Universal Television/Summary

Background : The origins of Universal Television go back to 1943, when MCA formed Revue Studios (first known as "Revue Productions, Inc.") as a TV arm. The partnership of NBC and Revue extends as far back as September 6, 1950, with the television broadcast of Armour Theatre, based on the radio show Stars Over Hollywood. The company was renamed "Revue Studios" after MCA purchased the Universal Studios lot in 1958. Then in 1962, following the acquisition of Decca Records, who owned Universal-International Pictures at the time, Revue was renamed to "Universal Television. Shortly afterwards, Uni TV co-produced many shows with Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited, such as Adam-12 and the 1967 revival of Dragnet. In 1988, Universal Television and MCA TV formed a sub-division known as MCA Television Entertainment (or "MTE"). In 1990, Uni TV began the Law & Order franchise. The same year, Universal was acquired by the electronics company Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (now "Panasonic Corporation"). In 1995, Universal was acquired by Joseph A. Seagram and Sons and later acquired the USA Networks. In 1996, MCA was reincorporated as "Universal Studios" and acquired Multimedia Entertainment from Gannett, Inc., and Universal Television's distribution arm, MCA TV, as well as its sub-division, MTE were renamed to Universal Television Enterprises and Universal Television Entertainment respectively. In 1997, Universal sold off its USA Networks and Universal Television to Barry Diller, who renamed it to Studios USA. In 1998, the breakup of United International Pictures' TV arm led to Universal reforming its own international television distributor, Universal Worldwide Television. It handled international distribution of Studios USA shows, while Studios USA handled domestic distribution of Universal's own library. In 1999, Seagram bought PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, which included PolyGram Television. The deal closed in 2000, and the name PolyGram was soon scrubbed and replaced with the Universal name. However, in 1999, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios used its debt to acquire most of the pre-1996 films (1,300 titles) by PolyGram from Seagram. In 2001, Vivendi Universal acquired Studios USA and made Diller as CEO of VU Entertainment fully reforming Universal Television. On May 12, 2004, General Electric (GE) acquired 80% of Universal Studios and merged the studio with NBC to form "NBC Universal, Inc." (now "NBCUniversal, LLC") and merged the two television companies to form "NBC Universal Television" (now "NBCUniversal Television"). However, the company decided to keep the NBC and Universal Television names in the end credits from any series by NBC or Universal. On September 12, 2011, the name "Universal Television" was reinstated, replacing the name "Universal Media Studios".

Revue Studios
1st Logo (August 11, 1951-1953)

Nicknames : "Rotating Camera", "Turning Camera", "Revue Camera", "Camera of Doom", "On 1950's television, Camera pictures you!"

Logo : On a curtain background, We zoom in on a shot of a TV camera, which turns sideways, revealing the phrase "A REVUE PRODUCTION" (in a Futura font) inscribed onto the camera base. Then it later fades to the MCA TV "Film reel" logo.

FX/SFX : The rotation of the TV camera, all done in live action.

Music/Sounds : A dramatic 1940s-esque horn fanfare.

Availability : Extremely rare, as the "Film reel" is long gone. This has appeared for a short time on some episodes of The Adventures of Kit Carson, among a few others.

Editor's Note : The music will probably be a problem with many viewers. The camera zoom-in and it turning can also give someone the shakes.

2nd Logo (1953-1957)

Logo : Over a light shaded background, we see the phrase "Produced by REVUE In Hollywood". The word Revue is taller than the rest of the words, and appears in a very slim, 3-dimensional state. The angle is on the right, looking downward, with a bit of a shadow behind the letters. The remainder of the logo features the other words in a fancy cursive font.

Variant :
 * This logo is shared with the MCA TV "Film reel" logo on several TV shows.
 * On Tales of Wells Fargo, the logo is superimposed into the background and the word "REVUE" is in 2D.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : None or the closing theme of the show.

Availability : Uncommon, though a variant of sorts can be found on first season episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on Antenna TV and on DVD, as well as the pilot episode of Leave It to Beaver in reruns and on DVD, and The Adventures of Kit Carson on DVD.

3rd Logo (1957-1958)

Logo : We have the Revue name but in Arial font. The name appears "Filmed at Revue in Hollywood" with "revue" in bold lettering and below it has the MCA Arrowhead which has "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" above and "mca tv" inside it with "exclusive representatives" below:

filmed at revue in Hollywood

Variants :
 * "Exclusive Representatives" was later changed to "exclusive distributor" on the MCA-TV logo.
 * Sometimes the phrase "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is seen above the arrowhead.
 * At other times, it would say "produced by revue in hollywood".

FX/SFX : Scrolling of the credits or superimposed.

Music/Sounds : Just the end title theme from any show.

Availability : Common.
 * It's seen on most of the first season and a few early episodes of the 2nd season of Leave It to Beaver in reruns and on DVD.
 * It also appeared on the first season of Wagon Train on Starz Encore Westerns and 1957-1958 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on Antenna TV and Bachelor Father.

4th Logo (1958-1963)

Nickname : "The Filmstrips"

Logo : Two lines of letters rotate in opposite directions of each other. The top line going left, the bottom line going right. To the tune of their 5-note fanfare, five letters stack horizontally together, unevenly, spelling the name "REVUE". Then the rest of the letters are moved away, bringing in a white-outline transparent shape of a rectangle (kind of similar to the Warner Bros. \\' logo). Then the inside turns into a dark gray color under the black and light gray blocks of letters. Then the phrase appears as being "filmed in hollywood at revue studios" with "MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR" under it. The MCA byline, which was actually underneath the logo, was usually accompanied by it's own union bug, which was a small globe with the words MCA over it. For those who are curious, here is the line-up of letters that were featured on this logo. The ones used for the logo appear in bold type. And they are...

Top Right xazcnaqurpemscvxuozserncv

Left azcvrzsnoxureaocvucxozrsx

This logo also appears in series credits. Sometimes, just the name appears just as it's predecessor logo has done before.

Trivia : The top of the row also spells "revue": xazcnaqurpemscvxuozserncv

Variants :
 * This logo appeared in quite a few lengths. There is a long version, that features the full-length version of the fanfare. Some shows, such as those produced in association with Kayro Productions, feature an abridged version of the logo that starts with the TV tube zooming out and a shortened fanfare. There are also several versions of this logo used for co-productions, such as for Kayro shows, JaMco Productions, Hubbell-Robinson Productions, Top Gun Productions, and Shamley Productions; those feature the company name alongside a smaller version of the Revue logo.
 * In 1962, a color version appeared. It featured the regular logo being placed a wallflower-type background with '60s star designs in orange, similar to the 1st logo of Universal Television. The filmstrips above were orange and the bottom were teal. Same animation still applied, but the television tube inside later turns ivory and the phrase saying: "filmed in hollywood by revue studios, MCA-TV EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR".
 * Another variation existed having the negatives blinking, which later fades to the co-producer's card. This version is bylineless.
 * Another variation existed having this logo on a light blue background, but the inside was red with a white outline and the negatives "r", "v", and "e" were black and "e" and "u" were in blue. Only animation was used was the TV tube finish zooming out and later fades to the 1964 Universal Television logo in color.
 * Early versions have a conjoined Revue/MCA logo, with the Revue logo on the left in a solid-lined TV tube border, and an MCA Arrowhead logo in a dotted-line TV tube connected to it on the right, Venn diagram-style.The usual Revue info is written on the left tube, and "mca tv exclusive distributor" is written on the right tube. The company name in which the show had been co-produced is written above, as usual.
 * One Kayro Productions variant had "Produced by Kayro productions" in a strange font (with "Kayro" in very large letters) and the TV tube containing the Revue logo with no additional text.
 * On season 2 of Leave It to Beaver among other series, "productions inc." is shown under the Revue logo, which was changed to "studios" in 1959.

FX/SFX : The building block-type animation.

Music/Sounds : A loud but majestic horn fanfare accompanied by a xylophone; this has appeared in quite a few lengths, corresponding with the logo. There were two jingles, a (rarely-heard) long version and a short version both arranged by Stanley Wilson and Juan Garcia Esquivel. The long version has the first note longer and 4 extra notes. The short version has the 1st note shorter and deleted the 4 extra notes.

Music/Sounds Variants :
 * Over the years, some shows have the regular jingle plastered with the 1964 Universal Television theme.
 * The 1962 logo featured a higher-pitched version of the theme.
 * There is a long version that doesn't feature the echo.
 * A high tone variant of the long version also exists.

Availability : Common.
 * It can be seen on Leave It to Beaver whenever ran, the first season of McHale's Navy and Alfred Hitchcock Presents on Antenna TV with the in-credit logos from 1958-60 and the animation from 1960-63.
 * The color version is rare and was last seen on the first season episodes of The Virginian on Starz Encore Westerns and Laramie and the other on the color episodes of McHale's Navy. More recently, the color version has been spotted on several color episodes of Laramie on Starz Encore Westerns, followed by the 1960-63 NBC Studios "Snake" logo.

Final Note : Kayro Productions and Revue Studios started a partnership by forming Kayro-Vue Productions in 1964.

Universal Television
===1st Logo (1963-1964)===  Nickname:  "Blinking Negatives"

 Nicknames:  "Universal Globe III", "Globe from/of Hell/Doom", "Evil Globe", "MCA Globe VI", "Still Zooming Globe III"

 Logo:  Same as the 7th logo, but with a few differences from the previous logo:
 * The font color seems to be mainly white , ivory, yellow , or pink (though this may be due to film deterioration), while still a bit planetary.
 * The " UNIVERSAL " font is different from the movie version, and is much skinnier and stretched out.
 * The MCA globe bug common with previous logos is no longer included with the logo (as it was moved to the copyright notice on the ending credits).
 * On the " AN MCA COMPANY " byline, "MCA " seems to be taller the rest of the other letters.

The top text line had the same " FROM ," " AND ," and " IN ASSOCIATION WITH " lines centered in from previous logos.

 Variants: 
 * There is also an opening variant where the globe is animated like in the movie logo, but before the globe finishes zooming, the word, " UNIVERSAL " fades in over the globe. A second later, the byline, " AN MCA COMPANY " appears under " UNIVERSAL ". That has appeared at the beginning of few TV movies from that time such as the 1979 TV movie, The Seekers.
 * On the 1991 TV movie Keeping Secrets, the logo fades out instead of cutting out.
 * On The A-Team, it used the " FROM " top line and added the word " AND " (which later turned green starting in the 1984-1985 season) below the MCA byline. This was done to present the Stephen J. Cannell logo that followed it. However the 1st Few Episodes used "IN ASSOCIATION WITH".

 FX/SFX:  Just the entire text fading in. Except on Still the Beaver, the entire logo just fades in as it's just a still image.

 Music/Sounds:  A new 5-note fanfare that retains the first four elements of the classic Revue theme, but does not feature the 9-note trademark fanfare used since the Revue days. There are many versions of this jingle, with the orchestration changing with each rendition. From 1975-1982, it was more of an orchestral arrangement; from 1982-1991, the jingles have an electronic "warbling" under the main jingle. All were arranged by Robert Prince.

 Music/Sounds Variants: 
 * 1975-1976: The first season theme uses a timpani-roll mixed under the theme. Sometimes there's also a variant where the drumroll finishes abruptly. A slower variant exists.
 * 1976-1978, 1981: Another version of the theme, but using a bass drum roll on the final note.
 * 1977-1980, January 4-July 24, 1984: Third version to use a horn on the first notes with orchestration on the final note. The short-lived Domestic Life used this in 1984.
 * 1980-November 24, 1981: A much slower version that has an elevator-like sound on the first note (possibly produced by a vibraphone). Much dramatic on the final note. This also introduces the first low tone version. The first episode of Simon & Simon used this variant.
 * 1981-September 22, 1982, October 6, 1985, 1987-1990: Another slower version. Starting on season 2 of Charles in Charge in 1987, it used an abridged version 1981 theme.
 * April 1981: On parts 2-4 of the 4-part miniseries Masada, it uses one final Universal variant based on the end-title theme. Composed and conducted by Mort Stevens.
 * September 26, 1982-August 24, 1989: Another version by using a ascending/descending electronic tune played on a keyboard (almost sounds like a flute) of some sort mixed under the theme. Another low version is also included. This also introduces an abridged version of the low tone on the Charles in Charge episode "Another Saturday Night". The low toned variant was used sometimes on Magnum P.I. in 1988 and Simon & Simon until March 22, 1989, and was used on The Equalizer for that show's entire run.
 * 1984-1989: On the series Still the Beaver, a quicker version of the theme was used, composed on what sounds like an organ.
 * October 24, 1986-October 18, 1991: Final versions of the theme, which have a different electronic sound. This also includes abridged versions and introducing warp versions. Miami Vice first used this in late 1986. Other shows did not start using this theme until late 1987. The logo was used for the final time on October 18, 1991 on an episode of the super short-lived Princesses called "My Prince Will Gum."
 * In exceptional cases, mainly on TV movies, it used only the closing theme of the show, being it less (or nothing) scary than all their counterparts. This also happened on a rerun of the season 7 Marcus Welby, M.D. episode "The Covenant."
 * On the DVD print of the Murder, She Wrote TV movie South by Southwest, it uses the 1991 logo music from the 10th logo. It's probably because of an editing mistake. At least it made the logo less scary.
 * On the opening variant, it's silent.

 Availability:  Common. It's currently seen on The A-Team and Miami Vice on Centric, season 1-early season 8 of Murder, She Wrote on TV Land, season 5-early season 10 of Columbo, seasons 2-6 of The Rockford Files, and seasons 3-5 of Kojak on Me-TV, the first three seasons of Coach after Bungalow 78 on ReelzChannel, as well as Hulu, NBCUniversal's half-owned online service. It's also seen on DVD releases such as Charles in Charge, The A-Team, Miami Vice (on U.K Universal and Mill Creek prints), Knight Rider, seasons 3-5 of Kojak, and the first three seasons of Coach, among others. Local reruns and Netflix prints of the first season of Law and Order plaster this with the NBCUniversal Television Distribution logo (except on Netflix's print of the episode "Out of the Half-Light", where the logo is retained), and more recent prints of the entire run of Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron plaster this with the 1998 Universal Worldwide Television logo. One of its last appearances was on the Murder, She Wrote S8 episode "Thicker Than Water". It is also seen on the 7th and final season of Marcus Welby, M.D. on COZI TV.

Editor's Note : Same as the 5th logo, but there are some bits that made it notorious among some viewers with the more dramatic logo themes and the less friendly-looking typeface on the logo contributing to it.

===8th Logo (1987-19??)===  Nicknames:  "MCA Globe VII", "Almost Still Zooming Globe"

 Logo:  Just the end of the 1973 Universal Pictures logo used in place of the TV logo.

 FX/SFX:  The rotating globe.

 Music/Sounds:  None.

 Availability:  Extinct. Was seen on the 1980s syndicated series The Woody Woodpecker Show, which was co-produced and distributed by The Program Exchange.

Editor's Note : It's the 1973 movie logo on television. Not much to say.

===9th Logo (September 1991-July 12, 1997, 1998, 2000)===  Nicknames:  "CGI Globe", "MCA Globe VIII", "CGI MCA Globe", "90s Globe", "90s MCA Globe", "CGI 90s MCA Globe"

 Logo:  It's nearly the same as its 1991 motion picture counterpart, but with a few differences:
 * The animation seems to be a tad cheaper than the movie logo. Whereas that logo featured shiny gold lettering for " UNIVERSAL " in Copperplate Gothic Bold font, a detailed globe model (which were both models filmed with motion control), and an impressive-looking starfield, the TV version features a gradient "texture" on " UNIVERSAL ", and a slightly less detailed globe (which are both in CGI), and starfield. Also, there is no flash at the beginning as well and the MCA byline is white.
 * "TELEVISION" appears in white, and spaced out to fit the width of " UNIVERSAL ".
 * Like previous logos, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" usually appears in white  centered above all other text.

 Trivia:  This logo is based on the print movie artwork logo designed by Glen Wexler.

 Variants: 
 * This logo existed in two versions: a filmed version, and a videotaped version. The filmed version was more prominent at first, as most of Universal's shows were still shot primarily on film, but changed to the videotaped version as time progressed. The filmed version isn't as crisp as the taped version and features that unfortunate effect known as "Film-O-Vision" and the MCA byline is shifted up a little.
 * On some shows, one of the two alternate variations of the company's phrase fades in above the Universal name, followed by the MCA byline.
 * Since then, during the 1996-1997 season, the logo became bylineless, in observance to the studio's acquisition by Seagram and Sons and MCA, Inc. was reincorporated into Universal Studios during that time. Also, the "®" symbol has shifted up on the top right end of " UNIVERSAL ". The 1994 MCA TV logo was replaced with the 1990-1997 Universal Pictures logo, which was also bylineless.
 * On some shows such as Sliders, American Gothic (1995), and M.A.N.T.I.S. (excluding the pilot episode), there was a still version of the logo, but "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" has been replaced by a small black rectangular box with "DISTRIBUTED THROUGH" in it at the top of the globe. Plus, the starfield background is stretched more vertically. This Also Appears On "Doctor Who The Movie"
 * This logo was shown on the left alongside with the 1992 Warner Bros. Television logo on the right as seen on Family Dog.
 * On the Rockford Files TV movie Friends and Foul Play, the logo is slowed down, but the music still plays normally.
 * For shows by Action Pack, this logo has "PRESENTS" replacing "TELEVISION". Plus, it fades in after the logo forms instead of sliding in with " UNIVERSAL ".
 * Sometimes, the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" isn't displayed above the logo.
 * On some French-dubbed shows such as New York Undercover, "EN ASSOCIATION AVEC" appears on a blue  bar.
 * Open matte and widescreen versions of the logo exists.
 * The widescreen version of the original 1991 and bylineless 1997 variants can be seen on at least 3 episodes of Columbo on Blu-ray (although Nicktoons UK airings retains the original 4:3 ratio).
 * The widescreen version of the 1994 stretched starfield variant is very rare and was spotted on an overseas airing of a 1994 Law & Order episode.

 FX/SFX:  The CGI of the rotating globe and the name.

 Music/Sounds:  A majestic 7-note French horn fanfare with strings and ascending synth chimes, based on Universal's long version of its 1990 jingle. A low tone was also included starting in 1991 on the Quantum Leap season 4 episode "Justice". All composed by James Horner.

 Music/Sounds Variants: 
 * In other cases, the ending theme of the show is used.
 * On the first four season 2 episodes of Law & Order, it uses the late 1986 logo theme from the previous logo.
 * On the un-aired TV pilot of Darkman: The Series, it's mostly silent.
 * On The Hub (now Discovery Family) airings of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the first couple seconds of the opening theme from Action Pack is heard on the "PRESENTS" variant of the logo.

 Availability:  Fairly common. With most Universal logos, they are usually retained on any repeat broadcasts, although recent local reruns of a few season 3 episodes of Law & Order have this logo plastered with the 2011 NBCUniversal Television Distribution logo. However, it was used in tandem with the 8th logo until a month later after it debuted. Currently seen on seasons 2-7 of Law & Order on TNT, seasons 8-12 of Murder, She Wrote on TV Land beginning with the episode "Lines of Excellence", seasons 4-9 of Coach on ReelzChannel, and New York Undercover on Centric, among others. It is preserved on shows on Hulu. The "PRESENTS" variant of the logo is intact on early seasons of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys when reran. The "Distributed Through" variant can be found at the end of Doctor Who: The Movie, following the early 90's BBC Worldwide logo. The logo makes a strange appearance on Murder She Wrote: A Story to Die For, which aired in 2000.

Editor's Note : It's a decent CGI version of the then-current movie logo.

===10th Logo (September 1997-July 2004)===  Nicknames:  "CGI Globe II", "CGI Glittering Planet TV", "2000s Globe"

 Logo:  A near-still shot of the 1997 Universal Pictures logo used in motion pictures (with the globe still rotating and the glow shining). It looks nearly the same, and you can still see a glow from behind it. Text will appear below the logo, as listed below:
 * 1997-1998: " UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT " (formerly MTE)
 * 1997-1998: " IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNIVERSAL TELEVISION " (seen on co-produced programs from that era)
 * 1997-1998: " UNIVERSAL TELEVISION ENTERPRISES, INC. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR " (formerly MCA TV)
 * 1998-2000: " UNIVERSAL WORLDWIDE TELEVISION "
 * 1997-2000: Like the movie logo, a small copyright appears at the bottom-right. That variant was used for the first three text variants until 1998 while it was still used for the fourth text variant until 2000.
 * 2000-2004: "www.universalstudios.com" (seen on such series like: Sitting Ducks, Xena: Warrior Princess, and the first two seasons of Monk, as well as the Fractured Fairy Tales short "The Phox, the Box, and the Lox" and Boo!). The byline would be updated in 2002.
 * 2002-2004: "( in association with )  UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION , www.universalstudios.com"
 * 2002-2004: "( in association with )  UNIVERSAL DOMESTIC TELEVISION , www.universalstudios.com"
 * 2002-2004: " UNIVERSAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION , www.universalstudios.com"

 Variants: 
 * Sometimes, the logo doesn't feature the URL underneath the globe. Plus, the logo fades in and out.
 * On some TV movies from 1997-1998 such as The Rockford Files TV movie Murder and Misdemeanors, there is a filmed version of the Universal Television version. Plus, the name is already there and is a bit bigger.
 * On season 4 of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and season 3 of Xena: Warrior Princess, the word " PRESENTS " in spaced-out letters, fades in under the "UNIVERSAL" text. The copyright is intact.
 * Sometimes for Universal Television Enterprises and Universal Worldwide Television and mostly for Universal Television Entertainment, there is a longer version of the logo, starting out with the "UNIVERSAL" name making its way to the front of the globe, and the name appears below the logo after it before the logo finally zooms back to its position before the copyright appears. This is basically the last half of the 1997 Universal Pictures logo.
 * On some episodes of the first two seasons of Monk, the tail end of the movie logo, which features the globe zooming back, is shown.
 * On the 2002-2004 variants, the text's shadow is not there. This is used in the Network, Domestic, Distributive and Worldwide variants. The byline in these variants is also updated.
 * For a very short time in late 2001 and early 2002, Universal's TV and movie departments were celebrating the 20th Anniversary of E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, with a special logo featuring E.T. and Elliot flying across the globe. The TV version's logo is similar to the normal version, except that E.T. and Elliot are flying behind the bold "UNIVERSAL" text, and the words "E.T. 20TH ANNIVERSARY" with "E.T." in it's own movie logo font, are featured under the globe. It is usually following the notice "Distributed by Universal Worldwide Television". But some variants use the Worldwide variant with the URL instead.
 * There is also a B&W variant for classic Revue/MCA/Universal shows in B&W.
 * On early S4 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!, the logo (minus the text and the URL) is seen on the right with the 1995 Brillstein-Grey Entertainment logo on the left inside a white outline box against a gray stone spotlight background.
 * On later episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me! since season 4, the logo (minus the text and the URL) is seen on the bottom along with the Brad Grey Television logo above.

 FX/SFX:  The "fire" behind the globe, the globe rotating, and the name fading in until 2000.

 Music/Sounds:  A short version of the movie counterpart's theme. On some shows, it's silent. Variations of the theme applies. All composed by Jerry Goldsmith.

 Music/Sounds Variants: 
 * 1997-2000: A longer version of the theme used for Universal Television Entertainment and the longer version of Universal Television Enterprises and Universal Worldwide Television. It was used for the first two until 1998 while it was used for the latter until 2000.
 * 1997-April 23, 1999: An odd short version (with one note clipped) was used on Roar and Sliders.
 * 1997-2004: A short version of the movie's counterpart. Standard version.
 * 2002-2004: Another odd short version with four notes.
 * 2003-2004: Final short version using the first three notes playing fast and the last note of the theme.
 * In an extremely rare case, the ending theme of the show/movie plays over it or none.
 * On season 4 of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and season 3 of Xena: Warrior Princess, the first couple seconds of the opening theme from Action Pack is heard on the "PRESENTS" variant of the logo.
 * One 1996 episode of New York Undercover has the 1991 Universal Television logo theme playing on the Universal Domestic Television logo.
 * One variant has the short 2003 theme low-toned, other than the final note.

 Availability:  Common.
 * Can still be found on most, if not all Universal-produced shows of this time such as the Law & Order franchise among others. Universal's merger with NBC put an end to this logo in 2004. Especially shown on USA Network, Cloo, WGN America, local syndication, Sitting Ducks and Maisy when reran, the earliest episodes of House, M.D., and shows on Hulu.
 * It's also seen on the final two seasons of Sliders when reran.
 * The Universal Television Entertainment logo, so far, has appeared on the 1997 TV movie House of Frankenstein.
 * The longer version of the Universal Television Enterprises logo has appeared on some later episodes of Jerry Springer and Sally Jesse Raphael during the 1997-98 season and the standard version is retained on season 4 on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys on The Hub and DVD, season 3 of Xena: Warrior Princess on DVD, and Team Knight Rider on Hulu.
 * The long version of Universal Worldwide Television was seen on reruns of In Search of... from the late 90s.
 * The Brillstein-Grey/Universal (Brad Grey Television/Universal) combo variant is seen on The Steve Harvey Show reruns on Centric and Just Shoot Me reruns on local syndication.
 * The Universal Domestic Television logo is retained on post-1996 episodes of New York Undercover on Centric.
 * The Television Distribution logo can be seen at the end of Leave It to Beaver reruns on Me-TV.
 * On some repeats of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!, the 2004 NBC Universal logo plasters this one.
 * The URL version surprisingly appears at the end of Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond, a documentary which can be found on the 2005 DVD of Apollo 13.

Editor's Note : It's just the end bit of the then-current movie logo, which is still fine with good relaxing music and CGI.

===11th Logo (September 14-October 2011)===  Nicknames:  "CGI Globe III", "Sunburst Globe", "2010s Globe"

 Logo:  We zoom out from a Western Hemisphere view of a detailed globe with some clouds. As we pan out, a sunburst appears and shines in the northeastern arc of the globe. A bluish/purple  starfield with a few nebular clouds appear in the background. The white  text "UNIVERSALTELEVISION " without a space between and with an abstract arc above is vertically wiped in front of the Earth globe with a translucent line once we are at a comfortable distance. Strangely, the Earth globe is rotating backwards rather than forwards like it is supposed to.

 FX/SFX:  The zoom out of the globe, the name wiping in.

 Music/Sounds:  The closing theme of the show.

 Availability:  Extinct. It debuted (as a placeholder) on the 2011 fall season premieres of Parenthood, Community, and The Office, among others before the split-screen credits on network TV. This logo also appears on original prints of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Last Call with Carson Daly. Like the returning series mentioned above, it was also seen on new shows such as Whitney, Up All Night, and Prime Suspect, among others, all on NBC before the split-screen credits. On-demand prints of 2011 fall season episodes (i.e. Hulu, NBC.com) of these shows retained the Universal Media Studios logo.

Editor's Note : An excellent effort to bring the classic Universal Television name back, except one problem: the globe is spinning to the left instead of to the right. Strange, isn't it? But it was a placeholder as it was replaced a month later.

===12th Logo (October 13, 2011- ) ===  Nicknames:  "CGI Globe IV", "Sunburst Globe II", "2010s Globe II"

 Note:  This is the enhanced, standard version of the previous logo, complete with a corporate byline.

 Logo:  Against the bluish  starfield background that's almost similar to the one from the previous logo with some nebular clouds, we see the much more detailed Earth globe zooming from the front right to the center which is now rotating forwards this time like the other Universal logos. As the globe reaches to the center, the sunburst appears flashing on the top-right part of the globe. As this happens, the text "UNIVERSALTELEVISION", in the same font as before with the abstract arc above it, appears rotating in from the left and making a stop in front of the globe as the sunburst dims down a bit and a couple light rays are seen behind the globe and some of the nebular clouds are seen moving in front of the logo. The byline "A Division of NBCUniversal" appears under the logo.

 Trivia:  This logo was created and animated by Imaginary Forces. The logo has some elements from the 1991 Universal Television logo.

 Variants: 
 * There is one version of the logo where the "UNIVERSALTELEVISION" text, along with the abstract arc above, appears wiping in vertically like the previous logo instead of rotating in as the globe goes into the center. Plus, a couple of light rays are gone.
 * In 2013, the logo was enhanced, with darker tones and a dimmer sun. This version is bylineless, presumably to reflect the new 100% Comcast ownership. This variant is only seen on the Imaginary Forces website.
 * On season 3 of Master of None and full-screen prints of shows, the logo is in 4:3.
 * On Saturday Morning All Star Hits!, the logo is in 4:3 and videotaped like the show itself.
 * On 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas and later season 2 episodes of Master of None, the logo is in scope and bylineless.

 Note:  This variant was used for an extremely short period of time.

 FX/SFX:  The globe zooming out, the sunburst flashing, the words rotating or wiping in. This logo is an improvement over the previous one.

 Music/Sounds:  A three-note orchestrated theme, consisting on the first two notes of the three-note NBC chimes jingle and a final note that sounds similar to that of the 1997 Universal Pictures fanfare, composed by the late, great Jerry Goldsmith. This jingle sounds quite similar to the NBCUniversal Television logo music.

 Music/Sounds Variants: 
 * On three S3 episodes of Community, the Universal Media Studios logo music is heard.
 * There is also a long version of the logo theme.
 * A warp-speed version of the music exists, with a cymbal crash on the last note.

 Availability:  Fairly common. It debuted on the October 13, 2011 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and was used in tandem with the previous logo. It is currently seen on new episodes of shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the Chicago franchise (encompassing Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, and the short-lived Chicago Justice), as well as both seasons of Smash and later episodes of Parenthood, The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Community, among other NBC shows. Also seen on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mindy Project and the final season of House, all on Fox. On cable television, it appeared on Adult Swim's The Jack & Triumph Show.

Editor's Note : Another brilliant television logo from Universal, improving over the previous one. Strangely it didn't match the 2012 Universal Pictures logo.

Copyright Stamps
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the Universal Television series and TV movies:
 * 1964-1966: Copyright © [YEAR] by Universal Television. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1966-1967: Copyright © [YEAR] by Universal Television - A division of Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1967-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] by Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1997-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1997-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1997-1998: Copyright © [YEAR] UTE, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1998: Copyright © [YEAR] New-U Television LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1998: Copyright © [YEAR] New-U Distribution LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Studios USA Television LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1998: Copyright © [YEAR] Studios USA Television Distribution LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * 1999-2003: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. (Used on The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!)
 * 2002-: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Network Television LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television Enterprises LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * 2002-: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Talk Television (Productions) LLC. All Rights Reserved
 * 2011-: Copyright © [YEAR] NBC Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * 2014-: Copyright © [YEAR] Universal Television LLC. All Rights Reserved.