Fox Network television history

The Fox TV Network story was not all smooth. It was launched in October 1986 after the parent company of 20th Century Fox, TCF Holdings sold 50% of its 250 million shares of News Corporation for $ 1985. New Corporation then bought six television stations in several cities by Metromedia. At that time, stations have bought broadcasts on nearly 22% of households in the United States. Once started broadcasting, as Fox is the year 198680% have been achieved. However, this was not enough to be considered together with the other three major networks ABC into account, CBS and NBC, which was built more than 97%. Fox was still in its infancy at this point, and although he had many projects in the pipeline, was sent only an exhibition - The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers.

The network was accused of having a young and slightly irreverent perspective in programming and was soon broadcast shows like "Married ... With Children" and "The Tracey UllmanShow '. It was not long before "The Simpsons" was born and this was the situation comedy longest running animated series and will be in the history of American television. Fox TV Network history was made.

"America's Most Wanted" was the next big success story in the history of the Fox television network and was the first show to make it into the Top 50 shows of the week, doing all the important Nielsen ratings. The show is still in the hit prime time. Although Fox was on the road tois recognized as a network of stations of a higher order than with the other three major was still difficult.

All this changed when, in 1993, Fox won the National Football League contract coverage. Until then, it had the rights from CBS, where he had found a home since 1950. After only one season of NFL coverage, Fox should be considered alongside CBS, ABC and NBC ... The Big Three "big four" had become. Around the same time, Fox began broadcasting the soap opera on any courtyounger audiences, and were very popular from the outset. Shows like "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Melrose Place was an important part of the Fox network, but they were publicly beaten by 'X-Files." This was the ticket for the Top 25 goals in Nielson ratings schedule.

Since then, the history of the Fox Network television shows like "Family Guy" "King of the Hill" and many reality shows like "Joe Millionaire." Such shows are not populareach and some have considered the transmission knocking tasteless. But the end of the first series of "Joe Millionaire" has been seen by over 40 million people. The numbers speak for themselves. Fox has always been an entertainment channel has been since. It's never been good news reporting in disguise, but found his niche, where fun and illuminates the lives of millions of viewers in the United States.

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