Brad Grey Television
Background
Brad Grey Television is a talent management film and television production company formed in 1999, founded by Brad Grey after Universal sold its 50% shares of Brillstein-Grey Entertainment to Grey renaming the television unit. In 2005, Grey sold its interest due to him becoming the CEO of Paramount Pictures, and it was renamed to Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Brad Grey died on May 14, 2017, but the logo would continue to be used posthumously into early 2020.
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| 1st Logo (November 16, 1999-2001) | 2nd Logo (October 4, 2000-May 13, 2001) | 3rd Logo (February 8, 2001-January 17, 2020) |
1st Logo (November 16, 1999-2001)
Logo: On a white background, we see a white coin with a "b" in it spinning around (like a coin does), while beside it with the words "BRAD GREY TELEVISION" and a byline "a basic entertainment company" with a line between it. When the "b" coin stops spinning, it turns blue.
Variants:
- On later season 4 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!, the logo is seen on the top along with the 1999 Universal Television logo on the bottom.
- A still version exists on Sammy.
Technique: CGI.
Music/Sounds: None, or the end theme of the show.
Availability: Seen on the second season of The Sopranos and it also plasters the original Brillstein-Grey logo on newer prints of first season episodes, as well as 1999-2001 episodes of Politically Incorrect. The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on later season 4 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show, and Just Shoot Me!. The still version is extinct, owing to the obscurity of its only source. Given that copies of the episode were original work prints, it's currently unknown if it also showed up on original broadcasts.
2nd Logo (October 4, 2000-May 13, 2001)
Logo: Against a blue background, we see the words fading in:
BRAD GREY
T E L E V I S I O N
set in ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book font with an emboss effect.
Variant: On most season 5 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and early season 5 episodes of Just Shoot Me!, like before, the logo is seen on the top along with the 1999 Universal Television logo on the bottom.
Technique: Fading effects.
Music/Sounds: None, or the end theme of the show.
Availability: The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on most season 5 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and early season 5 episodes of Just Shoot Me!. Episodes of The Sopranos from the third season onward uses the next logo below. It possibly appeared on one-off comedy specials, from the period, but it's unlikely.
Legacy: As of this writing, no video evidence of the standalone logo exists. The logo's brief lifespan, along with The Sopranos being the only known ongoing show to use a standalone logo, suggest this was little more than a placeholder which appeared on still-going shows that happened to use the joint Universal Television credits.
3rd Logo (February 8, 2001-January 17, 2020)
Logo: On a black background, we see the words fading in:
BRAD GREY
T E L E V I S I O N
in white in the same font as before. Two white lines appears to the left and right to form one big line.
Variants:
- There is one version of the logo where the text is blue and the background is white.
- On late season 5-6 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and later season 5-7 episodes of Just Shoot Me!, the white background variant is seen on the top along with with the 1999 Universal Television logo on the bottom.
- On In Memoriam: New York City, the word "TELEVISION" is replaced by "PICTURES".
Technique: 2D animation.
Music/Sounds: None, or the end theme of the show.
Availability: Common. Seen on pre-2020 episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, as well as The Sopranos and According to Jim. Starting with the Season 18 premiere of Real Time with Bill Maher, this logo is no longer in use. The version with the white background can be seen on the final season of Politically Incorrect. The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on late season 5-6 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and later season 5-7 episodes of Just Shoot Me!. The "Pictures" variant can be seen on the 2002 HBO documentary movie In Memoriam: New York City.
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