I’ll mark it as accepted if no other better answer comes up. The ones taped in front of a live studio audience? A TV show begins its life in one of four larval forms: a pitch, a script, a piece of source material, or a talent deal. Get the best of Monitor Journalism in your inbox. Your Money. To take one example: 20th Century Fox, a holding company, owns Fox Television Studios a production company , 20th Century Fox Television a production group and studio , 20th Television a syndication and distribution company , and Fox Broadcasting Company the network, also known as FBC or simply as Fox.