Twentieth Century Fox, more commonly referred to as Fox or 20th Century Fox, stylized as 20th CENTURY FOX, distributed five US Thomas and Friends DVDs from the ninth to eleventh seasons for HiT Entertainment between 2006 and 2008.
The brake sound effect from the first two seasons of Thomas was originally used in Fox films such as "The Sand Pebbles" and "Emperor of the North".
In 1998, reruns of the second and third seasons of Shining Time Station used to air on Fox Family Channel [previously called ABC Family, now called Freeform] as well as Storytime with Thomas and Mister Moose's Fun Time which had Thomas stories as a regular feature.
Releases
- Tales from the Tracks (23 May 2006)
- Come Ride the Rails (12 September 2006)
- Track Stars (2007 Re-release)
- Milkshake Muddle (6 February 2007)
- Carnival Capers (7 August 2007)
- Hit Favorites: Winter Wonderland (20 November 2007)
- HiT Favorites: Springtime Fun! (29 January 2008)
- Engines and Escapades (4 March 2008)
- HiT Favorites: Summertime Fun! (13 May 2008)