By Maria Scinto/Aug. 12, 2020 3:12 pm EST
But, you know, it’s a whole new century now, has been for quite some time, actually. (Twenty years, but who’s counting?) For 20th Century Fox, the hits have kept on coming, including such new millennium classics as Ice Age and Avatar (via IndieWire). Over on the TV side, we have the decades-old The Simpsons, as well as the more modern Modern Family. So is this why Disney’s changing the name, to reflect the fact that we’re well into the 21st century? Well, actually no, that isn’t the reason at all.
Disney is behind the renaming of 20th Century Fox
While keeping the “20th” might at first seem like a bit of a head-scratcher, the studio’s new name is officially 20th Television, while the film studios are now 20th Century Studios (which actually does have a kind of retro charm to it). Once you consider the expense and confusion of changing the entire logo, however, it makes much more sense. CNN Business says that the logo and title card, known around the world, will remain almost the same, with the exclusion of just the words “Fox,” and, in the case of newly-produced TV shows, “Century.” Older shows, as well as movies, will retain the same logo under which they originally aired.
