HBO Family Original Programming

1st Logo (June 10, 1997-February 1, 1999)
Logo: On a yellow background is the HBO logo with a red ball inside the "O" and the word "FAMILY" in a purple square with static covering parts of the square. A yellow dog's eye appears in the center of the O, then the dog emerges from it and winks, before the square turns around to reveal the logo again.

Variants:
 * On a sky background with birds flying, the HBO Family logo is inside a light blue box, a fly pops out of the "O", winks at us, and files away.
 * On a space background with four planets aligning, the HBO Family logo files from the bottom, and a 3-eyed purple alien appears from the "O", winks and waves at us, then gets sucked up by a flying saucer.
 * We see the HBO Family logo and a purple dog with a red-striped bone in his mouth saying "Happy holidays!", then a red square reading "HAPPY HOLIDAYS" and some noisemakers instead of the HBO Family logo.

Technique: 2D animation by Steven Dovas.

Music/Sounds: A short synth tune, along with the sounds the creature makes.

Availability: Extinct; shown between programs on the HBO Family channel until its' 1999 refresh.

2nd Logo (January 26, 1999-2003)
Logo: The HBO Original Programming logo plays out as usual, with the word "Family" in Triplex Sans under the HBO logo. There is a yellow arc above "Family".

Technique: Same as the standard HBO logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the standard HBO logo.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on family and kid-oriented shows like Harold and the Purple Crayon, A Little Curious, I Spy, and Crashbox. Also appears on HBO Family specials.

3rd Logo (2001)


Logo: A parody of the 20th Century Studios logo. On an evening sky background, we see a yellow structure with the HBO Family logo and a filmreel replaces the "O" in "HBO". There are four searchlights, one on the left, one on the right, and two at the back. We start at a much further distance than usual. We pan to a distance similar to the finished product of 20th Century. The camera moves directly to the structure, making the "H" and "B" fall down. The "Family" text moves a bit as the sky background falls down and the filmreel moves and falls down the arc.

Technique: CGI Animation.

Music/Sounds: It is exactly a reorchestration of the HBO Feature Presentation theme from 1983. It gets distorted as the camera moves directly to the structure. A "thud" sound is heard as the camera hits the structure. The theme plays again, but it's just the tail end. Then a small portion of the middle part plays, then the tail end played four times.

Availability: So far, it is seen on a master tape of the 30 by 30 Kid Flicks episode "French Restaurant".

4th Logo (2008)
Logo: A HBO Family logo on a black background with a copyright stamp below.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the program.

'Availability: It only appeared at the end of the El Perro y El Gato special "Juntos de Nuevo: Together Again".