Fox Television Network

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Fox television network

Fox television network is a television network based in the United States and a subsidiary of News Corporation, a part of Rupert Murdoch's group of companies. The Fox television network was launched in October , but groundwork began in March when News Corporation purchased % (for $ million) of TCF Holdings – the mother company of th Century Fox movie studio. News Corporation decided to purchase the rest of the studio six months later for $ million. By its launching date, Fox Television Network aired live on late night with the talk show "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers". On its launching, it was broadcast to stations and reached around % of the households nationwide.

Fox since until today Since its launching, the Fox Television Network wanted to establish itself as a youth-oriented network. The first primetime show that started airing on April , on Sunday nights were two comedy programs, "Married… with Children" and a variety series "The Tracey Ullman Show". The former was about a dysfunctional family, which immediately became a hit and aired for seasons. "The Tracey Ullman Show" meanwhile spawned into the longest-running animated series "The Simpsons" that first aired in up to at least the whole year of .

Most of the Fox Television Network's longest-running programs first set on air a couple years after its launching. "America's Most Wanted" and "Cops" were both reality shows that served as documentaries of police officers' daily activities. As of this year, both reality shows are still being actively produced.

It was in the mid 's that the Fox Television Network started producing soap opera dramas, which became huge hits. Shows like Beverly Hills , Party of Five, and Melrose Place quickly had a huge following among younger audiences. "The X-Files" that debuted in late would become the first series of the network to break in Nielsen's year-end Top .

The Fox also produced other comedy series including "In Living Color", which help launch the careers of comedy superstars Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jamie Foxx, and Jennifer Lopez. Other sitcoms patronized by millions of viewers in the late 's were Ally Mcbeal and That 's Show (the network's second longest-running sitcom).

Today, the Fox Television Network reaches to about .% of households in the U.S. It swept the whole month of February in (one of its milestones) as a result of the broadcast of "Super Bowl XXXIX" and also because of the huge following of the talent reality show "American Idol".

Other Fox Television Network affiliates include the Fox News Channel, Fox Sports, Kids TV, Fox Kids, Fox Pay-Per-View, and Fox Home Entertainment. Twentieth Century Fox is also an affiliate of the television network but involves films production.