TriStar Television/Summary

 Logo descriptions by Nicholas Aczel and Michael Bode

 Logo captures by Eric S., Shadeed A. Kelly, and V of Doom

 Editions by Shadeed A. Kelly and V of Doom

 Video captures courtesy of Eric S., Michael Bass, and mcydodge919

Background
Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. launched its own television arm as "Tri-Star Television" in March 1986 after the formation of "TeleVentures" with Stephen J. Cannell Productions and Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions suggested by Stephen J. Cannell. The first official series was Downtown. After HBO (its last partner) dropped out of the venture the same year, Coke owned 100% of Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. Tri-Star Television was folded into the newly-formed Columbia Pictures Television on January 4, 1988 along with Columbia/Embassy Television after Coke sold its entertainment business to Tri-Star and renamed the company as "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." on December 21, 1987. Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was later spun-off as a reorganized company in 1988. On October 7, 1991 under Sony Pictures Entertainment, TriStar Television was relaunched by dropping the hyphen (-) after acquiring several television shows from New World Entertainment. On February 21, 1994, TriStar Television merged with CPT and became "Columbia TriStar Television". Both studios still produced its series independently, but in 1999 TriStar Television was folded into CTT (now "Sony Pictures Television") before Mad About You and The Nanny ended, but kept its name until 2000 on Early Edition. However, Malcolm & Eddie used the CTT credit. Today, TriStar Television operates as in-name-only under Sony Pictures Television.

1st Logo (September 27, 1986-March 1988?)
 Nicknames:  "The Pegasus", "Jumping Pegasus", "Pegasus Over Pyramid", "Pegasus Over Triangle, "Majestic Pegasus", "The Tri-Star Pegasus"

 Logo:  A violet triangle that contains the background sky of the Tri-Star Pictures logo intro, with a golden border and the text: TRI  STAR  stacked on each other, zooms-out and plasters itself on a black background, above which the Pegasus is seen posed as in the movie logo. The text "TELEVISION " appears below. Months later, the word "TELEVISION " is already chyroned in underneath the logo.

 FX/SFX:  The triangle zooming-out, the "TELEVISION " text appearing.

 Cheesy Factor:  "TELEVISION " looks very tacked/chyroned on, and the end product of the logo looks very poorly filmed.

 Music/Sounds:  An edited version of the last notes of the 1984 TriStar Pictures theme composed by Dave Grusin that's listed below:
 * 1986: The last 8 notes of the 1984 TriStar Pictures theme that's slightly edited.
 * 1987-1988: Another edited version only using the last 7 notes of the theme.

 Availability:  Extremely rare. It appeared on Downtown, Take Five, Nothing in Common, My Two Dads, and Werewolf. Werewolf reruns last aired on Chiller deleted this logo and was replaced by the 2005 SPT logo. However, this is seen on three episodes on S1 of My Two Dads from Shout! Factory under license by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. This also might have appeared on Reed Down Under.

 Scare Factor:  Low. It can catch you off guard thanks to the zoom-out and sudden fanfare.

2nd Logo (November 9, 1991-1992)
 Nicknames:  "Dark Marble", "Sparkling Pegasus", "CGI Marble", "The TriStar Pegasus II", "Pegasus Over Pyramid II", "The Silver Pegasus"

 Logo:  On a dark gray or dark blue marbled background, the studio name in the same Didot font used on the CBS logo and on the '80s TriStar logo, only in CGI and a light silver color zooms out from the bottom to the center of the screen saying: TRI     STAR           TELEVISION

By having the word "TELEVISION " in a light silver cote-out rectangular box. Then the "Pegasus Over Pyramid" logo is formed out of light streaks next to "TRI ".

 Trivia:  This logo is based on the 1991-1993 theatrical logo of TriStar Pictures as seen on trailers, TV spots, and the end of films.

 Variant:  On Forever Knight, the phrase "produced in association with" in white is seen above the logo on a dark blue background.

 FX/SFX:  The text zooming-out from the bottom and the streaking of the Pegasus.

 Music/Sounds:  The end-title theme from any show, TV movie, or none.

 Music/Sounds Variant:  On Get A Life, the sound clips from the end of the episodes are heard.

 Availability:  Extremely rare. Appeared on the 2nd season of Get a Life starting with episode 2, the ultra short-lived series Charlie Hoover, The Fifth Corner and early S1 episodes of Forever Knight. Can still be seen on Rhino Home Video's Get a Life season 2 on VHS and DVD.

 Scare Factor:  None.

3rd Logo (1992-1999)
 Nicknames:  "The TriStar Pegasus III", "Ultra Majestic Pegasus"

 Logo:  We see the white, winged Pegasus with its wings spread out, posed on the dreamy, sun-lit, cloud-filled sky (which is a similar background from the Columbia Pictures logo, but the middle part is a bit shorter) as in the 1993 movie logo. " T RI S TAR" appears on the top of the screen in giant bold, white chiseled text like the "COLUMBIA" text from the 1992 CPT logo and on the bottom of the screen in smaller text (all in the same Bank Gothic MD BT font as the 1992 CPT logo), " T RI S TAR TELEVISION" with the byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" below it.

 Trivia:  This logo was designed by artist Alan Reingold.

 Variants: 
 * On the 1992 TV movie A Child Lost Forever, the 1995 TV movie Annie: A Royal Adventure, and the short-lived series Hudson Street, the logo appears enhanced.
 * Sometimes, on some shows and TV movies like the 1995 TV movie Sahara, the logo fades out like the 1992 CPT logo.
 * On a Jeopardy! episode aired on December 23, 1993, the logo was seen on a "Video Daily Double" question. The logo appears to be close-up, there is no text below the Pegasus and the " T RI S TAR TELEVISION" text is not there.

 FX/SFX:  None.

 Music/Sounds:  Depending on the logo years:
 * 1992-1993: The last seven notes of the 1984 movie logo theme. Used again for first 3 season 2 episodes on Mad About You.
 * 1993-1999: A 5-note majestic orchestral fanfare with bells composed by Jay Asher.
 * 1994-1995: A 6-note majestic theme.
 * 1996-1999: A short version of this has 4 notes based on the 1994 logo theme and is sped up and revamped.
 * NBC and CBS used their generic themes on the logo.
 * In other cases, it used the closing theme of the show.
 * There is a silent version of the logo as well.

 Music/Sounds Variants: 
 * There is a high tone variant of the last 7 notes of the theatrical theme on Mad About You S1 episode "Neighbors From Hell".
 * On Mad About You season 2 episode "Natural History", the 1993 theme echos at the end.
 * On the ultra short-lived series TriBeCa, it's the last 5 notes of the theatrical theme.
 * At least one episode of the short-lived Designing Women spin-off Women of the House has the logo starting off silently, then playing the last three notes of the 1993 theme.

 Availability:  Uncommon. It originally appeared on The Edge, Mad About You, Early Edition, Malcolm & Eddie, TriBeCa, The Nanny, Hudson Street, Ned and Stacey, and the remaining seasons of Forever Knight, among other shows and TV movies, but recent broadcasts of most series were replaced by the SPT logo. This logo is currently seen on Annie: A Royal Adventure on VHS and DVD, the first two seasons of Mad About You on DVD, a surprise appearance on the pilot episode of My Two Dads (plastering the 1986 logo) seen on the DVD release of the first season from Shout! Factory, the first season of Malcolm & Eddie on DVD also from Shout! Factory, the first three seasons of Early Edition last aired on FamilyNet and Syfy, and the VHS release of the 1994 TV movie Next Door. It also surprisingly appeared on one episode of The Jeff Foxworthy Show instead of the CPT logo on TBS (probably due to the editing mistake or maybe a plaster). Outside of the US may have this logo in several countries, but others will have the SPT logo.

 Scare Factor:  Depending on the logo variant:
 * 1992-1993: Minimal.
 * 1993-1999: None.
 * 1994-1995: None.
 * 1996-1999: Low. The theme can catch you off guard if you haven't heard it before.

Copyright Stamps
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the TriStar Television series and TV movies:
 * 1986-1988: Copyright © (year) by Tri-Star Television - A Division of Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.
 * 1988-1989: Copyright © (year) Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. (used on My Two Dads season 2)
 * 1988, 1989-1990: Copyright © (year) 12 Year Old Productions, Inc. (used on My Two Dads season 1 (last few episodes) and 3)
 * 1991-1998, 1999-2000: Copyright © (year) TriStar Television, Inc.
 * 1994: Copyright © (year) TriStar Television, Inc./Showtime Networks Inc. (used on the TV movie Next Door)
 * 1996-1998, 1999: Copyright © (year) Tri-Star Television, Inc. (used on Malcolm & Eddie)
 * 1998-1999: Copyright © (year) Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG
 * 1999-2000: Copyright © (year) Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. (used on the final season of Malcolm & Eddie)