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It's quite infamous and annoying for removing and replacing old logos on many pre-2002 Sony TV programs.The only four pre-2002 shows do not have this logo are Walker, Texas Ranger on the former network Cloo and USA Network, All in the Family on Get TV and Sony Crackle, the original One Day at a Time on Antenna TV and The Jeffersons on Me-TV.
- Background
- Columbia Tristar Television
- Sony Pictures Television
Columbia TriStar Television was a merger of Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television (after branding Columbia TriStar Home Video). It was founded on February 21, 1994 and the same day, SPE renamed Columbia Pictures Television Distribution to "Columbia TriStar Television Distribution". With Columbia TriStar International Television (forme...
1st Logo
Nickname: "CT Boxes" Logo: On a solid blue background, we see two boxes, the left one contains the Columbia Torch Lady (90s version), and the right one contains the TriStar Pegasus (again, 90s version over Columbia cloud background). Above the logo, "COLUMBIA TRISTAR" is seen, with the words positioned over their respective logos, and on the bottom is the word "TELEVISION" and the standard Sony Pictures Entertainment byline. Trivia: This is basically Columbia TriStar's home video logo, but "H...
2nd Logo
Nicknames: "CT Boxes II", "The Sliding Boxes", "The Boxes of Boredom", "The Boxes of Justice" Logo: It's almost the same as the second 1995 Columbia TriStar Home Video logo, except "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" replaces "HOME VIDEO" and the Sony byline is intact. Plus, the cloud background in the TriStar box is replaced with the one from its movie logo and the text has a shadow effect. Standard Variants: Depending on the unit that the show originated from (Television, Television Distribution, or...
1st Logo
Nicknames: "The Shining Bars", "The Bars of Boredom", "The Bars of Annoyance", "The Bars of Plastering", "The Bars of Justice", "The Master of Plaster", "SPE Bars", "Sony Bars", "The SPE Parallelogram", "Lightbeam in Parallelogram", "Lightbeam in Striped Parallelogram" Logo: Against a lined background, the words "SONY PICTURES TELEVISION" (all in the Sony typeface and stacked word-by-word with "SONY" being largest) emerge and downardly zoom away from the screen. The three words aren't directl...
2nd Logo
Logo:On a blue gradient background, a purple flash appears onscreen, covering it. When the flash dies down, the print version of the Sony Pictures Television logo appears. The logo zooms back for a few seconds before stopping completely. FX/SFX:The flash and the SPT logo zooming back. Music/Sounds:None. Availability: Extremely rare. It was only ever seen on El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Editor's Note:Even though the logo can be seen as bland, it's a breath of fresh air from the previous logo.
It also plays before the 2002 Sony Pictures Television logo (whether retained or added) on some shows. Comedy Central, Nick at Nite and TV Land reruns of Seinfeld also feature this logo (albeit with the 2002 Sony Pictures Television logo (from the show's pre-2021 prints) being shown on the latter network's on-screen credits).
It's quite infamous and annoying for removing and replacing old logos on many pre-2002 Sony TV programs and movies. The only four pre-2002 shows that do not have this logo are Walker, Texas Ranger on USA Network and the defunct Cloo, All in the Family on GetTV and Sony Crackle, the original One Day at a Time on Antenna TV and The Jeffersons on ...
On September 16, 2002, Japanese giant Sony Corporation decided to retire the Columbia TriStar name and logo from its television division, rebranding it into Sony Pictures Television. For the first time since 1974, the Torch Lady, Pegasus or anything resembling Columbia's or TriStar's symbols are nowhere to be seen; instead, the corporate 1991 "bar" logo for Sony Pictures was introduced to ...
It also plays before the 2002 Sony Pictures Television logo (whether retained or added) on some shows. Comedy Central, Nick at Nite and TV Land reruns of Seinfeld also feature this logo (albeit with the 2002 Sony Pictures Television logo (from the show's pre-2021 prints) being shown on the latter network's on-screen credits).
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1st Logo (November 9, 1991-March 2, 1993) Visuals: On a dark gray or dark blue marbled background, the company name in a version of the Didot font used in the movie logo zooms out from the bottom of the screen to the center. " TELEVISION " is in a silver bar. Then, the "Pegasus Over Pyramid" logo is formed out of light streaks next to " TRI ".
