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jerry bruckheimer television / cbs television studios / warner bros. television (2009 )
jerry bruckheimer television / cbs paramount television / warner bros. television (2006 )
jerry bruckheimer television / profiles television productions llc / warner bros. television (2002 )
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michael gleason productions / lorimar television / warner bros. television (1991 / 2001 )
berlanti productions / archie comics / cbs television studios / warner bros. television (2017 )
jerry bruckheimer television / marsh mccall productions / warner bros. television (50 years, 2005 )
imagine television / the murphy company / will vinton studios / warner bros. television (2001 )
silver pictures television / rob thomas productions / warner bros. television
50 years
( 2005 )
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constant c productions / amblin television / warner bros. television'' 50 years'' (2005 )
jerry bruckheimer television / marsh mccall productions / warner bros. television (50 years, 2005) - youtube
kripke entertainment / wonderland sound and vision / warner bros. television (2005 )
john wells productions / warner bros. television
50 years
( 2005 )
bent outta shape productions / foxxhole productions / warner bros. television (1999 )
fortis productions / mohawk productions / warner bros. television (high - pitch )
the television group has two category - leading distribution units: warner bros. domestic television distribution (wbdtd) and warner bros. international television distribution (wbitd). together, these entities are responsible for the distribution of warner bros. entertainment content to television outlets around the world .
berlanti - liddell productions / warner bros. television
50 years
( 2005 )
fortis productions / mohawk productions, inc. / warner bros. television (2002 )
the shephard - robin company / walking entropy / warner bros. television (2005 )
john wells productions / warner bros. television (2002) (extremely rare variant )
john wells productions / warner bros. television / showtime network (high - pitch )
tollin / robbins productions / millar gough ink / warner bros. television (2005 )
highest common denominator productions / warner bros. television (1994) high tone short version
weitz, weitz and zuker / dreamworks skg / warner bros. television (2002 )
hunga rican & excitable boy - mohawk productions - warner bros. television (2005 )
amblin entertainment warner bros. pictures (75 years) warner bros. domestic pay - tv 1993 1998 1994
the warner bros. television group (wbtvg) oversees and grows the entire portfolio of warner bros. ’ television businesses, including worldwide production, traditional and digital distribution and broadcasting .
mess up around with berlanti - liddell productions & warner bros. television logos (2002 )
chuck lorre productions # 137 / the tannerbaum company / warner bros. television (2005 )
berlanti productions / dc comics / warner bros. television (2015) (unused prototype )
john wells productions / warner bros. television
50 years
( 2005) - youtube
the levinson - montana company / hbo independent productions / warner bros. television (2005 )
bright - san productions / silver & gold productions / warner bros. television (2006 )
shawn cassidy productions / warner bros. television'' 50 years'' (2005 )
page two productions / bakula productions, inc. / warner bros. television (1996 )
crossover version from 1994 to 1996 where the text above the shield switches from
warner bros. television
to
warner bros. domestic television distribution
in a slightly different font .
some shows had the warner bros logo over a grainy background, a la dumont television network .
berlanti - liddell productions / warner bros. television
50 years
( 2005) - youtube
very good productions / telepictures productions / warner bros. television (2008, high - pitch )
chuck lorre productions, # 838 / the tannenbaum company / warner bros. television (2006 )
dorothy parker drank here / hofflund - polone / warner bros. television (high - pitch )
kripke enterprises, inc. / wonderland sound & vision / warner bros. television (2005 )
jerry bruckheimer television goes independent, ending 15 - year run with warner bros. tv (exclusive )
stay up to date with the latest (and greatest) from all things warner bros. television .
tollin / robbins productions / millar gough ink / dc comics / warner bros. television (2005 )
bickley - warren productions / miller - boyett productions / warner bros. television (1995) # 2
bright - kauffman - crane productions / warner bros. television distribution (1999 / 2015 / 2003 )
a david l. wolper production / warner bros. television distribution (1977 / 2016) # 1
night court, john larroquette (as dan fielding): night court is a warner bros. television production, and is distributed by warner bros. domestic television distribution (1989 - 1992 episodes only) .
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fake empire productions / a. b. baby productions / warner bros. television (high - pitch )
chuck lorre productions, # 111 / the tannenbaum company / warner bros. television (2003 - 2004 )
the syndication logo originally had the words
distributed by
cheaply tacked in, over
warner bros television
in the early years. it was later referred to as
warner bros television distribution
by 1974 .
on september 20, 1955. around circa 1960, wbtv formed warner bros. television distribution. currently, it is a division of warner bros. entertainment, inc. , a subsidiary of time warner .
did not feature this logo, but an in - credit mention for warner bros. television is used instead .
jerry bruckheimer television goes independent, ending 15 - year run with warner bros. tv (exclusive) – variety
fortis productions / mohawk productions, inc. / warner bros television'' 50 years'' (2005 )
college hill pictures, inc. / wonderland sound & vision / hypnotic / warner bros. television (2003 )
chuck lorre productions / the tannenbaum company / warner bros. television'' 50th anniversary'' (2005 )
the 1990 wbtv shield will sometimes have the words
warner bros. television
slightly more stretched out and the time warner byline slightly shortened in .
class iv productions /'' oh that gus!'' inc. / warner bros. television (2006 )
this logo is essentially warner bros.' s 1972 - 1984
big w
logo designed by saul bass, but with the words
warner bros. television
placed above it .
working class / is or isn' t entertainment / warner bros. television'' 50 years'' (2005 )
green eggs and pam productions / bep / abc studios / warner bros. television / cbs tv. studios (2011 )
dorothy parker drank here productions / hofflund - pollone / warner bros. television'' 50 years'' (2005 )
fortis productions / mohawk productions, inc. / warner bros television'' 50 years'' (2005) - youtube
this logo is essentially its 1984 - 1990 film counterpart (featuring the return of warner bros.' s 1948 logo), only with the letters
warner bros. television
placed above it .
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warner bros tv group seals acquisition of eyeworks’ non - u. s. businesses
f the wb divisions are organized as
warner bros. entertainment
under timewarner
robert gunette productions / the wolper organization / warner bros. pictures (1991 )
1984 - 1997: the wb shield appears (including the banner reading
warner bros. pictures
), with
warner bros. television
on top, and the word
distribution
below that .
working class / is or isn' t entertainment / warner bros. television'' 50 years'' (2005) - youtube
jerry bruckheimer television is looking to become an independently financed operation, a change that will mark the end of its exclusive pact with warner bros. television after a 15 - year run .
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for warner bros. television distribution, when the logo is further back, it' s by warner bros. domestic television distribution. if it' s closer up, it' s by warner bros. television distribution. though mike & molly is a new wb series and usually most new network wbtv series would use the completely bylineless 2003 wbtv logo, one episode accidentally used the 2003 wbtd version instead .
time trax (announcer tba): time trax is a gary nardino production in association with lorimar television (early 1993 episodes), warner bros. television (1993 - 1994 eps) .
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warner bros tv group seals acquisition of eyeworks’ non - u. s. & nbs…
( pictured above: warner bros. home entertainment executive vice president and general manager jeff baker speaks at the special screening of tales from the warner bros. lot. )
same as the 1984, 1990 and 1992 logos, only with the ring reading
warner bros. television
instead of
warner bros. pictures
( much akin to the 1994 logo) and a url reading
urltoken
placed underneath the time warner entertainment byline .
warner bros. television group has acquired alloy entertainment, producer of the cw network' s no. 1 - rated scripted series the vampire diaries .
warner bros. television (wbtv) has been one of the entertainment industry’s most - respected providers of original primetime programming since its founding in 1955 .
moral court, (announcer tba): moral court was created and produced by stu billet productions, distributed by warner bros. domestic television distribution .
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a drum roll followed by majestic fanfare with an announcer saying
a warner bros. television production
for the intro on some shows like colt 55 .
after a rough film year, can kevin tsujihara lead warner bros. back to the top ?
julie mathis is vice president, public relations, online publicity for warner bros. home entertainment .
head of the class, leslie bega (maria borges): head of the class is a eustis - elias production in association with warner bros. television .
not only does comic - con enable attendees to meet and dress like their favorite super hero, but with the help of warner bros. television and warner bros. home entertainment, a dc comics super hero can help them access their hotel room! this marks the seventh year that warner ...
that same year, warner communications, inc. acquired entertainment powerhouse lorimar telepictures, one of the most prolific and highly regarded production companies of the day. putting the rich lorimar library under the extraordinary warner bros. studios umbrella secured warner bros. ’ place as the leader in both feature films and television .
family matters (reginald vel johnson (as carl winslow) ): family matters is a miller boyett production in association with lorimar television (1989 - 1993 eps), warner bros. television (1993 - 1994 season) .
the 1994 low tone wbtv theme is also heard on the short 2003 warner bros. pictures logo .
step by step, patrick duffy (as frank lambert): step by step is a miller - boyett production in association with lorimar television (1991 - 1993 episodes), warner bros. television (1993 - 1994 season) .
babylon 5 (announcer tba): babylon 5 is a babylonian production, and is distributed by warner bros. domestic television distribution (early season 1 episodes only) .
in 2006, warner bros. pictures’ domestic and international divisions each had their sixth consecutive billion - dollar - plus years at the box office; warner home video was the industry’s market share leader; and the warner bros. television group was the industry’s leading supplier of primetime series to the broadcast networks. the studio’s the wb television network was replaced by the cw, a joint venture with cbs corporation; the warner bros. television group launched warner horizon television (lower - budgeted scripted and reality primetime series for network and cable) and studio 2. 0 (original short - form digital programming for broadband and wireless devices); and warner premiere, a new direct - to - platform production arm, was founded .
: a superimposed rendition of the famous warner bros. shield logo, minus the banner that usually reads
: this logo looks quite similar to the 1995 - 2001
warner bros. animation
logo seen on
the banner reads
warner bros .
on most first - run and non - wb syndicated shows .
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full house (dave couiler (as joey gladstone) ): full house is produced by jeff franklin productions with miller - boyett productions in association with lorimar television (1987 - 1993 episodes), warner bros. television (1993 - 1994 season) .
fun house (announcer john
tiny
hurley): fun house is a stone television production in association with and is distributed by lorimaaaaaaar - telepictures! cool! (first season only, later replaced with mentions to lorimar television and warner bros. domestic television distribution (
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) (except for the final season, which was produced by telepictures productions instead o f lorimar television) .
foothold. warner bros is also taking over all of eyeworks’ international distribution activities for both formats and finished product .
jg productions / whizbang films / take5 productions / warner bros. tv. / cbs televsion studios (2014 )
jerry bruckheimer television is looking to become an independently financed operation, a change that will mark the end of its exclusive pact with warner bros. television after a 15 - year run. bruckheimer’s television division is shopping for investors and financing that would allow the company to retain a much greater ownership interest and rights to its [ … ]
growing pains, kirk cameron (mike seaver) or tracey gold (carol anne seaver): growing pains is a guntzelman - sullivan - marshall production in association with warner bros. television .
this logo is basically the closing version of its 2001 film counterpart, only with the ring reading
warner bros. television
. occasionally, the
urltoken
url would appear beneath the
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. warner bros international television production, led by evp ronald goes, was originally formed by wbtvg in 2009. it also owns uk production group shed media and blazhoffski in the netherlands and belgium .
1993 - 1997: the same as the previous variation, but this time, the words appear as
warner bros. domestic television distribution
, the first three words overlapping the other two .
the screening took place at the warner bros. theater in the smithsonian' s national museum of american history. the documentary will be part of two new just - released warner box sets ,
the best of warner bros. 100 film dvd collection
and
the best of warner bros. 50 film blu - ray collection ,
the largest ever collections of their kind in the history of home entertainment .
the warner bros. television story began in 1955 when the venerable warner bros. film studio made a bold move into what was then a fledgling new arena—television—with the debut of the western adventure cheyenne. in those early pioneering days, comedy was the king of the small screen, but warner bros. television targeted a different genre, the dramatic series—and carved out an important new and very successful niche. cheyenne was only the first of the many hits to come in the ‘50s. also launched that decade were the now - classic series maverick, 77 sunset strip, colt. 45 and hawaiian eye. in july of 1958, harry warner died peacefully at home .
when kevin tsujihara ascended to the top executive suite at warner bros. entertainment, he inherited a gold - plated legacy .
the corddry company - abominable pictures - wb studios 2. 0 - warner bros. tv - williams street (2016 )
january - march 2001: this logo has yet another different cloud background. it has a shinier wb shield logo with a updated banner inscription, like that of the warner bros. classic / television animation version. the words
warner bros. domestic television distribution
reappear above the shield logo with the new byline below it. the company url is temporarily removed. this was seen on some episodes of street smarts .
there was an opening logo, which appears a shot of the warner bros. studios (like the current warner bros. logo) and the famous shield zooms. the word
presents
, in script, may or may not appear over it .
another intro after the opening of any series has a fanfare 6 - note fanfare at the beginning followed by an orchestrated 6 - note theme with the same announcer saying
a warner bros. television production
.
1994 - 1996: some off - network shows would have a combo of the logo text. it appears as
warner bros. television
( in a slightly different font) at first, then cross - fades to
warner bros. domestic television distribution
soon afterward. this logo variant still had the words
warner bros. pictures
in the shield banner. this was seen on syndicated reruns 1993 - 94 episodes of family matters and full house, but the latter now cuts directly to the 2001 wbtd logo after the 1992 wbtv logo .
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. here is a list of the stars that did the voice - over and the production company stated for early - mid' 90s shows that were syndicated by warner bros. basically, the spiels are what we have listed here, but also add
.... . and is distributed by warner bros. domestic television distribution
( although
bruckheimer tv first inked with warner bros. tv in may 2001, on the heels of “csi” exploding into a massive hit for cbs. (the “csi” shows never fell under the warner bros. tv umbrella as the franchise was developed prior to the 2001 pact. )
during the 1960s, warner bros. pictures released such notable films as ocean’s eleven, splendor in the grass, gypsy, the music man, my fair lady (the studio’s third best picture oscar), the great race, who’s afraid of virginia woolf? , what ever happened to baby jane? , bonnie and clyde, camelot, cool hand luke and the wild bunch. on the television side, warner bros. television debuted such hits as f troop and the fbi. in 1967, an aging jack warner sold the studio to elliot and ken hyman, and it was renamed warner bros. - seven arts. in november of the same year, albert warner died at the age of 83 .
( a feature film that debuted in the u. s. on television), but
murphy brown, charles kimbrough (jim dial): murphy brown is a shukovsky - english production in association with warner bros. television. (kept on post - 1994 episodes with the 1994 theme playing under the voice over )
this logo is essentially its 1972 film counterpart, but includes a ring reading
television
, much akin to the logos that its parent company warner bros. had used from 1948 to 1967 and would use from 1984 onward .
mess up around with bickley - warren prods. , miller - boyett prods. & warner bros. tv logos (1996 - 1998 )
the people' s court, curt chaplin (1997 - present): the people' s court is a ralph edwards - stu billet production, distributed by warner bros. domestic television distribution (wb line used until 2001) .
also, there were different variants of the shield with text over it like
filmed at warner bros. studios in burbank, california
.
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a different logo was used that featured a lighter colored shield with its ring reading
warner bros. television
on a different cloud background, with the time warner entertainment byline appearing below it (appearing slightly three - dimensional along with the letters on the ring) in a slightly different shade of yellow .
there is a variant where the banner only reads as
warner bros .
. this can be seen on the hbo miniseries band of brothers .
kung fu: the legend continues (richard anderson): kung fu: the legend continues is produced by warner bros. distributing canada, limited and is distributed by warner bros. domestic television distribution (1993 - 1994 episodes only). later episodes from 1995 to 1997 use the wbtv distribution voice - over but the wbtv 1994 jingle music plays after the voiceover finishes over the 1996 wbtd logo .
warner bros. ’ various businesses continued to be category leaders in 2003. warner bros. pictures had its second - best domestic box office year in history ($ 1. 16 billion) and its best - ever year at the international box office ($ 1. 63 billion), becoming the studio’s most successful worldwide box office year ever. warner home video was number one in overall market share, and warner bros. television was the industry’s number - one supplier of television programming. consumer products celebrated its 20th anniversary having racked up $ 50 billion in worldwide retail sales in two decades, and international cinemas opened paradise warner cinema city in shanghai, marking the first time the chinese government allowed a major u. s. theatrical company to extensively brand an in - country theater .
on the bugs bunny show, we see the wb shield on a red background. suddenly the shield opens with bugs bunny munching his carrot saying ,
this, folks, is a warner bros. television production .
the shield then closes .
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logo: after the 2012 - 2016 (or 2016 - present) dc comics logo or the vertigo logo, a larger version of the movie preview trailer wb shield seen on the names and crew members list is seen with the warner bros. television ribbon in the middle of it in the same font as that of the 2008 - 2014 warner bros. animation logo slowly zooms in from a mostly dark background .
one day, when i was watching a dvr recording, the dvr accidentally recorded the closing credits of a 1968 - 69 episode of the andy griffith show. at the end, it had the 1994 warner bros. television logo, plastering either the 1970' s - 80' s viacom logo or the 1995 paramount television logo. has anybody else seen this ?
an in - credit variant exists that is similar to the closing logo found in most of wb' s feature films of this era, but with
warner bros television
seen on top instead. this can be seen in the 1983 tv movie sparkling cyanide .
3rd degree! (bob hilton / don morrow): 3rd degree! is a kline and friends production, in association with burt & bert productions and lorimar television, and is distributed by warner bros. domestic television distribution. (although this show inexplicably uses the standard 1984 wbtv logo, instead of the 1984 wbtd logo commonly used on shows distributed by wbtd. )
on general electric true (or ge true), a small version of the wb shield is shown and under it says
a warner bros. production
.
sometimes, the movie logo :
distributed by warner bros
is seen at the end of certain off - net syndicated tv series or tv movies on cable .
the alternate 1994 theme is used for the
warner bros. pictures
version, but a silent version was used for this logo on tcm & cartoon network .
the final component of wbtvg is broadcasting: the cw television network —launched (in partnership with cbs) in september 2006 with quality, diverse programming—is targeted to the 18–34 audience on television and online through cwtv. com .
catherine wyler, daughter of the great film director william wyler; jeff baker, warner bros. home entertainment (wbhe) executive vice president and general manager; and ronnee sass, wbhe' s vice president publicity and promotion celebrated the 90 th anniversary of warner bros. studios at a special screening last friday in washington, d. c. , of the feature - length documentary tales from the warner bros. lot, an inside look at the workings of the legendary studio and its history .
in 2009, warner bros. had a record - breaking worldwide box office of $ 4. 01 billion. warner bros. pictures set a studio and industry record with $ 2. 13 billion in domestic receipts, international box office reached $ 1. 88 billion, and the year marked the ninth time warner bros. crossed the billion - dollar mark domestically and the 12th time internationally. warner home video dominated the u. s. sales categories as the number one company in a number of key categories, including total video sales (dvd and blu - ray combined). internationally, whv remained the number one studio with 14 percent worldwide market share and a 21 percent worldwide market share among all hollywood studios. the warner bros. television group’s companies remained category leaders, producing more than 40 series for the broadcast, cable and first - run programming marketplaces. charged with growing the studio’s entire portfolio of television businesses, wbtvg began developing new business models for the evolving television landscape, including vod, broadband, wireless and home video exploitation of its vast library .
on the short - lived series muscle, a copyright stamp is seen under the company byline, and the shield banner just reads
warner bros .
( likely because this was used as the closing logo for the wb television network' s first night of shows) .
at & t; agrees to buy time warner for $ 85. 4 billion
the people' s court (jack harrell (1981 - 93) ): the people' s court is produced by ralph edwards - stu billet productions and is distributed by lorimar - telepictures (1987 - 1989), warner bros. domestic television (1989 - 1993) .
today, the vast warner bros. library, one of the most prestigious and valuable in the world, consists of more than 100, 000 hours of programming, including nearly 8, 300 feature films and 5, 000 television programs comprised of tens of thousands of individual episodes .
in the 2013 film saving mr. banks, when mrs. travers arrives at the los angeles airport, a trio of cab drivers are holding signs for different film companies (one for warner bros. , one for mgm, one for walt disney). the logo depicted on the sign is this one, which is historically out of place, not to mention that warner bros. didn' t have a proper logo for its television arm until 1972 .
reruns of season 1 episodes of static shock on disney xd and some online airings of seasons 4 & 5 of er would use the static 2000 warner bros. pictures logo .
warner bros. entertainment, a fully integrated, broad - based entertainment company, is a global leader in all forms of entertainment and their related businesses across all current and emerging media and platforms. a warnermedia company, warner bros. stands at the forefront of every aspect of the entertainment industry from feature film, television and home entertainment production and worldwide distribution to dvd and blu - ray, digital distribution, animation, comic books, product and brand licensing and broadcasting .
one of the most respected, diversified and successful motion picture and television studios in the world, warner bros. studios began when the brothers warner (albert, sam, harry and jack l .) incorporated their fledgling movie company on april 4, 1923. in 1927, the release of the world’s first “talkie, ” (synchronized - sound feature film), the jazz singer, set a character and tone of innovation and influence that would become synonymous with the name warner bros. and—as al jolson foretold in this milestone movie— “you ain’t heard nothin’ yet! ”
the 1990s was a seminal decade for the studio, starting with the 1990 merger of warner communications, inc. and time inc. to form time warner, inc. , one of the world’s largest communications and entertainment companies. other important milestones include: the studio’s creation and utilization of a unique film co - financing and worldwide distribution business model; the revitalization of warner bros. animation with the animated television series steven spielberg presents tiny toon adventures (1991); the opening of warner bros. ’ first international theme park (movie world in australia, 1991); the consolidation of warner bros. television and lorimar television (1993); the debut of such megahits as er, friends and the drew carey show (1994, 1994 and 1995, respectively); the launch of the company’s first, and the country’s fifth, national television network, the wb (1995); becoming a dominant force in the production and worldwide distribution of first - run syndicated programming; taking over of the management of the turner library (1996); becoming an early adopter of the internet as a promotional tool and outlet for original content; and leading the development and the launch of the revolutionary dvd format .
many post - 1984 tv movies and / or mini - series such as north and south: books i and ii would use the 1984 warner bros. pictures logo at the end .
in 2008, warner bros. had a worldwide box office of $ 3. 59 billion. warner bros. pictures set a studio and an industry record with $ 1. 78 billion in domestic receipts, international box office reached $ 1. 81 billion, and the year marked the eighth time warner bros. crossed the billion - dollar mark domestically and the 11th time internationally. warner home video dominated the u. s. sales categories as the number one company in total video sales (dvd and blu - ray combined), dvd, new theatrical releases, tv on dvd releases and total high - definition titles sold. internationally, whv was the number one studio, with 16 percent worldwide market share and a 23 percent worldwide market share among all hollywood studios. the warner bros. television group’s companies remained category leaders, producing for all platforms and outlets, including ad - supported video - on - demand as well as broadband and wireless destinations .
“under steve’s leadership, sony pictures television has become the industry’s largest independent television studio, ” lynton said. “our media networks business has expanded to over 150 channel feeds around the world and the company is well - positioned for growth in both production and distribution. steve is a remarkable executive and we are proud to have him at the helm of sony pictures television. ”
and although warner bros. was now established as a complete film company, showcasing both successful commercial and artistic properties, it lacked company - owned theaters and thus struggled to compete in the hollywood community .
, the logo is shown on a red background without the company name. suddenly, the shield opens to reveal bugs bunny, who says
this has been a warner bros. - seven arts ...
before being interrupted by the road runner, who zips into the scene and does his trademark
beep - beep !
. as the road runner zips out, bugs chuckles and continues
like the bird says, this has been a warner bros. - seven arts television presentation .
the shield then closes .
the ‘70s also saw the rise of a new genre of television programming—the miniseries—in which the studio established an almost unequaled record of excellence from the start. the incomparable david l. wolper began his exclusive agreement with warner bros. in 1976 and went on to produce some of television' s most - watched and most - honored productions, including roots, roots: the next generation, the thorn birds, north & south and alex haley' s q ueen. in 1978 jack warner died—the same year that the studio he had co - founded showed record profits .
love connection (various announcers): this is [ name ] speaking for love connection. love connection is an eric lieber production, produced in association with and is distributed by lorimar - telepictures (later lorimar television and distributed by warner bros. domestic television distribution from 1989, gsn airing plaster this logo with the 10th logo). for the short - lived 1998 revival, it was a pel production, produced in association with telepictures productions and distributed by telepictures distribution .
in 2007, warner bros. pictures’ domestic and international divisions each had their most successful years ever, as well as their seventh consecutive billion dollar - plus years at the box office. the studio’s domestic box office reached $ 1. 42 billion, and overseas receipts soared to $ 2. 24 billion, an industry record. warner home video was once again the industry’s leader, with an overall 20 percent market share. the warner bros. television group’s companies remained category leaders, producing for all platforms and outlets, and moving boldly into the digital realm with ad - supported video - on - demand as well as broadband and wireless destinations .
for cable and subscription / on - demand platforms, wbtv produces westworld and the upcoming lovecraft country for hbo, major crimes for tnt, titans for warner bros. digital networks’ upcoming dc - branded digital service, shameless for showtime, castle rock for hulu and disjointed for netflix. additionally, wbtv is distributing the warner bros. animation - produced tv series adaptation of green eggs and ham, coming to netflix in 2018 .
closing: the end - title theme from any series. but, on the animated un - superimposed variant without
presents
, this had a 17 - note trumpet and would be followed by an announcer saying
this program has been produced by the entertainment capital of the world. produced for television by warner bros .
as the fanfare ended .
, in large letters, over the banner, and
a warner communications company
underneath .
77 starwars, beginning of modern merchandising disney stores, warner brothers stores, gone now annie dolls .
perfect strangers, mark linn - baker (as larry appleton): perfect strangers is a miller - boyett production in association with lorimar television .
in 2005, clint eastwood’s million dollar baby brought the studio four oscars, including best picture and director. in february of that year, warner home video established an in - country video distribution and marketing operation in china, making whv the first u. s. company ever to do so. batman begins and charlie and the chocolate factory were two of the summer’s biggest hits with more than $ 370 and $ 470 million in worldwide box office, respectively. in an unprecedented entertainment industry trifecta, warner home video, warner bros. pictures and warner bros. pictures international all finished 2005 as the market share leaders in their respective business categories .
warner horizon scripted television, producer of programs for cable and subscription / on - demand platforms, including american woman, animal kingdom, claws, famous in love, fuller house, krypton, longmire, people of earth, queen sugar and you .
the second harry potter film (harry potter and the chamber of secrets, which became the fourth - highest grossing film internationally of all time), scooby - doo, divine secrets of the ya - ya sisterhood, insomnia, a walk to remember and two weeks notice made 2002 another record - breaking year for warner bros. pictures, with box office receipts surpassing the $ 1 billion mark for the third time domestically and the fifth time internationally. warner bros. pictures’ $ 1. 6 billion in international receipts led all studios and was both a new record for warner bros. pictures, as well as the second - highest gross ever from a major studio .
jefferson graham weighs in on whether the at & t deal for time warner is a win for consumers .
on march 21, 1955 by studio vice president jack l. warner and headed by tv producer and actor
the hogan family (jason bateman (as david hogan) ): the hogan family is a miller - boyett production in association with lorimar television .
on october 4, 1999, 28 - year - warner bros. veteran barry meyer and castle rock entertainment’s alan horn took over the reins of warner bros. (as chairman & ceo and president & coo, respectively) from daly and semel, marking the end to one of the most enduring and successful partnerships in the history of the entertainment industry and the beginning of a new, record - breaking era of profitability in the history of the studio .
for time warner, being acquired has seemed almost inevitable. its assets, particularly hbo, nba basketball on tnt, warner bros.' television studio and dc entertainment film franchises, including superman, batman and the flash, are highly prized by other media companies. with a diverse set of networks, time warner also has been a relatively healthy business even as the number of cable tv subscribers continues to shrink. its second quarter net income rose 14% to $ 971 million as all major business lines reported revenue gains. revenue for the period jumped 8% to $ 7. 3 billion .
in 2012, the warner bros. pictures group grossed $ 4. 3 billion at the worldwide box office ($ 1. 66 billion domestic, $ 2. 67 international) with both its domestic and international divisions crossing the billion - dollar mark for a 12th consecutive year, a feat unmatched by any other studio. the pictures group exceeded $ 4 billion globally for the fourth consecutive year, also a milestone no other studio had ever achieved. despite challenging market conditions, warner home video was, once again, the industry’s leader, with an overall 21 percent market share in total dvd and blu - ray sales. whv was also the number one home entertainment studio internationally in 2012. the companies comprising the warner bros. television group produced more than 50 series for broadcast, first - run syndication and cable in the 2012 - 13 season. wbtvg and warner bros. home entertainment continued to be category leaders, working across all platforms and outlets .
in the cash - and - stock deal confirmed by at & t and time warner late saturday, at & t will pay $ 107. 50 per share of time warner, whose diverse media portfolio includes hbo, cnn, tnt, tbs, warner bros. , theme parks, bleacher report and a 10% stake in streaming service hulu. the deal, approved by the boards of both companies, is expected to close before the end of 2017 .
“we’ve always been entrepreneurial, ” bruckheimer told variety. “we’ve always loved trying new things. warner bros. is fantastic, they’ve been great partners. we’re not out of business with them, we’re just no longer exclusive with them. ”
internally, bruckheimer tv’s discussions about going out on its own began last november as expiration of its most recent overall deal with warner bros. tv approached. the company is said to have retained acf investment bank to help shop for strategic partners .
time warner once owned a cable tv service business, but spun it off in 2009 to focus on media content. time warner cable, the spun - off business, was acquired by charter communications last year for $ 56 billion .
as
friends
actor james michael tyler, who played gunther the barista, told cnn at the event, warner bros. had essentially made
a' friends' museum ,
although the replica was
considerably bigger than the set .
a sony pictures entertainment executive for more than two decades, mosko oversees global television production, distribution of feature film and television content, and the studio’s international networks available in 180 countries, reaching more than 1. 3 billion cumulative households worldwide including crackle, spe’s premium video streaming service, and gsn, cable’s game show network .
warner bros. began with the four warner brothers—albert, sam, harry and jack. in books chronicling the american film industry, the brothers are all legendary, especially the flamboyant showman jack l. warner. pioneers in their own right, the warners brought sound to movies, introduced the first “four - legged star, ” revitalized the movie musical, created the gangster - picture era, and produced a number of socially significant films that evoked national awareness about growing problems of their times .
on the logo at the end of an opening for some tv shows, the announcer says
produced by warner bros .
sometimes it would be accompanied by a 7 - note fanfare followed by a drum sound when the logo is on a grainy background .
bruckheimer declined to elaborate on the specifics of the financing that the company is seeking. the shift with warner bros. tv took effect about a week ago. “it’s all in a flux right now – we’re trying to figure that out, ” he said .
despite the fact that it almost erroneously used the 75th anniversary logo of its film counterpart in 1998, this logo was used to commemorate the television counterpart' s 50th anniversary .
just as tsujihara claims that short - term results don’t concern him, his boss, jeff bewkes, ceo of parent time warner, also stresses the importance of putting things in perspective. “when you look at it on a longer trend line, the warner bros. team works better and is producing better results than all the other studios, ” he maintains, in an interview with variety .
in addition to its long - standing position as the industry’s preeminent creator and distributor of feature films, television programs, animation, video and dvd, warner bros. studios has also become one of the foremost authorities on utilizing licensing and merchandising to grow and reinforce its brands, on pioneering new forms of distribution, and on marshaling its vast creative and business resources to build world - renowned entertainment franchises that become appreciating assets in its unrivaled library .
bruckheimer emphasized that he intends to remain in business with warner bros. , particularly as the sides put a half - dozen development projects in the pipeline prior to the expiration of the previous overall deal. bruckheimer noted that he’s also working for the studio on the film side .
on the perils of penelope pitstop on former boomerang airings, the 1967 film up the down staircase on tcm, and syndie reruns of curb your enthusiasm from 2010 - 2011, it just uses the open - matted 2003 version of the current closing logo for warner bros. pictures .
logo: over a blue screen is an abstract shield (like those seen on wb' 60s movie posters) in a golden c olor with a dark brownish color inside. a simple lettering of the wb appears at the upper part and a rectangle of the same colors appear at the lower part of the shield, reading either
a kinney company
or
a kinney services company
. the words
warner bros. television
appear underneath the logo. opening variant :
another series of logo variants involve two or three looney tunes characters: one seen on each side of the logo. this was common on the bugs bunny / road runner hour and many looney tunes specials (see the 3rd logo on the warner bros. animation page for more info) .
on a dutch airing of third watch, the open - matte version is shown, only with a very rare url that has a different internet code, which is
urltoken
. this is the british website for warner bros. this also appeared on british airings of the west wing .
( updated july 21, 2015) man of steel director zack snyder and legendary director / actor clint eastwood take a celebratory selfie at the launching of the new stage 48: script to screen interactive soundstage that is now part of the new warner bros. studio tour hollywood... .
in 1989, warner bros. initiated its strategy of growing a market for its films by building state - of - the - art multiplex theaters in underserved territories overseas, operating them until they are mature businesses and then moving onto new frontiers. the first of these ventures was in australia.
warner bros . television ( wbtv ) is the television production arm of warner bros . entertainment , itself part of time warner . alongside cbs television studios , it serves as a television production arm of the cw ( in which time warner has a 50 % ownership stake ) , though it also produces shows for other networks , such as shameless on showtime , the leftovers and westworld on hbo ( though time warner also owns hbo ) . as of 2015 , it is the world 's largest television production company measured by revenue and library ( along with sony 's sony pictures television ) . its most notable tv shows include friends , er , the west wing , smallville , supernatural , the big bang theory , the wire and full house . 
warner bros. television (wbtv) is the television production arm of warner bros. entertainment, itself part of time warner. alongside cbs television studios, it serves as a television production arm of the cw (in which time warner has a 50% ownership stake), though it also produces shows for other networks, such as shameless on showtime, the leftovers and westworld on hbo (though time warner also owns hbo). as of 2015, it is the world's largest television production company measured by revenue and library (along with sony's sony pictures television). its most notable tv shows include friends, er, the west wing, smallville, supernatural, the big bang theory, the wire and full house.
warner bros. television (wbtv) is the television production arm of warner bros. entertainment, itself part of time warner. alongside cbs television studios, it serves as a television production arm of the cw (in which time warner has a 50% ownership stake), though it also produces shows for other networks, such as shameless on showtime, the leftovers and westworld on hbo (though time warner also owns hbo). as of 2015, it is the world's largest television production company measured by revenue and library (along with sony's sony pictures television). its most notable tv shows include friends, er, the west wing, smallville, supernatural, the big bang theory, the wire and full house.