[5] In 1955, Fox intended to set up a TV film subsidiary on the company's Western Avenue lot in Hollywood, but it never materialized.

[9] Later that year, Irving Asher, who was a very successful film producer, was made general manager of TCF Television Productions.

[11] In 1957, Fox cemented a pact with National Telefilm Associates (NTA) to produce How to Marry a Millionaire, which was based on the 1953 movie of the same name, and Man Without a Gun.

[14] Under Manulis' watch, the company developed Adventures in Paradise for ABC, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis for CBS and Five Fingers for NBC.

[19] He also oversaw the development of the three programs for ABC, which were the comedy Margie and dramas Follow the Sun and Bus Stop.

[22] During the short-lived dark period in 1963, the company had signed Hal Kanter and Paul Monash to production deals.

[25] Later that year, William Dozier and his Greenway Productions studio signed a deal with 20th Century-Fox to develop TV shows.

[26] By 1965, Fox was producing several new shows for primetime, such as The Legend of Jesse James, The Long, Hot Summer, The Loner and Irwin Allen's science-fiction drama Lost in Space,[27] to be followed by Batman, which is based on the comic book series, and Blue Light.

Fox also expanded its output to commission a Saturday morning show in collaboration with Filmation, Journey to the Center of the Earth.

[36][37] While the 1970s were difficult for Fox's TV unit, the studio initially started off the decade with the shows Nanny and the Professor on ABC and Arnie for CBS, which proved to be modest successes.

[40] Other Fox shows for the 1970s, such as Cade's County, The New Perry Mason, Irwin Allen's The Swiss Family Robinson, Young Dan'l Boone, W.E.B., The Paper Chase, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, and Billy all bombed, although The Paper Chase became a cult classic and gave Showtime additional seasons.

[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] Fox also distributed the game show Masquerade Party, produced by Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Productions, which aired during the 1974–75 season.

The other collaborations, Trauma Center, Manimal, Automan, Masquerade, Cover Up and Half Nelson did not fare well due to poor ratings.

[61] Other series of the early 80s, like Hagen, Breaking Away, Ladies' Man, Jessica Novak, 9 to 5, It's Not Easy, Emerald Point N.A.S.

Both companies were subsidiaries of News Corporation unit Fox Inc.; the move was made to separate the television productions from the film studio in order to increase the latter's output.

Also introduced this season was Alien Nation to the Fox network, as well as Sister Kate for NBC, in addition to The Simpsons.

Twentieth Television also distributed the show Cop Rock, produced by Steven Bochco Productions for ABC via a development deal.

[88] By the 1991–92 season, the Twentieth Television production company sold the comedy Drexell's Class to the Fox network, and distributed the Steven Bochco crime drama Civil Wars to ABC.

[89][90] Twentieth Television also distributed the midseason cartoon Capitol Critters, a joint production between Hanna-Barbera and Steven Bochco, to ABC in the spring of 1992,[91] along with the Fox comedy Stand By Your Man, which was part of a contract between Twentieth Television and British producer Allan McKeown's WitzEnd Productions.

[92] Also in 1991, David E. Kelley, who had produced two shows for Steven Bochco, L.A. Law and Doogie Howser, M.D., announced that he was quitting to sign a joint agreement with CBS and Twentieth Television.

[94] In 1992, Peter Roth, who had left Stephen J. Cannell's production company, joined 20th Television, and was instrumental in the development of the subsequent seasons.

[95] In the 1992–93 season, Twentieth Television sold the sitcom Rhythm & Blues to NBC, but it failed to catch on in the ratings.

[96] The company had also distributed the half-hour crime drama Likely Suspects for the Fox network, which was produced by Four Point Entertainment.

It distributed the crime drama Murder One, produced by Steven Bochco Productions, which was sold to ABC during the season.

[107] In 1995, David E. Kelley signed a 5-year agreement with the studio, with the ability to produce television series, the first and third to be on ABC and the second and fourth to be on Fox, and so on.

In 2006, TCFTV produced the first two series that aired on Fox's sister network, MyNetworkTV: the telenovelas Desire and Fashion House.

Rights to its 1970 and 1990 library including The Mary Tyler Moore Show (and its spin-off Rhoda) are handled by CBS Media Ventures.