- 3 Ball Productions
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- Brad Lachman Productions
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- Brillstein Entertainment Partners
- Broadway Video
- Buccieri Entertainment
- Bulldog Productions
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- Burns & Burns
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- Carolco Television Productions
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- 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
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- Larry Levinson Productions
- Laurel Canyon Productions
- Laurelwood Entertainment
- Lawton Entertainment
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- 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
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- Nuyorican Productions
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- Okay Goodnight!
- Olive Bridge Entertainment
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- Orenthal Productions
- Our Production Company
- Outpost Farm Productions
- The Over The Hill Gang
- P3 Entertainment
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- Paul Brownstein Productions
- Pendragon
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- Pie Town Productions
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- Radio City Music Hall Television Productions
- Ralph C. Ellis Enterprises
- Range Rider Production
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- Scout Productions
- The Second City Television Productions (Some countries)
- Secret Hideout
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- The Smiley Group, Inc.
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- Spin The Bottle Inc.
- Spud TV
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- Staley/Long Productions
- Storyline Entertainment
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- The Thomas Carter Company
- TIL' Productions, Inc.
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- True Jack Productions
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- You & I Productions
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- Zero Gravity Management
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===4th Logo (April 28, 1995-September 23, 2003)=== |
===4th Logo (April 28, 1995-September 23, 2003)=== |
Revision as of 19:28, 22 July 2023
Jess Williams and Adam Pringle
Captures by
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Editions by
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Video captures courtesy of
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Background
Rysher Entertainment was founded by former Warner Bros. syndication executive Keith Samples in 1991 as a television syndication company, expanding into TV and feature film production. Cox Enterprises bought Rysher for $15 million in 1993, and merged Television Program Enterprises into it. Rysher was briefly renamed Rysher-TPE for a time, and that gave them the TPE, Operation Prime Time and Bing Crosby Productions libraries. Rysher was shut down in 1999 by Cox, and the distribution rights to the company's library was acquired by Paramount Television (now CBS Studios and CBS Media Ventures). The ownership of the library was later acquired by 2929 Entertainment in 2001 and by Qualia Capital on March 29, 2006, who merged the library alongside the recently-acquired Pandora/Gaylord Films to form Qualia Libraries.
Most of the company's film library is currently owned by Paramount Pictures, except for The Opposite of Sex, which is still owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment via Sony Pictures Classics. As for the television library, it is currently owned by Paramount Global and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, while the Saved by the Bell franchise and California Dreams are currently owned by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios (MGM International Television holds international television and digital rights to the former).
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1st Logo (September 1991-May 22, 1993) | 2nd Logo (1993) | 3rd Logo (1993-1996) | 4th Logo (April 28, 1995-September 23, 2003) |
1st Logo (September 1991-May 22, 1993)
Logo: We see a black/dark blue gradient background with dozens of stars. The words "RYSHER ENTERTAINMENT" in a white Belwe font then fade in. "RYSHER" is on top of "ENTERTAINMENT", both words are centered, and two stars fade in on the left and right of "ENTERTAINMENT".
Variants:
- On the first season of Highlander, there is a still shot where it says "Distributed by" on top and "ENTERTAINMENT" is replaced with "DISTRIBUTION".
- On The Making of Highlander: The Series, the "DISTRIBUTION" variant is seen animated and without "Distributed by" above it.
Technique: Early CGI.
Music/Sounds: A very low chime sound followed by a saxophone solo. Despite sounding similar to the style of Kenny G, the logo was composed by George B. Flowers.
Availability: Uncommon.
- Seen on early 90s syndicated prints, Saved By the Bell reruns, which are seen on Me-TV and the DVD box sets.
- Other local syndicated reruns of Saved By the Bell now have the NBCUniversal logo instead of this one.
- The distribution variant is very rare, as new prints of Highlander do not feature this logo.
2nd Logo (1993)
Logo: A print version of the Rysher TPE variant of the next logo on a purple gradient background, albeit the text is separated with a dot.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: Same as the last logo.
Availability: Extinct.
- It was last spotted on an episode of Wavelength, a short-lived talk show that hasn't been shown anywhere since its cancellation.
- As of May 2022, when this logo was first uncovered, it's unknown if any other Rysher programs used this logo at the end of their credits, if this logo was just a placeholder, or was just made for the aforementioned talk show, though the latter two possibilities seem more likely.
3rd Logo (1993-1996)
Logo: On the top half of the screen, we see a silhouette of a city skyline (with hills in the background) at sunset. As it becomes nighttime, the lights in the city buildings are turned on as stars appear, along with the words "RYSHER ENTERTAINMENT". "RYSHER" is in a large, condensed Times New Roman-style font and "ENTERTAINMENT" is seen in a smallish font below it. A comet then flies by.
Variants:
- When Rysher merged with Television Program Enterprises in 1993, the text read "RYSHER TPE", with a line under "YSHE", and the text shrinks as it sets.
- Sometimes, "in association with", "And in Association with", or "Produced in Association with" would be seen above the logo.
- One version of the logo featured the text "RYSHER ENTERTAINMENT" in a smaller font with "and" below.
- Another variant exists where the animation seems to be slowed down.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Music/Sounds: A mellow horn tune with synth drums plays, with what sounds like a bird screeching or a flute at the end of the music. The music was composed by Mike Greene.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- There is also an extended version of the jingle.
- An even longer variation was seen on A Passion to Kill.
- A short version of the music exists.
- In other cases (usually with the "Cox Company" variant), it either uses the opening/closing theme of the show or TV movie or is silent.
Availability: Uncommon.
- It appears on syndicated reruns of Saved by the Bell: The College Years and season 2-4 (and some early season 5 episodes) of Highlander.
- The Rysher TPE logo is rare, but still remains intact on all 4 episodes of Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style, a handful of Highlander episodes from 1993-1995, and appears on the pilot of Robocop: The Series entitled "The Future of Law Enforcement", which can be found on VHS.
- The "Rysher Entertainment and" variant can be seen on Shattered Image.
- The extended variant was seen on Thunder in Paradise.
- The "slowed-down" variant appeared on a Polish dub of the 1994 TV movie Siringo.
- This logo also appeared at the end of an April 8, 2023 UK airing of the 1994 TV movie Siringo on LEGEND.
4th Logo (April 28, 1995-September 23, 2003)
Logo: Modeled on the last logo, this time with more detail; the lights in the buildings flicker on and off and we see car lights moving, the hills have been changed to mountains, and the sky is more blueish (it was purple on the last logo). The words are now done in CGI and copper, with "RYSHER" fading in with a zoom-in and "ENTERTAINMENT" just fading in. The byline "A COX COMPANY" (with " COX" being the corporate logo) appears beneath the logo, and shortly afterwards, a comet streaks through the sky.
Variants:
- An early version omits the Cox byline. "ENTERTAINMENT" is also larger.
- A short version starts before the comet shoots through the sky. The longer version was primarily seen on some feature films produced by Rysher from 1995-1997, as well as a few TV shows.
- Feature films often feature the text being smaller, depending on what aspect ratio it was shot in.
Technique: CGI.
Music/Sounds: None.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- CBS airings of Nash Bridges and Four Corners used a generic theme.
- On some shows, the first logo's music can be heard.
- On Three Wishes, a whoosh is heard as the comet streaks.
Availability: Common.
- The logo can be seen on the first 3 seasons of Nash Bridges (except for season 4, which is plastered by the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo, H&I airings use the DVD prints), seasons 4-6 of Highlander: The Series, all episodes of Highlander: The Raven, and the first season of Judge Mills Lane from 1998-99 which airs on Paramount Global-owned Pluto TV (though this is plastered by the 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo from episode 125 onward).
- Films that use this logo include Destiny Turns on the Radio, Three Wishes, White Man's Burden, Private Parts, Zeus and Roxanne, It Takes Two, Turbulence, House Arrest, The Eighteenth Angel, and Kingpin.
- Also appears on international prints of HBO TV-movies from the time period, such as Rasputin.