TriStar Television

Background : TriStar Television (formerly Tri-Star Television) is the television division of TriStar Pictures.

1st Logo (September 27, 1986-March 1988?)
Nicknames : “The Pegasus”, “‘80s Pegasus”

Logo : It’s the final product of the 1984 movie logo, except “TELEVISION” replaces “PICTURES”.

FX/SFX : The second half of the 1984 theatrical logo.

Music/Sounds : The last notes of the 1984 theme.

Availability : Scarce. Seen on shows during the era.

Editor’s Note : None.

2nd Logo (November 9, 1991-March 2, 1993)
Nicknames : “The Pegasus II”, “‘90s Pegasus”, “CGI Pegasus”

Logo : On a space background, we see the 1990 TriStar Pictures print logo, but with “TELEVISION” underneath.

FX/SFX : TBA

Music/Sounds : None or the ending theme. One show’s pilot has the previous logo’s music.

Availability : Scarce. Seen on shows during the era.

Editor’s Note : A nice CGI logo.

3rd Logo (September 19, 1992-June 23, 1999)
Nicknames : “The Pegasus III”, “‘90s Pegasus II”

Logo : We see an improved Pegasus on a cloud background (similar to the current Columbia Pictures logo, but the middle part is a bit shorter). We see “TRISTAR” and “TRISTAR TELEVISION” above and below the logo, respectively. The Pegasus looks like it was pasted on top of the Columbia Pictures logo, because the paintings used a very similar background, as the backgrounds are the same. The TriStar logo used on films used a different, darker background.

Byline : Referred to as “a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company”.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : From 1992-1993 and 1994-1995, the music from the 1st logo was used. From 1993-1999, a different theme was used.

Availability : Uncommon, bordering on rare. Seen on shows during the era.

Editor’s Note : None.

4th Logo (November 5, 2015- )
Nicknames : “The Pegasus IV”, “‘2010s Pegasus”, “CGI Pegasus II”

Logo : It’s the final product of the current movie logo, only that “TELEVISION” is seen below the logo.

Byline : Referred to as “A SONY COMPANY”.

FX/SFX : The second half of the current movie logo.

Music/Sounds : The 1993 theme.

Availability : Extremely rare. Seen on shows during the era.

Editor’s Note : None.