Columbia Pictures Television

on May 6th, 1974, Columbia Pictures reincorporated Screen Gems into Columbia Pictures Television. the name change was announced on May 1st and was suggested by David Gerber (president of Screen Gems). in 1984 The Coca-Cola Company demerged Columbia Pictures and its television distribution. on January 30th, 1984 CPT and LBS joined forces and created Colex Enterprises to distribute CPT stuff from the 50s to the 70s and on October of that year CPT created Television Program Source. on November 24th 1986 CPT was merged with Embassy Communications to form Columbia/Embassy Television. The Coca-Cola Company regrouped CPT, Embassy, and Merv Griffin Enterprises into Coca-Cola Television. on December 21st, 1987 Coke's entertainment business was sold to TriStar Pictures for $3.1B. TriStar Pictures was renamed to Columbia Pictures Entertainment and Coca-Cola Television was shutdown and folded into Columbia Pictures Television Distribution. on October 1991 CPT, TriStar Television and Merv Griffin Enterprises were reorganized into Sony Pictures Entertainment Television Group. on February 21st, 1994 CPT merged with TriStar Television and became Columbia TriStar Television. on January 1st, 2001 CPT was folded into Columbia TriStar Television to form Columbia TriStar Network Television, however its formation was blocked cuz of "fin-syn" laws. on October 25th 2001 CTNT was replaced by Columbia TriStar Domestic Television. CPT still exists as CPT Holdings, Inc. to hold copyrights for CPT stuff. CPT is now Sony Pictures Television

1st logo - 1974 to 1977


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audio: composed by Van Alexander and arranged by Eric Siday, and performed on a Moog

from:

1976: "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case"

2nd logo - 1976 to 1983


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visuals: camera-controlled animation. text font is Souvenir

audio: composed by Suzanne Ciani

from:

1976: "Police Woman"

1977: "A Killing Affair", "Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas", "Police Woman", "The Making of The Deep"

1978: "Fantasy Island", "Last of the Good Guys", "More Than Friends", "Police Woman"

1980: "Alone at Last" pilot, "Barney Miller"

1981: "Barney Miller", "Family Reunion"

1982: "Barney Miller", "Filthy Rich", "Ivanhoe", "T.J. Hooker", "The Shadow Riders"

1983: Johnny Garage pilot, "T.J. Hooker"

3rd logo - 1982 to 1993


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