WNET.ORG Thirteen

(May 13, 2009-March 27, 2022)
Nicknames: "Manhattan Skyline", "Painter Logo"

Logo:
 *  May 13, 2009-February 21, 2010:  We see the skyline of Manhattan at night. A line draws itself next to the moon, and spins several times and stops by forming a lowercase "i". "TH" slides out of the left side of the "I" and "RTEEN" slides out of the right side of the "I". All the text is in the Gotham typeface. After that is done, "WNET.ORG" appears above "THIRTEEN".
 *  February 22, 2010-2012:  "WNET.ORG" is there before "THIRTEEN". There's also a different background, with the Empire State Building.
 *  2012-2022:  Instead of "WNET.ORG", only "WNET" appears. As a result, the "i" animation is no longer used. The flare reveals the logo.

Variants:
 * On Worldfocus, Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, and PBS Newshour Weekend, "CREATIVE NEWS GROUP" appears in place of "THIRTEEN".
 * Sometimes, or as seen on episodes of Live from Lincoln Center, The text "WNET" was shown, and the text "THIRTEEN" doesn't appear at all.
 * On WLIW-produced programs, such as Front and Center, "WLIW21" appears in place of "THIRTEEN".
 * On the Sprout prints of Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, the text "THIRTEEN" was shown and there is no "WNET.ORG" at all.
 * A very rare videotaped version of the 2012 variant exists on a bootleg VHS recording of a January 2013 KTCA airing of Nature.

FX/SFX: The light shining forming the words, the live-action scenery.

Music/Sounds:
 * May 13, 2009-February 21, 2010: A re-orchestration of the 2006 logo's theme was used a few times.
 * 2009-2022: A gracious 4-note orchestra tune composed by Niccolo Athens. Sometimes extended with a piano note at the end.

Music/Sounds Trivia: You can watch a video of Athens conducting this logo's theme, as well as other themes used in WNET's local bumpers of the time.

Availability: Common. This logo still appears on most new programs, mainly in prime time.
 * Can be seen on American Masters, Tavis Smiley, PBS News Hour Weekend, Nature, Great Performances, Charlie Rose, Charlie Rose: The Week (though no logo appears at all on most editions beginning December 18, 2015), and Cyberchase.
 * The original variant made its last appearance on a rebroadcast of the Nature episode "Invasion of the Giant Pythons".
 * Also shown up on Los Angeles-animated Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build and Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, (animated in Taiwan) and PBS airings of Barney & Friends and Thomas and Friends (DVDs and Sprout airings do not have this logo. Also, on PBS airings of the former, the logo appears after the HiT logo instead of before it, since no other company, not even Nitrogen Studios, produced it).
 * Its last appearance was on the March 27, 2022 edition of PBS NewsHour Weekend, which was also its last to be produced before moving to WETA.