Grundy Television

Background : Grundy Television was formed in 1959 by Reg Grundy as "Grundy Organisation" (a.k.a. "Reg Grundy Organisation", later "Grundy Organization" in late 1979 spelling the name in the U.S. English dictionary). In 1983, he formed the U.S. television production division "Reg Grundy Productions, Inc." and established more companies in other countries. The Grundy companies were sold in 1995 to Pearson, plc. In 2000, Pearson Television was sold to CLT-UFA and merged to become the RTL Group and renamed Pearson Television to FremantleMedia. In 2006, Grundy Television was merged with Australian TV production company Crackerjack Productions to form "FremantleMedia Australia". Until 2013, the name Grundy still existed in Germany as "Grundy Light Entertainment" and in Italy as "Grundy Productions Italy".

==1st Logo (1960-1980)==

Nicknames : "Gold G", "Grundy CGI", "Big Grundy G", "Global G", "Global Grundy", "The Grundyclipse/GClipse", "The G-Slicer", "The Comet Slicer"

Logo : On a black background, a large, elliptical gold ring with a bronze aura forms in the center of the screen while a white dot -- revealing itself to be a comet -- flies clockwise from the back and circumnavigates it as if circling a globe. As this happens, the top right portion of the ring disappears and a gold trail is formed below, making up a stylized “G” shape. As the aura fades out, a curved boomerang-style trail is cut through the left side. A small point of light shines briefly on the top right end of the “G” upon completion. Throughout this formation, the word “GRUNDY” (in Copperplate Gothic font in white) fades-in below, with the respective company byline a split second later.

Bylines :
 * 1997-2001: "A Pearson Television Company"
 * 2001-2006: "A FREMANTLEMEDIA COMPANY"

Variants :
 * In 1999, while the logo animated, the logo shifted down some to reveal "40 YEARS" above the logo with an arc.
 * There was also a still shot of the logo.
 * At the end of Bruce's Price is Right, another still variant was used with the Grundy logo at the top and the Yorkshire Television logo below with "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION CO-PRODUCTION" below. Speaking of Bruce Forsyth and Reg Grundy, another variant exists, but with the LWT logo below, and that can be found on reruns of the 1990s version of (Bruce Forsyth's) Play Your Cards Right (Card Sharks).
 * On some BBC airings of Neighbours, the BBC logo would be shown below along with the URL "www.bbc.co.uk/neighbours".
 * On shows in Germany, such as later episodes of Ruck Zuck (Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak) and Familien Duell (Family Feud), "LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT" would be under "GRUNDY".

FX/SFX : All CGI.

Music/Sounds : Usually, the end theme of the show. In the case of most game shows, there were three variations:
 * The show's ending music was used when the logo was first shown on television.
 * From early 1998, a majestic synth fanfare played during the logo's animation.
 * In 1999, the music was changed to droning synth wind music, followed by a high-pitched stinger.

Availability : Seen on 1997-2006 episodes of Neighbours and all other Grundy shows during this logo's lifespan. The version with the music appeared on most game shows including Sale of the Century, Temptation  and the 2002 revival of Perfect Match, among others. In 1999, the logo replaced the All American-Fremantle International logo on foreign shows.

Editor's Note : None.