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1st logo (2004-2014)[]

Over a golden burst of light hovering in space, the text "NBC UNIVERSAL," sandwiched between Universal's circular globe motif with the six-feathered peacock between "NBC" and "UNIVERSAL", in Copperplate Gothic Bold font, slightly zoom out to its familiar distance.One of these texts fades in below:

  • "TELEVISION STUDIO" (2004-2007. for network and cable programs; retired when it became Universal Media Studios (and later "Universal Television") on November 2, 2007.)
  • "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" (for first-run syndicated programs, off-network reruns, and series seen worldwide.)

Variants[]

  • Medical Investigation features the words "In association with" fading in below "TELEVISION STUDIO", cutting to the 2003-2006 Paramount Network Television logo.
  • From November 5-9, 2007, April 21-27 and November 17-23, 2008, and April 20-26, 2009, the NBC Universal Television Distribution logo was placed on a sky background with a URL "GreenIsUniversal.com" (in green, of course!) and green grass below the logo, with leaves falling off the logo and green monarch butterflies flying past it. This was introduced to celebrate "Green Week"/"Earth Week", observed by all NBC Uni properties that week; all of the television operations changed their bugs to feature a green tint (NBC, MSNBC, USA, etc.).
  • On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Last Call with Carson Daly, the NBC Uni TV Studio logo featured the NBC Studios, Inc. copyright stamp.
  • On November 20, 2008, there is another variant of the "Green is Universal" variant. It features the 2007 Green Is Universal logo (which is the word "green" with "IS UNIVERSAL" in the bottom right of "green" with the circular globe a leaf at the end of each part) on the same background used on the 2007 Green is Universal background. The letters starts popping up one by one for the logo. We later see the wind blowing up the letters to form the slogan "Green Your Routine" underneath the logo.
  • There is also a black & white variant seen on the lost pilot episode of Leave it to Beaver.
  • From April 20-26 and November 16-20, 2009, and April 19-23 and November 15-19, 2010, the sky on the NUTD/GIU logo is much clearer, there are no clouds, the green grass is taller, a green butterfly lands on the logo then flies away, and there is a sunshine effect behind the NBC Uni logo to represent the sun.
  • On Law & Order: UK, the NBC Universal Television Studio logo is seen on the lower right with the Wolf Films logo on the left and the Kudos Film & Television logo with the Shine Group byline below above the Wolf/NUTS logos with the letter "A" above the Kudos logo and the word "Production" below the logos. 2013 episodes omit the words "A" and "Production". Below the logos has the word "for" and below it has the 2013 ITV logo.
  • Two print logos were used on videos games. One of them was gray with the separation line below and "TELEVISION CONSUMER PRODUCTS" below it. The other was black-colored without any bylines, but with the copyright info. Seen on Minute to Win It for NDS and The Office for PC, respectively.

2nd logo (2011-)[]

On a flowing purple satin background, we have the current NBCUniversal logo swiveling across letter-by-letter and zooming in at the same time and then the "Television Distribution" text in the typeface Rock Serif (which is exclusively for NBCU's own use) fades and zooms-in all in white lettering.

Variants[]

  • For Earth Week (April 17-22, 2011 and April 16-22, 2012), a special Earth Day version of the logo was used with a recycling symbol-like design made out of the NBC logo's feathers with "GREEN is UNIVERSAL" with "GREEN" bigger and above "is UNIVERSAL", next to it with the slogan "Green lives here." intact underneath. This causes the NBCUniversal logo to zoom-in that's in green text. This is all against the classic NBC Earth Day background.
  • On reruns of pre-2012 episodes of Jerry Springer, Maury, and The Steve Wilkos Show, the logo is letterboxed to 4:3, rather than center-cut.

Music/Sounds[]

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A re-orchestration of the 1999 music plug from the 1996 NBC Studios logo.

Music/Sounds Variants[]

  • On The Martha Stewart Show, the end title theme played over this logo.
  • Several series and DVD's of some shows used the 1999 NBC Studios theme.
  • A high tone version was used on newer DVD's of Little House on the Prairie, starting with season 2.
  • Several other series used the 2000 NBC Studios theme, (i.e. post-2004 Will and Grace and Starting Over eps.) mainly heard on the "TELEVISION STUDIO" logo, but was also heard on the "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" logo on Starting Over.
  • There is also a silent version that appeared on Complete Savages.
  • On Netflix's print of the S1 Law and Order episode "The Torrents of Greed: Part 1", the late 1986 theme from the 1975 Universal Television logo is heard over the "Television Studio" logo.
  • Also in the same show mentioned in the previous variant on Netflix, the S6 episode "Bitter Fruit" has the 1991 Universal Television theme.

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Same as the last logo.

Scare Factor[]

1st logo[]

None for the most variants. Low to medium on the 1986 Universal theme variant.

2nd logo[]

None, but it's a major example of style over substance.

Videos[]

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