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The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. It is owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
It was launched on October 9, 1986 as "FBC" (for "Fox Broadcasting Company") with a late-night talk show program, The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers , a year after News Corporation purchased TCF Holdings , the parent company of the 20th Century Fox movie studio. The seed Fox stations were a chain of television stations purchased by News Corp. from John Kluge's company, Metromedia, in mid- 1986.
The network did not have a significant market share until the 1990s when News Corp. bought more TV station groups, including New World Communications , Chris-Craft Industries, BHC Communications and United Television , making it the largest owner of television stations in the country. Fox became a major competitor to the "big three" broadcast networks ( ABC, CBS, and NBC) in 1994 after it outbid longtime rights owner CBS to broadcast National Conference games of the National Football LeagueFor other uses of the abbreviation "NFL," see NFL (disambiguation). The National Football League NFL is the largest and most popular professional American football league in the world, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities. The league was fo. The rights gave Fox many new viewers (and affiliates) and a platform for advertising its other shows. Fox later acquired rights to broadcast games of the National Hockey LeagueNHL can also denote Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma The National Hockey League (French: Ligue Nationale de Hockey is a professional sports organization composed of ice hockey teams in Canada and the United States. History The National Hockey League, as it exists t (in 1995) and Major League BaseballMajor League Baseball MLB is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. More specifically, Major League Baseball ("MLB") refers to the entity that operates North America's two top leagues, the National League and the American Lea (in 1996), and NASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing NASCAR was cofounded by William H. France and Ed Otto in 1948 in the USA. Officially incorporated on February 21, its purpose was to organize and promote the sport of stock car racing on sanctioned high-s auto races (in 2000).
The Fox network is home to the longest-running sitcom and animated series in American television history, The SimpsonsHomer, Marge, Maggie, Santa's Little Helper, Bart, Snowball II, and Lisa. The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series and sitcom series in U. television history, with 16 seasons and 338 episodes since its debut on December 17, 1989.. It is also credited with launching the careers of such Hollywood stars as Jim CarreyJames Eugene Carrey (originally Carre) (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian/ American film actor, comedian, writer and producer who was born and grew up in the Toronto suburb of Newmarket, Ontario. He is best known for his manic, slapstick performances i, Ben StillerBen Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and film director. He is possibly best known for his roles in the films Meet the Parents and There's Something About Mary''. Stiller is son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, who are both and Ashton Kutcher.
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