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Background

Rhodes Productions was a television distribution company that was founded in 1970 by Taft Broadcasting. It was later acquired in 1975 by Filmways, which held ownership until Rhodes broke apart from the company and became independent again in 1980 after American International Television was folded into Filmways Television. Rhodes was SCTVs original U.S. syndicator starting in 1977 (only to lose the rights to Blair Entertainment in ca.1982 and got them back after Blair folded in 1993 (i.e. the 1986-93 Nick at Nite reruns), retaining them until 1998, when Western International Communications (WIC), who had since absorbed SCTVs co-producer Allarcom, had the rights). Rhodes Productions closed in the mid-1990s. The rights to The Cisco Kid currently rest with the Peter Rodgers Organization (most likely on behalf of the Rhodes family; Rhodes Enterprises is credited on the official DVD releases), and SCTV has since reverted to its co-producers (the Second City Toronto and Fireworks Entertainment, who inherited WIC's rights after they were merged with Fireworks by CanWest).

(1975-1995)

Logo: On a black background, the words "Syndication through" in white appear to the left, then letter by letter come the words: RHODES PRODUCTIONS Both are in the Bauhaus 93 font. After the letters appear, 22 white stars appear in a haphazardly-placed arrangement on the right.

Variants:

Sometimes, a byline for Filmways (with the Filmways logo) appears after the stars finish appearing.
On the syndicated edition of the original Hollywood Squares and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, this logo had an on-screen appearance in the end credits and a Filmways byline was present, but would later have the regular full logo animation on screen.
On the recovered syndicated version of the original Hollywood Squares, the phrase "World Wide Syndication through" appeared over the company name (seen stacked in a font similar to the later Filmways logo) on 1971-1975 episodes.

FX/SFX: The words and stars appearing gradually to the music, or none.

Music/Sounds: An ascending 8-note Moog synthesizer tune (the eighth note rapidly tremolos for the stars' appearance before it's released once the stars finish appearing). In some cases, the closing theme of the show was used.

Availability: The animated version is extinct. Seen at the end of the game show Pitfall, and as a still shot in the end credits of episodes of the original run of Hollywood Squares. Was also seen during the original syndicated run of SCTV (1977-81) and also seen later on some episodes of the 1984 syndicated repackage of the show and on Nick at Nite airings (as the shows used the original ending credits on certain 1977-81 episodes) but was replaced with the Blair Entertainment logo on Comedy Central reruns. Was also responsible for prints of The Cisco Kid that aired on the syndicated version of SCTV in 1981. However, the in-credit version is rare and seen on the first season of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which is available on DVD.

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 ===Background===
-Rhodes Productions was a television distribution company that was founded in 1970 by Taft Broadcasting. It was later acquired in 1975 by [[Filmways Television|Filmways]], which held ownership until Rhodes broke apart from the company and became independent again in 1980 after [[American International Television]] was folded into Filmways Television. Rhodes was SCTV's original U.S. syndicator starting in 1977 (only to lose the rights to [[Blair Entertainment]] in ca.1982 and got them back after Blair folded in 1993 (i.e. the 1986-93 Nick at Nite reruns), retaining them until 1998, when [[WIC Entertainment (Canada)|Western International Communications (WIC)]], who had since absorbed SCTV's co-producer Allarcom, had the rights). Rhodes Productions closed in the mid-1990s. The rights to ''The Cisco Kid'' currently rest with [[Peter Rodgers Organization|the Peter Rodgers Organization]] (most likely on behalf of the Rhodes family; Rhodes Enterprises is credited on the official DVD releases), and SCTV has since reverted to its co-producers ([[Second City Entertainment|the Second City Toronto]] and [[Fireworks Entertainment (Canada)|Fireworks Entertainment]], who inherited WIC's rights after they were merged with Fireworks by CanWest).
+Rhodes Productions was a television distribution company that was founded in 1970 by Taft Broadcasting. It was later acquired in 1975 by [[Filmways Television|Filmways]], which held ownership until Rhodes broke apart from the company and became independent again in 1980 after [[American International Television]] was folded into Filmways Television. Rhodes was ''SCTV'''s original U.S. syndicator starting in 1977 (only to lose the rights to [[Blair Entertainment]] in ca.1982 and got them back after Blair folded in 1993 (i.e. the 1986-93 Nick at Nite reruns), retaining them until 1998, when [[WIC Entertainment (Canada)|Western International Communications (WIC)]], who had since absorbed ''SCTV'''s co-producer Allarcom, had the rights). Rhodes Productions closed in the mid-1990s. The rights to ''The Cisco Kid'' currently rest with [[Peter Rodgers Organization|the Peter Rodgers Organization]] (most likely on behalf of the Rhodes family; Rhodes Enterprises is credited on the official DVD releases), and SCTV has since reverted to its co-producers ([[Second City Entertainment|the Second City Toronto]] and [[Fireworks Entertainment (Canada)|Fireworks Entertainment]], who inherited WIC's rights after they were merged with Fireworks by CanWest).
 === (1975-1995) ===
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 '''Logo:''' On a black background, the words "Syndication through" in white appear to the left, then letter by letter come the words:
 '''RHODES'''
 '''PRODUCTIONS'''
+Both are in the Bauhaus 93 font. After the letters appear, 22 white stars appear in a haphazardly-placed arrangement on the right.
-Both are in the Bauhaus 93 font, looking quite similar to the Filmways font from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th logos. Around the right of the logo, about twenty-two white stars appear.
 '''Variants:'''
+* Sometimes, a byline for Filmways (with the Filmways logo) appears after the stars finish appearing.
-* On the syndicated edition of the original Hollywood Squares and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, this logo had an on-screen appearance in the end credits and a Filmways byline was present, but would later have the regular full logo animation on screen.
+* On the syndicated edition of the original ''Hollywood Squares'' and ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', this logo had an on-screen appearance in the end credits and a Filmways byline was present, but would later have the regular full logo animation on screen.
-* On the recovered syndicated version of the original Hollywood Squares, the phrase "World Wide Syndication through" appeared over the company name (seen stacked in a font similar to the later Filmways logo) on 1971-1975 episodes.
+* On the recovered syndicated version of the original ''Hollywood Squares'', the phrase "World Wide Syndication through" appeared over the company name (seen stacked in a font similar to the later Filmways logo) on 1971-1975 episodes.
 '''FX/SFX:''' The words and stars appearing gradually to the music, or none.
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' An ascending 8-note Moog synthesizer tune (the eighth note rapidly tremolos for the stars' appearance before it's released once the stars finish appearing). In some cases, the closing theme of the show was used.
-'''Availability:''' The animated version is extinct. Seen at the end of the game show Pitfall, and as a still shot in the end credits of episodes of the original run of Hollywood Squares. Was also seen during the original syndicated run of SCTV (1977-81) and also seen later on some episodes of the 1984 syndicated repackage of the show and on Nick at Nite airings (as the shows used the original ending credits on certain 1977-81 episodes) but was replaced with the Blair Entertainment logo on Comedy Central reruns. Was also responsible for prints of The Cisco Kid that aired on the syndicated version of SCTV in 1981. However, the in-credit version is rare and seen on the first season of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which is available on DVD.
+'''Availability:''' The animated version is extinct. Seen at the end of the game show ''Pitfall'', and as a still shot in the end credits of episodes of the original run of ''Hollywood Squares''. Was also seen during the original syndicated run of ''SCTV'' (1977-81) and also seen later on some episodes of the 1984 syndicated repackage of the show and on Nick at Nite airings (as the shows used the original ending credits on certain 1977-81 episodes) but was replaced with the Blair Entertainment logo on Comedy Central reruns. Was also responsible for prints of ''The Cisco Kid'' that aired on the syndicated version of SCTV in 1981. However, the in-credit version is rare and seen on the first season of ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', which is available on DVD.