NBC was the first "All-Color" network and they had developed the color broadcast system that was chosen for US broadcasts. They were owned by RCA which made TV sets ...
60s and early 70s Television shows in color were expected to have a color "pop". They primarily used pastel colors as well as pure Red, Green and Blue. Ideally they wouldn't use yellow as that was the hardest color to accurately reproduce.
Black and White TV shows were designed to take...
I made some quick caps from the Season 1 Disc one DVD:
The end of the animated CBS logo on "Hold That Tiger" the first color episode on the disc.
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The opening title card for "Hold That Tiger."
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There is no CBS opening logo on the black & white pilot episode (There...
NET/PBS didn't fully go all-color until the 80s (many stations used commerical stations' cast off equipment which was not color) Many UHF stations weren't color. Also, Dark Shadows was taped in monochrome as ABC did not have the ability to convert all of their tape facilities to color. The first...
That's what I was taught in school. I was told Bonanza was specifically produced in color for that purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_television
A CBS Color logo was on virtually all cameras CBS used - I believe until the 1980s.
Here is the closest I could find to the answer to...
Pointing out that a show was in color had NOTHING to do with whether you had a B&W TV set - as everything would be in B&W on your set. It was for those who had a Color set and and wanted to get the best value. My mom still subscribes to TV Guide.
I believe they still use an Icon for B&W
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Keep in mind many people subscribed to TV Guide where color shows were indicated in the listings
As to NBC, apparently they paid a firm a lot of money to come up with a new logo to replace the peacock logo:
which bore a striking resemblance to on the PBS affiliates in Nebraska used and...