Background: Mill Creek Entertainment is an American home video company founded in 2002 by Ian Warfield, Robert Zakheim and Scott Moss in Minnetonka, Minnesota. They distribute budget DVD/Blu-rays from companies such as BabyFirstTV, Carsey-Werner Productions, DHX Media (now WildBrain), Genesis International, Mulberry Square Productions, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Sonar Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, among others.
Logo descriptions by CooleyBoy10 and CNViewer2006
Video capture courtesy of UltraBibendum
Editions by BenderRoblox and CNViewer2006
1st Logo (2002-2011)[]
Nicknames: "The Waterwheel", "Filmstrip Wheel", "Boring Waterwheel", Clipart Waterwheel"
Logo: On a stylized background with hills, grass, and a barn nearby, we see an orange brown waterwheel that makes filmstrips. A water wave appears below, with "MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT" on it.
FX/SFX: The waterwheel moving.
Music/Sounds: Some outdoor sounds. A few seconds later, a rooster crows.
Availability: Common. Seen on Mill Creek DVDs from 2002 to 2011.
2nd Logo (2011-2017)[]
Nickname: "Static Wheel"
Logo: A sky blue square flashes and zooms in quickly, simulating a TV being turned on. A series of static particles appear and then turn blue and white as they roll around and combine together. They then form a newer Mill Creek Entertainment logo, with a redesigned wheel, looking more like a gear, and the company name below in a different font. The logo slowly zooms in before it disappears in a TV switch-off effects.
FX/SFX: The particles moving around and forming the logo. Plenty of effort this time, with some pretty good animation to boot.
Music/Sounds: A switch-on sound, an ascending droning noise, then a synth note and a switch-off sound.
Availability: Common. Seen on all Mill Creek releases from 2011-17 such as re-releases of That's '70s Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Strangely, on some DVDs, the packaging may have this logo, but the previous logo appears on the DVD!
3rd Logo (2017-)[]
Nickname: "Where's the Wheel?"
Logo: It begins with a flash, as we zoom between the stairways, then cut to numerous shots and pan past it, revealing a 3D object that forms the words "MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT" (in the same font from before). Another quick flash occurs, as we zoom out from them on a blue marble background. It then changes to black. The complete logo itself turns gray and blurs, then waves like a flag, as it fades out.
FX/SFX: Amazing CGI effects!
Music/Sounds: A 5-note synth-violin tune with the first 3 notes sustained and the last two notes sustained for slightly longer.
Availability: Current. Seen on all Mill Creek releases since 2017.