# Touchstone Television

The second incarnation of Touchstone Television, formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios, was an American television production company and a subsidiary of the Disney Television Studios, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks business segment of the Walt Disney Company. It was founded in 2014 from the merger of Fox Television Studios and Fox 21 and given its second name in mid-2020 following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.
On December 1, 2020, Disney announced that the label was folded into 20th Television.

## Predecessors
### Fox Television Studios

Fox Television Studios, Inc. was a television production subsidiary of Fox Entertainment Group, the flagship entertainment division of 21st Century Fox, the unofficial production arm of Fox and the secondary production arm of 20th Century Fox Television, which is itself the television arm of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. Fox Television Studios (FTVS) was formed on August 1, 1997 alongside 20th Century Fox Television and 20th Television under executive David Grant. The studio was created to house smaller production units, starting with the Greenblatt-Janollari Studio (G-JS). Greenblatt-Janollari started producing shows in the 1998–1999 season with 3 comedy series for ABC and CBS. While funded by Fox, G-JS was presented as an "independent mini-studio". The studio also partnered with David Gerber and his Gerber Company venture to produce various telemovies and television series. With Fox Entertainment Group holding a 20% stake in New Regency Production's parent corporation, Fox Studios formed a joint venture, Regency Television, by 2000, managed by Gail Berman. Another production unit formed was Fox Television Studios Productions (FTSP) under Lisa Berger. Early output by the individual units, or "pods", were FTSP's Son of the Beach for FX, The Hughleys by G-JS and Regency had Malcolm in the Middle.
The pod model evolved into five divisions: alternative, scripted, international, Fox World and Regency Television:
* The alternative division was responsible for Talkshow with Spike Feresten and The Wanda Sykes Show, along with E!'s The Girls Next Door franchise. In mid-2002, Fox Alternative Productions was formed by Fox TV Studios and headed by David Martin with its first show to be "The Coach".
* The scripted division produced The Shield, along with a number of television films and miniseries.
* Fox World division, formed in 2000, produced international versions of its reality television programs such as Joe Millionaire and Temptation Island. The company was shut down by FTVS in 2014.
Eventually the only division operating was the scripted unit. Next FTVS attempted international co-productions of direct-to-series broadcast series. The company had a hit with Burn Notice on USA Network. In August 2010, Dave Madden was appointed to head the unit, where he evenly increased its production slates until he was appointed as president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting in August 2014.

### Fox Television Studios International

    This is about the company that exists according to the News Corporation page
Fox Television Studios International was the international division of Fox Television Studios operated in 2000–2001. Daniella Welteke was tapped up to head the division, which was eventually folded into Fox World.
The pod model evolved into five divisions: alternative, scripted, international, Fox World and Regency Television:
* The alternative division was responsible for Talkshow with Spike Feresten and The Wanda Sykes Show, along with E!'s The Girls Next Door franchise. In mid-2002, Fox Alternative Productions was formed by Fox TV Studios and headed by David Martin with its first show to be "The Coach".
* The scripted division produced The Shield, along with a number of television films and miniseries.
* Fox World division, formed in 2000, produced international versions of its reality television programs such as Joe Millionaire and Temptation Island. The company was shut down by FTVS in 2014.
Eventually the only division operating was the scripted unit. Next FTVS attempted international co-productions of direct-to-series broadcast series. The company had a hit with Burn Notice on USA Network. In August 2010, Dave Madden was appointed to head the unit, where he evenly increased its production slates until he was appointed as president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting in August 2014.

### Fox World

Fox World (formerly Fox Television Studios International) was a television production company formed in 2000 as a division of Fox Television Studios (FTVS). The company produced international versions of its reality television programs such as Joe Millionaire and Temptation Island.
On March 5, 2001, SBS inked a deal/joint venture with Fox World to launch a northern European-based production company.
On November 22, 2004, Hayley Babcock was named senior vice president of production at the Fox World studio, while Daniella Welteke would remain as head of the division.

### Fox Lab

Fox Lab was a low-profile production sub-division of 20th Television, originally formed in 1986 as Fox Television Stations Productions (or FTSP) and was responsible for the development of A Current Affair, Cops and America's Most Wanted. It was rebranded to the current moniker in 1995, although the FTSP label was continued to be used on several older shows until Fox's cancellation of Cops in 2013.
In 1990, Fox Television Stations debuted a soap opera, Tribes, only shown on Fox owned-and-operated stations. It only lasted one season on the air.
By the early 90s, the company was producing a show, Not Just News, for first-run syndication. Also, in 1994, Fox Television Stations Productions produced an international version of America's Most Wanted, Manhunter, to be shown throughout international networks. It was later evolved into a US version for syndication, America's Most Wanted: Final Justice.
In 2003, Fox Lab was producing the syndicated show Classmates, that lasted only two seasons.
Fox Lab's library is currently co-owned by The Walt Disney Company and Fox Corporation.
| Title | Years | Network | Notes |
| Manhunter | 1994–1995 | international syndication | co-produced with Straight Shooter Productions |
| What's So Funny? | 1995 | FOX | co-production with Funny Business, LLC |
| America's Most Wanted: Final Justice | 1995–1996 | Syndication | Syndicated edit downs of previously taped AMW episodes. co-produced with Straight Shooter Productions |
| Classmates | 2003 | Syndication | |

### Foxstar Productions

Foxstar Productions was a division of Fox Television Studios.

### The original incarnation of Touchstone Television

The original iteration of Touchstone Television was a television production company founded in 1985 as a division of Disney's subsidiary Touchstone Pictures. It is nowadays known as ABC Signature (since 2020), and was known as ABC Studios since 2007.

### Fox 21

Fox 21 (styled fox21.) was a low-cost scripted and reality cable television production arm of 20th Century Fox, which was a division of the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox. The company productions included the FX series Sons of Anarchy, Terriers and Tyrant, the A&E action series Breakout Kings, The CW reality series Beauty and the Geek, the Showtime series Homeland, the Comedy Central series Brickleberry, the WGN America series Salem and the Lifetime series Witches of East End. On December 4, 2014, Fox Television Studios merged with Fox 21 to form Fox 21 Television Studios.
Fox 21 was formed in 2004 by 20th Century Fox Television executives Dana Walden and Gary Newman to develop and back smaller-budgeted but unique and daring shows. Fox 21's first executive was Jane Leisner. The unit's early hits were the FX series Sons of Anarchy and The CW reality series Beauty and the Geek.
After originally being passed over for programming the new network, MyNetworkTV, Fox 21 was in consideration along with Twentieth Television and independent producers as of December 2006 in a potential reprogramming from telenovela to low-cost reality and game shows.
Bert Salke, who moved from his Brancato/Salke production company based at ABC Studios, took charge of the unit in 2010 and led an increase in show productions starting with the Showtime series Homeland. In early 2015, Mythology Entertainment signed a first look deal with the company and its sister studio 20th Century Fox Television while announcing the head of its TV division.
The company produces or had produced the FX series Terriers, Tyrant, Sons of Anarchy, Mayans MC, The Americans and The Bastard Executioner, the A&E action series Breakout Kings, the Showtime series The Chi, the Hulu series Chance, the Comedy Central series Brickleberry, the WGN America series Salem and the Lifetime series Witches of East End.

## History

It was announced in December 2014 that Fox 21 and Fox Television Studios would merge into Fox 21 Television Studios. This situation came as a result of FTVS's president David Madden being promoted to Fox Broadcasting Company and the fact that both units were focusing on the same market, cable television. The combined operation is headed by Fox 21 president Bert Salke.
In January 2020, Fox 21 reached a first-look deal with Marta Kauffman's studio Okay Goodnight, beginning with an adaptation of the 2019 novel The Dreamers. In early-February 2020, it reached a first-look deal with the Gotham Group.
On August 10, 2020, as part of a reorganization of Walt Disney Television following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, the studio was renamed Touchstone Television — reviving a brand dormant since the previous Touchstone Television was renamed ABC Studios in 2007. ABC Studios had also merged with the previous iteration of ABC Signature Studios to form the current iteration of ABC Signature. The renamed Touchstone Television studio retains a typewriter-styled logo similar to the previous Fox 21 and Fox 21 Television Studios brandings. The first and only production under the name was the Hulu film Books of Blood.
Less than four months following this change, on December 1, 2020, Walt Disney Television head Dana Walden announced a further reorganization which will see the newly renamed division wound up, with Salke transitioning to an overall producing deal with Disney Television Studios, and remaining operations absorbed into 20th Television.

## Filmography
### Television series

| Title | Genre | First air date | Last air date | No. of seasons | Network | Production company(s) | Notes |
| Fox Television Studios (1997–2014) ||||||||
| The Hughleys | Sitcom | September 22, 1998 (1998-9-22) | May 20, 2002 (2002-5-20) | 4 | ABC (seasons 1-2) UPN (seasons 3-4) | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio and Willowick Entertainment | |
| Maggie Winters | Sitcom | September 30, 1998 (1998-9-30) | February 3, 1999 (1999-2-3) | 1 | CBS | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio and CBS Productions | |
| To Have & to Hold | Drama | September 30, 1998 (1998-9-30) | December 9, 1998 (1998-12-9) | 1 | CBS | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio and CBS Productions | |
| Fast Food Films | Variety show | March 6, 1999 (1999-3-6) | September 28, 1999 (1999-9-28) | 1 | FX | Gold Coast Television Entertainment | |
| The X Show | Magazine series | May 31, 1999 (1999-5-31) | April 2001 (2001-4) | 2 | FX | Mindless Entertainment | |
| Oh, Grow Up | Sitcom | September 22, 1999 (1999-9-22) | December 28, 1999 (1999-12-28) | 1 | ABC | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio | |
| Ryan Caulfield: Year One | Sitcom | October 15, 1999 (1999-10-15) | October 22, 1999 (1999-10-22) | 1 | Fox | Mandeville Films and Regency Television | |
| Malcolm in the Middle | Sitcom | January 9, 2000 (2000-1-9) | May 14, 2006 (2006-5-14) | 7 | Fox | Satin City and Regency Television | |
| Son of the Beach | Sitcom | March 14, 2000 (2000-3-14) | October 1, 2002 (2002-10-1) | 3 | FX | The Howard Stern Production Company and Loch Lomond Entertainment | |
| Soul Food: The Series | Drama | June 28, 2000 (2000-6-28) | May 26, 2004 (2004-5-26) | 5 | Showtime | Water Walk Productions, Edmonds Entertainment, State Street Pictures, 20th Century Fox Television, Showtime Networks and Paramount Network Television | Based on the 1997 film of the same name |
| Backstory | Documentary | August 12, 2000 (2000-8-12) | January 20, 2005 (2005-1-20) | 5 | AMC | Phometheus Entertainment, Van Ness Films and Foxstar Productions | |
| Murder in Small Town X | Reality | July 24, 2001 (2001-7-24) | September 4, 2001 (2001-9-4) | 1 | Fox | Hoosick Falls Productions | |
| Beat the Geeks | Game show | November 7, 2001 (2001-11-7) | October 7, 2002 (2002-10-7) | 2 | Comedy Central | Mindless Entertainment | |
| The Shield | Police drama | March 12, 2002 (2002-3-12) | November 25, 2008 (2008-11-25) | 7 | FX | MiddKid Productions, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television and Sony Pictures Television | |
| John Doe | Science fiction | September 20, 2002 (2002-9-20) | April 25, 2003 (2003-4-25) | 1 | Fox | Camp-Thompson Productions and Regency Television | |
| The Grid | Thriller | July 19, 2004 (2004-7-19) | August 9, 2004 (2004-8-9) | 1 | TNT | Groveland Pictures and Carnival Films | Miniseries; aired on BBC Two in the UK |
| Listen Up | Sitcom | September 20, 2004 (2004-9-20) | April 25, 2005 (2005-4-25) | 1 | CBS | Regency Television and CBS Productions | Distributed in the US by CBS Media Ventures |
| Living with Fran | Sitcom | April 8, 2005 (2005-4-8) | March 24, 2006 (2006-3-24) | 2 | The WB | Fringe Producers, On Time and Sober, Jizzy Entertainment, Uh-Oh Productions and Regency Television | |
| The Girls Next Door | Reality | August 7, 2005 (2005-8-7) | August 8, 2010 (2010-8-8) | 6 | E! | Prometheus Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment | |
| Killer Instinct | Crime drama | September 23, 2005 (2005-9-23) | December 2, 2005 (2005-12-2) | 1 | Fox | Regency Television | |
| Cheerleader Nation | Reality | March 12, 2006 (2006-3-12) | May 28, 2006 (2006-5-28) | 1 | Lifetime | Swim Entertainment | |
| Thief | Crime drama | March 28, 2006 (2006-3-28) | May 2, 2006 (2006-5-2) | 1 | FX | Pariah Television, Sarabande Productions and Regency Television | miniseries |
| Windfall | Drama | June 8, 2006 (2006-6-8) | August 31, 2006 (2006-8-31) | 1 | NBC | Joyful Girl Productions and Regency Television | |
| Celebrity Duets | Reality | August 29, 2006 (2006-8-29) | September 29, 2006 (2006-9-29) | 1 | Fox | SYCOtv and A. Smith & Co. Productions | |
| The Riches | Drama | March 12, 2007 (2007-3-12) | April 29, 2008 (2008-4-29) | 2 | FX | Maverick Television and FX Productions | |
| Burn Notice | Action | June 28, 2007 (2007-6-28) | September 12, 2013 (2013-9-12) | 7 | USA | Flying Glass of Milk Productions, Fuse Entertainment and Fabrik Entertainment | |
| Saving Grace | Fantasy | July 23, 2007 (2007-7-23) | June 21, 2010 (2010-6-21) | 4 | TNT | Grand Productions and Paid My Dues Productions | |
| Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants | Reality | December 13, 2007 (2007-12-13) | January 30, 2008 (2008-1-30) | 1 | The CW | Swim Entertainment | |
| The Return of Jezebel James | Sitcom | March 14, 2008 (2008-3-14) | March 21, 2008 (2008-3-21) | 1 | Fox | Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions and Regency Television | |
| Mental | Medical drama | May 26, 2009 (2009-5-26) | August 14, 2009 (2009-8-14) | 1 | Fox | Kedzie Productions and Infinity Pictures | |
| Kendra | Reality | June 7, 2009 (2009-6-7) | November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20) | 4 | E! | Prometheus Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment | |
| Defying Gravity | Science fiction | August 2, 2009 (2009-8-2) | October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23) | 1 | ABC | Parriott/Edelstein Productions and Omni Film Productions | aired on CTV in Canada |
| White Collar | Crime drama | October 23, 2009 (2009-10-23) | December 18, 2014 (2014-12-18) | 6 | USA | Jeff Eastin & Warrior George Productions | |
| The Wanda Sykes Show | Talk show | November 7, 2009 (2009-11-7) | April 24, 2010 (2010-4-24) | 1 | Fox | Sykes Entertainment, Inc. | |
| Holly's World | Reality | December 6, 2009 (2009-12-6) | April 3, 2011 (2011-4-3) | 2 | E! | Prometheus Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment | |
| The Good Guys | Police dramedy | May 19, 2010 (2010-5-19) | December 10, 2010 (2010-12-10) | 1 | Fox | Flying Glass of Milk Productions and Fuse Entertainment | |
| Persons Unknown | Mystery | June 7, 2010 (2010-6-7) | August 28, 2010 (2010-8-28) | 1 | NBC | Invisible Ink and Televisa S.A. de C.V. | |
| The Gates | Supernatural drama | June 20, 2010 (2010-6-20) | September 19, 2010 (2010-9-19) | 1 | ABC | Little Engine Productions and Summerland Entertainment | |
| The Glades | Crime drama | July 11, 2010 (2010-7-11) | August 26, 2013 (2013-8-26) | 4 | A&E | Innuendo Productions and Grand Productions | |
| Lights Out | Drama | January 11, 2011 (2011-1-11) | April 5, 2011 (2011-4-5) | 1 | FX | A Warren Leight Production, Fineman Entertainment and FX Productions | |
| The Killing | Crime drama | April 3, 2011 (2011-4-3) | August 1, 2014 (2014-8-1) | 4 | AMC (Seasons 1-3) Netflix (Season 4) | KMF Films, Fuse Entertainment and Fabrik Entertainment | |
| In the Flow with Affion Crockett | Sketch comedy | August 14, 2011 (2011-8-14) | September 11, 2011 (2011-9-11) | 1 | Fox | Foxx/King Entertainment and Tantamount Studios | |
| The Great Escape | Reality | June 24, 2012 (2012-6-24) | August 26, 2012 (2012-8-26) | 1 | TNT | Profiles Television Productions, The Hochberg Ebersol Company and Imagine Television | |
| The Americans | Espionage | January 30, 2013 (2013-1-30) | May 30, 2018 (2018-5-30) | 6 | FX | Nemo Films, Amblin Television and FX Productions | |
| Maron | Sitcom | May 3, 2013 (2013-5-3) | July 13, 2016 (2016-7-13) | 4 | IFC | Boomer Lives! Productions and Apostle | |
| Graceland | Action | June 6, 2013 (2013-6-6) | September 17, 2015 (2015-9-17) | 3 | USA | Jeff Eastin & Warrior George Productions | |
| Sirens | Sitcom | March 6, 2014 (2014-3-6) | April 14, 2015 (2015-4-14) | 2 | USA | Middletown News and Apostle | based on the British series of the same name |
| Life Flight: Trauma Center Houston | Reality | February 16, 2015 (2015-2-16) | March 16, 2015 (2015-3-16) | 1 | Lifetime | The Boardwalk Entertainment Group | |
| Fox 21 (2004–2014) ||||||||
| Beauty and the Geek | Reality | June 1, 2005 (2005-6-1) | May 13, 2008 (2008-5-13) | 5 | The WB (seasons 1-2) The CW (seasons 3-5) | Katalyst Films and 3 Ball Productions | |
| Free Ride | Sitcom | March 1, 2006 (2006-3-1) | April 9, 2006 (2006-4-9) | 1 | Fox | Rob Roy Thomas Productions and Wild Jams Productions | |
| Saved | Medical drama | June 12, 2006 (2006-6-12) | September 4, 2006 (2006-9-4) | 1 | TNT | Sarabande Productions, Brightline Pictures and Imagine Television | |
| Anchorwoman | Reality | August 22, 2007 (2007-8-22) | August 22, 2007 (2007-8-22) | 1 | Fox | The 6 Group | |
| Sons of Anarchy | Crime drama | September 3, 2008 (2008-9-3) | December 9, 2014 (2014-12-9) | 7 | FX | Linson The Company, Sutter Ink and FX Productions | |
| Game Show in My Head | Game show | January 3, 2009 (2009-1-3) | January 24, 2009 (2009-1-24) | 1 | CBS | Hat Trick Productions and Katalyst Films | |
| Terriers | Dramedy | September 8, 2010 (2010-9-8) | December 1, 2010 (2010-12-1) | 1 | FX | MiddKid Productions and Rickshaw Productions | |
| Breakout Kings | Crime drama | March 6, 2011 (2011-3-6) | April 29, 2012 (2012-4-29) | 2 | A&E | Matt Olmstead Productions, Blackjack Films, and Chernin Entertainment | |
| Homeland | Thriller | October 2, 2011 (2011-10-2) | April 26, 2020 (2020-4-26) | 8 | Showtime | Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group and Showtime Networks | |
| Brickleberry | Animated sitcom | September 25, 2012 (2012-9-25) | April 14, 2015 (2015-4-14) | 3 | Comedy Central | Damn! Show Productions and Black Heart Productions | |
| Witches of East End | Fantasy | October 6, 2013 (2013-10-6) | October 5, 2014 (2014-10-5) | 2 | Lifetime | 3 Arts Entertainment and Curly Girly Productions | |
| Those Who Kill | Crime drama | March 3, 2014 (2014-3-3) | May 18, 2014 (2014-5-18) | 1 | A&E (Episodes 1-2) Lifetime Movie Network (Episodes 3-10) | One Two One Three Pictures, Miso Film, and Imagine Television | |
| Salem | Horror | April 20, 2014 (2014-4-20) | January 25, 2017 (2017-1-25) | 3 | WGN America | Beetlecod Productions and Prospect Park | |
| Tyrant | Political drama | June 24, 2014 (2014-6-24) | September 7, 2016 (2016-9-7) | 3 | FX | Teakwood Lane Productions, Keshet Media Group and FX Productions | |
| Rush | Medical drama | July 17, 2014 (2014-7-17) | September 18, 2014 (2014-9-18) | 1 | USA | Little Engine Productions, Fancy Films and Pine City Entertainment | |
| Legends | Crime drama | August 13, 2014 (2014-8-13) | December 28, 2015 (2015-12-28) | 2 | TNT | Paperboy Productions and Teakwood Lane Productions | |
| Fox 21 Television Studios (2014–2020) ||||||||
| The Comedians | Sitcom | April 9, 2015 (2015-4-9) | June 25, 2015 (2015-6-25) | 1 | FX | Jennilind Productions, Larry Charles Projects, Tamaroa Productions, Flying Glass of Milk Productions, Fabrik Entertainment and FX Productions | |
| Complications | Drama | June 18, 2015 (2015-6-18) | August 13, 2015 (2015-8-13) | 1 | USA | Flying Glass of Milk Productions | |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Dramedy | July 16, 2015 (2015-7-16) | September 1, 2016 (2016-9-1) | 2 | FX | Apostle and FX Productions | |
| The Bastard Executioner | Historical drama | September 15, 2015 (2015-9-15) | November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17) | 1 | FX | Sutter Ink, Imagine Television and FX Productions | |
| Damien | Horror | March 7, 2016 (2016-3-7) | May 9, 2016 (2016-5-9) | 1 | A&E | 44 Strong Productions and Fineman Entertainment | based on The Omen |
| Dice | Sitcom | April 10, 2016 (2016-4-10) | October 8, 2017 (2017-10-8) | 2 | Showtime | Olé Productions, American Work Inc. and Showtime Networks | |
| Chance | Psychological thriller | October 19, 2016 (2016-10-19) | November 29, 2017 (2017-11-29) | 2 | Hulu | Nutmegger, Kem Nunn Stories, Inc., and Groundswell Productions | |
| Seven Seconds | Crime drama | February 23, 2018 (2018-2-23) | February 23, 2018 (2018-2-23) | 1 | Netflix | KMF Films, Bender Brown Productions, and Filmtribe | Limited series |
| Fosse/Verdon | Biographical drama | April 9, 2019 (2019-4-9) | May 28, 2019 (2019-5-28) | 1 | FX | 5000 Broadway Productions and FX Productions | Limited series |
| The Politician | Political dramedy | September 27, 2019 (2019-9-27) | June 19, 2020 (2020-6-19) | 2 | Netflix | Prospect Films, Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision and Ryan Murphy Television | |
| Soundtrack | Musical drama | December 18, 2019 (2019-12-18) | December 18, 2019 (2019-12-18) | 1 | Netflix | Annapurna Television, Random Acts Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | |
| The Stranger | Thriller | April 13, 2020 (2020-4-13) | April 27, 2020 (2020-4-27) | 1 | Quibi | KMF Films | |
| Barkskins | Drama | May 25, 2020 (2020-5-25) | June 15, 2020 (2020-6-15) | 1 | National Geographic | Elwood Reid Inc. | |
| Tales from the Loop | Science fiction | April 3, 2020 (2020-4-3) | April 3, 2020 (2020-4-3) | 1 | Amazon Prime Video | Amazon Studios, 6th & Idaho and Indio | |
| Ratched | Psychological thriller | September 18, 2020 (2020-9-18) | September 18, 2020 (2020-9-18) | 1 | Netflix | The Saul Zaentz Company and Ryan Murphy Productions | based on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |