20th Television

Twentieth Television, Inc.

The 20th Television logo from 1992.
Type	Division
Industry	television syndication
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, USA
Owner(s)	News Corporation
Parent	Fox Entertainment Group
Subsidiaries	Monet Lane Prods.
Website	www.20thtv.com

Twentieth Television (20th Television) is an American television production and syndication company owned by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, a division of the Fox Entertainment Group, part of News Corporation.

History

20th Television was formed in 1989 by Fox Inc. (the News Corporation unit that oversaw 20th Century Fox at that time) in order to separate 20th Century Fox's television productions (which were previously handled by its 20th Century Fox Television division) from the movie studio in order to increase the latter's output. During this time, 20th Television and 20th Century Fox served as two of Fox's four main units, along with the Fox Broadcasting Company and Fox Television Stations. Following a 1994 restructuring of Fox's television production companies, 20th Television was refocused on syndication and "non-traditional programs;" its network television division was moved back to 20th Century Fox and retook the 20th Century Fox Television name.

20th Television distributes almost all programming from the television production unit and its subsidiaries and the motion picture studio's output (and their own subdivisions); since sister company 20th Century Fox Television produces most of the Fox network programming, 20th Television can also be considered the network's syndication arm.

The company syndicates and/or co-syndicates product from partners such as Regency Television and Debmar-Mercury. It owns programming from other production companies and studios they've acquired, including MTM Enterprises, most by Metromedia Producers Corporation, most by Four Star Television and select programming from New World Communications/Genesis Entertainment and Cannell Entertainment.

Titles produced and/or distributed by 20th Television

20th Century Fox Television

• Peyton Place (1964–1969)
• Batman (1966–1968)
• Julia (1968–1971)
• Nanny and the Professor (1970-1971)
• Beat The Clock (1969–1974) (Final two seasons syndicated by Firestone Syndication; owned by FremantleMedia North America)
• M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
• The New Adventures of Perry Mason (1973-1974)
• The Liars' Club (1976-1978)
• The Cheap Show (1978–1979)
• Dance Fever (1979–1987) (with Merv Griffin Enterprises, now distributed by Sony Pictures Television, currently owned by Merv Griffin Entertainment)
• The $100,000 Pyramid (1985–1988) (owned by Sony Pictures Television)
• L.A. Law (1986–1994)
• America's Most Wanted (1988–present)
• The Tracey Ullman Show (1987-1990; co-produced with Gracie Films)
• Cops (1989–present) (with Barbour-Langley Productions, Langley Productions and Fox Television Stations Productions)
• The Simpsons (1989–Present; co-produced with Gracie Films)
• In Living Color (1990–1994) (with Ivory Way Productions)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) (with Mutant Enemy Productions)
• King of the Hill (1997–2009) (with Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental Films and 3 Art Entertainment)
• Family Guy (1999–2002, 2005–present) (with Fuzzy Door Productions)
• Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–present with The Curiosity Company)
• Judging Amy (1999–2005) (with Barbara Hall Joseph Stern Productions and CBS Productions)
• Yes, Dear (2000–2006) (with Amigos de Garcia Productions, Cherry Tree Entertainment and CBS Productions)
• 24 (2001–2010) (with Imagine Television) & Teakwood Lane Productions)
• Still Standing (2002–2006) (with Tea Gal & Java Boy Productions and CBS Productions)
• Reba (2001–2007) (with Acme Productions and Bee Caves Road)
• How I Met Your Mother (2005–present) (with Bays Thomas Productions)
• American Dad! (2005–present) (with Underdog Productions & Fuzzy Door Productions)
• My Name is Earl (2005-2009; co-produced with Amigos de Garcia Productions)
• Prison Break (2005–2009) (with Original Film & Adlstein Parouse Productions)
• Stacked (2005) (with Steven Levitan Productions)
• The Cleveland Show (2009–present) (with Fuzzy Door Productions)
• Better Off Ted (2009–2010)
• Glee (2009–present) (with Ryan Murphy Productions and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision)
• Sit Down, Shut Up! (2009) (with Sony Pictures Television, ITV Studios and Tantamount Studios)
• Neighbors from Hell (2010) (with MoonBoy Animation and Bento Box Entertainment)
• Bob's Burgers (2011-present) (with Bento Box Entertainment)
• Allen Gregory (2011) (with Bento Box Entertainment and Chernin Entertainment)
• Napoleon Dynamite (2012) (with Hess Films and Scully Productions)
• Awake (2012)

20th Television

• The Gordon Elliott Show (1994-1997)
• Savannah (1996–1997)
• A Current Affair (1988–1996; 2005)
• Forgive or Forget (1998–2000)
• That 70's Show (1998–2006)
• Texas Justice (2001–2005)
• Dead Zone (2002–2007) (Produced by Lionsgate Television, Paramount Network Television (2002–2006) and CBS Paramount Network Television; US syndication along with Debmar-Mercury. CBS Television Distribution handles global distribution of series.)
• Cedric the Entertainer Presents (2002–2003)
• Cristina's Court (2006–2009)
• Temptation (2007–2008) (produced by FremantleMedia)
• The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet (2007–2009)
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2009–2011)
• Don't Forget the Lyrics! (2010–2011) (co-produced by Zodiak USA)

On Air Show

• America's Most Wanted (1988–Present)
• Cops (1989–Present)
• Family Feud (1999–Present) (Handles ad-sales since Fall 2007; produced by FremantleMedia; US syndication with Debmar-Mercury)
• South Park (1997–present) (assumed in 2007, after previous distributor Tribune Entertainment disbanded; distributed by Debmar-Mercury, 20th Television for ad-sales)
• Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2008–present) (US syndication with Debmar-Mercury)
• The Wendy Williams Show (2008–Present) (Handles ad-sales; US syndication with Debmar-Mercury)
• True Hollywood Story (2010-present)
• Dish Nation (2011-present)
• On The Spot (2011-present)
• The Jeremy Kyle Show (2011-present)

Monet Lane Prods.

• Divorce Court (1999–Present)
• Judge Alex (2005–Present)
• The Ricki Lake Show (2012) (Not to be confused with the 1993-2004 series by Sony Pictures Television)

Fox Television Studios

• The Shield (2002–2008, with Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, later by Sony Pictures Television. SPT handles television distribution sales, while TCF handles US home entertainment sales. All five seasons were later shifted to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and released the sixth season.)
• The Hughleys (1998–2002)
• Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006) (co-production with Satin City and Regency Television)
• The Winner (2007) (co-production with Fuzzy Door Productions)
• Burn Notice (2007–Present) (co-production with Flying Glass Of Milk Productions) & Fuse Entertainment)
• Saving Grace (2008–2010)
• Kendra (co-production with Atla Loma Entertainment and Promethus Entertainment) (2009)
• The Riches (in charge on season 2) (co-production with Maverick Productions)
• Mental (2009) (co-production with Kedzie Productions and Infinity Features)

Regency Television

• Roswell (1999–2002)
• Malcolm In the Middle (2000–2006)
• The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2006)
• John Doe (2002–2003)
• Thief (2006)
• Listen Up! (2005) (co-produced with CBS Paramount Network Television)
• New Amsterdam (2008)

Ten Thirteen Productions

• The X-Files (1993–2002)
• Millennium (1996–1999)
• Harsh Realm (1999–2000)
• The Lone Gunmen (2001)

Mutant Enemy Productions

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
• Angel (1999–2004)
• Firefly (2002)
• Dollhouse (2009–2010)

Stephen J. Cannell

For more details on this topic, see Stephen J. Cannell.

• 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
• Silk Stalkings (1991–1999)
• Profit (Pilot only) (1996)

Four Star

• Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957-1960)
• Burke's Law (1963–1966)
• The Big Valley (1965–1969)
• Honey West (1965-1966)
• The Smothers Brothers Show (1965-1966; this was a sitcom and not their better-known variety series, which began one year after this series ended)
• Malibu U. (1967)
• Can You Top This (1970-1971; syndicated revival of 50's game show)
• Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection (1985-1986)
• The Liars' Club (1988-1989; syndicated revival of mid-70's game show)

New World Television

• Santa Barbara (1984–1993)
• The Wonder Years (1988–1993) (International television distribution only. US distribution lies with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution)
• The Robert Guillaume Show (1989)
• Profit (1996) (in association with Stephen J. Cannell Productions)

Genesis Entertainment

• The Judge (1986-1993)
• Real Stories of the Highway Patrol (1993-1999) (Produced by subsidiary Leap Off Productions, distributed by Genesis Entertainment (1993-1995), New World/Genesis Distribution (1995-1997), 20th Television (1997-1999))
• Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996; WBITD handles international distribution only, but WB does handle the US DVDs)

MTM Enterprises

• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
• Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974–1975)
• The Texas Wheelers (1974-1975)
• Rhoda (1974-1978)
• The Bob Crane Show (1975)
• Doc (1975-1976)
• Three for the Road (1975-1976)
• Mary's Incredible Dream (1976; musical TV special)
• Phyllis (1975-1977)
• The Tony Randall Show (1976-1978)
• Constantinople (1977; musical TV special)
• Lou Grant (1977-1982)
• The Betty White Show (1977-1978)
• Something for Joey (1977; TV movie)
• Mary (1978, TV series)
• The White Shadow (1978-1981)
• WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982)
• First, You Cry (1978; TV Movie)
• Paris (1979-1980)
• The Last Resort (1979)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979; TV series)
• The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980; TV movie)
• Hill Street Blues (1981-1987)
• Thornwell (1981; TV Movie)
• Remington Steele (1982-1987)
• St. Elsewhere (1982-1988)
• Newhart (1982-1990)
• Bay City Blues (1983)
• The Duck Factory (1984)
• Mary (1985; different series than the one listed above but still starring Mary Tyler Moore)
• Beverly Hills Buntz (1987-1988)
• Annie McGuire (1988, TV series)
• Tattinger's (1988, TV series)
• Nick and Hillary (1989, TV series; continuation of "Tattinger's" under a new title)
• Capital News (1990)
• Evening Shade (1990-1994, with CBS Productions; CBS owns the series and distributes the series outside the USA, while 20th Century Fox handles US TV rights)
• The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990-1992; co-produced with The Rosenzweig Company)
• You Take the Kids (1990-1991; co-produced with CBS Productions and Paul Haggis Productions)
• The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991-1993)
• Xuxa (1993)
• Christy (1994-1996; co-produced with The Rosenzweig Company)
• Central Park West (1995-1996, with CBS Productions)
• Family Challenge (1995–1997)
• Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996–1997; co-produced with Victoria Productions)
• Night of the Twisters (1996, TV movie)
• Christmas Every Day (1996, TV movie)
• Shopping Spree (1996–1998)
• Wait 'Til You Have Kids!! (1996-1997, TV series)
• The Pretender (1996–1997 MTM Enterprises, 1997-2000 TCFTV) (in association with NBC Studios)
• The Cape (1996-1997; co-produced with ZM Productions)
• Goode Behavior (1996, TV series)
• Good News (1997)

20th Century Fox International Television

20th Century Fox International Television is the international television distribution arm of Fox. It is responsible for distributing the Fox film and television library across the world (including acquired properties).

Shows distributed by other studios in USA but by Fox elsewhere

• Fastlane (2002–03, distributed by Warner Bros. Television in USA)
• Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002–03, distributed by CBS Television Distribution in USA)
• Listen Up! (2004–05, distributed by CBS Television Distribution in USA)
• Life on Mars (2008–09, distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television in USA)
• The Raccoons (1985–1992, Spain only)
• Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996-2000, distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service in USA)

External links

• 20th Television at the Internet Movie Database
• 20th Television at Syndicated Network Television Association