20th Century Fox Television

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## Background

On December 5, 1994, the 20th Television unit was restructured, and 20th Television became refocused on syndication and non-traditional programming, and network television production was shifted back to 20th Century Fox, where it became 20th Century Fox Television again and hired Peter Fairman to serve as president of the studio. Between 1997 and 1998, the company's library expanded by acquiring New World Communications and MTM Enterprises. In 2012, it was reorganized as a separate unit of News Corporation, and two years later, the operations of Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox Television merged into the Fox Television Group. On August 10, 2020, TCFTV was renamed "20th Television" (the name of the company's former syndication unit, which was folded into Disney Media Distribution), as part of a corporate restructuring, similar to the movie distribution siblings became 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures on January 17, 2020. Today, the former TCFTV library is owned by the Walt Disney Company. TCFTV also produced cable television shows under the Fox 21) name.

## Logo (April 28, 1995-December 22, 2020)

* 1995-2010
* 2007-2020

Original variant (early 1995 version)Original variant (original 1995 version)Original widescreen variant (original 1995 version)Original open matte variant (original 1995 version)Original variant (enhanced 1998 version)Original widescreen variant (enhanced 1998 version)Original variant (abridged 2001 version)
20th Century Fox Television Logo (1995)20th Century Fox Television Logo (1995)-220th Century Fox Television (1998)

Enhanced variant (News Corporation byline)Enhanced widescreen variant (News Corporation byline)Enhanced widescreen variant (bylineless version)
Reamworks-20th Century Fox Television (2007)20th Century Fox Television (2013)**Nicknames:** "The Searchlights", "CGI Searchlights", "Zooming Tower", "The Tower of Tepidity", "The 20th Tower", "20th Century Fox Structure", "'90s/2000s Structure", "CGI City Skyline Searchlights", "News Corporation Structure"

**Visuals:** Same as the 1992 20th Television logo, but the structure is modified to resemble the standard Fox structure, looking rather taller, reading "**20th CENTURY FOX** TELEVISION". Also, the "®" symbol now fades in as the logo is finished zooming out.

**Bylines:**

* April 28, 1995-November 10, 2013: "**A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY**" (in the Adobe Garamond Pro font.)
* September 16, 2013-December 22, 2020: (bylineless)

**Variants:**

* An early variant from 1995-97 featured a slightly darker tower.
* On *Andy Richter Controls the Universe*, "**IN ASSOCIATION WITH**" fades in below the News Corporation byline, in the same font as the byline. Also, there is a black bar at the bottom. This would be followed by the 1987 or 2002 Paramount Television logo. On the region 1 DVD release of the series from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, this and the following Paramount Television logo were plastered by the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo, although both logos were kept when the shows aired on Universal HD and AXS TV a few years ago.
* September 26, 1998-May 24, 2010: The logo was enhanced with a more bluish sky, less realistic-looking searchlights and with the News Corporation byline slightly smaller. The structure also has an extra cube added to the right side. Also, the "®" symbol is already there and the News Corporation byline fades in once the logo finishes zooming out. When it debuted, the logo was squished to 4:3, then cropped to 4:3, while most shows began using the true 16:9 version in 1999.
	+ On video games, such as *24: The Video Game*, the "®" symbol is replaced with a "™" symbol.
* On *Titus*, the pilot episode of *Reba* and the first two seasons of *The Bernie Mac Show*, the 1998 variant plays in reverse. The News Corporation byline is also in the same size as the 1995 variant.
* On *The Big House*, the 1998 variant is already formed, except onscreen for a few more seconds before fading out.
* On the last three seasons of *Soul Food*, there is a still version of the 1998 variant. On *The Simpsons Arcade Game*, a still version of the 2007 variant is used.
* On April 13, 2007, the logo was given a more "enhanced" look with more realistic effects, more realistic-looking searchlights and with the structure in a slightly different font. Also, the structure is now set at a higher angle. Like the 1998 variant, the "®" symbol is already there and the News Corporation byline fades in later. However, some shows still used the 1995 or 1998 variants, such as *King of the Hill* (until November 18, 2007, with the 1998 variant), *American Dad!* (until May 4, 2008, with the 1995 variant, though the 1998 variant makes a surprise appearance on the episode "Stan Time", released on February 8, 2009), *The Simpsons* (until January 25, 2009, with the 1995 variant), *Family Guy* (until May 17, 2009, with the 1995 variant) and *24* (until its series finale on May 24, 2010, with the 1998 variant, though some early season 7 episodes used the 2007 variant instead).
* On *Sit Down, Shut Up*, there is a short version of the 2007 variant.
* Since September 16, 2013, the logo is bylineless for the first time ever. This is due to the split of News Corporation to 21st Century Fox. However, *The Simpsons*, *Bob's Burgers*, *American Dad!* and *Family Guy* still used the byline until November 10, 2013. *The Simpsons* and *Family Guy* started using the bylineless version on November 17, 2013, while *Bob's Burgers* and *American Dad!* started using it on November 24, 2013.
* On the pre-aired pilot of *A.U.S.A.*, there is a slightly extended version of the 1998 variant where the logo starts off with an extreme close-up of the structure., then easing to the normal animation. The standard 1998 version was used when the show officially aired.
* On older AMC airings of *Young Frankenstein* and *The Longest Day*, there is a B&W version of the 1998 variant.
* On season 4 of *The Simple Life*, the 1998 variant cuts out just as the News Corporation byline fades in.
* On the first seven seasons of *Family Guy* and the direct-to-video film *Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story*, the 1995 variant fades out.
* On the first eight episodes of the first season of *Central Park*, the 2013 variant is in a slightly different tint. On the last two episodes of said season, the logo is in its regular tint.

**Technique:** CGI. Like the movie logo, this was also designed by the late Kevin Burns and animated at Flip Your Lid Animation and Topix. The 2007 enhanced version of the logo was rumored to be animated at Intralink Film Graphic Design, though this remains unconfirmed.

**Audio:**

* April 28, 1995-March 21, 2018: A re-recorded and re-arranged version of the 1989 fanfare, conducted by Bruce Broughton, who also conducted the 1994 20th Century Fox fanfare. It is slightly different from the first 1994 20th Television fanfare. However, it is also used as an alternate version of said fanfare on the 1992 20th Television logo.
* 1995-July 14, 2014: The 1994 20th Television fanfare.
* October 19, 1997-September 14, 2020: A re-arranged, re-recorded and faster variant of the 1961 fanfare, conducted by David Newman, who also conducted the 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare.
* August 29, 2005-October 4, 2012: A short version of the 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare, much shorter than the above fanfare. This was used on the first season of *Prison Break*, the first four seasons of *Glee* and the first season of *American Horror Story*.
* September 14, 2005-July 24, 2020: A re-orchestrated and another shorter version of the 2005 fanfare, albeit edited to resemble the 1995 fanfare.
* September 4, 2012-August 21, 2020: The 2008 20th Television fanfare. Sometimes slightly rearranged with more trumpets.
* August 26, 2015-June 12, 2022: The last four notes of the 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare with the last note cut short. Only used on the short version. A warp-speed version also exists. It was the only fanfare left when all the above fanfares retired.

**Audio Variants:**

* An abridged version of the 1997 fanfare exists.
* On the first two seasons of *The Bernie Mac Show* and *Method and Red*, the 1998 Fox Television Studios fanfare is heard.
* A high-pitched version of the 1997 fanfare also exists.
* A warp-speed version of the 1995 fanfare exists. This can be heard on seasons 5-7 of *24*.
* In exceptional cases, the logo is silent, has the closing theme of the show or has a generic theme playing over it, such as Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS and The WB (later The CW).
* The 2005 fanfare can sometimes have the last note extend to the FX Originals logo.
* On current prints of some episodes of *The Simpsons*, namely the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, the 1989 fanfare plays.
* A high-pitched version of the 1989 fanfare also exists.

**Availability:** While no longer in use as of June 2022, it's still ultra common.

* This logo first debuted on *The X-Files* episode "F. Emasculata".
* Typically found on network programming from Fox.
* The early variant can be seen on shows, such as *413 Hope St.*.
* The original variant last appeared on the *Family Guy* episode "Peter's Progress".
* The 1998 enhanced version debuted on *Martial Law* and last appeared on the last episode of *24*. It can also be seen on shows, such as early episodes of *Bones*.
* The 2007 enhanced version debuted on *Drive*. It can also be seen on shows, such as *Bones*.
* The bylineless version debuted on the ninth season of *Bones*.
* It can also be seen on television airings of 1997-2019 *Plum Landing* episodes.
* This logo last appeared on the last episode of *NeXt*.

**Legacy:** While both the 1995 and 2007 versions have held up well enough, this logo and its 20th Television counterpart were strangely never updated to match the 2009 and 2020 theatrical logos. This version of the tower design has been used since 1992 (albeit in a slightly modified form) which even predates the 1994 film version.

## References

1. https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/disney-rebrands-tv-studios-20th-television-abc-signature-touchstone-1234730574/

## Copyright Stamps

Here is some information about the copyright stamps on TCFTV series:

* 1995-2020: Copyright © [YEAR] Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

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