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Showtime[]

1976ā€“1980[]

Showtime 1976

1976ā€“1985[]

Showtime-1976
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This logo was commonly used in on-air promos and IDs alongside a circle that contained a television screen, a symbol confirmed to be copied from the Brazilian TV Globo, although its designer (Hans Donner) and the creator of Showtime's symbol reached an agreement for the usage for their logo during a dinner meeting.

1981ā€“1997[]

1981ā€“1990[]

Showtime80s
Designer:  George McGinnis for
The Image Factory
Typography:  Franklin Gothic
Launched:  1981

The circle with a TV screen featured in this logo was carried over from the logo used prior to this. The italic Franklin Gothic-type "Showtime" text features the "W" and "T" connected to one another. This logo was used in tandem with the previous one until it became the sole logo in 1985.

Showtime revived the logo in 2018 for exclusive use in promotional ads for the network's 1980s-set period comedy series Black Monday.[1]

1990ā€“1997[]

Showtime 1990

The circle with a TV screen, used in the first two Showtime logos from 1980 to 1990, was dropped in this revision of the prior logo, leaving only the italic Showtime text in Franklin Gothic font.

1997ā€“present[]

Showtime 1997
Designer:  Chermayeff & Geismar
Typography:  Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed
Launched:  July 19, 1997

In 1997, the Showtime channels received a new logo and on-air looks designed by Chermayeff & Geismar, featuring the text "SHO" in negative space on a red circle.

Paramount+ with Showtime[]

2024ā€“present[]

Paramount+ with Showtime
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Custom (Paramount+ logo)
Peak Sans Black ("with")
Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed (Showtime logo)
Launched:  January 8, 2024

On January 30, 2023, Paramount announced that Showtime would co-brand with sister streaming service Paramount+, and be renamed Paramount+ with Showtime;[2] the direct-to-consumer Showtime service was merged into the premium tier of Paramount+ on June 27, 2023,[3] with the linear primary Showtime channel being renamed on January 8, 2024. (The Paramount+ co-branding would not be extended to its linear multiplex channels, which retained the standalone Showtime brand.)[4]

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