RKO/Nederlander Productions

Background

RKO/Nederlander Productions was a joint venture of RKO Pictures with the Nederlander theatre group to distribute tapings of live concert and stage productions for telecast and home video.

(1982-1983)

Nickname: "Cheesy Thunderbolt", "White Thunderbolt"

Logo: On a plain black BG, we see the RKO Pictures logo from the '80s in white, but with "NEDERLANDER" replacing "PICTURES". "PRESENT" sometimes appears below.

Variant: On Madame in Manhattan, the positions of the words "RKO" and "NEDERLANDER" are swapped, making it "NEDERLANDER V RKO".

FX/SFX: Just the logo fading in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. It was last seen on the TV broadcast of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from 1982. The Nederlander/RKO version is present of the aforementioned special.

Editor's Note: None.