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===Background===

'''20th Television''' (spelled as "Twentieth Television") started out as the television syndication arm of [[20th Century Fox Television]]. Previously under [[Fox Television Stations Productions|Fox Television Stations]], it was launched in 1989 originally as an in-name-only brand of TCFTV known as "Twentieth Television Corporation" (and structurally officialized in 1995). 20th Television also produced their own programs and distributed them across the United States.  

Sometime in 2020, a year after [[The Walt Disney Company]]'s acquisition of [[21st Century Fox]], the original 20th Television was absorbed into [[Disney Media Distribution]], and TCFTV was rebranded as 20th Television on August 10, 2020 as part of a corporate restructuring. Since September 26, 2021, the animated shows handled by 20th Television were transferred to [[20th Television Animation]].

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===1st Logo (July 1992-)===

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'''Nicknames:''' "The Searchlights", "CGI Searchlights", "Zooming Tower", "The Tower of Tepidity", "The 20th Tower"

'''Logo:''' We see a close-up of the familiar Fox structure, but now it's in CGI and reads "{{color|gold|'''20th''' TELEVISION}}". A steel line appears below and the area that would normally be reserved for "'''{{color|gold|FOX}}'''" is replaced by a simple {{color|gold}} rectangle. The logo zooms out to the familiar Fox logo distance. The whole logo is set at daytime as opposed to the usual sunset background of the film logo.

'''Trivia:''' This logo was also used to represent [[20th Century Fox Television]] from September 18, 1992-April 16, 1995, replacing the 1981-1993 "20th Television Fox" logo.

'''Byline:''' Starting on September 4, 1994 with ''The Simpsons'' episode "Bart of Darkness", the byline "'''{{Font|Times New Roman|{{color|gold|A NEWS CORPORATION COMPANY}}}}'''" faded in below the logo. Most programs removed the byline after late August 2013.

'''Variants:'''

* On some prints of ''The Simpsons'' episodes between 1992 and 1994, the 1992 logo fades in near the end of the zoom out, and then fades out a few seconds later. It's similar in a way to the 1994/5 variant with the byline, barring the fade in at the start. Channel 4's print of the episode "Homer the Heretic" features this variation.

* In season 2 of ''Central Park'', the logo is in a slightly different tint.

'''FX/SFX:''' The logo zooming out, the clouds and searchlights moving, and the byline fading in.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Here are the main versions:

* September 27, 2020-: The 2015 TCFTV logo theme. A warp-speed version of it also exists.

* December 21, 2020-October 25, 2021: The shortened 1997 TCFTV theme. Heard on ''American Dad!'' on TBS.

'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''

* A print of ''M*A*S*H'' has the original 1992 logo with the 1995 TCFTV music, probably due to a sloppy reverse plaster error.

* Freeform's print of ''Rio 2'' has the ending theme of the movie playing over the logo (possibly due to time compression). Other airings have the fanfare, as described above.

'''Availability:''' Current and ultra common.

* Strangely, this did not appear on on ''Hoops'', ''Filthy Rich'' and ''NeXt'', due to all three of them being made before 20th Century Fox Television rebranded to 20th Television in 2020.

* Whenever [[Blue Sky Studios]]' movies and ''The Book of Life'' are broadcast, this logo is seen at the very end, right after the SAP cast credits.

'''Legacy:''' Notable for being a CGI re-imagining of the classic Fox logo, which predated the actual 20th Century Fox CGI logo by two years. However, until its rename from 20th Century Fox Television in 2020, this logo garnered a lot of resentment by many due to this consistently plastering over old logos, making this one of the most-hated production logos of all time, along with the 2002 [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo, the 2007 [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logo, the 1992 [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] logo, and the 2001 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] logo, among others; this logo would eventually getting better praise in the end.

===2nd Logo (2013-2019)===

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'''Nicknames:''' "The Searchlights II", "2D Searchlights", "The Tower of Tepidity II", "The 20th Tower II", "Blueprint Structure"

'''Logo:''' On a {{color|mediumblue|medium blue}} background with searchlights, the 20th Television print logo is drawn as the text "Welcome to Twentieth Television" slides below. The print logo then gains a white color.

'''FX/SFX:''' Flash animation, though you must need an archived Flash player to see this logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None.

'''Availability:''' Seen on the old 20th Television website around 2013 until the Disney acquisition in 2019. It is now archived, and can be seen on the Wayback Machine.  

===3rd Logo (2014)===

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'''Nicknames:''' "The Searchlights III", "CGI Searchlights II", "The 20th Tower III"

'''Logo:''' A redone version of the 1992 logo (with the text on the structure now in a font resembling Myriad) that's animated like the [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] theatrical logo, with the sky background in the style of the 1994 movie logo, albeit darker.

*'''Opening:''' The beginning of the logo which then, after the first searchlight swoops across the screen, cuts to a few seconds ahead in the animation with the Los Angeles/Hollywood skyline visible in the distance. It also ends at this point.

*'''Closing:''' The final seconds of the logo sequence.

'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 1994 20th Century Fox logo. This was designed by Stun Creative.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening has the intro theme of the promo. The closing uses the 1997 [[20th Century Fox Television]] fanfare.

'''Availability:''' Ultra rare, as this never appeared on any shows and was only used on a 2014 sales promo for ''Family Guy'', which can be seen [https://vimeo.com/106566583 here].

'''Legacy:''' Many consider it to be a wasted logo, since it was never officially used on any shows and was only used for a promo.

===Copyright Stamps===

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

*'''2020-present:''' © [YEAR] 20th Television

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