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{{Short description|American commercial broadcast television network}}
{{About|the American television network|the affiliated television station company|Fox Television Stations}}
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| country = United States
| area = Worldwide
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| headquarters = [[1211 Avenue of the Americas|1211]] [[Avenue of the Americas]]<br>New York City 10036<br>U.S.
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'''Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC'''
{{Anchor|Fox in Canada}}
Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, but these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate, either over the air or through a pay television provider, although Fox's [[NFL on Fox|National Football League broadcasts]] and most of its prime time programming are subject to [[simultaneous substitution]] regulations for [[pay television]] providers imposed by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) to protect rights held by domestically based networks. Like Canada, Fox programming is available in Mexico through free-to-air affiliates in markets located within proximity to the Mexico–United States border whose signals are readily receivable over-the-air in border areas of northern Mexico. In Central America, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean, many subscription providers carry either select U.S.-based Fox-affiliated stations or the main network feed from Fox O&Os [[WNYW]] in [[New York City]] or [[WSVN]] in [[Miami]]. In addition, the network's programming has been available in the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]] since 2011 on [[WVXF]] in [[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie]] (owned by [[Caribbean Broadcasting Network]], [[Limited liability company|LLC]]). Like Central America, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean, Fox programming is available in Peru and Colombia in many subscription providers carry either select U.S.-based Fox-affiliated stations or the main network feed from Fox O&Os [[WNYW]] in [[New York City]] or [[WSVN]] in [[Miami]].
Fox is named after the film studio that was originally called [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] (the network's corporate sibling prior to that studio's [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition
==History==
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Although the network had modest successes in ''Married... with Children'' and ''The Tracy Ullman Show'', several affiliates were disappointed with Fox's largely underperforming programming lineup during the network's first three years, [[KMSP-TV]] in [[Minneapolis]] and [[KPTV]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], both owned at the time by [[Chris-Craft Industries|Chris-Craft Television]], disaffiliated from Fox in 1988 (with KITN (now [[WFTC]]) and [[KPDX]] respectively replacing those stations as Fox affiliates), citing that the network's weaker program offerings were hampering viewership of their stronger syndicated slate.
At the start of the [[1989–90 United States network television schedule|1989–90 television season]], Fox added a third night of programming, on Mondays. The season heralded the start of a turnaround for Fox. It saw the debut of a [[mid-season replacement|midseason replacement]] series, ''[[The Simpsons]]'', an animated series that originated as a series of [[short film|shorts]] on ''The Tracey Ullman Show''
In 1989, Fox also first introduced the documentary series ''[[Cops (TV
===1990s: Rise into mainstream success and beginnings of rivalry with the Big Three===
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Most of the other startup networks that launched in later years (such as [[UPN]] and [[The WB]]) followed Fox's model as well. Furthermore, DuMont operated during a time when the FCC did not require television manufacturers to include UHF capability.<ref name="RTDNACSA">McDowell, W. [http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0109b&L=aejmc&T=0&P=9926 Remembering the DuMont Network: A Case Study Approach]. College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University. Retrieved on December 28, 2006.</ref> To see DuMont's UHF stations, most people had to buy an expensive [[set-top box|converter]]. Even then, the signal quality was marginal at best compared to the signals of [[Very high frequency|VHF]] stations {{crossreference|(see also: {{section link|UHF television broadcasting|UHF vs VHF}}) }}. By the time Fox launched, cable allowed UHF stations to generally be on an equal footing with VHF stations.<ref name="NYTimes1986"/>
Although Fox was growing rapidly as a network and had established itself as a presence, it was still not considered a major competitor to the established "Big Three" broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC. From its launch, Fox had the advantage of offering programs intended to appeal toward a younger demographic – adults between 18 and 34 years of age – and that were edgier in content, whereas some programs that were carried by the "Big Three" networks attracted an older-skewing audience. Until the early 1990s, when Fox expanded its programming to additional nights and outside prime time, most Fox stations were still essentially formatted as independent stations – filling their schedules with mainly first-run and acquired programming, and, during prime time, running either syndicated programs or, more commonly, movies on nights when the network did not provide programming. Few Fox stations carried local newscasts during the network's early years, unlike the owned-and-operated stations and affiliates of its established rivals. Those that did were mostly based in larger markets (including some of the network's O&Os) and retained newscasts that had aired for decades. Even then, these news operations were limited to one newscast per day, following the network's prime time lineup.
On September 6, 1990, Fox reached an agreement with [[Tele-Communications, Inc.|TCI]] (the nation's largest cable company at the time) in which TCI systems in markets that were not served by an over-the-air Fox affiliate at the time would become charter affiliates of a cable-only national feed of the network known as [[Foxnet]].<ref name="Fox TCI deal">{{cite news|title=Fox Network Gets Cable Affiliates in Deal With TCI|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-07-fi-566-story.html|first=John|last=Lippman|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 7, 1990|access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=FOX Broadcasting Co. Strikes a Deal with Cable TV Giant TCI|first=Scott D.|last=Pierce|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|date=September 12, 1990}}</ref> The cable-only network launched on June 6, 1991, bringing Fox programming to smaller markets that did not carry a default Fox affiliate at the time; it would manage to reach a total of 1.3 million subscribers by 1992.<ref name="Foxnet Get Wet">{{cite web|title=Fox Net Ready To Get Wet With New Satellite Service|url=https://variety.com/1991/tv/features/fox-net-ready-to-get-wet-with-new-satellite-service-99126491/|first=Dennis|last=Wharton|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 6, 1991|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Seeks Lucrative Romance With Cable|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-28-fi-3041-story.html|first=John|last=Lippman|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 28, 1992|access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref>
As Fox gradually headed towards carrying a full week's worth of programming in prime time through the addition of programming on Thursday and Friday nights at the start of the [[1990–91 United States network television schedule|1990–91 season]], the network's added offerings included the scheduling of ''The Simpsons'' opposite veteran NBC sitcom ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' as part of Fox's initial Thursday night lineup that fall (along with future hit ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', which would become the network's longest-running drama, airing for ten seasons) after only a half-season of success on Sunday nights. The show performed well in its new Thursday slot, spending four seasons there and helping to launch ''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'', another Fox comedy that became a hit when it debuted in August 1992. ''The Simpsons'' returned to Sunday nights in the fall of 1994, and has remained there ever since.
The sketch comedy series ''[[In Living Color]]'', which debuted in April 1990, created many memorable characters and launched the careers of future movie stars [[Jim Carrey]], [[Jamie Foxx]], [[Damon Wayans]], [[Marlon Wayans]], [[Keenen Ivory Wayans]], guest stars [[Chris Rock]] and [[Tim Meadows]], and both members of the show's dance troupe, the "Fly Girls", [[Rosie Perez]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]]. The series also gained international prominence after Fox aired a special live episode in January 1992 as an [[Super Bowl counterprogramming|alternative to the halftime show]] during [[Super Bowl XXVI]], which was broadcast on CBS, marking the start of Fox's rivalry with the "Big Three" networks while popularizing the [[Counterprogramming (television)|counterprogramming]] strategy against the [[Super Bowl]] telecast.
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Despite having a few successful shows like the science fiction drama ''[[The X-Files]]'', Fox still lacked credibility among viewers.<ref name="kcs20190206">{{Cite news |last1=Hendricks |first1=Mike |last2=Vockrodt |first2=Steve |date=February 10, 2019 |title=Kansas City Chiefs' tax returns provide rare look inside the business of pro football |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-kansas-city-chiefs/124797303/ 1B], 6B |work=The Kansas City Star |location=Kansas City, Missouri |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-kansas-city-chiefs/124797333/ |access-date=May 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Even those working in television thought of
Shortly afterward, News Corporation began striking affiliation deals with, and later purchasing, more television station groups. On May 23, 1994, Fox agreed to purchase a 20% stake in [[New World Pictures#New World Communications|New World Communications]], a television and film [[production company]] controlled by investor [[Ronald Perelman]] that had just recently entered into broadcasting through its 1993 purchase of seven stations owned by [[Storer Broadcasting|SCI Television]]. As a result of Fox acquiring a 20% minority interest in the company, New World signed an agreement to switch the affiliations of twelve stations (eight CBS affiliates, three ABC affiliates [ [[WBRC|two]] [[WGHP|of which]] were subsequently placed in a [[blind trust]] and then sold directly to Fox due to conflicts with FCC ownership rules ], and [[WDAF-TV|one NBC affiliate]]) that it had either already owned outright or was in the process of acquiring from [[Taft Broadcasting|Citicasters]] and [[Hearst Television|Argyle Communications]] at the time to Fox starting in September 1994 and continuing as existing affiliation contracts with their existing major network partners expired.<ref name=nytbusinessdigest>{{cite news|title=Fox Will Sign Up 12 New Stations; Takes 8 from CBS|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/24/us/fox-will-sign-up-12-new-stations-takes-8-from-cbs.html?pagewanted=4 |first=Bill|last=Carter|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 24, 1994|access-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Fox and the New World order |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1994/BC-1994-05-30.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725013818/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1994/BC-1994-05-30.pdf |archive-date=2020-07-25 |url-status=live |first=Geoffrey|last= Foisie |journal=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |pages=6, 8 |date=May 30, 1994 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The FCC last week approved New World's plans to transfer WGHP-TV Greensboro, N.C., and WBRC-TV Birmingham, Ala., into a trust for eventual sale to Fox|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16799904.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016073449/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16799904.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2015|first=Kim|last=McAvoy|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=April 10, 1995|access-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref>
That summer, [[SF Broadcasting]], a joint venture between Fox and [[Savoy Pictures]] that was founded in March 1994, purchased four stations from Burnham Broadcasting ([[KHON-TV|three]] [[WALA-TV|NBC]] [[WLUK-TV|affiliates]] and [[WVUE-DT|one ABC affiliate]]);<ref>{{cite news|title=Company News; Fox Adds 3 Network-Affiliated Stations|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/27/business/company-news-fox-adds-3-network-affiliated-stations.html|first=Andy|last=Meisler|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 27, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Savoy partners to buy Fox affils|url=https://variety.com/1994/tv/news/savoy-partners-to-buy-fox-affils-119324/|first=Jim|last=Benson|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 17, 1994|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref> through a separate agreement, those stations would also switch to Fox between September 1995 and January 1996 as existing affiliation agreements lapsed. These two deals were not the first instances in which a longtime "Big Three" station affiliated with Fox: in Miami, the affiliation moved from [[WFOR-TV|WCIX (channel 6)]] to NBC affiliate [[WSVN]] in January 1989<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sonsky |first=Steve |date=October 13, 1988 |title=Channel 7, Fox near agreement |page=8D |newspaper=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74533686/channel-7-fox-near-agreement/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217034502/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74533686/channel-7-fox-near-agreement/ |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> as the result of [[1989 South Florida television affiliation switch|a complicated six-station affiliation swap in two South Florida markets]] spurred by NBC's purchase of CBS affiliate [[WTVJ|WTVJ (channel 4)]] and CBS's purchase of WCIX.<ref name="Miam19890101p1A">{{Cite news |last=Sonsky |first=Steve |date=January 1, 1989 |title=3 million TV viewers affected |page=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74463579/3-million-tv-viewers-affected-p2/ 25A] |work=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74463186/3-million-tv-viewers-affected/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412212200/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74463186/3-million-tv-viewers-affected/ |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> WSVN immediately attracted industry notice<ref name="SouthF19900101p 1">{{Cite news |last=Jicha |first=Tom |date=January 1, 1990 |title=TV switch was 1989's cliffhanger: Last year's shuffle defied predictions |pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122589744/tv-switch-was-1989s-cliffhanger-last/ 12A] |newspaper=South Florida Sun Sentinel |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122589689/tv-switch-was-1989s-cliffhanger-last/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410191546/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122589689/tv-switch-was-1989s-cliffhanger-last/ |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> for featuring a news-intensive tabloid format uncharacteristic of any Fox affiliate or independent station heretofore,<ref name="MiamiN19881207p23">{{Cite news |last=Jicha |first=Tom |date=December 7, 1988 |title=WSVN keeps word to be news-heavy as an independent |page=5C |newspaper=The Miami News |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74480227/wsvn-keeps-word-to-be-news-heavy-as-an/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217034506/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74480227/wsvn-keeps-word-to-be-news-heavy-as-an/ |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="MiamiH19880902p23">{{Cite news |last=Sonsky |first=Steve |date=September 2, 1988 |title=Channel 7 plans news, news, news |pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74517401/channel-7-plans-news-news-news-p2/ 4B] |newspaper=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74517197/channel-7-plans-news-news-news/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217034452/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74517197/channel-7-plans-news-news-news/ |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> with then-Fox network president [[Lucie Salhany]] calling WSVN "the future of television" in May 1994.<ref name="StarTr19940623p 55">{{Cite news |last=Marin |first=Rick |date=June 23, 1994 |title=If it bleeds, it leads: Miami station's news is notorious |pages=1E, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94630765/if-it-bleeds-it-leads-miami-stations/ 3E] |newspaper=Star Tribune |agency=Newsweek |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94630741/if-it-bleeds-it-leads-miami-stations/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410191543/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94630741/if-it-bleeds-it-leads-miami-stations/ |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> WSVN remains the largest Fox affiliate in terms of market size to have entirely eschewed any prominent on-air branding with the network name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Adam |date=July 27, 2020 |title=A TV News Pioneer Is Remembered, as Ed Ansin Dies |url=https://rbr.com/sunbeam-television-owner-ed-ansin-dies/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415125307/https://rbr.com/sunbeam-television-owner-ed-ansin-dies/ |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |access-date=April 15, 2023 |website=Radio & Television Business Report |language=en-US}}</ref>
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Fox completed its prime time expansion to all seven nights on January 19, [[1992–93 United States network television schedule|1993]], with the launch of two additional nights of programming on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (The method of gradually adding nights to the programming schedule that began with the network's April 1987 prime time launch was replicated by The WB and UPN when those networks debuted in January 1995), making it the fifth broadcast network (behind the Dumont network) to air programming on a nightly basis. September 1993 saw the heavy promotion and debut of a short-lived [[western (genre)|western]] series that incorporated science-fiction elements, ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]'' However, it was the supernatural investigative drama that debuted immediately following it on Friday nights, ''[[The X-Files]]'', that would find long-lasting success, and would become Fox's first series to crack Nielsen's year-end Top 20 most-watched network programs. After several other failed attempts at late night programming following the cancellation of ''The Late Show'' (most notably, the quick failure of ''[[The Chevy Chase Show]]'' in 1993), Fox finally found success in that time period with the debut of ''[[MADtv]]'' on October 14, 1995; the sketch comedy series became a solid competitor to NBC's ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' for over a decade and was the network's most successful late night program as well as one of its most successful Saturday night shows, running for 14 seasons until 2009.
An attempt to make a larger effort to program Saturday nights by moving ''Married... with Children'' from its longtime Sunday slot and adding a new but short-lived sitcom (''[[Love and Marriage (1996 TV series)|Love and Marriage]]'') to the night at the beginning of the [[1996–97 United States network television schedule|1996–97 season]] backfired with the public, as it resulted in a brief cancellation of ''America's Most Wanted'' that was criticized by law enforcement and public officials, and was roundly rejected by viewers, which brought swift cancellation to the newer series.<ref>{{cite news|title=Day 'Most Wanted' was canceled|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/day_most_wanted_was_canceled_yq6gF5snMkKkT48hBp41jO|first=Maxine|last=Shen|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=March 5, 2010|access-date=October 9, 2011}}</ref> ''Married...'' quickly returned to Sundays (before moving again to Mondays two months later); both it and ''Martin'' would end their runs at the end of that season. The Saturday schedule was revised in November 1996, to feature one new and one encore episode of ''Cops'', and the revived ''America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back''. ''Cops'' and ''AMW'' remained the anchors of Fox's Saturday lineup, making it the most stable night in American broadcast television for over 14 years; both shows eventually were among the few first-run programs remaining on Saturday evenings across the four major networks after decreasing prime time viewership – as more people opted to engage in leisure activities away from home rather than watch television on that night of the week led ABC, NBC and CBS to largely abandon first-run series on Saturdays (outside [[newsmagazine]]s, sports and [[burning off|burned off]] prime time shows that failed on other nights) in favor of reruns and movies by the mid-2000s. ''America's Most Wanted'' ended its 22-year run on Fox in June 2011, and was subsequently picked up by [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] (before being cancelled for good in 2013);<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dramatic Re-Enactment: Transcript |url=http://www.onthemedia.org/2011/jun/03/dramatic-re-enactment/transcript/ |first=Bob |last=Garfield |website=On The Media |publisher=[[WNYC]]/New York Public Radio |date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406080341/http://www.onthemedia.org/2011/jun/03/dramatic-re-enactment/transcript/ |archive-date=April 6, 2012 }}</ref> ''Cops'', in turn, would move its first-run episodes to [[Paramount Network|Spike]] in 2013 after 23 seasons (ending its original run on Fox as the network's longest-running prime time program) and had been cancelled in 2020, leaving sports and repeats of reality and drama series as the only programs airing on Fox on Saturday evenings.<ref>{{cite web|title='Cops' moving from Fox to Spike TV|url=https://
During the [[1997–98 United States network television schedule|1997–98 season]], Fox had three shows in the Nielsen Top 20 (in terms of total viewers); ''The X-Files'' (which ranked 11th), ''[[King of the Hill]]'' (which ranked 15th) and ''The Simpsons'' (which ranked 18th), all of which aired on Sunday nights. Building around its flagship animated comedy ''The Simpsons'', Fox would experience relative success with animated sitcoms in prime time, beginning with the debut of the [[Mike Judge]]-produced ''King of the Hill'' in 1997. ''[[Family Guy]]'' (the first of three [[adult animation|adult-oriented animated series]] from [[Seth MacFarlane]] to air on the network) and ''[[Futurama]]'' (from ''Simpsons'' creator [[Matt Groening]]) would make their debuts in 1999; however, they were canceled in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Due to strong DVD sales and highly rated cable reruns on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]], Fox later decided to order new episodes of ''Family Guy'', which began airing in 2005. ''Futurama'' would be revived with four direct-to-DVD films between 2007 and 2009 and would return as a first-run series on [[Comedy Central]], where it ran from 2010 to 2013. Less successful efforts included ''[[The Critic]]'', starring ''Saturday Night Live'' alumnus [[Jon Lovitz]] (which Fox picked up in 1994 after it was cancelled by ABC, only for the series to be cancelled again after its second season), and ''[[The PJs]]'' (which moved to The WB in 2000, after Fox cancelled that series after its second season). Other notable shows that debuted in the late 1990s included the quirky [[David E. Kelley]]-produced live-action [[Comedy drama|dramedy]] ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', the short-lived game show ''[[Greed (game show)|Greed]]'', and the period comedy ''[[That '70s Show]]'', the latter of which became Fox's second-longest-running live-action sitcom, airing for eight seasons.
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===2000s: Rise to ratings leadership, the ''American Idol'' effect, and fierce rivalry with CBS===
By 2000, many staple Fox shows of the 1990s had ended their runs. During the late 1990s and carrying over into the early 2000s, Fox put much of its efforts into producing reality shows many of which were considered to be sensationalistic and controversial in nature – such as ''[[Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?]]'', ''[[Temptation Island (TV series)|Temptation Island]]'', ''[[Married by America]]'', and ''[[Joe Millionaire]]'' (which became the first Fox program to crack the Nielsen Top 10), as well as video clip shows such as ''[[World's Wildest Police Videos]]'' and ''[[When Animals Attack!]]''. After shedding most of these programs, Fox gradually filled its lineup with acclaimed dramas such as ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', and ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'', and comedies such as ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'', ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'', and ''[[
As the decade wore on, Fox began surpassing ABC and NBC in the ratings, first in age demographics, then in overall viewership, and placed second behind a resurgent CBS in total viewership, beginning in [[2001–02 United States network television schedule|2002]]. Fox hit a major milestone in [[2004–05 United States network television schedule|2005]] when it emerged as the most-watched U.S. broadcast network in the lucrative 18–49 demographic for the first time, largely boosted by the strength of the reality singing competition series ''[[American Idol]]''. Regarded as the single most dominant program on 21st-century U.S. television, as well as the first Fox show to lead the Nielsen seasonal ratings, ''American Idol'' had peak audiences of up to 38 million viewers during the [[American Idol season 2|2003 season finale]] and double-season average audiences of around 31 million viewers in [[American Idol season 5|2006]] and [[American Idol season 6|2007]]. Subsequently, it leapfrogged over Fox's Big Three competition to become the highest-rated U.S. television program overall starting with the [[American Idol season 3|2003–04 season]], becoming the first reality singing competition series in the country to reach first place in the seasonal ratings.
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===2010–2017: Network's ratings collapse and revamp in network programming===
At the beginning of the 2010s, new comedies ''[[Raising Hope]]'' and ''[[New Girl]]'' gave Fox its first live-action comedy successes in years. The [[Glee season 2|second season]] of ''Glee'' delivered that series' highest ratings during the [[2010–11 United States network television schedule|2010–11]] season, with viewership peaking during its [[List of Super Bowl lead-out programs|Super Bowl lead-out]] [[The Sue Sylvester Shuffle|episode]] in February 2011 (marking the most expensive post-Super Bowl episode ever produced on U.S. television). The said show has continuously attracted worldwide media attention that it formed a large, loyal international fanbase. At the same time, Fox's live telecast of the [[Super Bowl XLV]] helped the network emerge as the first U.S. television network to earn an average single-night prime time audience of at least 100 million viewers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Super Bowl XLV Most Watched TV Show; Post-Game 'Glee' Trails 'Undercover Boss'|url=https://deadline.com/2011/02/the-super-bowl-tied-as-highest-rated-ever-104171/|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|website=[[Deadline
''American Idol'' lost its first place standing among all network prime time programs during the [[American Idol season 11|2011–12 finale]] (falling to second that season behind ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]''), ending the [[List of most-watched television broadcasts|longest streak at#1]] for a prime time broadcast network series in U.S. television history, through its eight-year ratings domination in both the Adults 18–49 demographic and total viewership. ''Idol'' also remained in the Nielsen Top 10 for eleven years from [[2002–03 United States network television schedule|2003]] to [[2012–13 United States network television schedule|2013]], and became the highest-rated non-[[broadcasting of sports events|sports]] prime time television program as well as the highest-rated reality series in the U.S. from 2003 to 2012. these records marked the longest Nielsen ratings streaks of any Fox program in these categories.
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The decline in ratings continued into the [[2013–14 United States network television schedule|2013–14 season]], with Fox placing fourth among the major networks in total viewership for the first time since [[2000–01 United States network television schedule|2001]]. Subsequently, on January 13, 2014, Fox announced that it would abandon its use of the standard concept of greenlighting shows through the initial order of pilot episodes during the designated "pilot season" (running from January through April), instead opting to pick up shows directly to series.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox to abandon pilot system, reveals network's chairman Kevin Reilly|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a543703/fox-to-abandon-pilot-system-reveals-networks-chairman-kevin-reilly.html|first=Meg|last=Drewett|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=January 13, 2014}}</ref>
Fox scored renewed ratings successes with its February 2014 live telecast of [[Super Bowl XLVIII]], which became the [[List of most-watched television broadcasts|second most-watched television broadcast]] (by average) in U.S. history, and the lead-out programs that followed this event – ''New Girl'' and ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''. Later, in May 2014, [[Kevin Reilly (executive)|Kevin Reilly]] announced that he would resign as chairman of Fox Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Outgoing Fox Chief Kevin Reilly on Why He is Leaving, the State of Fox, What's Next, Job at Turner|url=https://
The [[2014–15 United States network television schedule|2014–15 season]] saw the series finale of ''Glee'' and debut of hits in the freshmen dramas ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' (based on the [[Batman]] mythos) and the [[Lee Daniels]]-produced ''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]''. Ratings for ''Empire'', in particular, increased week-to-week throughout its first season, becoming the network's first successful ''American Idol'' lead-out since ''House'', as well as the first American television program to consistently increase its episode-to-episode viewership during its first five weeks since the [[1991–92 United States network television schedule|1992]] feat set by ABC's ''[[
The [[2015–16 United States network television schedule|2015–16 season]] marked a notable turnaround for Fox, as it jumped ahead of ABC to third place in nationwide ratings (both in overall viewership and in the 18–49 demo) and posted several firsts for the network and on U.S. television. Its improvement was boosted by the transfer of the [[Miss Universe]] and [[Miss USA]] pageants from NBC, as well as shows such as ''[[Grease: Live]]'', ''Empire'' and the return of ''[[The X-Files]]'' after its most recent season ending in 2002. ''Grease: Live'' became the first live American television musical special of the 21st century to be broadcast in front of a live studio audience (as well as the first ever live musical special aired by a non-Big Three network on primetime).
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With the completion of Disney's purchase the next day, the "New Fox" entity, officially named Fox Corporation, formally began trading on March 19, 2019.<ref name="spinoffdate-variety"/> At its 2019–20 upfronts, Fox announced 10 new scripted series for the upcoming season, with three (''[[Almost Family]]'', ''[[Bless the Harts]]'', and ''[[Prodigal Son (TV series)|Prodigal Son]]'') slated for the fall lineup, as well as the second and third seasons of ''The Masked Singer'' — scheduled for October 2019 and February 2020 respectively (with the latter premiering [[List of Super Bowl lead-out programs|after]] [[Super Bowl LIV]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/fox-2019-20-schedule-masked-singer-1203212653/|title=Fox 2019–20 Schedule Loads Up for Midseason as Network Juggles Scripted and Sports|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=2019-05-13|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/fox-masked-singer-super-bowl-1203212682/|title=Fox Will Place 'Masked Singer' After Super Bowl|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2019-05-13|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/2019-upfronts-season-fox-volume-greg-berlanti-1203212826/|title=2019 Upfronts Season: New Fox Makes a Statement, Volume Holds Nearly Steady|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2019-05-13|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref> Fox also established a new in-house studio, Fox Alternative Entertainment, for investments in non-scripted formats. It is led by Rob Wade, while its first production was the [[The Masked Singer (American season 2)|second season]] of ''The Masked Singer'' (after season 1 was produced by [[Endemol Shine North America]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fox-launching-unscripted-studio-masked-singer-1209087|title=Fox Launching Unscripted Studio With 'The Masked Singer' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 9, 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>
''Thursday Night Football'' finished as the second highest-rated series of the 2018–19 television season in the [[key demographic]], behind only ''Sunday Night Football'', while ''The Masked Singer'' finished tied for third with ''The Big Bang Theory'' and ''This Is Us''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=June 10, 2019|title=2018–19 TV Season: Live-Plus-7 Ratings for Every Broadcast Series|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/live-7-ratings-broadcast-tv-series-2018-19-1217293|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527085042/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/live-7-ratings-broadcast-tv-series-2018-19-1217293|archive-date=May 27, 2020|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> In the 2019–20, ''Thursday Night Football'' and ''The Masked Singer'' once again finished as the second and third highest-rated programs in the key demographic, and Fox finished the season as the highest-rated network among viewers 18–49 (with CBS leading in overall viewers).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mitovich |first1=Matt Webb |date=2020-05-15 |title=Fox Wins 2019–20 TV Season in Demo, CBS Tops Viewers for 12th Straight Year |url=https://tvline.com/2020/05/15/ratings-tv-season-2019-2020-rankings-fox-911-masked-singer/ |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=TVLine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="S2/3AvgRatings">{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=June 4, 2020|title=TV Ratings: 7-Day Season Averages for Every 2019–20 Broadcast Series|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-7-day-season-averages-2019-20-broadcast-series-1297228|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606003358/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-7-day-season-averages-2019-20-broadcast-series-1297228|archive-date=June 6, 2020|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Fox repeated this victory in the 2020–21 season, but was narrowly beaten by NBC for 2021–22 by a tenth of a ratings share.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-05 |title=2021–22 TV Season Program Rankings: 'Sunday Night Football', 'This Is Us' Final Chapter & 'NCIS' Lead Top 40 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/2021-22-tv-season-rankings-nbc-football-this-is-us-ncis-win-top-40-1235037095/ |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> In October 2022, Collier stepped down to join [[Roku, Inc.|Roku]], with Rob Wade promoted to president and CEO of Fox Entertainment.<ref name=":0" />
In May 2023, Fox dropped its procedural drama ''[[9-1-1 (TV series)|9-1-1]]'' after six seasons. It had been the network's scripted tentpole since 2018. As a 20th Television production, ABC would subsequently pick up the series for a seventh season. Its spin-off ''[[9-1-1: Lone Star]]'' would remain on Fox for the time being, with a renewal for a fifth season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2023-05-01 |title='9–1–1' Moving From Fox To ABC For Season 7 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/9-1-1-canceled-fox-move-abc-season-7-1235351504/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2023-05-01 |title='9–1–1: Lone Star' Renewed For Season 5 By Fox |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/9-1-1-lone-star-renewed-season-5-fox-1235351506/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2024, it was announced that ''9-1-1: Lone Star'' would conclude after its fifth season; it was the last 20th Television-produced drama to still air on the network.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2024-09-05 |title='9-1-1: Lone Star' To End With Season 5 On Fox |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/911-lone-star-canceled-final-season-5-1236077828/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Fox would lose ''SmackDown'' to [[USA Network]] in September 2024; as a replacement, Fox would begin a strategy of regular sports programming on Friday nights, beginning with a package of primetime college football games. The new package would leverage Fox's contract extension with the [[Big Ten Conference]], which included options for the network to carry Friday-night games after the addition of west coast teams to the conference.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crupi |first=Anthony |date=2024-06-14 |title=Friday Night Lights: Fox Primed for New College Football Window |url=https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2024/fox-friday-college-football-window-replaces-wwe-1234784120/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Sportico.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Programming==
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{{As of|2015}}, Fox currently provides 17 hours of regularly scheduled network programming each week. The network provides fifteen hours of prime time programming to its owned-and-operated and affiliated stations on Monday through Saturdays from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. and Sundays from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (all times Eastern and Pacific). An hour of late night programming is also offered on Saturdays from 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 am. Eastern and Pacific Time, a former hour of original comedy, but currently a repeat hour for primetime series (though scheduling for that hour varies depending on the market due to late local newscasts airing in the traditional 11:00 p.m./10:00 p.m. timeslot on some Fox stations), and the hour-long [[Sunday morning talk shows|Sunday morning political discussion show]] – and the network's only regular national news program – ''[[Fox News Sunday]] with [[Shannon Bream]]'' (airing from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 am. Eastern and Pacific, although the timeslot also varies by market due to local news or [[public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]] programming).
Sports programming is also provided; usually on weekends, with notable exceptions (albeit not every weekend year-round), and most commonly airing between 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 pm.
===Adult animation===
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{{Main|Animation Domination|Animation on Fox|Animation Domination High-Def}}
Except for ''[[The Critic]]'', ''[[The PJs]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]'', which were respectively cancelled in 1995, 2000 and 2003, typically every Sunday night during prime time (unless preempted, usually by sports telecasts), Fox airs a lineup incorporating original adult animation sitcoms, all being produced (or co-produced with Fox for post-2019 works) by the network's original sister company, 20th Television, which is currently a subsidiary of [[Walt Disney Television]]. This block of adult cartoons became a staple of the network airing under the brand ''[[Animation Domination]]'' from May 1, 2005, to September 14, 2014, when the network rebranded the block as ''Sunday Funday'' as a result of the re-incorporation of live-action comedy series on the Sunday night lineup after ten years<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Sunday Funday Will Probably Be Animation Domination Again By Next Year|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Why-Sunday-Funday-Probably-Animation-Domination-Again-By-Next-Year-67537.html|first=Jesse|last=Carp|website=[[CinemaBlend]]|date=September 26, 2014|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref> (aside from occasional burn-offs of series aired on other nights during the 7:00 pm. Eastern/Pacific hour), although animated series remain an integral part of that night's schedule.
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Fox began airing children's programming on September 8, 1990, with the debut of the Fox Children's Network (rebranded as the Fox Kids Network in 1991, and then to simply [[Fox Kids]] in 1998), a [[block programming|programming block]] that aired on [[Saturday morning cartoon|Saturday mornings]] and [[Weekday cartoon|weekday afternoons]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox network will test a new idea in airing children's programs|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1990/07/28/page/59/article/fox-network-will-test-a-new-idea-in-airing-childrens-programs|first=Eric|last=Mink|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=July 28, 1990|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref> Programming within the Fox Kids block consisted mainly of animated series, although it also featured some live-action series as part of the lineup. Shows featured in the block included ''[[Bobby's World]]'', ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series|X-Men]]'', ''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'', ''[[The Tick (1994 TV series)|The Tick]]'', ''[[Fun House (American game show)|Fun House]]'', ''[[Goosebumps (1995 TV series)|Goosebumps]]'' and ''[[Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series)|Digimon]]''; it also aired select shows from [[Warner Bros. Animation]] including the popular animated series ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' (Warner Bros. pulled ''Batman'' and ''Animaniacs'' from the Fox Kids lineup in September 1995, moving both shows, as well as ''Tiny Toons'' – which had already ended its run – to the newly launched [[Kids' WB]] block on The WB). Fox Kids' most successful series, however, was ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' (from eventual sister company and Fox Kids co-parent [[Saban Entertainment]]), which debuted in 1993 and became the block's flagship program until it moved to ABC and [[Toon Disney]] in 2002.
In October 2001, Fox sold its children's division, Saban Entertainment and [[ABC Family Worldwide|Fox Family Worldwide]] (the parent subsidiary of cable network Fox Family Channel, now [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]]) to The Walt Disney Company for $5.3 billion.<ref>{{cite web|title=News Corp. and Haim Saban Reach Agreement to Sell Fox Family Worldwide to Disney for $5.3 Billion |url=http://www.saban.com/html/press/010723.html |website=[[Saban Entertainment]] |date=July 23, 2001 |access-date=February 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421070416/http://www.saban.com/html/press/010723.html |archive-date=April 21, 2009 }}</ref> The network relegated the Fox Kids block to Saturdays in January 2002 (turning over the two-hour timeslot held by the weekday block to its owned-and-operated and affiliated stations, rather than retaining the slots and filling them with adult-oriented daytime shows<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox outgrows kids programs|url=https://
Fox discontinued the 4Kids TV block on December 27, 2008, due to conflicts between the network and 4Kids Entertainment that were later settled, regarding 4Kids' failure to pay Fox for the programming lease rights, and the network's inability to fulfill a promise guaranteeing clearance on 90% of its stations and to get other stations to carry the block in certain markets where a Fox station declined it (an issue that plagued Fox's children's program blocks since the start of its affiliation deal with New World Communications).<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Ends Saturday-Morning Cartoons |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/business/media/25kidstv.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 24, 2008 |access-date=January 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403021926/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/business/media/25kidstv.html |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Fox had earlier announced, on November 23, that it would no longer carry children's programming in the time period, citing stiff competition from cable channels aimed at the demographic; the network instead turned over two of the four vacant Saturday morning hours to its affiliates to allow them to air local newscasts or [[E/I|educational programs]] purchased from the syndication market, while it retained the remaining two hours to run a network-managed paid programming block, ''Weekend Marketplace'', which debuted on January 3, 2009.<ref name="variety">{{cite news|title=Longform ads replace kid fare on Fox|url=https://
On September 13, 2014, ''[[Xploration Station]]'', a two-hour syndicated block produced by [[Steve Rotfeld Productions]], began airing on Fox stations owned by several affiliate groups including Fox Television Stations and [[Tribune Broadcasting]]. The block, which complies with guidelines defined by the [[Children's Television Act]], features programs focused on the [[STEM fields]].<ref name="xploration">{{cite web|title=Steve Rotfield Clears New Science and Technology Two Hour E/I Block With FOX Station Group|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/18/steve-rotfield-clears-new-science-and-technology-two-hour-ei-block-with-fox-station-group/223509/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222140946/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/18/steve-rotfield-clears-new-science-and-technology-two-hour-ei-block-with-fox-station-group/223509/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2013|first=Amanda|last=Kondolojy|website=TV by the Numbers|date=December 18, 2013|access-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref> Stations can choose to either carry ''Xploration Station'', continue to air ''[[Weekend Marketplace]]'' (as the Sinclair Broadcast Group chose to do, since it already carries syndicated E/I programming purchased by the company across its Fox affiliates, although Sinclair added the block on most of its Fox affiliates in September 2016) or in case of Birmingham, not at all (since Raycom Media/Gray Television carried E/I programs through existing contracts with syndicators of educational program content instead).
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Specifically, the Fox network airs coverage of the [[State of the Union address]], [[United States presidential election debates|presidential debates]], national election coverage, as well as live [[breaking news]] coverage currently branded as a "Fox News Special Report" (also branded as a "Fox News Alert" or sometimes a "Fox News Red Alert"); carriage of such special coverage of a breaking news story may vary from station to station, and is often limited to events that occur during the network's usual prime time block (for example, unlike the Big Three, Fox does not often provide coverage of major [[political convention]] speeches, which usually occur during the 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) hour during which most of its affiliates air local newscasts; however, the majority of Fox's owned-and-operated stations and affiliate groups do carry weekday breaking news briefs). The political discussion show ''Fox News Sunday'' also airs on the Fox network on Sunday mornings and is rebroadcast later in the day on FNC. Fox also operates an affiliate news service called Fox NewsEdge,<ref>{{cite web|title=Fox NewsEdge|url=https://www.foxnewsedge.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030124204427/http://foxnewsedge.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2003|website=Fox NewsEdge|publisher=Fox News Network, LLC|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref> which launched with Fox News Channel in 1996, and provides national and international news reports, and feature stories for Fox stations to use in their own local newscasts. Between June and December 2022, Fox did not simulcast [[Public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|the public January 6 committee hearings]] and instead stuck with regularly scheduled programming, although ABC, CBS and NBC aired it.
Fox first tried its hand at a national news program in prime time with the hour-long weekly newsmagazine ''[[The Reporters (1988 TV program)|The Reporters]]'', which was produced by the same team behind the Fox Television Stations-distributed syndicated tabloid program ''[[A Current Affair (American TV program)|A Current Affair]]'';<ref>{{cite news|title=A Nose For Tabloid News "The Reporters" Offers Teasing Sensations And Tales Reminiscent Of Supermarket Checkout Lines|url=http://articles.philly.com/1988-08-13/news/26255071_1_sad-tale-tawdry-tales-reporters|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630021558/http://articles.philly.com/1988-08-13/news/26255071_1_sad-tale-tawdry-tales-reporters|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2015|first=Ken|last=Tucker|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=August 13, 1988|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Fox Newsmagazine Perfects 'Tabloid TV'|url=https://apnews.com/14869d1c6bc32b52f3ddc058978aefec|first=Kathryn|last=Baker|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=July 28, 1988|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref> the program ran from 1988 to 1990, when it was cancelled due to low ratings. From 1987 until about 1996, Fox also aired news capsules that aired within its prime time schedule, branded first as ''Fox News Extra'', and later as ''Fox News Updates'', which were produced at New York City O&O WNYW and used their anchors. Another failed attempt occurred in 1993, when Fox launched ''[[Front Page (newsmagazine)|Front Page]]'' (which included among its five hosts, [[Ron Reagan]] and [[Josh Mankiewicz]]), in an attempt to capture a younger demographic for a newsmagazine program.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox News To Launch 'Front Page' With An Eye To Younger Viewers|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/06/26/fox-news-to-launch-front-page-with-an-eye-to-younger-viewers/|first=Stephen|last=Galloway|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|via=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 26, 1993|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fox's 'Front Page' slithers its way into tabloid-TV|url=
The network tried its hand at a newsmagazine again in 1998 with ''Fox Files'', hosted by Fox News Channel anchors [[Catherine Crier]] and [[Jon Scott]], as well as a team of correspondents;<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Offers Another Newsmag, 'Fox Files'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1998/07/12/fox-offers-another-newsmag-fox-files/c0f3083a-9a13-4cd0-a2ff-48859c72cc18/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 12, 1998|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref> it lasted a little over a year before being cancelled. Its last attempt at a newsmagazine series occurred during the 2002–03 [[Sweeps]] period, with ''The Pulse'', hosted by Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith.<ref>{{cite news|title='The Pulse' bets newsmagazines still have one|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/07/11/the-pulse-bets-newsmagazines-still-have-one/|first=Allan|last=Johnson|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=July 11, 2002|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref> On May 17, 2016, the network aired an interview special with then Fox News primetime anchor [[Megyn Kelly]], ''Megyn Kelly Presents''.
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Fox's programming schedule differs from the "Big Three" networks in several significant ways: the network airs its prime time programming for only two hours on Monday through Saturday evenings and three hours on Sundays, compared to the three hours on Monday through Saturdays (from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m.) and four hours on Sunday nights (from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time) programmed by the three longer-established networks, ABC, CBS and NBC. This scheduling is termed as "common prime", referring to the programming of prime time content across all of the conventional broadcast networks during the early- and mid-evening hours, while the 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) hour is programmed only by the three older networks.
Fox has traditionally avoided programming the 10:00 p.m. hour, choosing to cede the time period to its local affiliates for them to program, many of which air local newscasts during that hour; however, some exceptions do exist for select special film presentations, which by virtue of their [[Time complexity|running time]] (depending on whether the film's original length, combined with commercial breaks that would be included in the television cut, would exceed a traditional two-hour broadcast timeslot) must spill over into the 10:00 p.m. hour,
Despite being a major network, in addition to not carrying national morning and evening newscasts, Fox also does not air any network [[daytime television|daytime]] programming (such as soap operas, game shows or talk shows). Because of this, the network's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates handle the responsibility of programming daytime hours with syndicated or locally produced programming (then corporate sister [[20th Television]] distributes several syndicated daytime programs carried by many Fox stations, such as ''[[Divorce Court]]'' and ''[[The Wendy Williams Show]]''; Fox Television Stations also test markets certain series from 20th Television and other syndicators such as [[Warner Bros. Television Distribution]] that are proposed for national distribution on some of its stations).<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Fox is Giving 'Kris' and 'The Real' a Summer Test Run|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kris-jenner-talk-show-why-579904|first=Alex Ben |last=Block|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 8, 2013|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fox Stations Combat 'Broken' Syndication Biz with In-House Development|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/fox-stations-combat-broken-syndication-biz-with-in-house-development-1201254855/|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 30, 2014|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> The network also does not carry network-supplied children's programming on Saturday mornings or late-night programming on Monday through Friday nights. Local affiliates either produce their own programming or run syndicated programs during these time periods. Because of the erratic scheduling of the network's sports programming, many Fox stations choose to run a mix of syndicated programming, infomercials and especially movies to fill weekend afternoon timeslots when a sports event is not scheduled to air.
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A particularly unique situation was with [[KTVU]] (channel 2) in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]-San Francisco, which as a Fox affiliate under longtime owner [[Cox Media Group]], retained its perennial "Channel 2" brand (with limited references as "Fox Channel 2" by the early 1990s). In 1996, the station rebranded as "KTVU Fox 2" for general purposes (adding the Fox logo on the underside of the top line of its heritage "Circle Laser 2" logo as well), while retaining "''(KTVU) Channel 2 News''" as the branding for its newscasts. Fox Television Stations (which traded WFXT in Boston and [[WHBQ-TV]] (channel 13) in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] station to Cox in 2014, in exchange for KTVU and sister station [[KICU-TV]]) instituted the "KTVU Fox 2" branding full-time in February 2015, retaining the "Circle Laser 2" both within the group's standardized "boxkite" logo and in an alternate version (which would become the primary logo through its de-emphasis of the O&O standardization later that year) placed next to a prominent Fox wordmark.<ref>{{cite web|title=KTVU Debuts Fox O&O Look and New Branding|url=http://damonbroadcasting.blogspot.com/2015/02/ktvu-debuts-fox-o-look-and-new-branding.html|website=TV News Coverage You Can Count On|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> Another situation also includes another Fox station [[KCPQ]] in [[Seattle]], Washington, which as a Fox affiliate under [[Tribune Media]] and [[Nexstar Media Group]], also retained the "Q13 Fox" name as well as the "Q13 News" name for its newscast until KCPQ dropped the Q13 moniker and rebranded itself to "Fox 13" in September 2021, conforming with the branding of other Fox O&O stations after its acquisition by Fox.
Starting in 2006, more standardization of the O&Os began to take place both on-air and online. All of the network's O&Os began adopting an on-air look more closely aligned with the [[Fox News]] Channel, which included a standardized red, white and blue boxkite-style logo augmented by red pillars (which rotated on-air, particularly in the logo bugs seen during newscasts). After News Corporation's acquisition of the social networking site [[Myspace]] (which it sold in June 2011 to a consortium that included singer [[Justin Timberlake]] among its backers), some Fox O&Os launched websites with identical layouts and similar URL domains under the "MyFox" scheme (such as MyFoxDC.com for WTTG). On-air usage of the FNC-inspired logos was reduced in August 2012 (when a new standardized graphics package was implemented, with [[wordmark]] bugs being used during newscasts and other programming), while several of the O&Os ceased using the "MyFox" domains in 2015; the use of the Fox News Channel boxkite logos in all elements, along with explicit connections with the latter, was drastically reduced since the July 2016 resignation of [[Roger Ailes]] from Fox for a more traditional and simpler 'call-channel number' horizontal wordmark style which is more flexible with both traditional television and smaller mobile screens. In 2017, Fox's local newscast music composer, [[Stephen Arnold Music]], released a new news music package, "Beyond", that uses none of the Fox News Channel sonic elements associated with the previous Fox O&O music package, and it has rolled out across all Fox O&O local news operations.
As of 2017, Fox O&O's with a sister MyNetworkTV station in that market have also begun to play down that network, with many MyNetworkTV O&O's now taking on the branding of "Fox (channel number) Plus/Xtra/More", etc., suggesting them as an extension of their higher-profile sister Fox station. Several of these stations now also carry extended newscasts or rebroadcasts of earlier newscasts from their sister stations during primetime, pushing MyNetworkTV's schedule to a late night offering.
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Controversy surrounded the network in 2002 and 2003 over profanity, expressed respectively by [[Cher]] and [[Nicole Richie]], aired live during Fox's broadcast of the [[Billboard Music Award]]s on its affiliates in the Eastern and Central Time Zones despite the use of five-second [[Broadcast delay|audio delays]]; the indecent material was edited out when the program was broadcast in other time zones from the Mountain Time Zone westward.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bleep Deprivation|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402363/index.htm|first=Roger|last=Parloff|website=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|via=[[CNN Money]]|date=2007-03-19}}</ref> Both of the obscene instances were condemned by the [[Parents Television Council]],<ref>{{cite press release|title=Fox Awards Show Crosses Decency Line |url=http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2003/1211.asp |work=[[Parents Television Council]] |date=2003-12-11 |access-date=2007-12-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070807011630/http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2003/1211.asp |archive-date=2007-08-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fast-Flying F-Words |url=http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/lbbcolumns/2003/1219.asp |first=L. Brent III |last=Bozell |work=Parents Television Council |date=2003-12-19 |access-date=2007-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525204300/http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/lbbcolumns/2003/1219.asp |archive-date= 2006-05-25 |url-status=dead |author-link=L. Brent Bozell III }}</ref> and named by them among the worst instances on television from 2001 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=TV's Worst Clips, 2001–2004|url=http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/clips/WorstClips.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415035839/http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/clips/WorstClips.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-04-15|work=Parents Television Council}}</ref> PTC members filed tens of thousands of complaints to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the broadcasts. A subsequent apology made by Fox representatives was labeled a "sham" by PTC president [[L. Brent Bozell III]], who argued that the network could have easily used an audio delay to edit out the obscene language.<ref>{{cite press release|title=PTC Calls Fox Apology a Sham |url=http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2003/1212.asp |work=Parents Television Council |date=December 12, 2003 |access-date=December 8, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070807020016/http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2003/1212.asp |archive-date=August 7, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As the FCC was investigating the broadcasts, in 2004, Fox announced that it would begin extending live broadcast delays to five minutes from its standard five or ten seconds to more easily be able to edit out obscenities uttered over the air.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fox mulls 5-minute delay to squash dirty words|url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2004/jan04/jan26/2_tues/news7tuesday.html|periodical=Media Life Magazine|date=January 27, 2004|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208093720/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2004/jan04/jan26/2_tues/news7tuesday.html |archive-date=December 8, 2008}}</ref> In June 2007, in the case ''[[Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations (2009)|Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations]]'', the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit|U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals]] ruled that the FCC could not issue indecency fines against Fox because it does not have the authority to fine broadcasters for fleeting expletives,<ref>{{cite web|title = 2nd Circuit Finds FCC's Policy on 'Fleeting Expletives' Arbitrary|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090703184347/http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1180947934428|url = http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1180947934428|website = Law.com|archive-date = July 3, 2009|first = Mark|last = Hamblett|date = 5 June 2007|url-status = live}}</ref> such as in the case of the Billboard Awards. The FCC eventually decided to appeal the Second Circuit Court's finding.<ref>{{cite web|title=Court Rebuffs F.C.C. on Fines for Indecency (page 2 of 2)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/business/media/05decency.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5124&en=d652318357a79783&ex=1338782400&partner=newsvine&exprod=newsvine |first=Stephen|last=Labaton|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 5, 2007}}</ref> The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] granted certiorari and oral arguments in FCC v. Fox, et al., began November 4, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=8958.exe|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/07-582.pdf|website=[[Supreme Court of the United States]]|access-date=June 17, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528141022/http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/07-582.pdf |archive-date=May 28, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
The Parents Television Council has also criticized many popular Fox shows for perceived indecent content, such as ''American Dad!'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Dad – Parents Television Council Family TV Guide Show Page |url=https://www.parentstv.org/ptc/shows/main.asp?shwid=1960 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910020420/https://www.parentstv.org/ptc/shows/main.asp?shwid=1960 |archive-date=2008-09-10 |access-date=2023-07-22 |work=Parents Television Council}}</ref> ''[[
==Presidents of Fox Broadcasting Company Entertainment==
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| [[Garth Ancier]] || 1986–1989 || In 1986, [[Barry Diller]], [[Jamie Kellner]] and [[Rupert Murdoch]] tapped the then 28-year-old Ancier to be the first Entertainment President for the Fox Broadcasting Company,<ref name=vty>{{cite news|last1=Adalian|first1=Josef|last2=Schneider|first2=Michael|title=Peacock Zucker-punched|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/peacock-zucker-punched-1117790536/|access-date=February 17, 2015|work=Variety|date=December 13, 2000}}</ref> where he put ''[[21 Jump Street]]'', ''[[Married... with Children]]'', ''[[Cops (TV
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| [[Peter Chernin]] || 1989–1992 || During Chernin's tenure as president of entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company, programming grew from two to seven nights a week.
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| [[Sandy Grushow]] ||
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| [[John Matoian]] ||
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| [[Peter Roth (executive)|Peter Roth]] || 1996–1998 || He appeared in a short cameo in the ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' episode, "[[Silver Bells]]". It was first broadcast December 15, 1997.<ref name="natcameo">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/ally-mcbeal/silver-bells/episode/988/summary.html|title=Ally McBeal:Silver Bells:TV.com, also listed in the end credits of the show|access-date=August 3, 2008|archive-date=August 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814124108/http://www.tv.com/ally-mcbeal/silver-bells/episode/988/summary.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Network shows under Roth's tenure included ''Ally McBeal'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'', ''[[That '70s Show]]'' and ''[[King of the Hill]]''.
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| [[Doug Herzog]] || 1998–2000 || ''[[The PJs]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'', ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' and both reality shows ''[[When Animals Attack!]]'' and ''[[World's Wildest Police Videos]]'' were launched under Herzog's watch.
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| [[Gail Berman]] || 2000–2005 || Network shows under Berman's tenure included ''[[American Idol]]'', ''[[The Simple Life]]'', ''[[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]'', ''[[Nanny 911]]'', ''[[
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| [[Peter Liguori]] || 2005–2007 || Liguori has been credited with helping the channel [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] grow in prominence.<ref name=Chicago>{{cite news|last=Channick|first=Robert|title=TV executive Peter Liguori takes over as CEO of Tribune Co.|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/01/18/tv-executive-peter-liguori-takes-over-as-ceo-of-tribune-co/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Golum|first=Rob |title= Tribune Names Former Fox TV Executive as CEO|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/tribune-names-former-fox-tv-executive-liguori-as-ceo.html|date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> And prior to assuming that position in 2005, Liguori was president and CEO of News Corp.'s FX Networks since 1998, overseeing business and programming operations for FX and Fox Movie Channel.<ref>{{Cite web|work = Variety|url= https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/luguori-tapped-prexy-of-fx-net-1117479213/|title=Luguori tapped prexy of FX Net|first1=Richard|last1= Katz|date=August 6, 1998}}</ref> ''[['Til Death]]'' and ''[[Talkshow with Spike Feresten]]'' debuted under Liguori's watch.
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