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20th Television is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 television production and syndication company that was formed in 1992 by 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...

 Film Corporation, a division of the Fox Entertainment Group
Fox Entertainment Group
The Fox Entertainment Group is an American entertainment industry company that owns film studios and terrestrial, cable, and direct broadcast satellite television properties...

, part of News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...

.

20th Television distributes almost all programming from the television production unit
20th Century Fox Television
20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, and a production arm of the Fox Broadcasting Company...

 and its subsidiaries and the motion picture studio's output (and their own subdivisions); since sister company 20th Century Fox Television produces most of the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 network programming, 20th Television can also be considered the network's syndication arm.

The company syndicates and/or co-syndicates product from partners such as Regency Television
Regency Television
Regency Television is a joint-venture between Regency Enterprises and Fox Television Studios founded in 1998. Regency's best-known TV shows include The WB sci-fi drama Roswell and the Fox sitcoms Malcolm in the Middle and The Bernie Mac Show....

 and Debmar-Mercury
Debmar-Mercury
Debmar-Mercury is a television syndication company that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment, which acquired the company in July 2006...

. It owns programming from other production companies, including MTM Enterprises
MTM Enterprises
MTM Enterprises was an American independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show for CBS...

, Metromedia Producers Corporation
Metromedia
Metromedia was a media company that owned radio and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986 and owned Orion Pictures from 1986-1997.- Overview :...

, Four Star Productions
Four Star Television
Four Star Television, also called Four Star International, was an American television production company. Founded in 1952 as Four Star Productions by prominent Hollywood actors Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Charles Boyer, the company produced many well-known shows of the early days of...

 and select programming from New World Communications/Genesis Entertainment and Cannell Entertainment
Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen Joseph Cannell was an American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor, and the founder of Stephen J. Cannell Productions.-Early life:...

.

20th Century Fox Television

  • Peyton Place
    Peyton Place (TV series)
    Peyton Place is an American prime-time soap opera which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969.Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. A total of 514 episodes were broadcast, in...

    (1964-1969)
  • Batman
    Batman (TV series)
    Batman is an American television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin — two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City. It aired on the American Broadcasting Company network for three seasons from January 12, 1966 to...

    (1966-1968)
  • Julia
    Julia (TV series)
    Julia is an American sitcom notable for being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role. Previous television series featured African American lead characters, but the characters were usually servants. The show starred actress and singer Diahann...

    (1968-1971)
  • Beat The Clock
    Beat the Clock
    Beat the Clock is a Goodson-Todman game show which has aired on American television in several versions since 1950.The original show, hosted by Bud Collyer, ran on CBS from 1950–1958 and ABC from 1958–1961. The show was revived in syndication as The New Beat the Clock from 1969–1974, with Jack Narz...

    (1969-1974) (Final two seasons syndicated by Firestone Syndication; owned by FremantleMedia North America)
  • M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
  • The Cheap Show
    The Cheap Show
    The Cheap Show was a syndicated game show parody that aired from 1978-1979. It was produced by Chris Bearde and hosted by Dick Martin along with his side-kick Wanda...

    (1978-1979)
  • Dance Fever
    Dance Fever
    Dance Fever is an American musical variety series that aired weekly in syndication from January 1979 to September 1987. The series was created and produced by Merv Griffin and written by Tony Garofalo....

    (1979-1987) (with Merv Griffin Enterprises
    Merv Griffin Enterprises
    Merv Griffin Enterprises was a television production company founded by Merv Griffin, in business from 1964 to 1994.-History:The company was first established as Merv Griffin Productions in 1964 and Griffin's first production was Jeopardy! In 1965, his talk show The Merv Griffin Show returned to...

    , now distributed by Sony Pictures Television
    Sony Pictures Television
    Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...

    , currently owned by Merv Griffin Entertainment
    Merv Griffin Entertainment
    Merv Griffin Entertainment is a production company founded by entertainer Merv Griffin in December 1995. Its productions include revivals of recent franchises . Griffin's company is part of The Griffin Group...

    )
  • The $100,000 Pyramid
    Pyramid (game show)
    Pyramid is an American television game show which has aired several versions. The original series, The $10,000 Pyramid, debuted March 26, 1973 and spawned seven subsequent Pyramid series...

    (1985-1988) (owned by Sony Pictures Television
    Sony Pictures Television
    Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...

    )
  • L.A. Law
    L.A. Law
    L.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,...

    (1986-1994)
  • America's Most Wanted
    America's Most Wanted
    America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...

    (1988-Present)
  • Cops
    COPS (TV series)
    Cops is an American documentary/reality television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities...

    (1989-present) (with Barbour-Langley Productions, Langley Productions and Fox Television Stations Productions)
  • The Simpsons
    The Simpsons
    The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

    (1989-Present) (with Gracie Films
    Gracie Films
    Gracie Films is an American film and television production company, created by James L. Brooks in 1986. The company has produced many award-winning films and television series, including Broadcast News, Jerry Maguire, and most notably The Simpsons...

    )
  • In Living Color
    In Living Color
    In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series, which originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote, and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century...

    (1990-1994) (with Ivory Way Productions)
  • The X-Files
    The X-Files
    The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...

    (1993-2002) (with Ten Thirteen Productions
    Ten Thirteen Productions
    Ten Thirteen Productions is a production company founded by Chris Carter in 1993, which produced four television series and two films . The company was named after Carter's birthday, October 13...

    )
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) (with Mutant Enemy Productions
    Mutant Enemy Productions
    Mutant Enemy Productions is the production company created in 1997 by Joss Whedon to produce Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The company also produced the Buffy spin-off, Angel, and his two short-lived science fiction series, the space western Firefly and his high-concept Dollhouse, produced by 20th...

    )
  • King of the Hill
    King of the Hill
    King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...

    (1997-2009) (with Deedle-Dee Productions
    Deedle-Dee Productions
    Deedle-Dee Productions is a television production company owned by Greg Daniels. It is known for producing the long running series King of the Hill, The Office and their newest series, Parks and Recreation...

    , Judgemental Films and 3 Art Entertainment)
  • Family Guy
    Family Guy
    Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...

    (1999-2002, 2005-present) (with Fuzzy Door Productions
    Fuzzy Door Productions
    Fuzzy Door Productions or The Spotted Door is the production company of television producer Seth MacFarlane. Its productions include the animated series Family Guy, American Dad! and the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show, as well as the live-action sitcom The Winner...

    )
  • Futurama
    Futurama
    Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...

    (1999-2003, 2008-present) (as 30th Century Fox Television; with The Curiosity Company
    The Curiosity Company
    The Curiosity Company is Matt Groening's production company behind the television series Futurama and the 1999 TV film Olive, the Other Reindeer...

    )
  • Judging Amy
    Judging Amy
    Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...

    (1999-2005) (with Barbara Hall Joseph Stern Productions and CBS Productions
    CBS Productions
    CBS Productions is the production arm of the CBS television network now a part of CBS Corporation, formed in 1952 to produce shows in-house, instead of relying solely on outside productions. Its first production was CBS Television Workshop, a drama anthology series...

    )
  • Yes, Dear
    Yes, Dear
    Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder....

    (2000-2006) (with Amigos de Garcia Productions and Cherry Tree Entertainment)
  • 24
    24 (TV series)
    24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...

    (2001-2010) (with Imagine Television) & Teakwood Lane Productions)
  • Still Standing
    Still Standing (TV series)
    Still Standing is an American sitcom television series. It debuted on CBS on September 30, 2002, and ended March 8, 2006. Lifetime obtained the United States syndication rights to the show in February 2005 and aired it until 2009...

    (2002-2006) (with Tea Gal & Java Boy Productions and CBS Productions
    CBS Productions
    CBS Productions is the production arm of the CBS television network now a part of CBS Corporation, formed in 1952 to produce shows in-house, instead of relying solely on outside productions. Its first production was CBS Television Workshop, a drama anthology series...

    )
  • Reba
    Reba (TV series)
    Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire, which ran from 2001 to 2007. For the show's first five seasons, it ran on The WB, with the show transitioning to The CW in its last year.-Synopsis:...

    (2001-2007) (with Acme Productions and Bee Caves Road)
  • How I Met Your Mother
    How I Met Your Mother
    How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...

    (2005-2010) (with Bays Thomas Productions)
  • American Dad!
    American Dad!
    American Dad! is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane and owned by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions. It is produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television...

    (2005-present) (with Underdog Productions & Fuzzy Door Productions
    Fuzzy Door Productions
    Fuzzy Door Productions or The Spotted Door is the production company of television producer Seth MacFarlane. Its productions include the animated series Family Guy, American Dad! and the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show, as well as the live-action sitcom The Winner...

    )
  • Prison Break
    Prison Break
    Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...

    (2005-2009) (with Original Film
    Original Film
    -Films:-TV series:...

     & Adlstein Parouse Productions)
  • Stacked
    Stacked
    Stacked is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on April 13, 2005. On May 18, 2006, Stacked was canceled, leaving five episodes unaired in the United States. The last episode aired on January 11, 2006...

    (2005) (with Steven Levitan Productions)
  • The Cleveland Show
    The Cleveland Show
    The Cleveland Show is an American animated television series that premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox in the United States...

    (2009-present) (with Fuzzy Door Productions
    Fuzzy Door Productions
    Fuzzy Door Productions or The Spotted Door is the production company of television producer Seth MacFarlane. Its productions include the animated series Family Guy, American Dad! and the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show, as well as the live-action sitcom The Winner...

    )
  • Better Off Ted
    Better Off Ted
    Better Off Ted is an American satirical situation comedy series, created and written by Victor Fresco , who also serves as the show's Executive Producer...

    (2009-present)
  • Glee
    Glee (TV series)
    Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...

    (2009-present) (with Ryan Murphy Productions and Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision)
  • Sit Down, Shut Up! (2009) (with Sony Pictures Television
    Sony Pictures Television
    Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...

    , ITV Studios
    ITV Studios
    ITV Studios is a television production company owned by the British television network ITV. It not only makes programmes primarily for its parent company, but also for other networks...

     and Tantamount Studios)
  • Neighbors from Hell
    Neighbors from Hell
    Neighbours from Hell is a strategy video game for Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox. In Europe, it was released for Windows on June 20, 2003, and the GameCube and Xbox on March 4, 2005...

    (2010) (with MoonBoy Animation
    DreamWorks Animation
    DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Glendale, California that creates animated feature films, television program and online virtual worlds...

     and Bento Box Entertainment
    Bento Box Entertainment
    Bento Box Entertainment is an American animation studio located in Burbank, California. It was founded in 2009 by animators Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara and Mark McJimsey...

    )
  • Bob's Burgers
    Bob's Burgers
    Bob's Burgers is an American animated television sitcom, which premiered on January 9, 2011 on the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series was created by Loren Bouchard and focuses on the Belcher family, who runs a hamburger restaurant. On April 7, 2011, Bob's Burgers was renewed for a second season...

    (2011) (with Bento Box Entertainment
    Bento Box Entertainment
    Bento Box Entertainment is an American animation studio located in Burbank, California. It was founded in 2009 by animators Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara and Mark McJimsey...

    )
  • Allen Gregory
    Allen Gregory
    Allen Gregory is an American animated television series created by Jonah Hill, Andrew Mogel, and Jarrad Paul that airs on FOX. The series premiered on October 30, 2011.-Synopsis:...

    (2011) (with Bento Box Entertainment
    Bento Box Entertainment
    Bento Box Entertainment is an American animation studio located in Burbank, California. It was founded in 2009 by animators Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara and Mark McJimsey...

     and Chernin Entertainment)
  • Napoleon Dynamite
    Napoleon Dynamite (TV series)
    Napoleon Dynamite is an upcoming American animated television sitcom based on the 2004 cult film of the same name, to be broadcast on Fox. The show will be overseen by the film's director Jared Hess, his wife Jerusha, and veteran television writer/producer Mike Scully...

    (2012) (with Tantamount Studios, 3 Art Entertainment and CBS Studios International)

20th Television

  • Savannah
    Savannah (TV series)
    Savannah is an American prime time television drama that ran from January 21, 1996 to February 24, 1997 on The WB. It was created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling.-Plot:...

    (1996-1997)
  • A Current Affair (1988-1996; 2005)
  • America's Most Wanted
    America's Most Wanted
    America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...

    (1988-Present)
  • Cops
    COPS (TV series)
    Cops is an American documentary/reality television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities...

    (1989-Present)
  • Forgive or Forget
    Forgive or Forget
    Forgive or Forget is an American talk show aired in national syndication from June 1998 to May 2000. The original host of the show was Mother Love, but she was replaced with former Head of the Class actress Robin Givens for the series' third and last season.The premise of the show involved people...

    (1998-2000)
  • That 70's Show (1998-2006)
  • Family Feud
    Family Feud
    Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...

    (1999-Present) (Handles ad-sales since Fall 2007; produced by FremantleMedia
    FremantleMedia
    FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's second largest TV, radio, and production company...

    ; US syndication with Debmar-Mercury
    Debmar-Mercury
    Debmar-Mercury is a television syndication company that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment, which acquired the company in July 2006...

    )
  • Divorce Court
    Divorce Court
    Divorce Court is a judge show about cases which only involve divorcing couples. Out of the shows currently airing in the court-themed genre, Divorce Court is the oldest...

    (1999-Present)
  • Texas Justice
    Texas Justice
    Katherine Levine a now Broadcasting Professor at Montclair State University, was the Producer and creator of the show.Texas Justice is a syndicated television program in the U.S. In the program, cases were judged by Larry Joe Doherty, and the program was recorded at the studios of Fox station KRIV...

    (2001-2005)
  • Dead Zone
    The Dead Zone (TV series)
    The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...

    (2002-2007) (Produced by Lionsgate Television
    Lionsgate Television
    Lionsgate Television is the television division of Lions Gate Entertainment, an entertainment company. It is located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Productions :The following is a partial list of the division's productions:...

    , Paramount Network Television
    Paramount Television
    Paramount Television was an American television production/distribution company that was active from January 1, 1968 to August 27, 2006.Its successor is CBS Television Studios, formerly CBS Paramount Television...

     (2002-2006) and CBS Paramount Network Television; US syndication along with Debmar-Mercury
    Debmar-Mercury
    Debmar-Mercury is a television syndication company that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment, which acquired the company in July 2006...

    . CBS Television Distribution
    CBS Television Distribution
    CBS Television Distribution is a global television distribution company, formed from the merger of CBS Corporation's two domestic television distribution arms CBS Paramount Domestic Television and King World Productions, including its home entertainment arm CBS Home Entertainment...

     handles global distribution of series.)
  • Cedric the Entertainer Presents
    Cedric the Entertainer Presents
    Cedric the Entertainer Presents was an American sketch comedy television series starring Cedric the Entertainer. The series premiered September 18, 2002 on Fox and after the first season, Fox renewed the show for a second season but right before the show aired its second season, Fox canceled the...

    (2002-2003)
  • Judge Alex
    Judge Alex
    Judge Alex is a United States syndicated courtroom television show that debuted September 12, 2005. The host/arbitrator is the Hon. Alex Ferrer, a former police officer, lawyer, and Florida judge. The show was produced in Houston at the television studios of Fox's KRIV , as was previously done with...

    (2005-Present)
  • Cristina's Court (2006-2009)
  • Temptation
    Temptation (2007 US game show)
    Temptation: The New Sale of the Century was a television game show loosely based on both the original Australian and American Sale of the Century versions, plus the 2005 Australian version, also titled Temptation. The show began airing in syndication on September 10, 2007, with the last first-run...

    (2007-2008) (produced by FremantleMedia
    FremantleMedia
    FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's second largest TV, radio, and production company...

    )
  • The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
    The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
    The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet is an American syndicated morning talk show. Produced by Fox, the show first aired on January 22, 2007 to a number of markets originally through Fox and MyNetworkTV, most in the Fox Television Stations Group...

    (2007-2009)
  • South Park
    South Park
    South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...

    (1997-present) (assumed in 2007, after previous distributor Tribune Entertainment
    Tribune Entertainment
    Tribune Entertainment was a television production and syndication company owned and operated by Tribune Broadcasting in the mid-1980s. Many programs offered from Tribune Entertainment have been broadcast on the company's television stations....

     disbanded; distributed by Debmar-Mercury, 20th Television for ad-sales)
  • Tyler Perry's House of Payne
    Tyler Perry's House of Payne
    Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta, Georgia led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella...

    (2008-present) (US syndication with Debmar-Mercury)
  • The Wendy Williams Show
    The Wendy Williams Show
    The Wendy Williams Show is a syndicated talk show hosted by Wendy Williams that premiered on July 14, 2008, as six-week sneak peek, in Detroit, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York City. The test run was picked up for a full season that began its run on July 13, 2009 in over 70% of the country in...

    (2008-Present) (Handles ad-sales; US syndication with Debmar-Mercury
    Debmar-Mercury
    Debmar-Mercury is a television syndication company that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment, which acquired the company in July 2006...

    )
  • Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
    Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (U.S. syndicated game show)
    Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is a daily syndicated version of the former primetime American quiz game show of the same name that aired on Fox. It ran from September 21, 2009 to March 24, 2011 and was produced by Mark Burnett, and, like the primetime version, was hosted by Jeff Foxworthy...

    (2009-2011)
  • Don't Forget the Lyrics!
    Don't Forget the Lyrics!
    Don't Forget the Lyrics! is a game show that originally aired on Fox from July 11, 2007 to June 19, 2009, hosted by Wayne Brady and produced by RDF USA, part of RDF Media. The launch of this show prompted NBC to move up the launch of their similar game show The Singing Bee...

    (2010-2011) (co-produced by Zodiak USA)

Fox Television Studios

  • The Shield
    The Shield
    The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...

    (2002-2008, with Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, later by Sony Pictures Television
    Sony Pictures Television
    Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...

    . SPT handles television distribution sales, while TCF handles US home entertainment sales. All five seasons were later shifted to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
    Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
    Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in November 1979 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, releasing 20 titles: The Anderson Tapes, Bell, Book and Candle, Born Free, Breakout,...

     and released the sixth season.)
  • The Hughleys
    The Hughleys
    The Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000 and on the UPN network from September 11, 2000 to May 20, 2002. It starred comedian D. L...

    (1998-2002)
  • Malcom in the Middle (2000-2006) (co-production with Satin City and Regency Television)
  • The Winner
    The Winner (TV series)
    The Winner, stylized on the title card as the winner, is an American television series that premiered on Fox on March 4, 2007. It is a comedy about a successful man named Glen Abbott looking back to the time when he was in his thirties and living with his parents in 1994 Buffalo, New York.Other...

    (2007) (co-production with Fuzzy Door Productions
    Fuzzy Door Productions
    Fuzzy Door Productions or The Spotted Door is the production company of television producer Seth MacFarlane. Its productions include the animated series Family Guy, American Dad! and the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show, as well as the live-action sitcom The Winner...

    )
  • Burn Notice
    Burn notice
    A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...

    (2007-Present) (co-production with Flying Glass Of Milk Productions) & Fuse Entertainment)
  • Saving Grace
    Saving Grace (TV series)
    Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...

    (2008-2010)
  • Kendra
    Kendra (TV series)
    Kendra is an American reality-based television series that debuted on E! on June 7, 2009. The program details model - and former girlfriend of Playboy owner Hugh Hefner - Kendra Wilkinson's life after moving out of the Playboy Mansion, including her engagement and marriage to football player Hank...

    (co-production with Atla Loma Entertainment and Promethus Entertainment) (2009)
  • The Riches
    The Riches
    The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...

    (in charge on season 2) (co-production with Maverick Productions
    Maverick Records
    Maverick Recording Company is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:...

    )
  • Mental
    Mental (TV series)
    Mental is a television series produced by Fox's subsidiary Fox Telecolombia, which aired in the summer and fall of 2009 on FOX international channels for Latin America, Europe and Asia, starring Chris Vance and Annabella Sciorra...

    (2009) (co-production with Kedzie Productions and Infinity Features)

Regency Television

  • Roswell
    Roswell (TV series)
    Roswell is an American science fiction television series developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims. The series debuted on October 6, 1999 on The WB and moved to UPN for the third season. The last episode aired May 14, 2002...

    (1999-2002)
  • Malcolm In the Middle
    Malcolm in the Middle
    Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...

    (2000-2006)
  • The Bernie Mac Show
    The Bernie Mac Show
    The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom featuring comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana and Vanessa. The show aired for five seasons , concluding with a half-hour series finale on Fox....

    (2001-2006)
  • John Doe
    John Doe (TV series)
    John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.-Synopsis:"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't...

    (2002-2003)
  • Thief
    Thief (TV series)
    Thief is an FX television mini-series which debuted on March 28, 2006 .Andre Braugher stars as Nick Atwater, the leader of a robbery crew balancing his personal life with the planning of a major heist...

    (2006)
  • Listen Up! (2005) (co-produced with CBS Paramount Network Television
    CBS Paramount Network Television
    CBS Paramount Network Television was the main production arm of CBS Paramount Television, a division of CBS Corporation. It was known as Paramount Network Television and CBS Productions until 2006.It is now CBS Television Studios, starting in fall 2009....

    )
  • New Amsterdam
    New Amsterdam (TV series)
    New Amsterdam is an American television drama, which premiered March 4, 2008 on Fox, and ended after its eighth episode.-Premise and plot:...

    (2008)

Ten Thirteen Productions

  • The X-Files
    The X-Files
    The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...

    (1993-2002)
  • Millennium
    Millennium (TV series)
    Millennium is an American television series created by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files. Millennium aired on the Fox Network from 1996 to 1999. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though most episodes were ostensibly set in or around Seattle, Washington...

    (1996–1999)
  • Harsh Realm
    Harsh Realm
    Harsh Realm is a science fiction television series about humans trapped inside a virtual reality simulation. It was developed by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files and Millennium, and began airing on the Fox Network on October 8, 1999. The series fared poorly in the ratings and was removed from...

    (1999–2000)
  • The Lone Gunmen (2001)

Mutant Enemy Productions

  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
  • Angel
    Angel (TV series)
    Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...

    (1999-2004)
  • Firefly
    Firefly (TV series)
    Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear....

    (2002)
  • Dollhouse
    Dollhouse (TV series)
    Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions. It premiered on February 13, 2009, on the Fox network and was officially cancelled on November 11, 2009. The final episode aired on January 29, 2010...

    (2009-2010)

Stephen J. Cannell

  • 21 Jump Street
    21 Jump Street
    21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...

    (1987-1991)
  • Silk Stalkings
    Silk Stalkings
    Silk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package, and rebroadcast on the USA Network. After CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in 1993, the series ran exclusively on USA until its finale in the...

    (1991-1999)
  • Profit
    Profit (TV series)
    Profit is an American television series that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1996. The series was created by David Greenwalt and John McNamara, and starred Adrian Pasdar as the titular character, Jim Profit. In February 2008, episodes began airing on Chiller in the USA...

    (Pilot only) (1996)

New World Television

  • Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara (TV series)
    Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...

    (1984-1993)
  • The Wonder Years
    The Wonder Years
    The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988 after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII....

    (1988-1993) (International television distribution only. US distribution lies with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
    Warner Bros. Television Distribution
    Warner Bros. Television Distribution is an American television distribution arm of Warner Bros. Television, itself a part of Time Warner formed circa 1960. In 1989, the studio formed Warner Bros...

    )
  • Profit
    Profit (TV series)
    Profit is an American television series that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1996. The series was created by David Greenwalt and John McNamara, and starred Adrian Pasdar as the titular character, Jim Profit. In February 2008, episodes began airing on Chiller in the USA...

    (1996) (in association with Stephen J. Cannell
    Stephen J. Cannell
    Stephen Joseph Cannell was an American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor, and the founder of Stephen J. Cannell Productions.-Early life:...

     Productions)

Genesis Entertainment

  • The Judge
    The Judge (TV series)
    The Judge was a syndicated television drama that ran from 1986 to 1992. The series chronicled the family court cases heard by Judge Robert J. Franklin, played by Bob Shield, who died in late 1996....

    (1986-1993)
  • Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
    Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
    Real Stories of the Highway Patrol was a half hour syndicated television series which ran in the United States for six seasons from 1993 to 1999 for a total of 780 episodes, capitalizing on the success of "real-life" police series such as COPS...

    (1993-1999) (Produced by subsidiary Leap Off Productions, distributed by Genesis Entertainment (1993-1995), New World/Genesis Distribution (1995-1997), 20th Television (1997-1999))
  • Tales from the Crypt
    Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
    Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...

    (1989-1996; WBITD
    Warner Bros. International Television
    Warner Bros. International Television is the Global television arm of Warner Bros. Television and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment formed in 1996.Warner Bros. International Television distributes from the following:-Television:*Warner Bros...

     handles international distribution only, but WB does handle the US DVDs)

MTM Enterprises

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
    The Mary Tyler Moore Show
    The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977...

    (1970-1977)
  • The Bob Newhart Show
    The Bob Newhart Show
    The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, , to April 1, . Comedian Bob Newhart portrayed a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers...

    (1972-1978)
  • Paul Sand in Friends & Lovers (1974–1975)
  • The Texas Wheelers
    The Texas Wheelers
    The Texas Wheelers was an ABC situation comedy television series that aired in 1974 and 1975. The series, produced by MTM Enterprises, was about the cantankerous but lovable Zack Wheeler, a long-lost father who returned to raise his children Truckie, Doobie, Boo, and T.J...

    (1974-1975)
  • Rhoda
    Rhoda
    Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which ran for five seasons, from 1974 to 1978 airing in 109 episodes. The show was a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky,...

    (1974-1978)
  • Doc (1975-1976)
  • Three for the Road (1975-1976)
  • Phyllis
    Phyllis (TV series)
    Phyllis is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 11, 1975 to March 13, 1977.Created by Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels. it was the second spin-off series from The Mary Tyler Moore Show . The show starred Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom, who was previously Mary Richards'...

    (1975-1977)
  • The Tony Randall Show
    The Tony Randall Show
    The Tony Randall Show is an American television sitcom that debuted on September 23, 1976 and aired on ABC during its first season and on CBS for its second and final season.-Synopsis:...

    (1976-1978)
  • Lou Grant (1977-1982)
  • The Betty White Show
    The Betty White Show
    The Betty White Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 12, 1977, to January 2, 1978. Fourteen episodes were transmitted. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises.-Synopsis:...

    (1977-1978)
  • Something for Joey
    Something for Joey
    Something for Joey was a 1977 made-for-TV movie about the relationship between college football player John Cappelletti , and his younger brother Joey . Other cast members included Linda Kelsey and Steve Guttenberg...

    (1977, TV movie)
  • The White Shadow
    The White Shadow
    The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981.-Overview:...

    (1978-1981)
  • WKRP in Cincinnati
    WKRP in Cincinnati
    WKRP in Cincinnati is an American situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show was created by Hugh Wilson and was based upon his experiences working in advertising sales at Top 40 radio station WQXI in Atlanta...

    (1978-1982)
  • Paris
    Paris (1979 TV series)
    Paris was an American television series that appeared on the CBS television network from September 29, 1979 to January 15, 1980. A crime drama, the show is notable as the first-ever appearance of renowned actor James Earl Jones in a lead role on television and as the first program on which Steven...

    (1979-1980)
  • The Last Resort (1979)
  • The Boy Who Drank Too Much
    The Boy Who Drank Too Much
    The Boy Who Drank Too Much is a 1980 American television film based on a novel by Shep Greene. The film was initially distributed by CBS, starring Scott Baio as a high school hockey player struggling with alcoholism. While its approach is that of a typical after school special, it was in fact a...

    (1980, TV movie)
  • Hill Street Blues
    Hill Street Blues
    Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...

    (1981-1987)
  • Remington Steele
    Remington Steele
    Remington Steele is an American television series, co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic...

    (1982-1987)
  • St. Elsewhere
    St. Elsewhere
    St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...

    (1982-1988)
  • Newhart
    Newhart
    Newhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and wife who owned and operated an inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was home to many eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to May 21, 1990...

    (1982-1990)
  • Bay City Blues
    Bay City Blues
    Bay City Blues is an American comedy-drama series that aired on NBC from October 1983 to November 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri, Dennis Franz, and Pat Corley, and was created and produced by Steven Bochco.-Synopsis:...

    (1983)
  • The Duck Factory
    The Duck Factory
    The Duck Factory is a 1984 NBC television series produced by MTM Enterprises that is perhaps most notable for being Jim Carrey's first lead role in a Hollywood production....

    (1984)
  • Beverly Hills Buntz
    Beverly Hills Buntz
    Beverly Hills Buntz was a short-lived spinoff from Hill Street Blues. It aired on NBC during the 1987-88 season.-Overview:The show was a 30-minute 'dramedy', that was a hybrid between light private eye fare and a sit-com. The main character, Norman Buntz, was previously seen as a morally and...

    (1987-1988)
  • Capital News
    Capital News
    Capital News is a short-lived American drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. Starring Lloyd Bridges and Helen Slater, Capital News was created by David Milch and Christian Williams.-Synopsis:...

    (1990)
  • Evening Shade
    Evening Shade
    Evening Shade was an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994. The series starred Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who returns to rural Evening Shade, Arkansas to coach a high school football team with a long...

    (1990-1994, with CBS Productions; CBS owns the series and distributes the series outside the USA, while 20th Century Fox handles US TV rights)
  • The New WKRP in Cincinnati
    The New WKRP in Cincinnati
    The New WKRP in Cincinnati is a sequel/spin-off of the original CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. It was made for the syndication market from 1991 to 1993....

    (1991-1993)
  • Xuxa
    Xuxa (television series)
    "Xuxa" was the name of the Brazilian entertainer's weekday self-titled children's television series that ran in syndication in the United States during the 1993-1994 season and was distributed by MTM Enterprises. Today 20th Television owns the rights to all 65 episodes. In 1994 the series enjoyed a...

    (1993)
  • Central Park West
    Central Park West (TV series)
    Central Park West is an American prime time television soap opera that ran from September 1995 to June 1996 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by Melrose Places Darren Star. As the title suggests, CPW was set in New York, in the affluent Central Park West area of Manhattan...

    (1995-1996, with CBS Productions)
  • Family Challenge
    Family Challenge
    Family Challenge is an American game show that aired on The Family Channel from October 2, 1995 to September 7, 1997, lasting for two seasons. Reruns aired on GSN from April 3 to September 25, 1999....

     (1995-1997)
  • Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.
    Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.
    Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. was a US children's television series that aired in 1996 on CBS Saturday Mornings, starring Michael Galeota, John Achorn, Meg Wittner. It lasted for only 13 episodes of 30 mins length each. At one time this show had a slot on the BBC's CBBC program which was on Fridays mostly...

    (1996-1997)
  • Night of the Twisters
    Night of the Twisters
    Night of the Twisters is a film directed by Timothy Bond, released by MTM Enterprises, and distributed by PorchLight Entertainment about a family's struggle to survive a night with a bizarre and terrible storm passing over their town. The TV movie is based on the novel by Ivy Ruckman, which centers...

    (1996, TV movie)
  • Christmas Every Day
    Christmas Every Day
    Christmas Every Day is a 1996 American television movie, directed by Larry Peerce, starring Erik von Detten, and originally broadcast on The Family Channel during their first 25 Days of Christmas programming block...

    (1996, TV movie)
  • Shopping Spree
    Shopping Spree
    Shopping Spree is a game show that aired on the Family Channel for two seasons from September 30, 1996 to August 14, 1998. It was hosted by Ron Pearson, announced by Burton Richardson and produced by Jay Wolpert Enterprises and MTM Enterprises.-Premise:...

    (1996-1998)
  • The Pretender
    The Pretender (TV series)
    The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...

    (1996-1997 MTM Enterprises, 1997-2000 TCFTV) (in association with NBC Studios)
  • Good News
    Good News (TV series)
    Good News is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from 1997 to 1998. The series is a spin-off of the UPN series Sparks.-Synopsis:...

    (1997)


20th Century Fox International Television

20th Century Fox International Television is the international television distribution arm of Fox. It is responsible for distributing the Fox film and television library across the world (including acquired properties).

Shows distributed by other companies in USA but by Fox elsewhere

  • Fastlane
    Fastlane (TV series)
    Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4 began rebroadcasting the complete series. After finishing its initial run on the network, Fastlane stopped airing on G4...

    (2002-03, distributed by Warner Bros. Television
    Warner Bros. Television
    Warner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on...

     in USA)
  • Andy Richter Controls the Universe
    Andy Richter Controls the Universe
    Andy Richter Controls the Universe is a sitcom which aired from 2002–2003 on the Fox network. The series was Andy Richter's first starring role after leaving Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 2000....

    (2002-03, distributed by CBS Television Distribution
    CBS Television Distribution
    CBS Television Distribution is a global television distribution company, formed from the merger of CBS Corporation's two domestic television distribution arms CBS Paramount Domestic Television and King World Productions, including its home entertainment arm CBS Home Entertainment...

     in USA)
  • Listen Up! (2004-05, distributed by CBS Television Distribution in USA)
  • Life on Mars
    Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)
    Life on Mars was a science fiction crime drama television series which originally aired on ABC from October 9, 2008 to April 1, 2009. It is an adaptation of the BAFTA-winning original UK series of the same name produced by the BBC...

    (2008-09, distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television in USA)
  • The Raccoons
    The Raccoons
    The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with four preceding television specials beginning in 1980. The series was created by Kevin Gillis, and produced at Atkinson Film-Arts first-hand from 1984 to 1985, then at Hinton Animation Studios...

    (1985–1992, Spain only)
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