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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Brad+Grey+Television&amp;version=90&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FBrad%2BGrey%2BTelevision&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions and editions by</font> <font color="#000000">Mr.Logo, Logophile, and CuriousGeorge60<br/></font></i><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> <font color="#000000">Mr.Logo, EnormousRat and Logophile</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of </font><font color="#000000">LogicSmash, JHollowayNetwork, TVLogoFan2, dejuannewsome and Matthew Mayfield</font></i><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: Brad Grey Television (formerly known as "Brillstein-Grey Entertainment", "Brillstein-Grey Communications" and "Brillstein-Grey Productions", first known as Bernie Brillstein Productions) is a talent management film and television production company formed in 1986, founded by <font color="#333333">Brad Grey and</font> <font color="#333333">Bernie Brillstein.</font> It was based on the roots of The Brillstein Company. By the end of 90's, the television unit was renamed Brad Grey Television. Brad Grey died on May 14, 2017.<br/><br/><br/><b>Bernie Brillstein Productions<br/><br/></b>(1986?-1990?)<br/>[[File:IAG0htbfOQb56DHtJRU-w533829.jpeg|264px|Henson Associates/ Bernie Brilstein Television]]<br/><u>Logo</u>: No real logo; just part of an in-credit notice with "BERNIE BRILLSTEIN PRODUCTIONS, INC." with "All Rights Reserved" and other company info above.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: None, unless one counts the activity that goes on in the credits, if any.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The closing theme to the program.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. Only seen on the pilot for<i> Puppetman</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><b>__________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/></b><b>Brillstein-Grey Entertainment</b><br/><br/>1st Logo<br/>(1990-1992)<br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:3UzQ-0feIQysUIUpjnAj4A1528426.jpeg|209px|Brillstein-Grey Productions]][[File:7FsGWxkATagDKF9T2RDxcA927915.jpeg|216px|Brillstein/Grey Productions]][[File:EVtl8Lo4CHxT8mLuv51Y6Q836078.jpeg|200px|Brillstein/Grey Productions (Jackie Bison version)]][[File:El vbn3QInI243oDz EOAg13260.jpeg|205px|Brillstein-Grey Productions (1990)]][[File:6byF3eUTfX w5OKmY73ddw1475958.jpeg|207px|Brillstein-Grey Productions (1990)]]<br/>[[File:4cbc3fb266a0803fc0631a83c89c21eb.png|211px|Brillstein Grey Productions (1990 - Normal Life)]][[File:E7810c0d198dd17f67ef4e9f7ff2d103.png|187px|Brillstein Grey Productions (1991 - IAW)]]<br/><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="165" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/0604977b07436356821bf93d87b61efc802c19e0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="200" wmode="transparent"/></font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u>: Against a blue background, we see the letters "BGP" (in green with pink outlining) zooming out and panning over against the large blue diamond with a green border outline. While the letters pan over, the gray and pink gradient curved rectangular shape with "<font face="Times">BRILLSTEIN-GREY</font>" in spaced-out letters and in curved yellow-orange text, appears zooming out from above and the light pink and gray gradient rectangular shape with "PRODUCTIONS" (in black) again in spaced-out letters, zooming out from below and making a stop in front of "BGP" forming the logo.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>: <br/></font><ul><li><font size="3">On <i>Dennis Miller: Black &amp; White</i>, the logo is in B&amp;W, keeping consistent with the black and white coloring of the program.</font></li><li><font size="3">On some programs, there is copyright info underneath. <i>Penn &amp; Teller: Don't Try This at Home! </i>has "©1990 Brillstein/Grey Productions" while <i>The Jackie Bison Show </i>has "©1990 The JB Venture", <i>Normal Life </i>has "(C) 1990 All Rights Reserved"<i> </i>and <i>Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed </i>just has a simple "©1990". All of these copyright notices appear below in white Arial font with shadow effects except for the Richard Lewis special.</font></li><li><font size="3">On the short-lived Fox sitcom <i>Charlie Hoover</i>, the logo is shortened and has the words "in association with" beneath.<br/></font></li></ul><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The logo panning over.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A short piano entry ending in a sudden horn note. On <i>Garry Shandling: Stand-Up</i>, the logo is silent. The closing theme to the program was also used.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Rare. Appears on the HBO special episode <i>Dennis Miller: Black &amp; White</i>,<i> Penn &amp; Teller: Don't Try This at Home!</i>, which can be found on VHS in the UK from [[Fremantle International (UK)|Fremantle International]],<i> Garry Shandling: Stand-Up </i>on VHS from [[PolyGram Video (UK)|PolyGram Video]], <i>The Dennis Miller Show</i>,<i> The Jack Bison Show </i>and <i>Normal Life</i>, all three long gone outside of old VHS recordings long gone outside of old recordings, and <i>Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed </i>on VHS. Possibly appeared on the sitcom<i> Good Sports.</i><br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(May 17, 1992-Early 1995)<br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3"> [[File:8VQo9g3P1mX9nKOOb-AXQQ14763.jpeg|263px|Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (1994)]]<embed allowfullscreen="true" height="192" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/c6794ec9b7354f06e46a5509c3bec0fc4cc43789" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="234" wmode="transparent"/></font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u>: Against a white background, the letters "<font color="#ff0000">BGE</font>" fade in and split making three slashes "/" appear zooming in between each letter. At the same time, the words, "BRILLSTEIN-GREY ENTERTAINMENT" set in Futura Condensed Medium font, appears underneath. The copyright stamp appears underneath the logo.<br/><br/><u>Variant</u>: On <i>The Larry Sanders Show</i>, the copyright stamp for Partners with Boundaries Productions appears underneath.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The letters splitting.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None, or the ending theme of the show.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Appears on the first three seasons of <i>The Larry Sanders Show</i>. Also seen on <i>Dennis Miller</i> special episodes made in 1994, <i>Life on Mars</i> and <i>The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/>3rd Logo<br/>(March 21, 1995-November 9, 1999)</font><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div align="center"> <font size="3">[[File:87Hv6VCC2e2br523rMx3lA159227.png|205px|Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (1999)]][[File:HXKW6g76oCSm2U4S2Xl9tg220450.png|207px|Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (1998, Copyright Notice)]][[File:QDNsrPpEy-HIOSnwWwHUhw256199.png|215px|Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (1998)]][[File:UyccHXWMmD6uEqPVm0PJQA204505.png|205px|Brillstein-Grey Communications (1996)]][[File:SomOMPjdFLYb7oyQwPMwUg227473.png|207px|Brillstein-Grey Communications (1996, Variant)]][[File:GmbXTF9-Txbg46tNe8jYqg162273.png|205px|Brillstein-Grey Entertainment/Universal Studios (1999)]]</font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a sea blue cloudy background, we see a stylized "BGE", made out of stone with the words "<b>BRILLSTEIN-GREY ENTERTAINMENT</b>" with it's glow behind it, under the logo. The logo is shining, (also tinted in cyan).<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font><ul> <li><font size="3">  On <i>The Larry Sanders Show</i>, the copyright notice for <i>Partners with Boundaries Productions</i> is shown under the logo.  </font></li><li><font size="3">  There is a variant of the logo where the letters read "BGC" and the company reads "<b>BRILLSTEIN-GREY COMMUNICATIONS</b>" under the logo.  </font></li><li><font size="3">  On a least one episode of <i>Just Shoot Me!</i>, the cloudy background on the "BGC" version is gray.   </font></li><li><font size="3">  On early S4 episodes of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i> and <i>Just Shoot Me!</i>, the "BGE" version of the logo is seen on the left along with the 1997 Universal Television logo inside a white outline box against a gray stone spotlight background.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The cloudy moving background, and the logo shining.   <br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The end theme of a show, generic music or promos playing over on original NBC airings, or none.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Common. The "BGE" version was seen on the last three seasons of <i>The Larry Sanders Show</i>, S3 and early S4 (with Universal logo) episodes of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i> and <i>Just Shoot Me!</i> and the final season of <i>NewsRadio</i>. The "BGC" version appears on the first two seasons of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i> on Centric, <i>Just Shoot Me!</i> that last aired on TVGN, the first four seasons of <i>NewsRadio</i> on Antenna TV and <i>The Jeff Foxworthy Show</i> on TBS. However, DVD releases of said shows have the logo intact.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><b>__________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/></b><font color="#000000"><b>Brad Grey Television</b></font><br/><br/>1st Logo<font color="#000000"><br/>(January 10, 1999-May 19, 2000)</font><br/></font><div align="center"> <font size="3"><font color="#000000">[[File:RC8QYfTOVYh1fME7UJzyAA49589.png|243px|Brad Grey Television (1999)]][[File:A2veIQyMno8OdDHV2jggXg127152.png|249px|Brad Grey Television/Universal Studios (2000)]]</font><br/><font color="#000000"><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="202" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/ddc3ae7d6f55a3982f6ecfcb7edc1a5685ddd73c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="244" wmode="transparent"/></font><font color="#000000"><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="202" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/8df96c368c193e83793f2600f96ffcfd5120a7fa" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="246" wmode="transparent"/></font></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><u><br/>Nicknames</u>: "The B Coin" "The Blue B Coin"</font><br/><br/><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><u>Logo</u>: On a white background, we see a white coin with a "<b>b</b>" in it <font color="#333333">spinning</font> around (like a coin does), while beside it with the words "BRAD GREY TELEVISION" and a byline "<i>a <b>b</b>asic entertainment company</i>" with a line between it. When the "<b>b</b>" coin stops spinning, it turns <font color="#3c98fa">blue</font>.</font><br/><br/><u>Variant</u>: On S4 episodes of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i> and <i>Just Shoot Me!</i>, the logo is seen on the top along with the 1997 Universal Studios logo on the bottom.<br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The coin spinning and turning blue when stopped.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None, promos playing over on NBC, or the end theme of a show.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on the first season of <i>The Sopranos</i> on DVD. The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on S4 episodes of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i>, and <i>Just Shoot Me!</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font>2nd Logo<br/>(January 16, 2000-May 20, 2001)<br/><br/></font>[[File:CLzbPRl3V9tIAAzgfif91Q141838.png|278px|Brad Grey Television-Universal Studios (2001)]]<font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: Against the blue background, <font color="#000000">we see the words fading in:</font> <br/><br/></font><div align="center"> <font color="#3d6ad4" size="3">BRAD GREY</font></div> <div align="center"> <font size="3"><font color="#3d6ad4">T E L E V I S I O N</font><font color="#000000"><br/><br/></font> </font><div align="left"> <font color="#000000" size="3">set in ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book font with an emboss effect.</font></div></div><font size="3"> </font><div align="left"> <font size="3"><br/><u>Variant</u>: On <font color="#000000">S5 episodes of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i> and <i>Just Shoot Me!</i>, like before, the logo is seen on the top along with the 1997 Universal Studios logo on the bottom.</font></font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The words fading in.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: <font color="#000000">None, promos playing over on NBC, or the end theme of a show.</font><br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on the second season of <font color="#000000"><i>The Sopranos</i> on DVD.</font> The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on S5 episodes of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i> and <i>Just Shoot Me!</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/><br/>3rd Logo<br/>(March 4, 2001-January 17, 2020)<br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3"> [[File:IZF7tIZPnbK 1AU2c4248A10503.jpeg|305px|Brad Grey Television (2001)]][[File:NCZyNFxmbE2Ozz9XMx4cdA100646.png|221px|Brad Grey Television (2001, White-Blue)]][[File:JhJMl0fd9nLWFCvN7qJdPg147615.png|225px|Brad Grey Television-Universal Studios (2003)]]</font></div> <div align="center"></div><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><u><br/>Logo</u>: On a black background we see the words fading in:</font> <br/></font><div align="center"> <font color="#000000" size="3">BRAD GREY</font></div> <div align="center"> <font color="#000000" size="3">T E L E V I S I O N</font></div><font size="3"> </font><div align="center"></div><font size="3"><font color="#000000">in white in the same font as before. Two white lines appears to the left and right to form a one big fat line.</font> <br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:<br/></font><ul> <li> <font size="3"><font color="#000000">There is one version of the logo where the text is blue and the background is white.</font> </font></li><li><font size="3">  On later <font color="#000000">S5 and final season episodes of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i> and <i>Just Shoot Me!</i>, the white background variant </font><font color="#000000">is seen on the top along with with the 1997 Universal Studios logo on the bottom.</font> </font></li></ul><font size="3"><br/><font color="#000000"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The words fading in, lines moving and forming. Simple animation.</font><br/><br/><font color="#000000"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: </font><font color="#000000">None, promos playing over on NBC, or the end theme of a show.</font><br/><br/><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><u>Availability</u>: Common. Seen on pre-2020 episodes of<i> Real Time with Bill Maher</i><i> </i>on HBO, as well as <i>The Sopranos</i>. Starting with the Season 18 premiere of <i>Real Time with Bill Maher</i>, this logo is no longer in use. The version with the white background can be seen on the final season of <i>Politically Incorrect</i>.</font></font> <font color="#000000">The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on later S5 and final season episodes of <i>The Steve Harvey Show</i> and <i>Just Shoot Me!</i>.</font><br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div><br/></div>