Dear headphone355: "Police Story", "Police Woman" and "That's My Mama" were CPT properties during this period. Unfortunately, Sony replaced this logo with its current one. The first season of "Police Story" (1973-74) is or will be out on DVD, but we don't know yet whether the Screen Gems "S From Hell" or Sony will appear following the closing credits. I plan on buying a copy and when I find out, you'll find out.
@tnawcwvictoria No offense intended, but I don't recall seeing that logo in the original Spelling Goldberg broadcasts on ABC unless if the end credits had "in association with" at the end (which I doubt), and then you would see it (providing it was prior to fall 1976). However, I think you would see the sunburst and the other updated Columbia/Sony logos when it was broadcast in syndication (would have been after '76)
sounds almost EXACTLY like the screengems logo. just with the first few notes taken off! does that mean that screen gems merged with columbia pictures television?
@TheTmpratt Screen Gems has always been a part of Columbia Pictures from the start. In 1974 they decided to retire the Screen Gems name and renamed it Columbia Pictures Television.
A bit of trivia concerning this first CPT logo from 1974: the arrangement of the words on it ("Columbia" and "Pictures" on each side, "Television" at the bottom, with a Columbia Pictures Industries byline below) seemed to, in a way, serve as a schematic for/preview of the Coke and CPE Torch Ladies of the 80s and early 90s, with the same words in the same places, and Coke/CPE bylines below, but on a representation of the Mona Lisa. Did you know that?
I wasn't around in th 70's, but did they use it on All in th family, Sandford and Son, Maude, or Good Times? Or did the Norman Lear sitcoms not utilize this logo until later?
@dubs19842009: This logo was not used on the Lear shows in syndication: Viacom had the syndication rights then (70's to mid-80's.) Later, Sony Pictures Television came to own Lear's companies (Tandem, Embassy Pictures, and TAT Communications) and thus, the Sony Pictures Television (previously Columbia/Tri-Star Television) logo would be seen (sometime in the 2000's).
@dubs19842009 Having been around in the 70s, I've never seen any Columbia logo on the original broadcasts of these shows (and even in syndication today) and I don't think you would have. That's because I just went on to Wikipedia and found out that Norman Lear's company wasn't sold to Columbia Pictures until 1985. The only production credits I saw in these shows were directly in the closing credits.
@dubs19842009 In addition, All in the Family, Maude, and Good Times have the "CBS, Recorded at Television City, Hollywood, California" credit at the end since they were all recorded a the CBS Television City studios as well as broadcasted on CBS itself.
@tnawcwvictoria You're right! I had forgotten about that. I just found out that there were two taping locations, Metromedia Square and, of course, CBS Television City.
Ironically, that "pretzel" logo is really "the glow from The Lady's torch"(Jeb H. Perry, "Screen Gems: A History of Columbia Pictures Television from Cohn to Coke, 1948-1983", The Scarecrow Press).
Does anyone know the film production company that shows a screenshot of and egyptian court with columns and wall paintings? I am trying to find the clip that introduces the name of the company.
Well they did bring back the original S From Hell on Bewitched and Jeannie reruns. First on TV Land, and currently on WGN America. Looks like they actually worked on the logo to restore it to its original color after years of deterioration.
What shows used this, the first official Columbia Pictures Television logo after it changed its name from Screen Gems? That's my very best favourite TV logo.
"Starsky & Hutch" was an Aaron Spelling production (which had no closing logo then). At the time it went to syndication, the short version of the CPT Sunburst logo was tacked on at the end.
Most of the big-name studios go back to that era. 20th Century-Fox, Universal, Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers--they all date to the '20s, some even to the '10s.
This is Screen Gems Jingle Power. He was another Illuminator. He was'nt Making Peanuts. I love that Sony Pictures. What is a CPT pretzel byline? Maybe it's a Coconut.
Dear headphone355: "Police Story", "Police Woman" and "That's My Mama" were CPT properties during this period. Unfortunately, Sony replaced this logo with its current one. The first season of "Police Story" (1973-74) is or will be out on DVD, but we don't know yet whether the Screen Gems "S From Hell" or Sony will appear following the closing credits. I plan on buying a copy and when I find out, you'll find out.
Mcnzlea 4 months ago
@blackorby4 Screen Gems was simply renamed Columbia Pictures Television, but kept the music (though shortened).
vinylrecord68 5 months ago
@davemadson From your video called ''Television Escapes The Blue Mountain: The Original Saga''?
miskellcki 6 months ago
This was also seen on The Rookies and its spin-off series S.W.A.T.
tnawcwvictoria 1 year ago
@tnawcwvictoria No offense intended, but I don't recall seeing that logo in the original Spelling Goldberg broadcasts on ABC unless if the end credits had "in association with" at the end (which I doubt), and then you would see it (providing it was prior to fall 1976). However, I think you would see the sunburst and the other updated Columbia/Sony logos when it was broadcast in syndication (would have been after '76)
sed1228 7 months ago
@sed1228 You didn't offend me and thanks for the info
tnawcwvictoria 7 months ago
@tnawcwvictoria You're very welcome!
sed1228 7 months ago
sounds almost EXACTLY like the screengems logo. just with the first few notes taken off! does that mean that screen gems merged with columbia pictures television?
TheTmpratt 1 year ago
@TheTmpratt i just saw 3 other comments talking about this! why did you post them on all those videos?
angelpichu1 1 year ago
@TheTmpratt Screen Gems has always been a part of Columbia Pictures from the start. In 1974 they decided to retire the Screen Gems name and renamed it Columbia Pictures Television.
KCOliver1960 10 months ago
@KCOliver1960 ah, ok thanks for telling me.
TheTmpratt 10 months ago
A bit of trivia concerning this first CPT logo from 1974: the arrangement of the words on it ("Columbia" and "Pictures" on each side, "Television" at the bottom, with a Columbia Pictures Industries byline below) seemed to, in a way, serve as a schematic for/preview of the Coke and CPE Torch Ladies of the 80s and early 90s, with the same words in the same places, and Coke/CPE bylines below, but on a representation of the Mona Lisa. Did you know that?
bmasters1981 1 year ago
I wasn't around in th 70's, but did they use it on All in th family, Sandford and Son, Maude, or Good Times? Or did the Norman Lear sitcoms not utilize this logo until later?
dubs19842009 1 year ago
@dubs19842009: This logo was not used on the Lear shows in syndication: Viacom had the syndication rights then (70's to mid-80's.) Later, Sony Pictures Television came to own Lear's companies (Tandem, Embassy Pictures, and TAT Communications) and thus, the Sony Pictures Television (previously Columbia/Tri-Star Television) logo would be seen (sometime in the 2000's).
Neville6000 1 year ago
@dubs19842009 Having been around in the 70s, I've never seen any Columbia logo on the original broadcasts of these shows (and even in syndication today) and I don't think you would have. That's because I just went on to Wikipedia and found out that Norman Lear's company wasn't sold to Columbia Pictures until 1985. The only production credits I saw in these shows were directly in the closing credits.
sed1228 7 months ago
@dubs19842009 In addition, All in the Family, Maude, and Good Times have the "CBS, Recorded at Television City, Hollywood, California" credit at the end since they were all recorded a the CBS Television City studios as well as broadcasted on CBS itself.
sed1228 7 months ago
@sed1228 and let's not forget One Day at a Time Starring Bonnie Franklin also have the CBS Recorded at Television City, Hollywood, California
tnawcwvictoria 7 months ago
@tnawcwvictoria You're right! I had forgotten about that. I just found out that there were two taping locations, Metromedia Square and, of course, CBS Television City.
sed1228 7 months ago
that.. looks.. nasty..
joman66 1 year ago
@joman66 screen gems?
TheTmpratt 1 year ago
I see the S from Hell logo left itself an heir to its horror after Screen Gems folded.
UberMan5000 1 year ago 2
thats the same fanfare as screen gems s from hell logo
7transformer 1 year ago
that doesn't look like all columbia's logos
7transformer 1 year ago
Ironically, that "pretzel" logo is really "the glow from The Lady's torch"(Jeb H. Perry, "Screen Gems: A History of Columbia Pictures Television from Cohn to Coke, 1948-1983", The Scarecrow Press).
FRANK172 2 years ago
Sadly, they went from a smart design with Screen Gems to this ugly one that looks like a key. I wonder what door it opened.
Shall I take what's behind Door #3?
RayPointer 2 years ago
Looks like a square pretzi.
woofyhound 2 years ago
The CPT pretzel logo, man , I could take a bite out of that one.
Superdave3426 2 years ago
Does anyone know the film production company that shows a screenshot of and egyptian court with columns and wall paintings? I am trying to find the clip that introduces the name of the company.
melliebel1 3 years ago
That sounds oddly familiary....do you remember any of the shows that used this logo? Were there letters in the logo? What colors?
aramanth 2 years ago
Re:The "S from Hell" is back but has a new look...more crystallized and I've seen it in the beginning of the Underworld movies and in "The Covenant"
I Saw That Logo At The Beginning Of Lakeview Terrance!
WareWolf1962 3 years ago
The ghost of Eric Siday lives!
dnm72863 3 years ago
Well they did bring back the original S From Hell on Bewitched and Jeannie reruns. First on TV Land, and currently on WGN America. Looks like they actually worked on the logo to restore it to its original color after years of deterioration.
chabba77 2 years ago
I've noticed that too.
dnm72863 2 years ago
I wish that companies would leave the old logos on their tv shows!
chocolateman85006 3 years ago 14
@chocolateman85006
Amen!!!
DJCandyManMike 9 months ago
I've *never* seen this before! I recognize the theme; it was used by Screen Gems!
bigfalcor 3 years ago
I never saw it because I assumed that the "Evil S" was still around
RockinEd 3 years ago
The "S from Hell" is back but has a new look...more crystallized and I've seen it in the beginning of the Underworld movies and in "The Covenant"
dahat56 3 years ago 2
This logo bears a strong resemblance to the logo used by Colonial Penn Insurance during the 1980's.
RJSchex 3 years ago
Despite coming out after the series run, it was also used for some I Dream of Jeannie episodes.
AllRequired 3 years ago
Hey does that theme music sounds like the Screen Gems logo S from Hell?
seanoue 3 years ago
It's the exact same one.
Jnelson09Returns 3 years ago
I remember Police woman and Police story using this in around 1974-75.
dcat918 3 years ago
This logo was used for several of its shows including "Bewitched","Policewoman","Police Story",not to mention the shows "Born Free",
"Bridget Loves Bernie","That's My Mama",and
"The Partridge Family". All that would change in 1976.
rayssonation 4 years ago
"Bewitched" was already off the air for 2 years when this logo first came on the scene in the fall of 1974.
utzworld 4 years ago
This is my favourite Columbia Pictures Television logo.
RobinMetrocolor 4 years ago
This survived on a couple of TV movies (particularly on the "Matt Helm" series pilot from '74 which ran on Encore Mystery a few years back).
SeanElGatoTelevision 4 years ago
"Ф" logo is cool
darsdm 4 years ago
Greatest American Hero.
OpenArms81 4 years ago
What shows used this, the first official Columbia Pictures Television logo after it changed its name from Screen Gems? That's my very best favourite TV logo.
headphone355 4 years ago 4
I believe Starsky & Hutch would've during its first two seasons. Among others, that is.
Jnelson09Returns 3 years ago
"Starsky & Hutch" was an Aaron Spelling production (which had no closing logo then). At the time it went to syndication, the short version of the CPT Sunburst logo was tacked on at the end.
vinylrecord68 3 years ago
Oh... for some reason, I thought different.
Jnelson09Returns 3 years ago
@headphone355
It could be seen on:
*That's My Mama (1974-1976)
*Police Story (1974 to 1976 episodes and specials)
*Police Woman (1974 to 1976 episodes)
*Nakia
ClassicTVMan81 1 year ago
@ClassicTVMan81: Also seen on:
*The Young & The Restless (1973-present)
*Days Of Our Lives (1965-present)
*Several TV movies made by CPT
Neville6000 1 year ago
That's the same Jingle for Screen Gems.
Starskylar87 4 years ago 2
Yes, of course.
ClassicTVFan82 4 years ago
When shows originally with this logo are now rerun, it is replaced by the Sony Pictures "Shining Bars" logo.
jonghyunchung 4 years ago
This logo was used after the final Screen Gems logo ended.
jonghyunchung 4 years ago
Now I know which show I see this logo on "Hong Kong Phooey"
icekid1994 4 years ago 3
Most of the big-name studios go back to that era. 20th Century-Fox, Universal, Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers--they all date to the '20s, some even to the '10s.
Marbles471 4 years ago
Dude, Columbia's been around since 1924.
Marbles471 4 years ago
I Like this logo, It's one of my favourites!
ChristianWithNES 4 years ago
This Was Taken From Any Show. Not All Of Them.
chessie93 4 years ago
That's what some people nicknamed it. Sorry.
headphone355 4 years ago
This is my favourite TV logo of all!!!
headphone355 4 years ago
I love the jingle, too. It's an abridged version of the Screen Gems theme from the "S from hell" days.
headphone355 4 years ago
I remember seeing this logo and the same screen gems music after police woman and police story on nbc.
dcat918 4 years ago
It does resemble"Greatest American Hero"."Believe It or Not",Should play in backround,not"Screen Gems"
LogoFreak1978 4 years ago 2
It's The"Greatest American Hero"logo,well sort of.
larlem02 4 years ago 2
This is Screen Gems Jingle Power. He was another Illuminator. He was'nt Making Peanuts. I love that Sony Pictures. What is a CPT pretzel byline? Maybe it's a Coconut.
chaudn 4 years ago 2
On which planet does that make sense???
Asdffgcghdv898 4 years ago
Love that jingle!!
babygiraffe123 5 years ago