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


@mcydodge919

music variant

@ChadODell


visuals: cel or motion-controlled animation. byline font's Modula

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


@ClosingLogosHD

chroma key

Maintenance script

in association with

Maintenance script


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


@BrokenSaw1

coke

@mcydodge919

coke gems

@LogicSmash

byline

@ClosingLogosHD

silver

@jordanrioslogovaultisnolon6085

silver byline

@BrokenSaw1

dis shit called tiny coookeee

Maintenance script

early byline

Maintenance script

distributed by

Maintenance script

in association with

Maintenance script

open matte

Maintenance script

wonky distributed by

Maintenance script

wonky in association with

Maintenance script

in association with up

Maintenance script

distributed by 2

Maintenance script


visuals: matte painting for the torch lady, and motion-controlled animation. text font is Souvenir

audio: first theme composed by Suzanne Ciani, second theme composed by Timothy Thompson on a Roland D50

TBA



last updated by phantomhater, 05/06/2025 11:31 AM

Edit history