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Background

On August 10, 2020, Fox 21 Television Studios was rebranded as Touchstone Television; this served as both a revival of Disney's Touchstone brand, and their overall removal of the "Fox" name off of properties Disney inherited from 21st Century Fox. In December 2020, Touchstone Television was folded into 20th Television.

Logo (October 6, 2020)

Visuals: Similar to the Fox 21 and Fox 21 Television Studios logos, but the word "touchstone" replaces "fox21 television studios" and is seen being typed on the paper, then the word "television" replacing the dot at the end pops in below.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: The same as the Fox 21 and Fox 21 Television Studios logos; the typing sounds accompany the typing of "touchstone", and the "ding" sound accompanies the appearance of "television", with the text being smaller overall.

Availability: Disney introduced this logo on YouTube on the day the branding was announced, and made its only on-screen appearance on the Hulu anthology horror film Books of Blood.

Final Note

Despite Touchstone Television folding into 20th Television, the name still existed as a copyright notice until 2021, within the text reading as "© [YEAR] Touchstone Television".

Copyright Stamps

Here is some information about the copyright stamps on Touchstone Television/20th Television series (starting in 2020):

2020-2021: © [YEAR] Touchstone Television

◄	Fox 21 Television Studios

Touchstone Television (2020)

20th Television

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+{{About|the revived Touchstone Television|the original Touchstone Television|Touchstone Television (1985-2007)}}
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-''This page is for the revived Touchstone Television. For the original Touchstone Television, see [[ABC Studios#Touchstone Television|Touchstone Television (1985-2007)]]''
 ===Background===
-On December 4, 2014, the Fox Television Group division of Fox Entertainment Group and [[21st Century Fox|21st Century Fox, Inc.]] (now [[Walt Disney Television|The Walt Disney Company]]) merged two of their network television units, '''[[Fox 21]]''' and [[Fox Television Studios|Fox '''Television Studios''']], into a single entity called "'''Fox 21 Television Studios'''". The company continued operating after Disney's purchase of Fox in 2019. On August 10, 2020, Fox 21 Television Studios was rebranded as Touchstone Television; this served as both a revival of Disney's "[[Touchstone Pictures|'''Touchstone''']]" brand, and their overall removal of the "Fox" name off of properties Disney inherited from 21st Century Fox. In December 2020, Touchstone Television was folded into [[20th Television]].
+On August 10, 2020, [[Fox 21 Television Studios]] was rebranded as '''Touchstone Television'''; this served as both a revival of Disney's [[Touchstone Pictures|Touchstone]] brand, and their overall removal of the "Fox" name off of properties Disney inherited from 21st Century Fox. In December 2020, Touchstone Television was folded into [[20th Television]].
+===Logo (October 6, 2020)===
-==Fox 21 Television Studios==
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+Image=
-===(January 27, 2015-September 18, 2020)===
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-[[File:Fox 21 Television Studios (2015).png|center|350px]]
+File:Touchstone Television 2020.png
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-'''Nicknames:''' "Another Typewriter", "Fox 21 TV Studios Typewriter", "Fox 21 Typewriter II"
+Videos=
-'''Logo:''' Same as the logo for Fox 21, except the logo types much faster, "{{Font|Courier|'''television studios.'''}}" appears below "{{Font|Courier|'''fox21'''}}", the background has an orange tint to it, and no byline is present.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The words typing.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The same as the Fox 21 logo, except the typing sound is faster and a different ding sound is used.
-'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on shows that were originally produced by [[Fox 21]] and [[Fox Television Studios]] such as ''Graceland'', the U.S. version of ''Sirens'', ''Homeland'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', ''Salem'', ''The Americans'', ''Brickleberry'' and ''Maron''. It also appeared on its then-new shows such as ''American Crime Story'', ''Queen of the South'', the ''Sons of Anarchy'' spin-off ''Mayans M.C.'', ''Genius'', ''The Chi'', ''The Hot Zone'' and ''Pose'' in which future seasons of those shows will use the [[20th Television]] logo starting in 2021. It makes a surprise appearance on international prints (replacing the Hallmark Channel notice) of the TV movies ''Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge Part One'' and ''Two'' after the [[MarVista Entertainment]] logo. On Audience Network reruns of ''Sons of Anarchy'', this plastered the Fox 21 logo.
-'''Editor's Note:''' The typewriter format of the logo has been criticized by many in the logo community due to the concept's overuse and overall blandness, especially since it was replacing [[Fox Television Studios|another logo]] which used a TCF base.
-==Touchstone Television==
-===(August 10-October 6, 2020)===
-[[File:Touchstone Television 2020.png|center|350px]]
 {{YouTube|id=06WxtxZ_Q4Y|id2=jwQBqaWrhxY}}
+</tabber>
+'''Visuals:''' Similar to the [[Fox 21]] and [[Fox 21 Television Studios]] logos, but the word "{{Font|Courier|'''touchstone'''}}" replaces "{{Font|Courier|'''fox21 television studios'''}}" and is seen being typed on the paper, then the word "{{Font|Courier|'''television'''}}" replacing the dot at the end pops in below.
-'''Nicknames:''' "Yet Another Typewriter", "The Last Typewriter", "Touchstone Typewriter", "Post-Fox Typewriter", "Disney Typewriter"
+'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
-'''Logo:''' Similar to the Fox 21 and Fox 21 Television Studios logos, but the word "{{Font|Courier|'''touchstone'''}}" replaces "{{Font|Courier|'''fox21 television studios'''}}" and is seen being typed on the paper, then the word "{{Font|Courier|'''television'''}}" replacing the dot at the end pops in below.
+'''Audio:''' The same as the Fox 21 and Fox 21 Television Studios logos; the typing sounds accompany the typing of "{{Font|Courier|'''touchstone'''}}", and the "ding" sound accompanies the appearance of "{{Font|Courier|'''television'''}}", with the text being smaller overall.
-'''FX/SFX:''' See Fox 21 and Fox 21 Television Studios.
+'''Availability:''' Disney introduced this logo on YouTube on the day the branding was announced, and made its only on-screen appearance on the Hulu anthology horror film ''Books of Blood''.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The same as the Fox 21 and Fox 21 Television Studios logos; the typing sounds accompany the typing of "{{Font|Courier|'''touchstone'''}}", and the "ding" sound accompanies the appearance of "{{Font|Courier|'''television'''}}".
+===Final Note===
-'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Disney introduced this logo on YouTube on the day the branding was announced, and it was expected to appear on shows formerly produced under Fox 21 by the end of the year; however, this logo was retired too fast, due to the company folding into [[20th Television]] just a few months after the announcement. This made its only appearance on the Hulu anthology horror film ''Books of Blood''. Don't expect this to appear on the first season of ''Ratched'', for which it uses the Fox 21 Television Studios logo but starting with season 2 of the latter it uses the 20th Television logo.
+Despite Touchstone Television folding into [[20th Television]], the name still existed as a copyright notice until 2021, within the text reading as "© [YEAR] Touchstone Television".
+==Copyright Stamps==
-'''Editor's Note:''' While it was a nice attempt to revive the "Touchstone" brand name, this logo is seen as a massive disappointment due to re-using the infamous typewriter format used in many other logos, and forgoing the iconic thunderball symbol (especially since there's enough space in this logo for the symbol to appear somewhere). It didn't last very long though, as 20th Television folded the company. Thus, this marks the end of the infamous Fox 21 typewriter.
+Here is some information about the copyright stamps on Touchstone Television/20th Television series (starting in 2020):
+* '''2020-2021:''' © [YEAR] Touchstone Television
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