The Mark Gordon Company

Background

The Mark Gordon Company, formerly known as The Meledandri/Gordon Company, is a American television and film production company founded by Mark Gordon and Chris Meledandri in 1987. In 1991, Meledandri exited the company and it was renamed to the current name. In 2015, Entertainment One bought 51% of the company and later bought the rest of it in August 2018. Gordon is now eOne's president.

1st Logo (September 7-October 12, 2003)

Nicknames: "Bland Rectangle", "Boring Mark Gordon", "The Rectangle"

Logo: On a black background, we see a white rectangle with the words inside "THE MARK GORDON COMPANY" in blue.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, the generic theme on CBS, or the end theme of the movie.

Availability: Seen on Footsteps, the TV movie that was aired on CBS and And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (September 13, 2004-January 19, 2020, January 14, 2022)

Nicknames: "Bland Rectangle II", "Boring Mark Gordon II", "The Rectangle II"

Logo: On a black background, we see the white, outlined rectangle with the words:

THE
MARK GORDON
COMPANY

Variant: Starting in 2015, a byline saying "a Entertainment One Company" appears.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, the closing theme or the generic network theme.

Availability: Seen on Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy until season 14, season 4 on Ray Donovan, etc.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (April 6, 2007)

Nicknames: "The Square", 'Animated Mark Gordon"

Logo: On a black background, we fade in to see the white words moving, placing their position:

THE
MARK GORDON
COMPANY

An red square blurs out to see it clear. Everything zooms out a bit slowly, then fades out.

FX/SFX: The words, the square, and the zooming out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen only on The Hoax.

Editor's Note: None.