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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, 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 ABC and 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.
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| Year | Slogan |
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| 1987 | Don't Let Fox Weekend Pass You By |
| 1988 | This is the Year |
| 1990 | It's On 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 |
| 2007 | Fox on |
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Logos
Over the years, the Fox Broadcasting Company has used a few logos, most of which have the familiar trademark searchlights on either side of "FOX".
 FOX's first logo, from 1986-1987. |
 FOX's second logo from 1987-1988. |
 FOX's second logo from 1987, for its owned-and-operated stations, the "Fox Television Stations Group". |
 FOX's logo from 1988-1994. |
 FOX's logo from 1994-1995. The O started in 1994 and still appears today. |
 FOX's logo from 1995-1996. |
 FOX's logo from 1996-1999. Now it's the alternate logo from 2000-present |
 FOX's current logo, from 1999-present. |
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 and a globe Christmas ornament for that holiday.
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See also
- 20th Century Fox
- Friday night death slot
- Fox cartoons
- Fox Sports
- List of Fox affiliates, arranged by state
- 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
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References
- Alex Ben. Block (1990), Outfoxed ISBN 0-312-03904-2
- Daniel M. Kimmel (2004), The Fourth Network ISBN 1-56663-572-1
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Footnotes
- ^ The DuMont Television Network: Channel Nine
- ^ Fox Network Schedules April 1987–May 1990
- ^ "Mr. President" (1987)
- ^ "Women in Prison" (1987)
- ^ "Second Chance" (1987)
- ^ David Cook Wasn't the Only Winner on Wednesday, as 'Idol' Ratings Spike
- ^ Official Website : Where To Watch?
- ^ UCLA TV Violence Monitoring Project: Operating Premises and Stipulations
- ^ FOX to Take on Daytime TV?: Network to Enter Soap Business
- ^ Idol finalist Tucker Born for Fox pilot | Entertainment | Reuters
- ^ [htttp://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-tuckerbornintheusa,0,6752781.story]
- ^ Tubewad - Television Idol Wannabe to Join "Born In The USA"
- ^ Shows A-Z - born in the usa on fox | TheFutonCritic.com
- ^ Breaking News - Development Update: Wednesday-Thursday, April 4-5 | TheFutonCritic.com
- ^ Former 'American Idol 5' finalist Lisa Tucker cast in Fox drama pilot - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs
- ^ Lisa might appear on a TV series on FOX :: Lisa Tucker « idolforums.com
- ^ Soappipe : Blogging the Business of Soaps w/ Ben Bryant: 'EASTENDERS'-inspired 'BORN IN THE USA' revving up for FOX
- ^ 2007-08 pilot orders: Fox
- ^ Christensen, Cross journey to CBS' 'Hell'
- ^ Born in the USA (2007) (TV)
- ^ Nathan Fillion - "Drive" Tv Series - Final episodes won't air
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- ^ foxBGHsuit
- ^ Doctorow, Cory. "Fox commits copyright fraud", BoingBoing, 2006-12-01. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
- ^ Doctorow, Cory. "Fake "no-linking" copyright law breaks Wikipedia", BoingBoing, 2006-12-02. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
- ^ Guy, IPTV. "TV Show Directory QuickSilverScreen.com Threatened by Fox", Web TV Wire, 2006-12-07. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.
- ^ Parloff, Roger. Bleep Deprivation. Fortune: March 19, 2007.
- ^ Parents Television Council (2003-12-11). "Fox Awards Show Crosses Decency Line". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ Bozell, L. Brent III (2003-12-19). Fast-Flying F-Words. Parents Television Council. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ TV's Worst Clips, 2001-2004. Parents Television Council
- ^ Parents Television Council (2003-12-12). "PTC Calls FOX Apology a Sham". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ Fox mulls 5-minute delay to squash dirty words. Media Life Magazine: January 27, 2004.
- ^ Labaton, Stephen. Court Rebuffs F.C.C. on Fines for Indecency (page 2 of 2). The New York Times: June 5, 2007
- ^ Eggerton, John. Supreme Court Extends Deadline for Profane Responses. Broadcasting & Cable: December 3, 2007.
- ^ Eggerton, John. Fox Gets Extension From Supremes On Profane Response. Broadcasting & Cable: December 20, 2007
- ^ FAMILY GUY - Parents Television Council Family TV Guide Show Page
- ^ http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/shows/main.asp?shwid=2332
- ^ PTC list of Best and Worst shows of the 1996-97 TV season
- ^ Bowling, Aubree (2003-06-08). Worst Family Show of the Week - "That '70s Show". Parents Television Council. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
- ^ Content from the March 24, 2004 episode of "That '70s Show"
- ^ Parents Television Council (2004-10-12). "FCC Fine of FOX's "Married by America" a Victory for America's Families". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
- ^ Fox "Worst of the Week" articles by Parents Television Council during the middle of 2004:
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