All American Television

All American Television (later known as "All American Communications Television") was a television syndication company active from 1981 to 1998. It was founded by the Scotti brothers Anthony J. and Ben (who also started Scotti-Vinnedge Television in association with Syd Vinnedge, and later founded Scotti Bros. Pictures) and Joseph E. Kovacs. All American Television merged with Scotti Bros. Entertainment Industries and formed "All American Communications, Inc." in early 1991. The company was known for producing and distributing television shows such as Baywatch, America's Top 10 hosted by Casey Kasem, and the Mark Goodson Productions library of game shows, including Family Feud  and The Price Is Right .

In 1997, AATV was sold to a British-based company Pearson plc. and reincorporated as Pearson Television; however, it continued to operate as Pearson's American division until mid-1998, when it rebranded to reflect Pearson's ownership of the company. Currently, all of AATV's library is owned by Fremantle.

1st Logo (May 9-December 26, 1982)

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Visuals: A thin rectangular border is seen in the center of the screen containing the text "ALL AMERICAN" in Whitin Black on top, and "TELEVISION" below spaced out in Arial, flanked by 2 stars on each side of the logo. The entire logo is colored with diagonal red/white/blue stripes and is surrounded by a thick white rectangle border.

Variant: This logo would sometimes appear as in-credit, where the logo is slightly more spread apart.

Technique: A still image.

Audio: The end-title theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on season 3 of America's Top 10 and later 1982 episodes of Portrait of a Legend, replacing the Gold Key Media logo.

2nd Logo (January 2, 1983-September 22, 1991)

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Visuals: On a cloudy sky background, a blue star slides in from the left, and a blue segmented hexagon shape with 3-lined metallic red wings flanked on each side slides in from the right, merging together in the center as the star quickly becomes segmented to make room for the hexagon shape. Below, 2 sparks draw in metallic red lines, with "ALL AMERICAN" in-between them in a blue Garamond Nova font, and after the sparks disappear, the word "TELEVISION" drops down with another red underline, spaced to fit the width of "ALL AMERICAN".

Variants:

• A still, in-credit variant exists, which is seen on America's Top 10 episodes as early as 1983. The logo is colored in solid chunks, with a red star shape (sometimes pink), "ALL AMERICAN" in white, and "TELEVISION" in blue. The bottom underline is also not present.
• On later America's Top 10 episodes, the logo appears via a "closing doors" transition.
• A still version exists.
• A filmed variant exists.

Technique: Computer effects.

Audio: The ending title theme of the show or any music sample from America's Top 10. Some episodes of Stuntmasters have music, with one episode having a rock guitar tune and another having a news-like synth tune.

Availability:

• Seen on America's Top 10, season one of The Howard Stern Channel 9 Show, and early Baywatch episodes.
• It was also seen on the 1990 syndicated TV special Disorder In The Court: A 60th Anniversary Tribute To The Three Stooges, and edited reruns of the ABC sketch comedy show Fridays, which were last seen on USA Network and local syndication in the mid-late '80s.
• It was also seen on the Stuntmasters, which has streamed on Tubi TV, and TNT MonsterVision airings of Howling III: The Marsupials and Ghoulies II.

3rd Logo (September 23, 1991-September 17, 1995)

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Visuals:

• 1991-1995: In the lower left corner of the screen, a silver futuristic "A" is seen with an diagonal ring over it and 5 additional lines to the left of it, resembling a trail. Around the logo is the text "An All American Television" in a silver gradient Optima font. A star orbits along the ring, and then "Production" flashes in below the aforementioned text, and the entire logo shines from left to right with a white slanted line.
• 1992-1995: The name is changed to "All American Communications", with "Television" appearing in place of "Production". Above the text is "Produced By" or "Distributed By", the logo doesn't shine at the end, and the text is either a different silver color, bronze, or gold.

Variants:

• A short version has the logo start with the flashing of the text, or just shines.
• On America's Top 10, the logo appears in-credit with the copyright year stamp below. On the final season, it appears in-credit for a few seconds, then the background from any music video later fades to a black background.
• Sometimes, nothing is above the logo.
• On The Kennedy Assassinations, the background is a black/blue gradient.
• An opening version has "Presents" replace "Television".
• On season 2 of The Howard Stern Channel 9 Show, a larger version of the logo is seen. No company name is seen.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: There are three music variations:

• 1991-1995: A spaceship sound and an orchestral synth-string note.
• 1992-1995: A synth tune with a brief humming sound at the beginning, a piano playing throughout, and a brief synth-piano note. A longer version of it also exists.
• 1993-1995: A quiet five-note synth tune.
• For the "Presents" variant, a ping accompanied by a soft synth tune when "presents" appears, followed by a 7-note walking bass tune.
• There is also a silent variation.
• Some shows would have the end-title theme over it.

Availability:

• Seen on the original U.S. airings of 1991-1995 episodes of Baywatch.
• This logo was also seen on the first season of Acapulco H.E.A.T.
• The distributor version was also seen on the 1994 version of Family Feud hosted by Richard Dawson. All American bought most of LBS' rights when the logo debuted. It is also retained on Hallmark Movies Now's print of Can You Feel Me Dancing? (1986).
• However, you will not be able to find this on reruns of Baywatch (except the Universal HD Brazil airings), as all new prints have it replaced with either the 2001 FremantleMedia or 2018 Fremantle logos.
• This logo was also seen on the final two seasons of America's Top 10.
• The "Presents" variant was seen on Madonna: Exposed (and might also be intact on the U.S. VHS release), syndicated prints of some '90s TV movies and also on a USA Network print of Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
• The version with the blue background was seen on the 1992 special The Kennedy Assassinations.
• It was also seen on early 1995 episodes of The Richard Bey Show, when the show went into national syndication.

4th Logo (September 11, 1995-June 12, 1998)

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Visuals: On a blue background with a dark blue "A" zooming towards the screen like a tunnel, the "A" from before fades in and zooms out, now colored blue and missing its trails as a light orbits the "A", creating its ring. As the ring is formed, the "A" stops zooming and gains its trail as "ALL AMERICAN TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS", in a squashed silver Arial font and shifted one space to the right per line, fades in below. The light continues to orbit the logo.

Variants: There are three variations of this logo:

• 1995-1998: An alternate variation that doesn't have the word "PRODUCTIONS" below and the positions shifted accordingly.
• 1996-1998: The byline "A Subsidiary of All American Communications" was added under the company's name.
• 1997-1998: Another alternate variant that uses the All American-Fremantle International logo as a inspiration. The "PRODUCTIONS"-less version is used, but is blacked out with "ALL AMERICAN" in Copperplate Gothic on it, and a Pearson Television byline below in Arial.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A nine-note synth tune, with the ninth note longer and being orchestral. A whoosh can also be heard.

Audio Variants:

• On The Price Is Right from 1996-1998, the 1991 theme is played.
• On "Weird" Al Yankovic: There's No Going Home, the sound of applause is heard.

Availability:

• Seen on The Adventures of Sinbad, Baywatch episodes (U.S. prints) starting from season 6, as well as The Price Is Right episodes from 1996-fall 1998.
• This logo was also seen on 3-2-1 Contact and 1995-96 episodes of The Richard Bey Show.
• It was also seen at the end of the 1996 Disney Channel concert special "Weird" Al Yankovic: There's No Going Home (Al was associated with Scotti Bros. Records, which was owned and run by All-American).
• The 1997 variant was seen on some Baywatch episodes of the time and a sizzle reel for the 1998 version of Match Game (the actual show itself would use the 1997 Pearson Television logo).
• This logo can also be found on both DVD releases of The Adventures of Sinbad in Canada.
• It also used to be seen on syndicated prints of Live/Artisan Entertainment titles, and was also seen on a Charge! airing of Pentathlon (1994), This TV airings of Kickboxer III: The Art of War (1992) and Kickboxer IV: The Aggressor (1994), an old AMC airing of The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, and a 2005 Sci-Fi (now Syfy) airing of Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, among others.
• This logo is also preserved intact on the DVD release of The Seven Little Foys.
• The 1996 variant of this logo is also seen at the end of an Amazon streaming print of Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998), following the 1991 Tower 12 Productions logo.

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