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Background: Columbia Pictures Television (CPT) was the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG), reincorporated on May 6, 1974. The name's change was announced on May 1 and was suggested by David Gerber, who was president of Columbia's television division.
Columbia Pictures Television. Founded: May 6, 1974 (50 years ago) Founder: Ralph Cohn Jack Cohn. Formerly: Pioneer Telefilms (1947-1948) Screen Gems (1948-1974) Defunct: January 1, 2001 (23 years ago) Fate: Folded into Columbia TriStar Television. Location: United States. Parent: Sony Pictures. Subsidiaries: See Category:Sony Pictures Television.
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The origins of Columbia Pictures Television go back to 1948 when Screen Gems was revived as a television subsidiary by Columbia Pictures Corporation. It was formed when Columbia acquired Pioneer Telefilms, a television commercial company founded in 1947 by Ralph M. Cohn, the son of Columbia Pictures co-founder, Jack Cohn, and the nephew of longtime...
1st Logo
Logo: On a light gray background, we see an in-credit text that reads: A SCREEN GEMS, INC. PRODUCTION Variants: 1. On Days of Our Lives, the text would read as "A CORDAY PRODUCTIONS, SCREEN GEMS PRESENTATION" 2. For those co-produced by Hanna-Barbera, it would say "A SCREEN GEMS FILM PRESENTATION, TELEVISION SUBSIDIARY COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION". 3. On The Jetsonsepisode "The Coming of Astro", the letter "A" isn't shown next to the words "SCREEN GEMS". (This version can still be seen on B...
2nd Logo
Nicknames: "The TV Tube" Logo: On the same light gray background seen on the last logo, we see a TV tube-like shape that's outlined in dark gray and filled in black. There are about eight stars shining inside (like stars in the sky) around the phrase "A SCREEN GEMS, INC. Presentation" or "A SCREEN GEMS, INC. Production". Variants: 1. There is one version where the stars shining are more animated and differently shaped. Also, there isn't any glow surrounding them. 2. Until late 1954-early 1955...
3rd Logo
Nickname: "Torch Lady" Logo: Like the 1942 version of the 1936 Columbia Pictures logo, we see a lady (Columbia, a representation of the USA) holding a light torch on top a pedestal with a backdrop of clouds over her. The Torch Lady's head and upper body is between the words "SCREEN GEMS" with the letter "A" in Vivaldi font above it and "FILM PRESENTATION" or "FILM PRODUCTION" below it. The byline "TELEVISION SUBSIDIARY: COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION" appears below that. Trivia: The Torch Lady...
1st Logo
Nicknames: "CPT Pretzel", "CPT", "The Pretzel" Logo: Against a red background, the yellow letters "C-P-T" appear one by one as each initial appears on screen and zooming out at the same time. The "T" is in the middle of and on a higher plane than the "C" and "P", which slide upwards diagonally to merge with the "T" to form a stylized logo, which looks like a pretzel. On either side of the logo's stem are the words "COLUMBIA" and "PICTURES", and below that "TELEVISION". Under all that is the b...
2nd Logo
Logo: Just a simple in-credit from the following: 1. Days of our Lives(1974-1983): "A CORDAY PRODUCTIONS COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION PRESENTATION © (year), PRE-RECORDED". 1. The Young and the Restless(1974-2002): "A COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION PRESENTATION in association with BELL-PHILLIP TELEVISION, INC. (later "BELL DRAMATIC SERIAL CO." in 1984) and CORDAY PRODUCTIONS, INC. Copyright © (year) by (name of CPT company) All Rights Reserved". 1. Dealer's Choice (1974) and The Diamond Head Gam...
3rd Logo
Nicknames: "The Abstract Torch", "The Sunburst", "The Starburst" Logo: We see a bright torch light appear against a black screen and as it shrinks, it changes into a more "abstract" torch light. The light rays recede from the bottom to about half way with 13 symmetrical white light rays remaining. An orange half circle, or a semicircle, fades in from behind the rays and the words "Columbia Pictures Television" appear under it in a gold Souvenir font. The entire logo then slowly backs away as...
On a few Columbia Pictures licensed video games, such as Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime and The Smurfs, the print version, seen on most DVD covers of Columbia films, appears on a white background, with the text in black (as with Columbia Pictures Television) and the byline below the stacked words.
On a few Columbia Pictures licensed video games, such as Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime and The Smurfs, the print version, seen on most DVD covers of Columbia films, appears on a white background, with the text in black (as with Columbia Pictures Television) and the byline below the stacked words.
Columbia Pictures Television began in 1974 and ceased on January 1, 2001, being absorbed into Columbia TriStar Television.
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