Tom Lynch Company Studios

Background
Tom Lynch Company Studios (formerly Lynch-Biller Productions, Lynch Entertainment and Tom Lynch Company) is a television production company founded by Thomas W. Lynch; who founded it with Gary Biller, who left in 1990.

1st Logo (June 3, 1983-1989)


Nicknames: "LB", "In-credit LB"

Logo: We have a white stylized "LB" with

LYNCH/BILLER___ PRODUCTIONS INC

appearing by the logo with the name separating "Lynch/Biller" and "Productions Inc." The phrase "In Association With" later appears below or above it or sometimes just appears as part of the end credits. In this case, the IAW text may or may not be in all caps.

FX/SFX: The text "In Association With" appearing.

Music/Sounds: The end title theme from any show.

Availability: Ultra rare. Was seen on Kids Incorporated and Night Tracks which both no longer air on television. Also appeared on the Andrew Dice Clay comedy special The Diceman Cometh, which can be seen on VHS from Vestron Video. Also appeared on the TV movie Combat High.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (September 1, 1984-May 30, 1992)


Nicknames: "LB II", "CGI LB"

Logo: On a black background, a white spark forms an L and a stylized B, then the text

LYNCH/BILLER___ PRODUCTIONS INC

appears or fades in by the "LB". "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" appears below.

Variants: Sometimes this logo doesn't feature "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" below. Would appear on a gradient shade of blue in 1986.

FX/SFX: The sparks forming the LB, and the appearance of the words.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized jingle, ending in an orchestral hit or the end theme.

Availability: Extinct. Was seen on later episodes of Kids Incorporated and Night Tracks.

Editor's Note: None.

(November 30, 1990-March 23, 2004)
Logo: On a black background, a parallelogram that is blue on the front and silver on the rest of the sides angled diagonally comes from the top of the screen, then another one in the same colors, angled horizontally comes from the bottom of the screen. Then three little parallelograms that are also in the same colors comes from the left of the screen, and place themselves to the right of the other two parallelograms. The first two connect to each other, forming an acute angle "L" with the three little parallelograms to the right, so that the logo appears to be a stylized "LE". Below,

LYNCH

ENTERTAINMENT

fades in. The logo shines.

Variant: On the Shadow Theater: The Best of Horror series, a short version is seen with the logo already formed shining with "A Production of" above it.

FX/SFX: The two big parallelograms connecting and the three little parallelograms flying from the left to form "LE", and the company name fading in.

Music/Sounds: Generally, it used the closing theme of the show, but in its early days it used the same dramatic synth tune from the Lynch/Biller Productions logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: Just Deal used a triumphant 9-note synth-clarinet fanfare, with the last note being orchestrated. Original NBC airings had an announcer plug over the jingle.

Availability: Rare. Was seen on Xuxa, The Secret World of Alex Mack, The Journey of Allen Strange, Just Deal, Caitlin's Way, and the last two seasons of Kids Incorporated. It was seen on TV when The Secret World of Alex Mack and The Journey of Allen Strange were reran on TeenNick's "Party Like It's the '90s" block in in December 2011. It's likely seen on the season 1 DVD release of the former show. Also seen on the first season of Scout's Safari, and the Disney Channel series The Jersey. This logo also appeared on the Tom and Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash special that aired on TBS in 1990, and is intact on the Boomerang streaming print of the special.

Editor's Note: This logo has very nice CGI for the time.

1st Logo (October 6, 2001-August 20, 2016)
Logo: We see Thomas Lynch's shadow standing on a patch of grass in the night sky, raising his hands as a spark flies from the left. We see the white text "tom lynch company", in Lucida Grande, wiping from the left.

Variants:
 * There's an earlier version where the man's shadow brings down his raised hands as a white comet flies down. When the comet disappears, it pushes to a green TV set in a blue scribble on a white background. Here, the name is typed in letter-by-letter in a different font, while the first initials are already on the screen in sky blue.
 * On Secret Central, the logo has a freeze-frame at the end, in which the company name (still written like in the early variant, but the black text is now white) fades in.
 * On Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, the early variant is still and the words "in association with" is seen above it.
 * A later version features the word "studios" in Gotham font, wiping in with a spark. Also, "tom lynch company" appears early.
 * On Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, the patch of grass is replaced with waves, and Thomas is shown pretending to surf on the waves. The text is also in a different font and the night sky is blue.
 * On some episodes of Romeo!, the man's raised hands and a white comet are rarely different.

FX/SFX: The man's shadow raising his hands, and the sparks and wiping.

Music/Sounds: The Just Deal fanfare from the Lynch Entertainment logo. Sometimes, the closing theme of the show plays over it.

Availability: Uncommon. The original version was seen on seasons 2-3 episodes of Romeo!, season 2 episodes of Scout's Safari, Class of 3000 and South of Nowhere. Most of these shows are long gone from television, but it appears on Class of 3000 on iTunes. The early variant also plasters the previous logo on later airings of season 1 Scout's Safari episodes. The later variant was first seen on The Troop, and appears on later shows such as Make It Pop and The Other Kingdom. This logo allegedly made its debut on the short-lived TNBC series Sk8; however, no known archives of the show have turned up, so this has yet to be confirmed.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (September 13, 2003-June 26, 2004)
Logo: We see a live-action man (possibly Thomas Lynch) standing on a patch of grass next to some trees outside, and the camera rapidly rotates counter-clockwise as the sky goes from dark to starry with a "flash" effect. The man then steps to his side to watch stars fall in the sky. As this happens, the translucent white text "TOM LYNCH COMPANY" zooms in and stretches at the bottom of the screen, then fades away to a still copy of the name.

FX/SFX: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: The Just Deal theme from the Lynch Entertainment logo.

Availability: Extinct. It only appeared on season 1 episodes of Romeo!, which last aired on BET and The N (now TeenNick) in 2008.

Editor's Note: None.