Brillstein Entertainment Partners

Background
Brillstein Entertainment Partners (formerly known as "Brillstein-Grey Entertainment", "Brillstein-Grey Communications", "Brillstein-Grey Productions", first known as Bernie Brillstein Productions and Brad Grey Television) is a talent management film and television production company formed in 1986, founded by Brad Grey and Bernie Brillstein. It was based on the roots of The Brillstein Company. By the end of 90's, the television unit was renamed to Brad Grey Television. In 2005, Grey sold its interest due to him becoming the CEO of Paramount Pictures, and it was renamed to Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Brad Grey would pass away on May 14, 2017, but the Brad Grey Television logo would continue to be used posthumously into early 2020.

(1986?-1990?)
Logo: No real logo; just part of an in-credit notice with "BERNIE BRILLSTEIN PRODUCTIONS, INC." with "All Rights Reserved" and other company info above.

FX/SFX: None, unless one counts the activity that goes on in the credits, if any.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme to the program.

Availability: Extinct. Only seen on the pilot for Puppetman.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Logo (1990-1992)
Logo: 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 "BRILLSTEIN-GREY" 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.

Variants:
 * On Dennis Miller: Black & White, the logo is in B&W, keeping consistent with the black and white coloring of the program.
 * On some programs, there is copyright info underneath. Penn & Teller: Don't Try This at Home! has "©1990 Brillstein/Grey Productions" while The Jackie Bison Show has "©1990 The JB Venture", Normal Life has "(C) 1990 All Rights Reserved" and Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed 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.
 * On the short-lived Fox sitcom Charlie Hoover, the logo is shortened and has the words "in association with" beneath.

FX/SFX: The logo panning over.

Music/Sounds: A short piano entry ending in a sudden horn note. On Garry Shandling: Stand-Up, the logo is silent. The closing theme to the program was also used.

Availability: Rare. Appears on the HBO special episode Dennis Miller: Black & White, Penn & Teller: Don't Try This at Home!, which can be found on VHS in the UK from Fremantle International, Garry Shandling: Stand-Up on VHS from PolyGram Video, The Dennis Miller Show, The Jack Bison Show, and Normal Life, all three long gone outside of old VHS recordings long gone outside of old recordings, and Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed on VHS. Possibly appeared on the sitcom Good Sports.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (May 17, 1992-May 19, 1995)
Logo: Against a white background, the letters "BGE" 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.

Variant: On The Larry Sanders Show, the copyright stamp for Partners with Boundaries Productions appears underneath.

FX/SFX: The letters splitting.

Music/Sounds: None, or the ending theme of the show.

Availability: Appears on the first three seasons of The Larry Sanders Show. Also seen on Dennis Miller special episodes made in 1994, Life on Mars and The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (March 21, 1995-December 17, 1999)
Logo: On a sea blue cloudy background, we see a stylized "BGE", made out of stone with the words "BRILLSTEIN-GREY ENTERTAINMENT" with it's glow behind it, under the logo. The logo is shining, (also tinted in cyan).

Variants:
 * On The Larry Sanders Show, the copyright notice for Partners with Boundaries Productions is shown under the logo.
 * On Mr. Show, it is still.
 * There is a variant of the logo where the letters read "BGC" and the company reads "BRILLSTEIN-GREY COMMUNICATIONS" under the logo.
 * On a least one episode of Just Shoot Me!, the cloudy background on the "BGC" version is gray.
 * On early season 4 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!, 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.

FX/SFX: The cloudy moving background, and the logo shining.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show, generic music on original NBC and ABC airings, or none.

Availability: Common. The "BGE" version was seen on various HBO comedy specials, the last three seasons of The Larry Sanders Show, 1998-99 episodes of Politcally Incorrect, season 3 and early season 4 (with Universal logo) episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me! and the final season of NewsRadio. The "BGC" version appears on 1997-98 episodes of Politcally Incorrect, C-16: FBI, the first two seasons of The Steve Harvey Show on Centric, Just Shoot Me! that last aired on TVGN, The Naked Truth, the first four seasons of NewsRadio on Antenna TV and The Jeff Foxworthy Show on TBS. However, DVD releases of said shows have the logo intact. It also appears on original prints of season one of The Sopranos, but later prints update with the Brad Grey Television logo.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Logo (November 16, 1999-2001)
Logo: On a white background, we see a white coin with a "b" in it spinning around (like a coin does), while beside it with the words "BRAD GREY TELEVISION" and a byline "a basic entertainment company" with a line between it. When the "b" coin stops spinning, it turns blue.

Variants:
 * On later season 4 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me!, the logo is seen on the top along with the 1997 Universal Studios logo on the bottom.
 * A still version exists on the ultra short-lived Sammy.

FX/SFX: The coin spinning and turning blue when stopped.

Music/Sounds: None, or the end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on the second season of The Sopranos and it also plasters the original Brillstein-Grey logo on newer prints of first season episodes, as well as 1999-2001 episodes of Politcally Incorrect. The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on later season 4 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show, and Just Shoot Me!. The still version is extinct, owing to the obscurity of its only source. Given that copies of the episode were original work prints, it's currently unknown if it also showed up on original broadcasts.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (October 4, 2000?-April 29, 2001)
Logo: Against a blue background, we see the words fading in:

BRAD GREY T E L E V I S I O N

set in ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book font with an emboss effect.

Variant: On most season 5 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and early season 5 episodes of Just Shoot Me!, like before, the logo is seen on the top along with the 1997 Universal Studios logo on the bottom.

FX/SFX: The words fading in.

Music/Sounds: None, or the end theme of the show.

Availability: The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on most season 5 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and early season 5 episodes of Just Shoot Me!. Episodes of The Sopranos from the third season onward uses the next logo below. It possibly appeared on one-off comedy specials, from the period, but it's unlikely.

Editor's Note: As of this writing, no video evidence of the standalone logo exists. The logo's brief lifespan, along with The Sopranos being the only known ongoing show to use a standalone logo, suggest this was little more than a placeholder which appeared on still-going shows that happened to use the joint Universal Television credits.

3rd Logo (February 8, 2001-January 17, 2020)
Logo: On a black background we see the words fading in: BRAD GREY T E L E V I S I O N in white in the same font as before. Two white lines appears to the left and right to form one big line.

Variants:
 * There is one version of the logo where the text is blue and the background is white.
 * On late season 5-6 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and later season 5-7 episodes of Just Shoot Me!, the white background variant is seen on the top along with with the 1997 Universal Studios logo on the bottom.

FX/SFX: The words fading in, lines moving and forming. Simple animation.

Music/Sounds: None, or the end theme of the show.

Availability: Common. Seen on pre-2020 episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, as well as The Sopranos and According to Jim. Starting with the Season 18 premiere of Real Time with Bill Maher, this logo is no longer in use. The version with the white background can be seen on the final season of Politically Incorrect. The Brad Grey/Universal combo can be seen on late season 5-6 episodes of The Steve Harvey Show and later season 5-7 episodes of Just Shoot Me!.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Logo (March 15, 2007-August 16, 2019)
Logo: On a white background, we see the words "brillsteinentertainmentpartners" in turquoise, with "entertainment" being in green sliding through, then the same words are placed in the center, only in smaller text.

Variant: On Resurrection, we see it under the Plan B logo.

FX/SFX: The words sliding.

Music/Sounds: The gentle choir with a tree bell and a whoosh. On episodes 2-22 of Ringer and Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time, it's silent. ABC and The CW airings used a generic theme and a voiceover.

Availability: Seen on Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time, Samantha Who, the first season of Resurrection, and Ringer.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (September 28, 2014-)
Logo: On a black background, we see the same words from the previous logo, but only stacked from each words from the top to the bottom.

Variants:
 * A white background version exists.
 * The logo sometimes shares its screen with other logos.
 * Sometimes, the logo can appear close-up.
 * On Central Park, a variant is used where "brillstein" and "partners" are placed more to the center, and that the letter combination "rt", as seen in "entertainment" and "partners", now has these letters connected together. The text is also slightly larger, and is somewhat uplifted, too. This variant was also spotted on The Jim Gaffigan Show and Big Time in Hollywood, FL, albeit with the "rt" letter combination not being connected, the text being a bit smaller, and, in terms of height, is in it's usual spot, right in the middle. A very minor change, but it still counts.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, the end theme of the show or a droning synth note. ABC airings used a generic theme and a voiceover.

Availability: Common. Seen on Manhattan Love Story, the second season of Resurrection, Big Time in Hollywood, FL, Hidden America with Jonah Ray, The Jim Jefferies Show, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Chasing Cameron, Maya and Marty, Jim Gaffigan: Cinco, Baskets, Lights Out with David Spade, Central Park, and The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.

Editor's Note: None.