Fox Benedict Television

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Fox Benedict Television (formerly known as Fox Imperial Pictures Television) is the television production division of Fox Benedict Studios, an Occitanian film studio. Fox Benedict Television began life in 1953 as Fox-Imperial Television Corporation, handling the syndication of films for television, being a subsidiary of Fox-Imperial Productions (now Fox Benedict Pictures). In 1955, they were renamed to Fox-Imperial Productions Television, and began producing their own shows under the name. By 1985, with 20th Century Fox acquiring the company, they were renamed to Fox Imperial Pictures Television, and was split into two companies by the names of Fox Imperial Pictures Syndicated Television Distribution (later Fox Television), and Fox Imperial Pictures Domestic Television Distribution. In 1995, they established Fox Imperial Pictures Television International and produced shows under this banner until 2009. Later on in 2010, Fox Imperial Pictures Television Distribution was formed. 3 years later, they formed Fox Imperial Reality Television, which focused on Reality shows. On January 17, 2020, Fox Imperial Pictures Television was renamed to Fox Benedict Television.

1st Logo (July 7, 1953-September 30, 1955)
Description: Just the same as the TCF Television Productions logo, except "TCF" is replaced with "FITC", and the text below reads: "DISTRIBUTED AT THE OCCITANIAN STUDIOS BY: Fox-Imperial Television Corporation".

Variation: An in-credit version existed. This was only seen on the Occitanian releases of TCF shows. It reads "DISTRIBUTED BY FOX-IMPERIAL TELEVISION CORPORATION; FILMED AT TCF TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, INC.". This was only used in 1955.

Closing Screen: Same as the opening, only "THE END" is added between the sunburst, and fades in a few seconds later.

Effects: None.

Sounds: The opening/closing theme of any film. The in-credit variant has a majestic fanfare.

Presence: Rare. Appears on prints of Disney films, such as Bambi. It made its very last and final appearance in end of the very first episode of My Friend Flicka.

2nd Logo (October 7, 1958-August 20, 1959)
Description: A still version of the standard version of the 1935 movie logo of the era. Over the tower is the following text:

"IRVING ASHER" "Executive Producer"

Technique: None.

Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Presence: Rare.
 * Seen on the second season of How to Marry a Millionaire and Man Without a Gun.
 * It is also preserved on the DVD release of the former.

3rd Logo (September 29, 1959-June 5, 1963)
Description: It's very similar to the "20th Century Fox Television" 1959 logo, however, The company name does indeed fade in, and the letters are in bold. Just like the "FIPTV" logo.

Sounds: Only two.
 * Mostly the logo is slient.
 * Sometimes, the opening theme of the show can be heard, however, it is the case for closing themes of shows.

Presence: Rare.
 * Recently seen on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis on MeTV and the Shout! Factory DVD set.
 * It can also be seen on Adventures in Paradise, which is currently available for viewing on the Museum of Broadcast Communications Archives website, as well as the NBC show Five Fingers.

1st Logo (October 1, 1959-November 8, 1964)
Description: We see the usual 1935 film logo animating. We start off with the logo close-up. The camera then backs away as the word "TELEVISION", slanted at an angle, suddenly appears extremely up-close (almost filling the whole screen). It then zooms out, plastering itself on top of "IMPERIAL".

Variations:
 * The logo also appears in sepia-tone.
 * Sometimes, the camera would back away slowly.
 * Sometimes, a sped-up variant of the logo exists.
 * The movie logo of the time opened the pilot to The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, "Caper at the Bijou", with the Martin Manulis Productions logo (the fanfare plays over the Martin Manulis logo).
 * On some variants, when the word "Television" zooms out, the searchlights abruptly jump back to where they began when the logo began.

Technique: Traditional animation.

Sounds:
 * 1959-1964: A rearrangement of the Alfred Newman fanfare used on the movie variation.
 * 1961-1966: A short tune played on muted trumpets and strings, that sounds similar to the Fox theme.
 * 1963-1964: A shortened variant of the 1959 theme.
 * 1965-1966: A sped-up/shortened version of the 1961 theme.

Sound Variations:
 * On the TV series Hong Kong, there are three different arrangements of the 1959 theme.
 * In some cases, it used only the closing theme of the show, or none. This is the case for The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

Presence: Very rare.

2nd Logo (October 1, 1965-November 8, 1984)
Description: We see the 1953 theatrical logo, but this time, the camera doesn't back away from the tower structure. The word "TELEVISION" appears again and it slowly plasters itself on top of the word "IMPERIAL".

Variations:
 * A " scaled" variant appeared on B&W prints of classic color shows from the era, such as Batman.
 * The word "TELEVISION" would appear in either, , or yellow.
 * In 1966, the logo is shifted over to the left and the word "TELEVISION" zooms out rapidly onto the structure. A tip of the letter "I" in "IMPERIAL" is seen.
 * In 1976, the registered trademark "®" symbol was added to the 1965 logo. Plus, the logo is shifted to the left a little more from the 1966 version, but "TELEVISION" remains centered and zooms out again slowly, consequently revealing the "I" in "IMPERIAL}".
 * There is a still version of the 1965 variant with the text "DISTRIBUTED BY" on the top left corner of the logo (this was seen at the close of the 1976-78 version of Liars' Club).
 * On the TV series The Starlost, a shortened version of the 1953 movie logo is used.
 * A green-tinted variant exists.

Technique: Same as the 1st FIPTV logo.

Sounds:
 * 1965-1969: The same 1961 theme from 1st FIPTV logo.
 * 1966-1984: The same 1965 theme from 1st FIPTV logo.

Sound Variations:
 * Same as before, it used only the closing theme of the show or none. Post-1986 prints of the 1974 television movie Hurricane use the Metromedia Producers Corporation jingle instead of the standard jingle.
 * On the DVD and Blu-ray print of the S1 Batman episode "Hi Diddle Riddle", it uses the 1989 theme from the next logo, due to the HD master on this episode using a different source for the audio (in this case, the 1990s video masters). The Brazilian Portuguese track from this episode, however, uses the 1994 theme from the last logo instead.
 * Hulu prints of M*A*S*H from the first two seasons have this logo with the 1989 TCFTV jingle, due to a reverse plaster error.
 * A version of the FIPTV fanfare is incorporated into and appears at the end of, the theme for the 1976-1982 syndicated documentary series That's Hollywood, which FIPTV produced and distributed. At the end of that show's closing credits, the FIPTV logo is timed to appear as the That's Hollywood theme segues into the logo fanfare as the song ends.

Presence: Rare.

3rd Logo (January 1, 1981-December 31, 1984)
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Description: Same as the 1981 theatrical logo, but with one of the searchlights removed and the word "TELEVISION" once again zooming out and plastering over the word "IMPERIAL".

Variations:
 * This exists as both a filmed and a videotaped/telecine version. Originally presented on film throughout its whole run, it also appeared in telecine format starting in 1986.
 * The word "TELEVISION" would appear in either, yellow, , or ivory.
 * Around 1984, the sky background looks a bit darker.
 * On a few episodes of Bobby's World, it has a greenish background.
 * On A&E airings of a few season 2 episodes of L.A. Law, the logo animation was in slow motion, but the jingle remained unaffected.

Trivia: If you look closely, you can see that there are two searchlights behind the logo instead of three like the movie logo. There is, however, a rare variant with three searchlights.

Technique: Almost the same as the last logo, but with Scanimate.

Sounds:
 * 1965-1969: The same 1961 theme from 1st FIPTV logo.
 * 1966-1984: The same 1965 theme from 1st FIPTV logo.

Sound Variations:
 * There are abridged variants of the 1965 theme, such as the case for Hooperman that the closing theme ends abruptly with the last note of the 1965 theme, and Charlie & Co., which used the last 5 notes of the fanfare.
 * Two versions of the 1989 theme exist: one where the last note echoes for a bit after fading out and another without the echo. The latter version was seen on In Living Color, the unaired Revenge of the Nerds pilot, and the 1982 M*A*S*H retrospective Memories of M*A*S*H.
 * On some episodes of Mr. Belvedere and Sister Kate, the first note is cut-off (via fade transition).

Presence: Uncommon, due to plastering with the Fox Television logo.

Legacy: This logo marks the first time that the familiar shortened TCF theme was used for Fox's television logos after approximately three decades of unconventional fanfares.

Note: Fox Imperial Pictures Television was supplanted by Fox Television Corporation from 1981 to 1984. From September 18, 1992-March 19, 1995, the standard Fox Television logo of these years was used. See Fox Television for details on that logo.

1st Logo (January 1, 1985-December 31, 1993-March 4, 1994)
Description: Same as the 1985 theatrical logo.

Did You Know?: This logo was done by Jakarta Technologies, who also did the 1983 Educational Pictures Logo. They recreated the entire 1981 20th Century Fox structure and made it animated. This is seen on The Jakarta Technologies Demo Reel of 1985.

Variations: A lot.
 * In the logos early days, the logo was slightly darker than before, and the left spotlight was colored pink instead of having its usual colors. Changes were made in January of 1985 to remove the dark tint and change the color of the left spotlight beam to match up with the rest of the spotlights.
 * This logo can be filmed and come in a videotaped/telecine version. (Telecine was added in 1986) The filmed variant was used throughout the logos whole run. *For some shows, like The Simpsons S3 episodes: "Bart the Murderer", "Homer Defined", "Treehouse of Horror II", "Lisa's Pony", "Flaming Moe's", "I Married Marge", "Radio Bart", "Separate Vocations", "Colonel Homer", "Black Widower", and "Bart's Friend Falls in Love", and a couple other shows, more of the structure is visible.
 * Sometimes, the logo freezes before it fades out.
 * On Bobby's World, it has a greenish background.
 * In 1989, the colors were tweaked a bit and the logo was pushed to the left slightly in this variant. The left spotlight beam also got its pink color back too. "Yellow Sprixie" can also be seen in the logo slightly now.

FX/SFX: Almost the same as the previous logo.

Sounds: There's two.
 * December 13th, 1985-August 22, 1991; The 1965 theme from the previous three logos. Interestingly enough, despite it being discontinued in 1989, the fanfare continued to be used a secondary fanfare on S1 and early S2 episodes of In Living Color, the first two S5 episodes of L.A. Law, the L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration, a few international prints of S1 Bobby's World episodes, and most of
 * November 1989-1993: A shorten version of the 1979 SS fanfare. Which was also used in the next logo.

Sound Variations:
 * Sometimes, the extended 1965 fanfare from the previous logos is used. Mostly due to plastering errors.
 * Abridged versions of the 1965 fanfare as seen on Hooperman that the closing theme ends abruptly with the last note of the 1965 theme, and Charlie & Co., which used the last 5 notes of the fanfare, exist.
 * There are two versions of the 1989 fanfare. The first one has some sort of echo at the end of the fanfare. The other one doesn't contain the echo at the last note.

Presence: Was ultra common years ago, but is now rare, due to being plastered with the second Fox Benedict Television logo.
 * It can be found on The Simpsons episodes "There's No Disgrace Like Home", "Krusty Gets Busted", "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington", "Treehouse of Horror II", "Saturdays of Thunder", "Colonel Homer", and "Black Widower" DVD releases.
 * The 1989 version debuted on a handful of early Simpsons episodes on FXNOW, FX's streaming service, in 4:3 mode only.
 * Despite the logo's discontinuation, it made a surprise appearance on Sony Movie Channel's prints of the TV movies Hijack! and The Death Squad.

Editor's Note: It's pretty similar to the previous logos, but now with the 1985 logo in use and with the stacked structure. This logo marks the first time that the familiar shortened SS theme was used for this logo after approximately three decades of unconventional fanfares.

2nd Logo (November 1, 1994-January 1, 1995-January 16, 2020)
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Description: Exactly the same as the 20th Century Fox Television logo, but instead of the TCF Stack, the FIP stack takes place. "FOX" is set in a different font. The stage is also modified as it moves below from the top left before settling to its position. Motion Blur is also included.

Bylines:


 * November 1, 1994-January 1, 1995-December 31, 2010: "A FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES COMPANY"
 * January 1, 2011-December 31, 2016: Bylineless
 * January 1, 2017-January 16, 2020: "A TRISTAR COMPANY"

Variations:


 * An early version exists where "FOX" is set in a different font, noticeably thinner than the original.
 * Another early version has the logo animated differently, with the camera being still. "FOX" is also set in a different font.
 * For the logo's first two years of use, the logo is more pink, and the searchlights are cheaply animated.
 * A longer version exists.
 * Around 1998, the logo is updated for widescreen.
 * Around 2007, the logo is enhanced for Digital TV.
 * A still version exists.
 * An "abridged" version exists, where the logo is animated in reverse.
 * Starting on January 1, 2017, the TriStar Benedict Pictures logo appears before the logo, with a flash transitioning to the logo. However, this was barely used.

Effects: Same as the 20th Century Fox Television logo.

Sounds: A variety.


 * January 1, 1995-December 31, 1996, October 6, 2008-January 16, 2020: The 1989 TCFTV Theme. For the latter dates until July 15, 2016, it is sped up and has a reverb effect.
 * January 1, 1995-December 31, 1996, October 9, 2016-January 16, 2020: The 1994 TCFTV Theme.
 * January 1, 1995-December 31, 1996, February 5, 2007-October 8, 2016: The 1994 20th Television Theme. The latter dates had the fanfare sped up with the reverb effect on the fanfare.
 * January 1, 1997-January 16, 2020: The 1997 TCFTV Theme. This one is the most common of all other variants.
 * January 1, 2007-January 16, 2020: The 2005 TCFTV Theme.
 * January 1, 2010-January 16, 2020: The 2012 TCFTV Theme.
 * January 1, 2015-January 16, 2020: There are six versions of the theme.
 * The last four notes of the 1998 Fox Fanfare.
 * Warp-speed versions exist.
 * The last four notes of the 2005 TCFTV Theme.
 * The first few notes of the 2012 TCFTV Theme, however, the rest fades out.
 * An extended version of the fanfare exists, which contains the first half of the fanfare, but sped up and sans drumrolls. This was used from January 1, 2010 to January 16, 2020. It was also used on the 1998 Version.
 * The first few notes of the 2012 TCFTV Theme, with the last note being higher.
 * Warp-speed versions exist.
 * The last few notes of the Shortened TCFHE Fanfare.

Presence: Was ultra common in its own time, but is now rare. Seen on the Occitanian and regional releases of TCFTV shows.

1st Logo (January 17, 2020-January 17, 2022)
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Description: Same as the previous logo, but "PICTURES" is removed, and "BENEDICT" replaces "IMPERIAL". The byline is also removed.

Variation: On October 1, 2021, the logo was updated to represent its ownership with Kirby Studios.
 * There's also A Fox Benedict Television Animation Style of it.

Effects: Same as the previous logo.

Sounds: The 2012 TCFTV fanfare.

Presence: No longer current, but still fairly common. Appears on all shows produced by this company.

2nd Logo (January 18, 2022-)
Description: Same as the movie logo, but "PICTURES" is replaced with "TELEVISION". The logo is also shortened to its final seconds.

Variations:
 * On some syndicated reruns of Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, and The Simpsons, the logo is still. Other episodes use the standard version of the logo as transcribed above.
 * The logo may be sped up in rare cases.
 * A warp speed version appears on PAL prints of shows.

Effects: Same as the previous logo. None for the still version.

Sounds: Same as before.

Sound Variations:
 * On some shows, the ending theme of the show is used instead.
 * The logo may be silent.
 * On post-January 2022 episodes of the Disney Television Animation collaboration The Ghost and Molly McGee: The Series, the final four notes of the 1998 Fox fanfare is used from the previous logo.
 * The fanfare has an echo on some current prints of shows.
 * The theme is higher-pitched and in warp speed on PAL prints of shows.
 * Co-produced TV shows use a generic network theme with a voiceover.

Presence: Current, and getting very common as the days go by. Appears on all shows produced by this company, such as the Disney Television Animation collaboration The Ghost and Molly McGee: The Series, and new prints of classic Fox Benedict TV shows.

3rd Logo (September 2, 2022-)
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Description: A more revamped structure, based on the 2022 Fox Benedict Pictures logo.

Did You Know?: This logo was done by Jakarta Technologies, who also did the previous logos (2022, 2020, 2017, 2015, and 1985). They originally redid the whole logo from scratch, and refreshed the entire look of the logo. This was codenamed "Project 2023", and development took place on July 23, 2022. It was unfinished, as they already chose a new structure design.

Bylines:


 * September 2-November 18, 2022: "A Sprixie, Inc. Company"
 * October 21, 2022-: The official Sprixie Inc. byline is used.

Variations:
 * Similarly, to the previous logo, an extended version exists for this logo with the animation being longer. This has been seen only on Bob's Burgers.
 * A corporate variant exists with two of the rear spotlight's beams being enlarged, and the animation is gone. However, unlike the movie counterpart logo, the copyright notice is gone.
 * As seen on current re-runs of color B&W shows, this logo can be displayed in 4:3 to match with the show's aspect ratio. The extended version is used for this variant.
 * For other color B&W shows, the logo is in B&W.
 * A short version exists where after the registered trademark "®️" symbol fades in and the last note of the fanfare plays, the logo immediately fades out. This is not a common variant and is mostly used for animation shows except for Bob's Burgers.

Presence: Brand new.


 * It first debuted on the thirty-second season of The Simpsons. It went on to appear on various other shows, such as The Patrick Star Show, The Loud House, Monsters at Work, The Ghost and Molly McGee, and others.
 * The extended version of the logo was first seen on the eleventh season of Bob's Burgers.
 * Its short version debuted it was seen on Family Guy, The Great North, Duncanville, and The Simpsons.