Sprixie Television Studios

Background
"Sprixie Television Studios", is the television division of Sprixie Studios. Founded in 1949, around the same time "TCF Television Productions Inc." was founded. And was also founded by the 7 Sprixies. The company was known to compete againest "Revue Productions, Inc.", and "Paramount Television Productions, Inc." The company later officially launched in 1955 with the release of the popular TV show, "Sprixie Battles." Just like Sprixie Studios, Sprixie Television Studios is one of the most popular Television companies. Alongside Walt Disney Television, MGM Television, Universal Television, and many more. The company celebrated it's 60th anniversary in 2009.

Their first logo was interesting, as the logo was basically a tower with a sunburst in the background. Used from 1949 to 1957. The Sprixie Tower was later introduced in 1957 and was used ever since then on later TV shows and cartoons. With the logo adding the 7 Sprixies in 1965 and CGI later being added in 1992. The logo was later updated in 2010 to use the 2009 "20th Century Fox" structure. And in 2020, the "20th Century Studios" structure. The logo later on started using the "Disney Fox Media Entertainment" logo base for the logo, although, the television logo plans to be upgraded later on with the upcoming rebrand.

Throughout the years, the company was never really owned by a parent company. But on May 13th, 2021, Kirby Studios announced to purchase the company's assets. On Febuary 5th, 2022, the byline was inserted into the company's logo. And the byline will most likely be appearing in the next logo once Sprixie Television Studios rebrands.

1st logo (August 9th, 1949 - December 25th, 1957)
Nicknames: "SSC Tower", "SSC Sunburst"

Logo: On a blue background, we see a tower that looks similar to the Sprixie Studios logos, however, instead of the structure reading Sprixie Studios, the text is replaced with the words, "SSTV" with a sunburst behind the structure. The following bylines can appear at the bottom.

Bylines:
 * DISTRIBUTED FROM THE SPRIXIE KINGDOM STUDIOS OF SPRIXIE STUDIOS TELEVISION CORPORATION
 * FILMED AT THE SPRIXIE KINGDOM STUDIOS OF SPRIXIE STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS INC.

Variants: Only a few.
 * On some shows, like the "Sprixie Battles" TV show, the logo can be imposed over the credits. But sometimes, the logo can cut in from black.
 * For color shows, the logo has the tower colored in Gold, Yellow and orange, while the background is colored blue.
 * On the prototype variant of the logo, the logo has a darker tint, and has the byline, "FILMED AT THE SPRIXIE KINGDOM STUDIOS OF SPRIXIE STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS INC."

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None or just the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare.
 * It's made appearances on the first season of "Sprixie Battles", Broken Arrow, the first season of How to Marry a Millionaire (the series), and My Friend Flicka in color. It's also been seen on Time for Beany, and many other shows.

Editor's Note: An amazing logo, even though it is rare to find, it can still be found on blu-ray releases of the first season of "Sprixie Battles", and on VHS releases.

2nd logo (October 7, 1958-August 20, 1959)
Nicknames: ""Starry Sky", "Floating Structure"

Logo: It's just a still version of the Sprixie Studios 1936 logo, however, over the tower, the following words:

"IRVING ASHER" "Executive Producer"

appear on screen.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Just the end theme of the show or none.

Availability: Rare. It was only seen on Season 4, Episode 9 of "Sprixie Battles." However, it was seen on some copies of second season of How to Marry a Millionaire.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd logo (September 29, 1959-June 5, 1963)
Nicknames: ""Starry Sky", "Floating Structure"

Logo: It's very similar to the "20th Century Fox Television" 1959 logo, however, the name instead reads, "Sprixie Studios." The company name, does indeed fade in, and the letters are in bold. Just like the "TCFTV" logo.

Variants: Three variants exist.
 * On Sprixie Battles, the logo is still.
 * In rare cases, the logo may be in color. But no prints of it have been founded yet.
 * For Adventures in Paradise, the logo is followed by the "Martin Manulis Productions" logo.

FX/SFX: The fade in of the company's name.

Music/Sounds: Only two.
 * Mostly the logo is slient.
 * Sometimes, the opening theme of the show can be heard, however, it is the case for closing themes of shows.

Availability: Extremely rare.
 * It was first seen on Season 5 of "Sprixie Battles", and continued to be in use as a secondary logo until 1963.
 * Other shows like The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis on MeTV and the Shout! Factory DVD set use this logo too.
 * Adventures in Paradise, is also known to use this logo.
 * The short-lived NBC sitcom, "Five Fingers", was also known to use this logo.

Editor's Note: Nothing too strange of this logo.

4th logo (July 24th, 1959-1984)
Nicknames: "The Super Structure II", "The Sprixie Tower II", "1930s Tower"

Logo: We see the 1936 Sprixie Studios logo, with the camera being close up in front of the structure, then a few seconds later, the camera begins to back up as the word, "TELEVISION", which is slanted at some sort of angle, appears and zooms out, covering the word, "STUDIOS". Which also fills the whole screen. This is very similar to how the "20th Century Fox Television" 1957 logo animated.

Variants: A couple. "TELEVISION" text zooming out and covering the "STUDIOS" word.
 * There exists a rare "DISTRIBUTED BY" variant of the logo, which has the logo being still in it's final position, and the words, "DISTRIBUTED BY," can be seen on the screen. It was only founded on one episode of Season 5 of "Sprixie Battles."
 * In the logos early years, the camera backed up slowly and the fade in of the logo was slowed down as well.
 * Two short variants exist.
 * The first short variant has the camera back up quickly and after the camera backs up, the "TELEVISION" text comes in so quickly.
 * The second short variant, (also known as the sped-up variant,) as the camera is backing up, it jumps Straight to the
 * The logo can sometimes have a pinkish tint to the logo.
 * Sometimes the searchlights abruptly jump back to where they began when the logo began.

FX/SFX: The spotlights, including the "TELEVISION" text zooming out.

Music/Sounds: There's a few fanfares that were used for this logo.
 * 1959-1964: A rearrangement of the Alfred Newman fanfare used on the movie variation.
 * 1961-1966: A short tune played on muted trumpets and strings that is a variation of the jingle, but does not sound exactly like a Fox jingle.
 * 1963-1964: A shortened variant of the 1959 theme.
 * 1965-1966: A sped-up/shortened version of the 1961 theme.

Music/Sounds Variants: Only three exist.
 * On Hong Kong, the 1959 fanfare would have different arrangements.
 * On some shows, the logo may have the opening or closing theme of the show. Varying on it.
 * In other cases, the logo can be silent.

Availability: Very rare.
 * It was first seen on season 5 of "Sprixie Battles" and has appeared on other shows like, Leave It to Beaver on TV Land, Me-TV, and Antenna TV, S1 of McHale's Navy and Alfred Hitchcock Presents on Antenna TV, the final two seasons of The Lucy Show, And many others.
 * It also plastered the older "Sprixie Cartoon Studios" logos used from 1924 to 1952.
 * This logo was also seen on "FOX" shows like, Daniel Boone, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and 12 O'Clock High, Lost In Space and many other shows.

Editor's Note: The "TELEVISION" text plastering over the "STUDIOS" word, does make the structure read "SPRIXIE TELEVISION CORP.". Also, the fanfares used on this logo, which often sound nothing like the standard SSC fanfare, could startle a few viewers at first.

5th logo (November 19th, 1967-1984)
Nicknames: "The Super Structure III", "The Sprixie Tower III", "1950s Tower"

Logo: Same as the Sprixie Studios 1955 logo, however, the word, "STUDIOS" is removed from this logo and replaced with "TELEVISION." This also removes the "TELEVISION" word plastering over the structure on this logo. The camera backing away from the structure has been removed as well. This is the first Television logo to add the 7 Sprixies from the theatrical logo.

Variants: A couple.
 * As a secondary logo, the logo can sometimes use the "Standard Structure" variant of the 1955 logo. Despite the theatrical logo discontinuing the "Standard Structure" variant in 1967, it was used for the television logo up until 1976.
 * On B&W prints of classic color shows from the era, such as Batman, Sprixie Battles, and reruns of King Kong, the logo is in gray scale. This does not apply to the "Standard Structure" variant, however.
 * On Liars' Club, A still variant of the logo with the words "DISTRIBUTED BY" on the top left corner of the logo, can be seen. This variant is extinct currently. And video footage has not been found at this time.
 * Starting in 1968, the logo is pushed to the right a bit and Purple is visible now unlike before. This change also applied to the "Standard Structure" variant too.
 * In 1976, the registered trademark "®" symbol was added. This sadly did not apply to the "Standard Structure" variant as it was discontinued at that time.
 * A shorten version of the 1955 Sprixie Studios logo can be seen on the TV series, The Starlost. And also, some episodes of Sprixie Battles.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo. (Although without the camera zooming out and the "TELEVISION" text zooming out.)

Music/Sounds:
 * 1967-1969; Same as the previous logo.
 * 1968-1984; Same as the previous logo. This shorten fanfare would also be used for the next logo.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Same as before. Usually, it would use the opening or closing theme of a show, or no audio at all. A generic theme was used on some co-produced shows, however.
 * For some DVD and Blu-ray prints of the S1 Batman episode "Hi Diddle Riddle", and some episodes of Sprixie Battles Season 1, the 1989 fanfare from the next logo is used.
 * Due to some reverse plastering errors, the 1989 TCFTV jingle is used on HULU prints of M*A*S*H.
 * On recent reruns of older Sprixie Battles seasons, the fanfare from the current logo is used. Most likely due to a reverse plaster error.

Availability: Rare. This is due to it being plastered by later logos.
 * The normal logo can be seen on later seasons of Sprixie Battles, and this logo was last seen on Retro TV and World Harvest Television.
 * The Standard Structure variant would be seen from 1967 to 1976, and was discontinued on the first two episodes of The Fall Guy. It's mostly used as a secondary logo until 1976 as well.
 * It's also appeared on VHS releases of Tomorrow's Child. It's Good to Be Alive (1974), aired on Atlanta's WATC 57, June 27, 2009, preserved the 1976 version at the beginning. It's also seen on the Season 2 Blu-ray of Lost in Space.
 * This logo was restored on Hulu prints of the first two seasons of M*A*S*H. Just like the "20th Century Fox Television" 1965 logo. This marks the first time this logo was restored to that series.

Editor's Note: A pretty decent logo for it's time. The 1976 version is known to be a waste however. And the Standard Structure variant of the logo was pretty amazing during it's run.

6th logo (1980-1981)
Nicknames: "The Forgotten Super Structure", "The Forgotten Sprixie Tower", "1980s Tower I"

Logo: Same as the Sprixie Studios 1980 logo, however, just like before, the word "TELEVISION" replaces "STUDIOS." The logo is also squished a bit in this version.

Variants: Only one.
 * There is a Widescreen variant of the logo with the Hue being slightly modified. The logo is a bit more squished in this version as well.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: The same 1965 theme from the previous two logos.

Availability: Extinct.
 * Only seen on some episodes of Sprixie Battles. And this logo was only used as a secondary logo as a placeholder for the next logo.

Editor's Note: The logo was known to be a cheap rush and waste of time and money, but it only served as a prototype for the next logo.

7th logo (December 13th, 1981-1993)
Nicknames: "The Super Structure IV", "The Sprixie Tower IV", "1980s Tower"

Logo: Same as the Sprixie Studios 1981 logo, however, the company name, (including Cyan and Red,) have been moved up a bit to make room for the word, "TELEVISION." Making the logo read, Sprixie Studios Television. Unlike in the theatrical logo though, one of the spotlights is not present in the background.

Variants: A lot.
 * In the logos early days, the logo was slightly darker than before, and the left spotlight was colored pink instead of having its usual colors. Changes were made in January of 1982 to remove the dark tint and change the color of the left spotlight beam to match up with the rest of the spotlights.
 * Sometimes, the registered trademark "®" symbol, can be replaced with the trademark "TM" symbol. This was only seen on Sprixie Battles however.
 * This logo can be filmed and come in a videotaped/telecine version. (Telecine was added in 1986) The filmed variant was used throughout the logos whole run.
 * On the series Origins of the Sprixies, the sky is a bit darker. This change fully applied in 1984.
 * For some shows, like Sprixie Battles, The Simpsons S3 episodes: "Bart the Murderer", "Homer Defined", "Treehouse of Horror II", "Lisa's Pony", "Flaming Moe's", "I Married Marge", "Radio Bart", "Separate Vocations", "Colonel Homer", "Black Widower", and "Bart's Friend Falls in Love", and a couple other shows, more of the structure is visible.
 * There is a rare variant that exists which includes different coloring, and there are three spotlights in the background. This was only seen on one episode of Sprixie Battles and five episodes of Origins of the Sprixies.
 * Sometimes, the logo freezes before it fades out.
 * On Bobby's World, it has a greenish background.
 * In 1989, the colors were tweaked a bit and the logo was pushed to the left slightly in this variant. The left spotlight beam also got it's pink color back too. "Yellow Sprixie" can also be seen in the logo slightly now.

FX/SFX: Almost the same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: There's two.
 * December 13th, 1981-August 22, 1991; The 1965 theme from the previous three logos. Interestingly enough, despite it being discontinued in 1989, the fanfare continued to be used a secondary fanfare on S1 and early S2 episodes of In Living Color, the first two S5 episodes of L.A. Law, the L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration, a few international prints of S1 Bobby's World episodes, and most of season 1 episodes and the first season 2 episode of True Colors. This also includes some episodes of Sprixie Battles.
 * November 1989-1993: A shorten version of the 1979 SS fanfare. Which was also used in the next logo.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Sometimes, the extended 1965 fanfare from the previous logos is used. Mostly due to plastering errors.
 * Abridged versions of the 1965 fanfare as seen on Hooperman that the closing theme ends abruptly with the last note of the 1965 theme, and Charlie & Co., which used the last 5 notes of the fanfare, exist.
 * There are two versions of the 1989 fanfare. The first one has some sort of echo at the end of the fanfare. The other one doesn't contain the echo at the last note.

Availability: Uncommon. Due to the current plastering with the next couple logos.
 * As with the previous Sprixie Studios Television logos, it debuted on Sprixie Battles with the dark tint. However, this is the last "SSTV" logo that debuted on Sprixie Battles however.
 * The later version's debution wasn't really known. But some episodes of Sprixie Battles in January of 1982 debuted this logo however.
 * It can be found on The Simpsons episodes "There's No Disgrace Like Home", "Krusty Gets Busted", "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington", "Treehouse of Horror II", "Saturdays of Thunder", "Colonel Homer", and "Black Widower" DVD releases.
 * The rare version only debuted on one episode of Sprixie Battles, and five episodes of Origins of the Sprixies, however, the current logo plastering this variant has caused the rare variant to go extinct.
 * The 1989 version debuted on a handful of early Simpsons episodes on FXNOW, FX's streaming service, in 4:3 mode only.
 * Despite the logo's discontinuation, it made a surprise appearance on Sony Movie Channel's prints of the TV movies Hijack! and The Death Squad.

Editor's Note: It's pretty similar to the previous logos, but now with the 1981 logo in use and with the stacked structure. This logo marks the first time that the familiar shortened SS theme was used for this logo after approximately three decades of unconventional fanfares.

8th logo (July 13th, 1995-April 9th, 2010)


Nicknames: "The Super Structure V", "The Sprixie Tower V", "1990s and 2000s Tower", "The CGI Searchlights I", "The CGI Tower I"

Logo: The 1995 TCFTV logo is seen, except the name now reads, "Sprixie Studios Television". The 7 Sprixies from the previous logo have been moved to the top of the word "Sprixie", and have been given their poses from the film division logo. No byline is present though.

Trivia: This was the last logo base that Sprixie Studios Television used before switching to a different one.

Variants:
 * There's a lot of variants for this, so, let me explain each one by one.
 * An early version is known to exist, but not confirmed yet.
 * Corporate versions exist, but they were only on social media until 2021.
 * A squished version exists.
 * A rare extended version exists, but it's unconfirmed as of now.
 * In 2007, the logo was redesigned and enhanced similar to the TCFTV logo. Which includes the same name though.
 * The 2007 Enhanced logo does contain a squished version and corporate version too.

FX/SFX: The spotlights, the sky, and the camera.

Music/Sounds: The TCFTV 2007 fanfare.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * For the first four years of this logo, the fanfare originated from the TCFTV 1995 logo.
 * Starting in 1998, the fanfare was changed to the TCFTV 1998 fanfare.
 * The TCFTV 2007 fanfare was used starting in 2007.
 * Short versions of the audio exist.
 * Sometimes, the 2008 TTV fanfare would play.
 * In some rare cases, the ending theme of the show, the generic network theme, or none.

Availability: Was very common in its own time, but is now uncommon, bordering on rare, as this logo is starting to get plastered by the newer 2021 logo now.

Editor's Note: Pretty amazing, lots of variants, and some were reused into future logos.

9th Logo (April 10th, 2010-Janurary 30th, 2020)


Nicknames: "The Super Structure VI", "The Sprixie Tower VI", "2010s Tower", "The CGI Searchlights II", "The CGI Tower II"

Logo: We see the 2010 Sprixie Studios logo, but it looks different. This time, we are zoomed up close to the structure like the previous logo, and we zoom out a few seconds later, after zooming out, the extra searchlight in the background can be seen. The sky is also different too.

Variants:
 * An extended version exists. But only on a few shows. Also comes in a full screen version too.
 * A color alternation version exists. But it's very rare to find.
 * Some versions of this logo have the logo stacked one extra row to make it read "Sprixie Studios Television Distribution". But none have seen it yet.
 * A short version exists.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Was very common in its own time, but it's now rare as of 2022. This logo first debuted on the "Windows 2000 Dies" series and had appeared on many shows since then. It's first apperance on a film was at the end of Sprixie Battles fighters, and was also popular on other films until it's discontinuation in 2020.

Editor's Note: Not much to say honestly.

10th logo (January 31st-December 31, 2020)


Nicknames: "The Super Structure VII", "The Sprixie Tower VII", "2020s Tower", "The CGI Searchlights III", "The CGI Tower III"

Logo: A major enhancement of the previous logo is seen. This time, the base has been updated to use the 2020 TCS logo base now. The sky was completely changed too, and three of the Sprixies on the logo are seen slightly glowing.

Trivia: This was the first time since 1981 that the logo rebranded it's name.

Variants:
 * Not a whole lot of variants. But here are some.
 * On some plasters of shows from the 50s to the 80s, the logo is seen in B&W.
 * A short version exists.
 * A color alteration version exists.
 * An extended version exists, but not on a lot of shows.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logos.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last two logos.

Availability: While short-lived, it is still common. However, it's currently unknown what show or made for TV film this debuted on. But, it has appeared on many films and shows from that year before the next logo even debuted to the public.

Editor's Note: Not a bad logo, although some people have had mixed reactions to this logo when it debuted.

11th logo (January 1st, 2021-)


Nicknames: "The Super Structure VIII", "The Sprixie Tower VIII", "2020s Tower II", "The CGI Searchlights IV", "The CGI Tower IV"

Logo: The unused Sprixie Studios 2021 logo is seen, but, like the previous Sprixie Television Studios logos, we start zoomed into the structure, and this time, we zoom out slowly. While the main Sprixie Studios logo has a byline, the byline for this one arrived in March of 2022.

Trivia: Looking at the sky, it appears to have been reused from the Sydney Century Australia logo, as it's sky was changed back to the FSA 1998 one.

Variants:
 * A cinemascope version exists at the end of made-for-TV films.
 * There is a longer version.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logos.

Music/Sounds: A shortened version of the Disney Fox Media Entertainment fanfare. Sometimes it's silent, has the show's ending theme, or a generic network theme.

Availability: Current and ultra common, but that might not last. It first appeared at the end of a television broadcast of the remastered Sprixie Battles film, and then appeared on the TV series adaptation of Sprixie Battles, and has appeared on many shows and at the end of many made for TV films since then, plastering the older logos. As with the movie logo, a new logo was announced, and it will be dropping the TCS structure concept, so this will soon no longer be in use.

Editor's Note: This is an incredible CGI logo, and the nodding really kicks in too since it was redone completely. As with the movie logo, everything changes in the next logo.

12th Logo (Late 2022,-)
Logo: TBA.