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Viacom Productions

Viacom Enterprises was the television distribution division of the CBS Television Network, formed in 1952 as CBS Television Film Sales , later renamed to CBS Films in 1958, CBS Enterprises, Inc. in 1968, then to Viacom in 1970. In 1971, it was spun-off to comply with FCC regulations prohibiting television networks from distributing their programs under their own names. Subsequently, Viacom formed "Viacom Productions" to produce first-run television series airing on the major television networks.

The company was popular during the 1970s and 1980s, originally distributing CBS-produced shows such as I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show . In later years, they've distributed shows from numerous other production companies, including MTM Enterprises , Filmways Television , Carsey/Werner , Lorimar Television , Rankin/Bass , and Hanna-Barbera (the latter mostly internationally). They also distributed several Four Star shows, and early Nelvana TV specials, as well as most movie releases from Romulus Films, Hallmark Hall of Fame , Tomorrow Entertainment , Regency Enterprises , New World Pictures (until 1984), Orion Pictures , New Line Cinema , EMI Films , Cannon Films , and the Terrytoons library, among others, until they formed their own syndication companies. In 1971, Viacom and its production division formed "Viacom International, Inc." as their new parent company for distributing programs overseas.

Within a decade, Viacom was bought by cinema chain National Amusements , becoming part of the newly-reincorporated "Viacom, Inc." On January 1, 1990, as part of a restructuring, Viacom Pictures was formed. On March 11, 1994, Viacom acquired Paramount Communications, Inc. and Viacom Enterprises was folded into Paramount Domestic Television (later " CBS Television Distribution " and now " CBS Media Ventures "), by transferring the domestic rights of the Viacom library. Viacom International was later reorganized as the parent company of MTV Networks and Showtime Networks . Viacom transferred the international rights of the said library into Paramount International Television, while Viacom Productions was reincorporated as a production sub-division of Paramount Television. The Viacom Enterprises logo of the era was still used for "Viacom Productions" with an updated variant, and would remain until 1999, receiving another update to the logo to reflect the company's new status after merging with former parent company CBS. The 1999-2004 Viacom logo would be its last, as the final two series to end under the Viacom Productions name would be Ed and The Division .

In light of serious financial troubles brought on to Viacom, the production unit was folded into Paramount Network Television (now " CBS Studios ") in 2004. Paramount took control of the remaining Viacom-produced series in 2005. On December 31 of that year, Viacom was reincorporated as "CBS Corporation", ceasing to exist officially. A "new" Viacom was established on the same day, as the holding company for Paramount Pictures, the MTV Networks, BET Networks, and their non-television firms. By 2009, most Viacom-distributed TV productions were distributed under CBS Media Ventures (formerly "CBS Paramount Domestic Television" and "CBS Television Distribution") and outside the U.S. under Paramount Global Content Distribution (formerly " CBS Paramount International Television " and " CBS Studios International "), while the previous Viacom-distributed movies, and some Viacom Domestic Media Networks TV shows were distributed by Paramount with U.S. over-the-air rights licensed to Trifecta Entertainment and Media . On December 4, 2019, Viacom and CBS re-merged, forming ViacomCBS . On February 16, 2022, ViacomCBS was renamed to Paramount Global , putting the Viacom name to rest after 51 years.

Before the Paramount purchase, Viacom titles were distributed on home video by Magnetic Video Corporation , CBS Video Enterprises (coincidental as Viacom would later own CBS), Warner Home Video , VidAmerica , Forum Home Video and U.S.A. Home Video , among others. A little known fact is that Viacom actually stands for " Vi sual A udio Com munications".

Contents

1st Logo (June 4, 1971-June 1976)

Visuals: On a purple background, the letter " V " slides in from the right of the screen, settling in the left-hand side. Then the text " i A " slides in, settling beside the " V ". When this happens, the color of the background changes to green. Then, the text " COM " slides in, settling beside " VIA " and changing the background to red. This forms the word " V i ACOM ". Finally, the word zooms out as the words " A " and " p RESENTAT i ON " fade in to the left and right of it, respectively, revealing the text in its entirety as the background changes to blue.

Trivia: The logo is actually in the same font as The Mary Tyler Moore Show logo, Peignot.

Variant: The logo is in B&W on early '70s prints of The Andy Griffith Show , Perry Mason , I Love Lucy , The Dick Van Dyke Show , Our Miss Brooks , The Phil Silvers Show , The Twilight Zone , and The Beverly Hillbillies , among other classic shows. It also appears on a VHS of The Andy Griffith Show released by Premier Promotions, titled The Andy Griffith Show Double Feature Volume 33 .

Technique: Camera-controlled/cel animation.

Audio: Four synthesized pinball-like chimes that ascend in pitch. The first 3 play as each part of " V i ACOM " slides in, and the last, which plays over the zoom-out, has a "zap" sound that blends in with the last bell, combined with a synth chord and gurgling, telephone-like sounds.

Audio Variants:

The logo may be silent on some prints.
The soundtrack might sound distorted on some prints. This happens because lab technicians print the soundtrack onto the film at a louder volume than usual.
One variation has the soundtrack out-of-sync with the logo. This was seen on Season 11, Episode 20 (Me-TV airing) and Season 12, Episode 12 (Odyssey/Hallmark airing) of My Three Sons .
On a 1985 French airing of Hawaii-Five-O , a beeping sound is heard instead.

Availability:

In the original 2002 write-up of this article , it was suggested that the same prints of My Three Sons that had this logo had aired on Nick at Nite between 1988 and 1990.
Amazon prints of these episodes also preserve this logo, as they use the same aforementioned prints.
The dark variant was spotted on several color episodes of My Three Sons and the Magnetic Video VHS release of 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Heckle and Jeckle .
This logo can also be found on earlier 16mm syndication dupes of shows/movies distributed by Viacom, mostly before 1976, which occasionally appear on eBay. Such shows include: My Three Sons , Hogan's Heroes , and The Beverly Hillbillies .
This logo is also preserved at the end of a 16mm print of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "What the Hex Going On?" from South Africa, following the 1969 Hanna-Barbera "Multiplying Rectangles" logo.
This logo can also be seen on some older prints of episodes of Whirlybirds , Petticoat Junction , pre-mid-1970s prints of The Rookies (which is now with Sony Pictures Television), Family Affair , The Houndcats , the Canadian produced TV series The Amazing World of Kreskin , and foreign prints of The Banana Splits and Friends Show , Josie and the Pussycats , Wacky Races , Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines , The Perils of Penelope Pitstop , The Roman Holidays , The Harlem Globetrotters , among others; that includes 16mm kinescopes. It is unknown whether it was seen on early international Space Ghost and Dino Boy reruns. Check old 16mms.
Older international prints of Charlie Brown specials from A Charlie Brown Christmas to approximately It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown may have this logo. Check 16mms if they turn up.
At least one VHS release of The Houndcats has this logo (that one being the UAV Corporation release), but it is unknown how many more have it, including releases from Trans World Entertainment , or the current DVD releases.
It can also be found on the U.S. VHS release of The Andy Griffith Show by Premier Promotions.
This logo has also been sighted on a DVD release from Mill Creek, '100 Awesomely Cheesy Movies', which is a repackaging of another two Mill Creek DVD sets. On "The Swingin' Seventies" section of the DVD, the 1970 TV movie adaptation of Jane Eyre retains the color logo at the end.

Legacy: This logo isn't anywhere close to being as well known (or feared) as its successors, not only because of its short lifespan but also because it was commonly plastered with newer logos. The pinball sounds in this logo gave it the nickname "Pinball".

2nd Logo (June 1976-September 13, 1986)

Visuals: On a sky blue (or lavender) background, the text " A Viacom Presentation " in a Palatino-like typeface zooms in from the center of the screen at a very fast pace, then stops abruptly (on the filmed variant) when it gets near the screen. Then, a stylized navy blue " V " (a downward trapezoid with a curved line in the near center) appears from the center. At first it is small, but the " V " starts to move gradually closer and closer towards the screen, almost to the point where it takes up nearly the entire frame. The logo then suddenly cuts to black or fades to black (depending on the version of the logo).

The original version of this logo was filmed, and was used from 1976 until 1985 .
Videotaped variants have the words " A " and " Viacom " spaced farther apart, and the animation is also much smoother. This was used from 1978 to 1986.
A black and white version of the filmed " V " was used in the earlier years .
An early color variant of the filmed version exists, where the " V " is black, with a light blue background. The more common version premiered by 1977.
Some filmed variants feature the " V " actually stopping right before it cuts to black. This was largely common in its earlier years (especially in black & white variants).
Dark variants of the Film-O-Vision version in color and B&W, due to film deterioration, exist.
The first second is lopped off on the 1979 version of Magnetic Video's VHS release of Blue Hawaii .
A "blacked-out" variant also exists, which can be found on film prints of episodes of Greatest Heroes of the Bible on the Internet Archive, which has the "V of Doom" music on either the "END OF PART ONE" or "THE END" card, likely due to sloppy plastering.
Similarly, one 16mm print of an episode of Speed Buggy stopped after the credits, but the logo's audio still plays over the frozen screen.
The logo has seen several different color variants appear. Color variants include black and white, a purple background with dark blue " V ", and a faint purple background with a blue " V ", among others.
A videotaped variant featuring a yellow " V " was used on some syndicated prints of The Honeymooners , appearing in a giant moon over a city skyline where the credits appear. This is a result of a chroma-key mistake. This variation was given the nickname "V of Moon". A corrected version of this was seen on a WPIX airing.
There is also a variant with a jungle green background and a Charleston green " V " .
There is a rumored purple variant where the background is lavender and the V is purple.
A turquoise variant with an ultramarine blue " V " was used in 1984 . The " V " also stops moving before the screen fades to black.
A videotaped variant of this logo has an orange background and a midnight blue " V ", seen on 1978 episodes of You Don't Say! . There is also a warp speed version of this.
A videotaped variant with the logo superimposed in a circle over a moving starfield background was used on the short-lived series Hot City . This is nicknamed the "V in Space".
A "warp-speed" videotaped variation where the logo and music are sped up exists. This was used alongside co-distributor logos and was seen from 1979-1986 .
A variant where the " V " is dark red on a pink background also exists, which appeared on the 1985 syndicated series The Star Games . It also appeared on a 1994 rerun of an episode of The Andy Griffith Show .
A videotaped variant with a lime background also exists, which was found on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show on TBS Superstation in 1992 , and on the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Wrongful Writ" on a TBS Superstation broadcast from March 13, 1991 .
A high pitched, slightly sped-up version of the videotaped variant also exists, which was spotted on the Cannon episode "He Who Digs a Grave (Part 2)" on MeTV . As of May 2019, this variant is still intact.
Camera-controlled/cel animation for the filmed version.
Chyron effects (possibly done in Scanimate) for the videotaped version.

Audio: Here are the main music variants used on this logo:

Usually, the music used is a five-note synthesized fanfare (composed on an ARP Odyssey synth), complete with a timpani drum roll playing throughout with a final, rather loud pound at the end. Even after the logo fades (or cuts) to black, the timpani's echo can still be heard. It is different for both the filmed and videotaped variants, with the audio quality being clearer for the latter.
The very first version of this logo featured the "Pinball" music from the first logo as a placeholder and was used eventually until late 1978 (and was also often used when replacing the original "Pinball" logo, possibly a bad plastering error). This variant is known as the "V of Pinball".
1976-1981: The very first version of the normal 1976 music was slightly faster-paced and low-pitched. This was used on the black and white and early color variants of the logo, and it was also used in tandem with the standard filmed variant from the mid-to-late 1970s.
In some cases, the closing theme of the show is used, or none .
The turquoise variant of the logo has two extra pounds of the timpani at the end.
Sometimes, the "V of Doom" music cuts off right before the last timpani beat, removing the final echo in the process, which can be found on the Magnetic Video release of Don't Give Up the Ship .
Sometimes on the filmed variant , the first note or two can be cut off. Often, the final bit of the show's closing theme will play over the logo briefly. This is caused by a bad splice on the film between the credits and the logo. An example of this would be the Season 11 finale to My Three Sons .
On The Beverly Hillbillies episode "Christmas with the Clampetts" , and perhaps other episodes from the first two seasons, it has a generic theme (the show's theme couldn't be used due to it being copyrighted while episodes from the first two seasons have fallen into the public domain) playing over the filmed version of this logo.
On the Have Gun, Will Travel season 3 episode "Fragile" on Me-TV and H&I , the 1987 Paramount Television theme plays faintly over a black screen before the videotaped variant appears, due to a double plaster.
On the Hot City variant, the music starts playing over the last bit of the closing song.
On a 1985 WTBS airing of Girls! Girls! Girls! , a split second of the "Pinball" music can be heard before the normal music starts, due to sloppy plastering.
A print of the B&W filmed variant where the fanfare is badly warped also exists. It's rumored to be found on an Andy Griffith VHS release called Mayhem in Mayberry .

Availability: Most shows that had this logo have been updated with either the "V of Steel" or "Wigga Wigga" logos, or those of Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount Domestic/Network Television, or CBS Television Distribution. However, newer variants might be seen on local stations that show older Viacom shows, such as The Honeymooners , I Love Lucy , The Andy Griffith Show , Rawhide , Hogan's Heroes , The Twilight Zone , and Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. All variants of the "V of Doom" (with the exception of the "V of Pinball" until evidence is found) can be seen on VHS tapes of The Andy Griffith Show released by various video outlets such as Premier Promotions and sometimes (though mostly the videotaped variant) by UAV Corporation .

The B&W filmed variant with the "Pinball" theme can be found on the Magnetic Video releases of King Creole (also on the Key Video re-releases) and Visit to a Small Planet .
This variant was also resurfaced on a 16mm print of The Phil Silvers Show .
Its color counterpart has been seen on the 1975 TV movie Eric , and is also intact on the film's VHS release, the Magnetic Video release of Girls! Girls! Girls! (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release), the Australian Magnetic Video VHS release of All in a Night's Work , and on one mid-1970s print of an early color episode of Gunsmoke , which aired on Superstation WTBS back in 1986.
It can be found at the end of most Viacom syndication prints of the time, on shows such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show , I Love Lucy , The Andy Griffith Show , The Phil Silvers Show , and My Three Sons . It was also seen on the Season 11 finale of My Three Sons on Hallmark back around 2000, and was again seen on a Me-TV airing of the latter on July 2, 2018, with the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo preceding it.
It is also seen on some TV movies from the era, such as Police Story , The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan , and Top Secret (1978), among others. It can also be found on the original Magnetic Video VHS releases of many feature films, such as Last Train from Gun Hill and possibly All in a Night's Work ; those featuring Elvis Presley, including G.I. Blues (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release) and Blue Hawaii ; those featuring Jerry Lewis, including Don't Give Up the Ship and at the end of earlier video prints of the 1981 film Firebird 2015 AD and the 1980 film The Unseen , while the videotaped variant makes an appearance at the beginning of the latter film (the same also applied to an '80s broadcast on the USA Network).
The faster music variant is preserved on the 1985 Family Home Entertainment release of Little Lord Fauntleroy and its 1988 SLP reissue.
The filmed variant can be seen on Cozi TV airings of episodes from the first two seasons of The Beverly Hillbillies , due to said network using public domain prints of that show.
It was also seen on Nelvana 's first special A Cosmic Christmas , and is intact on current prints of the special whenever it gets aired on TV, as well as on Amazon Prime and Nelvana's Keep it Weird YouTube channel (where it is followed by the 2004 Nelvana logo), in addition to Terror In The Wax Museum on Amazon Prime.
The B&W filmed variant was once spotted on an episode of Perry Mason on Me-TV before it was replaced with a later print sometime in 2015.
It can also be spotted on almost every episode of The Millionaire , which could occasionally be seen on Decades, prior to the network turning into Catchy Comedy in 2023.
The color variant of the filmed variant was seen on some prints of The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and currently on three episodes of Gunsmoke on Me-TV ("The Witness", "Eleven Dollars", and "Kitty's Love Affair") and one episode ("Like Old Times") on CBS Drama in the UK.
The B&W filmed variant variant can also be spotted on DVD releases of The Beverly Hillbillies released by the Platinum Disc Corporation , Madacy Entertainment , Mill Creek Entertainment , and GoodTimes Entertainment , among other companies.
It is unknown if this is preserved intact on the Magnum Entertainment releases of The Deerslayer , The Last of the Mohicans (1977) or California Gold Rush , the Magnetic Video VHS release and 1985 Key Video re-release of Roustabout , or the 1985 Key Video re-issue of Blue Hawaii .
Late 1970s-early 1980s broadcasts of The Alvin Show and international broadcasts of Wacky Races , Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines , The Perils of Penelope Pitstop , Josie & The Pussycats , Speed Buggy , Wait Till Your Father Gets Home , The Funky Phantom , The Super Globetrotters , and Help!... It's The Hair Bear Bunch! also ended with this logo; 16mm prints of at least the former two shows retain the logo. It is unknown whether it is preserved on The Banana Splits and Friends Show , Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! or Space Ghost and Dino Boy reruns from the era (apparently, for the latter, Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure cut the logos). Again, check old 16mm prints.
Older international prints of Charlie Brown specials from It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown to approximately You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown may also have this logo. Check 16mm prints if they turn up.
As of 2024, this can be found on episodes of Monster Squad on Tubi.
The low-tone variant was used from 1976 to 1978 on syndicated prints of shows such as The Millionare and Hawaii Five-O . It decreased in usage through 1979 and the early '80s, but it was still used on Hawaii Five-O as late as 1981.
A blue variant with a green noise is shown on the 2024 Rifftrax Grimtrax video-on-demand release of the TV edit of the 1980 movie Virus (AKA: Virus: Day of Resurrection ).
The videotaped version was seen on Perry Mason on Me-TV, but since 2015, they have started to use remastered DVD prints with the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo. However, these older prints can still be seen on FETV.
It is also seen at the end of most Cannon episodes, mostly between seasons 3-5, shown on Me-TV (and whenever it was shown on Decades, also owned by the parent company of Me-TV, Weigel Broadcasting), and can also be found on DVD of these seasons; the DVD of Season 3 has a combo of this with the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo following it, while the remaining two seasons have the videotaped VoD alone.
Several of the "Classic 39" episodes of The Honeymooners , as well as the "lost" episodes also had this logo when they previously aired on WGN America and TBS Superstation. Newer prints of the "lost" episodes use the MPI Home Video logo instead, as they used DVD prints as the source material.
It was also seen on episodes of The (New) Price is Right from 1976-1980.
The 1978 and 1983 variants were formerly seen on two episodes of The Twilight Zone on Syfy ("You Drive" and "One for the Angels"), until the channel acquired updated prints sometime in 2015.
It was also seen on a 2012 airing of The Missiles of October on Me-TV, before the 1990 "Wigga Wigga" logo; however, newer prints, such as a Decades airing, used the 2007 CTD logo instead.
The warp-speed variant was also resurfaced on a rerun of The Bob Newhart Show S5 episode "Making Up Is the Thing To Do" on Me-TV, Hallmark Channel, Decades (occasionally), Sundance, and FamNET, after the decorated MTM Enterprises logo and preceding the 2013 20th Television logo, and is also available on various season 5 and 6 episodes of that show on Shout Factory's 2014 complete series set, as well as solo releases of said seasons and Me-TV airings of most season 6 episodes, with the logo on a majority of those episodes being followed by the 2013 20th Television logo.
It can also be seen on two season 3 episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel on Me-TV and H&I ("Fragile" and "The Black Handkerchief").
It was also seen on some episodes of All in the Family before Columbia Pictures Television Distribution (now Sony Pictures Television ) acquired the syndication rights to that show.
The videotaped variant was also resurfaced on two Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. VHS releases released by Forum Home Video in 1989, as well as The Devil and Daniel Mouse , which is included as an extra on the Blu-ray release of Nelvana's Rock & Rule .
It also makes an appearance at the start of the original VHS release of the 1980 film The Unseen (also intact on an '80s USA Network airing), while the filmed variant appears at the end.
This logo was also seen on a Decades airing of the season 2 Bob Newhart Show episode "The Modernization of Emily".
This variant had also resurfaced on GSN and Buzzr airings of a 1980 episode of To Tell the Truth .
This logo was also seen on the original broadcasts of Family Feud 's first syndicated run (where it was preceded by in-credit text), but does not appear to have ever been retained in repeat airings.
This also made appearances on Sky Go New Zealand prints of some episodes of All in the Family (such as season 1 episode 2).
It can be found on old VHS releases of the 1963 movie Fun in Acapulco and the 1966 movie Paradise, Hawaiian Style from Magnetic Video (both of which plaster over the Paramount logo at the end of the film, though the Spanish-dubbed version, as well as the 1985 Key Video reprint (In English) of the latter film uses the standard "V of Doom" music), the 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman from Prism Entertainment , and the 1976 movie The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena .
It is also retained on the 1985 Key Video re-issue of Fun in Acapulco .
It was also spotted on an '80s USA Network airing of the 1968 movie Mission Mars (it is unknown if it's intact on any VHS releases of the movie).
16mm prints of Fun in Acapulco also have this variation.

Legacy: This logo gained a reputation as one of the scariest logos of all time when it was used, due to its animation and music (more so with the warp-speed and B&W variants), earning the unofficial nickname "V of Doom". Nonetheless, it has been known to be a memorable one for those who grew up with this logo, and has been a fan favorite in the community.

3rd Logo (June 24, 1978-1985)

Visuals: On a sea green/dark blue background, a black " V " and the name " Viacom " zoom in together and stop smoothly once they take up most of the screen.

Sometimes, the " V " slides in from the left with " Viacom " sliding in from the right.
A variation features a copyright stamp for "Viacom International" appearing at the bottom once the " V " stops zooming almost completely.
A version with a mirrored " V " has also been spotted, where the logo flips up.
A still version exists.
On For Heaven's Sake , the logo animates on a television, before being switched off by a character from the show.

Technique: Usually camera-controlled/cel animation, but for the still logo, a still, printed image.

Audio: Only the closing theme of the show or TV movie, or none.

Audio Variant: On some programs, a re-orchestrated/rearranged version of the previous logo's theme, punctuated by a steel-stringed guitar, is heard.

Availability: This logo was used for network television productions.

During the 1980s, it was seen on various shows and TV movies produced by this company, such as The Master , The Devlin Connection , Amanda's , Dear Detective , Ace Crawford: Private Eye , The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair , and To Race the Wind , among others; however, very few have been released onto VHS or DVD.
Older prints such as VHS releases might have this logo intact but the later releases such as on DVD or Blu-Ray generally plaster this with the CBS Television Distribution logo. Cases in point; To Race the Wind , on which said variant was intact on a 2011 True Movies 1 airing of the film (before the silent 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo), and The Devlin Connection , The Master and The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair , which were released on video by Trans World Entertainment (but the DVD releases of the latter two use the CBS Television Distribution logo instead).
The version with the re-orchestrated theme was created for the 1979 ABC series The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (also known as Wonderland Cove ), and also appeared on the unsold 1978 ABC pilot Snavely .
It is unknown if it's preserved on the U.S.A. Home Video releases of East of Eden (1981) or For Ladies Only ; it is, however, preserved on the Starmaker Video reprint of the former film.
True Entertainment (now GREAT! TV) airings of Kids Don't Tell have this intact.
This is kept intact on The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair whenever it is aired on LEGEND in the UK, although DVD prints remove this and replace it with the CBS Television Distribution logo.

4th Logo (1981)

Opening: On a black background, a " V " rotates towards the center of the screen in a rainbow trail. Then the trail moves behind the logo, and the " V " flashes to bright cerulean. The word " Viacom " in the same color flashes in with the word " presents " below. As the opening theme starts, the camera slowly zooms up to the left corner of the " V " until it engulfs the screen with blue.
Closing: At the end of the reel, a " V " is seen with the word " Viacom " in blue and the word " from " above the " V ", and they all zoom in towards the viewer.

Technique: Motion-controlled animation.

Audio: The opening and closing themes of the syndie promo or none.

Availability: The only sighting that has come up is a sales tape for individual stations to purchase syndication rights for Viacom-owned shows. The tape used for the captures above is from a Hawaii Five-O sales tape.

5th Logo (1983-1986)

Visuals: The logo starts in outer space. The words " Special " and " Delivery " streak through the sun in the background, leaving a rainbow trail. Then on a blue/black gradient background, the two words fly towards a stylized gold ring with wings and the familiar " V " from the 2nd logo on its base. " From Viacom " with " Viacom ", bigger and set in its corporate font, also fly towards the ring, settling inside it. The logo then constantly shines, occasionally flashing. At the end, a firework flash effect emerges from the logo.

A short variant exists.
A extended version also exists, where " From Viacom " streaks in after " Special " and " Delivery ", followed by the border being formed, rotating and dropping down as a rainbow-trailing outline, before retracting and fading to gold, flashing once. The rest of the logo plays out normally.

Audio: After a drum roll at the start, a majestic 13-note fanfare plays, with the last note held out. The last half plays for the short version, while it's extended for the long version.

Availability: It was seen on the 1984 Twilight Zone Silver Anniversary special, as well as mid-'80s prints of classic Rankin/Bass TV specials (including Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ), and some TV movies from the era, among others.

6th Logo (December 1, 1985-May 24, 1987)

Visuals: On a black background is a still image of the Viacom " V " logo in blue, and the name " Viacom " in white below.

Variant: On Really Weird Tales , the " V " and name are smaller and colored orange.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: The closing theme of the show/TV movie or none.

Availability: This logo was used for network television productions, replacing the 3rd logo.

It was once seen on original airings of the first 3 episodes of the first season of Matlock on NBC plus its pilot episode (from March 1986), as well as on the Andy Griffith reunion special Return to Mayberry and the first five made-for-TV movie revivals of Perry Mason , but most have all fallen victim of being plastered with the "V of Steel" or "Wigga Wigga", 1995 or 2003 Paramount Domestic Television , CBS Paramount Network Television ("Wallpaper"), or CBS Television Distribution logos.
A November 2013 airing of Return to Mayberry on Me-TV left this logo intact, followed by a silent 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo. However, on November 21, 2017, a rebroadcast on said network had it plastered with the CBS Television Distribution logo as it used a newer print. It is also plastered on the film's DVD release and also the Blu-Ray version (said special is included as an extra on the season 1 Blu-ray of The Andy Griffith Show ).
It is preserved on the VHS releases of Return to Mayberry , Perry Mason Returns , Really Weird Tales , and a Brazilian VHS release of the Matlock pilot movie Diary of a Perfect Murder , among possible others.
It was also preserved on Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun when it aired on Encore Mystery, but Encore Suspense airings cut the end theme off early and plaster it over with the CBS Television Distribution logo, while Me-TV and Hallmark airings plaster it over with the 1990 "Wigga Wigga" logo.
It is preserved on the 2016 Kino Lorber DVD of Really Weird Tales , followed by the "Wigga Wigga" and CBS Television Distribution logos.

7th Logo (May 13, 1985-1986)

Opening: Against a space background with twinkling stars, a metallic steel outline of the Viacom " V " and " Viacom " in its familiar Palatino-like font zoom back with a metallic steel trail effect. The trail effect finishes as the " V " turns solid and metallic and " Viacom " turns solid grey. The logo shines in a similar manner as the "Special Delivery" logo before flying downwards and offscreen.
Closing: Against a city skyline with a purple night sky with most of the building's lights switched on and twinkling stars (a colorized version of the city from the opening credits of The Honeymooners ), the metallic textured " V " forms out of light particles. The word " Viacom " forms in the same manner as in the opening variant. The logo shines once completed.

Variant: An extended version of the closing variant exists on the sales tape for The Lost Honeymooners , where the logo shines multiple times after completing.

Technique: Backlit/slit-scan animation.

Audio: The closing theme of the show. Promotional reels featured Christopher Plummer saying "...Because Viacom (pronounced as "Vee-a-Com") presents, for the very first time in syndication...".

Audio Variants: On some occasions, Plummer's voice is not used. Sometimes, when the closing theme or when the Viacom "V of Doom" music plays over the logo, he instead says "From Viacom" (once again pronouncing it as "vee-a-com").

Both variants appeared on a sales tape for The Lost Honeymooners .
The closing variant has been seen on at least two Honeymooners specials, those being Jackie Gleason Presents: the Honeymooners Reunion and Season's Greetings From the Honeymooners . The former has not been seen since its one and only airing in 1985 while the latter was a special premiere for 3 lost Honeymooners episodes.

8th Logo (September 13, 1986-December? 1989)

Visuals: The logo starts out with a screen that's divided in two, with a black/purple gradient on top and silver on the bottom, with a bright light flare shining between. The silver part then rotates counter-clockwise (a la CBS/Fox Video ), revealing it is a steel version of the " V " logo as the background changes to a black/blue/purple gradient. The word " Viacom " flies in from the upper-left of the screen and settles underneath the " V ", reflecting the text. The finished logo shines.

A couple of "warp-speed" versions exist, the first of which is a slower version of the regular jingle and the second of which is an ultra warp speed version (featuring a higher pitched jingle), can be seen on various programs, if they haven't been plastered.
VHS releases containing this logo and select TV broadcasts have the " V " shining three times.
A warp speed version of the three shines variant exists, which was seen on the syndicated version of Super Sloppy Double Dare .
A variant where the " V " shines four times also exists, which was seen on episodes of Rawhide , Perry Mason , Matlock (seasons 1-4), Hogan's Heroes , The Adventures of the Little Koala , Finders Keepers (Toffler version), Easy Street (1986 series), and the 1986 revival of Split Second . There is also a warp speed version of this, as well as an ultra warp speed variant.
A still variant also exists.
A variant where the " V " doesn't shine at all also exists, which was only seen on We Love Lucy ; the 30-minute re-edit of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour .
On the 1987 Celebrity Double Dare pilot , the logo is revealed with a computer-generated effect before animating.
A B&W variant of the logo exists, which is used on B&W shows.
Another sped-up variant of this logo with the music at the normal speed exists.
A variant which plays at a slightly slower speed also exists.
On Fox's Family Double Dare , the logo fades in after the Nickelodeon logo, with the " V " already in place and shining two times before fading out.
A variant where both the " V " and " Viacom " appear to be in higher contrast exists, making the logo look shinier than normal.
One version had a midnight blue screen with text saying "DISTRIBUTED BY", and then after a second, it cut to the " V " in the middle of its animation, with the full music playing throughout.
Another version cuts to when the " V " starts rotating. This is unofficially known as the "in-progress" variant .
A variant where the logo starts off in black and white, but quickly changes to color also exists, which was spotted on a 1988 rerun of The Andy Griffith Show on TBS Superstation .
The British Braveworld Video VHS release of King Creole has a variant that cuts off the first or so second from the logo.
On an episode of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams on GetTV , the logo starts fading during the second time it shines.
On some episodes of 1990s TBS Superstation airings of Perry Mason , the logo is colored green.
On the 1988 Milwaukee Public Access (Viacom) parody of Star Trek titled Far Trek , cheap text in red that says "COMMUNITY ACCESS NORTHSHORE" fades in.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A series of pindrop-like synth notes and a high synth drone, later joined by a descending synth chord, and a "glittery" noise for when the " V " shines.

In some cases, it uses only the closing theme of the show or none .
Some episodes of Cannon and Perry Mason on Me-TV have/had the "V of Doom" music playing over this (MeTV later received updated CBSTD prints of the aforementioned episodes of both, though the aforementioned Perry Mason prints have since resurfaced on FETV).
Some episodes of Gunsmoke , Matlock (seasons 1-4) , and one episode of Hogan's Heroes (seen in Australia) have the 1990 "Wigga-Wigga" music playing over this. A Russian print of the Father Dowling Mysteries episode "The What Do You Call a Call Girl Mystery" also features this over the warp-speed variant, which continues into the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo.
A variant of the extended warp-speed (three wipes) variant includes a voice-over, which was seen on a sales tape for the un-aired game show I Predict . As the logo animates, the voice-over is heard saying: "A Ron Greenberg Production, in association with Viacom." (Pronounced "Vee-a-com", similar to Sandy Hoyt on Split Second ).
On a late-1980s print of the movie Running , the normal variant features two very faint copies of the theme playing and overlapping each other that are both off-sync with the animation, making them continue long after the logo fades to black.
It is currently seen on Rawhide on Me-TV, Decades (occasionally) and H&I.
It is also currently seen on most episodes of The Phil Silvers Show on Me-TV, Forces TV (UK) and occasionally seen on Decades (Now Catchy Comedy), and it is preserved on the season 2 Shout! Factory DVD release of the show, and on most episodes from seasons 3-4 of TPSS on DVD (season 1 on DVD and the UK DVD releases use the 2007 CTD logo instead), and was on most episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies , as well as Gunsmoke (mostly color reruns) on Me-TV before they were issued updated prints by CBS, although for The Beverly Hillbillies , it can still be seen on some episodes (the earliest episode to have this is "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch"), and as for Gunsmoke , it can still be seen on certain episodes from season 14 (the third color season) onward.
It was also spotted on the 1989 film Sonny Boy on TCM as well as AMC, and has also been spotted on syndicated prints of Cannon films, such as Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .
This can also be seen on most episodes of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams on DVD.
It was also seen on '80s prints of other Viacom-distributed shows, including at one point in time, episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (particularly reruns on TBS Superstation), as well as episodes of I Love Lucy on Nick at Nite (as well as AMC briefly), Have Gun-Will Travel on Encore Westerns, various prints of The Cosby Show and Roseanne , Rawhide on the Hallmark Channel as well as Encore Westerns, The Millionaire on TV Land, and various episodes of Hogan’s Heroes on Forces TV in the United Kingdom and Fox Classics in Australia, among possible others.
It is unknown if this was seen on '80s prints of The Dick Van Dyke Show , The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse , Petticoat Junction , The Houndcats , The Harlem Globetrotters (1970s cartoon), Hawaii Five-0 , Amigo and Friends , Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. , The Honeymooners , Whirlybirds and Our Miss Brooks , among possible others.
It can also be seen on the Perry Mason made-for-TV movies from 1987-89, along with some prints of previous ones (though most use the warp speed variant), but the DVD releases plaster it over with the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo. However, it is still preserved on some VHS releases such as the UK VHS release of Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson , but these aren't easy to come by, and as far as we can tell, have never been released to VHS in the United States.
It was also seen on some episodes of Perry Mason on Me-TV before they were issued updated prints by CBS, but these prints can still be seen currently on FETV.
This logo (and its extended variants) is also seen on various game shows syndicated by Viacom from 1986-1990, including Split Second (most Gametv and Buzzr reruns retain it; some episodes on Buzzr plastered it with the current Fremantle logo, though), Double Dare (this includes later prints on iTunes and on Paramount+), and Remote Control .
The B&W variant can be found at the end of select VHS releases of The Andy Griffith Show that were released by Premier Promotions, including notably The Andy Griffith Show Collector's Series Volume 12: Mayberry Classics , and had also resurfaced on a Season 08 episode of Rawhide on Me-TV and H&I.
This logo was also spotted on UK VHS releases of Fun in Acapulco , King Creole , Roustabout and All in a Night's Work , older prints of Dempsey and Makepeace , Father Dowling Mysteries , a Decades broadcast of The Blue Knight (1975), at least one episode of The Twilight Zone on the French version of the Sci-Fi Channel, a Movies! broadcast of the 1971 docudrama Evel Knievel , a Escape (now Court TV Mystery) airing of the 1989 film Night Game , a TCM UK broadcast of Wild Geese II (1985), the 1987 Cannon film Three Kinds of Heat , which can also be found on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime, Paramount+ and Epix.com, and international prints of seasons 1-4 (and some of season 5) of Matlock , though most use the warp speed variant. It is still seen on a few Season 3-4 episodes of Matlock on CBS Justice (UK).
The "in-progress" variant can be found on the MCA/Universal Home Video VHS release of Super Force , the unsold Baby on Board pilot from 1988, as well as at least one episode of Rawhide on Me-TV.
It has also been seen on some episodes of A Different World on Netflix.
It was also spotted on syndicated prints of the 1979 Canadian sports drama, Running .
This also resurfaced on episodes of All in the Family on Sky Go New Zealand (such as the pilot).
This can also be seen on a late-2010s print of the film Katherine on YouTube Movies & Shows.
The green version was only seen on 90s TBS Superstation airings of Perry Mason (such as the episode “The Case of the Fickle Filly”).
The long variant (three wipes) can be found on the Family Home Entertainment VHS releases of The Adventures of the Little Koala and was on at least one episode of Perry Mason on Me-TV before being issued an updated print by CBS, while the long version with four wipes made its premiere on the short-lived NBC-aired sitcom Easy Street , and was last spotted on the Toffler version of Finders Keepers on the now-defunct Nick GAS network. This was also seen on the aforementioned game shows distributed by Viacom in the late 1980s; reruns of these shows on Nick GAS, as well as Paramount+, retain the logo. The three wipes variant was also spotted on a 2017 FETV broadcast of the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Poison Pen Pal".
Silent Variant : Originally, it could only be seen on syndicated TV prints of The Stepford Wives (the 1975 version), though it was later resurfaced on the Forces TV print of the Hogan's Heroes episode "The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From", which is from season 2, although Fox Classics’ print has the theme present on it.
This can currently be found on some episodes of Rawhide on Me-TV, Decades (occasionally) and H&I.
It is also seen on older prints of Matlock (season 1-4, 1989 episodes; current TV and streaming prints use the 8th logo instead, while the DVD release of S1 uses CBS/Paramount and every other season on DVD uses the 2007 CTD logo instead). FETV's print of the Matlock S1 episode, "The Don, Part 1" had this preserved. Many Season 3 and 4 episodes of Matlock on CBS Justice (UK) as well as a few season 2 episodes and 2 season 1 episodes keep this logo intact. Its spin-off Jake and the Fatman (DVDs and TV prints of seasons 1 and 2 use CTD instead), Father Dowling Mysteries (including a few early season 3 episodes), and a Brazilian VHS release of Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (and DVD print) all have this logo. It is also preserved on the Brazilian VHS release of Jake and the Fatman .
This is also preserved on the season 1 DVD release of Father Dowling Mysteries , preceded by the 2007 CTD logo and can be seen on the other two seasons as well. Decades airings used the DVD prints of Father Dowling Mysteries as well.
A 2002 article on this logo said that this was seen on prints of Father Dowling Mysteries that aired on PAX (now Ion Television).
It was also seen on a 2016 British Horror Channel airing of Murder by Moonlight , and was presumably present on the film's original CBS broadcast.
It is unknown if this is preserved on season 3 and 1990 episodes of S4 of Jake and the Fatman on DVD.
The "DISTRIBUTED BY" variant is only known to exist on Superboy . However, the show's DVD release from Warner Home Video retains it.
It was also seen on that aforementioned program's episode "A Day in the Double Life".
It is usually plastered by either the 1990 "Wigga-Wigga", 1995 Paramount Domestic Television , 2006 CBS Paramount Domestic/Network Television ("Eye in the Sky" or "Wallpaper"), or 2007 CBS Television Distribution logos, though they have been spotted on a few episodes of Rawhide on Me-TV and H&I, and the four wipe version was also spotted on an Australian television print of the Hogan's Heroes episode "Request Permission to Escape", which is the last episode of season 1. When the episode aired in the UK on Forces TV, the last wipe was cut off. It was also seen on UK airings of some episodes of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams .
Sped-Up Variant : Seen on Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen . It was also seen on Season 3 and 4 episodes of Matlock , when last aired on CBS Justice in the UK.
Ultra Warp Speed Variant : The ultra warp speed version can be seen on Netflix's prints, most official YouTube prints, some VHS releases, and The Family Channel airings of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and The Legend of Zelda (1989 cartoon), although international prints have the 1988 Saban International logo instead. The logo is also retained on the DVD release of the latter show's episode The Power of the Triforce as well.

Legacy: Its CGI makes this logo a favorite among the logo community. It is known by the fan nickname "V of Steel".

9th Logo (1990-May 11, 2000)

Visuals: On a shaded blue background, a silver " V " flies in from the bottom, and moves towards the left. As it does so, a zig-zag line comes out of it to form the other letters in the word " VIACOM ". The logo is seen shining throughout. The individual letters separate from the zig-zag line, with the " A " and " M " still having the form of zig-zags. The completed logo then shines.

This is often unofficially nicknamed as the "Wigga Wigga" logo, derived from the sounds heard as the zig-zag line appears.
Many people think the announcer is mispronouncing the name Viacom. It is indeed pronounced with a long "i" sound, like in "pr i ze", although the original pronunciation of the name pre-1986 was indeed with a short "i" sound, like in "p i zza", hence Christopher Plummer's pronunciation as "vee-a-com". The post-1986 pronunciation was used by the announcer on the Magnetic Video logo several years before it became the official pronunciation.
There is a filmed variant seen on some TV movies from the era , like the 1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch television movie. Also seen on a British rerun as well as the Russian CBS Drama channel airing of the Father Dowling Mysteries season 2 episode "The Ghost of a Chance Mystery", which plastered over the "V of Steel" logo.
Several shows have the name already formed during the later years , with the only animation being the shining of the letters.
There is a text variation on this logo for Viacom Productions. It has the " VIACOM " text already formed, but a line slides in from the right and forms " PRODUCTIONS " (in the Futura Extra Bold font), after which the " C " and " O " in " VIACOM " shine. This shorter variation was seen on network TV productions from 1998-2000 . There was another variant of this in which the text doesn't shine at all, used on Diagnosis: Murder .
On original ABC broadcasts and on reruns of the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch pilot on ABC Family (now Freeform), The Hub (now Discovery Family), Antenna TV, and Pluto TV, this logo is still (a la the 1985 "V of Happiness" logo), on re-runs on said networks, it is followed by the 2003 Paramount Domestic Television logo (but plastered on DVD and Paramount+ by the CBS/Paramount "Eye In The Sky" logo).
A black & white version of this exists on some prints of older B&W shows (most feature the color version).
On the 1997 TV movie The Right Connections , the words "in association with" are seen over the logo's background, then fades out when the animation starts. It was also spotted on another TV movie, In the Doghouse (1998), as well as the short-lived UPN series from 1995, Deadly Games .
On WPIX's print of the Honeymooners episode "The Sleepwalker" , the logo freezes before it is fully formed. The audio is also distorted in this variant. It's likely an error in production.
On the 1996 TV movie Brothers of the Frontier (last seen on CBS Justice UK, and Disney Channel in the United States) and a Me-TV airing of the Matlock S7 episode "The Class" , the short version of the logo is played in slow motion.
On the 1998 TV movie Inferno and the 1999 TV movie The Apartment Complex , the Productions variant has the text " Viacom Productions, Inc. Exclusive Distributor " in two lines below.

Technique: 2D motion-controlled animation by Atlantic Motion Pictures.

Audio: Again, there have been several musical variations accompanied with a male voiceover saying "Viacom" near the end:

Usually, a synthesized rock score is used, complete with drums, horns, and even a guitar. Four telephone-like "wigga-wigga" sounds are heard as the line zig-zags. (The music is actually "Block" from a Korg M1 synthesizer.)
For the (then-)newly-formed Viacom International, the same logo is accompanied by different music. A synthesized whoosh and timpani drum is heard first, leading into a jingle played on a flute sample ("HardFlute" taken from Program B on a Korg T1 synthesizer) being heard as the line uncurls. As the logo finishes, a faint choir is heard in the background. Synthesized "shining" sounds can be heard throughout the entire logo. The voice-over is still heard. Composed by Michael Rubin, known for his work on Blue's Clues .
There is a version where the voice-over cuts in earlier.
Some versions have no voice-over. The Viacom Productions logo is one of these, except the variant used on Diagnosis: Murder and the TV movie Haley Wagner, Star . An extremely short version with no voice-over was seen for a brief time in 1996. This version is also followed by the 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo.
There was a warped version during later years.
There is a low toned variant for the short version that appeared after an episode of The Twilight Zone .
In some cases, it used the closing theme of the show , generic network music on CBS, NBC, and ABC , or it was silent .
There is a variant with the "V of Doom" theme playing instead on several early-1990s syndie prints of classic TV movies from the era, plastering the 1976 filmed logo.
There is another variant with the "V of Doom" music playing faintly instead on some episodes of The Twilight Zone on Syfy , Perry Mason , and The Honeymooners both on Me-TV and last aired on WGN America . Sometimes, the short version plays with the normal music, but the "V of Doom" music can be heard again faintly in the background. This is sometimes called the "Ghost of the V of Doom".
There is a variant with the "V of Steel" theme playing instead on one episode of Gunsmoke as well as a Hungarian-dubbed rerun of the Father Dowling Mysteries season 1 episode "The What Do You Call a Call Girl Mystery" on AXN Crime. Father Dowling Mysteries S2 EP1 on the Russian CBS Drama channel also features this.
One episode of Rawhide on Me-TV has the warp-speed version of the logo with the warp-speed "V of Steel" music playing over it.
A variant with the sped-up "V of Steel" music was reportedly sighted on a British rerun of the Matlock episode "The Brothers" .
Another variant with the warp-speed VoS music playing under the regular version was spotted on a Hungarian-dubbed rerun of the Father Dowling Mysteries season 1 episode "The Mafia Priest Mystery: Part 2" on AXN Crime . This is unofficially called the "Ghost of the V of Steel". This may also have been spotted on an Australian rerun of Jake and the Fatman .
The Viacom Productions variant has used the 1999 music from the next logo on certain occasions. This has been sighted on an international print of the eighth episode of Season 7 of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch , "Bada-Ping!", an Antenna TV airing of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch S7 episode "Sabrina Unplugged", and has also been reported to appear on some episodes of the final season of Diagnosis: Murder .
A variant of the original "Wigga Wigga" logo without the announcer in it also exists.
On the TV movie My Body, My Child , the warped theme plays over the regular variant.
At the end of a Russian print of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark , the 1971 Lorimar jingle plays over this logo. This is due to a plaster error.

Availability: This logo is quite infamous for plastering the older Viacom logos. Many of the shows that had this logo have been updated with either the Paramount Domestic Television, the CBS Paramount Domestic or Network Television logos ("Eye in the Sky" or "Wallpaper") or CBS Television Distribution logos by now, especially on DVD releases, but it is still seen on some shows and TV movies.

It was spotted on the film I'm All Right Jack on TCM, the miniseries The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw on Grit (and possibly the DVD release), two episodes of Cannon on the season 3 DVD (and one episode on Me-TV, S03 E03), syndicated prints of Cannon Group films such as Masters of the Universe , and one episode of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams on DVD.
It has been spotted on reruns of color episodes of Gunsmoke on Me-TV and TV Land, albeit in split screen form on the latter channel, and was also spotted on The Alvin Show when rerun on Nickelodeon.
However, later prints of Gunsmoke episodes from Season 12 (the first color season) and Season 13 and are now restored and now use CTD, though it can possibly still be spotted on almost all other episodes from Season 14 on (needs further confirmation).
It was also seen when Have Gun, Will Travel aired on Encore Westerns in the early 2010s, as well as some episodes of Perry Mason , Hogan's Heroes (these prints now air on UK television network Forces TV and Australian cable channel Fox Classics), and The Beverly Hillbillies on Me-TV and occasionally Decades before they both were issued updated prints by CBS (though it can be still be found in the majority of color episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies (S05-S09) and formerly on select episodes of Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. ; for the latter show, all episodes have been restored and use either CBS-Paramount or CTD.
FETV prints of Perry Mason still have this logo intact on many episodes.
In the past, episodes of I Love Lucy and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour on Nick at Nite and TV Land had this logo as well.
It could also be seen on the Perry Mason TV movies from 1990-95, and some prints of older ones, but DVDs plaster it with the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo.
The high pitched variant resurfaced on a British television broadcast of California Gold Rush .
This can also be found on Family Affair , My Three Sons (it also appeared on Season 11, Episode 12 of that show after the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo on a June 14, 2018 airing on Me-TV), VHS releases of Payoff (1991), a True Movies UK broadcast and Me-TV airings of the 1973 TV film A Dream for Christmas , the 2009 Warner Archive DVD-R of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973), the Republic Pictures VHS of Rent-a-Kid , the Prism Entertainment VHS of Memories of Murder (The original Lifetime broadcast used the warp speed 1986 "V of Steel" logo instead), VHS copies of The Right Connections , The Operation (AKA: Bodily Harm ) (plastering the 7th logo which was used on the original CBS broadcast and also kept on a Lifetime airing), later Movies! broadcasts of Day of the Animals (1977) and The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia , the Mexican VHS release of the Greatest Heroes of the Bible episode "Abraham's Sacrifice", They Watch , the Starmaker Video VHS releases of Last Train from Gun Hill , Donner Pass: The Road to Survival , Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980), The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race , and Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love , among possible others, a Brazilian VHS of the Sunn Classics adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher , the Kino Lorber DVD of Really Weird Tales (after the 5th logo), a Brazilian VHS of the Viacom co-produced Italian film Blood Ties , the Vidmark Entertainment VHS of Murder by Moonlight , and international prints of Rawhide , along with some later prints on Heroes & Icons.
It was also spotted on a 2005 Superstation WGN (now NewsNation) airing of Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990), an old syndicated print of the New Line film Alone in the Dark (1982), an old syndicated print of Embryo (1976), a 2003 WE TV airing of Tears in the Rain (1988) and Sky Go New Zealand prints of some episodes of All in the Family like season 2 episode 6.
It also appears at the end of the 1977 TV movie The Last of the Mohicans when aired on LEGEND.
It's currently found on Matlock on WGN America, Me-TV, Decades (formerly), FETV, Pluto TV, and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (it plasters over the the 7th logo on many episodes from seasons 1 to 4, and the 5th logo on later syndicated prints of the pilot episode for that show; DVDs use the CBS/Paramount "Wallpaper" logo for season 1 while 2-9 have CTD). Some episodes from seasons 6 and 7, and possibly 8, use the regular variant instead.
Also seen on the first 3 seasons and early season 4 episodes of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch on Antenna TV, Pluto TV, and Fuse (DVDs have the CBS/Paramount "Eye In The Sky" logo for season 1, while seasons 2-3 have the "Wallpaper" logo and 4-7 have CTD. Hulu prints use the CBS/Paramount "Wallpaper" logo for season 1, Paramount+ uses the DVD prints).
It's also seen on the first five seasons of Diagnosis: Murder on DVD, Encore Suspense, Me-TV, Decades (occasionally), and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (however, DVDs of season 2 use the 2006 CBS/Paramount "Wallpaper" logo instead).
It was also preserved at the end of the DVD print of the Jake and the Fatman S4 episode, "It Never Entered My Mind", which is included on the Diagnosis: Murder season 1 DVD.
The version where the voice-over cuts in earlier was formerly seen on S1 episodes of The Twilight Zone on Syfy (though some episodes were known to contain the 2nd logo); currently, Syfy and Me-TV had acquired new, updated prints with the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo.
Was spotted on a Me-TV broadcast of the Gunsmoke episode "P.S. Murry Christmas", and can possibly be seen on episodes from the later seasons.
It was also intact on many Season 17 episodes of Gunsmoke on the UK CBS Channels.
This was also seen on at least one episode of Rawhide on H&I and the TV movie My Body, My Child on True Movies UK.
This variant also appeared on some Season 2 episodes of Matlock and some season 2 episodes of Father Dowling Mysteries when aired on CBS Justice (UK).
Seen on a few season 4 episodes of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Seasons 5 through 7 episodes of Diagnosis: Murder , among other Viacom productions at the time.
It was present on syndicated and international prints (though some used the regular variant) of The Cosby Show and Roseanne , but it is now plastered with the Carsey-Werner Distribution logo, though some prints have survived, but not all of them.
The international version, and sometimes the regular variant, can be seen on some episodes of A Different World on Netflix, including the pilot, and was also seen on Terrytoon prints that were distributed around in the 1990s, as well as reportedly, one episode of The Beverly Hillbillies on the Fox Classics Network in Australia.

Legacy: Another beloved logo by some for its CGI, music (especially on the International variant), and voice-over.

10th Logo (September 24, 1999-August 8, 2004)

Visuals: On a smoky blue background, the letters of " VIACOM ", in a clear glass font, appear stacked on top of each other, with the " V " in front and the " M " in back. The letters then shrink and spread out to form the word as normally read. The background is revealed to have the letters of the word rapidly fading and blurring in and out. After " VIACOM " settles in, the text " PRODUCTIONS }}" (in Futura Extra Bold) appears from the mist and moves up to settle below the text. The byline " a Paramount company " (in the Paramount Pictures logo's font) fades in below that, with a line above that separates the two.

A still version of this logo exists (a la the 1985 "V of Happiness" logo).
Starting in 2002 , the logo is slightly enhanced. The word " VIACOM " is made bolder and, when the letters are stacked, look brighter. In addition, the background is darker and has more contrast.
Sometimes on the 2002 version, "in association with" spreads out above.
Multiple 16:9 variants (usually of the 2002 version) exist - one stretched from 4:3, one cropped to 16:9 (seen on widescreen movies and shows ), and a native 16:9 version. The cropped version may also be zoomed out with borders (to account for the two aspect ratios).
Another 16:9 version exists wherein the 4:3 version is zoomed out without borders, thus causing the sides of the letters to copy themselves into three. This can be found on the French printing of the TV movie Finding John Christmas (entitled À la recherche de John Christmas ).
A shorter version cuts to either the first quarter or to the last.
There is a slower version .
A filmed version appears on some TV movies.
September 27, 1999-August 8, 2004: A descending crystallized wind chime-like sound effect culminating in a "boom" and a frantic synth-driven theme, with a robotic voice faintly saying the word "Viacom" after.
The 2002 enhanced version has the robotic voice sped up.
September 30, 1999-May 11, 2000: Very early broadcasts featured the 1990 and 1998 network TV music. This can be seen on "updated" airings of season 7 episodes of Diagnosis: Murder on Me-TV and one season 4 episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch , "The Wild, Wild Witch".
There is also a silent variant.
A version in which the wind chime sound effect plays faster also exists.
A sped-up higher pitch version also exists.
Sometimes, it has the end theme of the show or TV movie or generic network music , as seen on NBC and CBS.
It can be seen on any show or TV movie produced by Viacom from 1999-2004; these include seasons 4-7 of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch on Antenna TV and Pluto TV (plastered on the DVD releases and on Paramount+ by the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo) and Fuse, The Division on Start TV, season 1 of The 4400 last aired on USA Network, and seasons 7 & 8 of Diagnosis: Murder on Me-TV, Decades (occasionally), Encore Suspense, DVD, and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, as well as the final two TV movies spun off from that show (however, the DVD print of the last film "Without Warning" uses the CBS Television Distribution logo instead).
The still version can be seen on some season 8 and "updated" season 7 episodes of Diagnosis: Murder on Me-TV, Encore Suspense, Decades (occasionally), Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, DVD releases, and original CBS airings from 2000-2001.
It was also spotted at the end of several made-for-TV movies such as Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story , A Diva's Christmas Carol , Three Blind Mice , Bad Apple and Bang Bang, You're Dead , among others. It is unknown if it is preserved on VHS and/or DVDs of these respective films.
It was also seen with the Triage Entertainment logo on the Lifetime series Beyond Chance (starting with the fourth episode), which hasn't been reran for years.
The 2002 variant of this logo was also seen at the end of a July 8, 2023 UK airing of the 2004 TV movie The Legend of Butch & Sundance on LEGEND.

Legacy: It's not a well-known logo like the previous ones, but it's considered another well-made logo with some really cool effects.

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A Viacom Presentation - "The V Of Doom" (1982)

Here's an example of the Viacom "V of Doom" as it is known - this one in extra creepy black and white. (from an episode of The Twilight Zone) The logo that launched a thousand mid-afternoon nightmares. This aired on local Chicago TV in 1982.

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Viacom V of Doom

Nicknames: V of Doom. Screen Gems' Son.

Logo: On a navy blue background, the text "a Viacom presentation" zooms into the centre of the screen. After that, A huge dark blue V zooms in nearly taking up the whole screen! it then cuts to black.

FX/SFX: Pretty 70s style animation.

Music/Sounds: A bombastic, high pitched fanfare until the logo ends.

Variants: This logo has a ton of variant but I won't have time to cover them all.

Cheesy Factor: The V of doom is not scary in the slightest bit! seriously, it's just a V zooming in. That's it! I don't know what's so scary about it.

Scare Factor: Medium to Nightmare. It's infamous for being one of the first scary logos found on the internet, and despite not being as scary as some of the other modern logos. It can still come off as jarring thanks to the creepy V that zooms into the centre of the screen.

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June 4, 1971

Viacom began as CBS Television Film Sales in 1952, was renamed as CBS Films in 1958 and renamed again as CBS Enterprises Inc. in 1968. It would later be renamed as Viacom in 1970 and spun off the following year. This logo uses the Peignot font (the same font used on The Mary Tyler Moore Show , which was ironically syndicated by them at the time) and is nicknamed the "Pinball" logo because of its electronically-produced logo sounder being described by many as being akin to the sounds of a pinball machine.

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June 1976

It started out as the unofficially named "V of Doom," a "V" symbol that zoomed in, until 1986, when it was changed to the V of Steel until 1990.

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January 1, 1990

On January 1, 1990, for the first time in 13 years, the stylized "V" symbol was retired in favor of a new logo. The logo was nicknamed the "Wigga Wigga" logo. The logo was designed by design firm Chermayeff & Geismar , of which has also designed for NBC , PBS , Showtime , Univision , WGBH , & Screen Gems , among others. It was used for the Paramount Pictures logo's byline until 2010, even after the logo for the new Viacom was introduced.

On December 31, 2005, Viacom split into two companies: the second Viacom and CBS Corporation . The original Viacom was folded into CBS Paramount Television (now CBS Studios ), but its logo can still be seen during reruns of classic shows. CBS now owns any and all copyrights and distribution rights to any programming from Viacom Productions via CBS Studios Productions, LLC, a holding company between CBS Media Ventures and Paramount Television Studios . The original Viacom went defunct on December 31, 2005.

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One version of the logo replaces the red background with black. This could've been because of film deterioration, however.
Some prints of this logo have faded color that shifts to a red hue, affecting all 4 color backgrounds; this is due to the fading of a color 16mm stock (notably early Eastman).
Other sources would have this logo completely out of sync with the sound effects.
The logo is in B&W on early '70s prints of The Andy Griffith Show , Perry Mason , I Love Lucy , The Dick Van Dy ke Show, Our Miss Brooks , The Phil Silvers Show, The Twilight Zone , and The Beverly Hillbillies , among other classic shows. It also appears on a VHS of The Andy Griffith Show released by Premier Promotions, titled The Andy Griffith Show Double Feature Volume 33 .
There is a dark color variant, possibly due to film deterioration.
Only a split second of the logo (only the first "ping" of the logo's soundtrack playing over a red screen) was shown on a 2012 Australian TV airing of Hogan's Heroes , due to being plastered by the 8th logo.
In-credit text such as "A Viacom (Enterprises) Presentation (or "Production")" or "In Association With Viacom Enterprises" would be shown on The $2 5,000 Pyramid and Goodson-Todman game shows, among other co-produced series and TV movies. This continued on into the '80s on shows like Family Feud .
The logo may be silent on some prints.
Sometimes, especially on PAL prints, the music is of a slightly higher pitch.
The soundtrack might sound distorted on some prints. This happens because lab technicians print the soundtrack onto the film at a louder volume than usual.
One variation has the soundtrack out-of-sync with the logo. This was seen on Season 11, Episode 20 (Me-TV airing) and Season 12, Episode 12 (Odyssey/Hallmark airing) of My Three Sons .
The color version turned up on many season 11 & 12 episodes of My Three Sons on Odyssey Network/The Hallmark Channel back in the early 2000s. Many variations have also been spotted on these episodes when shown on Me-TV, as part of an unusual combo with CBS Television Distribution preceding it (with the exception of one episode, S12 E23, which first aired on August 2, 2018.) These sightings mark the first known time this Viacom logo has been seen on national American television since the Odyssey/Hallmark airings from the early 2000s.
The dark variant was spotted on several color episodes of My Three Sons and the Magnetic Video VHS release of 5 Terrytoon Cartoons Featuring Heckle and Jeckle .
This logo also appears on earlier 16mm syndication dupes of shows/movies distributed by Viacom, mostly before 1976; Such shows include: My Three Sons , Hogan's Heroes, and The Beverly Hillbillies , which occasionally appear on eBay.
This logo can also be seen on some older prints of episodes of The Banana Splits and Friends Show , Josie and the Pussycats , Whirlybirds , Petticoat Junction , pre-mid-1970s prints of The Rookies (which is now with Sony Pictures Television), Family Affair , The Houndcats , and the Canadian produced TV series The Amazing World of Kreskin , among others; that includes 16mm kinescopes.
This logo has been sighted on a DVD from Mill Creek, '100 Awesomely Cheesy Movies', which is a repackaging of another 2 Mill Creek DVD sets. On 'The Swingin' Seventies' section of the DVD, the 1970 TV Movie version of Jane Eyre retains the color logo at the end.
Only a small amount of home media releases retain this logo. At least one VHS release of The Houndcats has this logo, but it is unknown how many more have it, including releases from Trans World Entertainment , or the recent DVD releases. It was also spotted on a VHS of The Andy Griffith Show by Premier Promotions.
The in-credit text can be seen on What's My Line? on Buzzr.
With all that said, consider yourself very lucky if you see this logo on TV or even on video, or through any other medium.
A network television version, used from 1979 until 1985, usually had the black " V " and the name " Viacom " zooming-in together and stopping once it has come to a huge size, with a sea green / dark blue background. However, some showings have the "V" and the word " Viacom " sliding-in from opposite sides of the screen.
A variation of the network version features a copyright stamp for "Viacom International" appearing at the bottom once the " V " stopped to zoom almost completely.
A network television variation with a mirrored " V " has also been spotted, where the logo flips up.
The original version of this logo was filmed, and was used from 1976 until 1985.
A black & white version of the filmed " V " was used in the earlier years.
On the earlier color variant of the filmed version, the " V " is black , with a light blue background.
Videotaped versions have " A " and " Viacom " spaced farther apart, and the animation is more smooth. This was used from 1978 to 1986. Color variants include monochrome, p urple background with dark blue " V ", and faint purple with blue " V ", among others.
Some filmed variants feature the " V " actually stopping right before it cuts to black. This was largely common in its earlier years (especially in black & white variants).
An extremely rare videotaped variant featuring a yellow " V " was used on some syndicated prints of The Honeymooners , appearing in a giant moon over a cityscape where the credits appear. This is a result of a chroma-key mistake. This variation was given the nickname "V of Moon".
There is also a rare videotaped variant with a jungle green background and a Charleston green " V " .
An extremely rare turquoise variant with an ultramarine blue " V " was used in 1984. Th e "V" stops moving before we fade to black.
A videotaped variant of this logo has an orange background and a midnight blue " V " seen on 1978 episodes of You Don't Say! . There is also a warp speed version of this.
An extremely rare videotaped variant with the logo superimposed in a circle over a moving starfield background was used on the short-lived series Hot City . This is nicknamed the "V in Space".
There is an uncommon "warp-speed" videotaped variation that has a much sped up logo and music. This was used along side co-distributor idents and was seen from 1979-1986.
An extremely rare videotaped variant that flashes different colors reputedly exists. I t was reported to be seen on an airing of The Honeymooners episode entitled "A Man's Pride" on The Comedy Network in Canada. A reconstruction can be seen <a href=" https://youtu.be/-SHA454qzFM " target="_self">here</a>; no evidence of the actual logo has surfaced as of yet. This variant is unofficially nicknamed the "Rainbow V of Doom".
A variant where the " V " is dark red on a pink background appeared on the 1985 syndicated series The Star Games . It also appeared on a 1994 rerun of an episode of The Andy Griffith Show .
A videotaped variant with a lime background was found on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show on TBS in 1992 and on the Perry Mason S8 episode "The Case of the Wrongful Writ" on a March 13, 1991 TBS broadcast.
Dark variants of the Film-O-Vision version in color and B&W, due to film deterioration, exist.
The first second was lopped off on Magnetic Video's VHS release of Blue Hawaii .
There was a high pitched, slightly sped up version of the videotaped variant spotted on the Cannon episode "He Who Digs a Grave (Part 2)" on Me-TV. As of May 2019, this variant is still intact.
An ultra dark/deteriorated black and white version exists, in which the background is nearly black and the " V " is almost invisible. This was spotted on a Me-TV airing of Perry Mason as well as on a 16mm print of an episode of I Love Lucy.
A "blacked-out" variant also exists on film prints of episodes of Greatest Heroes of the Bible on the Internet Archive, which has the "V of Doom" music on either the "END OF PART ONE" or "THE END" card, likely due to sloppy plastering.
In-credit text would either say "A Viacom (Enterprises) Presentation", "In Association with Viacom Enterprises", "Distributed by Viacom Enterprises", or "Produced in association with Viacom Enterprises" would be shown on The $2 5,000 Pyramid , the Goodson-Todman game shows, and some TV and theatrical movies.
Usually, the music used was a 5-note synthesized fanfare, along with a timpani drum roll playing throughout with a final, rather loud p ound at the end. Even after the logo faded (or cut) to black , the timpani's echo could still be heard.
The very first version of this logo featured the "Pinball" music from the first logo and was used eventually until late 1978 (and was also often used when replacing the original "Pinball" logo) . This variant is also known as the " V o f Pinball ".
The very first version of the normal 1976 music had a slightly faster tempo/low-pitched version of the usual music, used on the same logo with the very dark blue / black "V" logo, and it was also used in tandem with the standard filmed variant.
For the network TV variant, it used only the closing theme of the show or TV movie, or none.
PAL versions of the logo were in a higher pitch and had a slightly faster sequence of synthesizer notes.
In some rare cases, the closing theme of the show was used, or none.
The turquoise variant of the logo has two extra pounds of the timpani at the end.
Sometimes, the "V of Doom" music cuts off right before the last timpani beat, removing the final echo in the process. This was heard on the Magnetic Video release of Don't Give Up the Ship .
Sometimes on the filmed variant, the first note or two can be cut off. Often, the final bit of the show's closing theme will play over the logo briefly. This is caused by a bad splice on the film between the credits and the logo. An example of this would be the Season 11 finale to My Three Sons .
On The Beverly Hillbillies episode "Christmas with the Clampetts", and perhaps other episodes from the first two seasons, it has a generic theme (the show's theme couldn't be used due to it being copyrighted while episodes from the first two seasons have fallen into the public domain) playing over the filmed version of this logo.
On t he Have Gun-Will Travel season 3 episode "Fragile" on Me-TV and H&I, the 1987 Paramount Television theme plays faintly over a black screen before the videotaped variant appears, due to a double plaster.
On the Hot City variant, the music starts playing over the last bit of the closing song.
V of Pinball : The B&W filmed variant with the "Pinball" theme is near extinct at this stage. It appears on the Magnetic Video releases of King Creole (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release) and Visit to a Small Planet . This variant was also recently discovered on a 16mm print of The Phil Silvers Show . Its color counterpart has been seen on the 1975 TV movie Eric , and may be intact on that film's VHS release, the Magnetic Video release of Girls! Girls! Girls! (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release), the Australian Magnetic Video VHS of All in a Night's Work , and on one mid-1970s print of an early color episode of Gunsmoke , which aired on Superstation WTBS back in 1986.
Filmed Variant : It appears at the end of most Viacom syndication prints of the time, on shows such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show , I Love Lucy , The Andy Griffith Show , The Phil Silvers Show , and My Three Sons . It appeared on the Season 11 finale of My Three Sons on Hallmark back around 2000 and was again seen on a Me-TV airing of the latter on July 2, 2018, strangely with CBS Television Distribution preceding it. It appeared on some TV movies from the era, such as Police Story , The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan , and Top Secret (1978), among others. It was also seen on the original Magnetic Video VHS releases of many feature films, such as Last Train from Gun Hill and possibly All in a Night's Work ; those featuring Elvis Presley, including G.I. Blues (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release) and Blue Hawaii ; those featuring Jerry Lewis, including Don't Give Up the Ship (don't expect to see this on any of their laserdiscs or Greatest Sports Legends tapes, though); and at the end of earlier video prints of the 1981 film Firebird 2015 AD and the 1980 film The Unseen , while the videotaped variant makes a strange appearance at the beginning of the latter film (the same also applied to an '80s broadcast on the USA Network). The filmed variant can be seen on Cozi TV airings of episodes from the first two seasons of The Beverly Hillbillies , due to said network using public domain prints of that show. It also appeared on Nelvana's first special A Cosmic Christmas ; this is intact on current prints of the special whenever it gets aired on TV, as well as YTV Direct's print on YouTube (where it is followed by the 2004 Nelvana logo), in addition to Terror In The Wax Museum on Amazon Prime. The B&W filmed variant was once spotted on an episode of Perry Mason on Me-TV before it was replaced with a later print sometime in 2015. It can also be spotted on almost every episode of The Millionaire, which can occasionally be seen on Decades. The color variant of the filmed variant was seen on some prints of The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and recently (as of 2018) on three episodes of Gunsmoke on Me-TV ("The Witness", "Eleven Dollars", and "Kitty's Love Affair") and one episode ("Like Old Times") on CBS Drama in the UK. The B&W filmed variant variant can also be spotted on DVDs of The Beverly Hillbillies released by the Platinum Disc Corporation , Madacy Entertainment , Mill Creek Entertainment , and GoodTimes Entertainment , among other companies. It is unknown if this was seen on the Magnum Entertainment releases of The Deerslayer , The Last of the Mohicans (1977) or California Gold Rush , the Magnetic Video VHS release and 1985 Key Video re-release of Roustabout , or the 1985 Key Video re-issue of Blue Hawaii .
Videotaped Variant : The videotaped version used to be somewhat common on Perry Mason on Me-TV, but since 2015, they have started using remastered DVD prints with the CBS Television Distribution logo, although these older prints can still be seen on FETV. It's also seen at the end of most Cannon episodes, mostly between seasons 3-5, shown on Me-TV (and whenever it airs on Decades, owned also by the parent company of Me-TV, Weigel Broadcasting). Several of the "Classic 39" episodes of The Honeymooners, as well as the "lost" episodes, had this logo when they previously aired on WGN America, but newer prints of the latter use the MPI Home Video logo instead. It was also seen on episodes of The (New) Price is Right from 1976-1980. The 1978 and 1983 variants was formerly seen on two episodes of The Twilight Zone on Syfy ("You Drive" and "One for the Angels") until Syfy acquired updated prints sometime in 2015. It was also surprisingly seen on a 2012 airing of The Missiles of October on Me-TV, before the 1990 "Wigga Wigga" logo; however, newer prints, such as a recent Decades airing, used CTD instead. The warp-speed variant was also recently spotted on a rerun of The Bob Newhart Show S5 episode "Making Up Is the Thing To Do" on Me-TV, Hallmark Channel, Decades (occasionally), Sundance, and FamNET, after the decorated MTM Enterprises logo and preceding the 20th Television logo, and is also available on various season 5 and 6 episodes of that show on Shout Factory 's 2014 complete series set, as well as solo releases of said seasons and Me-TV airings of most season 6 episodes, with the logo on a majority of those episodes being followed by the 20th Television logo. It can be seen on two season 3 episodes of Have Gun-Will Travel on Me-TV and H&I ("Fragile" and "The Black Handkerchief"). It was also seen on some episodes of All in the Family before CPTD (now SPT) acquired the syndication rights to that show. The videotaped variant was also recently spotted on two Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. VHS tapes released by Forum Home Video in 1989, as well as The Devil and Daniel Mouse , which is included as an extra on the Blu-Ray of Nelvana's Rock & Rule . It also makes a strange appearance at the start of the original VHS release of the 1980 film The Unseen (also intact on an '80s USA Network airing), while the filmed variant appears at the end. It can also be found on seasons 3-5 of Cannon on DVD; Season 3 has an odd combo of this with the CBS Television Distribution logo following it, while the remaining two seasons have the videotaped VoD alone. This logo also made a surprise appearance on a recent Decades airing of the season 2 Bob Newhart Show episode "The Modernization of Emily". This variant had recently made a surprise appearance on GSN and Buzzr airings of a 1980 episode of To Tell the Truth . It appeared on original broadcasts of Family Feud 's first syndicated run (where it was preceded by the in-credit text), but does not appear to have ever been retained in repeat airings.
Silent Variant : Rare. It was seen on old VHS releases of the 1963 movie Fun in Acapulco and the 1966 movie Paradise, Hawaiian Style from Magnetic Video (both of which plaster over the Paramount logo at the end of the film, though the Spanish-dubbed version, as well as the 1985 Key Video reprint (In English) of the latter film used the standard "V of Doom" music), the 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittma n from Prism Entertainment , and the 1976 movie The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena . It is also retained on the 1985 Key Video re-issue of Fun in Acapulco . It was also spotted on an '80s USA Network airing of the 1968 movie Mission Mars (it is unknown if it's intact on any VHS releases of the movie). 16mm prints of Fun in Acapulco also have this variation.
Network TV Variant : Near extinction nowadays. During the 1980s, it was seen on various short-lived shows and TV movies produced by this company, such as The Master , The Devlin Connection , Amanda's , Dear Detective , Ace Crawford: Private Eye , The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair , and To Race the Wind , among others; however, very few have been released onto VHS or DVD. Older prints such as VHS releases might have this logo intact but the more recent releases such as on DVD or Blu-Ray generally plaster this with the CTD logo. Cases in point; To Race the Wind , on which said variant is intact, and The Devlin Connection , The Master and The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair , which were released on video by Trans World Entertainment. It is unknown if it's preserved on the USA Home Video releases of East of Eden (1981) or For Ladies Only ; it is, however, surprisingly preserved on the Starmaker Video reprint of the former film.
Rainbow Variant : Unknown. This variant's existence has yet to be confirmed.
A short variant exists.
A extended version also exists, where " From Viacom " is added to the streaking words, followed by the border being formed. It rotates and drops down as a rainbow-trailing outline, before retracting and fading to the gold version, flashing once. The rest is unchanged.
It was once seen on original airings of the first 3 episodes of 1st season of Matlock on NBC plus its pilot episode (from March 1986), as well as on the Andy Griffith reunion special Return to Mayberry and the first five made-for-TV movie revivals of Perry Mason , but most have all fallen victim of being plastered with the "V of Steel" or "Wigga Wigga", 1995 or 2003 Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount Network Television ("Wallpaper"), or CBS Television Distribution logos .
Surprisingly, a November 2013 airing of Return to Mayberry on Me-TV left this logo intact, followed by a silent 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo. However, on November 21, 2017, a rebroadcast on said network had it plastered with the CBS Television Distribution logo as it used a newer print.
It is preserved on the VHS releases of Return to Mayberry , Perry Mason Returns , Really Weird Tales , and a Brazilian VHS release of the Matlock pilot movie Diary of a Perfect Murder , among possible others
It was also preserved on Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun when it aired on Encore Mystery, but Encore Suspense airings cut the end theme off early and plaster it over with the CBS Television Distribution logo, while Me-TV and Hallmark airings plaster it over with the 1990 "Wigga Wigga" logo.
It is preserved on the 2016 Kino Lorber DVD of Really Weird Tales , followed by the "Wigga Wigga" logo.
Opening : Against a space background with twinkling stars, a metallic steel outline of the Viacom "V" and " Viacom " in its familiar Palatino like font zoom back with a metallic steel trail effect. The trail effect finishes as the "V" turns solid and metallic textured and " Viacom " turns solid grey. The logo shines in a similar manner as the "Special Delivery" logo before flying downwards and offscreen.
Closing : Against a city skyline with a purple night sky with most of the building's lights switched on and twinkling stars, the metallic textured "V" forms out of light particles. The word " Viacom " forms in the same manner as before. The logo shines once completed.
It appeared on a sales tape for The Lost Honeymooners .
The closing variant also appeared on Jackie Gleason Presents: the Honeymooners Reunion which has not been seen since its one and only airing in 1986.
VHS tapes containing this logo and select TV broadcasts have the " V " shining three times.
A warp speed version of the three shines variant has been seen on the syndicated version of Super Sloppy Double Dare .
There is also a variant where the " V " shines four times. It has been seen on episodes of Rawhide , Perry Mason , Matlock (seasons 1-4), Hogan's Heroes , The Adventures of the Little Koala , Finders Keepers (Toffler version), Easy Street (1986 series), and the 1986 revival of Split Second . There is also a warp speed version of this, as well as a rare ultra warp speed variant.
There is a still variant.
There is a variant where the " V " doesn't shine at all. It was only seen on We Love Lucy ; the 30-minute re-edit of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour .
On the 1987 Celebrity Double Dare pilot, the logo is revealed with a computer-generated effect before animating.
There is also a B&W variant.
There is another sped-up variant of this logo with the music at the normal speed.
There is also a variant that plays at a slightly slower speed.
On Fox's Family Double Dare , the logo fades in after the Nickelodeon logo with the " V " is already in place, then the " V " shines two times before fading out.
There is a variant where both the " V " and the "Viacom" appear to be in higher contrast, making the logo look shinier than before.
One version had a midnight blue screen with text saying " DISTRIBUTED BY", and then after a second, it cut to the " V " in the middle of its animation, with the full music playing throughout.
Another version cuts to when the " V " turns. This is unofficially known as the "in-progress" variant.
There is a variant where the logo starts off in black and white , but quickly changes to color. This was spotted on a 1988 rerun of The Andy Griffith Show on TBS.
The British Braveworld Video VHS of King Creole has a variant that cuts off the first or so second from the logo.
On an episode of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams on GetTV, the logo starts fading during the second time it shines.
The music had a couple of variations over the years. A couple of "warp-speed" versions, one of which is an ultra warp speed version featuring a higher-pitched jingle, can be seen on various programs, if they haven't been plastered.
In some cases, it used only the closing theme of the show or none.
Some episodes of Cannon and Perry Mason on Me-TV (before that channel received updated CBSTD prints of the aforementioned episodes of both, though the aforementioned Perry Mason prints have since resurfaced on FETV) have/had the "V of Doom" music playing over this.
Some episodes of Gunsmoke , Matlock (seasons 1-4), and one episode of Hogan's Heroes (seen in Australia) have the "Wigga-Wigga" music playing over this. A Russian print of Father Dowling Mysteries S1 EP3 also features this over the warp-speed variant, which continues into the CBS Television Distribution logo.
A very rare variant of the extended warp-speed (3 wipes) variant includes a voice-over. This was seen on a sales tape for the un-aired game show I Predict . As the logo animates, the voice-over is heard saying: "A Ron Greenberg Production, in association with Viacom." (Pronounced "Vee-a-com", similar to Sandy Hoyt on Split Second ).
A high tone variant exists, which is most likely from a PAL source.
On an '80s print of the movie Running , the normal variant features two very faint copies of the theme playing and overlapping each other that are both off-sync with the animation , making them continue long after the logo fades to black.
Regular Variant (One Wipe) : It is currently seen on Rawhide on Me-TV, Decades (occasionally) and H&I. It's also currently seen on most episodes of The Phil Silvers Show on Me-TV, Forces TV (United Kingdom) and occasionally seen on Decades, and it is preserved on the season 2 Shout! Factory DVD of the show, and on most episodes from seasons 3-4 of TPSS on DVD (season 1 on DVD and the British DVD releases use CTD instead), and was on most episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies , as well as Gunsmoke (mostly color reruns) on Me-TV before they were issued updated prints by CBS, although for The Beverly Hillbillies , it can still be seen on some episodes, and as for Gunsmoke , it can still appear on certain episodes from season 14 (the third color season) onward. It was spotted on the 1989 film Sonny Boy on TCM as well as AMC, and has been spotted on syndicated prints of Cannon films, such as Superman IV: The Quest for Peace . This can also be seen on most episodes of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams on the recent DVD releases. Seen on '80s prints of other Viacom-distributed shows, including at one point in time, episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (particularly reruns on TBS), as well as episodes of I Love Lucy on Nick at Nite (as well as AMC briefly), Have Gun-Will Travel on Encore Westerns, various prints of The Cosby Show and Roseanne , Rawhide on the Hallmark Channel as well as Encore Westerns, The Millionaire on TV Land, and various episodes of Hogan’s Heroes on Forces TV in the United Kingdom and Fox Classics in Australia, among possible others. It is unknown if this was seen on '80s prints of The Dick Van Dy-ke Show, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, Petticoat Junction, The Houndcats, The Harlem Globetrotters (1970s cartoon) , Hawaii Five-0, Amigo and Friends, Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C., The Alvin Show, The Honeymooners, Whirlybirds and Our Miss Brooks , among possible others. It can be seen on the Perry Mason made-for-TV movies from 1987-89, and some from the earlier part of 1990 along with some prints of previous ones (though most use the warp speed variant), but DVDs plaster it over with the CBS Television Distribution logo. However, it is preserved on some VHS tapes such as the British VHS release of Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson , but these aren't easy to come by, and as far as we can tell, have never been released to VHS in the United States. It was also seen on some episodes of Perry Mason on Me-TV before they were issued updated prints by CBS, but these prints can still be seen as of recently on FETV. This logo (and its extended variants) is also seen on various game shows syndicated by Viacom from 1986-1990, including Split Second , Double Dare (this includes recent prints on iTunes), and Remote Control . The B&W variant can be found at the end of select VHS tapes of The Andy Griffith Show that were released by Premier Promotions, including notably The Andy Griffith Show Collector's Series Volume 12: Mayberry Classics , and was recently spotted on a Season 08 episode of Rawhide on Me-TV. This logo was also spotted on British VHS releases of Fun in Acapulco, King Creole, Roustabout and All in a Night's Work , older prints of Dempsey and Makepeace, Father Dowling Mysteries , a Decades broadcast of The Blue Knight (1975), at least one episode of The Twilight Zone on the French version of the Sci-Fi Channel, a Movies! broadcast of the 1971 docudrama Evel Knievel , and international prints of seasons 1-4 (and some of season 5) of Matlock , though most use the warp speed variant. It does appear on a few Season 3-4 episodes of Matlock on CBS Justice (UK). The "in-progress" variant can be found on the MCA/Universal Home Video VHS of Super Force , the unsold Baby on Board pilot from 1988, as well as at least one episode of Rawhide on Me-TV. It has also been seen on some episodes of A Different World on Netflix. It was also spotted on syndicated prints of the 1979 Canadian sports drama, Running with Michael Douglas.
Extended Variant (3-4 Wipes) : The long variant (3 wipes) can be found on the Family Home Entertainment VHS of The Adventures of the Little Koala and was on at least one episode of Perry Mason on Me-TV before being issued an updated print by CBS, while the original version with 4 wipes is extremely rare, and made its premiere on the short-lived NBC-aired sitcom Easy Street , and was last spotted on the Toffler version of Finders Keepers on the now-defunct Nick GAS network. This is also seen on various game shows syndicated by Viacom from 1986-1990, including Split Second , Double Dare (this includes recent prints on iTunes), and Remote Control . The 3 wipes variant was also recently spotted on an FETV broadcast of the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Poison Pen Pal".
Silent Variant : Extremely rare. Originally, it could only be seen on syndicated TV prints of The Stepford Wives (the 1975 version), though it was recently spotted on the Forces TV print of the Hogan's Heroes episode, "The Most Escape Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From", which is from season 2, although Fox Classics’ print has the theme present on it.
Warp Speed Variant : This can currently be found on some episodes of Rawhide on Me-TV, Decades (occasionally) and H&I. It's also seen on older prints of Matlock (season 1-5, 1990 episodes; current TV prints use the 8th logo instead, while the DVD of S1 uses CBS/Paramount and every other season on DVD uses CTD instead). Oddly, FETV's print of the Matlock S1 episode, "The Don, Part 1" had this preserved. Many Season 3 and 4 episodes of Matlock on CBS Justice (UK) as well as a few season 2 episodes and 2 season 1 episodes keep this logo intact. It s spin-off Jake and the Fatman (DVDs and TV prints of seasons 1 and 2 use CTD instead.) , Father Dowling Mysteries (including a few early season 3 episodes), and a Brazilian VHS of Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (And DVD print) all have this logo . This is also preserved on the season 1 DVD release of Father Dowling Mysteries , preceded by CTD and can be seen on the other two seasons as well. Decades airings use the DVD prints of Father Dowling Mysteries as well. It was also seen on a 2016 British Horror Channel airing of Murder by Moonlight , and was presumably present on the film's original CBS broadcast. It is unknown if this is preserved on season 3 and 1990 episodes of S4 of Jake and the Fatman on DVD. The "DISTRIBUTED BY" variant is ultra rare, as it's only known to exist on older prints of Superboy .
Warp Speed Variant (Extended) : Extremely rare, usually plastered by either the "Wigga-Wigga", Paramount Domestic Television, CBS/Paramount Domestic/Network Television ("Eye in the Sky" or "Wallpaper"), or CBS Television Distribution logos, though they have been spotted on a few episodes of Rawhide on Me-TV and H&I, and the 4 wipe version was spotted on the Australian television print of the Hogan's Heroes episode "Request Permission to Escape". which is the last episode of season 1 . When the episode aired in the UK on Forces TV, the last wipe was cut off.
Sped-Up Variant : Seen on Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen . It was also seen on Season 3 and 4 episodes of Matlock , when last aired on CBS Justice in the UK.
Ultra Warp Speed Variant : The ultra warp speed version can be seen on Netflix's prints, most official YouTube prints, some VHS tapes, and The Family Channel airings of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and The Legend of Zelda .
Ultra Warp Speed Variant (Extended) : Extremely rare. Could probably be seen on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and The Legend of Zelda .
There is a very rare filmed variant seen on some TV movies from the era.
Several shows would have the name already formed during the later years, with the only animation being the shining of the letters.
There is a text variation on this logo for Viacom Productions. It has the " VIACOM " text already formed, but a line slides in from the right and forms into " PRODUCTIONS " in Futura Extra Bold font, after which the " C " and the " O " in " VIACOM " shine. This shorter variation was seen on network TV productions from 1998-1999. There was another variant of this in which the text doesn't shine at all, used on Diagnosis : Murder .
On reruns of the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch pilot on ABC Family (now Freeform), The Hub (now Discovery Family) and Antenna TV, this logo is still (a la the 1985 "V of Happiness" logo) and followed by the 2003 Paramount Domestic Television logo.
A black & white version of this exists on some prints of older B&W shows (though most feature the color version).
On the 1997 TV movie, The Right Connections , the words " in association with " are seen over the logo's background, then fades out when the animation starts.
On WPIX's print of the Honeymooners episode "The Sleepwalker", the logo freezes before it is fully formed. The audio is distorted in this variant. It's likely an error in production.
On the 1996 TV movie Brothers of the Frontier and a Me-TV airing of Matlock S7 episode "The Class", the short version of the logo is played in slow motion.
On the 1998 TV movie Inferno , the Productions variant has the text " Viacom Productions, Inc. Exclusive D istributor " in two lines below.
Usually, a synthesized rock score is used, complete with drums, a synthesizer and even a guitar. Telephone-like "wigga-wigga" sounds are heard as the line zig-zags.
For the newly-formed Viacom International, the same logo is accompanied by different music. A synthesized whoosh is heard first, leading into a jingle played on a flute being heard as the line uncurls. As the logo finishes, a faint choir is heard in the background. Synthesized "shining" sounds can be heard throughout the entire logo. The LaFontaine voice-over is still heard.
There is a version where the LaFontaine voice-over cuts in earlier.
Some versions have no LaFontaine voice-over. The Viacom Productions logo is one of these, except the variant used on Diagnosis: Murder . An extremely short version with no LaFontaine voice-over was seen for a brief time in 1996. This version would also have the Paramount Domestic Television logo play almost immediately afterwards.
There was a warped version during later years.
There is a low toned variant for the short version that appeared after an episode of The Twilight Zone .
A high pitched variant exists. It's usually seen on PAL prints of Viacom-distributed shows and movies with this logo.
In some cases, it used the closing theme of the show, generic network music on CBS, NBC, and ABC, or it was silent.
There is a variant with the "V of Doom" theme playing instead on several early- 1990 s syndie prints of classic TV movies from the era, plastering the 1976 filmed logo.
There is another variant with the "V of Doom" music now playing faintly instead on some episodes of The Twilight Zone on Syfy, Perry Mason , and The Honeymooners both on Me-TV and last aired on WGN America. Sometimes, the short version plays with the normal music, bu t the " V of Doom" music can be heard again faintly in the background. This is some times called the "Ghost of the V o f Doom".
There is a variant with the "V of Steel" theme playing instead on one episode of Gunsmoke as well as a Hungarian-dubbed rerun of the Father Dowling Mysteries season 1 episode " The What Do You Call a Call Girl Mystery" on AXN Crime. Father Dowling Mysteries S2 EP1 on the Russian CBS Drama channel also features this.
One episode of Rawhide on Me-TV has the warp-speed version of the logo with the warp-speed "V of Steel" music playing over it.
A variant with the sped-up "V of Steel" music was reportedly sighted on a British rerun of the Matlock episode "The Brothers".
Another variant with the warp-speed VoS music playing under the regular version was spotted on a Hungarian-dubbed rerun of the Father Dowling Mysteries season 1 episode "The Mafia Priest Mystery: Part 2" on AXN Crime. This is unofficially called the "Ghost of the V of Steel". This may also have been spotted on an Australian airing of a Jake and the Fatman episode.
The Viacom Productions variant has used the music from the final logo below on certain occasions. This has been sighted on an international print of the eighth episode of S7 of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch , "Bada-Ping!", an Antenna TV airing of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch S7 episode "Sabrina Unplugged" , and has also been reported to appear on some episodes of the final season of Diagnosis: Murder .
A variant of the original "Wigga Wigga" logo without the announcer in it also exists.
Regular Variant : It was spotted on the film I'm All Right Jack on TCM, two episodes of Cannon on the season 3 DVD (one episode on Me-TV, S03 E03,) syndicated prints of Cannon Group films such as Masters of the Universe , and one episode of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams on DVD. It has been spotted on reruns of color episodes of Gunsmoke on Me-TV and TV Land, albeit in split screen form on the latter channel, and was also spotted on The Alvin Show when re-ran on Nickelodeon. However, recent prints of Gunsmoke episodes from Season 12 (the first color season) and Season 13 and are now restored and now use CTD, though it can possibly still be spotted on almost all other episodes from Season 14 on (needs further confirmation). It was also seen when Have Gun-Will Travel aired on Encore Westerns in the early 2010s, as well as some episodes of Perry Mason, Hogan's Heroes (these prints now air on U.K. television network Forces TV and Australian cable channel Fox Classics), and The Beverly Hillbillies on Me-TV and occasionally Decades before they both were issued updated prints by CBS (though it can be still be found in the majority of color episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies (S05-S09) and formerly on select episodes of Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C. ; for the latter show, all episodes have been restored and use either CBS-Paramount or CTD. FETV prints of Perry Mason still have this logo intact on many episodes. In the past, episodes of I Love Lucy and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour on Nick at Nite and TV Land had this logo as well. It could also been seen on the Perry Mason TV movies from 1991-95, and some prints of older ones, but DVDs plaster it with the CTD logo. The high pitched variant was recently spotted on a British television broadcast of California Gold Rush . This can also be found on Family Affair , My Three Sons (it also appeared on Season 11, Episode 12 of that show after the CBS Television Distribution logo on a June 14, 2018 airing on Me-TV), VHS releases of Payoff (1991), a recent European TV broadcast and Me-TV airings of the 1973 TV film A Dream for Christmas , the 2009 Warner Archive DVD-R of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973), the Republic Pictures VHS of Rent-a-Kid, the Prism Entertainment VHS of Memories of Murder , VHS copies of The Right Connections, The Operation (AKA: Bodily Harm ) (2007 Lifetime prints had the 7th logo), recent Movies! broadcasts of Day of the Animals (1977) and The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia , the Mexican VHS release of the Greatest Heroes of the Bible episode "Abraham's Sacrifice", They Watch , the Starmaker Video VHS releases of Last Train from Gun Hill , Donner Pass: The Road to Survival , Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980), The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race , and Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love , among possible others, a Brazilian VHS of the Sunn Classics adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher , the Kino Lorber DVD of Really Weird Tales (after the 5th logo), the Vidmark Entertainment VHS of Murder by Moonlight , and international prints of Rawhide , along with some recent prints on Heroes & Icons.
Warp Speed Variant : It's currently found on Matlock on WGN America, Me-TV, Decades, FETV, and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (it plasters over the the 7th logo on many episodes from seasons 1 to 4, along with earlier season 5 episodes, and the 5th logo on later syndicated prints of the pilot episode for that show; DVDs use the CBS/Paramount "Wallpaper" logo for season 1 while 2-9 have CTD). Some episodes from seasons 6 and 7, and possibly 8, use the regular variant instead. Also seen on the first 3 seasons and early season 4 episodes of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch on Antenna TV (DVDs have the CBS/Paramount "Eye In The Sky" logo for season 1, while seasons 2-3 have the "Wallpaper" logo and 4-7 have CTD. Hulu prints use the CBS/Paramount "Wallpaper" logo for season 1). It's also seen on the first five seasons of Diagnosis: Murder on DVD, Encore Suspense, Me-TV, Decades (occasionally), and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (however, DVDs of season 2 use the CBS/Paramount "Wallpaper" logo instead). It was also preserved at the end of the DVD print of the Jake and the Fatman S4 episode, "It Never Entered My Mind", which is included on the Diagnosis: Murder season 1 DVD. It is unknown if this same print is retained on the Jake and the Fatman complete series boxset, or if said boxset retains this logo on later season 4 episodes as well as S5 episodes.
Ultra Warp Speed Variant : The version where the LaFontaine voice-over cuts in earlier was formerly seen on S1 episodes of The Twilight Zone on Syfy (though some episodes were known to contain the 2nd logo); recently, Syfy and Me-TV had acquired new, updated prints with the CBS Television Distribution logo, making the logo quite rare. It may still be intact on some episodes of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch , and was spotted on a December 2018 Me-TV broadcast of the Gunsmoke episode "P.S. Murry Christmas", and can possibly be seen on episodes from the later seasons. It was also intact on many Season 17 episodes of Gunsmoke on the UK CBS Channels. This was also seen on at least one episode of Rawhide on H&I. This variant appeared on some Season 2 episodes of Matlock and some season 2 episodes of Father Dowling Mysteries when aired on CBS Justice (UK).
Productions Variant : Seen on season 4 episodes of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Seasons 5 through 7 episodes of Diagnosis: Murder , among other Viacom productions at the time.
International Variant : It was present on syndicated and international prints (though some used the regular variant) of The Cosby Show and Roseanne , but it is now plastered with the Carsey-Werner Distribution logo, though some prints have survived, but not all of them. The international version, and sometimes the regular variant, can be seen on some episodes of A Different World on Netflix, including the pilot, and was also seen on Terrytoon prints that were distributed around in the 1990s, as well as reportedly, one episode of The Beverly Hillbillies on the Fox Classics Network in Australia.
A still version of this logo exists (a la the 1985 "V of Happiness" logo).
In 2002, the words were made bolder, and the letters at the start are brighter.
Sometimes on the 2002 version, "in association with" spreads out above.
A 4:3 version of the 2002 version stretched to 16:9 exists.
A cropped 16:9 version can be seen on most widescreen movies/shows.
Another version has the cropped 16:9 logo zoomed out with borders. This can be seen in 4:3 or 16:9.
There is a true 16:9 version.
A shorter version cuts to either the first quarter or to the last.
There is a slower version.
A filmed version appears on some TV movies.
On some shows, there is the word "in association with" on top of the "\/|/\CO/\/\" logo.
A descending crystallized wind chime-like sound effect culminating in a synth explosion, followed by a robotic voice saying the word "Viacom" faintly.
The robotic voice was shortened in 2002.
Very early broadcasts featured the 1990 and 1998 network TV music. This can be seen on "updated" airings of s eason 7 epi sodes of Diagnosis: Murder on Me-TV and at least one season 4 episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch .
There is also a silent variant.
A version in which the wind chime sound effect plays faster also exists.
A sped-up higher pitch version also exists.
Sometimes, it has the end theme of the show or TV movie or generic network music, as seen on NBC, CBS and UPN.
It can be seen on any show or TV movie produced by Viacom from 1999-2004; these include seasons 4-7 of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch on Antenna TV (plastered on the DVDs by CBS Television Distribution), The Division on Start TV, season 1 of The 4400 last aired on USA Network, and seasons 7 & 8 of Diagnosis: Murder on Me-TV, Decades (occasionally), Encore Suspense, DVD (possibly), and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, as well as the final two TV movies spun off from that show.
The still version can be seen on some season 8 and "updated" season 7 episodes of Diagnosis: Murder on Me-TV, Encore Suspense, Decades (occasionally), Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, DVD (possibly), and original CBS airings of Diagnosis: Murder from 2000-2001.
It was also spotted at the end of Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story .

ViacomCBS is renamed Paramount in a nod to its past and streaming future

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ViacomCBS has renamed itself Paramount in a nod to the company’s historic moviemaking past — and its streaming future.

Chairwoman Shari Redstone announced the name change this week during a virtual investor day to share the company’s strategy and upcoming programming.

The New York-based media conglomerate is placing a huge bet on streaming with its nearly year-old Paramount+ service, which added 7.3 million subscribers during the fourth quarter. Paramount+ now has 32.8 million subscribers and is projected to grow to 100 million subscribers worldwide by 2024.

The rebranding comes two years after Redstone formed ViacomCBS by reuniting her late father’s Viacom media company with legendary broadcasting company CBS. Since then, executives have worked to integrate operations and sell CBS assets, including the Simon & Schuster book publishing house , CBS’ iconic Manhattan skyscraper and historic CBS Radford television lot in Studio City , to help finance streaming operations.

“Our strategy has always been to harness the strength of our traditional business to build something new,” Redstone told investors Tuesday from Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York, the original movie studio home more than a century ago. “Paramount was always at the core of this vision. Today we are thrilled to announce that ViacomCBS has become Paramount Global, or simply Paramount.”

The pivot underscores the challenges that media companies face as they try to market their programming directly to consumers, rather than rely on their traditional partners, such as movie theater chains and pay-TV distributors.

The rebranding also demonstrates how ViacomCBS and other traditional firms are attempting to straddle two worlds: running legacy businesses that still provide the majority of profits while competing with deep-pocketed technology giants Netflix, Amazon and Apple. Paramount also must keep pace with longtime and larger rivals, including Warner Bros., NBCUniversal and Walt Disney Co.

Investors expressed skepticism, in part because of weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings.

Viacom’s revenue grew 15% to $8 billion in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier, while profit grew to $2 billion, up from $810 million a year earlier.

On Wednesday, ViacomCBS Class B shares, which switch Thursday to the ticker PARA, plummeted 17.8% to $29.58.

Investors seem worried by the company’s ability to boost spending on content for Paramount+ as the company’s traditional networks — CBS, Nickelodeon, BET, MTV and Comedy Central — are grappling with audience erosion. ViacomCBS spent $2.2 billion last year on streaming programming and expects to invest $6 billion for streaming content in 2024.

“As content expense for the company keeps growing, we anticipate further pressure on free cash flow in the next couple of years before the [direct-to-consumer] segment is able to reduce its losses,” MoffettNathanson media analyst Robert Fishman wrote in a Wednesday report.

ViacomCBS’ presentation a day earlier was heavy in symbolism. In a prerecorded video to launch the event, Redstone and ViacomCBS Chief Executive Bob Bakish were depicted racing through city streets in a yellow hot-rod, Bumblebee, a robot character from “Transformers.”

Warming to the role, Redstone later said the company was continuing a strategy that her father set in motion decades ago with his 1987 corporate takeover of cable programming company Viacom that included MTV, Nickelodeon and Showtime.

In 1994, Sumner Redstone achieved his dream of becoming a major player in Hollywood with Viacom’s $10-billion acquisition of Paramount Pictures, a deal that nearly bankrupted Viacom.

By the end of that decade, the mogul had acquired CBS for its television and radio assets.

Shari Redstone teamed up with her father six years ago to thwart an attempt by former Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman to sell a 49% stake in the Paramount movie studio to Chinese investors. That led the way for Redstone’s daughter to shake up management of her father’s two companies and ultimately merge them. Sumner Redstone died in August 2020.

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The investor day presentation included appearances with top Paramount talent, including directors J.J. Abrams and Taylor Sheridan and actor Tom Cruise, who touted his 37-year relationship with the Melrose Avenue studio.

Cruise stopped short of mentioning the 2006 episode when Sumner Redstone famously fired him out of frustration that the superstar actor was making too much money.

Cruise, who became a breakout star in Paramount’s 1986 film, “Top Gun,” predicted the highly anticipated installment: “Top Gun: Maverick,” which has been delayed by the pandemic , would live up to the hype when it is released this summer. Cruise showed a clip from an upcoming installment of his other breakout role, “Mission: Impossible.” Production of the seventh and eighth installments is underway.

Bakish announced that films released by Paramount Pictures would be steered to Paramount+ when the studio’s current licensing pact expires. Paramount films have been directed to MGM’s Epix.

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Chief Executive Brian Robbins announced the company was bringing back beloved Nickelodeon character “Dora the Explorer.” Chris McCarthy, president of entertainment and youth brands, said Comedy Central’s animated series “South Park” would move to Paramount+ in 2025.

Abrams announced that, by year’s end, he would begin filming another version of “Star Trek,” starring Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto.

The company also said it has renewed the hugely popular “Yellowstone” prequel “1883” to supply more episodes for Paramount+, and greenlit another prequel to the western that focuses on the fictional Dutton family, “1932,” set during the Great Depression.

In addition, CBS Studios will expand the “NCIS” franchise for Paramount+, and create a “Seal Team” movie for the streaming service.

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February 28, 2020 • 9 min read.

In an excerpt from a new edition of their book ‘Leading Successful Change,’ authors Gregory P. Shea and Cassie A. Solomon discuss Viacom’s approach to large-scale transformation.

In their book, Shea and Solomon define the functions of these “Levers” as follows: the Organization Lever includes the structure and organizational chart; the Workplace Design Lever details the layout of physical space; the Task Lever outlines processes, protocols, and pathways; the People Lever focuses on the skills and orientation of the focal business unit or department; the Rewards Lever outlines rewards tied to the desired behavior; the Measurement Lever serves as a scorecard of performance; the Information Distribution Lever determines who knows what, when and how; and the Decision Allocation Lever decides who participates when, and in what way.

Viacom began life in 1952 as a conglomerate named CBS Films. The name Viacom appeared in 1970. The organization’s many twists and turns include 16 acquisitions from 1985 onward, beginning with MTV. Multibillion-dollar acquisitions came in 1993 (Paramount) and 2003 (Comedy Central). Thirteen of the acquisitions came after 2000 and seven in the past decade, with Pluto TV being the most recent (2019). Performance proved increasingly elusive for key assembled parts as well as the corporate whole.

Bob Bakish became Viacom’s CEO in December 2016. He had worked at the company since 1997 and most recently led its international division. Now, the once mighty media giant was severely challenged. Bakish’s predecessor, Philippe Dauman, had recently stepped down as part of an ongoing legal dispute over Viacom’s underperformance. The company faced a debt problem, and its movie studio, Paramount Pictures, had just posted a $445 million annual loss. Its stock price had plunged nearly 50% in the previous two years. Morale was at an all-time low. Bakish described the lack of leadership vision: “The biggest issue I saw, as if there weren’t enough problems, was that there was essentially no plan.”

Viacom, as Bakish noted, needed a strategic plan, and he needed to retool Viacom for the digital age. Years spent working in silos handicapped the company by limiting its ability to leverage its size. Bakish needed to promote better ways of working across Viacom’s core brands: MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, BET, and Paramount Network. To create a cross-brand strategy, Bakish pulled the Organization Lever, the first of our 8 Levers of Change, and assembled a set of task forces made up of representatives from Viacom’s various brands. With their input for desired outcomes and areas of change, he and his senior team created a strategy to unify the company.

They pulled the Organization Lever again by creating network groups, such as Viacom Digital Studios, that cut across all Viacom’s brands. Janice Gatti, vice president of communications and culture at Viacom International Media Networks, remembered in an interview with us that “Bob instituted senior team meetings to bring the brand presidents together to collaborate. Within my function, we now have regular senior communications team meetings where we work together to identify intersections between our brands.”

Creating a new meeting system exemplifies pulling the Organization Lever. Bakish also pulled the Rewards Lever, as the reorganization created matrix reporting lines and aligned bonus compensation to reinforce the behavior of working across silos.

Working together across brand silos meant changing the way people work together, pulling the Task Lever. And it clarified how decisions are made, pulling the Decision Allocation Lever.

“Lots of things are easier to do when you work in a silo; it’s clear who is in charge. When you work across silos, it’s important to understand where decisions are going to be made,” Julia Phelps, the company’s first-ever executive vice president of communications, culture, and marketing, told us in an interview. “The ultimate output is a lot better, but it can take longer to get there.”

For example, creating a cobranded film required figuring out new ways of working together. Does the power lie with the studio? With the brand managers? Who has the ultimate say? A joint decision-making process emerged for these new projects.

Bakish viewed culture and morale as central to turning around Viacom’s performance. “It was clear to me that our culture, like the business itself, was in need of a turnaround and an evolution,” Bakish told Variety . “At Viacom, the culture had always been a real point of pride and a competitive advantage for us. We needed to bring that spirit of creativity back. We needed to evolve the culture.” Consequently, he pulled the People and the Organization levers to signal the importance he placed on culture by appointing Phelps to the new role.

Gatti recalled the importance of that change and the way Viacom handled internal communications. Viacom pulled the Information Distribution Lever with emphasis.

“We wanted to open up the communications by giving direct access to Bob, so staff could understand his vision and understand him as a leader,” she said. “We launched ‘Bob Live’ for the first time on December 14, two days after Bob was appointed CEO. Bob talked very candidly about the challenges Viacom was facing.”

The company uses Workplace (a Facebook product) to livestream the Bob Live discussion to employees all over the world. Bob Live events continue quarterly and include watch parties in Viacom’s offices (17 in the United States alone) with questions coming from people in the room as well as remotely.

“When you work across silos, it’s important to understand where decisions are going to be made.” –Julia Phelps

Previously, internal communications to Viacom’s 10,000 employees largely consisted of one email each quarter tied to the company’s earnings reports. Those working in one brand probably had little, if any, knowledge of what went on in any other part of the company. Viacom created “That’s What’s Up,” a weekly email that features five “wins” from around the company, to send one unified Viacom message on an ongoing basis. The team also created a regular video communication called “5 Questions With,” featuring interviews with people throughout the company, at varying levels, chosen for doing something interesting or innovative. And Viacom created “Going Up,” a video series interviewing people who were quite literally going up — in elevators in Viacom offices around the world, talking about the company’s culture and reacting to companywide events.

Information flowed through every screen in Viacom’s buildings, now programmed like a TV channel to reinforce messages about strategy, values, and the Viacom culture. “Very intentionally, we blurred the line between internal and external communication,” Phelps said. “We were intentional about posting everything we were doing on social media, thinking that if our employees are excited, it’s good for the external world to see that. And having our employees read positive things about the company externally was good for morale.”

Relatedly, the Viacom team also pulled the Workplace Design Lever when it created a tool, the Viacom Brand Book, which provides employees with clear language about Viacom as a unified company. The book, which is updated quarterly, emphasizes Viacom’s mission, vision, values, and culture. The team also created manager discussion guides, ensuring that the message would cascade down through and across the organization.

One of the boldest initiatives was a three-day “multi-market next-generation town hall” event called Spark, created to reinforce the new, shared Viacom culture.

“We had to revamp internal communications to be modern and multi-platform. We wanted it to feel true to who we are, so as a creative company, we shied away from doing anything that felt too corporate,” Phelps said.

To market the event to employees beforehand, everyone received a badge that unlocked an augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) experience promoting Spark. Across three days, over half of Viacom’s employees participated in Spark. A global core curriculum around Viacom’s new mission, vision, and values; cross-company panels; discussions about the future of content streaming; product demos; and skill-building sessions took place at over 40 Viacom offices around the world and were livestreamed globally. During the event, Viacom employees shared 500 million social impressions about their experience at Spark.

Information flowed through every screen in Viacom’s buildings, now programmed like a TV channel to reinforce messages about strategy, values, and the Viacom culture.

“The energy and the excitement of Spark was incredible. We ended it with a party on the last night that was attended by thousands of people. It was a cultural moment and a statement,” Phelps said.

Afterward, Viacom conducted an evaluation survey: 82% of Spark participants said they better understood Viacom’s strategy, and 70% of them said they better understood how Viacom’s values guide its work. The Spark town halls now occur every year.

Company performance provides the ultimate measure of success for any change initiative and, in this case, of creating value from mergers and acquisitions. As of this writing, Paramount Pictures has grown operating income for 10 straight quarters, MTV’s performance has completely turned around, and Viacom’s distribution business, which was experiencing problems, has renewed more than 80% of its business. In August 2019, Viacom and CBS announced their intention to merge, reuniting the two halves of the Redstone family’s media empire.

The CEO of the merged entity? Bob Bakish.

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Background [ ]

Viacom Productions (or simply Viacom, otherwise known as the V of doom) was the production company of CBS. The company formed from CBS Films (1952-1970). There first name was "CBS Television Film Sales." In 2006, they split up with CBS, forming Viacom Inc., and later re-merged in 2019 to form ViacomCBS.

Fun Fact: "Viacom" is derived from the company's full name, " Vi deo & A udio Com munications."

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1st logo (1971-1976) [ ].

The word " ViACOM " in white, a group of letters at a time (in an ascending number: " V " (1), " iA " (2) and " COM " (3)), slide in from the right, with the background changing color as each one stops. As the screen fades to purple, the letter " V " slides in. Then " iA " slides in, changing the background to green. Then " COM " slides in, changing the background to red. When the word " ViACOM " is formed, the camera quickly pans outward and the words " A " and " PRESENTATiON " are seen to the left and right of the word " ViACOM ", over a blue background. The logo is actually in the same font as The Mary Tyler Moore Show logo (called "Peignot").

2nd logo (1976-1986) [ ]

On a sky blue (or lavender) background, the text " A Viacom Presentation " in a Palatino-like typeface zooms-in from the center of the screen at a very fast pace, then stops abruptly (on the filmed variant) when it gets near to the screen. Then, a fancy-cut, navy blue " V " (a downward trapezoid with a curved line in the near center) comes from the center and moves gradually closer and closer to the screen. When it gets to the point where the " V " takes up nearly the entire screen, the screen suddenly cuts to black or fades to black (depending on the version of the logo), with the " V " presumably still moving ever closer.

Variants [ ]

Usually, the black " V " and the name " Viacom " zoom-in together and stop smoothly once it has come to a huge size.
Sometimes, the " V " slides-in from the left with " Viacom " sliding-in from the right.
A variation of the network version features a copyright stamp for "Viacom International" appearing at the bottom once the " V " stopped to zoom almost completely.
A network television variation with a mirrored " V " has also been spotted, where the logo flips up.
A still version of the network version exists.
In the videotaped variants, the words " A " and " Viacom " spaced farther apart, the text has a slightly noticeable drop shadow (as opposed to being completely flat), and the animation is more smooth. This was used from 1978 to 1986. Color variants include monochrome, purple background with dark blue " V ", and faint purple with blue " V ", among others.
Some filmed variants feature the " V " actually stopping right before it cuts to black. This was largely common in its earlier years (especially in black & white variants).
There's a variant where the videotape was infected by the infamous vinegar syndrome (not to be confused with the DVD/Blu-Ray company).
A YouTube variant exists where the logo is in black-and-white, warped, and on a filmstrip. The filmstrip slips to the right as it is pushed through a film gate (which is off-screen) and disappears, taking the logo with it.

3rd logo (1981) [ ]

On a black background, there is the " V " rotating to the center in a rainbow streak. Then, the rainbow streak lines out of the logo. After that, the " V " flashes to bright cerulean and the word " Viacom " in the same color flashes in with the word "presents" below. As the opening theme comes up, they zoom up to the left corner of the " V " step-by-step until it engulfs the screen with blue. At the end of the reel, there is the " V " with the word " Viacom " in blue and the word "from" above the " V " and they all zoom in towards the viewer.

4th logo (1984-1986) [ ]

It starts off in outer space. The words " Special " and " Delivery " streaks through the sun that is in the background leaving a rainbow trail. Then on a blue/black gradient background, the two words fly to a ring with wings. " From Viacom " with " Viacom " bigger, are also in this logo above the familiar " V " from the 2nd logo. The logo then constantly shines throughout the logo, with it occasionally flashing. At the end, a firework flash effect emerges from the logo.

5th logo (1985-1987) [ ]

On a black background, there is a still image of the Viacom " V " logo in blue. Below that is the " Viacom " name in white.

6th logo (1985-1986) [ ]

Opening: Against a space background with twinkling stars, a metallic steel outline of the Viacom " V " and " Viacom " in its familiar Palatino like font zoom back with a metallic steel trail effect. The trail effect finishes as the " V " turns solid and metallic textured and " Viacom " turns solid gray. The logo shines in a similar manner as the "Special Delivery" logo before flying downwards and offscreen.
Closing: Against a city skyline with a purple night sky with most of the building's lights switched on and twinkling stars, the metallic textured " V " forms out of light particles. The word " Viacom " forms in the same manner as before. The logo shines once completed.

7th logo (1986-1990) [ ]

It starts out with a screen, divided half black/purple gradient on top and half silver on the bottom with a bright light flare shining between. The silver part then rotates counter-clockwise, à la CBS/Fox Video , revealing it is a steel version of the " V " logo as the background changes to a black/blue/purple gradient. The word " Viacom " flies in from the upper-left of the screen and places itself under the " V ", and the " V " shines. Sometimes, the "V" shines three or four times. There is also a warp speed and ultra warp speed version of the standard (one wipe) and the four wipes version.

VHS tapes containing this logo and select TV broadcasts have the "V" shining three times.
A warp speed version of the three shines variant has been seen on the syndicated version of Super Sloppy Double Dare .
There is also a variant where the "V" shines four times. It has been seen on episodes of Rawhide , Perry Mason , Matlock (seasons 1-4), Hogan's Heroes , The Adventures of the Little Koala , Finders Keepers (Toffler version), Easy Street (1986 series), and the 1986 revival of Split Second . There is also a warp speed version of this, as well as a rare ultra warp speed variant.
There is a still variant.
There is a variant where the "V" doesn't shine at all. It was only seen on We Love Lucy ; the 30-minute re-edit of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour .
On the 1987 Celebrity Double Dare pilot, the logo is revealed with a computer-generated effect before animating.
There is also a B&W variant.
There is another sped-up variant of this logo with the music at the normal speed.
There is also a variant that plays at a slightly slower speed.
On Fox's Family Double Dare , the logo fades in after the Nickelodeon logo with the "V" is already in place, then the "V" shines two times before fading out.
There is a variant where both the "V" and the word "Viacom" appear to be in higher contrast, making the logo look shinier than before.
One version had a midnight blue screen with text saying "DISTRIBUTED BY", and then after a second, it cut to the "V" in the middle of its animation, with the full music playing throughout.
Another version cuts to when the "V" turns. This is unofficially known as the "in-progress" variant.
There is a variant where the logo starts off in black and white, but quickly changes to color. This was spotted on a 1988 rerun of The Andy Griffith Show on TBS.
The British Braveworld Video VHS of King Creole has a variant that cuts off the first or so second from the logo.
On an episode of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams on GetTV, the logo starts fading during the second time it shines.

8th logo (1990-2000) [ ]

On a shaded blue background, a silver " V " flies from the bottom left and then backwards. As it does so, a zig-zag line comes out of it to form the other letters in the name (it shines as it does this), with the " A " and " M " still taking the form of zig-zags, forming the word, " VIACOM ". The completed logo, which kind of looks like "\/|/\CO/\/\", shines. On network TV productions from 1998-2006, we see the " VIACOM " text already formed, but a line slides in from the right and forms into " PRODUCTIONS " in Futura Extra Bold font, after which the " C " and the " O " in " VIACOM " shine.

There is a very rare 16mm filmed variant seen on some TV movies from the era.
Several shows would have the name already formed during the later years, with the only animation being the shining of the letters.
There is a text variation on this logo for Viacom Productions. It has the "VIACOM" text already formed, but a line slides in from the right and forms into "PRODUCTIONS" in Futura Extra Bold font, after which the "C" and the "O" in "VIACOM" shine. This shorter variation was seen on network TV productions from 1998-2003. There was another variant of this in which the text doesn't shine at all, used on Diagnosis: Murder .
On reruns of the Sabrina, the Teenage Witch pilot on ABC Family (now Freeform), The Hub (now Discovery Family) and Antenna TV, this logo is still, à la the 1985 "V of Happiness" logo, and followed by the 2003 Paramount Domestic Television logo.
A black & white version of this exists on some prints of older B&W shows (though most feature the color version).
On the 1997 TV movie, The Right Connections , the words "in association with" are seen over the logo's background, then fades out when the animation starts. It was also spotted on another TV movie, In the Doghouse (1998), as well as the short-lived UPN series from 1995, Deadly Games .
On WPIX's print of the Honeymooners episode "The Sleepwalker", the logo freezes before it is fully formed. The audio is distorted in this variant. It's likely an error in production.
On the 1996 TV movie Brothers of the Frontier (last seen on CBS Justice UK, and Disney Channel in the United States) and a Me-TV airing of Matlock S7 episode "The Class", the short version of the logo is played in slow motion.
On the 1998 TV movie Inferno and the 1999 TV movie The Apartment Complex , the Productions variant has the text " Viacom Productions, Inc. Exclusive Distributor " in two lines below.

9th logo (1999-2004) [ ]

On a smoky blue background, there are the glass letters of "\/|/\ CO /\/\" zooming out, being stacked in front of each other, then spreading out. The background is full of "Wigga-Wigga"-type "\/|/\ CO /\/\" letters along with a blue smoke effect slowly clearing out. Underneath "\/|/\ CO /\/\" is the text " PRODUCTIONS " in Futura Extra Bold font moving up ala the "Float In" animation of the Microsoft PowerPoint with a line and the byline " a Paramount company " (in the text used for the Paramount Pictures logo) fading in below "\/|/\ CO /\/\ PRODUCTIONS ". In 2002, the words were made bolder, and the letters at the start are brighter.

Viacom (2006-2019) [ ]

10th logo (2017) [ ].

Just the name "VIACOM" in the 2006 font appearing letter-by-letter as letters change by quickly (like the Matrix, hence the name "ViacoMatrix") in a more normal-looking font.

ViacomCBS [ ]

11th logo (2019-2020) [ ].

Amongst a hazy blue-grey background, there is the ViacomCBS logo (with a box of the same background around it) zoom out to fit with the background. They also see 2 blue-grey triangles on the side zoom out.

12th logo (2020-2022) [ ]

On a blue background, the text "VIACOMCBS" is copied from top to bottom about three times, then the three duplicates of the text disappear quickly. The text zooms in as series of varied blue bars slides in from the left to reveal a white background. After this, the text begins appearing in different colors: VIACOM In dark blue and CBS in sky blue.

Music/Sounds [ ]

1st logo [ ].

4 synthesized ascending pinball-like chimes. The first 3 bring up the letters to "ViACOM", and the last, which plays over the zoom-out, has a zap-like "WHOOSH" that blends in with the last bell, combined with a synth chord and gurgling/telephone-like sounds.

2nd logo [ ]

Here are the main music variants used on this logo:

Usually, the music used was a 5-note synthesized fanfare, complete with a timpani drum roll playing throughout with a final, rather loud pound at the end. Even after the logo faded (or cut) to black, the timpani's echo could still be heard.
The very first version of this logo featured the "Pinball" music from the first logo and was used eventually until late 1978 (and was also often used when replacing the original "Pinball" logo, possibly a bad plastering error). This variant is also known as the "V of Pinball".
The very first version of the normal 1976 music had a slightly faster tempo/low-pitched version of the usual music, used on the same logo with the very dark blue/black "V" logo, and it was also used in tandem with the standard filmed variant.
For the network TV variant, it used only the closing theme of the show or TV movie, or none.

3rd logo [ ]

The opening and closing themes of the syndie promo or none.

4th logo [ ]

After the drum roll at the start, a majestic 13-note fanfare plays, with the last note held out.

5th logo [ ]

The closing theme of the show/TV movie or none.

6th logo [ ]

The closing theme of the show. Promotional reels featured a voice over (pronouncing the name as "Vee-a-Com".)

7th logo [ ]

Pindrop-like synth notes, followed by a descending synth chord. The music shares a similar musical key as the "V of Doom".

Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants [ ]

The music had a couple of variations over the years. A couple of "warp-speed" versions, one of which is an ultra warp speed version featuring a higher-pitched jingle, can be seen on various programs, if they haven't been plastered.
In some cases, it used only the closing theme of the show or none.
Some episodes of Cannon and Perry Mason on Me-TV (before that channel received updated CBSTD prints of the aforementioned episodes of both, though the aforementioned Perry Mason prints have since resurfaced on FETV) have/had the "V of Doom" music playing over this.
Some episodes of Gunsmoke , Matlock (seasons 1-4), and one episode of Hogan's Heroes (seen in Australia) have the "Wigga-Wigga" music playing over this. A Russian print of Father Dowling Mysteries S1 EP3 also features this over the warp-speed variant, which continues into the CBS Television Distribution logo.
A very rare variant of the extended warp-speed (3 wipes) variant includes a voice-over. This was seen on a sales tape for the un-aired game show I Predict . As the logo animates, the voice-over is heard saying: "A Ron Greenberg Production, in association with Viacom." (Pronounced "Vee-a-com", similar to Sandy Hoyt on Split Second ).
A high tone variant exists, which is most likely from a PAL source.
On an '80s print of the movie Running , the normal variant features two very faint copies of the theme playing and overlapping each other that are both off-sync with the animation, making them continue long after the logo fades to black.

8th logo [ ]

Again, there have been several musical variations accompanied with a voice-over by Don LaFontaine saying "Viacom" near the end:

Usually, a synthesized rock score is used, complete with drums, a synthesizer and even a guitar. Telephone-like "wigga-wigga" sounds are heard as the line zig-zags.
For the newly-formed Viacom International, the same logo is accompanied by different music. A synthesized whoosh is heard first, leading into a jingle played on a flute being heard as the line uncurls. As the logo finishes, a faint choir is heard in the background. Synthesized "shining" sounds can be heard throughout the entire logo. The LaFontaine voice-over is still heard.
There is a version where the LaFontaine voice-over cuts in earlier.
Some versions have no LaFontaine voice-over. The Viacom Productions logo is one of these, except the variant used on Diagnosis: Murder . An extremely short version with no LaFontaine voice-over was seen for a brief time in 1996. This version would also have the Paramount Domestic Television logo play almost immediately afterwards.
There was a warped version during later years.
There is a low toned variant for the short version that appeared after an episode of The Twilight Zone .
A high pitched variant exists. It's usually seen on PAL prints of Viacom-distributed shows and movies with this logo.

9th logo [ ]

A descending crystallized wind chime-like sound effect culminating in a synth explosion, followed by a robotic voice saying the word "Viacom". The robotic voice was shortened in 2002.

10th logo [ ]

The closing theme of the program or none.

11th logo [ ]

2 drum hits and a loud chord (possibly the end theme of a sizzle reel)

12th logo [ ]

The ending theme of the show.

Scare Factor [ ]

Depending on the variant:

Original variant: Low to medium, bordering on high. Some may be startled by its choppy animation, fast pace, "zoom-out", and the somewhat weird music, especially on distorted prints.
Silent variant: Low.
In-credit variants: None.
Videotaped variant: None to medium, thanks to the smoothened motion of the moniker and V. The logo itself may be higher in quality, lowering the scare factor. However, the fanfare may still spook some.
Warp speed variant: None to high. May not be scary for those who are used it, but for the other viewers it might seem as the V is charging towards you at full speed.
Filmed variant: None to nightmare. The sudden stop of the moniker may scare some. The amount of scratches and how much the logo's music is warped may vary from different reels that you watch. On the flip side, it's an iconic logo that is embraced all round the logo community.

Minimal to low. It may surprise some people who are expecting the "V of Doom.” If Viacom made any feature movies at the time, this was definitely the logo to go with. And it is a great logo and is a favorite of many.

Minimal to low. This is a beautiful logo, and a refreshing logo, and a favorite of many.

None. This is either a calm or boring logo, depending on what you think.

None. It's a precursor to the "V of Steel" logo.

Original/Extended/B&W/Distribution: Low. The descending sound, sounding like the THX "Deep Note", and the big "V of Doom" styled "V" might have scared a few here and there, but it's harmless.
Warp speed variants: Low to medium. The fast pace may surprise some first-time viewers.
With the "V of Doom" theme: Low.
With the "Wigga Wigga" theme: Low.
Silent variant / with the closing theme: Minimal to low.

Nonetheless, like the "V of Doom", "V of Rainbow", and 4th logos, this is a very good logo, and it is a favorite of a lot of people.

Depends on the variant:

Domestic variant: Minimal to low. Some might be caught off-guard by the dramatic FX and fast pace.
International variant: None. This is a beautiful logo.
With the "Pinball" theme (?): Low to medium, since it may surprise anyone who wasn't expecting it.
With the "V of Doom" theme: Minimal to low.
"Ghost of the V of Doom" variant: Minimal to low.
"Ghost of the V of Steel" variant: Minimal to low. The theme may startle a few that were not expecting it. But like the above variant, most wouldn't notice it anyway.
With the "V of Steel" theme: Minimal to low.
With the warp-speed "V of Steel" theme: Low, especially if you weren't expecting it.
With the "Wigga Wigga II" theme: Low.
With the closing theme: Minimal to low.

Apart from these, this is still fairly tame, and one of the greatest logos from Viacom, joining the 4th logo, the "V of Doom", the "V of Rainbow", and the "V of Steel". It is also a favorite of many.

Original variant: Minimal to low. The robotic voice may get to some.
With the "Wigga Wigga" music: Low.

It's not a well-known logo like the previous ones, but it's another well-made logo with some really cool effects. This was also a fitting way to end a company with an amazing and memorable library of logos before being merged with CBS in the future, giving out more logos.

None, though it may surprise those expecting to see the Spike Originals logo. In any case, it looks pretty cool for a modern-day simplistic logo.

Low to medium, because of the loud chord, but it is rather a disappointment than scary.

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