Universal Television/Other

Universal-International Television[]

1957–1963[]

Universal-International Television was a short-lived division of Universal Pictures, prior to the merger with MCA. This is one of the rarest and most confusing logos ever made. Even the most experienced logo fans haven't a clue about where this logo appeared or whether or not the television show it appeared on is still rerun. One guess is that it aired on older television reruns of Universal cartoon shorts. Though that may be unlikely, it fits most of the clues described in CLG Wiki that we are able to extract.

Dennis McDougal's book "The Last Mogul," a biography of MCA's Lew Wasserman, mentions Universal-International's involvement in what are described as several "unmemorable documentary series," ANIMAL FUN AND MISCHIEF, STRANGER THAN FICTION, and GREAT MOMENTS ON THE GRIDIRON; all apparently edited from stock footage in the company's United World/Castle Films library. Those early series are probably the source of this logo. U-I did not release the early Walter Lantz black and white cartoons to TV themselves, but licensed them to Guild Films; who remade all the title sequences and removed any references to Universal.

Universal's subsidiary, United World Films, bought Castle Films from its founder, ex-newsreel cameraman Eugene Castle, in 1947, and operated the company for the next 30 years. Castle Films released the Lantz cartoons and other subjects for home-movie use in 8mm and 16mm. In 1978, Universal closed down Castle in favor of a new home-movie subsidiary called Universal Eight, which operated until about 1983.

Universal Television (first era)[]

1963–1964[]

Following the merger, Universal adopted the logo design from MCA's television arm Revue Studios. The color variant shown here has a typical '60s style wallflower design as a background.

1964–1969[]

In early 1964, the studio introduced the TV version of the respective theatrical movie logo, which remained thereafter.

1969–1973[]

1969–1971[]

1971–1973[]

1973[]

1973–1975[]

1975–1991[]

1991–1997[]

1997–1998[]

1997–2002[]

Universal Network Television[]

2002–2004[]

Universal Media Studios[]

2007–2011[]

2009–2010[]

2009–2011[]

Universal Television (second era)[]

2011[]

2011–present[]

In-credit logos[]

Videos[]

Universal Television Logo Montage

Madwoman in the Attic, Inc. DreamWorks Television Universal Television

See also[]

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NBCUniversal

Part of Comcast

U.S. broadcast networks:
NBC (HD) | Telemundo (HD) | Cozi TV | Telexitos

Notes
¹NBCUniversal owns the station, but it is operated by Serestar Communications.
²Co-owned with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation.
³Co-owned with Hearst Corporation.
⁴Owns a minority share, InterMedia Partners owns a majority share.
⁵Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
⁶NBCUniversal acquired some of ITC's assets when Universal Pictures merged with PolyGram, but ITV plc still owns ITC's films and shows.
⁷NBCUniversal has some of AFD's assets, but Vivendi now owns EMI's films and ITV plc owns ITC's films.
⁸Co-owned with Paramount Pictures.
⁹Joint venture with Ion Media Networks, DreamWorks Classics, Corus Entertainment and Scholastic.
¹⁰Joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
¹¹Owned by Simple Networks and Inversiones Bahía and operated by Imagina US, under brand license
¹²Co-owned with The Amblin Group, Participant Media, Entertainment One, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, and Alibaba Group.
¹³Co-owned with Media Globe Networks and European public broadcasters.
¹⁴Co-owned with the United States Olympic Committee.
¹⁵Co-owned with TV18.
¹⁶Co-owned with Trans Corp.