Twentieth Century Fox Television Pictures, Inc.

Type	Subsidiary of 20th Century Fox
Industry	Television production
Founded	1949 (as TCF Television Productions, Inc.)
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, United States
Key people	Dana Walden and Gary Newman, co-chairs
Products	Television programs
Revenue	$11.7 billion USD (2006)
Operating income	$845 million USD (2006)
Owner	21st Century Fox
Parent	20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Television (stylized as 20th Century Fox Television, also known as Fox Original Productions, Inc.) is the television production division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, and a production arm of the Fox Television Group (both are subsidiaries of the Fox Entertainment Group, in turn part of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox). 20th Television is the syndication arm of 20th Century Fox Television.^[1]

History[edit]

20th Century Fox Television was formed in 1949 as other studios were branching out into television production as well. At that time, the company was known as TCF Television Productions, Inc. until 1955. TCFTV folded the operations of TV production companies it has acquired: Metromedia Producers Corporation in 1986, New World Entertainment in 1997, and MTM Enterprises in 1998, and is the current distributor (via its distribution division, 20th Television) for most of the shows originally produced by these companies.

Since 1986, 20th Century Fox Television has served as the Fox television network's official production arm (with Fox Television Studios being viewed as the network's unofficial television production division), producing the bulk of television series airing on the television network. 20CFT produced the first two series that aired on Fox's sister network, MyNetworkTV: Desire and Fashion House.

In 1989, 20th Century Fox Television's functions were taken over by Twentieth Television Corporation, a separate entity from 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. Both companies were subsidiaries of News Corporation unit Fox Inc.; the move was made to separate the television productions from the movie studio in order to increase the latter's output.^[2] Following a 1994 restructuring of Fox's television production companies, 20th Television was refocused on syndication and "non-traditional programs," while network television programming once more came under the 20th Century Fox Television banner and returned to being a division of the movie studio.^[3] In 1998, MTM folded into 20th Century Fox Television, but MTM was in-name only. In 2012, 20th Century Fox Television was reorganized as a separate unit of News Corporation; 20th Century Fox Television chairs Dana Walden and Gary Newman now report to Chase Carey, COO of 21st Century Fox.^[4]

As is the case with most of its sibling studios, copyright notices of programming produced by either the television or syndication divisions bears the copyright of the overall film studio, i.e. "© (respective year) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation".

Notable shows produced by 20th Century Fox Television include: M*A*S*H, Glee, How I Met Your Mother, Bones, Empire, Family Guy, 24, Modern Family, American Dad!, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Futurama, New Girl, and most notably The X-Files and The Simpsons.

In July 2014, it was announced that the operations of the Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox Television will merge into a new unit, the Fox Television Group, which will be overseen by Walden and Newman.^[5]

List of programs produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television[edit]

Television series[edit]

Live-action[edit]

• Crusade in Europe (1949)
• The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955–1957)
• My Friend Flicka (1956–1958)
• Broken Arrow (1956–1960)
• Man Without a Gun (1957–1959)
• How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959) (based on the 1953 Marilyn Monroe movie of the same name)
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963)
• Five Fingers (1959–1960)
• Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962)
• Hong Kong (1960–1961)
• Follow the Sun (1961–1962)
• Bus Stop (1961–1962) (based on the 1956 Marilyn Monroe movie of the same name)
• Margie (1961–1962)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968, based on the 1961 movie of the same name by 20th Century Fox)
• Peyton Place (1964–1969) (based on the 1957 movie of the same name by 20th Century Fox)
• Valentine's Day (1964–1965)
• Twelve O'Clock High (1964–1967) (based on the 1949 movie of the same name by 20th Century Fox)
• Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
• The Legend of Jesse James (1965–1966)
• Lost in Space (1965–1968)
• The Long, Hot Summer (1965–1966)
• The Loner (1965–1966)
• Blue Light (1966)
• Batman (1966–1968)
• The Monroes (1966–1967)
• The Man Who Never Was (1966–1967)
• The Tammy Grimes Show (1966)
• The Time Tunnel (1966–1967)
• The Green Hornet (1966–1967)
• Felony Squad (1966–1969)
• Custer (1967)
• Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
• Julia (1968–1971)
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970) (Based on the 1947 film by 20th Century Fox)
• Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
• Lancer (1968–1970)
• Journey to the Unknown (1968)
• Room 222 (1969–1974)
• Bracken's World (1969–1970)
• The Desperate Mission (1969)
• Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971)
• The Best of Everything (1970) (Based on the 1959 movie by 20th Century Fox)
• Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970–1971) (co-production with the BBC)
• Arnie (1970–1972)
• Circus (1971–1973)
• Cade's County (1971–1972)
• Return to Peyton Place (1972–1974)
• M*A*S*H (1972–1983) (from the 1970 film of the same name)
• Anna and the King (1972) (based on the 1946 film of the same name and the 1956 musical version The King and I)
• Roll Out (1973–1974)
• The New Perry Mason (1973–1974)
• ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (1973–1976) (select programming)
• Great Mysteries (1973)
• The Starlost (1973) (co-production with the CTV Television Network)
• Run, Joe, Run (1974)
• Dinah! (1974)
• Planet of the Apes (1974) (based on the movie of the same name)
• Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
• Karen (1975)
• Oil Strike North (1975)
• The Swiss Family Robinson (1975–1976)
• That's Hollywood (1977–1978)^[6]
• ABC Weekend Special (1977–1997; select episodes)
• Loves Me, Loves Me Not (1977)
• Young Dan'l Boone (1977)
• James at 15 (1977–1978)
• Husbands, Wives & Lovers (1978)
• The Paper Chase (1978–1979 on CBS; 1983–1986 on Showtime) (based on the 1973 film of the same name.)
• Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
• W.E.B. (1978)
• Dance Fever (1979–1987)
• Billy (1979)
• Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1986)
• The Starlost (1980) (mini)
• Hagen (1980)
• The Monte Carlo Show (1980)
• Breaking Away (1980–1981)
• The Fall Guy (1981–1986) (co-production with Glen A. Larson Productions)
• All-American Ultra Quiz (1981)
• Jessica Novak (1981)
• 9 to 5 (1982–1983 on ABC, 1986–1988 in Syndication) (from the 1980 film of the same name)
• It's Not Easy (1983)
• AfterMASH (1983–1984)
• Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983–1984)
• Trauma Center (1983)
• Manimal (1983) (co-production with Glen A. Larson Productions)
• Masquerade (1983–1984) (co-production with Glen A. Larson Productions)
• Automan (1983–1984) (co-production with Glen A. Larson Productions)
• Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984)
• Cover Up (1984–1985) (co-production with Glen A. Larson Productions)
• Mr. Belvedere (1985–1990) (based on the 1948 film Sitting Pretty and its two sequels)
• Half Nelson (1985) (co-production with Glen A. Larson Productions)
• Charlie & Company (1985–1986)
• Fathers and Sons (1986)
• Tender is the Night (1985) (mini)
• Spearfield's Daughter (1986) (mini)
• Dream Girl, U.S.A. (1986–1987)
• The Wizard (1986–1987)
• Small Wonder (1985–1989) (after acquiring Metromedia)
• L.A. Law (1986–1994)
• The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–1990) (co-production with Gracie Films)
• 21 Jump Street (1987–1991) (co-production with Stephen J. Cannell Productions)
• Hooperman (1987–1989)
• Finders Keepers (1987–1989) (distributor only; produced by Nickelodeon and Viacom Enterprises
• America's Most Wanted (1988–2012)
• COPS (1989–2013; co-production with Barbour Langley Productions (1989-2001), Langley Productions (2002–present), and Fox Television Stations Productions (1989-2013; co-production moved to Spike Original Productions after move of show to Spike)
• Sister Kate (1989–1990)
• Anything But Love (1989–1992)
• Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993) (co-production with Steven Bochco Productions)
• Good Grief (1990–1991)
• In Living Color (1990–1994)
• The Sunday Comics (1991–1992)
• Civil Wars (1991–1993)
• Silk Stalkings (1991–1999) (co-production with Stephen J. Cannell Productions)
• Picket Fences (1992–1996)
• The X-Files (1993–2002)
• NYPD Blue (1993–2005) (co-production with Steven Bochco Productions)
• Chicago Hope (1994–2000)
• The Crew (1995–1996)
• Space: Above and Beyond (1995–1996)
• The Pretender (1996–2000) (co-production with NBC Studios and Mitchell-Van Sickle Productions, picked up production after MTM Enterprises folded at the end of Season 1)
• 413 Hope St. (1997–1998)
• Nothing Sacred (1997–1998)
• The Visitor (1997–1998)
• Ally McBeal (1997–2002) (co-production with David E. Kelley, broadcast by Fox Network)
• Dharma & Greg (1997–2002) (co-produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, broadcast by ABC)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) (based on the 1992 film of the same name by 20th Century Fox)
• The Practice (1997–2004) (co-production with David E. Kelley, broadcast by ABC)
• The Big House (2004)
• The Magic Hour (1998–2000)
• Holding the Baby (1998–2000)
• Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998–2001)
• The Hughleys (1998–2002)
• Martial Law (1998–2002)
• Judging Amy (1999–2005) (co-production with Barbara Hall productions and broadcaster CBS)
• Harsh Realm (1999–2000)
• Stark Raving Mad (1999–2000)
• Roswell (1999–2002)
• Angel (1999–2004)
• Greed (1999–2000)
• Titus (2000–2001) (broadcast on Fox)
• American High (2000) (broadcast on PBS)
• FreakyLinks (2000) (co-production with Haxan Films and Regency Television, broadcast on Fox)
• Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006) (co-production with Regency Television and Fox Television Studios, broadcast on Fox)
• Dark Angel (2000–2002) (co-production with James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, broadcast on Fox)
• Soul Food: The Series (2000-2004) (co-production with Water Walk Productions, Edmonds Entertainment (2000-2002), State Street Pictures (2002-2004), Fox Television Studios (2000-2002), and Paramount Network Television
• Boston Public (2000-2004) (co-production with David E. Kelley, broadcast on Fox)
• Kitchen Confidential (2005) (co-production with New Line Television)
• Super Greed (2000)
• Yes, Dear (2000-2006) (co-production with Cherry Tree Entertainment, Amigos De Garcia Productions, and CBS Productions; broadcast on CBS)
• Reba (2001–2007) (co-production with Acme Productions, broadcast on WB)
• 24 (2001–2010) (co-production with Imagine Entertainment, broadcast on Fox)
• Danny (2001) (co-production with Acme Productions and Big Ticket Entertainment, broadcast on CBS)
• Bob Patterson (2001) (co-production with Touchstone Television)
• UC: Undercover (2001–2002) (co-production with NBC Studios and Regency Television, broadcast on NBC)
• The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2006) (co-production with Wilmore Films and Regency Television, broadcast on Fox)
• Girls Club (2002) (co-production with David E. Kelley, broadcast on Fox)
• Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002–2003) (co-produced by Garfield Grove Productions and Paramount Network Television)
• Fastlane (2002–2003)
• Oliver Beene (2003–2004) (co-production with Steven Levitan Productions and DreamWorks Television, broadcast on Fox)
• The Pitts (2003)
• A.U.S.A. (2003–present)
• Firefly (2002)
• Tru Calling (2003–2005)
• Boston Legal (2004–2008)
• My Name Is Earl (2005–2009) (co-production with Amigos De Garcia Productions)
• Prison Break (2005–2009)
• How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014)
• Bones (2005–present)
• The 1/2 Hour News Hour (2007) (seen on sister network Fox News Channel)
• Point Pleasant (2005)
• Burn Notice (2007–2013)
• Journeyman (2007)
• Back to You (2007–2008)
• Life on Mars (2008–2009) (co-production with ABC Studios)
• Dollhouse (2009–2010)
• Better Off Ted (2009–2010)
• Modern Family (2009–present) (co-production with Steven Levitan Productions and Picador Entertainment)
• Glee (2009–2015)
• The Deep End (2010)
• Raising Hope (2010–2014)
• Sons of Tucson (2010)
• American Horror Story (2011–present)
• Last Man Standing (2011–present)
• CHAOS (2011)
• Marchlands (2011) (co-production with ITV Studios)
• The Playboy Club (2011) (co-production with Imagine Entertainment)
• Traffic Light (2011)
• Friends with Benefits (2011) (co-production with Imagine Entertainment, Big Kid Pictures and Pickle Films, broadcast on NBC)
• New Girl (2011–present)
• Terra Nova (2011) (co-production with Amblin Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment, Kapital Entertainment, La Siesta Productions)
• Awake (2012)
• The Finder (2012)
• 1600 Penn (2012–2013)
• Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012–2013) (co-production with ABC Studios)
• The New Normal (2012–2013)
• Lightfields (2013) (co-production with ITV Studios)
• How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) (2013)
• Sleepy Hollow (2013–present)
• Back in the Game (2013) (broadcast on ABC)
• The Crazy Ones (2013–2014)
• Cristela (2014-2015) (broadcast on ABC)
• Mind Games (2014) (broadcast on ABC)
• Sirens (2014–2015)
• Crisis (2014) (co-production with Ravich-Shariat Productions, broadcast on NBC)
• Friends with Better Lives (2014) (co-production with Kapital Entertainment)
• Gang Related (2014) (co-production with Imagine Entertainment, Chris Morgan Productions and Skeeter Rosenbaum Productions)
• Empire (2015–present) (co-production with Imagine Entertainment)
• Minority Report (2015-present) (co-production with Paramount Television and Amblin Entertainment
• Urban Cowboy (2016) (co-production Paramount Television)

Animation[edit]

• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1967) (co-production with Filmation Associates) (Based on the 1959 movie by 20th Century Fox)
• Fantastic Voyage (1968) (co-production with Filmation Associates) (Based on the 1966 movie of the same name by 20th Century Fox)
• Doctor Dolittle (1970–1971) (co-production with DePatie-Freleng Enterprises) (Based on the 1967 movie by 20th Century Fox)
• Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975–1976) (co-production with DePatie-Freleng Enterprises) (Based on the 1968 film and its sequels by APJAC Productions and 20th Century Fox)
• Star Wars: Ewoks (1985–1986) (co-production with Nelvana and Lucasfilm) (Based on the 1977 film Star Wars and its sequels by Lucasfilm Ltd. and 20th Century Fox)
• Star Wars: Droids (1985–1986) (co-production with Nelvana and Lucasfilm) (Based on the 1977 film and its sequels by Lucasfilm Ltd. and 20th Century Fox)
• The Simpsons (1989–present) (co-production with Gracie Films)
• Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990–1991) (co-production with Fox Children's Productions)
• Little Shop (1991) (co-production with Fox Children's Productions)
• Capitol Critters (1992) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera Productions and Steven Bochco Productions)
• Life with Louie (1994-1998) (co-production with Fox Children's Network, Hyperion Studios and The Anderson/Hassan Company)
• King of the Hill (1997–2009) (co-production with 3 Arts Entertainment, Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental Films, and Film Roman)
• Family Guy (1999–2003, 2005–present) (co-production with Fuzzy Door Productions)
• Futurama (1999–2003) (co-production with The Curiosity Company) Fox (2013 series by Comedy Central) (as "30th Century Fox Television") (Moved to Comedy Central 2008-13)
• American Dad! (2005–2014) (co-production with Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions) (Now on TBS; 2014–present)
• Sit Down, Shut Up (2009) (co-production with Sony Pictures Television, Tantamount Studios, and ITV Studios)
• The Cleveland Show (2009–2013) (co-production with Persons Unknown Productions, Happy Jack Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions)
• Neighbors from Hell (2010) (co-production with MoonBoy Animation and Bento Box Entertainment)
• Bob's Burgers (2011–present) (co-production with Bento Box Entertainment)
• Allen Gregory (2011) (co-production with Bento Box Entertainment and Chernin Entertainment)
• Napoleon Dynamite (2012) (co-production with Hess Films and Scully Productions) (Based on the 2004 movie by Fox Searchlight, MTV Films, and Paramount Pictures)
• Brickleberry (2012-2015) (co-production with Bento Box Entertainment, Black Heart Productions and Damn! Show Roger Black Productions
• Out There (2013) (co-production with Bento Box Entertainment and Quincy Productions)
• Bordertown (2016) (co-production with Bento Box Entertainment and Fuzzy Door Productions)

Television films and specials[edit]

• The Forest Ranger (1956)
• Operation Cicero (1956)
• Monte Carlo (1961)
• Sally & Sam (1965)
• Batgirl (1968)
• Braddock (1968)
• European Eye (1968)
• City Beneath the Sea (1969)
• Anderson and Company (1969)
• The Flim-Flam Man (1969)
• Daughter of the Mind (1969)
• Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969)
• David Copperfield (1969)
• Along Came a Spider (1970)
• The Challenge (1970)
• The Kowboys (1970)
• Southern Fried (1970)
• Three Coins in the Fountain (1970)
• Prudence and the Chief (1970)
• Tribes (1970)
• Paper Man (1971)
• Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971)
• They Call it Murder (1971)
• Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971)
• The CBS Late Movie (1972, select movies)
• When Michael Calls (1972)
• Fireball Forward (1972)
• Oh, Nurse! (1972)
• Return to Peyton Place (1972–1974)
• The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–1973)
  • Nanny and the Professor (1972) (co-production with Fred Calvert Productions)
  • Lost in Space (1973) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera Productions)
  • Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus (1973) (co-production with Fred Calvert Productions)
• Pursuit (1972)
• Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
• Going Places (1973)
• RX For Defense (1973)
• The Barbara Eden Show (1973)
• Terror on the Beach (1973)
• Ordeal (1973)
• Blood Sport (1973)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
• The Borrowers (1973)
• Mrs. Sundance (1974)
• If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever? (1974)
• Remember When (1974)
• Big Rose: Double Trouble (1974)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974) (remake of the classic film of the same name)
• The Mark of Zorro (1974)
• The Red Badge of Courage (1974)
• Stowaway to the Moon (1975)
• The Trial of Chaplin Jensen (1975)
• Adventures of the Queen (1975)
• At Long Last Cole (1975)
• A Girl Named Sooner (1975)
• State Fair (1976)
• Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (1976)
• Time Travelers (1976)
• The Cheerleaders (1976)
• Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976)
• Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976)
• Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
• Life Goes to the Movies (1976)
• Raid on Entebbe (1977)
• A Circle of Children (1977)
• Spectre (1977)
• Good Against Evil (1977)
• James at 15 (1977)
• The Making of Star Wars (1977) (co-production with Lucasfilm, Ltd.)
• Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front (1977)
• Murder in Peyton Place (1977)
• Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977)
• Ring of Passion (1978)
• Husbands, Wives & Lovers (1978)
• Mother, Jugs, and Speed (1978)
• A Guide for the Married Woman (1978)
• The Nativity (1978)
• Like Normal People (1979)
• Swan Song (1980)
• The Day Christ Died (1980)
• Tourist (1980)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)
• SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (co-production with Lucasfilm, Ltd.)
• World of Honor (1981)
• Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981)
• Aliens from Another Planet (1982)
• The Day the Bubble Burst (1982)
• Tomorrow's Child (1982)
• The Rules of Marriage (1982)
• Sister Sister (1982)
• Rooster (1982)
• Kentucky Woman (1983)
• Love Is Forever (1983)
• Blood Feud (1983)
• For Love and Honor (1983)
• Manimal (1983)
• From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983) (co-production with Lucasfilm, Ltd.)
• Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984)
• W*A*L*T*E*R (1984)
• Love Thy Neighbor (1984)
• Cover Up (1984)
• Sentimental Journey (1984)
• The Sun Also Rises (1984)
• Half Nelson (1985)
• Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985)
• Goodbye Charlie (1985)
• Covenant (1985)
• In Like Flynn (1985)
• Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985)
• A Letter to Three Wives (1985)
• A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)
• Popeye Doyle (1986)
• Night of the Headless Horseman (1999)
• Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) (co-production with The Curiosity Company)
• The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! (2010)

See also[edit]

• 20th Television
• Fox Television Studios
• Foxstar Productions
• Fox 21 Television Studios
• 20th Century Fox

References[edit]