Showtime's earliest logo was a TV screen embedded in a sphere, that looked a little bit like the CBS eye. It depended a lot on this logo rather than the "Showtime" name, which seems like an afterthought in these clips...
A short animation with the Showtime Sphere, then a promo for "Modern Problems". Note the extensive use of the Sphere, which even extends to chyrons...
The music is from the fantasy sequence in "9 To 5" which they played a lot at that time. Ha! Thanks for posting, love these things, I still have a lot of the guides
monkynmee57 9 months ago
LOL Showtime launched in 1976
Rebeccachu 2 years ago
Please post more of these early 80 Showtime bumps.
OpenArms81 4 years ago
I love the fanfare music,that plays over"The Coming Next"bumper.Very cool.I didn't get Showtime til'85,so please keep posting early 80's Showtime bumps.Thanks
JamminLightning 4 years ago