Belisarius Productions

1st Logo (1980-1988)

Logo : An in-credit text that reads:

produced in association with BELISARIUS PRODUCTIONS, INC. with the names "BELISARIUS" in a larger font.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : The end-title theme of the show.

Availability : Uncommon. Seen on reruns of ''Magnum P.I. ''on all eight season DVD releases and Tales of the Gold Monkey.

Scare Factor : None.

2nd Logo (1983- )

Nicknames : "Sand Lightstorm", "BELISARIVS-BELISARIUS", "The Belisarius Stone"

Logo : We see a wretched stone with sand on it, which blows off to reveal "BELISARIVS". Then, a flash suddenly appears, causing the background to turn black, the name to turn into "BELISARIUS" and the name in silver shining, and the word "PRODUCTIONS" to appear under "BELISARIUS". "BELISARIUS" is in a silver Times New Roman font.

Variant : On JAG and NCIS, the words, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" in all-caps or sometimes, "In Association With" appears under the logo.

FX/SFX : The name revealing, the flash causing the background and the name changing, and the word "PRODUCTIONS" to appear, the "BELISARIUS" name "shining".

Cheesy Factor : The "BELISARIVS-BELISARIUS" CGI effect is awfully dated, and the music hasn't aged well either. The IAW text is also cheaply chyroned in.

Music/Sounds : "Air" is played in the background, then a "WHOOSH" is heard as the flash appears, and a synthesizer tone is heard after the "WHOOSH".

Availability : Common. Seen on all shows produced by this producer company from 1983 onward, included Airwolf, Quantum Leap, and NCIS on CBS. It also appeared on JAG and First Monday, the latter is no longer seen but the former is occasionally aired on Cloo.

Scare Factor : Medium. The flash and synth can be rather jarring.