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==What to do==
The '''Fox Broadcasting Company''', usually referred to as just '''Fox''' (the company itself prefers the capitalized version, '''FOX'''){{Fact|date=September 2008}} is an American television network. It is owned by [[Fox Entertainment Group]], part of [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation]]. Since its launch on October&nbsp;9, 1986, Fox has grown from an upstart "netlet" to the status of the highest-[[Nielsen Ratings|rated]] broadcast network in the coveted 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2007.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90RAN300&show_article=1 Fox wins TV season on strong 'Idol' finish<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In the 2007–08 season, Fox became the most popular network in America in general household ratings, dethroning [[CBS]].<ref name=autogenerated1 />
<h3 style="font-size:x-small; background:#fff; color:#aaa;">Thursday, [[October 9]], [[2008]]</h3>
*Thanks to ''[http://www.nytimes.com/ The New York Times]'' who finally removed up-to-the-minute U.S. [[stock market]] performance from the top of their home page. When the Web made it possible, some people quit their jobs to become [[day trading|day trader]]s, but that profession is out of scope for most people, including, I hope, the U.S. Treasury department and the Federal Reserve.
*Added a non-primary source to [[Ryan Singel]] so it is safe from deletion. Three things. According to Wikipedia, the U.S. federal government doesn't like him or ''Wired News''. Second, according to Mr. Singel, the U.S. federal department of commerce is asking for comments on [[DNSSEC]], which ICANN would like to administer, VeriSign would like to administer and I forget who else. Respectfully, without this ''Wired News'' [http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/feds-take-step.html article], I don't know how anyone would know that the U.S. Department of Commerce is asking for input.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Press Release: NTIA Seeks Public Comments for the Deployment of Security Technology Within the Internet Domain Name System|url=http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2008/DNSSEC_081009.html|date=October 9, 2008|publisher=National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce|accessdate=2008-10-09}}</ref> Third, some days Google results are really poor. A couple, three pages of blogs about a blogger isn't enough of a source to keep an article in Wikipedia.
*Ars Technica, IDG's NetworkWorld, and ZDNet published stories. But at the time the Federal Register might have been the only place other than Wired, at least according to the Google News index which sometimes omits things.
*If the Web lasts another twenty years this might matter. By then its building blocks HTML, URIs and HTTP could be a thing of the past.


===References===
The Fox name has been used on other entertainment channels internationally that are affiliated with News Corp., including in [[Australia]] ([[FOX8]]), [[Bulgaria]], [[Germany]], [[Japan]], [[Italy]], [[Serbia]], [[South Korea]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]] ([[FOX]], [[FOX Crime]], [[FOX Life]], [[FOX Next]]), [[Mexico]], [[South America]], and [[Turkey]], although these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in [[Canada]] have access to at least one affiliate of the U.S. network.

The network is named after sister company [[20th Century Fox]], and indirectly for producer [[William Fox (producer)|William Fox]], who founded one of the movie studio's predecessors, [[20th Century Fox#Fox Film|Fox Film]].

== History ==

Groundwork for the Fox network began in March 1985 with News Corporation's $250-million purchase of 50&nbsp;percent of TCF Holdings, the parent company of the [[20th Century Fox]] movie studio. In May 1985, News Corporation agreed to pay $1.55 billion to acquire [[Independent station (North America)|independent television stations]] in six major U.S. cities from [[John Kluge]]'s company, [[Metromedia]]. These stations were [[WNYW|WNEW-TV]] in [[New York City]], [[WTTG]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[KTTV]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[KRIV|KRIV-TV]] in [[Houston]], [[WFLD-TV]] in [[Chicago]], and [[KDAF|KRLD-TV]] in [[Dallas]]. A seventh station, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]-affiliated [[WCVB-TV]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], was part of the original transaction but was spun-off in a separate, concurrent deal to the [[Hearst Corporation]] as part of a [[right of first refusal]] related to that station's 1982 sale to Metromedia.

In October 1985, 20th Century Fox announced its intentions to form an independent television system which would compete with the three major U.S. television networks ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], and [[NBC]]). The plans were to use the combination of the Fox studios and the former Metromedia stations to both produce and distribute programming. Organizational plans for the network were held off until the Metromedia acquisitions cleared regulatory hurdles. Then, in December 1985, Rupert Murdoch agreed to pay $325&nbsp;million to acquire the rest of the studio from his original partner, [[Marvin Davis]]. The purchase of the Metromedia stations was approved by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] in March 1986; the New York and Dallas outlets were subsequently renamed [[WNYW]] and [[KDAF]] respectively. These first six stations, then broadcasting to 22&nbsp;percent of the nation's households, became known as the [[Fox Television Stations]] group.

Except for KDAF (which was sold to [[Renaissance Broadcasting]] in 1995 and became a [[The WB Television Network|WB]] affiliate at the same time), all of the original stations are still part of the Fox network today. [[Clarke Ingram]], who maintains a memorial website to the failed [[DuMont Television Network]], has suggested that Fox is a revival of DuMont, since Metromedia was a successor to the DuMont corporation and the Metromedia television stations formed the nucleus of the Fox network.<ref>[http://members.aol.com/cingram/television/dumont9.htm The DuMont Television Network: Channel Nine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> WNYW (originally known as WABD) and WTTG were two of the three original [[owned and operated station]]s of the DuMont network.

Fox is a full member of the [[North American Broadcasters Association]].

=== 1986: The fourth network is born ===

In January 1986, Murdoch said of his planned network: "We at Fox at the moment are deeply involved in working to put shape and form on original programs. These will be shows with no outer limits. The only rules that we will enforce on these programs is they must have taste, they must be engaging, they must be entertaining and they must be original."

On May&nbsp;6, 1986, Murdoch, along with newly hired Fox [[chief operating officer]] and chairman [[Barry Diller]] and comedian [[Joan Rivers]], announced plans for "FBC" or the "Fox Broadcasting Company", to be launched with a daily late-night talk show program, ''[[The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers]]''. When Fox was launched on October&nbsp;9, 1986, it was broadcast to 96 stations reaching more than 80&nbsp;percent of the nation's households. Starting with the former Metromedia outlets, Fox had lined up 90 independent stations as affiliates, including notables such as [[KTVU]] in [[Oakland, California]], [[WTXF-TV|WTAF-TV]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[WKBD-TV]] in [[Detroit]], [[WTOG-TV]] in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], and [[KPTV]] in [[Portland, Oregon]]. By contrast, ABC, CBS and NBC each had between 210 and 215 affiliates reaching more than 97&nbsp;percent of the nation's households. Despite broadcasting only one show, the network was busy producing new programs with plans to gradually add [[Prime time|prime-time]] programming one night at a time.

Rivers would be gone from the show in 1987, with various guest hosts taking over for a few years afterward; one notable face was [[Arsenio Hall]], who would later front [[The Arsenio Hall Show|his own late-night talk show]] to great success, albeit in syndication and not for Fox (because Fox did not program late nights following the failure of ''The Late Show'', Hall's syndicated show aired on many Fox affiliates).

From the beginning, Fox portrayed itself as a somewhat edgy, irreverent, youth-oriented network compared to its rivals. Its first prime-time shows, which debuted on Sunday nights beginning on April&nbsp;5, 1987, were a comedy about a dysfunctional family (''[[Married... with Children]]'') and a variety series (''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''). The former would become a major hit for the network, airing for 11 seasons, while the latter would spawn the longest-running sitcom and animated series in U.S. history: ''[[The Simpsons]]'', spun off in 1989. Another early success was ''[[21 Jump Street]]'', an hour-long police drama. The original Sunday lineup<ref>[http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~aaron2/fox/fox-1987to1990.html Fox Network Schedules April 1987–May 1990]</ref> also included the sitcoms ''[[Duet (TV series)|Duet]]'' and ''[[Mr. President (TV series)|Mr. President]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092407/ "Mr. President" (1987)]</ref>

Fox debuted its Saturday night programming over four weeks beginning on July&nbsp;11, 1987, with several shows now long forgotten: ''[[Werewolf (TV series)|Werewolf]]'', ''[[Women in Prison (TV series)|Women in Prison]]'',<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092485/ "Women in Prison" (1987)]</ref> ''[[The New Adventures of Beans Baxter]]'', and ''[[Second Chance (1987 TV series)|Second Chance]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092447/ "Second Chance" (1987)]</ref>

The next two years saw the introduction of ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'', profiling true crimes in hopes of capturing the criminals, and ''[[COPS (TV series)|COPS]]'', a reality show documenting the day-to-day activities of police officers. The two shows are among the network's longest-running and are credited with bringing [[reality television]] to the mainstream. In August 1988, ''America's Most Wanted'' was Fox's first show to break into the top 50 shows of the week according to the [[Nielsen ratings]]. As of 2007, both ''AMW'' and ''COPS'' were still in active production and are among prime-time TV's longest-running television shows.

=== 1990s: Rise into mainstream success ===
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Despite a few successful shows, the network did not have a significant market share until the mid-1990s, when News Corp. bought more TV station groups. The first was [[New World Communications]], which had signed an affiliation deal with Fox in 1994 (''see below''). Later, in 2001, Fox bought several stations owned by [[Chris-Craft Industries]] and its subsidiaries BHC Communications and United Television (most of these were UPN affiliates, although [[KMSP-TV|one]] later became a Fox O&O). This made Fox one of the largest owners of television stations in the United States. 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 [[Big Three Television Networks|big three]] broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC).

This all changed when Fox lured the [[National Football League]] away from [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] in 1993. They signed a huge contract to broadcast the [[National Football Conference|NFC]], which included luring [[Pat Summerall]], [[John Madden (football)|John Madden]], [[Dick Stockton]], [[Matt Millen]], [[James Brown (TV personality)|James Brown]], and [[Terry Bradshaw]] from CBS as well. At first many were skeptical of this whole move, but the first year was a rousing success, and Fox was officially on the map for good.

The early and mid-1990s saw the launch of several soap-opera dramas aimed at younger audiences that became quick hits: ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[Melrose Place]]'', ''[[New York Undercover]]'' and ''[[Party of Five]]''. September 1993 saw the heavy promotion and debut of a short-lived Western with science-fiction elements, ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]'' However, it was the Friday night show that debuted immediately following it, ''[[The X-Files]]'', which would find long-lasting success, and would be Fox's first series to crack Nielsen's year-end Top 25.

The sketch-comedy series ''[[In Living Color]]'' created many memorable characters (and launched the careers of future movie superstars [[Jim Carrey]], [[Damon Wayans]], [[Keenen Ivory Wayans]], [[Jamie Foxx]], and "Fly Girl" dancer [[Jennifer Lopez]]). ''[[MADtv]]'', another sketch-comedy series, became a solid competitor to NBC's ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.

Fox would expand to seven nights of programming a week by 1993, which included scheduling the breakout hit ''The Simpsons'' opposite NBC's ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' as one of Fox's initial Thursday night offerings in the fall of 1990 (along with future hit ''Beverly Hills, 90210'') after only a half-season of success on Sunday nights. The show thrived in its new timeslot, helping to launch ''[[Martin (television)|Martin]]'', another Fox hit in 1992; ''The Simpsons'' returned to Sunday nights in the fall of 1994.

Notable shows that debuted in the late 1990s include the quirky [[dramedy]] ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' and traditional sitcom ''[[That '70s Show]]'', Fox's second-longest-running live-action sitcom behind ''Married... with Children''.

Building around its flagship ''The Simpsons'', Fox has been relatively successful with animated shows. ''[[King of the Hill]]'' began in 1997; ''[[Family Guy]]'' began in 1999 and was cancelled in 2002, but the network commissioned new episodes that began in 2005 due to strong DVD sales and highly rated cable reruns on [[Adult Swim]] of [[Cartoon Network]]; and ''[[American Dad]]'', which began in 2005. Less successful efforts included ''[[The Critic]]'', which starred [[Jon Lovitz]] from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', originally aired on ABC then moved to Fox before being cancelled, and ''[[The PJ's]]'', which later aired on [[The WB Television Network|The WB]].

=== 2000s: The ''Idol'' effect ===

Fox arguably hit a few bumps in its programming during 1999 and the early 2000s. Many staple shows of the 1990s had ended or were on the decline. During this time, Fox put much of its efforts into producing [[Reality television|reality]] fare with subjects often seen as extravagant, shocking, and/or distasteful. These included shows such as ''[[Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?]]'', ''[[Temptation Island]]'', and ''[[Married by America]]''. The most successful of these shows was ''[[Joe Millionaire]]'', whose season-one finale was watched by over 40&nbsp;million people, although its second season was a ratings disappointment. During this time, Fox also featured weekly shows such as ''[[World's Wildest Police Videos]]'' and ''[[When Animals Attack!]]''.

After shedding most of these shows, Fox regained a ratings foothold 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]]'' and ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''. By 2005, Fox's most popular show by far was the talent search ''[[American Idol]]'', peaking at up to 37&nbsp;million viewers on certain episodes and finishing the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons as the nation's highest-rated program. ''House'', airing after ''Idol'' on Tuesday nights and having had a successful run of summer repeats in 2005, positioned itself as a top-ten hit in the 2005–06 season.

Fox hit a milestone in February 2005 by scoring its first-ever [[sweeps]]-month victory among all viewers. This was largely due to the broadcast of [[Super Bowl XXXIX]], but also on the strength of ''American Idol'', ''24'', ''House'', and ''The O.C''. By the end of the 2004–05 television season, Fox ranked No. 1 for the first time in its history among the 18–49 [[demographic]] most appealing to advertisers. On May&nbsp;21, 2008, Fox took the #1 general households rating crown for the first time, over CBS, based on the strength of [[Super Bowl XLII]] and ''American Idol''.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203719_pf.html David Cook Wasn't the Only Winner on Wednesday, as 'Idol' Ratings Spike<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

It was estimated in 2003 that Fox is viewable by 96.18% of all U.S. households, reaching 102,565,710 houses in the United States.{{Fact|date=January 2008}} Fox has 180 VHF and UHF [[owned-and-operated]] or [[affiliate]] stations in the United States and U.S. possessions.

== Fox HD ==

Fox began broadcasting in [[High-definition television|HDTV]] in [[720p]] on September&nbsp;12, 2004 with a series of NFL football games. The network has no digital on-screen graphic logo in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen on the HD feed, except to identify programs presented in HD (although the SD feed does, and the only exception to where the Fox logo bug does appear on the HD feed is during live programming), allowing their local stations to use their own logo instead. In some cases the logo is placed outside the 4:3 safe area when displayed during network programs, out of view for those with 4:3 sets with digital receivers set in fullscreen mode.

Fox is the only commercial television network (broadcast, cable or satellite) to air programs in widescreen on its digital feed that are not available in HD; programs produced in this format were identified as being presented in "Fox High Resolution Widescreen" from 2001 to 2006, but these enhanced definition programs are currently not advertised by any name. Prior to the launch of its HD feed in 2004, some sitcoms and drama series were presented in this format, but now reality, talk, and game shows (''American Idol'' being the lone exception, as it is presented in High Definition) are only presented in the enhanced definition widescreen mode. As of September 2008, only [[4KidsTV]] and children's sports shows ''[[This Week in Baseball]]'', and ''[[NFL Under the Helmet]]'' are not seen in widescreen, along with the Sunday political talk program ''Fox News Sunday'' and Sunday primetime animated programs; however the animated programs are animated in 16:9, although the network has decided to present the programs using only the 4:3 safe area. ''[[MadTV]]'' was produced to air only in 4:3 until September 2008, likely due to a mix of stations airing the show at differing times than the mandated 11pm timeslot and unable to offer it on the live air in 16:9, and the show's producers not making the switch to the format.

== News ==

{{See also|Fox News Channel}}
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Unlike the [[Big Three Television Networks|Big Three]], Fox does not air national morning or evening news programs. However, Fox does air live coverage of the [[State of the Union Address]], as well as live breaking news alerts (also known as Fox News Alerts), and produces national news segments to air on the local Fox affiliates' news programs. ''[[Fox News Sunday]]'' airs on the local Fox network affiliates. In prime time, Fox first tried its hand at a news show in 1988 with an hour-long weekly newsmagazine called ''[[The Reporters]]'', which was produced by the same team behind the FTSG-distributed syndicated tabloid program ''[[A Current Affair (US TV series)|A Current Affair]]''. After two years with low ratings, this program was cancelled.

After Murdoch and [[Roger Ailes]] launched FNC in 1996, the network tried again in 1998 with ''[[Fox Files]]'', hosted by Fox News anchors [[Catherine Crier]] and [[Jon Scott]], as well as a team of correspondents. It lasted a little over a year before being cancelled. During the sweeps of the 2002–03 TV season, Fox tried another attempt with ''[[The Pulse (Fox News)|The Pulse]]'', hosted by [[Fox News Channel]]'s [[Shepard Smith]].

Many Fox stations have a local morning newscast that airs on average three to four hours, including an extra two hours from 7&nbsp;to 9&nbsp;a.m. as a local alternative to nationwide morning programming. Fox, however, did air a nationally based morning show called ''[[Fox After Breakfast]]'' (which was formerly ''Breakfast Time'' on Fox's [[FX Networks|FX]] cable channel) between 1996 and 1998, which aired on all affiliates from 9&nbsp;to 10&nbsp;a.m. as opposed to the other major networks airing theirs from 7&nbsp;to 9&nbsp;a.m. Fox tried its hand again in 2001, at a morning show called ''[[Good Day Live]]'', inspired by [[KTTV]]'s ''Good Day L.A.''—this time in syndication mode. The show did not fare well in ratings and was canceled in 2005. On January&nbsp;22, 2007, Fox premiered ''[[The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet]]'' for its O&O stations, hosted by [[Mike Jerrick]] and [[Juliet Huddy]] of the Fox News Channel's ''[[DaySide]]'' program. The show is a lighter, more entertainment-oriented show, though that can change when there is big news. In February 2007, the show was syndicated to many [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[NBC]], and [[CBS]] affiliates where a [[MyNetworkTV]] or Fox station does not carry it.<ref>[http://www.mandjshow.com/where-to-watch/ Official Website : Where To Watch?]</ref>

== Fox Sports ==

{{Main|Fox Sports}}

Management, having seen the critical role that sports programming (soccer programming in particular) had played in the growth of the British satellite service [[BSkyB]], believed that sports, and specifically professional football, would be the engine that would make Fox a major network the quickest. To this end, Fox bid aggressively for [[American football|football]] from the start. In 1987, after ABC initially hedged on renewing its contract to carry ''[[Monday Night Football]]'', Fox offered the [[National Football League|NFL]] to pick up the contract for the same amount ABC had been paying, about $13&nbsp;million per game at the time. However, the NFL, in part because Fox had not established itself as a major network, chose to renew its contract with ABC.

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Six years later, when the football contract was up for renewal again, Fox made what at the time was a bold and aggressive move to acquire the rights. Knowing that it would likely need to bid considerably more than the incumbent networks to acquire a piece of the package, Fox bid $1.58&nbsp;billion for 4 years of rights to the [[National Football Conference|NFC]], considered the more desirable conference due to its presence in most of the largest U.S. markets, such as New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. To the surprise and shock of many, the NFL selected the Fox bid, in the process stripping [[NFL on CBS|CBS of football]] for the first time since [[1955 NFL season|1955]].

Fox's acquisition of football was a watershed event not only for the network but for the NFL as well. The event placed Fox on a par with the "big three" broadcast networks and ushered in an era of growth for the NFL which continues on largely to this day. Fox's acquisition of the NFL rights also quickly led toward Fox reaching a deal with New World Communications to change the affiliation of 10 of their stations to Fox.

The rights gave Fox many new viewers (and affiliates) and a platform for advertising its other shows. With a sports division now established with the arrival of the NFL, Fox would later acquire over-air broadcast rights to the [[National Hockey League]] (1994–99), [[Major League Baseball]] (since 1996), and [[NASCAR]] auto racing (since 2001 season).

Beginning in 2007, Fox now airs the [[Bowl Championship Series]] college football games, with the exception of the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]], which will remain on ABC. This package also includes the new BCS Championship Game, except once every four years, when the game is played at the Rose Bowl, which will be on ABC.

In the past few years, when Fox aired new episodes of original programing at 7&nbsp;p.m. on Sundays during football season, some of the markets, especially on the East Coast, have been unable to see all or part of the new episode of the scheduled show due to [[National Football League|NFL]] overrun. ''[[Futurama]]'' was especially victim to this network decision. Beginning with the 2005 season, Fox has extended its football postgame show to 8&nbsp;p.m. (the weeks Fox has a doubleheader) or it airs reruns of sitcoms (mostly ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[King of the Hill]]'').

== Station standardization ==

During the early 1990s, Fox began having stations branded as "Fox", then the channel number, with the call signs nearby. By the mid-to-late 1990s, the call signs were minimized to be just barely readable to FCC requirements, and the stations were simply known as "Fox", followed by the channel number. (For instance, [[WNYW]] in New York City, [[WTTG]] in Washington, D.C., and [[WAGA-TV|WAGA]] in Atlanta, Georgia, are referred to as ''Fox 5''.) This marked the start of the trend for other networks to apply such naming schemes, especially at [[CBS]], which uses the [[CBS Mandate]] on most of its [[owned and operated]] ("O&O") stations.

However, while the traditional "Big Three" do not require their affiliates to have such naming schemes, Fox recommends that all stations use it.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} (However, there are some exceptions; see below.) All Fox affiliates must have a Fox-approved logo, and most refer to themselves on-air as, for example, "Fox 11".{{Fact|date=August 2007}} Some affiliates do not include the channel number in the name, and opt instead to use a city/regional descriptor in place of the channel number (e.g. Parkersburg, West Virginia, affiliate [[WTAP-TV|WTAP]] employs the moniker ''Fox Parkersburg'' rather than ''Fox 14''). This is because many cable companies assign Fox networks to different channels, often a different channel than it is broadcast over the air, which is especially true for Fox affiliates with a channel over 30; Fox O&O [[WFLD]] in Chicago goes by ''Fox Chicago'' rather than their channel number of 32.

Some affiliates, such as [[KTVU]] in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]&nbsp;– [[San Francisco]] mix between using ''Fox (channel number)'' to promote entertainment programming and another brand for news (like their ''Channel 2 News''). A handful of others, like [[WSVN]] in the [[South Florida]] area and [[KHON-TV|KHON]] in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], do not use the Fox brand at all.

Starting in 2006, more standardization of the O&Os began to take place both on the air and online. All the O&Os began adopting an on-air look more closely aligned with the Fox News Channel. This includes changing the logos of almost all of these stations to have the same red, white and blue rotating box logo. The news music and graphics will eventually be the same on all the O&Os as well.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} However, WITI in Milwaukee chose to take on the new graphical coloring, but keep their horizontal ''FOX6'' logo relatively similar to their previous version, due to the heavy integration of the former logo into the station's news set.

Taking a cue from News Corporation's recent acquisition of [[MySpace]], many of the Fox O&Os launched new websites that look the same and have similar addresses. For example, MyFoxDC.com takes visitors to the web site of the Fox owned-and-operated station in Washington D.C.

== Programming ==

Fox adopted a 19-hour programming schedule in September 1993, which was expanded to 20 hours in 1996. It provides 15 hours of [[prime-time]] programming to owned-and-operated and affiliated stations: 8-10 p.m. Monday to Friday (all times ET/PT), 8–10&nbsp;p.m. and 11&nbsp;p.m.&nbsp;- 12:30&nbsp;a.m on Saturday, and 7–10&nbsp;p.m. on Sundays. Programming will also be provided on Saturday mornings as part of a four-fox sucks,hour animation block under the banner [[4Kids TV]] (which in some markets, especially where Fox Television Stations Group owns both the Fox and [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliates and the Fox affiliate was formerly owned by [[New World Communications]], will air on the MyNetworkTV affiliate, while the Fox station airs local news) and the hour-long political news program ''[[Fox News Sunday]]'' (time slot may vary).

Sports programming is also provided (albeit not every weekend year-round) at 12–4 or 8&nbsp;p.m. on Sundays (during football season, slightly less during NASCAR season) and 3:30–7&nbsp;p.m. on Saturday afternoons (during baseball season).

Analog broadcasting on FOX ends on February&nbsp;17, 2009 as part of the transition to digital television.

=== Prime time ===

{{See|List of programs broadcast by Fox}}

Returning comedies are in '''<font color="F08080">red</font>'''; new comedies are in '''<font color="FFC0CB">pink</font>'''; returning dramas are in '''<font color="00FF00">green</font>'''; new dramas are in '''<font color="87CEEB">blue</font>'''; returning reality shows are in '''<font color="FFD700">yellow</font>'''<!--; new reality shows are in '''<font color="DAA520">gold</font>'''-->; returning game shows are in '''<font color="FFA500">orange</font>'''; new game shows are in '''<font color="F0E68C">beige</font>'''; sports programming is in '''<font color="FF00FF">purple</font>'''.

All times are [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]] and [[Pacific Time zone|Pacific]] (subtract one hour for [[Central Time zone|Central]] and [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain]] time).

{| width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #aaa"
!
!width="7%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|7:00 p.m.
!width="7%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|7:30 p.m.
!width="13%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|8:00 p.m.
!width="13%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|8:30 p.m.
!width="13%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|9:00 p.m.
!width="13%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|9:30 p.m.
|- align=center
!width="10%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|Sunday
|colspan="2" bgcolor="FF00FF"|''[[NFL on FOX|The OT]]''
|colspan="1" bgcolor="F08080"|''[[The Simpsons]]''
|colspan="1" bgcolor="F08080"|''[[King of the Hill]]''
|colspan="1" bgcolor="F08080"|''[[Family Guy]]''
|colspan="1" bgcolor="F08080"|''[[American Dad!]]''
|- align=center
!width="10%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|Monday
|colspan="2" rowspan="8" bgcolor="FFF5EE" align=center|Local Programming
|colspan="2" bgcolor="00FF00"|''[[Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''
|colspan="2" bgcolor="00FF00"|''[[Prison Break]]''
|- align=center
!width="10%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|Tuesday
|colspan="2" bgcolor="00FF00"|''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
|colspan="2" bgcolor="87CEEB"|''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
|- align=center
!width="10%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|Wednesday
|colspan="2" bgcolor="00FF00"|''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''
|colspan="1" bgcolor="F08080"|''[['Til Death]]''
|colspan="1" bgcolor="F08080"|''[['Til Death]]''
|- align=center
!width="10%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|Thursday
|colspan="2" bgcolor="F0E68C"|''[[Hole in the Wall (US game show)|Hole in the Wall]]''
|colspan="2" bgcolor="FFD700"|''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]''
|- align=center
!width="10%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|Friday
|colspan="2" bgcolor="FFA500"|''[[Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (U.S. game show)|Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?]]''
|colspan="2" bgcolor="FFA500"|''[[Don't Forget the Lyrics!]]''
|- align=center
!width="10%" bgcolor="C0C0C0"|Saturday
|colspan="1" bgcolor="FFD700"|''[[COPS (TV series)|COPS]]''
|colspan="1" bgcolor="FFD700"|''[[COPS (TV series)|COPS]]''
|colspan="2" bgcolor="FFD700"|''[[America's Most Wanted|America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back]]''
|}

* The Saturday latenight lineup includes sketch-comedy show ''[[MADtv]]'' followed by ''[[Talkshow with Spike Feresten]]''.

== FOX shows ==

=== Children's programming ===

{{main|4Kids TV|Fox Kids}}

Fox began airing children's programming in 1990 when it launched the Fox Kids Network. Fox's children's programing featured many cartoons and some live-action series (particularly fantasy action programs) including ''[[Power Rangers]]'' (currently airing on various [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]-owned networks: [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Toon Disney]], and [[Jetix]] channels around the world), ''[[Bobby's World]]'', ''[[The Tick]]'', ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]'' and ''[[Goosebumps]]''. When The WB added the [[Kids' WB]] programming block in 1995, ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[Animaniacs]]'' and later ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', (all of which originated either on Fox Kids or in syndication) moved to Kids' WB with new productions and original shows included.

Fox would abandon Fox Kids after selling the children's division and the former Fox Family Channel (now [[ABC Family]]) to [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 2002 and then sell the four hours of Saturday morning time to [[4Kids Entertainment]].

== Differences between Fox and the "Big Three" networks ==

Fox only airs two hours of network programming during the [[prime time]] hours (three hours on Sundays), compared to the three hours (four on Sundays) by the other major networks (except for [[CW Television Network|The CW]] and [[ION Television]]). This allows for many of its stations to air local news during the 10 p.m. time slot. Fox's original reason for the reduced number of prime time hours was to avoid fulfilling the FCC's requirements at the time to be considered a network <ref>[http://www.digitalcenter.org/webreport94/iie.htm UCLA TV Violence Monitoring Project: Operating Premises and Stipulations<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and to be free of resulting regulations, though FCC rules have been relaxed since then.

Fox also does not air soap operas or any other network daytime programming (game shows, talk shows) despite being a major network. Because of this, affiliates have more time for lucrative syndicated programming. (Fox produces three syndicated daytime courtroom shows, ''[[Divorce Court]]'', ''[[Judge Alex]]'', and ''[[Cristina Pérez (judge)|Cristina's Court]]''). However, it has been reported that Fox may be moving into the arena in the near future, as they have ordered a daytime drama pilot called ''Born in the USA'' which has already been cast and has now started production. <ref>[http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/content/view/4724/116/ FOX to Take on Daytime TV?: Network to Enter Soap Business]</ref>

=== Local news ===

At least half of Fox's 180 O&O and affiliated stations air local news in the 10-11 p.m. (9-10 p.m. CT/MT) timeslot. The newscast schedules on Fox stations vary more from station to station than ABC, CBS and NBC's affiliates. Some Fox stations have a newscast schedule similar to the Big Three's affiliates along with the added late evening newscast at 10 p.m. and a late afternoon newscast extended by a half-hour competing with the national evening newscasts, while others only have a 10 p.m. newscast.

Miami's [[WSVN]] has the most local news of any Fox station with roughly 54 hours per week, followed by Tampa's [[WTVT]] with roughly 52.5 hours per week. Only a few Fox stations that air an 11 p.m. (or 10 p.m.) newscast along with a 10 p.m. (or 9 p.m.) newscast. [[WTVT]], [[WNYW]] in New York, [[WTXF]] in Philadelphia, [[WFLD]] in Chicago, [[KDFW]] in Dallas/Fort Worth, [[WAGA]] in Atlanta, [[WOFL]] in Orlando, [[WJBK]] in Detroit, [[KMSP-TV|KMSP]] in Minneapolis-St. Paul, [[KSAZ-TV|KSAZ]] in Phoenix, [[WTTG]] Washington, D.C., and [[WFXT]] in Boston are the only Fox-owned stations to have a 11p.m./10 p.m. newscast in the [[Eastern Time Zone]], [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central]] and [[Mountain Time Zone]]s with only [[WFXT]], [[WTTG]], and [[KSAZ-TV|KSAZ]] airing it every night. [[WDAF-TV]] in Kansas City, [[WITI (TV)|WITI]] in Milwaukee, [[WBRC]] in Birmingham, [[KOKH]] in Oklahoma City, [[WZTV]] in Nashville, [[KTVI]] St. Louis., and [[WSVN]] in Miami are some of the few non-O&Os airing a 10pm (or 9 p.m.) and a 11pm (or 10 p.m.) newscast.

Stations that don't air local news air [[syndicated programming]], usually off-network sitcoms in that timeslot, though some small market Fox affiliates outsource their newscasts to a Big Three station in the market (either situation may change in the future as more Fox stations start their own news divisions). In some smaller markets with [[Duopoly#Broadcasting|duopolies]], the Fox affiliate usually airs a 10 PM newscast from a sister station, such as [[Youngstown, Ohio]] where [[CBS]] affiliate [[WKBN-TV|WKBN]] airs a 10 PM newscast on its sister station, Fox affiliate [[WYFX-LP|WYFX]] . Upstart Fox local news divisions do not run a full slate of newscasts (i.e., morning, midday, early and late evening newscasts plus news on weekend evenings and possibly weekend mornings), instead starting with a 10 p.m. newscast then gradually adding other newscasts.

The largest market with a Fox affiliate that airs no news whatsoever is [[Buffalo, New York]], where [[WUTV]] has long opted for sitcom reruns instead; that station is within range of the [[Toronto]] area and targets [[Southern Ontario]] heavily with their programs and advertising instead of launching a news operation in an area with heavy news coverage already from other stations in Buffalo, [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] and Toronto.

==Criticism==
===Quick cancellations===
{{Citations missing|section|date=May 2007}}
Despite its popularity, Fox has also come under fire from many quarters, especially from fans of sci-fi/fantasy television. This stems from the perceived premature cancellation of several series which had vocal and active fan bases, but low ratings, like ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', ''[[Wonderfalls]]'' and ''[[Fastlane]]''. The cancellations of animated series ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]'' were also criticized; in the former's case, the program was picked up again in 2005, while the latter series was revived for 2008 on [[Comedy Central]] (who also acquired the rerun rights from [[Adult Swim]] on September 2007). Fox was also heavily criticized on its decision to cancel the critically acclaimed ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', which in 2004 gave the network its first comedy [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] in many years. The show was in discussions to be picked up by [[Showtime]] or ABC, but producers decided not to pursue continuing the series.

The network's justification for canceling these programs has generally been poor ratings. Fans of these programs respond by pointing toward critical praise and dedicated core fan followings, and blame the ratings on inconvenient time slots, poor advertising or illogical broadcasting. For example, the [[Television pilot|pilot episode]] of ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', traditionally aired first as an introduction to characters and storylines, was the last episode aired by Fox. Most other episodes of ''Firefly'' were aired out of production and storyline order. Another often-cited example is the 1990s series ''[[Sliders]]'', which faced similar problems on Fox.

In more recent years, the first two episodes of ''[[Drive (TV series)|Drive]]'' were aired on a Sunday, and the third episode was aired the next day against ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' and ''[[Deal or No Deal (US game show)|Deal or No Deal]]''. Fox canceled ''Drive'' after only four episodes and the last two complete episodes were shown online. Further inflaming fans, Fox has promised to air remaining episodes of shows and then failed to follow through on these promises.<ref>[http://www.whedon.info/Nathan-Fillion-Drive-Tv-Series,22875.html Nathan Fillion - "Drive" Tv Series - Final episodes won't air<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===News===
{{Main|Fox News Channel controversies}}
In 1997, Fox-owned station [[WTVT]] in [[Tampa, Florida]], fired two reporters, [[Jane Akre]] and [[Steve Wilson (broadcaster)|Steve Wilson]], who had refused instructions from superiors to revise a story on [[Bovine Growth Hormone|bovine growth hormone]] in ways that the reporters saw as being in conflict with the facts, and had threatened to report Fox to the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]. The reporters sued under a [[Florida]] [[whistleblower]] law. A jury ruled that Fox had indeed ordered the reporters to distort the facts. Fox successfully appealed against judgment on the grounds that its [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] rights to freedom of speech and press protected it from such litigation, and that the FCC's policy against distortion of news was not a sufficiently significant rule for its breach to invoke the whistleblower law.<ref>[http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/11.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.foxbghsuit.com foxBGHsuit<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In 2006, a number of Fox affiliates said that they would refuse to air [[O.J. Simpson]]'s two-night interview special with [[Judith Regan]], ''[[If I Did It|If I Did It, Here's How It Happened]]'', scheduled for [[November 27]] and 29, citing overwhelmingly negative viewer feedback. With other major affiliate groups reportedly threatening to pull their stations as well, Fox pulled the special a week before its airdate.

===Clip sharing websites===
Fox has also been criticized for issuing takedown notices to websites that link to copyrighted Fox TV shows and clips.<ref>
{{cite news
| first = Cory
| last = Doctorow
| title = Fox commits copyright fraud
| url = http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/01/fox_commits_copyrigh.html
| work = BoingBoing
| date = [[2006-12-01]]
| accessdate = 2006-12-07
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| first = Cory
| last = Doctorow
| title = Fake "no-linking" copyright law breaks Wikipedia
| url = http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/02/fake_nolinking_copyr.html
| work = BoingBoing
| date = [[2006-12-02]]
| accessdate = 2006-12-07
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| first = IPTV
| last = Guy
| title = TV Show Directory QuickSilverScreen.com Threatened by Fox
| url = http://www.webtvwire.com/tv-show-directory-quicksilverscreencom-threatened-by-fox/
| work = Web TV Wire
| date = [[2006-12-07]]
| accessdate = 2006-12-07
}}</ref> The law on linking liability is currently considered a grey area.

===Indecency===
Controversy surrounded the network in 2002 and 2003 over obscenities, expressed respectively by [[Cher]] and [[Nicole Richie]], aired live on the network's broadcasts of the [[Billboard Music Awards]] on its affiliates in the [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|Eastern]] and [[Central Time Zone|Central]] Time Zones despite the use of five-second audio delays; the obscenities were all edited out on broadcasts in the [[Mountain Time Zone]] and westward.<ref>Parloff, Roger. [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402363/index.htm Bleep Deprivation]. ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'': [[March 19]], [[2007]].</ref> Both of the obscene instances were condemned by the [[Parents Television Council]]<ref>{{cite press release
| title = Fox Awards Show Crosses Decency Line
| publisher = [[Parents Television Council]]
| date= 2003-12-11
| url = http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2003/1211.asp
| accessdate = 2007-12-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| last = Bozell
| first = L. Brent III
| authorlink = L. Brent Bozell III
| coauthors =
| title = Fast-Flying F-Words
| work =
| publisher = [[Parents Television Council]]
| date= 2003-12-19
| url =http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/lbbcolumns/2003/1219.asp
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2007-12-08 }}</ref> and named by them among the worst instances on television from 2001 to 2004.<ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/clips/WorstClips.asp TV's Worst Clips, 2001-2004]. [[Parents Television Council]]</ref> PTC members filed tens of thousands of complaints to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] over the broadcasts. The Fox network's subsequent apology was labeled a "sham" by PTC president [[L. Brent Bozell III]], who argued that Fox could have easily used audio delay to edit out the obscene language.<ref>{{cite press release
| title = PTC Calls FOX Apology a Sham
| publisher = [[Parents Television Council]]
| date= 2003-12-12
| url =http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2003/1212.asp
| accessdate = 2007-12-08 }}</ref> As the FCC was investigating the broadcasts, in 2004, Fox announced that it would begin extending live broadcast delays to 5 minutes from its standard 5 or 10 seconds to more easily be able to edit out obscenities uttered over the air.<ref>[http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2004/jan04/jan26/2_tues/news7tuesday.html Fox mulls 5-minute delay to squash dirty words]. ''Media Life Magazine'': [[January 27]], [[2004]].</ref> In June 2007, in the case ''Fox et al. v. Federal Communications Commission'', 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 the Fox network because the obscenities in the Billboard awards shows were merely fleeting, but the FCC eventually decided to appeal the Second Circuit Court's finding.<ref>Labaton, Stephen. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/business/media/05decency.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5124&en=d652318357a79783&ex=1338782400&partner=newsvine&exprod=newsvine Court Rebuffs F.C.C. on Fines for Indecency] (page 2 of 2). ''[[The New York Times]]'': [[June 5]], [[2007]]</ref> ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'' has reported that the FCC might makes its final decision regarding the broadcasts by January 2008.<ref>Eggerton, John. [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6509119.html Supreme Court Extends Deadline for Profane Responses]. ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'': [[December 3]], [[2007]].</ref> Subsequently, the network was given another month's extension to respond to the FCC's petition for the [[United States Supreme Court]] to reconsider its decision to invalidate the FCC's indecency findings of the awards shows.<ref>Eggerton, John. [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6514716.html?rssid=193 Fox Gets Extension From Supremes On Profane Response]. ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'': [[December 20]], [[2007]]</ref>

The [[Parents Television Council]] has criticized many popular FOX shows for perceived indecent content, such as ''[[American Dad]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'',<ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/shows/main.asp?shwid=504 FAMILY GUY - Parents Television Council Family TV Guide Show Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''[[Hell's Kitchen (US TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]'',<ref>http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/shows/main.asp?shwid=2332</ref> ''[[Married...With Children]]'',<ref>[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/top10bestandworst/97top/main.asp PTC list of Best and Worst shows of the 1996-97 TV season]</ref> ''[[Prison Break]]'', and ''[[That '70s Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web| last = Bowling| first = Aubree| title = Worst Family Show of the Week - "That '70s Show"| publisher = [[Parents Television Council]]| date= 2003-06-08| url = http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2003/0608worst.asp| accessdate = 2007-08-04 }}</ref> The Council sometimes has gone even as far as to file complaints with the [[Federal Communications Commission]] regarding indecent content within Fox programming, having done so for ''That '70s Show''<ref>[http://parentstv.org/PTC/action/70s/content.htm Content from the [[March 24]], 2004 episode of "That '70s Show"]</ref> and ''[[Married By America]]'', having successfully been able to make the FCC fine the Fox network nearly $1&nbsp;million for ''[[Married by America]]''.<ref>{{cite press release
| title = FCC Fine of FOX's "Married by America" a Victory for America's Families
| publisher = Parents Television Council
| date= 2004-10-12
| url = http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/release/2004/1012.asp
| accessdate = 2007-08-04 }}</ref> Also, Fox programming has been chosen by the PTC for its weekly "Worst TV Show of the Week" feature more often than programming from any other broadcast network.<ref>Fox "Worst of the Week" articles by [[Parents Television Council]] during the middle of 2004:
* [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2004/0606worst.asp June 6, 2004]: ''[[Oliver Beene]]''
* [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2004/0620worst.asp June 20, 2004]: ''[[The Casino]]''
* [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2004/0627worst.asp June 27, 2004]: ''[[The Simple Life 2]]''
* [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2004/0704worst.asp July 4, 2004]: ''[[Quintuplets]]''
* [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2004/0711worst.asp July 11, 2004]: ''[[Method and Red]]''
* [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2004/0808worst.asp August 8, 2004]: ''[[Quintuplets]]''
* [http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2004/0815worst.asp August 15, 2004]: ''[[The Casino]]''</ref>

===Sports===
{{Citations missing|date=February 2007}}
{{main|NFL on FOX|Major League Baseball on FOX|NHL on FOX}}

Since the network bought the rights to post-season baseball coverage, Fox has received criticism from non-baseball fans for not airing first-run original programming during October. (Baseball fans point out that there are plenty of other broadcast and cable networks available on every TV package that do show original scripted programming.) For the majority of the years that Fox has aired baseball, the network started the season for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and other shows in November. In 2005, Fox started its season in September, took the month of October off to show the [[Major League Baseball]] playoffs, and resumed non-baseball programming in November. (In 2007, Fox no longer has rights to League Division Series games, and has only one League Championship Series per year.) Both approaches have drawn criticism. Fox Sports has also received criticism from sports fans of bias toward teams in certain conferences, especially during the [[Super Bowl]] and the [[World Series]], usually the [[National Football Conference]] in football (due to the fact that Fox owns the rights to NFC games) and the [[American League]], especially the [[New York Yankees]] and [[Boston Red Sox]], in baseball. Fox rarely shows teams from outside the top-10 media markets during the regular season.

Among baseball enthusiasts, Fox's coverage of Major League Baseball is often criticized. Many cite "whooshing" sound effects to accompany on-screen graphics, the use of [[Scooter (talking baseball)|Scooter]], a talking baseball created with the intent of teaching the younger audience the difference between pitches, and even announcers [[Tim McCarver]], [[Joe Buck]], and [[Jeanne Zelasko]] as reasons for their disdain (even though McCarver used to be an analyst at [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]] and [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]] before he worked at Fox). Other purists are critical of Fox's rapid-fire switching of screen shots, complaining that it is not well-suited to the pace of baseball.

Fox's [[National Hockey League]] coverage drew the ire of some hockey fans due to [[FoxTrax]], a computer-generated "glowing" effect around the puck, which was intended to help casual fans keep up with the action. Ostensibly, it did not work, as the network chose not to match [[ESPN]] and [[ABC Sports]]' five-year, $600-million contract with the NHL in August 1998. Fox did not retain FoxTrax for its final season of coverage.

Fans of the series ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' also criticized Fox, because during the football season, Fox would finish the scheduled game, but then cut to another game running over schedule, then do the postgame show, frequently eating into ''Malcolm'''s timeslot in the Eastern United States. This resulted in a ratings drop that would later lead to the series' cancellation. This is the same fate previously met by ''[[Futurama]]''.

Fox is credited with a major graphics innovation in televised sports. Originally known as the Fox Box, a nearly omni-present graphic featuring the score and pertinent information, most notably the position of base-runners, count on the batter, score, inning and pitch speed in baseball; time remaining, score, down, possession and penalty flag indicators for football. Originally presented as a box in an upper corner of the screen (hence the term Fox Box), it is now generally seen as a strip imposed over the picture at the top of the screen. Other networks have adopted the scheme, which allows fans an instant and constant graphic insight into the progress and status of a game, as opposed to the prior practice which saw graphical references to scores and time remaining presented mainly at critical junctures or leading into commercial breaks. The scoring banner design is also used by other Fox owned sports operations, such as [[Fox Sports Net]] and the [[Big Ten Network]].

*All times given in the [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]] and [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]] Time Zones.

== Network slogans ==
{{AdSlogan}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Slogan
|-
| 1986/1987
| ''Don't Let Fox Weekend Pass You By''
|-
| 1988
| ''This is the Year''
|-
| 1990
| ''It's on Fox''
|-
| 1992
| ''You're Watching Fox''
|-
| 1993
| ''Fox: You're Watching It''
|-
| 1994
| ''It Could Only Happen on Fox''
|-
| 1994
| ''The Spirit of Fox''/''We're Gonna Keep it on Fox''
|-
| 1995
| ''Cool Like Us''
|-
| 1996
| ''Non-Stop Fox''
|-
| 1997
| ''Just One Fox''
|-
| 2002
| ''FOX NOW''
|-
| 2006
| ''Fox 20 Years''
|-
| 2007
| ''Fox On''
|-
| 2008
| ''SO FOX''
|}

== Logos ==
Over the years, the Fox Broadcasting Company has used a few logos, most of which have the familiar trademark [[searchlight]]s on either side of "FOX".

In 1986, the year of its inaugurating television service, Fox got its first official logo, which was based on 20th Century Fox's longtime logo with the noted difference being that the only wording in the logo was the "FOX" in capital letters. It also contained the signature Fox searchlights and the double-pane platform under the "FOX" typing (Fox Movie Channel currently uses a logo also modeled after the 20th Century Fox logo).

In 1993, the original logo was dropped in favor for a modernized version, this time removing the searchlights and became a multi-paned rectangle with two panes under and an extra pane above the "FOX" typing. This logo introduced a slightly modified version of the current typeface for the "FOX" logo. The logo was revised again in 1996, made as a modified version of the 1986-1993 logo with the current "FOX" typing. It reintroduced the searchlights placed behind the network name.

The logo was again revised in 1997, removing the panes underneath the network name, but leaving the searchlights. The current version of the logo was introduced in 1999 when the 20th Century Fox searchlights were removed completely and only the network name was visible. Despite this, the searchlight theme remains an integral part of News Corporation's Fox branding efforts, still seen in the Fox News Channel logo, and in the new universal station logo utilized by the FTSG stations, those former Fox stations sold to [[Local TV LLC]], and several of [[Tribune Broadcasting]]'s Fox stations. The older 1996-1997 Fox logo with searchlights is still used by many of the network's affiliates in their logos, and the searchlights were seen in [[FX (TV network)|FX]]'s logo until a rebranding effort in 2008.

<gallery perrow="4">
Image:FOX86.jpg|FOX's first logo, from 1986-1987.
Image:FOX87.jpg|FOX's second logo from 1987-1988.
Image:FOX87a.jpg|FOX's second logo from 1987, for its [[owned-and-operated]] stations, the "[[Fox Television Stations Group]]".
Image:FOX88.jpg|FOX's logo from 1988-1994.
Image:FOX94.jpg|FOX's logo from 1994-1995. The ''O'' started in 1993 and still appears today.
Image:FOX95.jpg|FOX's logo from 1995-1996.
Image:FOX97.jpg|FOX's logo from 1996-1999, but some FOX affiliates still use this logo.
Image:FOX wordmark.svg|FOX's current logo, from 1999-present.
</gallery>

=== Alternative Logos ===

In addition, a green version of the logo in late April 2008 featured the ''O'' in the logo replaced with either a leaf inside a circle, or a globe with the Western Hemisphere in profile, in conjunction with the network's [[Earth Day]] campaign. During holiday periods, the Fox ''O'' has also been replaced with a [[jack-o'-lantern]] for [[Halloween]], a globe [[Christmas ornament]] for that holiday, and the week before the [[2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]], a [[baseball]]. Also, in 2007, the ''F'' and the ''X'' in "FOX" were displayed in a yellow color and the ''O'' was in the shape of a pink [[donut]] to coincide with the release of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' to [[movie theater]]s.

The week prior to the [[NFL on FOX]]'s season premiere featured the show's logo as the bug, and below it with the text "Returns Sept. 7".

== See also ==

* [[20th Century Fox]]
* [[Friday night death slot]]
* [[Fox cartoons]]
* [[Fox Sports]]
* [[List of Fox television affiliates (by U.S. state)|List of Fox affiliates, arranged by state]]
* [[List of Fox television affiliates (table)|List of Fox affiliates, arranged by market]]
* [[List of programs broadcast by Fox]]
* [[List of United States television networks]]
* [[Fox Kids]]
* [[4Kids TV]]
* [[Fox Television Stations]]
* [[Fox Sports Net]]
* [[FOX8]]
* [[Foxtel]]
* [[Fox Movie Channel]]

== References ==

* Alex Ben. Block (1990), ''[[Outfoxed (book)|Outfoxed]]'' ISBN 0-312-03904-2
* [[Daniel M. Kimmel]] (2004), ''[[The Fourth Network]]'' ISBN 1-56663-572-1

== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==

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* [http://www.fox.com/ Fox website]

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Revision as of 05:45, 11 October 2008

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What to do

Thursday, October 9, 2008

  • Thanks to The New York Times who finally removed up-to-the-minute U.S. stock market performance from the top of their home page. When the Web made it possible, some people quit their jobs to become day traders, but that profession is out of scope for most people, including, I hope, the U.S. Treasury department and the Federal Reserve.
  • Added a non-primary source to Ryan Singel so it is safe from deletion. Three things. According to Wikipedia, the U.S. federal government doesn't like him or Wired News. Second, according to Mr. Singel, the U.S. federal department of commerce is asking for comments on DNSSEC, which ICANN would like to administer, VeriSign would like to administer and I forget who else. Respectfully, without this Wired News article, I don't know how anyone would know that the U.S. Department of Commerce is asking for input.[1] Third, some days Google results are really poor. A couple, three pages of blogs about a blogger isn't enough of a source to keep an article in Wikipedia.
  • Ars Technica, IDG's NetworkWorld, and ZDNet published stories. But at the time the Federal Register might have been the only place other than Wired, at least according to the Google News index which sometimes omits things.
  • If the Web lasts another twenty years this might matter. By then its building blocks HTML, URIs and HTTP could be a thing of the past.

References

  1. ^ "Press Release: NTIA Seeks Public Comments for the Deployment of Security Technology Within the Internet Domain Name System" (Press release). National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. October 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
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