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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 being renamed 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.

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1st Logo (April 28, 1995-December 22, 2020)	2nd Logo (November 28, 2004-August 25, 2009)

1st Logo (April 28, 1995-December 22, 2020)

Early 1995 logo
1995 logo
Widescreen variant
Corporate version
Banner version
Label version
1998 4:3 enhanced logo
1998 16:9 enhanced logo
1998 abridged logo
1998 16:9 abridged logo
Squished 4:3 enhanced logo
Video game variant
"In association with" variant
1998 Black-and-white version
One of two variants seen on a News Corporation global warming video
The second variant from the video

2007 logo (byline)
2007 4:3 logo (byline)
2013 logo (no byline)
2013 4:3 logo (no byline). Seen on 4:3 prints of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Malcolm in the Middle, when plastering older logos.
2020 altered colors version (no byline)
Social media profile picture
French version
Super rare version

Visuals: The familiar Fox structure, with "TELEVISION" added to the bottom, is shown in a close-up. The taller structure now reads "20th CENTURY FOX TELEVISION". The logo zooms out to the familiar Fox logo distance. When the logo is finished zooming out, the registered trademark "®" symbol and the News Corporation byline (on pre-2013 episodes) fade in at the same time. The whole logo is set at daytime as opposed to the usual sunset background of the film logo.

Trivia: On both Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of The Simpsons Game, if your console's video setting is set to 480i and the aspect ratio is set to 4:3, the 1998 version of the logo plays, albeit letterboxed. Otherwise, setting it to 16:9 and/or have the video set to 720p or 1080i/p will play the 2007 version instead.

Variants:

An early variant from 1995-1997 exists, which features a slightly darker structure.
On the sitcom Andy Richter Controls the Universe, the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" below the News Corporation byline fades in at the same time as the News Corporation byline and there's a black banner at the bottom. This would be followed by the 1995, 2002 or 2003 Paramount Television logos. On the Region 1 DVD release of the series from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, this logo and the Paramount Television logos are plastered by the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo, although both the Fox and Paramount logos were retained when the show aired on Universal HD and HDNet a few years ago. It is presumed that international releases of the series on DVD will retain the original end logos since Fox (now Disney) owns the international rights.
September 26, 1998-May 24, 2010: On shows featured/produced in widescreen/high definition, the sky background is more blue, with less realistic searchlights. It debuted on Martial Law with the already formed logo squished to 4:3, then cropped to 4:3 in season 2, while most shows began using the widescreen variant in 1999. Also, the registered trademark "®" symbol is already there and the News Corporation byline fades in once the logo completely finishes zooming out.
- On 24: The Video Game, Family Guy Video Game!, the Nintendo DS port of The Simpsons Game, and the series The Winner, the trademark "TM" symbol is seen instead of the registered trademark "®" symbol.
On Titus, the pilot episode of Reba, Method & Red and seasons 1-2 of The Bernie Mac Show, the logo plays in reverse.
On The Big House, there is the already formed 1998 logo, but it stays on-screen longer for a few more seconds before fading out.
On seasons 3-5 of Soul Food, there is a still version of this logo. On The Simpsons Arcade Game, downloadable on Xbox Live and PSN, a still version of the enhanced logo is used.
On April 13, 2007, starting with Drive, the logo was given a more "enhanced" look with more realistic effects. Like the 1998 variant, the registered trademark "®" symbol is already there and the News Corp. byline fades in later. However, some shows still used the 1995 or 1998 variants, such as King of the Hill (until November 18, 2007), American Dad! (until May 4, 2008, however this occurred again on February 8, 2009), The Simpsons (until January 25, 2009), Family Guy (until May 17, 2009), and 24 (until its series finale on May 24, 2010).
On the 2009 animated sitcom Sit Down, Shut Up, there was a shortened version of the 2007 logo.
Starting with the 9th season of Bones on September 16, 2013, the logo is bylineless. This was due to the split of News Corporation which occurred back at the end of June (with Fox and all of the former company's entertainment divisions going to the then-newly-formed 21st Century Fox). The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, and American Dad! still used the byline until November 10, 2013. The Simpsons and Family Guy started using the byline-less version on November 17, 2013, while Bob's Burgers and American Dad! started using it on November 24, 2013.
On current prints of Buffy the Vampire Slayer starting with season 6 with no English audio option, there is a shortened version of the 2013 bylineless logo. Also, the shortened 1997 fanfare is heard, carrying it from the Kuzui Enterprises and Sandollar Television logos.
On the pre-broadcast pilot of the series A.U.S.A., the logo is slightly extended, starting off with a close-up of the structure, then easing into the normal animation. However, the standard version was used when it hit broadcast.
A B&W variant of the 1998 logo also exists, which was seen on old AMC broadcasts of Young Frankenstein and The Longest Day.
On the fourth season of The Simple Life, the logo cuts off when the byline fades in.
On the first eight episodes of season 1 of Central Park, the logo is in a slightly different tint. On the last two episodes of the same season, the logo is in its regular tint.
On How I Met Your Mother, the logo cuts off to black when the last note of the fanfare plays.

Technique: CGI by Studio Productions (now Flip Your Lid Animation) for the 1995 and 1998 versions.

Audio: Here are the main versions:

April 28, 1995-March 21, 2018: A re-arranged and re-recorded variant of the 1989 jingle, which is based on the 1994 20th Century Fox fanfare by Bruce Broughton. It is slightly different from the 1994/1995 20th Television fanfare. It's the 2nd alternate theme that was first used for 20th Television in 1994.
1995-July 14, 2014: The 1994/1995 20th Television fanfare.
October 19, 1997-September 14, 2020: A re-arranged, re-recorded, faster variant of the 1961 jingle composed and conducted by David Newman.
August 29, 2005-October 4, 2012: A truncated variant of the 1997 film jingle (presumably heard on Something's Got to Give, the Fox En Español logo and the 1997 and 1999 Fox Sports logos). Used on the first season of Prison Break, the first four seasons of Glee, the failed pilot of The Station and the first season of American Horror Story.
September 14, 2005-July 24, 2020: A re-orchestrated and another truncated/altered version of the 1997 film jingle, like the 1997 fanfare, this was composed and conducted by David Newman.
September 4, 2012-August 21, 2020: The 2008 20th Television fanfare.
August 26, 2015-December 22, 2020: The last 4 notes of the 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare, which was used earlier on the 2013 bylineless variant of the Fox Television Studios logo with a thunder sound; the last note is cut short. Used only on the short variant. A warp-speed version of it also exists. It was the only theme left when all of the above retired.

Audio Variants:

Starting in the 1997-1998 TV season, Fox commonly uses their own fanfare over the logos (also known as generic themes).
- Some series such as The Simpsons had retired using these generic themes on February 15, 2009 (the day when the show went into 16:9 720p HDTV), while Family Guy keeps using them to this day. Most other animated shows have no generic theme at all.
- On the CTV Throwback prints of the Sit Down, Shut Up episodes "Pilot" and "Miracles Are Real", this generic theme variant of this logo is kept.
In exceptional cases, it used the closing theme of the show, the generic network theme on Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC or The WB (later The CW), or silence.
A warp speed version of the 1995-2018 theme exists and was used on seasons 5-7 of 24, the failed pilot of Company Man, CHAOS, and S1 episodes of Lie to Me.
Sometimes, only the second half of the fanfare will play.
There are many abridged variations of the 1997 jingle such as American Dad! and The Cleveland Show that used it.
There is also a long version of the theme.
On 1995-1997 and some post-1997 episodes of The Simpsons, the 1989 TCFTV logo theme is played.
On Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show and the first two episodes of Bob's Burgers, the 1989 TCFTV logo theme is played, except the pitch is a bit higher.
On the Network Ten and Sky One airings of 24: Live Another Day in Australia and the United Kingdom, a warp speed version of the 1994/1995 20th Television fanfare was used on the 2013 bylineless variant.
On older Sky One airings of The Simpsons season 10 episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", the 1995 fanfare is used.
On Quintuplets, the 1998 enhanced TCFTV tower features the 1994/1995 20th Television fanfare.
HITS airing of The X-Files has the 2007 revision with the 1994/1995 20th Television fanfare.
On The Simpsons season 7 episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular", the fanfare comes in roughly half a second to one second after the logo starts animating. For the reason, given Sky One's prints of older episodes freeze at the end transitioning into commercial breaks, the last note of the fanfare is abruptly cut off.
The American Dad! season 9 episode "Da Flippity Flop" uses the 2012 TCFTV fanfare, rather than the usual abridged version of the '97 fanfare. As such, given how short this variant of the logo normally is, the last few notes of the fanfare play over a black screen. ITV2's broadcast of the episode fixes this in a way by freezing the logo before the cut to black, so the fanfare finishes over the static image.
The American Dad! season 9 episode "The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith" uses an abridged version of the 2012 TCFTV fanfare, consisting of the first two notes and the last four notes of the standard fanfare. This fanfare isn't present on any other episode, despite fitting the length of the logo as opposed to the example directly above.
On international PAL prints of The Simpsons episode "Marge Gamer", the fanfare is double pitched. Certain dubbings thereof on Disney+ (and TV airings in those languages), however, have the logo in a regular PAL pitch.
- This also happens on the Channel 4 airings of The Simpsons episode "You Kent Always Say What You Want".
On select St. Elsewhere episodes on Hulu, the end theme plays as the logo appears (credits were adjusted to fit in the logo as the theme song ends). However, at least one instance forgets to cut out and thusly the meow sound effect from the MTM Enterprises logo can be heard even though it is plastered with this one.
On the U.S. DVD release of season 5 of Ally McBeal, if the French audio track is selected, the logo (alongside the David E. Kelley Productions logo before it and the episodes as well) plays in a low pitch.
- This is also the case on select dubbings of seasons 12-20 episodes of The Simpsons on Disney+.
On Over There, a unique abridged version of the 1997 TCF theme (heard on Anastasia and some dubs of X2: X-Men United) is used, which begins with the first ten notes and ends with the final holding note, which would continue over the 2005 FX Networks logo.
On the Modern Family episode "Fizbo", the audio channel changes occur in the 1997 TCFTV fanfare.
On seasons 1-2 of The Bernie Mac Show and Method & Red as well as current prints of Malcolm in the Middle with no English audio option, the 1998 Fox Television Studios theme is used.
On 2009-12 episodes of The Simpsons as well as 2009-13 episodes of Family Guy, the 1997 theme is used on the 2007 logo (despite season 8 using the 4:3 version on the latter).
On 2013-20 episodes of Family Guy as well as current prints of Buffy the Vampire Slayer starting with the season 2 episode "Halloween" with no English audio option, the 1997 theme is used on the 2013 bylineless logo, albeit shortened to eight notes on the last two seasons of the latter, due to plastering older logos.
On The Preston Episodes, the 1995-2018 jingle is low-pitched.
On Son of Zorn, the 2012-2020 jingle is abridged.
On How I Met Your Mother (except for the show's episode "Farhampton", which uses the 2012 fanfare) and Sons of Tucson, the last note of the 1997-2020 fanfare was slightly sped up.

Availability: Seen on the company's productions right up until 2020.

The first show to use it was The X-Files episode "F. Emasculata", which first aired on April 28, 1995.
Until 2020, this logo was commonly found on a majority of network programming from Fox. Also seen on some CBS (Yes, Dear, Martial Law, and Still Standing, etc), NBC (The Pretender, 1997-2000 seasons and the two TV movies, etc), or ABC (The Practice and Boston Legal, etc.) shows.
Also seen on its then-new shows produced for other networks and streaming services such as Star and Hoops.
In the U.S., this may or may not be present in syndicated repeats of network programs, as the 20th Television logo may follow or plaster it.
When Laff airs How I Met Your Mother and Last Man Standing, the logo is intact, instead of plastered by 20th TV's logo, and not followed by 20th TV's logo at all.
The still shot version of this logo can be found on Soul Food: The Series, starting with S3, DVD releases (released by CBS) also retain it.
The version with the edited 1997 theme can be seen on reruns of American Dad! and Family Guy reruns on Adult Swim, the latter left the block in September 2021, among others.
Many DVD releases of The Simpsons, seasons 15-17 replace the 1995 logo with the 2007 logo.
- Sky 1 (now Sky Showcase) in the UK has recently been airing upscaled HD 'remasters' of The Simpsons season 8 episodes, replacing the 1995 logo with the 2007 logo.
- Disney+ prints of pre-2009 episodes of The Simpsons also replace the older logos with the 2007 logo (however, the first nine episodes of season 20 in 4:3 have the 1995 logo retained).
Also seen on some international prints of FX shows such as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Fargo.
It can also be sometimes spotted on some movie airings on channels like AMC, Fox, and all those owned by TCFTV's parent company.
The bylineless 2013 variant plasters the Fox Television Studios logo on most current prints of Malcolm in the Middle.
After its Disney acquisition, this was used on shows during the 2019-2020 season, like for example, the first seasons of Bless the Harts and Duncanville.
Despite the rebranding to its current name (20th Television) on August 10, 2020, this logo was still in use until the end of the year.^[1] Disney had also stated that episodes produced prior to the rebranding will not be plastered, with the exception of the shows on the Animation Domination block, as they use the 20th Television logo on by the beginning of the 2020-2021 TV season, then switched to the new 20th Television Animation logo in 2021 for the new seasons of the animated shows.
With the renaming, this logo had made its final appearance as a whole on the series finale of NeXt which aired on December 22, 2020, however, this logo was seen on episode 8 of season 3 of Duncanville which aired on June 12, 2022, instead of the 2021 20th Television Animation logo, most likely because of an editing mistake.
On current prints of Family Guy: Blue Harvest, the 1995 logo is replaced by the 2007 logo, the 1995 logo is retained on the 2008 DVD release of the aforementioned title.
This logo is cut-off from Hallmark Channel airings of Reba.
- However, CMT and UP airings still retain it.
Most TV airings of Fox shows in French territories (Canada, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Vietnam) from the late '90s up until the mid-2000s usually opened with the 1995 logo, albeit with a slightly dark/brownish taint and a computer generated fade-in/fade-out.
'90s shows used the 1995 theme, while later shows/airings in the 2000s era used the 1997 Fox theme.
Airings of widescreen/letterboxed/HD shows like Bones also used this practice back in the day, but with the 1998 enhanced logo (and no fade-in/fade-out). Recent shows no longer use this practice nowadays.
The 1995 logo was also seen at the start of a late 90s French TV airing of Asterix in America (Asterix et les Indiens).
When the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) reran Batman in the late 90s/early 2000s, the 1998 version plastered the 1965 logo.
The 1998 version (in 4:3) is also seen on the American Dad! episode "Stan Time" instead of the 2007 logo, due to an editing mistake.

Legacy: Due to its long period of usage, this logo is considered almost as iconic as its film counterpart.

2nd Logo (November 28, 2004-August 25, 2009)

Version seen in Jednostavan život
Version seen in Mon incroyable fiancé

Visuals: The logo starts on the bottom left of the 20th Century Fox structure. Midway through the camera's panning, a yellow light (most likely the sun) shines behind the structure as the second half of the extended fanfare begins, and the camera pans past an additional searchlight in front of the structure before settling into its more usual position and angle. The orange byline "A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY" fades in at the bottom of the screen.

Variant: On Mon incroyable fiancé, the variation seen on the first three X-Men films is used. The logo also fades in and begins from a top-down-view from the structure whilst two searchlights are swooping. The logo lasts longer than usual.

Technique: CGI directed by the late Kevin Burns at Studio Productions (now Flip Your Lid Animation), who had previously animated the logos for Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Buena Vista Television, and Morgan Creek. Animated in collaboration with Image Savant and Topix.

Audio: An abridged version of the 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare, conducted by David Newman.

Audio Variant: On Mon incroyable fiancé, the closing theme of the show is used.

Availability: Only seen on two shows, those being Jednostavan život, the Serbian adaptation of The Simple Life, and the second season of Mon incroyable fiancé, the French adaptation of My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance.

References

↑ 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. All Rights Reserved.

◄	20th Century Fox Television (1958-1989)

20th Century Fox Television (1994-2020)

20th Television

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-<u>Background:</u> 20th Century Fox Television is the television division of the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. It was originally founded in 1949 (under the name of TCF Television Productions, Inc.) as other studios were branching out into television production as well. In 1955, the studio officially began television production. 20th Century Fox also owned a stake in the NTA Film Network from 1956 to 1961, and has produced some of the most popular television programs over the years. After Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation acquired TCF on March 6, 1986, TCF/News Corp acquired the television holdings of Metromedia (including its TV stations and television production company), this acquisition helped News Corp launch the Fox Broadcasting Company, and TCFTV became the production arm of FBC. Between 1997 and 1998, the company's library expended by acquiring New World Communications and MTM Enterprises. Today, TCFTV is owned by The Walt Disney Company. TCFTV also produces cable television shows under the Fox 21 Television Studios name.
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+'''Visuals:''' The familiar Fox structure, with "TELEVISION" added to the bottom, is shown in a close-up. The taller structure now reads "'''20th CENTURY FOX''' TELEVISION". The logo zooms out to the familiar Fox logo distance. When the logo is finished zooming out, the registered trademark "®" symbol and the News Corporation byline (on pre-2013 episodes) fade in at the same time. The whole logo is set at daytime as opposed to the usual sunset background of the film logo.
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+'''Trivia:''' On both Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of ''The Simpsons Game'', if your console's video setting is set to 480i and the aspect ratio is set to 4:3, the 1998 version of the logo plays, albeit letterboxed. Otherwise, setting it to 16:9 and/or have the video set to 720p or 1080i/p will play the 2007 version instead.
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+'''Variants:'''
-* "FILMED AT THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS OF TCF Television Productions, Inc. IRVING ASHER, Executive in Charge of TV Productions".
+* An early variant from 1995-1997 exists, which features a slightly darker structure.
-* ''FILMED AT THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS OF TCF TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, INC.''
+* On the sitcom ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe'', the text "'''IN ASSOCIATION WITH'''" below the News Corporation byline fades in at the same time as the News Corporation byline and there's a black banner at the bottom. This would be followed by the 1995, 2002 or 2003 [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] logos. On the Region 1 DVD release of the series from [[CBS Home Entertainment]] and [[Paramount Home Entertainment]], this logo and the Paramount Television logos are plastered by the 2007 [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logo, although both the Fox and Paramount logos were retained when the show aired on Universal HD and HDNet a few years ago. It is presumed that international releases of the series on DVD will retain the original end logos since Fox (now Disney) owns the international rights.
-* ''IRVING ASHER EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF TV PRODUCTION''
+* September 26, 1998-May 24, 2010: On shows featured/produced in widescreen/high definition, the sky background is more blue, with less realistic searchlights. It debuted on ''Martial Law'' with the already formed logo squished to 4:3, then cropped to 4:3 in season 2, while most shows began using the widescreen variant in 1999. Also, the registered trademark "®" symbol is already there and the News Corporation byline fades in once the logo completely finishes zooming out.
+** On ''24: The Video Game'', ''Family Guy Video Game!'', the Nintendo DS port of ''The Simpsons Game'', and the series ''The Winner'', the trademark "TM" symbol is seen instead of the registered trademark "®" symbol.
+* On ''Titus'', the pilot episode of ''Reba'', ''Method & Red'' and seasons 1-2 of ''The Bernie Mac Show'', the logo plays in reverse.
+* On ''The Big House'', there is the already formed 1998 logo, but it stays on-screen longer for a few more seconds before fading out.
+* On seasons 3-5 of ''Soul Food'', there is a still version of this logo. On ''The Simpsons Arcade Game'', downloadable on Xbox Live and PSN, a still version of the enhanced logo is used.
+* On April 13, 2007, starting with ''Drive'', the logo was given a more "enhanced" look with more realistic effects. Like the 1998 variant, the registered trademark "®" symbol is already there and the News Corp. byline fades in later. However, some shows still used the 1995 or 1998 variants, such as ''King of the Hill'' (until November 18, 2007), ''American Dad!'' (until May 4, 2008, however this occurred again on February 8, 2009), ''The Simpsons'' (until January 25, 2009), ''Family Guy'' (until May 17, 2009), and ''24'' (until its series finale on May 24, 2010).
+* On the 2009 animated sitcom ''Sit Down, Shut Up'', there was a shortened version of the 2007 logo.
+* Starting with the 9th season of ''Bones'' on September 16, 2013, the logo is bylineless. This was due to the split of News Corporation which occurred back at the end of June (with Fox and all of the former company's entertainment divisions going to the then-newly-formed 21st Century Fox). ''The Simpsons'', ''Bob's Burgers'', ''Family Guy'', and ''American Dad!'' still used the byline until November 10, 2013. ''The Simpsons'' and ''Family Guy'' started using the byline-less version on November 17, 2013, while ''Bob's Burgers'' and ''American Dad!'' started using it on November 24, 2013.
+* On current prints of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' starting with season 6 with no English audio option, there is a shortened version of the 2013 bylineless logo. Also, the shortened 1997 fanfare is heard, carrying it from the [[Kuzui Enterprises]] and [[Sandollar Productions (1985-1998)|Sandollar Television]] logos.
+* On the pre-broadcast pilot of the series ''A.U.S.A.'', the logo is slightly extended, starting off with a close-up of the structure, then easing into the normal animation. However, the standard version was used when it hit broadcast.
+* A B&W variant of the 1998 logo also exists, which was seen on old AMC broadcasts of ''Young Frankenstein'' and ''The Longest Day''.
+* On the fourth season of ''The Simple Life'', the logo cuts off when the byline fades in.
+* On the first eight episodes of season 1 of ''Central Park'', the logo is in a slightly different tint. On the last two episodes of the same season, the logo is in its regular tint.
+* On ''How I Met Your Mother'', the logo cuts off to black when the last note of the fanfare plays.
+'''Technique:''' CGI by Studio Productions (now Flip Your Lid Animation) for the 1995 and 1998 versions.
-<u>Variants:</u>
+'''Audio:''' Here are the main versions:
-* In some cases, this logo is superimposed over the ending credits image.
+* April 28, 1995-March 21, 2018: A re-arranged and re-recorded variant of the 1989 jingle, which is based on the 1994 [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] fanfare by Bruce Broughton. It is slightly different from the 1994/1995 [[20th Television]] fanfare. It's the 2nd alternate theme that was first used for [[20th Television]] in 1994.
-* In color shows, the tower is yellow-orange and the background is blue.
+* 1995-July 14, 2014: The 1994/1995 [[20th Television]] fanfare.
+* October 19, 1997-September 14, 2020: A re-arranged, re-recorded, faster variant of the 1961 jingle composed and conducted by David Newman.
+* August 29, 2005-October 4, 2012: A truncated variant of the 1997 film jingle (presumably heard on ''Something's Got to Give'', the [[Fox En Español]] logo and the 1997 and 1999 [[Fox Sports]] logos). Used on the first season of ''Prison Break'', the first four seasons of ''Glee'', the failed pilot of ''The Station'' and the first season of ''American Horror Story''.
+* September 14, 2005-July 24, 2020: A re-orchestrated and another truncated/altered version of the 1997 film jingle, like the 1997 fanfare, this was composed and conducted by David Newman.
+* September 4, 2012-August 21, 2020: The 2008 [[20th Television]] fanfare.
+* August 26, 2015-December 22, 2020: The last 4 notes of the 1997 [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] fanfare, which was used earlier on the 2013 bylineless variant of the [[Fox Television Studios]] logo with a thunder sound; the last note is cut short. Used only on the short variant. A warp-speed version of it also exists. It was the only theme left when all of the above retired.
+'''Audio Variants:'''
-<u>FX/SFX:</u> None.
+* Starting in the 1997-1998 TV season, Fox commonly uses their own fanfare over the logos (also known as generic themes).
+** Some series such as ''The Simpsons'' had retired using these generic themes on February 15, 2009 (the day when the show went into 16:9 720p HDTV), while ''Family Guy'' keeps using them to this day. Most other animated shows have no generic theme at all.
+** On the CTV Throwback prints of the ''Sit Down, Shut Up'' episodes "Pilot" and "Miracles Are Real", this generic theme variant of this logo is kept.
+* In exceptional cases, it used the closing theme of the show, the generic network theme on Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC or The WB (later The CW), or silence.
+* A warp speed version of the 1995-2018 theme exists and was used on seasons 5-7 of ''24'', the failed pilot of ''Company Man'', ''CHAOS'', and S1 episodes of ''Lie to Me''.
+* Sometimes, only the second half of the fanfare will play.
+* There are many abridged variations of the 1997 jingle such as ''American Dad!'' and ''The Cleveland Show'' that used it.
+* There is also a long version of the theme.
+* On 1995-1997 and some post-1997 episodes of ''The Simpsons'', the 1989 TCFTV logo theme is played.
+* On ''Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show'' and the first two episodes of ''Bob's Burgers'', the 1989 TCFTV logo theme is played, except the pitch is a bit higher.
+* On the Network Ten and Sky One airings of ''24: Live Another Day'' in Australia and the United Kingdom, a warp speed version of the 1994/1995 [[20th Television]] fanfare was used on the 2013 bylineless variant.
+* On older Sky One airings of ''The Simpsons'' season 10 episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", the 1995 fanfare is used.
+* On ''Quintuplets'', the 1998 enhanced TCFTV tower features the 1994/1995 20th Television fanfare.
+* HITS airing of ''The X-Files'' has the 2007 revision with the 1994/1995 20th Television fanfare.
+* On ''The Simpsons'' season 7 episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular", the fanfare comes in roughly half a second to one second after the logo starts animating. For the reason, given Sky One's prints of older episodes freeze at the end transitioning into commercial breaks, the last note of the fanfare is abruptly cut off.
+* The ''American Dad!'' season 9 episode "Da Flippity Flop" uses the 2012 TCFTV fanfare, rather than the usual abridged version of the '97 fanfare. As such, given how short this variant of the logo normally is, the last few notes of the fanfare play over a black screen. [[ITV2|ITV2]]'s broadcast of the episode fixes this in a way by freezing the logo before the cut to black, so the fanfare finishes over the static image.
+* The ''American Dad!'' season 9 episode "The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith" uses an abridged version of the 2012 TCFTV fanfare, consisting of the first two notes and the last four notes of the standard fanfare. This fanfare isn't present on any other episode, despite fitting the length of the logo as opposed to the example directly above.
+* On international PAL prints of ''The Simpsons'' episode "Marge Gamer", the fanfare is double pitched. Certain dubbings thereof on [[Disney+ Originals|Disney+]] (and TV airings in those languages), however, have the logo in a regular PAL pitch.
+** This also happens on the Channel 4 airings of ''The Simpsons'' episode "You Kent Always Say What You Want".
+* On select ''St. Elsewhere'' episodes on Hulu, the end theme plays as the logo appears (credits were adjusted to fit in the logo as the theme song ends). However, at least one instance forgets to cut out and thusly the meow sound effect from the [[MTM Enterprises]] logo can be heard even though it is plastered with this one.
+* On the U.S. DVD release of season 5 of ''Ally McBeal'', if the French audio track is selected, the logo (alongside the [[David E. Kelley Productions]] logo before it and the episodes as well) plays in a low pitch.
+** This is also the case on select dubbings of seasons 12-20 episodes of ''The Simpsons'' on Disney+.
+* On ''Over There'', a unique abridged version of the 1997 TCF theme (heard on ''Anastasia'' and some dubs of ''X2: X-Men United'') is used, which begins with the first ten notes and ends with the final holding note, which would continue over the 2005 [[FX Networks]] logo.
+* On the ''Modern Family'' episode "Fizbo", the audio channel changes occur in the 1997 TCFTV fanfare.
+* On seasons 1-2 of ''The Bernie Mac Show'' and ''Method & Red'' as well as current prints of ''Malcolm in the Middle'' with no English audio option, the 1998 [[Fox Television Studios]] theme is used.
+* On 2009-12 episodes of ''The Simpsons'' as well as 2009-13 episodes of ''Family Guy'', the 1997 theme is used on the 2007 logo (despite season 8 using the 4:3 version on the latter).
+* On 2013-20 episodes of ''Family Guy'' as well as current prints of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' starting with the season 2 episode "Halloween" with no English audio option, the 1997 theme is used on the 2013 bylineless logo, albeit shortened to eight notes on the last two seasons of the latter, due to plastering older logos.
+* On ''The Preston Episodes'', the 1995-2018 jingle is low-pitched.
+* On ''Son of Zorn'', the 2012-2020 jingle is abridged.
+* On ''How I Met Your Mother'' (except for the show's episode "Farhampton", which uses the 2012 fanfare) and ''Sons of Tucson'', the last note of the 1997-2020 fanfare was slightly sped up.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on the company's productions right up until 2020.
-<u>Music/Sounds:</u> The closing theme of the show.
+* The first show to use it was ''The X-Files'' episode "F. Emasculata", which first aired on April 28, 1995.
+* Until 2020, this logo was commonly found on a majority of network programming from Fox. Also seen on some CBS (''Yes, Dear'', ''Martial Law'', and ''Still Standing'', etc), NBC (''The Pretender'', 1997-2000 seasons and the two TV movies, etc), or ABC (''The Practice'' and ''Boston Legal'', etc.) shows.
+* Also seen on its then-new shows produced for other networks and streaming services such as ''Star'' and ''Hoops''.
+* In the U.S., this may or may not be present in syndicated repeats of network programs, as the 20th Television logo may follow or plaster it.
+* When Laff airs ''How I Met Your Mother'' and ''Last Man Standing'', the logo is intact, instead of plastered by 20th TV's logo, and not followed by 20th TV's logo at all.
+* The still shot version of this logo can be found on ''Soul Food: The Series'', starting with S3, DVD releases (released by CBS) also retain it.
+* The version with the edited 1997 theme can be seen on reruns of ''American Dad!'' and ''Family Guy'' reruns on [[Adult Swim]], the latter left the block in September 2021, among others.
+* Many DVD releases of ''The Simpsons'', seasons 15-17 replace the 1995 logo with the 2007 logo.
+** Sky 1 (now Sky Showcase) in the UK has recently been airing upscaled HD 'remasters' of ''The Simpsons'' season 8 episodes, replacing the 1995 logo with the 2007 logo.
+** Disney+ prints of pre-2009 episodes of ''The Simpsons'' also replace the older logos with the 2007 logo (however, the first nine episodes of season 20 in 4:3 have the 1995 logo retained).
+* Also seen on some international prints of FX shows such as ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' and ''Fargo''.
+* It can also be sometimes spotted on some movie airings on channels like AMC, Fox, and all those owned by TCFTV's parent company.
+* The bylineless 2013 variant plasters the Fox Television Studios logo on most current prints of ''Malcolm in the Middle''.
+* After its Disney acquisition, this was used on shows during the 2019-2020 season, like for example, the first seasons of ''Bless the Harts'' and ''Duncanville''.
+* Despite the rebranding to its current name (20th Television) on August 10, 2020, this logo was still in use until the end of the year.<ref>https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/disney-rebrands-tv-studios-20th-television-abc-signature-touchstone-1234730574/</ref> Disney had also stated that episodes produced prior to the rebranding will not be plastered, with the exception of the shows on the Animation Domination block, as they use the 20th Television logo on by the beginning of the 2020-2021 TV season, then switched to the new [[20th Television Animation]] logo in 2021 for the new seasons of the animated shows.
+* With the renaming, this logo had made its final appearance as a whole on the series finale of ''NeXt'' which aired on December 22, 2020, however, this logo was seen on episode 8 of season 3 of ''Duncanville'' which aired on June 12, 2022, instead of the 2021 [[20th Television Animation]] logo, most likely because of an editing mistake.
+* On current prints of ''Family Guy: Blue Harvest'', the 1995 logo is replaced by the 2007 logo, the 1995 logo is retained on the 2008 DVD release of the aforementioned title.
+* This logo is cut-off from Hallmark Channel airings of ''Reba''.
+** However, CMT and UP airings still retain it.
+* Most TV airings of Fox shows in French territories (Canada, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Vietnam) from the late '90s up until the mid-2000s usually opened with the 1995 logo, albeit with a slightly dark/brownish taint and a computer generated fade-in/fade-out.
+* '90s shows used the 1995 theme, while later shows/airings in the 2000s era used the 1997 Fox theme.
+* Airings of widescreen/letterboxed/HD shows like ''Bones'' also used this practice back in the day, but with the 1998 enhanced logo (and no fade-in/fade-out). Recent shows no longer use this practice nowadays.
+* The 1995 logo was also seen at the start of a late 90s French TV airing of ''Asterix in America'' (''Asterix et les Indiens'').
+* When the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) reran ''Batman'' in the late 90s/early 2000s, the 1998 version plastered the 1965 logo.
+* The 1998 version (in 4:3) is also seen on the ''American Dad!'' episode "Stan Time" instead of the 2007 logo, due to an editing mistake.
+'''Legacy:''' Due to its long period of usage, this logo is considered almost as iconic as its film counterpart.
-<u>Availability:</u> Extremely rare. It's seen on ''Broken Arrow'', ''How to Marry a Millionaire'' (the series), and ''My Friend Flicka'' in color, also available for viewing on the Museum of Broadcast Communications Archives website.
+===2nd Logo (November 28, 2004-August 25, 2009)===
-<u>Editor's Note:</u> The logo design is a familiar albeit distinctive take on the classic Fox structure.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+File:20th Century Fox Television (Serbia, 2004).jpg|Version seen in ''Jednostavan život''
+File:20th Century Fox Television (French, 2009).jpg|Version seen in ''Mon incroyable fiancé''
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=-J_rAw9XFkg|id2=XlXzGji99Ds}}
+'''Visuals:''' The logo starts on the bottom left of the 20th Century Fox structure. Midway through the camera's panning, a yellow light (most likely the sun) shines behind the structure as the second half of the extended fanfare begins, and the camera pans past an additional searchlight in front of the structure before settling into its more usual position and angle. The orange byline "A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY" fades in at the bottom of the screen.
-<br />
+'''Variant:''' On ''Mon incroyable fiancé'', the variation seen on the first three ''X-Men'' films is used. The logo also fades in and begins from a top-down-view from the structure whilst two searchlights are swooping. The logo lasts longer than usual.
-=== 2nd Logo (September 29, 1959-June 5, 1963) ===
-[[File:TCF space.png|frameless]]
+'''Technique:'''  CGI directed by the late Kevin Burns at Studio Productions (now Flip Your Lid Animation), who had previously animated the logos for [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Universal Pictures]], [[Buena Vista Television]], and [[Morgan Creek Entertainment|Morgan Creek]]. Animated in collaboration with Image Savant and Topix.
-<u>Nicknames:</u> "Starry Sky", "Floating Structure"
+'''Audio:''' An abridged version of the 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare, conducted by David Newman.
-Logo: We see a backdrop of a night sky covered with stars and clouds. Over this backdrop, we see the following text fade in, not similar to any of their movie logos:
+'''Audio Variant:''' On ''Mon incroyable fiancé'', the closing theme of the show is used.
-TH
-CENTURY-
-FOX------------------
+'''Availability:''' Only seen on two shows, those being ''Jednostavan život'', the Serbian adaptation of ''The Simple Life'', and the second season of ''Mon incroyable fiancé'', the French adaptation of ''My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance''.
-This company name, in bold letters, fades in as if it were streaking from the bottom left of the screen. The "20TH" seems to be more to the right of the other text, as displayed here.
+==References==
-Variant: On ''Adventures in Paradise'', this appeared as an opening logo with a fanfare, followed by the Martin Manulis Productions logo.
+<references/>
-FX/SFX: The fading in of the company name.
-Music/Sounds: The opening or closing theme of the show.
-Availability: Extremely rare. Recently seen on ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' on Me-TV and the Shout! Factory DVD set. Also can be seen on ''Adventures in Paradise'', which is currently available for viewing on the Museum of Broadcast Communications Archives website, as well as the short-lived NBC sitcom ''Five Fingers''.
-Editor's Note: This logo certainly deviated from the familiar Fox tower structure. However, it's nothing too strange.
-== 20th Century Fox Television ==
-=== 3rd Logo (November 6, 1957-1966) ===
-[[File:TCFTV 1961.png|frameless]]
-Nicknames: "The Searchlights", "Zoom Out", "20th Television Fox", "The Tower of Doom"
-Logo: We see the usual 1935 film logo animating. We start off with the logo close-up. The camera then backs away as the word "TELEVISION", slanted at an angle, suddenly appears and rapidly zooms out, plastering itself on top of the "CENTURY" on the stack of words, filling the whole screen.
-Variants:
-* The logo also appears in sepia-tone.
-* Sometimes, the camera would back away slowly.
-* Sometimes, a sped-up variant of the logo exists.
-* The movie logo of the time opened the pilot to ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'', "Caper at the Bijou", with the Martin Manulis Productions logo (the fanfare plays over the Martin Manulis logo).
-* On some variants, when the word "Television" zooms out, the searchlights abruptly jump back to where they began when the logo began.
-FX/SFX: The searchlights, and the text "TELEVISION" zooming out.
-Music/Sounds:
-* 1959-1964: A rearrangement of the Alfred Newman fanfare used on the movie variation.
-* 1961-1966: A short tune played on muted trumpets and strings that is a variation of the jingle, but does not sound exactly like a Fox jingle.
-* 1963-1964: A shortened variant of the 1959 theme.
-* 1965-1966: A sped-up/shortened version of the 1961 theme.
-Music/Sounds Variants:
-* On the TV series ''Hong Kong'', there are three different arrangements of the 1959 theme.
-* In some cases, it used only the closing theme of the show, or none. This is the case for ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis''.
-Availability: Very rare. It can be seen on season 1 reruns of ''Daniel Boone'' on World Harvest Television (also available on the Liberation/Goldhil DVD release) and on reruns of ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' and ''12 O'Clock High'' on Me-TV, as well as the Season 1 Blu-ray of ''Lost In Space''. Fox updated this with a newer logo (most likely 20th Television) on most prints and DVD releases of shows from this era, but can still be seen on older prints. Initially seen on the last episodes of ''How to Marry a Millionaire'' and ''Man Without a Gun'' before the NTA logo. Also appeared on the short lived Rod Serling western ''The Loner'', and appeared before the Martin Manulis logo on later episodes of ''Adventures in Paradise''.
-Editor's Note: The finishing product of this logo (or rather, its design concept) would not only be used for the next 2 logos but would also be the inspiration for 20th Television's name (as the finishing product of this logo has "TELEVISION" plastered over "CENTURY", making the logo read "20th Television Fox"). Also, the fanfares used on this logo, which often sound nothing like the standard TCF fanfare, could startle a few viewers at first.
-=== 4th Logo (September 16, 1965-1984) ===
-[[File:TCFTV 65.png|frameless]]    [[File:Tcftv 68.png|frameless]]  [[File:Tcftv 67.png|frameless]]
-<u>Nicknames:</u> "The Searchlights II", "Zoom Out II", "20th Television Fox II", "The Tower of Doom II", "Slanted Zero"
-Logo: We have the 1953 theatrical logo. This time, the camera doesn't back away from the tower structure and the "0" is slanted. The word "TELEVISION" appears again and it slowly plasters itself on top of the word "CENTURY".
-Variants:
-* A "gray scaled" variant appeared on B&W prints of classic color shows from the era, such as Batman.
-* The word "TELEVISION" would appear in either gold, orange, or yellow.
-* In 1966, the logo is shifted over to the left and the word "TELEVISION" zooms out rapidly onto the structure. A tip of the letter "C" in "CENTURY" is seen.
-* In 1976, the registered trademark "®" symbol was added to the 1965 logo. Plus, the logo is shifted to the left a little more from the 1966 version, but "TELEVISION" remains centered and zooms out again slowly, consequently revealing the "C" in "CENTURY".
-* There is a still version of the 1965 variant with the text "DISTRIBUTED BY" on the top left corner of the logo (this was seen at the close of the 1976-78 version of Liars' Club).
-* On the TV series The Starlost, it uses a shortened version of the 1953 movie logo.
-FX/SFX: Same as the 3rd logo.
-Music/Sounds:
-* 1965-1969: The same 1961 theme from the 3rd logo.
-* 1966-1984: The same 1965 theme from the 3rd logo.
-Music/Sounds Variants:
-* Same as before, it used only the closing theme of the show, or none. On some co-produced shows from the era, a generic theme was used. Post-1986 prints of the 1974 television movie ''Hurricane'' use the Metromedia Producers Corporation jingle instead of the standard jingle.
-* On the DVD and Blu-ray print of the S1 ''Batman'' episode "Hi Diddle Riddle", it uses the 1989 theme from the next logo, due to the HD master on this episode using a different source for the audio (in this case, the 1990s video masters). The Portuguese track from this episode, however, uses the 1995 theme from the last logo instead.
-* Hulu prints of ''M*A*S*H'' from the first two seasons has this logo with the 1989 TCFTV jingle.
-* A version of the TCFTV fanfare is incorporated into, and appears at the end of, the theme for the 1976-1982 syndicated documentary series ''That's Hollywood'', which TCFTV produced and distributed. At the end of that show's closing credits, the TCFTV logo is timed to appear as the ''That's Hollywood'' theme segues into the logo fanfare as the song ends.
-Availability: Rare, due to frequent plastering by later Fox logos.
-* The 1965 version is retained on the 2nd through the final season of ''Daniel Boone'' last aired on Retro TV and World Harvest Television, as well as the DVD sets of these seasons from Liberation/Goldhil and DVD/Blu-ray releases of the 1960's ''Batman'' series from Warner Home Video.
-* The 1976 version is available on the first two episodes of ''The Fall Guy'' on the season 1 DVD set, while the next logo is intact on the remainder of the season.
-* The Magnetic Video print of ''The Making of Star Wars'' from 1979 also has this logo (it was omitted from its 1981 reissue as a double feature with ''SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back'', and replaced by the 20th Television logo in the 1995 reissue and bonus disc 3 of the ''Star Wars'' saga Blu-ray set).
-* It is also seen on the infamous ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' from 1978. Copies of the special have been circulating for decades.
-* Also appears on the VHS release of ''Tomorrow's Child''. ''The Greatest Game Ever Played'', aired on Atlanta's WATC 57, June 27, 2009, preserves the 1976 version at the beginning. It's also seen on the Season 2 Blu-ray of ''Lost in Space''.
-* Beginning in 2017, this logo has been restored on Hulu prints of the first two seasons of ''M*A*S*H'', marking the first time since the 1992 that this logo has been restored to that series. It was also spotted on FOX Classics’ broadcasts of the episodes "The Price of Tomato Juice" and "C*A*V*E" in Australia, as well as True Entertainment's print of "Fade Out, Fade In (Part 2)" in the United Kingdom. It has also recently begun appearing again on Season Three episodes of ''Lost in Space'' on MeTV, replacing previous prints of those episodes which had the 1995 20th Television logo with the News Corporation byline.
-<u>Editor's Note:</u> The 1976 variant with the shifted text certainly doesn't look very professional. Other than that, it's a decent logo for its time, though again the fanfares may startle some.
-=== 5th Logo (November 11, 1981-1993) ===
-[[File:Tcftv 1983.png|frameless]]  [[File:Tcftv 89.png|frameless]]  [[File:Tcftv 93.png|frameless]]
-<u>Nicknames:</u> "The Searchlights III", "Zoom Out III", "20th Television Fox III", "The Tower of Doom III"
-<u>Logo:</u> Same as the 1981 theatrical logo, with the word "TELEVISION" zooming out and plastering over the word "CENTURY".
-<u>Variants:</u>
-* This exists as both a filmed and a videotaped/telecine version. Originally presented on film throughout its whole run, it also appeared in telecine format starting in 1986.
-* The word "TELEVISION" would appear in either gold, yellow, orange, or ivory.
-* Around 1984, the sky background looks a bit darker.
-* On the short-lived series ''Working Girl'', the unaired TV pilot of ''Revenge of the Nerds'', and ''The Simpsons S3'' episodes: "Bart the Murderer", "Homer Defined", "Treehouse of Horror II", "Lisa's Pony", "Flaming Moe's", "I Married Marge", "Radio Bart", "Separate Vocations", "Colonel Homer", "Black Widower", and "Bart's Friend Falls in Love", you can see more structure on the logo as it appears further out.
-* On some old syndie prints of S1 ''Small Wonder'' episodes, the logo freezes after "TELEVISION" plasters "CENTURY" before cutting to black.
-* There exists a "matted" 1.78:1 widescreen version.
-* On a few episodes of ''Bobby's World'', it has a green-ish background.
-* On A&E airings of a few season 2 episodes of ''L.A. Law'', the logo animation was strangely in slow motion, but the jingle remain unaffected.
-* On a Channel 4 airing of ''The Simpsons'' episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment," the logo cuts out before the final note ends.
-<u>FX/SFX:</u> Almost the same as the 4th logo.
-<u>Music/Sounds:</u>
-* November 11, 1981-August 22, 1991: The same 1965 theme from the 3rd and 5th logos. Even though it mainly stopped being used in late 1989, some shows have used it into the 1990-1991 season, such as S1 and early S2 episodes of ''In Living Color'', the first two S5 episodes of ''L.A. Law'' (pretty odd, considering said show used the next theme on November 1989-May 1990 episodes of the fourth season), the ''L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration'', a few international prints of S1 ''Bobby's World'' episodes, and most of season 1 episodes and the first season 2 episode of ''True Colors'.
-* November 1989-1993: A short version of the 1979 Fox jingle, which was later used for the early variant of the standard 20th Television logo from 1992-1993.
-<u>Music/Sounds Variants:</u>
-* There are abridged variants of the 1965 theme, such as the case for ''Hooperman'' that the closing theme ends abruptly with the last note of the 1965 theme, and ''Charlie & Co.'', which used the last 5 notes of the fanfare.
-* On some co-produced shows from the era, a generic theme was used.
-* Two versions of the 1989 theme exist: one where the last note echoes for a bit after fading out and another without the echo. The latter version was seen on In Living Color, the unaired Revenge of the Nerds pilot, and the 1991 M*A*S*H retrospective Memories of ''M*A*S*H''.
-* On some episodes of ''Mr. Belvedere'' and the short-lived series ''Sister Kate'', the first note is cut-off (via fade transition).
-<u>Availability:</u> Uncommon.
-* ''The Simpsons'' episodes "There's No Disgrace Like Home", "Krusty Gets Busted", "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington", "Treehouse of Horror II", "Saturdays of Thunder", "Colonel Homer", and "Black Widower" preserve this logo on their respective season DVD releases.
-* It has strangely been spotted on Comedy Central's prints of ''Office Space'' and ''French Kiss'', but has been plastered over with the 20th Television logo in recent airings due to split screen credits. A similar situation happened on a few episodes of ''The Pretender'' when reran on TNT, but has now been plastered by the 2013 20th Television logo on H&I (Heroes and Icons).
-* On VHS, it can be seen on ''The Simpsons'' Christmas special, ''L.A. Law'', and, in the UK, on ''The Simpsons'' episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment".
-* More recently, the logo has been sighted on several 1970s-'80s TV movies on Fox Movie Channel. It can also be seen on some early season one and most season two and three episodes of ''In Living Color'' on DVD.
-* The 1981-1991 and 1989-1993 variants can be found on the ''Alien Nation'' series DVD set, along with original airings of Capitol Critters on ABC.
-* The 1981-1991 version of this logo can be seen on Fox Movie Channel's prints of ''The Hurricane''.
-* The 1980s variants are also seen on the Shout! Factory DVDs of ''Mr. Belvedere'', although FamNET reruns of said show plaster it with the 2008 20th Television logo on almost all episodes, and the 1995 20th Television logo on several episodes while Antenna TV reruns plaster it with the bylineless 2013 20th Television logo on all episodes.
-* The 1981 version appeared on the 1985-1988 syndicated run of ''The $100,000 Pyramid'' and was preserved on USA reruns. Since 1997 reruns, the logo was plastered by the 1997 Columbia TriStar Television logo.
-* This can also be found on the unaired TV pilot of ''Revenge of the Nerds'', which can be found on the "Panty Raid Edition" DVD release of ''Revenge of the Nerds'' (the movie).
-* On Netflix, it can be found on several episodes of the first two seasons of ''Bobby's World'' (while others have either the 20th Television or 1996 Saban International logos).
-* Made a strange appearance on the 10th episode of S4 of ''In Living Color'' (that episode being produced during season 3 (1991-92), but not airing until the fourth season).
-* The 1989 version can be seen on a handful of early ''Simpsons'' episodes on FXNOW, FX's streaming service, in 4:3 mode only. This appeared on the first few episodes of the Fox TV series ''The Adventures of Beans Baxter'' before Fox Square Productions took over (which never used a proper logo; just a copyright notice).
-* Despite general use stopping around 1992, the news series ''Not Just News'' (co-produced with Fox Television Stations) used this into 1993.
-* The widescreen logo is available on ''M*A*S*H'' reruns on Hulu starting in 2017, with the 1989 jingle. Additionally, the 1982 variation was seen plastering the previous logo on FOX Classics' print of “Carry On, Hawkeye", and True Entertainment's print of "Fade Out, Fade In (Part 1)".
-* Turned up on Me-TV's print of the rarely seen ''M*A*S*H'' series finale, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen".
-<u>Editor's Note:</u> It's more of the same like the last two logos, but with the 1981 film logo and a smoother zoom-out on the word "TELEVISION". This logo marks the first time that the familiar shortened TCF theme was used for Fox's television logos after approximately three decades of unconventional fanfares.
-<u>Note:</u> 20th Century Fox Television was supplanted by Twentieth Television Corporation from 1989 to 1994. From September 18, 1992-March 19, 1995, the standard 20th Television logo of these years was used. See 20th Television for details on that logo.
-=== 6th Logo (Dance Fever variant) (1983-1984) ===
-Nicknames: "The Searchlights IV", "The Chryon Searchlights", "Print Searchlights"
-Logo: On a black background, we see the '80s TCF print logo. Under it is the word "TELEVISION" and a copyright stamp.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: The theme song of ''Dance Fever''.
-Availability: Extinct. It was only seen on season 5 episodes of ''Dance Fever'' on local syndication.
-Editor's Note: None.
-=== 7th Logo (March 19, 1995- ) ===
-[[File:Vlcsnap-2020-04-20-14h37m39s967.png|frameless|Enhanced Logo|alt=|left|419.988x419.988px]]
-[[File:Tcftv 1995.png|frameless]]  [[File:Tcftv variant 2003.png|frameless]]
-Nicknames: "The Searchlights V", "CGI Searchlights", "Zooming Tower", "The Tower of Tepidity", "The 20th Tower"
-<u>Logo:</u> It's exactly the same as the standard 20th Television logo, but now the stack of words has been modified to resemble the standard Fox stack, with "TELEVISION" added to the bottom and the whole thing looking rather taller, reading "20th CENTURY FOX TELEVISION". When the logo is finished zooming out, the registered trademark "®" symbol and the News Corporation byline fade in at the same time.
-<u>Variants:</u>
-* An early variant from 1995-1997 featured a slightly darker tower.
-* On ''Futurama'', the logo and the more recent syndie prints' 20th Television logo read "30th CENTURY FOX TELEVISION", as that show is set in the 31st Century. Also, the registered trademark "®" symbol is replaced with the trademark "TM" symbol. This was also seen at the end of ''The Simpsons'' episode "Simpsorama". On a recent Channel 4 airing of the episode, there was an extremely bad editing mistake revealed, as just the fanfare finishes, the "3" changes back to a "2"!
-* On the short-lived sitcom ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe'', the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" below the News Corporation byline fades in at the same time as the News Corporation byline. On the region 1 DVD release of the series from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution, this and the 2003 Paramount Domestic Television logo are removed in favor of the CBS Television Distribution logo, although both were retained when the show aired on Universal HD a few years ago. It is presumed that international releases of the series on DVD will retain the original end logos since Fox owns the international rights.
-* 1998-2007: On shows featured/produced in widescreen/high definition, the sky background is more blue, with less realistic searchlights. Debuted on Martial Law with the already formed logo squished to 4:3, then cropped to 4:3 in season 2, while most shows began using the widescreen variant in 1999.
-* On seasons 3-5 of ''Soul Food'', there is a still version of this logo. On ''The Simpsons Arcade Game'', downloadable on Xbox Live and PSN, a still version of the enhanced logo is used.
-* On April 13, 2007, starting with ''Drive'', the logo was given a more "enhanced" look with more realistic effects, the registered trademark "®" symbol is already there and the News Corp. byline fades in later. However, some shows still used the 1995 variant, such as ''King of the Hill'' (until November 25, 2007), ''American Dad!'' (until May 11, 2008), ''The Simpsons'' (until February 15, 2009), and ''Family Guy'' (until September 27, 2009).
-* On the 2009 animated sitcom ''Sit Down, Shut Up'', there was a shortened version of the 2007 logo.
-* Beginning with the 9th season of ''Bones'' on September 16, 2013, the logo is bylineless. This was due to the split of News Corporation which occurred back at the end of June (with Fox and all of the former company's entertainment divisions going to the then-newly-formed 21st Century Fox). Strangely, ''The Simpsons'', ''Bob's Burgers'', ''Family Guy'', and ''American Dad!'' still used the byline until November 10, 2013. ''The Simpsons'' and ''Family Guy'' started using the byline-less version on November 17, 2013, while ''Bob's Burgers'' and ''American Dad!'' started using it on November 24, 2013.
-* The short-lived Sci-Fi (now Syfy) Channel series ''The Chronicle: News from the Edge'' had a very rare and interesting "International" variant. The first one or two seconds shows a cloudy background similar to what was used on the Television logo of the time, with the words "DISTRIBUTED BY" appearing first. After that, it cuts to the 1995 logo placed in the middle of the screen, with the animation slowed down, but more or less complete with the News Corp. byline, and under that is the words "INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION".
-* On ''The Simpsons'' S9 episode "The Last Temptation of Krust", nearing the end of a musical number, the 1995 logo with the '97 fanfare appears, but is pushed away by the remainder of the episode. This variant is preserved on syndication prints.
-* On the pre-broadcast pilot of the short-lived series ''A.U.S.A.'', the logo is slightly extended, starting off with a close-up of the structure, then easing into the normal animation. The standard version was used when it hit broadcast.
-<u>FX/SFX:</u> The logo zooming out, and the byline and registered trademark "®" symbol fading in.
-<u>Music/Sounds:</u> Here are the main versions:
-* March 19, 1995-December 7, 1997: A re-arranged and re-recorded variant of the 1989 jingle by Bruce Broughton. It is slightly different from the 1995 20th Television fanfare. It's the 2nd alternate theme that was first used for 20th Television in 1992.
-* 1995-January 12, 2005: The 1995 20th Television fanfare. Also used on the "International" variant.
-* October 19, 1997- : A re-arranged, re-recorded, faster variant of the 1961 jingle.
-* April 13, 2007-: A re-orchestrated, truncated/altered version of the 1997 film jingle, albeit edited to resemble the 1995-1997 jingle.
-* May 19, 2009-October 4, 2012: Another truncated variant of the 1997 film jingle, much shorter than the above. Used on ''Glee''.
-* November 4, 2012-: The 2008 20th Television fanfare.
-* September 21, 2015-: The last 4 notes of the 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare; the last note is cut short. Used only on the short variant.
-<u>Music/Sounds Variants:</u>
-* Fox network commonly uses their own fanfare over logos, before the split screen show promo/credits; due to the fact that much Fox programming is produced by Fox, these fanfares go well with this logo. From 1997-2001, a simple Fox drum roll was used; the 2001-2002 season introduced different "remixes" of the Fox fanfare (including the John Williams one), usually only using the final four notes. Many of them were done by a California-based company named Groove Addicts. The John Williams one was used on a tape of The Pitts.
-* In exceptional cases, it used the closing theme of the show, or silence.
-* A warp speed version of the 1995-1997 theme exists, which was still used on ''24'', and S1 episodes of ''Lie to Me''.
-* Sometimes, only the second half of the theme will play.
-* There are many abridged variations of the 1997 jingle such as ''American Dad!'' and ''The Cleveland Show'' that used it.
-* There is also a long version of the theme.
-* On 1995-1997 and some post-1997 episodes of ''The Simpsons'', such as the S9 episode "Simpson Tide", the S16 episode "Treehouse of Horror XV", the S19 episode "Treehouse of Horror XVIII", and the S21 episode "Treehouse of Horror XX", the 1989 TCFTV logo theme is played.
-* On ''Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show'' and the first two episodes of ''Bob's Burgers'', the same 1989 TCFTV logo theme is played, except the pitch is a bit higher.
-* On the ''Family Guy'' episode "Blue Harvest", the 1997 fanfare is low-pitched to fit in with the show's closing theme.
-* On the Network Ten and Sky 1 airings of ''24: Live Another Day'' in Australia and the United Kingdom, a warp speed version of the 1995 20th Television fanfare was strangely used on the 2013 bylineless variant.
-* Sky 1's print of ''The Simpsons'' season 10 episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love" features the 1995 20th Television fanfare.
-* On ''Quintuplets'', the 1999 filmed TCFTV tower features the 1995 20th Television fanfare.
-* HITS airing of ''The X-Files'' has the 2007 revision with 1995 20th Television fanfare.
-* On ''The Simpsons'' season 7 episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular", the fanfare comes in roughly half a second to one second after the logo starts animating. Given Sky 1's prints of older episodes freeze at the end transitioning into commercials, the last note of the fanfare is abruptly cut off.
-* The ''American Dad!'' season 9 episode "Da Flippity Flop" uses the 2012 TCFTV fanfare, rather than the usual abridged version of the '97 fanfare. As a result of this, given how short this variant of the logo normally is, the last few notes of the fanfare play over a black screen. ITV2's broadcast of the episode fixes this in a way by freezing the logo before the cut to black, so the fanfare finishes over the static image.
-* The ''American Dad!'' season 9 episode "The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith" uses an abridged version of the 2012 TCFTV fanfare, consisting of the first two notes and the last four notes of the standard fanfare. Strangely, this fanfare isn't present on any other episode, despite fitting the length of the logo as opposed to the example directly above.
-* Some episodes of ''The Simpsons'' on Fox in Bulgaria have a double-pitched variant of the 1997 theme. This could be due to the fact that the episodes are PAL prints aired in the country.
-* Appears on select ''St. Elsewhere'' episodes on Hulu. The end theme plays as the logo appears (credits were adjusted to fit in the logo as the theme song ends). However, at least one instance forgets to cut out and thusly you can hear the meow sound effect from the MTM Enterprises logo even though it is plastered with this one.
+==Copyright Stamps==
-<u>Availability:</u> Very common. Typically found on network programming provided by Fox. Also seen on some CBS (''Yes, Dear'', ''Martial Law'', and ''Still Standing'', etc), NBC (''The Pretender'', 1997-2000 seasons and the two TV movies), or ABC (''The Practice'' and ''Boston Legal'', etc.) shows. May or may not be present in syndicated repeats of network programs, as the 20th TV logo may follow or plaster it. The still shot version of this logo can be found on ''Soul Food: The Series'', starting with S3, DVD's (released by CBS) retain it. The version with the edited 1997 theme can be seen on reruns of ''American Dad!'' and ''Family Guy'' reruns on Adult Swim, among others. DVD releases of ''The Simpsons'', starting with the 15th season, plaster the 1995 logo with the 2007 logo. Sky 1 in the UK has recently been airing upscaled HD 'remasters' of ''The Simpsons'' season 8 episodes, plastering the 1995 logo with the 2007 logo. This logo makes a surprise appearance on seasons 1-3 of ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' on both Netflix in the USA and French airings. The bylineless 2013 variant plasters the Fox Television Studios logo on Netflix prints of ''Malcolm in the Middle''.
+Here is some information about the copyright stamps on TCFTV series:
+* '''1995-2020:''' Copyright © [YEAR] Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
+{{Chronology|[[20th Century Fox Television (1958-1989)]]|[[20th Television]]}}
-<u>Editor's Note:</u> While both the 1995 and 2007 versions have held up well enough, this logo and its 20th Television counterpart strangely have not been updated to match the 2009 theatrical logo. This version of the tower design has been used since 1992 (albeit in a modified form) which even predates the 1994 film version.
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