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Touchstone Television

The second incarnation of Touchstone Television (formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios) was an American television production company that was a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks' Walt Disney Television owned by 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.

For the first incarnation of Touchstone Television from 1985 until 2007, see ABC Signature.

Formerly

Fox 21 Television Studios (2014–2020)

December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)

David Madden

December 1, 2020 (2020-12-01)

Acquired by and merged with 20th Television

Bert Salke (president)

On December 1, 2020, Disney announced that the label was folded into 20th Television.[3]

Industry

August 1, 1997 (1997-08-01)[4]

December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)

Merged with Fox 21 to form Fox 21 Television Studios

Fox 21 Television Studios

August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)

March 7, 2001 (2001-03-07)

Folded into Fox World

Fox World

Fox Television Studios International

2000 (2000)

2014 (2014)

Fox Television Studios (then Fox 21 Television Studios, later Touchstone Television and finally folded into 20th Television)

Division

1995 (1995)

2003 (2003)

2004 (2004)

December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)

Merged with Fox Television Studios to form Fox 21 Television Studios

The alternative division was responsible for and The Wanda Sykes Show, along with E!'s The Girls Next Door franchise. In mid-2002, Fox Alternative Productions was formed by Fox TV Studios and headed by David Martin with its first show to be "The Coach".[8]

Talkshow with Spike Feresten

The scripted division produced , along with a number of television films and miniseries.[6]

The Shield

Fox World division, formed in 2000, produced international versions of its reality television programs such as and Temptation Island. The company was shut down by FTVS in 2014.

Joe Millionaire

formerly known as the original Touchstone Television

ABC Signature

the dormant film studio label and namesake

Touchstone Pictures

(formerly 20th Century Fox)

20th Century Studios

Fox Television Stations

(formerly Zero Day Fox and Fox Digital Studio)

20th Digital Studio

on 21cf.com

Fox Television Studios