North American's Television

NAT (abbreviated from North American's Television) is North America's broadcasting network.

1st logo (1926-1952)
Nickname: "Cartoon Butterfly", "NAT Butterfly", "Rainbow Butterfly"

Logo: A butterfly flying up, once it stops at the center, it holds a network name "North American's Television".

Variant:


 * There a word saying "This is a presentation of..." after a logo in color and black & white.
 * A word still saying "This is a presentation of..." after a logo but then the word says "This is a presentation of North American's Television now presents this program in color".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Noveltoons Music

Availability: Very rare: Films, Common: Television

Editor's Note: None.

2nd logo (1952-1976)
Nickname: "Revealing Butterfly", "NAT Butterfly 2.0", "Rainbow Butterfly 2.0"

Logo: A butterfly revealing.

Variant:


 * The animation goes really fast, but the butterfly sneezes in 1952 to 1976

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: NBC Laramie Peacock. A voice saying "This is a program of the North American's Television".

Availability: Common. But the films still keep showing until 1970.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd logo (1976-1979)
Nickname: "The Big N of Doom" "NAT N"

Logo: We have a white background, which zooms out, revealing an abstract "N" on a black background. The text "Dolphin Productions/New York" in white fades in on the bottom of the screen. The left section of the "N" fills with yellow, and the right section fills with green, becoming the NAT logo of the time. The text on the bottom of the screen fades to "NAT".

Variant:


 * A still version exists.

FX/SFX: It's nothing more than zoom effects and fading. This was done at Dolphin Productions in New York; the footage here was taken from a watermarked Dolphin demo reel, which explains the "Dolphin Productions/New York" at the bottom of the screen at one part.

Music/Sounds: A loud jazzy fanfare with congas. The still version has no music and it has a voiceover.

Availability: Extinct. This was seen as a network ID starting on January 1, 1976.

Editor's Note: Similar to NBC. While definitely very simple by today's standards, this logo holds the groundbreaking distinction of being the first completely computer animated national television network ID.

4th logo (1979-1987)
Nickname: "Drawing Atom", "NAT Atom", "Rainbow Atom"

Logo: A atom drawing. after that white light drawing and fades out away, then "NAT" zooms every colors of a rainbow until it gets the white.

FX/SFX: This was animated by Image West.

Music/Sounds: The Discovery Channel 1985 Music

Availability: Extinct. Check old off-air recordings of the period.

Editor's Note: None.

5th logo (1979-1981)
Nickname: "Sliding Atom", "NAT Atom 1.0", "Rainbow Atom 1.0"

Logo: White searchlights moving to space until the lights morphs into a slide turning purple. The 3 pink letters, N, A, and T sliding then lastly the logo but stops at the top then the white word "NAT" appears and the yellow text, "Local Supported Television Network" wipes.

Variant:


 * Version with the narrator.
 * Short versions with and without the narrator.
 * A still version with the narrator.

FX/SFX: This was animated by Image West.

Music/Sounds: TVE2 1983 Music

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

6th logo (1981-1987)
Nickname: "Trippy NAT", "NAT Atom 2.0", "Rainbow Atom 2.0"

Logo: Every trippy colors moving until it get to the NAT logo.

Variant:


 * Version with different narrators.

FX/SFX: This was animated by Image West.

Music/Sounds: TVE2 1983 ALT Music

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

7th logo (1987-1996)
Nickname: "1987 NAT", "NAT in Space", "Green NAT"

Logo: A space appears, Drawing the NAT logo then flashes white.

Variant:


 * Every idents in different animations and fanfares.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Cinar 1987 Music

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

8th logo (1996-2001)
Nickname: "NAT Ball", "Magic Ball", "Gray Sphere"

Logo: Colorful circles inside the ball then shines and the word "nat" zooms in and the website "nat.net" fades in.

Variant:


 * Every idents from every balls.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Saban 1996 Music

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

9th logo (2001-2011)
Nickname: "Blue NAT" "Letter Bars"

Logo: The white light flashes then the word "nat" zooms in and the website "nat.net" floats up.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Pearson 1996 Music (Short)

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

10th logo (2011-2017)
Nickname: "NAT Shapes", "Rainbow Shapes", "Revealing Shapes"

Logo: Colorful shapes and word "nat.net" revealing.

Variant:


 * 110 Years Variant, the number 110 is brown and the word "Years" is gray.
 * Every idents in different animations and fanfares.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Bardel Entertainment Music

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

11th logo (2017-present)
Nickname: "NAT Shapes 2.0", "Rainbow Shapes 2.0", "Revealing Shapes 2.0"

Logo: Same as before but the word "nat.net" was removed


 * Every idents in different animations and fanfares.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Same music

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.