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## 20th Television

### Predecessors:

20th Century-Fox Television20th Century Fox Television

## Background

20th Television (spelled as "Twentieth Television") started out as the television syndication arm of 20th Century Fox Television. Previously under Fox Television Stations, it was launched in 1989 originally as an in-name-only brand of TCFTV known as "Twentieth Television Corporation" (and structurally officialized in 1995). 20th Television also produced their own programs and distributed them across the United States.

Sometime in 2020, a year after The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, the original 20th Television was absorbed into Disney Media Distribution, and TCFTV was rebranded as 20th Television on August 10, 2020 as part of a corporate restructuring. Since September 26, 2021, the animated shows handled by 20th Television were transferred to 20th Television Animation.

## 1st Logo (July 1992- )

* 1992-2009
* 2008-

Original variant (bylineless version)Original widescreen variant (bylineless version)Original variant (News Corporation byline)Original widescreen variant (News Corporation byline)
1992 20th Television Logo20th Television Logo (1994)

Enhanced variant (News Corporation byline)Enhanced widescreen variant (News Corporation byline)Enhanced variant (bylineless version)Enhanced widescreen variant (bylineless version)
20th Television Logo (2008)20th Television (2013)-2**Nicknames:** "The Searchlights", "Early CGI 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:** On a morning background, we see a close-up of the standard Fox structure, in the style of the 1994 20th Century Fox logo, but the structure reads "**20th** TELEVISION" with "**FOX**" replaced by a simple gold rectangle. The camera zooms out as the searchlights move. The structure is also set at a lower angle.

**Trivia:**

* This logo was animated at Flip Your Lid Animation, who also animated the 1986 Paramount Pictures logo, the 1990 Universal Pictures logo and the 1994 20th Century Fox logo.
* The 2008 enhanced version of the logo was rumored to be animated at Intralink Film Graphic Design, though this remains unconfirmed.

**Bylines:**

* July 1992- : (bylineless)
* September 4, 1994-November 10, 2013: "**A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY**" (in the Adobe Garamond Pro font.)

**Variants:**

* During this logo's early years (before the usage of the byline), the zoom-out appeared slower and the opening shot is much closer to the structure. Despite regular usage stopping in 1994, this variant continued to be used until 2003.
* When the News Corporation byline was added to the logo in 1994, the staircase at the left side of the structure was slightly modified; the steps are now higher and have a sharper edge, which is possibly done to make it look a little more like the movie logo.
* In 2008, the logo was given a more "enhanced" look, like its network television counterpart with more realistic effects and more realistic-looking searchlights. If one looks closely, parts of the "**T**" and "**E**" are perfectly straight. Also, the News Corporation is shifted up compared to the 2007 version of the 1995 20th Century Fox Television logo and the structure is now set at a higher angle and has an extra cube added to the right side. However, some TBS and Adult Swim airings of seasons 7-10 of *Family Guy* still use the 1994 variant with the News Corporation byline and 1995 fanfare.
* A slightly longer version of the 1994 variant exists where two of the rear searchlights touch each other and the front-right structure leans more towards the left.
* Four versions of the 2008 variant exist:
	+ A short version where the News Corporation byline fades in during the zoom out.
	+ A normal version and a slightly longer version (described with the 1994 variant above).
	+ A long version where the two rightmost rear searchlights touch each other, but the second searchlight goes much farther to the right, while the front-right searchlight leans further to the left.
	+ The corporate variants of both the original 1992 variant of this logo and the 1995 20th Century Fox Television logo also had the searchlights in the same position as the long version of the 2008 variant.
* An opening version exists. Here, the animation is much slower and choppier and it's bylineless.
* A near-still shot version with only the searchlights moving exists on local reruns of *South Park*, TBS airings of *Yes, Dear* and Paramount Network split-screen credits airings of *Cops*.
* A B&W version exists on classic Fox shows and movies in that format.
* An in-credit version exists on *Sherman Oaks*, where the 1992 variant is superimposed in a box on a blue background with "DISTRIBUTED BY" above. The ending theme of the show is heard.
* On the short-lived *Dudley*, "in association with" fades in and out below the 1992 variant.
* A completely still version was spotted on some syndicated airings of *South Park*.
* On some 2008 episodes of shows, the 4:3 version of the 2008 variant is either stretched to fit a 16:9 screen or preserved with sidebars.
* On the third season of *The Wendy Williams Show*, the 16:9 version of the 2008 variant is squished to 4:3.
* A version of the logo with a faster frame-rate/animation exists on syndicated airings of *Rising Sun* in 2011 and *Speed* in 2012.
* Since late August 2013, the logo doesn't have a byline once again. This is due to the split of News Corporation to 21st Century Fox in 2013. However, the 2013-14 seasons of both *Family Feud* and *The Wendy Williams Show* still used the byline.
* At the end of an *X-Files* ad on the 1995 Hong Kong Laserdisc releases of *Star Wars Trilogy*, the slightly longer version of the 1994 variant fades in (after the zoom out) and out.
* Sometimes, the logo will animate as usual but have a freeze-frame when it finishes. This can be seen on a few episodes of *Forgive and Forget*, as well as a Cartoon Network airing of *Garfield's Fun Fest* (extended version only).
* A 4:3 version of the 2013 variant exists on newer prints of Fox-distributed shows produced in 4:3, especially on Antenna TV.
* A scope version of the 2008 and 2013 variants exists at the end of some widescreen films on TCM, including *The Agony and the Ecstasy*.
* A warp-speed version exists.
* On some prints, such as Paramount Network prints of *The Transporter 2* and indie prints of *Tosh-O*, the 2008 variant fades in as well as out.
* The 1992 and 1994 variants also have a cropped 16:9 version in rare cases.
* On some prints of 1992-94 episodes of *The Simpsons*, the 1992 variant fades in near the end of the zoom out and fades out a few seconds later. It is similar in a way to the 1994 variant with the byline, barring the fade in at the start. Channel 4 prints of the episode "Homer the Heretic" also features this variant.
* On the second season of *Central Park*, the logo has a slightly different tint.

**Technique:** CGI. Like the movie logo, this was designed by the late Kevin Burns and animated at Flip Your Lid Animation and Topix.

**Audio:**

* July 1992-1995: The 1989 20th Century Fox Television fanfare.
* 1992-2004?: A revamped version of the above fanfare, this time without the reverberation. This version would later be used for the 1995 20th Century Fox Television logo.
* 1993-1995: A remastered version of the 1989 20th Century Fox Television fanfare. It is similar to the 1992 fanfare, but with a slightly slower tempo.
* September 16, 1994-2008: A re-arranged and re-recorded version of the 1989 20th Century Fox Television fanfare, conducted by Bruce Broughton, who also conducted the 1994 20th Century Fox fanfare. This one is more reverberant than the original 1989 fanfare. It is similar to the 1995 20th Century Fox Television fanfare, but with some slight differences, namely less (audible) drum beats. Although this was actually first used on the X-Files in 1994, this wouldn't start official use until 1995.
* November 4, 1994-2008: A re-orchestrated version of the 1994 fanfare, but with more drum beats. This would later be used for the 1995 20th Century Fox Television logo. Like the 1994 fanfare, this fanfare did not start official use until 1995, although the previous fanfare is more common.
* 1997-May 16, 2021: The 1997 20th Century Fox Television fanfare.
* 2008-April 8, 2022: The 2005 20th Century Fox Television fanfare.
* 2008- : The 1997 20th Century Fox Television fanfare, but with a faster tempo. It sounds like an extended version of the 1994 fanfare.
* 2008- : Shortened version of the above fanfare. Sounds like a re-arranged version of the 1994 fanfare, but not quite the 2005 20th Century Fox Television fanfare.
* September 2009-2020: There is a shorter version where only the first few notes play and the rest fades out. Used on syndicated prints.
* September 27, 2020- : The 2015 20th Century Fox Television fanfare. A warp-speed version also exists.
* December 21, 2020-October 25, 2021: The shortened version of the 1997 20th Century Fox Television fanfare. Heard on *American Dad!* on TBS.

**Audio Variants:**

* Sometimes, the logo is silent or has the closing theme of the show.
* An extended version of the 2008 fanfare exists.
* Sometimes, the logo would use a song from the credits of a movie.

**Availability:** Current and ultra common.

* The 1992 bylineless version can be seen on shows, such as seasons 4 and 5 of *The Simpsons*.
* The News Corporation byline first appeared on the sixth season of *The Simpsons* (beginning with "Bart of Darkness").
* One of the earliest sightings of the 2008 enhanced version was on Cartoon Network airings of *Garfield Gets Real*.
* The 2013 bylineless version can be seen on shows, such as *Divorce Court*.
* When 20th Century Fox Television dissolved into 20th Television in 2020, the 2013 bylineless version appears on new episodes and shows (with the exception of post-2021 episodes of most animated shows, which use the 2021 20th Television Animation logo instead).
* It can also be seen on television airings of post-2020 *Plum Landing* episodes.

**Legacy:** Notable for being a CGI re-imagining of the classic Fox logo, which predated the actual CGI 20th Century Fox logo by two years. However, until its rename from 20th Century Fox Television in 2020, this logo garnered a lot of resentment by many due to this consistently plastering over old logos, making this one of the most-hated production logos of all time, along with the 2002 Sony Pictures Television logo, the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo, the 1984 Warner Bros. Pictures logo, and the 1984 MGM logo, among others; this logo would eventually get better praise in the end.

## 2nd Logo (2013-2019)

**Nicknames:** "The Searchlights II", "2D Searchlights", "The Tower of Tepidity II", "The 20th Tower II", "Blueprint Structure", "20th Century Fox Structure II", "2010s Structure"

**Visuals:** On a blue background with searchlights, we see the 1992 print logo drawing in as "Welcome to Twentieth Television" appears below. The logo then turns white.

**Technique:** Flash animation.

**Audio:** None.

**Availability:** Seen on the old 20th Television website around 2013 until the Disney acquisition in 2019.

**Legacy:** None.

## 3rd Logo (2014)

Opening variant

**Nicknames:** "The Searchlights III", "CGI Searchlights II", "The 20th Tower III", "20th Century Fox Structure III", "'90s/2000s Structure II", "CGI City Skyline Searchlights II"

**Visuals:** We see a redone version of the structure from the 1st logo, with the font resembling Myriad. The logo animates like the 1994 20th Century Fox logo, starting with the camera halfway panning to the right. The sky also looks a bit different and darker.

**Trivia:** This logo was animated at Stun Creative.

**Variant:** There is an opening variant where the logo is at the beginning of the animation and cuts into the shot where the city skyline is visible.

**Technique:** CGI, done by Stun Creative.

**Audio:** The 1997 20th Century Fox Television fanfare. The opening variant has the opening theme of the promo.

**Availability:** Ultra rare, as this never appeared on any shows and was only used on a 2014 sales promo for *Family Guy*, which can be seen here.

**Legacy:** None.

## Copyright Stamps

Here is some information about the copyright stamps on 20th Television series (starting in 2020):

* 2020- : © [YEAR] 20th Television

20th Century Fox Television
Touchstone Television

Disney Media Distribution
20th Television Animation

20th Century Studios

**20th Television** | 20th Century Fox Television | 20th Century-Fox Television | 20th Century-Fox TV