- 2.2 Productions
- 2121 Productions
- 3 Ball Productions
- 310 Entertainment
- 343 Incorporated
- Access Syndication
- Action Adventure Network
- Adam Productions
- After Portsmouth
- Aggregate Films
- Andrew Adelson Company
- Andrew Daly Productions
- Apploff Entertainment
- Arnold Shapiro Productions
- The Arthur Company
- Artists Television Group
- Asylum Entertainment
- Asymmetrical Productions
- Atlantic Television Inc.
- Baer Bones
- Balenciaga Productions
- Banyan Productions
- Bass Entertainment
- Big Phone Productions
- Bixby-Brandon Productions
- The Blue Marble Company
- Bob & Alice Productions
- Bob Banner Associates
- Bon Mot Productions
- Brad Lachman Productions
- Bright-San Productions
- Brillstein Entertainment Partners
- Broadway Video
- Bruce Cohn Productions
- Buccieri Entertainment
- Bulldog Productions
- Bullfrog Productions
- Burns & Burns
- Burt Sugarman Inc.
- Carolco Television Productions
- The Carsey-Werner Company
- Carson Entertainment
- Castle Combe Productions
- The Cates Brothers Company
- Centropolis Television
- Chanticleer Films
- Chelsea Handler Productions
- Chernin Entertainment
- Chip Taylor Communications
- The Colleton Company
- Consolidated Productions
- Coquette Productions
- Craig Anderson Productions
- Craftsman Films
- The Cramer Company
- Crossover Programming Company
- Daddy's Girl Productions
- Dakota Pictures
- Dan Curtis Productions
- Danny Kallis Productions
- Dauphine Productions
- Dave Bell Associates
- The Detective Agency
- DJ Productions
- Doc Shop Productions
- Don Fedderson Productions
- Don Meier Productions
- Dorado Productions
- Drug Store Television Productions
- Dualstar Entertainment
- Edelman Productions
- Eilenna Productions
- Elsboy Entertainment
- Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises
- Entertainment Studios
- Eyeboogie, Inc.
- Fair Dinkum Productions
- Field Communications
- Fierce Baby Productions
- Film 44
- Finishing the Hat Productions
- Fisher Communications
- Flat Earth Productions Inc.
- Fly on the Wall Entertainment
- Flying Glass of Milk Productions
- Gallant Entertainment
- Gangbuster Films
- Garen/Albrecht Productions
- Gary Murphy-Larry Strawther Productions
- Geffen Television
- Gekko Film Corp
- Georgia Entertainment Industries
- GEP Productions
- Goddard Textiles
- Gold Coast Television Entertainment
- Grammnet Productions
- Gravy Boat (Some countries)
- Green Couch Entertainment
- Greystone Communications
- Guarascio/Port Productions
- Happy Jack Productions
- Harmony Gold
- Headhunter Films, Inc.
- Heliosphere Productions
- Henerson/Hirsch Productions
- Heyday Production
- Homer Productions, Inc.
- Hurricane Entertainment Corp
- The Hurwitz Company
- Idbox
- IMG Original Content
- In Motion
- Interbang Inc.
- International Mammoth Television
- Jack Russell Film Productions
- Jay Wolpert Enterprises
- Jellyvision Productions
- Jerry Leider Company
- Jim Owens Entertainment, Inc.
- Jobsite Productions
- Joe Hamilton Productions
- Jones Programming Services
- Journal Broadcast Group
- The Jozak Company
- JPD Entertainment
- Jump at the Sun Productions
- Juniper Releasing
- Jupiter Entertainment
- Just Singer Entertainment
- Karz Entertainment
- The Kaufman Company
- Kaufman Films
- KDTN
- Kevin Slattery Productions
- Keyser/Lippman Productions
- Kin TV Studios
- Kripke Enterprises
- Landmark Entertainment Group
- Lark International
- Larry Levinson Productions
- Laurel Canyon Productions
- Laurelwood Entertainment
- Lawton Entertainment
- Lean Machine
- The Lee Rich Company
- Legendary Television
- Lin Bolen Productions
- Lloyd-Levitan
- LMNO Productions
- Loch Lomond Entertainment, Ltd.
- Lucille Ball Productions
- Luther Davis Productions
- Madwoman In The Attic
- Major League Baseball Productions
- Mantis Productions
- Marian Rees Associates
- Martin Mooney Productions
- Martindale-Hillier Entertainment
- Mastermind Laboratories
- MBR Productions (Some countries)
- McMonkey Productions
- Medallion TV Enterprises
- Meetinghouse Productions, Inc.
- Mega Diva Inc.
- Mess Media
- Messina Baker Entertainment Corporation
- Michael Krauss Productions
- Mighty Oak Entertainment
- Million Monkeys, Inc.
- Monkey Massacre
- Moonlight Productions
- Nash Entertainment
- Nasser Entertainment
- National Geographic Television
- N'Credible Entertainment
- Nemo Films
- NFL Network
- New Century Telecommunications
- New Wave Entertainment
- New West Entertainment
- Nuyorican Productions
- O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
- Okay Goodnight!
- Olive Bridge Entertainment
- O'Quinn Productions
- Orenthal Productions
- Our Production Company
- Outpost Farm Productions
- The Over The Hill Gang
- P3 Entertainment
- Pacific Bay Entertainment
- Pacific Motion Pictures
- Panamort Television
- Paper Kite Productions
- Paperboy Productions
- Partner Stations Network
- Paul Brownstein Productions
- Pendragon
- Perez-Minton Productions
- Piller/Segan/Shepherd
- Picador Productions
- Pie Town Productions
- Pilot Productions
- PKO Television
- Planet Grande Pictures
- Playboy Productions
- PMT, Ltd.
- Polka Dot Pictures
- PPI Releasing
- Production Partners Inc.
- Profile Productions
- Promark Television
- Puny
- QMI Television
- QRZ Media
- Radio City Music Hall Television Productions
- Ralph C. Ellis Enterprises
- Range Rider Production
- Red Board Productions
- Reid/Land Productions
- RickMill Productions
- R-Lab
- Rodan Productions
- Romart
- Room 403 Productions
- Sande Stewart Television
- The Sanitsky Company
- Sather Gate Productions
- Satin Productions
- The Saul Group
- S.B.B. Productions
- Science Originals
- Scout Productions
- The Second City Television Productions (Some countries)
- Secret Hideout
- Select Media Communications
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Television
- Shore Z Productions
- Sirius Thinking Ltd.
- Siroco Enterprises
- Skydance Television
- Slam Dunk Productions
- Spanish Trail Productions
- Spartan Productions
- Spectacor Films
- Spin The Bottle Inc.
- Spinnaker Films, Inc.
- Spud TV
- Stage Five Productions
- Staley/Long Productions
- Storyline Entertainment
- Sugar Brothers Entertainment
- Tadpole Kids
- TalkStory Productions
- Telco Productions
- Television Artists and Producers Corporation
- Teleworld, Inc.
- Temple TV Productions
- Tenth Planet Productions
- The Thomas Carter Company
- TIL' Productions, Inc.
- Topstone Productions
- The Tornante Company
- Triage Entertainment
- Trillium Productions
- Tropper Schickler Productions
- True Jack Productions
- Unreality, Inc.
- Verbatim Productions
- Vision Maker Media
- Visualize
- Vitello Productions
- Wallach Media
- Wes Craven Films
- Western International Syndication
- WFAA
- When Pigs Fly Incorporated
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- WW Entertainment
- WWE Originals
- You & I Productions
- Zaloom/Mayfield Productions
- Zero Gravity Management
Procter & Gamble Productions
DavidR Jackson and AsdfTheRevival
Captures by
Thatvhstapeguy
Editions by
AsdfTheRevival, Shadeed A. Kelly, Michael Bass, Bob Fish, and Edc4
Video captures courtesy of
JohnnyL80 and VectraQS and ENunn and Chance's Logo Archive
Background
Procter & Gamble, a consumer products company, entered TV production in 1951 when the soap opera Search for Tomorrow premiered on CBS. As Procter & Gamble is known for their cleaning products, this is where the term "soap opera" came from. They didn't use a logo until 1986.
1st Logo (Early 1986-August 3, 2007)
Nicknames: "PGP Neon Letter/Sign", "PGP", "Flashing PGP", "Blue PGP", "PGP Cheesy Flash"
Logo: Against a black background, a group of rays in varying shades of blue rise up from bottom of the screen. The rays form a monolith with a bright, shiny back face, which pans backward (and slightly downward), rotates to face forward, then stops. As it rotates towards the screen, the rays are outlined to make "PGP" in a lined font, which pull into the back of the monolith. The letters shine in a "flash" (similar to the 1978 WGBH logo) and solidify in their color. After that, the words "PROCTER & GAMBLE PRODUCTIONS, INC." (in a white Avant Garde font) appear below "PGP", and are sandwiched by two blue lines which are formed left-to-right and right-to-left, respectively. This is PGP's first of two proper logos since PGP had no logo per sé until this one debuted.
Date Trivia: This logo made its first end credit appearances on the following Procter & Gamble shows on the following dates in 1986:
- Another World: late January or early February (on or before February 14)
- Search for Tomorrow: March or April
- As the World Turns: April 21
- Guiding Light: October 13
Variants:
- There are 2 short versions: one that has the "PGP" drawing then flashing, or one that just has the logo cut to the flash. Both play the same ending.
- Some versions exist with "in association with" below. This was seen on the 1991 TV movie A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story.
- On at least one December 1986 episode of Search for Tomorrow, the logo simply fades in without the flash effects.
- On Christmas on Division Street, this logo is still.
- On A Message from Holly, the logo is still, and is more grey-ish then blue.
FX/SFX: The blue rays and "blooming of light" effect. According to a comment on this upload, the logo was shot on 35 mm film using a 16-axis automated camera stand, programmed using BASIC commands.
Music/Sounds: A light, jaunty synth tune consisting of 2 descending bars of 6 notes, then a last bar of 8 notes, then a 4 note sounder as the last bass chord fades away (i.e. just after the rays in the PGP pull back). However, on September 20, 1999, CBS replaced the electronic music with generic network promo music. Sometimes, especially on Guiding Light episodes until 2002, CBS showed the PGP logo twice: with the normal music first, and then with the generic music the second time.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- The most common version just shows the flash and everything after, with the 4-note sounder as the music, which has a note sequence of A-F#-D-G.
- On one CTV airing of Another World, the music gets cut off halfway on the last note.
- Some variants of the logo end with the end credits music.
Availability: Found on episodes of Procter & Gamble soaps from early 1986 to August 3, 2007 like As the World Turns, Guiding Light, Another World, and Search for Tomorrow. This was also seen on other programs co-produced by P&G, such as made-for-TV movies. The long version is an uncommon find, and was mostly used on the soaps' long credit rolls every Friday.
Editor's Note: While this logo isn't the most impressive logo ever today, it is a prime example of a high-quality 1980s professional logo and is a favorite of many soap opera fans.
2nd Logo (August 6, 2007-June 30, 2008, April 16, 2010, January 5, 2011-2013)
Nicknames: "PGP Globe", "PGP Ball", "The Spinning Ball", "Ball of Boredom", "Ball of Annoyance"
Logo: On a white background, a large, blue globe-like ball zooms onto the screen, diving into the bottom right, leaving a blue trail as it does so. The ball, now smaller, comes in from the right side of the screen to form the letters "PGP" (the "PG" is connected) in blue and aquamarine on its right, and the following text in the same colors below it:
PRODUCTIONS,INC.
Variant: At the end of the 2011 People's Choice Awards, only the second half of the logo (with the text appearing next to the ball) is shown.
FX/SFX: The spinning ball, and the blue trail.
Music/Sounds: A light orchestral horn tune with a rising synth sounder, but rarely used because of CBS' tendency to play generic network music over the logo. The version with the logo theme appeared on episodes of As the World Turns and Guiding Light on CBS.com.
Availability: Uncommon. It was used from August 6, 2007 until June 30, 2008 on the soaps As the World Turns and Guiding Light. The logo surprisingly appeared in April 2010 on the NBC TV movie Secrets of the Mountain, two years after ATWT and GL discontinued the logo (PGP continues to produce TV movies to this day), and was also spotted on the 2011 People's Choice Awards.
Editor's Note: Much blander and corporate than the previous logo. It may annoy people who liked the previous logo, although it tends to be far less hated than the final Program Exchange logo.
Final Note: A spin-off company of Procter & Gamble Productions known as "TeleNext Media" was created in 2008 to produce the final episodes of ATWT and GL (GL ended in September 2009, while ATWT followed in September 2010). In 2013, the company was renamed "Procter & Gamble Entertainment".