family), Full House, Perfect Strangers, Family Matters (a spin-off of Perfect Strangers) and Step by Step, among others. They also worked with fellow partners William Bickley and Michael Warren (who owned Bickley/Warren Productions) on the latter two shows.

In 1997, Warren ended his partnership with Bickley and joined Miller and Boyett, renaming the company Miller-Boyett-Warren Productions, though the Miller-Boyett name remained in use until Family Matters and Step by Step ended their runs (as part of the "CBS Block Party", a Friday night comedy block on CBS which both shows moved to after being cancelled by ABC). The Miller-Boyett name was later brought back in 2016 for the Full House continuation Fuller House (which ran until 2020) and in 2023 for the animated movie Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!, which is based on Family Matters.

1st Logo (March 1, 1986-August 15, 1997)

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Visuals: Superimposed over the credits, it's the italicized text "Miller-Boyett" in Ingeborg Fat Italic font with a dot acting as a dash, and "PRODUCTIONS" below in a italicized serif font, spaced out to fit the length of "Miller-Boyett". The color matches the rest of the credits; for example, it is yellow on Full House and Family Matters, among others.

Variants:

• Early appearances of the logo just showed it in the same font as the credits.
• On the pilot episode of On Our Own, the logo was placed over a time-lapse shot of the St. Louis skyline at dawn, which resembles an alternate shot of the intro's beginning.

Technique: None, but for the On Our Own version, live-action footage.

Audio: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on Full House, Family Matters (until the season 8 episode "Getting Buff"), The Hogan Family, Perfect Strangers, Getting By, and the first five seasons of Step by Step (as well as the 21st and 24th episodes of season 6), among other M-B shows.

2nd Logo (October 25, 1996-July 17, 1998)

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Visuals: On a black background, an yellow "M" in Elephant Italic drops down from the top left side of the screen, a "B" in the same style from the upper right side, and a slash wipes in upwards in-between, all occurring at the same time. As they finish, the same text from before fades in off-center.

Variant: On current HD remaster prints of season 7 of Step by Step, the logo is enhanced (with a motion blur effect) and more realistic than usual.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: A five-note piano tune, with the final note accompanied by a guitar strum. Composed by Kelly Sandefur, who also was a producer for Family Matters.

Audio Variants:

• On a 1996 ABC airing of Family Matters, it's silent.
• CBS airings from 1997-98 used a generic theme and sometimes a voice over.

Availability: Seen on Family Matters beginning with the season 8 episode "Stevil" and the last two seasons of Step by Step.

3rd Logo (February 26, 2016-November 21, 2023)

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Visuals: Same as the Robert L. Boyett Productions logo, but "MILLER" replaces "ROBERT L." in a thicker font.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The end theme of the show/movie.

Availability: It's seen on Fuller House and Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!.

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