20th Television Animation

20th Television Animation

Formerly	Fox Television Animation (1999–2020)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Television production
Founded	1999; 22 years ago (1999)
Key people	Marci Proietto (President)
Products	Television animation
Owner	The Walt Disney Company
Parent	Disney Television Studios (Walt Disney Television)

20th Television Animation (formerly Fox Television Animation) is an American animation studio that creates, develops and produces adult animated television series and specials. It is a unit of Disney Television Studios, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Television, which is part of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company.^[1]

History[]

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20th Century Fox Television and 20th Television animation unit (1999–2020)[]

The studio was established in 1999.^[2] Its first project was the continued production of Family Guy for its third season, which it took over from the series' previous home at Film Roman for seasons one and two. The studio would become the home of future animated series co-created by Seth MacFarlane: American Dad! and The Cleveland Show.^[3] In 2016, Fox Television Animation assumed production of The Simpsons, taking over from Film Roman.

Most animated projects from 20th Television Animation are subcontracted to third party animation production companies such as Film Roman, Titmouse, Inc., Bento Box Entertainment and Rough Draft Studios, but the company maintains 20th Television Animation as an in-house option. Because the company acts as a production house for hire, it is not treated as a labeled division of 20th Century Studios like Touchstone Television or Searchlight Pictures. The studio specializes in animation pre-production and post-production, while the actual animation production is handled by studios in South Korea. 20th Television Animation's frequent contractors include Digital eMation, Yearim Productions, AKOM Production, and Rough Draft Korea.

The studio maintains a location in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles^[4][5] Its workers are represented by The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839.^[6]

Under Disney Television Studios (2020–present)[]

In September 2020, the animation company was renamed as 20th Television Animation starting with newer episodes of shows in production at the company.

In December 2020, it was announced that 20th Television Animation would be relaunched as a standalone unit from 20th Television, tentatively naming Marci Proietto as president of the company. It eventually went into effect in March 2021. 20th Television Animation focuses on producing and developing animated projects targeted at adults, as opposed to the kid-targeted sister studio Disney Television Animation. Under the new incarnation, 20th Television Animation would assume executive supervision of the production of all animated projects that had, up to that point, been overseen by 20th Television. This allowed series that 20th Television Animation was already producing animation for under 20th Television's watch to be brought entirely under one company, while series whose animation was produced by a third party company would retain that relationship, with 20th Television Animation only absorbing the above-the-line production and acting as the new client for the animation contractor.^[7][8]

Television productions[]

See also[]

• Futurama
• King of the Hill
• Disney Television Animation
• 20th Century Studios
• 20th Century Animation
• Walt Disney Television
• 20th Television
• Animation Domination
• Animation on Fox
• Fox Sunday Night
• Bento Box Entertainment

References[]

External links[]

• Fox Television Animation at IMDb
• 20th Television Animation at IMDb