United Artists Television
By Jason Jones
1st Logo
(1956-1962)
Logo: A superimposed logo, featuring a UA stacked
diagonally with the company name across. The logo is bordered
inside a transparent TV Tube-like field.
SFX: None, it's a superimposed logo
Music: Usually seen over part of a TV show's theme music.
Availability: Near Extinction, not seen much on
syndication.
Scare Factor: Low
2nd Logo
(1962-1967)
Nickname: "UA Stack"
Logo: It starts with the company name outlined. There are
two odd looking shapes in black on the left and right of the
logo, which pan towards each other and go to opposite sides of
the name, which changes to black. The two shapes pan towards each
other once more, making a stop this time to stick them together.
The shapes appear as a vertical UA.
In Color: The color version was yellow lettering/UA logo on a blue BG; was on with full animation on My Mother The Car.
A still version (with "Distributed By" on top of the UA Stack) is on early episodes of The Rat Patrol.
SFX: The panning of the UA.
Music: The outro of a TV show's end theme music.
Availability: Last seen on TV's "The Patty Duke
Show" and "The Outer Limits" on cable TV.
Scare Factor: Low
3rd Logo
(1962-1967)
Logo: This is an alternate TV logo
for some of United Artists' co-productions. It is a simplified UA
ident; both letters are the same shape, going upside down.
SFX: None, it's a in-credit logo
Music: Outro of a TV show's end theme.
Availability: Can be found on episodes of "Gilligan's
Island" and "The Fugitive".
Scare Factor: Low
4th Logo
(1967-1968)
Logo: We see the words "United
Artists Television" appearing inside a circular field. The
words "A Transamerica Company" is seen in small letters
underneath. The U and the A are somewhat taller than the rest of
the company name, and they overlap each other.
SFX: None, it's a still logo
Music: Outro of a TV show's end theme.
Availability: Near extinction. Still on later second and
most third season Rat Patrol episodes;a plastered version with
music once existed on syndicated Gilligan's Island episodes
replacing the in-credit Gladasya-UATV/CBS cards
Scare Factor: Low
5th Logo
(1968-1975)
Nickname: "The Transamerica
T"
Logo: It starts with two sets of blue lines going into
place, altogether. One set turns to the left, the other turns to
the right. There are six lines altogether, revealing the logo of
Transamerica Corporation, United Artists' former owner. The logo
zooms out to the side to make room for the company name.
Byline: The name was referred to as
"United Artists Television, Entertainment from Transamerica
Corporation" during this time.
Cheesy Factor/SFX: The stacking of the lines.
Music: The outro of a TV show's end theme.
Availability: Extremely Rare. Last seen on
"Gilligan's Island", currently on TBS.
Scare Factor: Same as movie version.
6th Logo
(1975-1982)
Nickname: "The Transamerica
T"
Logo: This one is similar to it's previous logo. The
remodified name fades in, and the "Transamerica T"
fades in along with the shortened phrase "A Transamerica
Company".
SFX: The fade-in
Music: None.
Availability: This is extremely rare and was last seen on
syndicated broadcasts of big name motion pictures back in the
early 1980s. This was plastered on 2nd generation Gilligan's
Island syndication prints;in later years (mainly 1975-82) a still
of the standard movie logo was used.
Scare Factor: Again, same as movie version