Amblin-Television

Background: Originally formed in 1981, Amblin Entertainment didn't enter TV production until 1985, when the sci-fi show *Amazing Stories* premiered on NBC.

## 1st Logo

(September 29, 1985-January 23, 2008, May 30, 2018-)

Nickname:: "The E.T. Logo"

Logo: We only see a static image of the 1985 standard movie logo.

Variants:

* On *The Land Before Time* (the 2007 series), the text "ENTERTAINMENT" fades-in below the logo.
* On *Great Adventurers & Their Quests: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*, the logo is superimposed and appears in a shadow mode.
* On *Reverie*, the word “ENTERTAINMENT” is replaced with “TELEVISION” and the moon is a solid white circle.
* On the *Tiny Toon Adventures* episode "Two-Tone Town", it is in grayscaled, to represent the town's theme.

FX/SFX: None, except for *The Land Before Time*. Though static, however, the logo may appear filmed with the shaking effect.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on *Animaniacs* (including *Wakko's Wish*), *Tiny Toon Adventures*, *The Land Before Time*, *Pinky and the Brain* (later retooled as *Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain*), *Freakazoid!* and other shows. It was also on season 1 of the *Harry and the Hendersons* TV show.

## 2nd Logo

(September 14, 1991-August 31, 2015)

Nicknames: "The E.T. Logo II", "Switch-Off", "The E.T. TV Tube", "E.T. on TV", "E.T. TV"

Logo: It starts out with the beginning of the standard Amblin Entertainment logo, but it's faster, the stripes don't slide in this time and doesn't have a strange shadow wipe effect. After the moon and the boy on the bicycle are in place, the rest of the logo (which at first, the "AMBLIN" text with the red/blue lines above and below it respectively, fades in first. Then the word, "TELEVISION" appears under it instead of "ENTERTAINMENT") fades in and the moon is surrounded by a TV screen with blue static. The TV screen then switches/turns off, and the rest of the logo fades away, leaving only a blank rounded rectangle.

Variants:

* There is a variation with the logo already formed and the switch off is intact. Seen on shows like *ER* and *On the Lot*.
* On *Back to the Future - The Animated Series*, the full animation of the logo, minus the switch-off part is shown on the top right corner along with the 1991 Universal Cartoon Studios logo on the top left, the Zaloom/Mayfield Productions logo on the bottom-left, and the BIG Pictures logo on the bottom right.
* On *Fievel's American Tails*, the full animation of the logo is also shown in the top left corner along with the 1985 long version of Nelvana logo on the top right and the 1991 Universal Cartoon Studios logo on the bottom corner.
* On *Family Dog*, the full animation of the logo, minus the switch-off part was also shown on the right along with the 1985 Nelvana logo on the left.
* There is a print version of the logo where the moon is just the plain white circle. Also, the TV screen doesn't glow. This variant is shown on the left along with the Universal Cartoon Studios logo on the right on *Opus n' Bill - A Wish for Wings that Work*.
* In the *SeaQuest DSV* video game, the print logo is put on a blue background along with the ***MCA/Universal Merchandising*** logo above it.
* On seasons 2 and 3 of *Harry and the Hendersons*, it starts off with the boy in a bicycle and the moon already in place before the rest of the logo forms and the switch-off part isn't shown.
* On HD prints of seasons 5 and 7-13 of *ER*, the 1991 variant is cropped into a widescreen format.
* Starting with the 14th (and final) season of *ER*, the blue static in the logo looks more defined than before.

FX/SFX: The moon zooming backward, the boy on the bicycle appearing, the switch off, or none.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show or none.

Availability: Common. Seen on *The Americans*, the 4th season of *Falling Skies*, *Under the Dome*, *Extant*, *SeaQuest DSV* (later known as *SeaQuest 2032* in the final season), *ER*, *Red Band Society*, *The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper* (excluding the first five episodes, although it appeared on new prints of episodes 2-5), *Earth 2*, *On the Lot*, *The River*, and *Lucky 7*. It was also seen on TV movies such as *The Water Engine*. It made its last appearance on the series finale of *The Whispers* on ABC.

## 3rd Logo

(June 25, 2015-)

Logo: Just the finishing product of the current Amblin logo except with "TELEVISION" instead of 'ENTERTAINMENT". The TV tube is absent.

Variant: There's also a shorter version of this, with shining effect.

FX/SFX: The shortened version of the current Amblin logo.

Music/Sounds: Either a shortened version of John Williams' Amblin fanfare from the 1980s, or none at all.

Availability: Current. This logo made its debut on the season 3 premiere of *Under the Dome*.