FOX

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FOX

Founded	October 9, 1986
President	Kevin Reilly
Company	Fox Entertainment Group
Current Popular Series	24 American Idol COPS House, M.D. The Simpsons

FOX is an American broadcast television network. It was founded on October 9, 1986, and is the fifth of the nation-wide terrestrial networks, succeeding NBC, CBS, ABC, and the defunct Dumont Network.

1 History
2 In-Depth
3 Current Shows (2009-2010 Season)
- 3.1 Primetime
- 3.2 Non-Primetime
4 Current Primetime Schedule
5 Current Non-Primetime Schedule
6 External Sites

[edit] History

The Fox Broadcasting Company (regularly shortened to just FOX) is a national television network in the United States owned by the Fox Entertainment Company and, by proxy, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. The network spent twenty years building a reputation to rival the big three (ABC, NBC and CBS) national networks, beginning in March 1985 when Murdoch purchased half of 20th Century Fox studios only to buy the rest of the studio six months later. However, although the groundwork for the network began 1985, FOX wasn't officially launched until October 9, 1986 when the network began broadcast to 96 stations nationwide (comparatively, the big three had between 210 and 215 broadcast stations). Although the network was available in 80% of all homes, the only series broadcast was The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers.

FOX became the iconoclast in comparison to its competition, preferring to target young, hip audiences rather than the older demographic which the big three had appealed to because of familiarity. On April 5, 1987 the network premiered its first primetime shows: Married... with Children and The Tracy Ullman Show. By 1993, FOX expanded into a full week schedule of primetime shows. But, their mark wasn't made on the industry until the early 1990s when Murdoch's News Corporation bought up more television station groups and outbid CBS for the rights to show NFC games of football. As the years went on, the network created more and more original programming targeted towards younger audiences, expanding into drama (The X-Files, Beverly Hills 90210, The O.C.), animation (The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, King of the Hill), sketch comedy (In Living Color, The Ben Stiller Show, MADtv) and sitcoms (Malcolm in the Middle, That 70's Show, Arrested Development). Currently, the network can be seen in approximately 96.18% of all U.S. households.

[edit] In-Depth

Program Listing: A complete listing of shows aired on FOX.

[edit] Current Shows (2009-2010 Season)

[edit] Primetime

Scripted Series

24 (Season 8) (mid-season)
American Dad (Season 5)
Bones (Season 5)
Brothers (Season 1)
The Cleveland Show (Season 1)
Dollhouse (Season 2)
Family Guy (Season 8)
Fringe (Season 2)
Glee (Season 1)
House, M.D. (Season 6)
Human Target (Season 1) (mid-season)
Lie to Me (Season 2)
Past Life (Season 1) (mid-season)
The Simpsons (Season 21)
Sons of Tucson (Season 1) (mid-season)
'Til Death (Season 2)

Non-scripted Series

American Idol (Season 9) (mid-season)
America's Most Wanted (Season 23)
COPS (Season 22)
Hell's Kitchen (Season 6)
Kitchen Nightmares (Season 3) (mid-season)
So You Think You Can Dance (Season 6)

More to Love (limbo)

[edit] Non-Primetime

Daytime Dramas

Daytime News

FOX News Sunday

Daytime Talk / Game / Reality Shows

Late Night Shows

The Wanda Sykes Show (Season 1) (premiere on November 7, 2009)

Saturday Morning Children Shows

[edit] Current Primetime Schedule

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30
Monday			House, M.D.		Lie to Me
Tuesday			So You Think You Can Dance
Wednesday			So You Think You Can Dance		Glee
Thursday			Bones		Fringe
Friday			Bones (repeats)		House, M.D. (repeats)
Saturday			COPS	COPS (repeats)	America's Most Wanted
Sunday	Brothers or The O.T. (Football Post Game Show)	Comedy Repeats or Brothers	The Simpsons	The Cleveland Show	Family Guy	American Dad

[edit] Current Non-Primetime Schedule

[edit] Morning

Day	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00	11:30
Saturday			Weekend Marketplace
Sunday	FOX News Sunday

[edit] Afternoon and Evening

FOX airs various sports on Saturday and Sunday afternoon throughout the year including MLB on FOX, NFL on FOX, BCS on FOX and NASCAR on FOX. FOX has no weekday network programming outside of primetime.