NBC Logo History

[@zachatck64]

NBC, the most famous of the Big 4 American television networks and the godfather of television as a whole, unforgettable for its chimes and peacock. Wonderful job!

[@TheOneTIsReal]

And the oldest one out there

[@chetapace79]

However CBS took number one

[@FreespeechDeliveryBoy]

And was the first television that started television here

[@moonythecavapoo9736]

Big 4? What are the other three?

[@zachatck64]

@@moonythecavapoo9736 ABC, CBS. and Fox

[@tracymurray6840]

Very well done, Jonty, your best ever logo presentation yet, and I must say, your longest, as much as I would like to see the other variants, this is good. If I have to pick favourites, it would be, of course, the "in living color" peacock and the snake, I also love the bumpers from the nineties with various artists participating, including John Kricfalusi, I think NBC was trying admirably to imitate MTV and Nickelodeon to get the Generation X crowd at the time.

[@JontyMaster]

Thank you once again! The peacock in "living color" idents are probably the most classic out of all the other NBC idents, and the bumpers from the nineties were creative, and it was interesting to see that John Kricfalusi, the creator of Ren & Stimpy, decided to create an ident for NBC. Probably my most favorite out of the "artists collaboration" idents would have to be the one created by Peter Max. It's very tense.

[@tammylewis2408]

Love the M&M's guys!! The apprentice one at 35:10 was hysterical, at the least, the red one got his red back

[@TheMoon_Follow]

12:00 presenter announcing the wrong network, ending it with "goddammit" got me dead🤣 ~ thebelovedmoon 🌙

[@2007skaterpunk]

One of my favorites

[@Jhaz95Racin]

HE SAID CBS ITS ACTUALLY NBC XD

[@PockyFiend]

Which show did he cuss on? My bet was the Jack Parr Show.

[@Omega-Is-Usc]

lol

[@oliviarodlehannpiga0xd]

It's from the b&w 16mm print of "CBS Affiliates` Advisory Board Gag Reel" on 1963.

[@robertorick6383]

The B&W Peacock at 13:24 was real. It originally aired in October1967 before a preview of The Beatle's movie "A Hard Day's Night." The NBC penguin was an alternate logo for the movie special. Viewers who had B&W TV sets mostly saw the peacock this way throughout the 1950's and into the mid-1970's.

[@ManF3]

_Brought to you in living color._ Excellent one! NBC's idents are colourful. The "peacock" logo is one of the most iconic logos for an television network, along with the "abc" logo and the CBS "Eyemark" logo from America, as well as the 1997 "BBC" logo from the UK! The majority of their idents are excellently animated and well-executed. Some of my favourite idents from NBC would be: • the 1962 _"in living color"_ ident • the ident at 21:01 • the "Let's All Be There!" ident (1985) animated by Pacific Data Images • the 2013 ident Despite all that, there are some creepy variants (please do not watch this video at night): • the variant at 10:08 where the peacock is having a seizure • the variant at 17:11 • the variant at 20:03 with the creepy-looking peacock. The only source found from the ident is in black and white, possibly due to the damaged video-tape...

[@JontyMaster]

Thanks, Man! The "peacock" is definitely a classic, along with the other big company logos you mentioned. The 1962 ident is probably one of the most recognizable for those born in the 60s or those in the logo community. The ident at 21:01 is rather impressive for the 70s. It looks to me like it was animated with cel animation of some sort. The "Let's All Be There" ident from 1985 is brilliantly animated, and Pacific Data Images also did some of the other idents, including the 1984 ident. The 2013 ident reminds me of the Resene paint commercial from New Zealand, and I love the piano rendition of the NBC chimes. The variant where the peacock has a seizure can be quite creepy to those who don't expect it to go crazy. Where the variant came from still remains a mystery. The "livid color" variant confused me the first time I saw it in late 2018. The variant at 20:03 is, while sort of cursed, also rather interesting. According to The New Communicators 2, this ident from 1970 was produced by Cellar Door Cinema, a children's filmmaking workshop based out of Lexington, Massachusetts. This logo was likely directed by studio founder Marjorie Lank and animated by children ages 8 to 15. Another example of Cellar Door's animation The Purple Jungle was featured on the program. Stay tuned for my logo history on YTV Originals!

[@Extremelybadpiggies]

5:09 this one is also a bit scary because of the wavy sound. And it sounds like your in a horror movie

[@cureaura2023]

Fun fact: the actual peacock on the last frame of the “creepy” animation was created by a 5-year-old girl at the time (according to the Logopedia along with one color frame of the animation)

[@Angelogantengistrash]

also the creepy peacock was created by a 6yo boy named Jean Falcone

[@ThisIsAlexHN]

💀🗿📸📸📸

[@catnap-563yt]

NBC logo history (1926-2002) 0:16 1930 0:19 1932 0:45 1933 0:24 1936 0:52 1944 1:00 1945 1:07 1946 1:12 1947 1:20 1947 1:23 1948 1:30 1948 1:35 1948 1:42 1949 1:49 1949 1:59 1949 3:24 1949 2:05 1949 2:17 1949 2:24 1950 2:30 1950 2:39 1951 2:45 1951 3:39 1951 3:11 1952 3:32 1952 3:16 1953 3:46 1951 3:18 1954 3:53 1950 3:59 1951 4:06 1950 4:19 1950 4:27 1951 4:36 1954 4:41 1955 4:45 1958 4:51 1959 4:55 1961 5:01 1958 5:09 1960 5:15 1961 5:21 1962 5:27 1962 5:30 1963 5:37 1964 5:42 1965 5:46 1966 5:53 1954 5:59 1955 6:04 1955 6:10 1956 6:20 1956 1956-1962 6:26 1956 6:32 1956 6:40 1956 6:46 1957 6:55 1957 7:03 1957 7:08 1957 7:21 1958 7:29 1958 7:42 1958 7:52 1958 8:04 1959 8:09 1959 8:21 1959 8:42 1960 8:50 1960 9:01 1960 9:14 1960 9:26 1960 9:34 1960 9:43 1960 9:53 1960 10:05 1960 10:07 1961 10:19 1984 10:42 1961 11:01 1958 11:05 1959 11:09 1960 11:15 1960 11:20 1960 11:23 1961 11:29 1962 11:36 1962 11:41 1962 11:46 1962 11:54 1962 11:59 1963 12:06 1963 12:13 1964 12:19 1969 12:25 1961 12:29 1961 12:36 1961 12:41 1962 12:46 1962 12:51 1962 12:58 1963 13:04 1963 13:10 1963 13:16 1963 1962-1975 13:23 1963 13:33 1964 13:46 1964 13:55 1964 14:06 1965 14:20 1965 14:25 1965 14:35 1966 14:47 1967 14:59 1968 15:10 1968 15:18 1969 15:24 1969 15:37 1970 15:44 1971 15:50 1971 15:58 1972 16:07 1972 16:14 1973 16:26 1973 16:39 1973 16:45 1974 17:02 1974 (reversed) 17:11 1974 17:19 1974 17:32 1974 17:39 1974 17:47 1993 17:57 2002 18:07 2009 18:10 1966 18:15 1967 18:19 1969 18:21 1970 18:24 1970 18:27 1970 18:29 1970 18:35 1970 18:39 1970 18:43 1970 18:49 1968 18:55 1971 19:01 1963 19:03 1993 19:06 2009 19:26 1967 19:49 1968 20:02 1970 20:09 1972 20:22 1972 20:41 1976 20:51 1976 20:54 1976 20:57 1977 21:01 1977 21:12 1977 21:22 1977 21:30 1977 21:39 1978 21:46 1978 21:50 1979 21:54 1980 21:59 1980 22:03 1980 22:07 1980 22:18 1980 22:23 1980 22:35 1980 22:40 1981 22:45 1980 22:49 1980 22:54 1980 22:58 1980 23:02 1981 23:08 1981 23:17 1981 23:24 1982 23:34 1983 23:41 1983 23:50 1983 24:01 1984 24:10 1984 24:34 1985 24:38 1985 24:46 1985 24:51 1985 25:04 1985 25:50 1986 26:10 1986 27:06 1987 27:20 1988 28:08 1989 28:47 1990 32:01 1990 1993-2002 30:46 1993 30:27 1993 30:57 1993 31:44 1995 32:01 1995 32:13 1997 34:09 2001 34:17 2002

[@Starpoint0422]

17:11 What's wrong with this

[@DipsanDhimalNepali]

@@Starpoint0422 thats nbc idea

[@Starpoint0422]

@@DipsanDhimalNepali ohh okay i saw it

[@DipsanDhimalNepali]

@@Starpoint0422 also they killed peacock with SeIzUrE

[@JamesWilliamJordan]

33:23 This was the logo that became a hit in the meme culture.

[@munkiandtrunktvofficialchannel]

1st Logo (1929 - 1931) 0:15 2nd Logo (1931 - 1943) 0:20 3rd Logo (1943 - 1946) 0:50 4th Logo (1946 - 1947) 1:05 5th Logo (1947 - 1949) 1:10 6th Logo (1949 - 1952) 3:20 7th Logo (1952 - 1966) 4:35 NBC 2000 Sony PlayStation

[@smiles_joyful]

9:38 face jumpscare

[@adrianprdpt01]

12:00 This is the cbs television oh god damnit

[@itz_mm_sisterz6770]

what i love about NBC's logo history is how dynamic it is.

[@Attmay]

It was associated with a tiny three note xylophone prior to the late 1950s.

[@michaelguernsey7925]

I Love These Old Nbc Logos From The 70's, 80's And 90s. Great Television Back In This Generation.

[@CP1973_Productions]

That was a great logo history on NBC! I really enjoyed it!

[@JontyMaster]

Thanks, Connor! I had a blast making it!

[@hiimbaldi-c1b]

NBC

[@ConclusiveLionSecond]

Connor?? Patterson?? Is that you

[@ThinkingSpotFriends]

Hey it's me NBC Peacock fan! (aka Thinking Spot Friends).

[@paulwarner5395]

Ah that brings back memories of my younger days. A time when TV companies were creative and proud of the opening and closing logos.

[@leiodinardo6045]

17:26 “Wait a minute! You’re not the NBC peacock!”

[@JontyMaster]

"BWAAARRGH!"

[@leiodinardo6045]

LMAO

[@briankarikari]

Excellent Dude! And as always keep up your awesome work.

[@your_local_questerian]

18:47 i'm so glad i'm not the only one who thought the special id was a little seizure inducing

[@Antonio-l8p2s]

It would be nice to celebrate NBC's 100th year, to present all of the logos in between programs throughout the year. It would be a fitting tribute. :-)

[@Sailormac2]

Oh, my God, that horrid, ugly double-box logo. I remember SNL mocking it MERCILESSLY. The “Smart as a Peacock” variant came from them, too - they had no mercy for the double-box’s successor, either.

[@diogoalmeida9200]

12:01: This is the CBS Television… If isn’t an April Fools ‘ joke, someone has lost his job…😂😂😂

[@valentinodoesstuff]

Columbia broadcasting system

[@WHUFCboy3456]

Announcer: god damnit

[@MadCatNobody]

It's funny how stylized the NBC logo became. Sure, it looks aesthetically pleasing, but I remember by the time I was growing up in the early-2000s, I couldn't even tell it was a peacock. I thought it was like a castle tower with banners or spotlights behind it or even just a abstract logo. When my parents told be it was a peacock, I didn't even believe them!

[@ConclusiveLionSecond]

The streaming service Peacock just makes more sense

[@churuidleaf7794]

36:18 The following programs are brought to you in living color... on NBC

[@lamisscherrie]

12:00 "This is The CBS Television- OH! Goddammit...!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🍒

[@jamallugo6544]

apparently he read the wrong thing lol

[@Logo_subwayfan]

This is the ABC-oh god dang it.

[@Logo_subwayfan]

Produced in association with 20th century-oh godda__it.

[@jhofpv1984]

This is the PBS-god damnit

[@brittanybrown484]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@JontyMaster]

(It is recommended to read the important notes in the description before commenting) What are your favorite idents from NBC? UPDATE: NBC released a new logo in 2022. Here is the link to an ident: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYPUhayqaclqsKc For the epilepsy bit, skip to 18:55 instead, not 18:47. That was a mistake

[@DynamicDinoBirdy]

The 1956-1962 peacock & the 1962-1976 peacock were my favourite NBC idents

[@coolcrabcakes1287]

the novocom idents

[@danielsauers7783]

The 1993-2002, 2000-2004, 2003-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2013 ones.

[@Victoria.O04]

My Favorite Ident Logos Are 12, 14, 15, And 22.

[@danielsauers7783]

Don't forget the 1992-1995 ones too.

[@JamesRobin370]

the moment we be waiting for nbc!!!

[@motherlanddarrenssessions]

25:08 25:09 NBC'S Let's All Be There!

[@DanielAxexanderZachary]

10:17 ah yes, my favourite animation. *The dying peacock.*

[@NaviciaAbbot]

The NBC "Trapezoidal N" was subject to controversy - Nebraska ETV (Now Nebraska Public Media) had sued for trademark infringement. In the end, they got new studio equipment and a new logo.

[@ZatsuneMikuWorld]

4:27 - oldest logo in color?

[@manuelgrothe608]

In 2026 is the 100th anniversary of NBC Universal

[@AyanoAishisdaughter]

"Wait a minute your not the NBC peacock" "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[@jadsi]

Also, I’m a little thrilled to see some of my captures here (Mister Foureyes is Jadsi; me)

[@jadsi]

Has my playlist helped?

[@valentinodoesstuff]

20:01 is terrifying

[@WindowsNT351Server]

same for 14:59 bc of the sound effects

[@DipsanDhimalNepali]

19:19 You forgot to cut NBC Analog shutdown

[@StrongJamal2017]

34:58 I wonder what that long story was… That aside, awesome!

[@Twin138956Productions2019]

Yea that was amazing. I like how nostalgic those are. Great work.

[@JontyMaster]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tokenosc]

20:03 bro this is all of your nightmares condensed into one NBC ident, i didnt know 6 year olds can draw something straight out of a creepy youtube video youd find when you type a period in the search bar

[@catnap-563yt]

15:06 R.I.P NBC

[@shoshanabinyamin]

Nbc is not dead!

[@DipsanDhimalNepali]

Catnap, HES ALIVE

[@hayleywaalen2612]

The 1976-1979 logo looks like the Holiday Stationstores logo.

[@Victoria.O04]

Yeah, It Does

[@TrueNorthRaider]

30:15 The Cancellation Daily Double promo.

[@rrlstudios7512]

WHAAAAAAAT??! AN NBC LOGO HISTORY? YOU DID IT ONCE AGAIN JONTYMASTER. YOU MADE A GREAT LOGO HISTORY

[@JontyMaster]

Thanks :-D

[@blueswingdown]

I love the SNL parodies of the logos. (Smart as a peacock, Our age is showing, etc)

[@JontyMaster]

Yeah lol. I also like the Johnny Carson variant where the peacock gets blown to smithereens.

[@bensakschek615]

30:57 - my favorite

[@JontyMaster]

A very creative way to make a throwback ident. Smooth morphing there.

[@DipsanDhimalNepali]

9:39 what are you doing jonty

[@DipsanDhimalNepali]

18:50 "special special special" 18:54 "If its REALLY special its on NBC~"

[@notoscopeX]

22:28 at that moment he knew, he fricked up.

[@premuimincognito7115]

how unlucky that a few days after this video came out, they released a new rebrand 😭

[@JontyMaster]

Lmao

[@moonythecavapoo9736]

3 more years until NBC turns 100 years old!

[@AmeliaBeaubouchez-zr3pt]

OUR AGE IS SHOWING!

[@CatalinaMaxCisternasJofre]

The 1957 and 1962 logos are the ones that have fairly bizarre variants.

[@danielsauers7783]

34:35 Where did you find that ident?

[@JontyMaster]

This: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWrKZouJaNWBirs

[@danielsauers7783]

17:57 Where did you find that another ident?

[@rosicaspasova3656]

9:34 NBC Peacock: What the fuck is that Mask:👁👄👁 🔥🔥🔥

[@rosicaspasova3656]

10:18 NBC Peacock:🥱. NBC Peacock:I just had a really weird Dream, I dropped somebody put an entire hour of commercials on the air, 😄 Ridiculous nobody would watch that, I got go lay of the alfa sprouts.

[@rosicaspasova3656]

10:42 Ludwig Von Drake: Red Yellow Green & BlueBlueBlue Red Purple Green Blue Purple Red & WHITE! & GREEN! & RED!. & RED! & BLUE! &. and AN a- phew… Oh, What a Show-Off. (Snap) Ludwig Von Drake: How do You like that guy

[@rosicaspasova3656]

34:40

[@Extremelybadpiggies]

20:09 My favorite

[@YUEWIIIII2011]

The An Adventure Of Color Got me smilin

[@LloydGacha]

1:56 whoever voiced this literally gives me nightmares

[@Bottle_TheFriendly]

1:48

[@byronjavierdavilaflores1540]

12:03 Wrong network my friend. 😂😂😂.

[@Althunmatkil17]

29:37 my fav one

[@TheWorldSpinsSlowly]

This is the CBS television- oh god damn it. -last words before being fired-

[@jordanttbyrd]

Super nice! Now we just need an ABC logo history to have the big three networks…

[@woffandaniel]

My thoughts exactly.

[@EdmondCobo]

Uh oh sorry to bother itv No 11:57

[@motherlanddarrenssessions]

17:26 17:27 17:28 17:29 17:30 17:31

[@NotTrollgeYT]

12:01 The narrator said the wrong broadcast lol 😂

[@JayDiaz08]

How come others aren’t commenting this bruv?

[@augustson744]

Oh God Damn It

[@DipsanDhimalNepali]

21:28 big year is "NBseeUS"

[@MondoMiami]

0:25 The most irritating 20 seconds in broadcast history.

[@Angelogantengistrash]

32:02 The FINAL Laramie Peacock (thank god he didn't sneeze)

[@LilPuffemYT]

12:00 when he said "god damn it" i lost it

[@lilypeterson4496]

10:53 “Confidentially, he dyes his feathers.”

[@SwiftAnimationz]

What a Disney show off!

[@yorkshireball_animations]

18:08 19:06 From the analog shutdown of WNBC

[@shanedoyebi6849]

NBC was like Godfather of television

[@Attmay]

That’s why *The Godfather* made its NBC debut there.

[@drummingdanny84]

The hardest-working network in show business.

[@DipsanDhimalNepali]

17:03 "CBN"

[@buggymama2201]

will you do a cbbc history logo

[@ashleycampbell8380]

I wonder if the "it just starts in black and white" logo was wizard of oz.

[@ThinkingSpotFriends]

I'm pretty sure it is.

[@JTXPstudios]

12:00 NBC Narrator's first mess up 😂

[@theartoftimelapsemore424]

23:07 NBC, the magic keeps on flowing NBC 🎶 Our Pride Is Showing

[@Musicradio77Network]

NBC, Our Age Is Showing

[@JontyMaster]

@MTN - A Rainbow Pastures Company Classic XD

[@brittanybrown484]

Fake slogans

[@Nickelodeon7969]

​@Brittany Brown our pride is showing is real

[@bardthenascarfanaticdragon]

18:05 Very Creative Cursing.

[@wagnerramosmidichannelabso514]

"Buttafuco"

[@ashitomarisu]

Very good. Very good. *Peacock sneezing; losing feathers* 😂

[@LainaPosey]

this logo is scary 😱 and it makes it so easy of NBC

[@jessyleppert2]

12:00 It's NBC, not CBS

[@Pedro_ChannelOfficial]

18:47

[@kennedyhopkins19]

Awesome logo history jonty also from America

[@nxx99]

Can't be too surprised if 20:09 used scanimate

[@eperks6]

It was!

[@mrshoutz]

You forgot the BC the first thanksgiving variation.

[@JontyMaster]

Ahem...Please read the description.

[@mrshoutz]

Oh sorry…

[@jukeboxmillie]

how do people get the early stuff?

[@XaniGameRblx]

Where did u find 27:30

[@enislikasaveukraine3169]

This logo history is brought to you in living color, by JontyMaster. Nice logo history, by the way.

[@maylinsanabria5028]

14:53 *in living 🟥+⬜ and 🟥*

[@Koya_BomsPH]

4:36 This came from the pilot episode of "Jeopardy!" in 1964.

[@juanborrego7421]

My favorite part is the characters are Red and Yellow M& M's.

[@UpinAndIpinRPGGirls1987YT]

Request : Pervez Productions logo History [1966? - 1991]

[@Xyrbxxedits]

36:23 is my favorite

[@CadenceThomas]

36:52 i liked this one aloti remember seeing this logo in a MasterChef show

[@easttur19auttp]

17:11 IS THE NBC PEACOCK GOOD, BRO? MAYBE HE SHOULD REST.

[@art_em7]

22:23 This is suitable for horror movies 22:27 They also laugh (it's not funny)

[@Vale333.]

How did it change from this to this

[@adoggewokepupper]

9:35 C’mon man, don’t trigger my 2010s-acquired jumpscare-induced internet trust issues like that.

[@ThinkingSpotFriends]

Tell that to the NBC Peacock.

[@LOAT_Official]

I kinda find the 1949 logo creepy mainly because of the kinda dark setting and the fanfare from the time

[@JontyMaster]

The chimes are also unnervingly soft and slow compared to the others.

[@LOAT_Official]

Ikr

[@SailorMaxie]

The most famous three notes in American history.

[@TMTTO2F2024]

23:07 NBC (Argentina) Ident 1981-1982

[@rangokfunkazuul8344]

My all time favourite (all networks around the globe) is the one from 2009-2013

[@oofihavenousernameideas2451]

when the announcer accidentally said CBS 🤣🤣

[@_smb4568_]

12:00 Someone clearly messed up

[@ConclusiveLionSecond]

0:30 sounds like Radio Keith orbeum

[@elmofx09]

Awesome

[@notoscopeX]

20:02 scary 😟