| Touchstone Television | |
| Former Name: | Fox 21 Television Studios (2014–2020) |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Industry: | Television Production |
| Fate: | Merged into 20th Television |
| Founder: | David Madden |
| Key People: | Bert Salke (president) |
| Parent: | Disney Television Studios |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
The second incarnation of Touchstone Television, formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios, was an American television production company and a subsidiary of the Disney Television Studios, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks business segment of the Walt Disney Company.[2] It was founded in 2014 from the merger of Fox Television Studios and Fox 21 and given its second name in mid-2020 following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.
On December 1, 2020, Disney announced that the label was folded into 20th Television.
| Fox Television Studios | |
| Foundation: | [3] |
| Location City: | California |
| Fate: | Merged with Fox 21 to form Fox 21 Television Studios |
| Successor: | Fox 21 Television Studios |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Industry: | Television production |
| Parent: | Fox Entertainment Group |
Fox Television Studios, Inc. was a television production subsidiary of Fox Entertainment Group, the flagship entertainment division of 21st Century Fox, the unofficial production arm of Fox and the secondary production arm of 20th Century Fox Television, which is itself the television arm of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. Fox Television Studios (FTVS) was formed on August 1, 1997 alongside 20th Century Fox Television and 20th Television[4] under executive David Grant.[5] The studio was created to house smaller production units, starting with the Greenblatt-Janollari Studio (G-JS). Greenblatt-Janollari started producing shows in the 1998–1999 season with 3 comedy series for ABC and CBS. While funded by Fox, G-JS was presented as an "independent mini-studio".[4] The studio also partnered with David Gerber and his Gerber Company venture to produce various telemovies and television series.[6] With Fox Entertainment Group holding a 20% stake in New Regency Production's parent corporation, Fox Studios formed a joint venture, Regency Television, by 2000, managed by Gail Berman.[4] [5] Another production unit formed was Fox Television Studios Productions (FTSP) under Lisa Berger. Early output by the individual units, or "pods" were FTSP's Son of the Beach for FX, The Hughleys by G-JS and Regency had Malcolm in the Middle.[5]
The pod model evolved into five divisions: alternative, scripted, international, Fox World and Regency Television:
Eventually the only division operating was the scripted unit. Next FTVS attempted international co-productions of direct-to-series broadcast series. The company had a hit with Burn Notice on USA Network. In August 2010, Dave Madden was appointed to head the unit, where he evenly increased its production slates until he was appointed as president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting in August 2014.[5]
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| Fox Television Studios International | |
| Location City: | California |
| Fate: | Folded into Fox World |
| Successors: | Fox World |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Industry: | Television production |
| Owner: | News Corporation |
| Parent: | Fox Entertainment Group |
Fox Television Studios International was the international division of Fox Television Studios operated in 2000–2001. Daniella Welteke was tapped up to head the division, which was eventually folded into Fox World.[8]
The pod model evolved into five divisions: alternative, scripted, international, Fox World and Regency Television:
Eventually the only division operating was the scripted unit. Next FTVS attempted international co-productions of direct-to-series broadcast series. The company had a hit with Burn Notice on USA Network. In August 2010, Dave Madden was appointed to head the unit, where he evenly increased its production slates until he was appointed as president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting in August 2014.[5]
| Fox World | |
| Type: | Division of Fox Television Studios |
| Industry: | Reality television |
| Owner: | Fox Entertainment Group |
| Parent: | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Fate: | Folded into Fox Television Studios |
| Predecessor: | Fox Television Studios International |
| Hq Location City: | California |
| Successor: | Fox Television Studios (then Fox 21 Television Studios, later Touchstone Television and finally folded into 20th Television) |
Fox World (formerly Fox Television Studios International) was a television production company formed in 2000 as a division of Fox Television Studios (FTVS). The company produced international versions of its reality television programs such as Joe Millionaire and Temptation Island.
On March 5, 2001, SBS inked a deal/joint venture with Fox World to launch a northern European-based production company.[9]
On November 22, 2004, Hayley Babcock was named senior vice president of production at the Fox World studio, while Daniella Welteke would remain as head of the division.[10]
| Fox Lab | |
| Type: | Division |
| Owner: | News Corporation |
| Parent: | 20th Television (Fox Entertainment Group) |
Fox Lab was a low-profile production sub-division of 20th Television, originally formed in 1986 as Fox Television Stations Productions (or FTSP) and was responsible for the development of A Current Affair, Cops and America's Most Wanted. It was rebranded to the current moniker in 1995, although the FTSP label was continued to be used on several older shows until Fox's cancellation of Cops in 2013.[11] [12]
In 1990, Fox Television Stations debuted a soap opera, Tribes, only shown on Fox owned-and-operated stations. It only lasted one season on the air.[13]
By the early 90s, the company was producing a show, Not Just News, for first-run syndication.[14] Also, in 1994, Fox Television Stations Productions produced an international version of America's Most Wanted, Manhunter, to be shown throughout international networks.[15] It was later evolved into a US version for syndication, America's Most Wanted: Final Justice.[16]
In 2003, Fox Lab was producing the syndicated show Classmates, that lasted only two seasons.
Fox Lab's library is currently co-owned by The Walt Disney Company and Fox Corporation.
| Title | Years | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhunter | 1994–1995 | international syndication | co-produced with Straight Shooter Productions |
| What's So Funny? | 1995 | co-production with Funny Business, LLC | |
| 1995–1996 | Syndicated edit downs of previously taped AMW episodes. co-produced with Straight Shooter Productions | ||
| Classmates | 2003 |
See main article: article and Foxstar Productions. Foxstar Productions was a division of Fox Television Studios.
See main article: article. The original iteration of Touchstone Television was a television production company founded in 1985 as a division of Disney's subsidiary Touchstone Pictures. It is nowadays known as ABC Signature (since 2020), and was known as ABC Studios since 2007.
| Fox 21 | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Fate: | Merged with Fox Television Studios to form Fox 21 Television Studios |
| Parent: | 20th Century Fox |
| Owner: | 21st Century Fox |
| Products: | Television programs |
| Industry: | Television Production |
Fox 21 (styled fox21.) was a low-cost scripted and reality cable television production arm of 20th Century Fox, which was a division of the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox. The company produces, the FX series Sons of Anarchy, Terriers and Tyrant, the A&E action series Breakout Kings, The CW reality series Beauty and the Geek, the Showtime series Homeland, the Comedy Central series Brickleberry, the WGN America series Salem and the Lifetime series Witches of East End. On December 4, 2014, Fox Television Studios merged with Fox 21 to form Fox 21 Television Studios.
Fox 21 was formed in 2004 by 20th Century Fox Television executives Dana Walden and Gary Newman to develop and back smaller-budgeted but unique and daring shows. Fox 21's first executive was Jane Leisner. The unit's early hits were the FX series Sons of Anarchy and The CW reality series Beauty and the Geek.
After originally being passed over for programming the new network, MyNetworkTV, Fox 21 was in consideration along with Twentieth Television and independent producers as of December 2006 in a potential reprogramming from telenovela to low-cost reality and game shows.[17]
Bert Salke, who moved from his Brancato/Salke production company based at ABC Studios, took charge of the unit in 2010 and led an increase in show productions starting with the Showtime series Homeland. In early 2015, Mythology Entertainment signed a first look deal with the company and its sister studio 20th Century Fox Television while announcing the head of its TV division.[18]
The company produces or had produced the FX series Terriers, Tyrant, Sons of Anarchy, Mayans MC, The Americans and The Bastard Executioner, the A&E action series Breakout Kings, the Showtime series The Chi, the Hulu series Chance, the Comedy Central series Brickleberry, the WGN America series Salem and the Lifetime series Witches of East End.[19]
It was announced in December 2014 that Fox 21 and Fox Television Studios would merge into Fox 21 Television Studios. This situation came as a result of FTVS's president David Madden being promoted to Fox Broadcasting Company and the fact that both units were focusing on the same market, cable television. The combined operation is headed by Fox 21 president Bert Salke.[5]
In January 2020, Fox 21 reached a first-look deal with Marta Kauffman's studio Okay Goodnight, beginning with an adaptation of the 2019 novel The Dreamers.[20] In early-February 2020, it reached a first-look deal with the Gotham Group.[21]
On August 10, 2020, as part of a reorganization of Walt Disney Television following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, the studio was renamed Touchstone Television — reviving a brand dormant since the previous Touchstone Television was renamed ABC Studios in 2007. ABC Studios had also merged with the previous iteration of ABC Signature Studios to form the current iteration of ABC Signature. The renamed Touchstone Television studio retains a typewriter-styled logo similar to the previous Fox 21 and Fox 21 Television Studios brandings.[22] [23] The first and only production under the name was the Hulu film Books of Blood.
Less than four months following this change, on December 1, 2020, Walt Disney Television head Dana Walden announced a further reorganization which will see the newly renamed division wound up, with Salke transitioning to an overall producing deal with Disney Television Studios, and remaining operations absorbed into 20th Television.[24]
| Title | Genre | First air date | Last air date | No. of seasons | Network | Production company(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Television Studios (1997–2014) | |||||||
| The Hughleys | Sitcom | 4 | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio and Willowick Entertainment | ||||
| Maggie Winters | 1 | CBS | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio and CBS Productions | ||||
| To Have & to Hold | Drama | ||||||
| Fast Food Films | Variety show | FX | Gold Coast Television Entertainment | ||||
| The X Show | Magazine series | 2 | Mindless Entertainment | ||||
| Oh, Grow Up | Sitcom | 1 | ABC | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio | |||
| Fox | Mandeville Films and Regency Television | ||||||
| Malcolm in the Middle | 7 | Satin City and Regency Television | |||||
| Son of the Beach | 3 | FX | The Howard Stern Production Company and Loch Lomond Entertainment | ||||
| Soul Food: The Series | Drama | 5 | Showtime | Water Walk Productions, Edmonds Entertainment, State Street Pictures, 20th Century Fox Television, Showtime Networks and Paramount Network Television | Based on the 1997 film of the same name | ||
| Backstory | Documentary | 5 | AMC | Phometheus Entertainment, Van Ness Films and Foxstar Productions | |||
| Murder in Small Town X | Reality | 1 | Fox | Hoosick Falls Productions | |||
| The Shield | Police drama | 7 | FX | MiddKid Productions, Columbia TriStar Domestic Television and Sony Pictures Television | |||
| John Doe | Science fiction | 1 | Fox | Camp-Thompson Productions and Regency Television | |||
| The Grid | Thriller | TNT | Groveland Pictures and Carnival Films | Miniseries; aired on BBC Two in the UK | |||
| Listen Up | Sitcom | 1 | CBS | Regency Television and CBS Productions | Distributed in the US by CBS Media Ventures | ||
| Living with Fran | 2 | The WB | Fringe Producers, On Time and Sober, Jizzy Entertainment, Uh-Oh Productions and Regency Television | ||||
| The Girls Next Door | Reality | 6 | E! | Prometheus Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment | |||
| Killer Instinct | Crime drama | 1 | Fox | Regency Television | |||
| Cheerleader Nation | Reality | Lifetime | Swim Entertainment | ||||
| Thief | Crime drama | FX | Pariah Television, Sarabande Productions and Regency Television | miniseries | |||
| Windfall | Drama | NBC | Joyful Girl Productions and Regency Television | ||||
| Celebrity Duets | Reality | Fox | SYCOtv and A. Smith & Co. Productions | ||||
| The Riches | Drama | 2 | FX | Maverick Television and FX Productions | |||
| Burn Notice | Action | 7 | USA | Flying Glass of Milk Productions, Fuse Entertainment and Fabrik Entertainment | |||
| Saving Grace | Fantasy | 4 | TNT | Grand Productions and Paid My Dues Productions | |||
| Reality | 1 | The CW | Swim Entertainment | ||||
| The Return of Jezebel James | Sitcom | Fox | Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions and Regency Television | ||||
| Mental | Medical drama | Kedzie Productions and Infinity Pictures | |||||
| Kendra | Reality | 4 | E! | Prometheus Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment | |||
| Defying Gravity | Science fiction | 1 | ABC | Parriott/Edelstein Productions and Omni Film Productions | aired on CTV in Canada | ||
| White Collar | Crime drama | 6 | USA | Jeff Eastin & Warrior George Productions | |||
| The Wanda Sykes Show | Talk show | 1 | Fox | Sykes Entertainment, Inc. | |||
| Holly's World | Reality | 2 | E! | Prometheus Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment | |||
| The Good Guys | Police dramedy | 1 | Fox | Flying Glass of Milk Productions and Fuse Entertainment | |||
| Persons Unknown | Mystery | NBC | Invisible Ink and Televisa S.A. de C.V. | ||||
| The Gates | Supernatural drama | ABC | Little Engine Productions and Summerland Entertainment | ||||
| The Glades | Crime drama | 4 | A&E | Innuendo Productions and Grand Productions | |||
| Lights Out | Drama | 1 | FX | A Warren Leight Production, Fineman Entertainment and FX Productions | |||
| The Killing | Crime drama | 4 | KMF Films, Fuse Entertainment and Fabrik Entertainment | ||||
| In the Flow with Affion Crockett | Sketch comedy | 1 | Fox | Foxx/King Entertainment and Tantamount Studios | |||
| The Great Escape | Reality | 1 | TNT | Profiles Television Productions, The Hochberg Ebersol Company and Imagine Television | |||
| The Americans | Espionage | 6 | FX | Nemo Films, Amblin Television and FX Productions | |||
| Maron | Sitcom | 4 | IFC | Boomer Lives! Productions and Apostle | |||
| Graceland | Action | 3 | USA | Jeff Eastin & Warrior George Productions | |||
| Sirens | Sitcom | 2 | Middletown News and Apostle | based on the British series of the same name | |||
| Life Flight: Trauma Center Houston | Reality | 1 | Lifetime | The Boardwalk Entertainment Group | |||
| Fox 21 (2004–2014) | |||||||
| Beauty and the Geek | Reality | 5 | Katalyst Films and 3 Ball Productions | ||||
| Free Ride | Sitcom | 1 | Fox | Rob Roy Thomas Productions and Wild Jams Productions | |||
| Saved | Medical drama | TNT | Sarabande Productions, Brightline Pictures and Imagine Television | ||||
| Anchorwoman | Reality | Fox | The 6 Group | ||||
| Sons of Anarchy | Crime drama | 7 | FX | Linson The Company, Sutter Ink and FX Productions | |||
| Game Show in My Head | Game show | 1 | CBS | Hat Trick Productions and Katalyst Films | |||
| Terriers | Dramedy | FX | MiddKid Productions and Rickshaw Productions | ||||
| Breakout Kings | Crime drama | 2 | A&E | Matt Olmstead Productions, Blackjack Films, and Chernin Entertainment | |||
| Homeland | Thriller | 8 | Showtime | Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Media Group and Showtime Networks | |||
| Brickleberry | Animated sitcom | 3 | Comedy Central | Damn! Show Productions and Black Heart Productions | |||
| Witches of East End | Fantasy | 2 | Lifetime | 3 Arts Entertainment and Curly Girly Productions | |||
| Those Who Kill | Crime drama | 1 | One Two One Three Pictures, Miso Film, and Imagine Television | ||||
| Salem | Horror | 3 | WGN America | Beetlecod Productions and Prospect Park | |||
| Tyrant | Political drama | FX | Teakwood Lane Productions, Keshet Media Group and FX Productions | ||||
| Rush | Medical drama | 1 | USA | Little Engine Productions, Fancy Films and Pine City Entertainment | |||
| Legends | Crime drama | 2 | TNT | Paperboy Productions and Teakwood Lane Productions | |||
| Fox 21 Television Studios (2014–2020) | |||||||
| The Comedians | Sitcom | 1 | FX | Jennilind Productions, Larry Charles Projects, Tamaroa Productions, Flying Glass of Milk Productions, Fabrik Entertainment and FX Productions | |||
| Complications | Drama | USA | Flying Glass of Milk Productions | ||||
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Dramedy | 2 | FX | Apostle and FX Productions | |||
| The Bastard Executioner | Historical drama | 1 | Sutter Ink, Imagine Television and FX Productions | ||||
| American Crime Story | Crime drama | Present | 3 | Scott & Larry Productions, Color Force, Ryan Murphy Productions and FX Productions | moved to 20th Television after first two seasons | ||
| Damien | Horror | 1 | A&E | 44 Strong Productions and Fineman Entertainment | based on The Omen | ||
| Dice | Sitcom | 2 | Showtime | Olé Productions, American Work Inc. and Showtime Networks | |||
| Queen of the South | Crime drama | 5 | USA | Frequency Films, Friendly Films, Skeeter Rosenbaum Productions and Universal Content Productions | moved to 20th Television after first four seasons | ||
| Chance | Psychological thriller | 2 | Hulu | Nutmegger, Kem Nunn Stories, Inc., and Groundswell Productions | |||
| Feud | Drama | Present | FX | Plan B Entertainment and Ryan Murphy Productions | moved to 20th Television after first season | ||
| Genius | Biographical drama | 4 | Imagine Television, Paperboy Productions, MWM Studios, and EUE / Sokolow | moved to 20th Television after first two seasons | |||
| The Chi | Drama | 6 | Showtime | Elwood Reid Inc., Hillman Grad Productions, Freedom Road Productions, Verse Productions, Kapital Entertainment and Showtime Networks | moved to 20th Television after first three seasons | ||
| Seven Seconds | 1 | Netflix | KMF Films, Bender Brown Productions, and Filmtribe | limited series | |||
| Pose | Period drama | 3 | FX | Color Force, Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Television and FX Productions | moved to 20th Television after first two seasons | ||
| Mayans M.C. | Crime drama | 5 | Sutter Ink and FX Productions | ||||
| Fosse/Verdon | Biographical drama | 1 | 5000 Broadway Productions and FX Productions | limited series | |||
| The Hot Zone | Anthology | 2 | National Geographic | Lynda Obst Productions, Scott Free Productions and Peterson/Souders | moved to 20th Television after first season | ||
| The Politician | Political dramedy | Netflix | Prospect Films, Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision and Ryan Murphy Television | ||||
| Soundtrack | Musical drama | 1 | Annapurna Television, Random Acts Productions and 20th Century Fox Television | ||||
| The Stranger | Thriller | Quibi | KMF Films | ||||
| Barkskins | Drama | National Geographic | Elwood Reid Inc. | ||||
| Tales from the Loop | Science fiction | Amazon Prime Video | Amazon Studios, 6th & Idaho and Indio | ||||
| Ratched | Psychological thriller | Netflix | The Saul Zaentz Company and Ryan Murphy Productions | based on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | |||