TBS Productions

Background: TBS Productions is the in-house production company for the Turner Broadcasting System that produces original TV series for TBS.

1st Logo

(1985-1986)

Logo: On a black-blue-ish gradient background, we see the text "In Association with" in white at the top of the screen, Below that is the text:

TBS

PRODUCTIONS

in the middle of the screen. Below that is copyright information reading:

Copyright© [year]

TBS Productions, Inc.

All Rights Reserved

at the bottom of the screen.

Variants:

The font on the copyright info would either be big, small, or italicized.

Sometimes, the company name and/or the copyright info would fade or wipe in.

FX/SFX: None.

Cheesy Factor: More effort really should've been put into this.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Rocky Road.

Scare Factor: None. It's boring.

2nd Logo

(1994)

Logo: A yellow square with Earth rolling inside zooms in. Then the words begin sliding, TBS (stacked in blue panels) moves from above, followed by the red line and the word "productions" underneath, and the former yellow square settles to the right.

FX/SFX: The words and the line moving.

Music/Sounds: A fading synth note.

Availability: Appeared on the 1994 documentary Moon Shot.

Scare Factor: Low.

4th Logo

(2012-2016)

Logo: On a green background, two strings lower the black pillow-like object and the white word "productions". The pillow then unfolds into the TBS shield, and "tbs" pops up from it.

FX/SFX: The logo unfolding and settling.

Music/Sounds: The sound of unfolding and popping out.

Availability: Seen on King of the Nerds and season 1 ofAngie Tribeca.

Scare Factor: None.

5th Logo

(2016- )

Nicknames: "Seizure TBS", "Not So Funny (To Some People)"

Logo: We see a B on a black background, with a watery texture. Then, a T appears, as the B switches it's texture as the T gets the watery texture. Once again, the textures switch as an S appears. The background color then changes to purple as a rectangle appears behind the letters (forming the new TBS logo). Then the background changes to a purple and blue-ish as the letters in tbs turn blue with green stripes. "PRODUCTIONS" then wipes in. The background wiggles.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: Everything, which is very crazy! This could give people seizures! It is so weird, really off the scale.

Music/Sounds: A robotic synth chord with a distorted chipmunk laugh.

Availability: Seen on The Detour and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. This logo could give seizures. None if you are used to it.