- 2.2 Productions
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- 310 Entertainment
- 343 Incorporated
- Access Syndication
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- Aggregate Films
- Andrew Adelson Company
- Andrew Daly Productions
- Apploff Entertainment
- Arnold Shapiro Productions
- The Arthur Company
- Artists Television Group
- Asylum Entertainment
- Asymmetrical Productions
- Atlantic Television Inc.
- Baer Bones
- Balenciaga Productions
- Banyan Productions
- Bass Entertainment
- Big Phone Productions
- Bixby-Brandon Productions
- The Blue Marble Company
- Bob & Alice Productions
- Bob Banner Associates
- Bon Mot Productions
- Brad Lachman Productions
- Bright-San Productions
- Brillstein Entertainment Partners
- Broadway Video
- Bruce Cohn Productions
- Buccieri Entertainment
- Bulldog Productions
- Bullfrog Productions
- Burns & Burns
- Burt Sugarman Inc.
- Carolco Television Productions
- The Carsey-Werner Company
- Carson Entertainment
- Castle Combe Productions
- The Cates Brothers Company
- Centropolis Television
- Chanticleer Films
- Chelsea Handler Productions
- Chernin Entertainment
- Chip Taylor Communications
- The Colleton Company
- Consolidated Productions
- Coquette Productions
- Craig Anderson Productions
- Craftsman Films
- The Cramer Company
- Crossover Programming Company
- Daddy's Girl Productions
- Dakota Pictures
- Dan Curtis Productions
- Danny Kallis Productions
- Dauphine Productions
- Dave Bell Associates
- The Detective Agency
- DJ Productions
- Doc Shop Productions
- Don Fedderson Productions
- Don Meier Productions
- Dorado Productions
- Drug Store Television Productions
- Dualstar Entertainment
- Edelman Productions
- Eilenna Productions
- Elsboy Entertainment
- Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises
- Entertainment Studios
- Eyeboogie, Inc.
- Fair Dinkum Productions
- Field Communications
- Fierce Baby Productions
- Film 44
- Finishing the Hat Productions
- Fisher Communications
- Flat Earth Productions Inc.
- Fly on the Wall Entertainment
- Flying Glass of Milk Productions
- Gallant Entertainment
- Gangbuster Films
- Garen/Albrecht Productions
- Gary Murphy-Larry Strawther Productions
- Geffen Television
- Gekko Film Corp
- Georgia Entertainment Industries
- GEP Productions
- Goddard Textiles
- Gold Coast Television Entertainment
- Grammnet Productions
- Gravy Boat (Some countries)
- Green Couch Entertainment
- Greystone Communications
- Guarascio/Port Productions
- Happy Jack Productions
- Harmony Gold
- Headhunter Films, Inc.
- Heliosphere Productions
- Henerson/Hirsch Productions
- Heyday Production
- Homer Productions, Inc.
- Hurricane Entertainment Corp
- The Hurwitz Company
- Idbox
- IMG Original Content
- In Motion
- Interbang Inc.
- International Mammoth Television
- Jack Russell Film Productions
- Jay Wolpert Enterprises
- Jellyvision Productions
- Jerry Leider Company
- Jim Owens Entertainment, Inc.
- Jobsite Productions
- Joe Hamilton Productions
- Jones Programming Services
- Journal Broadcast Group
- The Jozak Company
- JPD Entertainment
- Jump at the Sun Productions
- Juniper Releasing
- Jupiter Entertainment
- Just Singer Entertainment
- Karz Entertainment
- The Kaufman Company
- Kaufman Films
- KDTN
- Kevin Slattery Productions
- Keyser/Lippman Productions
- Kin TV Studios
- Kripke Enterprises
- Landmark Entertainment Group
- Lark International
- Larry Levinson Productions
- Laurel Canyon Productions
- Laurelwood Entertainment
- Lawton Entertainment
- Lean Machine
- The Lee Rich Company
- Legendary Television
- Lin Bolen Productions
- Lloyd-Levitan
- LMNO Productions
- Loch Lomond Entertainment, Ltd.
- Lucille Ball Productions
- Luther Davis Productions
- Madwoman In The Attic
- Major League Baseball Productions
- Mantis Productions
- Marian Rees Associates
- Martin Mooney Productions
- Martindale-Hillier Entertainment
- Mastermind Laboratories
- MBR Productions (Some countries)
- McMonkey Productions
- Medallion TV Enterprises
- Meetinghouse Productions, Inc.
- Mega Diva Inc.
- Mess Media
- Messina Baker Entertainment Corporation
- Michael Krauss Productions
- Mighty Oak Entertainment
- Million Monkeys, Inc.
- Monkey Massacre
- Moonlight Productions
- Nash Entertainment
- Nasser Entertainment
- National Geographic Television
- N'Credible Entertainment
- Nemo Films
- NFL Network
- New Century Telecommunications
- New Wave Entertainment
- New West Entertainment
- Nuyorican Productions
- O'Hara-Horowitz Productions
- Okay Goodnight!
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- Our Production Company
- Outpost Farm Productions
- The Over The Hill Gang
- P3 Entertainment
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- Pacific Motion Pictures
- Panamort Television
- Paper Kite Productions
- Paperboy Productions
- Partner Stations Network
- Paul Brownstein Productions
- Pendragon
- Perez-Minton Productions
- Piller/Segan/Shepherd
- Picador Productions
- Pie Town Productions
- Pilot Productions
- PKO Television
- Planet Grande Pictures
- Playboy Productions
- PMT, Ltd.
- Polka Dot Pictures
- PPI Releasing
- Production Partners Inc.
- Profile Productions
- Promark Television
- Puny
- QMI Television
- QRZ Media
- Radio City Music Hall Television Productions
- Ralph C. Ellis Enterprises
- Range Rider Production
- Red Board Productions
- Reid/Land Productions
- RickMill Productions
- R-Lab
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- Romart
- Room 403 Productions
- Sande Stewart Television
- The Sanitsky Company
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- Satin Productions
- The Saul Group
- S.B.B. Productions
- Science Originals
- Scout Productions
- The Second City Television Productions (Some countries)
- Secret Hideout
- Select Media Communications
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Television
- Shore Z Productions
- Sirius Thinking Ltd.
- Siroco Enterprises
- Skydance Television
- Slam Dunk Productions
- Spanish Trail Productions
- Spartan Productions
- Spectacor Films
- Spin The Bottle Inc.
- Spinnaker Films, Inc.
- Spud TV
- Stage Five Productions
- Staley/Long Productions
- Storyline Entertainment
- Sugar Brothers Entertainment
- Tadpole Kids
- TalkStory Productions
- Telco Productions
- Television Artists and Producers Corporation
- Teleworld, Inc.
- Temple TV Productions
- Tenth Planet Productions
- The Thomas Carter Company
- TIL' Productions, Inc.
- Topstone Productions
- The Tornante Company
- Triage Entertainment
- Trillium Productions
- Tropper Schickler Productions
- True Jack Productions
- Unreality, Inc.
- Verbatim Productions
- Vision Maker Media
- Visualize
- Vitello Productions
- Wallach Media
- Wes Craven Films
- Western International Syndication
- WFAA
- When Pigs Fly Incorporated
- Winters/Rosen Productions
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- WW Entertainment
- WWE Originals
- You & I Productions
- Zaloom/Mayfield Productions
- Zero Gravity Management
Fox Television Stations Productions
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Background
Fox Television Stations Inc. was formed in 1986 after the acquisition of the Metromedia-owned independent stations by 20th Century Fox as a group of television stations located within the United States, which are owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a division of Fox Corporation, the bulk of which came from acquisitions of New World Communications in 1997 and of Chris-Craft Broadcasting in 2001. Until 1989, they also syndicated television programs; they formed 20th Television to perform this function later on.
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1st Logo (April 3-July 1988) | 2nd Logo (September 12, 1988-March 10, 1989) | 3rd Logo (1988-1993) | 4th Logo (August 15, 1992-May 4, 2013) |
1st Logo (April 3-July 1988)
Visuals: On a marble background with a small square on each corner are the words "Fox Television Stations" in the Friz Quadrata typeface with "Fox Television" above and "Stations" below. There is a shining wipe effect.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: The end-title theme of Nickelodeon's Double Dare.
Availability: Was only seen on early episodes of Double Dare on Nickelodeon and Fox. It was spotted on at least one episode on The Splat (now NickRewind).
2nd Logo (September 12, 1988-March 10, 1989)
Visuals: On a nighttime background is a Fox structure in the same angle as the 20th Century Fox logo that says "FOX" with four searchlights. Three searchlights move while the searchlight above the tower remains still. There is also an arch on the bottom right of the structure that features a city with buildings in the background.
Trivia:
- This was based off the animation of the logo used for the Don't Let Fox Weekend Pass You By promos used from 1987-1988.
- This would also be used for the Fox O&O network ID from 1989-1991, except the nighttime sky is black with stars.
Variant: A still version exists.
Technique: Live-action.
Audio: The end-title theme of Finders Keepers, a faster-paced re-orchestration of the short 20th Century Fox fanfare composed by Non-Stop Music, or none.
Availability: The still variant was last seen on Freedomfest, while the animated variant was last seen on syndicated episodes of Finders Keepers. It is removed from TeenNick/Splat reruns.
3rd Logo (1988-1993)
Visuals: On an indigo/black gradient background, a silver square with three lines below turns up at an angle, while the FTS logo, consisting of a marble rectangle with a line dividing it into a box and a shorter rectangle, the box holding the 1987-1993 Fox Network logo, and the rectangle holding the text "Fox Television Stations" in large lettering and in the same font as the 1st logo, slowly falls onto the square. A transparent rectangle sweeps over the silver square from right to left just before the FTS logo lands on the center. The silver square covers the rest of the background.
Early Variant: On this variant, the Fox logo slides in from the right, wiping in the company name. Here, the text is black, there are no lines at the bottom, there is no rectangular box surrounding the logo, the background of the logo is brighter, and the color scheme in the Fox logo is different (a blue box, grey-black gradient searchlights, white "FOX" text and gold tower).
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A rather dramatic synth sounder with a "clang" at the end (like in the Saban "Gold Plate" logo) or the end theme of the show. There is also a silent version (as in the early version).
Audio Variant: On The Ron Reagan Show, the closing theme is heard over it, but the logo theme and "clang" can still be heard faintly.
Availability: It was seen on episodes of the syndicated versions of the Nickelodeon game shows Double Dare and Finders Keepers, but this logo is removed on TeenNick/Splat reruns. Also seen on many (but not all due to 20th Television plastering) episodes of the first 4 seasons and early season 5 episodes of Cops which was intact on Zone Reality (now CBS Reality) in the UK years ago, the soap opera Tribes, the talk show The Ron Reagan Show, and the news series Not Just News.
4th Logo (August 15, 1992-May 4, 2013)
Visuals: Against a blue-black background are the tall letters "FTSP" in a white marble-like textured font with slow-trailing smoke effects swirling around from behind the letters. In between each letter are three bullets. Below that, the words "FOX TELEVISION STATIONS PRODUCTIONS" (also in white with "FOX" on top of "TELEVISION STATIONS PRODUCTIONS") are shown. A rippling effect is given to the lower text, making the entire logo appear as if it is underwater. All the text in this logo is set in Garamond.
Variant: On later episodes of Cops, there is less of a ripple effect on the text than in the original logo.
Technique: CGI.
Audio:
- On season 5 of Cops, a boy says "Yay!" in a rather unemphatic manner over a medium applause by two people.
- All other uses either have no audio or the closing theme of the show.
Availability: Still seen at the end of Cops and America's Most Wanted episodes from the era, although some season 5 episodes may not have it due to plastering by the 1995 and 2008 20th Television logos, though it was retained on Zone Reality (now CBS Reality) in the UK. This was also seen at the end of the first 1995 pilot for Time Warped, a planned Fox series from Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of South Park (the second pilot was intended for Fox Kids and did not have the logo).
Legacy: This logo is fondly remembered among fans of Cops and America's Most Wanted.
Final Note
The company became dormant in 2013 after Fox cancelled Cops. Upon its move to Spike TV (now Paramount Network), Spike assumed control of the series. The show currently airs on the streaming service Fox Nation.