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Universal-International Television[]

1957–1963[]

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Universal-International Television was a short-lived division of Universal Pictures, prior to the merger with MCA. This is one of the rarest and most confusing logos ever made. Even the most experienced logo fans haven't a clue about where this logo appeared or whether or not the television show it appeared on is still rerun. One guess is that it aired on older television reruns of Universal cartoon shorts.

Dennis McDougal's book "The Last Mogul," a biography of MCA's Lew Wasserman, mentions Universal-International's involvement in what are described as several "unmemorable documentary series," ANIMAL FUN AND MISCHIEF, STRANGER THAN FICTION, and GREAT MOMENTS ON THE GRIDIRON; all apparently edited from stock footage in the company's United World/Castle Films library. Those early series are probably the source of this logo. U-I did not release the early Walter Lantz black and white cartoons to TV themselves, but licensed them to Guild Films; who remade all the title sequences and removed any references to Universal.

Universal's subsidiary, United World Films, bought Castle Films from its founder, ex-newsreel cameraman Eugene Castle, in 1947, and operated the company for the next 30 years. Castle Films released the Lantz cartoons and other subjects for home-movie use in 8mm and 16mm. In 1978, Universal closed down Castle in favor of a new home-movie subsidiary called Universal Eight, which operated until about 1983.

Universal Television (first era)[]

1963–1964[]

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Following the merger, Universal adopted the logo design from MCA's television arm Revue Studios. The color variant shown here has a typical '60s style wallflower design as a background.

1964–1969[]

In early 1964, the studio introduced the TV version of the respective theatrical movie logo, which remained thereafter.

Trivia: The logo was designed and animated by Universal Title, who also designed and animated all of the logos by Universal until 1990 and handled all title and optical effects for all films and Universal Television series.

1969–1973[]

1969–1971[]

1971–1973[]

1973[]

1973–1975[]

1975–1991[]

1991–1997[]

  • Note: This logo is based on its 1990-1997 movie counterpart logo.

1997–1998[]

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1997–2000[]

Universal Television Logo (1997)

Universal Studios Network Programming[]

1999–2003[]

Universal Network Television[]

2002–2004[]

Universal Media Studios[]

2007–2011[]

2007–April 2009[]

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April–September 2009[]

Universal Media Studios Early Byline

September 2009–2011[]

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Universal Television (second era)[]

September–October 2011[]

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This ID has a different space background with the Pangea globe on it. Space rocks surround it.

October 2011–present[]

Universal Television 2011

Trivia: This logo was created and animated by Imaginary Forces. The logo has some elements from the 1991 Universal Television logo.

In-credit logos[]

Videos[]

See also[]

Revue Studios/Other
Universal Television/Other
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