Touchstone Television (original)/Summary

Background:
The first incarnation of Touchstone Television was the television arm of Touchstone Pictures formed in 1985 under the Walt Disney Company to produce more adult-oriented shows and TV movies. In February 2007, Touchstone Television was renamed to "ABC Television Studio", which was renamed again to "ABC Studios" in May 2007; however, from 2007-2009, Touchstone Television survived as an in-name-only unit of ABC Studios until the final season of Monk on USA Network. In 2020, Disney revived the Touchstone Television name as the new name for the former Fox 21 Television Studios.

===1st Logo (March 21-April 25, 1985)===

 Nicknames:  "Flash", "Thunderball III", "CGI Golden-Light Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball III", "CGI Touchstone Thunderball"

 Logo:  We see a light shining over a black screen. The light condenses and we see the gold stone from past Touchstone logos over a blue sphere. Later, the words: TOUCHSTONE  ​TELEVISION 

zoom out underneath the sphere.

 Variants: 


 * This logo would come in either the standard 4:3 version or the widescreen 16:9 version.
 * A still version of this logo exists on the first 2 seasons of Ghost Whisperer. However, international prints of some season 1 episodes will use the animated one instead.

 FX/SFX:  Same as the theatrical logo, but sped up. None for the still version.

 Music/Sounds:  The 1989 jingle from the previous logo, the ending theme of the show, or none.

 Music/Sounds Variants: 


 * On According to Jim, the last few notes of the piano section to the 1989 theme are cut off.
 * ABC, CBS and NBC airings used their generic themes.

 Availability:  Common. Appeared on Touchstone Television's programs from 2004 to 2007, such as Less Than Perfect ​(on which the 1989 jingle was intact). Also seen on reruns of Grey's Anatomy on Lifetime, while other shows like 8 Simple Rules (for Dating My Teenage Daughter), My Wife & Kids on Nick @ Nite, Scrubs, pre-2009 episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Criminal Minds, among others continued to feature the ending theme, and Lost had no music. Only Monk continued using this logo until the series finale.