I belong to a Yahoo Group called the Closing Logo Group, a group dedicated to the preservation of old closing TV logos (Columbia, Paramount, Viacom, Universal, etc.), and the topic was brought up about TVOne and the 227/Embassy Television logo. Anyway, I posted something, that while it was slightly off topic pertaining to the group, I thought it would be relevant to this thread:
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TV shows that air on African-American networks (BET, TVOne) are
pretty good at keeping their shows and closing credits/logos
intact. Meaning that unlike N@N or TVLand, you don't see shows that
are cutting 24-26 minute episodes into 20-22 minutes for more
commerical time and miss portions of dialogue you may have liked for
whatever reason. Also, there are no split screens, credit crunches,
or voiceovers for some promo(s) that has been announced ad nauseum.
In addition, contestant and fee plugs have remained (for the most
part, intact. For instance, It's Showtime At The Apollo (which has
retained its Western Internation Syndication logo intact), has kept
its Amateur Night contestant plugs, albiet blacked out with
the "Please do not send tapes to this address" disclaimer (it is
still on the air today, however audition tapes are to be sent to
another address), and has kept its Amateur Night consolation prize
fee plugs at the close of the show.
So expect future shows that air on TVOne to be more friendly with
the preservation of not only the closing logos, but with the actual
show's original content as well. Enjoy!
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Long live TVOne!