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From a later print of the TV pilot, "Probe" (picked up & aired as "Search")
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Debuted in late 1972, this Saul Bass-designed logo is not fondly remembered today, but it has a 70s charm to it.
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Dec 8, 2023 · 174 views 7 months ago. The classic Warner Bros Television from some of its shows from 1972. ...more.
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- (September 20, 1955-July 1967) Visuals: There is the famous Warner Bros. shield logo superimposed over the credits, minus the banner that usually reads "WARNER BROS.
- (September 1967-March 1970) Visuals: There is a superimposed stylized shield with a combination of a "W" and a "7" (representing the Warner Bros.-
- (September 1970-February 1972) Visuals: On a blue background, there is the shield from the Warner Bros. Pictures logo from the time, with the words "WARNER BROS.
- (February-September 1972) Visuals: There is the standard shield logo over a navy blue background, with the word "TELEVISION" in large letters on the banner, and the byline "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" underneath.
- Warner Bros. Television Division
- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
- Warner Bros. Television
(September 20, 1955-July 11, 1967)
Nickname: "The WB Shield" Logo: A superimposed rendition of the famous Warner Bros. shield logo, minus the banner that usually reads "Warner Bros. Pictures". There is no company name on screen, except some cases. Variants: This had many variants: •There was an opening version, in which the shield zooms in over a shot of the Warner Bros. Studios. •Also, there were different variants of the shield with text over it like "Filmed at WARNER BROS. STUDIOS in Burbank, California". •Some shows had the Warner Bros logo over a grainy background, a la Dumont Television Network. •Later, there would be a color version of this logo, with a red background and the usual colors of the shield, and for the superimposed variant, only the shield and the letters would appear in yellow. •On some shows, in the opening variant, there would be a "presents" banner. •On The Bugs Bunny Show, we see the WB shield on a red background, then suddenly the shield opens with Bugs munching his carrot saying, "This, folks, is a Warner Bros. Television production." Then, the shield closes. FX/SFX: None except on the studio buildings, where the studios and shield were zooming. Music/Sounds/Voice-over: •Opening: 1.A drum roll followed by majestic fanfare with an announcer saying "A Warner Bros. Television Production" for the intro on some shows like Colt .45. 2.On the logo at the end of an opening for some TV shows, the announcer says "Produced by Warner Bros." Sometimes it would be accompanied by a 7-note fanfare followed by a drum sound when the logo is on a grainy background. 3.Another intro after the opening of any series has a fanfare 6-note fanfare at the beginning followed by an orchestrated 6-note theme with the same announcer saying "A Warner Bros. Television Production". •Closing: 1.The end-title theme from any series. But, on the animated un-superimposed variant without "Presents", this had a 17-note trumpet fanfare and would be followed by an announcer saying "This program has been brought to you from the entertainment capitol of the world. Produced for television by Warner Bros." 2.On some season 6 episodes of 77 Sunset Strip seen on MeTV, a seven-note orchestral fanfare plays under the WB shield with the last note drawn out, followed by four drum beats as the logo fades out. Availability: Rare. •The animated un-superimposed variant is seen on the end of Lawman on Encore Westerns and the opening "Presents" variant of the animated logo is seen on some episodes of Cheyenne on Encore Westerns and Retroplex. Sometimes, this is plastered by the "Shield of Staleness". •On The F.B.I., the WB "Shield of Staleness" would follow after the "Presents" variant. This has been retained on F Troop (when it aired on Me-TV in 2016) and 77 Sunset Strip (which aired on Me-TV until 2019). •This logo was "revived" for the Children's Hospital episode "The Show You Watch" (a parody of 1950's variety shows), in place of the 11th logo. •The Warner Bros. Pictures variant seen on season 6 of 77 Sunset Strip is ultra-rare as only a few episodes retain it due to MeTV choosing to cut straight to their network ID after Jack Webb's executive producer credit at the end of the closing credits on most episodes from the season.
(September 12, 1967-June 16, 1970)
Nicknames: "WB-7", "W7", "W7 Shield" Logo: Just a superimposed stylized shield, with a combination of a "W" and a "7" (representing Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) against the ending titles. The company name is shown below in all caps. Variant: On The Bugs Bunny/RoadRunner Show, the logo is shown on a red background without the company name. Suddenly, Bugs Bunny pops out of the shield, and says the following: "This has been a Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Television-" "Beep, beep!". "As the Road Runner says, this has been a Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Television presentation." The shield then closes. FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show. Availability: Is quite rare; last seen on The F.B.I., The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Show and Looney Tunes episodes of the time, as described on a separate page. Should be seen more as the Warner Archive Collection is preserving more logos. Editor's Note: None.
1st Logo (September 29, 1970-May 9, 1972)
Nicknames: "The Television Kinney Shield" Logo: Over a blue screen is an abstract shield (like those seen on WB '60s movie posters) in a golden color with a dark brownish color inside. A simple lettering of the WB appears at the upper part and a rectangle of the same colors appear at the lower part of the shield, reading either "A KINNEY COMPANY" or "A KINNEY SERVICES COMPANY". The words "WARNER BROS. TELEVISION" appear underneath the logo. Opening Variant: Same as last time, but "PRESENTS" in yellow appears below the logo. This version appeared at the beginning of the original Banyon TV movie. Though sometimes, the logo is just a white print in a black background. FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: None or the opening/closing theme. Availability: Extremely rare. •It appeared for a short time on some shows and made-for-TV movies of the era, such as The F.B.I. and The Jimmy Stewart Show. •This logo was also spotted on overseas syndicated prints of Archie's TV Funnies. •Nichols did not feature this logo, but an in-credit mention for Warner Bros. Television is used instead.
2nd Logo (February 29-November 28, 1972)
Nicknames: "WCI Shield", "Early WCI Shield", "The WB Shield II" Logo: We have just have the standard shield logo over a navy blue background, with the word "TELEVISION", in large letters, over the banner, and "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" underneath. Trivia: This logo looks quite similar to the 1995-2003 Warner Bros. Television Animation logo seen on the former Kids WB! and Cartoon Network shows. Variant: A superimposed version exists on The Picasso Summer. FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme of the show. Availability: Very hard to find as it appeared for quite a short time on TV. It was retained on the 1984 Warner Home Video release of the Kung Fu pilot, though DVD editions plaster it with the 2001 "Shield of Staleness". Also appeared on The F.B.I., the original Search TV movie (originally called Probe), later episodes of The Jimmy Stewart Show and some prints of The Picasso Summer (a feature film that debuted in the U.S. on television), but it's quite gone and it might be replaced by the 2003 shield. Also seen on the 1970s version of The Merrie Melodies Show on Teletoon Retro. Again, Nichols didn't use the logo. Editor's Note: Same as last time.
3rd Logo (September 19, 1972-October 16, 1984)
Nicknames: The Big "W", "The Worm", "(\\')" Logo: We see a white abstract "W" consisting of two slanted elongated circles and a shorter elongated circle design inside a black square field, whose corners have been rounded and softened, over a red background. The words "WARNER BROS TELEVISION" is at the top, while "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" is at the bottom. The typeface for the company name is in white Handel Gothic font. Variants: •The syndication logo originally had the words "DISTRIBUTED BY" cheaply tacked in, over "WARNER BROS TELEVISION" in the early years. It was referred to as "WARNER BROS TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" starting in 1974. •The bylines appear in shadow mode starting in 1977. •There is an opening version. resembling their theatrical logo. It was seen on a few made-for-TV features such as the original 1974 Wonder Woman pilot film. •There is also a widescreen version of this logo, seen on DVD and high-definition prints of some shows and TV movies. •There is a superimposed variant of this logo that appeared on the third season of Alice. Here, the logo is depicted in yellow, like the rest of the credits. •There is a black and white version of the logo with a black abstract "W" on a white square field. This was featured on some reprints of The Adventures of Superman. •Sometimes, the movie logo: "DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS" is seen at the end of certain off-net syndicated TV series or TV movies on cable. •Depending on the film print quality, the logo background would appear reddish-orange. •Another series of logo variants involve two or three Looney Tunes characters: one seen on each side of the logo. This was common on The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour and many Looney Tunes specials. FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: A dramatic 7-note horn fanfare. Usually shown with music from the show fading out or none. There is also a variant with an ascending space-like sound. Availability: More common than the movie logo. •It's still saved on most 1972-1984 shows, including reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard on CMT, Alice, Challenge of the Super Friends (plastered with the 1984 logo on DVD releases), The World's Greatest Super Friends and earlier episodes of Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show on Boomerang, The F.B.I., and the first seasons of Night Court and Scarecrow and Ms. King. •Surprisingly, the later version of the syndication logo appears on the first printing of the 1979 WCI Home Video release of Dirty Harry, plastering the movie logo seen at the start of the film. •The "Distributed By" version with the smaller \\' logo also once appeared on USA reruns of Just the Ten of Us (and surprisingly plasters the next logo on their print of the season 3 episode "Poetic Justice") and on older SOAPnet reruns of Hotel as well. •This logo was originally seen at the end of the 1st season of The Streets of San Francisco, but with the exception of at least one local rerun episode, it's plastered over with either the 1975 or 1988 Worldvision logo on older local reruns and Me-TV reruns of season three onwards or the CBS Paramount logo on DVDs and Me-TV reruns of the first two seasons. •On older Family Channel (now Freeform) reruns of Scarecrow and Mrs. King, this logo along with the B&E Enterprises logo (used on the 1st 11 episodes of the 1st season) were all plastered with the next logo below, although on PAX (now ION Television) reruns, this logo was used in tandem with the DOMESTIC PAY TV, CABLE & NETWORK FEATURES variant of the 7th logo during the generic split-screen credits of the time. Also, the "Distributed By" version was also used on a few season 4 episodes either following the WBTV '84 logo or plastering it. •On Me-TV reruns of Wonder Woman, this logo is either plastered by the 2001 AOL WBTV Shield or the 1984 WBTV Shield, although one episode from its final season retained this logo. •The "Distributed By" variant also made sneak appearances on a 2015 Me-TV rerun of the Welcome Back, Kotter season 2 Christmas episode "Hark, the Sweatkings" (it may possibly be retained on Antenna TV airings) and season 9 of Dallas on DVD. •H&I (Heroes and Icons, formerly Me-Too) reruns of Kung Fu and the DVDs have this plastered with the 2001 AOL WBTV with the low tone jingle.
Feb 9, 2012 · Only used for a very short period, the logo looked like it had in the past. 1972-1984. In 1972 the logo was redesigned by the legend himself, graphic designer Saul Bass and has a stylised W. 1984-2001. In 1984 the classic logo returned with not a lot of difference compared to earlier versions. 1998-2011. In 1998 a CGI version of the logo was ...
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Aug 15, 2024 · These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by Warner Bros. Television, with more to be added overtime. Regular Logo Variants. Family Matters (Fa La La La Laagghh!) (1995): Snow falls over the logo and Christmas bells are heard during the last note of the 1994 fanfare.
