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Twentieth Century Fox Television, Inc.
FormerlyTCF Television Productions, Inc. (1949-1958)
Company typeDivision
IndustryTelevision production
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Carolyn Cassidy, President, Creative Affairs
Howard Kurtzman, President, Business Affairs
ProductsTelevision programs
ParentDisney Television Studios
(Walt Disney Television)
Divisions20th Television

Twentieth Century Fox Television (TCFTV stylized as 20th Century Fox Television) is an American television-production studio owned by Walt Disney Television, a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.[1] 20th Television is the syndication and distribution arm of 20th Century Fox Television.[2]

20th Century Fox Television was part of Disney's 2019 acquisition of the majority 21st Century Fox assets.[3] Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox was completed on March 20, 2019.[4]

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

Overview and history

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 1958. Decades later, 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.

From 1986-2019, 20th Century Fox Television 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. TCFTV produced the first two series that aired on Fox's sister network, MyNetworkTV: the telenovelas 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.[5] 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.[6] In 1997, MTM Enterprises became part of 20th Century Fox Television, and thus remains an in-name only division of TCFTV. 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.[7]

In July 2014, it was announced that the operations of the Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox Television would merge into a new unit, the Fox Television Group, which was overseen by Walden and Newman.[8] In early 2015, Mythology Entertainment signed a first look deal with the company and fellow company Fox 21 Television Studios while announcing its TV division head.[9]

In March 2019, the Disney acquisition of 21st Century Fox was finalized.[10] As a result of the acquisition, Newman departed and Walden was made head of Disney programming.[11][12] Jonnie Davis and Howard Kurtzman, who previously held high ranking positions with the Fox Television Group,[13][14] became the co-heads of 20th Century Fox Television.[15] In July 2019, Disney promoted Davis to the position of President of ABC Studios.[16] Carolyn Cassidy succeeded Davis as President of Creative Affairs at 20th Century Fox Television, running the studio jointly with Kurtzman.[17] In January 2020, Kurtzman announced that he would retire by June 2020. CBS Television Studios executive Dan Kupetz has been named the new executive vice president of business affairs and operations and will be joining 20th TV in March 2020. He is reporting to Cassidy, who assumes solo leadership and work closely with Kurtzman until he departs.[18][19]

The company signed in 2019 a four-year overall deal with Liz Meriwether, co-creator of Bless This Mess. Thus was followed by a production deal with Lake Bell Productions in February 2020.[20]

List of programs produced by 20th Century Fox Television

Main article: List of 20th Century Fox television programs

See also

References

  1. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 8, 2018). "Disney Unveils Top TV Executive Structure Post Fox Acquisition: Peter Rice, Dana Walden, John Landgraf, Gary Knell Joining". Deadline. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "21st Century Fox Realigns TV Syndication, Distribution Biz Underdog/ 20th Century Fox TV". Foxmovies.com. Penske Media Corporation. July 8, 2013.
  3. ^ "The Walt Disney Company To Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff Of Certain Businesses, For $52.4 Billion In Stock". The Walt Disney Company (Press release). December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Disney and 21st Century Fox Announce per Share Value in Connection with $71 Billion Acquisition". The Walt Disney Company. March 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Horn, John (July 12, 1989). "20th Century Fox Restructures Film, Television Units". Associated Press. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  6. ^ "2 Named to Executive Posts in Fox TV Restructuring". Los Angeles Times. December 5, 1994. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  7. ^ Finke, Nikki; Mike Fleming, Jr. (September 14, 2012). "SHOCKER! FOX SHAKEUP: Tom Rothman Exiting 20th Film Group; Jim Gianopulos Becomes Sole Chairman/CEO; 20th TV's Dana Walden & Gary Newman Now Report To News Corp #2 Chase Carey". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  8. ^ Steel, Emily (2014-07-14). "21st Century Fox Melds Its Television Broadcasting and Studio Units". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  9. ^ Reilly, Travis (March 12, 2015). "Mythology Entertainment Signs First Look Deal With Fox TV". The Wrap. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Lachlan Murdoch takes control of Fox Corp. But how will he deal with President Trump?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (19 October 2018). "AMC's Charlie Collier To Lead Fox Broadcasting Network, Gary Newman To Depart". Deadline.
  12. ^ "Dana Walden Goes It Alone: Disney TV Strategy, Netflix "Growing Pains" and Why "Volume Is the Enemy"". The Hollywood Reporter.
  13. ^ https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/scully-signs-overall-deal-with-20th-century-fox serve
  14. ^ "20th Century Fox Television Ups Howard Kurtzman & Mark Pearson". Deadline. 29 January 2014.
  15. ^ "Ahead of Disney-Fox TV Layoffs, Dana Walden Rallies Staff in Memo". The Hollywood Reporter.
  16. ^ James, Meg. "Jonnie Davis becomes president of ABC Studios, replacing Disney veteran Patrick Moran". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  17. ^ Low, Elaine (2019-07-10). "Jonnie Davis to Head ABC Studios, Patrick Moran Out, as Disney TV Studios Restructures". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  18. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (January 7, 2020). "Howard Kurtzman Sets Retirement as Carolyn Cassidy Named Lone 20th TV President". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  19. ^ Porter, Rick (January 13, 2020). "Dan Kupetz to Head Business Affairs at Disney's 20th TV". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  20. ^ Thorne, Will; Thorne, Will (February 24, 2020). "Lake Bell Inks Pod Deal With 20th Century Fox TV". Variety. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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