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123-445: Actors who have appeared in two or more instalments of the franchise include: Sarah Paulson ; Cuba Gooding Jr. ; Connie Britton ; Darren Criss ; Finn Wittrock ; Jon Jon Briones ; Billy Eichner ; Matt Bomer , who directed an episode of American Crime Story ; Kaia Gerber ; Naomi Grossman ; Chad James Buchanan ; John Carroll Lynch ; Dylan McDermott ; Charles Melton ; Billie Lourd ; Jamie Brewer ; Naomi Campbell who appears in

246-494: A "House Call" campaign, in which viewers at home could sign up and come face-to-face with a character from the series. Prior to the series premiere, FX released several clues to shine light on the series. They were offered on the show's official YouTube channel. Ten clues were released. In September 2011, FX launched a website which allows visitors to tour the Murder House throughout the decades and look for clues. In August 2012,

369-515: A 2016 interview with critic Alan Sepinwall that "I cannot think of a more painful moment of my career than the one when I defined Terriers as a failure by canceling it." On October 1, 2010, parent company News Corporation (which spun off FX and the company's other U.S.-based entertainment properties to 21st Century Fox in July 2013) pulled its channels from Dish Network due to a carriage dispute over retransmission consent revenue. FX returned to

492-560: A September 2018 interview with Variety of the Disney-Fox deal, Landgraf said, "I think this is a necessary step. I have curiosity and a bit of anxiety about how it will work, but I'm really excited about it. On April 8, 2019, FX Networks had acquired off-network rights to Family Guy , starting with its sixteenth season and Bob's Burgers , starting with its ninth season. Family Guy began airing on FXX on April 16, 2019, while Bob's Burgers made its debut on September 24, 2019. FXX shares

615-535: A circus freak show . She returned for the fifth season, subtitled Hotel , in the role of Hypodermic Sally, the ghost of a drug addict trapped in a Hollywood hotel. For her roles in Freak Show and Hotel she received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2014 and 2016. She also reprised the character of Billie Dean Howard in

738-632: A comedy series starring Elijah Wood . It is based on the Australian series Wilfred . In March 2010, the channel debuted Justified , a drama series created by Graham Yost based on Elmore Leonard 's short story "Fire in the Hole" (which was the series' original working title ). It starred Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens – a tough, soft-spoken lawman with a rough side – and chronicles his cases and personal life, including unfinished business with an ex-wife and his aging father. FX also picked up

861-548: A competition was set up where fans who donated to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles could get a chance to get a walk-on role in an episode, and lunch with Evan Peters. On August 16, 2016, FX announced a deal had been struck to feature an American Horror Story maze at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando for their Halloween Horror Nights events. The maze featured sets and themes from Murder House , Freak Show , and Hotel . Universal Parks & Resorts said of

984-585: A critical and commercial success, having aired for seven seasons as of 2014 . In 2010, the series attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it FX ' s highest rated series to date. Other new shows that premiered in 2008 included the Kenny Hotz comedy Testees , which debuted in October 2008 and was cancelled after its first season. In August 2008, FX relaunched its website, adding streaming of full episodes of its original shows. In 2009, reruns of

1107-502: A flashback sequence in a season-six episode. She then played Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film Game Change (2012), based on events of the 2008 U.S. presidential election campaign . For her performance, she earned Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. In the spring of 2010, she starred in the Donald Margulies play Collected Stories alongside Linda Lavin at

1230-622: A major force in original pay-TV programming, gaining both acclaim and notoriety for edgy dramas. That year, FX debuted the police drama The Shield , which became a breakout hit. This trend continued the following year with Nip/Tuck , a drama about two plastic surgeons, and the Denis Leary -helmed Rescue Me , about the lives of a crew of firemen from the New York City Fire Department post- 9/11 . Both shows were lauded by critics, and achieved equal success with viewers. Rescue Me

1353-485: A new horror theme, each season of American Crime Story focuses on a new true crime story. On May 11, 2020, Murphy revealed that a spin-off series named American Horror Stories was being developed; it will feature self-contained anthological episodes, instead of a season-long story arc as featured in American Horror Story . It was set to air on FX . On August 13, 2021, it was announced that FX had ordered

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1476-517: A new spin-off limited series American Sports Story . The first installment, based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. from The Boston Globe and Wondery , focuses on the rise and fall of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez . On the same day, it was announced that FX had ordered a new spin-off series American Love Story . The first installment will depict the whirlwind courtship and marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy . Four television series make up

1599-468: A part of this plan, fX became the national home for Fox Sports programming over the next few years. The first incarnation of fX was not available on Time Warner Cable , one of the major cable systems in New York City, where its programming originated. TWC would not carry the channel until September 2001. The live shows gradually disappeared one by one until only Personal fX remained. Breakfast Time

1722-1027: A record total of 18 Emmy wins. FX's most popular original shows include Justified , Damages , Nip/Tuck , Rescue Me , It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia , The League , Sons of Anarchy , The Shield , The Strain , Archer , American Horror Story , Anger Management , The Americans , Better Things , Louie , You're the Worst , Fargo , American Crime Story , Legion , Snowfall and Atlanta . The channel also broadcasts theatrically released feature films from sister companies Walt Disney Pictures , Marvel Studios , and 20th Century Studios as well as other film studios such as Columbia Pictures , Sony Pictures Animation , Universal Pictures , Paramount Pictures , Lionsgate Films , Relativity Media , Village Roadshow Pictures , Warner Bros. Pictures , DreamWorks Pictures , and DreamWorks Animation which take up much of FX's primetime and

1845-715: A relationship with actress Holland Taylor . Paulson has appeared in such films as What Women Want (2000), Down with Love (2003), Serenity (2005), The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), The Spirit (2008), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), New Year's Eve (2011), Mud (2012), Game Change (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Carol (2015), Blue Jay (2016), The Post (2017), Ocean's 8 (2018), Bird Box (2018), Glass (2019), Abominable (2019), and Run (2020). On television, Paulson starred in American Gothic (1995–1996), Jack & Jill (1999–2001), Deadwood (2005), Studio 60 on

1968-550: A result, FX covered several races in the series then known as the Busch Series and Winston Cup (including the All-Star Race ), as well as select qualifying and final practice sessions. Having FX carry the race telecasts was intended to promote the channel and encourage NASCAR fans to contact their subscription providers to add FX to their lineup. In 2002, Peter Liguori , who was then president of FX, praised NASCAR for its growth;

2091-553: A result, most (though not all) of the channel's original series are rated TV-MA , often for strong profanity, sexual content, and/or violence. Family organizations such as the Parents Television Council and American Family Association , have asked advertisers to boycott these shows due to their graphic content. Despite this, FX's original programming output, outside of a few shows, has been critically acclaimed for their strong storylines and characters. Capitalizing on

2214-445: A result, the streaming service became a division of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International with Comcast effectively becoming a silent partner . In November 2019, it was announced that FX would produce series for Hulu under the " FX on Hulu " brand. Four series previously in development for the linear FX channel would now premiere on Hulu, including Devs , Mrs. America and A Teacher . Furthermore, episodes aired on

2337-441: A string of killings involving gay men, as well as the emergence of a new virus which premiered on October 19, 2022. The twelfth season, Delicate , takes place in New York City and follows an actress who comes to believe that someone is going to great lengths to stop her from fulfilling her dream of getting pregnant which premiered on September 20, 2023. In January 2020, FX renewed the series for an additional three seasons, including

2460-459: A supplemental sports outlet for its sister networks, first broadcasting Fox Sports -produced programming under News Corporation's and 21st Century Fox's ownership, and ESPN -produced programming since the Disney acquisition of FX. After obtaining the spring broadcast rights to NASCAR , Fox Sports announced that FX would serve as its cable partner for the 2001 inaugural season of race telecasts. As

2583-690: Is a supporter of the Democratic Party . She was diagnosed with melanoma on her back when she was 25, and the growth was removed before the cancer could spread. Addressing her sexuality, Paulson called it "a fluid situation" and later said, "If my life choices had to be predicated based on what was expected of me from a community on either side, that's going to make me feel really straitjacketed, and I don't want to feel that." She dated actress Cherry Jones from 2004 to 2009. She had dated only men before this relationship, including her former fiancé, playwright Tracy Letts . Since early 2015, she has been in

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2706-791: Is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks , a division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company . Based at the Fox Studios lot in Century City , California , FX was originally launched by the first-incarnation News Corporation on June 1, 1994, and later became one of the properties that was included in Disney's acquisition of one of News Corporation's successor companies, 21st Century Fox , in 2019. The channel's original programming aspires to

2829-409: Is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades , including a Primetime Emmy Award , a Golden Globe Award , and a Tony Award . In 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world . Paulson began her acting career starring in the television series American Gothic (1995–1996) and Jack & Jill (1999–2001). She played Harriet Hayes in

2952-596: Is available on the majority of pay television providers. The SD channel, as was standard with all of Fox's broadcast and pay-TV networks (and also its new Disney siblings, which also all operate in 720p), is now merely downscaled from the HD feed at the provider headend level rather than having a devoted SD feed. Since 2004, Fox overseen the expansion of FX's to international markets, as well as forming several distribution partnerships to syndicate FX programs to other broadcast networks, cable channels, and video services on request outside

3075-545: Is available to approximately 71,000,000 pay television households in the United States - down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households. In addition to the flagship U.S. network, the "FX" name is licensed to a number of related pay television channels in various countries around the world. FX, originally stylized as "fX", launched on June 1, 1994. Broadcasting from a large " apartment " in Manhattan 's Flatiron District , fX

3198-486: The American Story franchise: American Horror Story , American Crime Story , American Horror Stories , and American Sports Story . All series in total amount to 195 episodes across 19 seasons of television. In February 2011, FX officially announced that it had ordered a pilot for a possible series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, with both Murphy and Falchuk writing and Murphy directing. Dante Di Loreto

3321-600: The Baltimore Orioles in September 2001. On April 27, 2011, FX began airing soccer games from the UEFA Champions League as part of the league's overall television deal with Fox Sports. In the fall of 2011, FX began broadcasting Big 12 , Conference USA and Pac-12 college football games on Saturdays (mainly primetime games, with some daytime games mixed in), as part of Fox Sports' broadcasting contracts with

3444-672: The Ethel Barrymore Theatre . She appeared in the Horton Foote play Talking Pictures at the Signature Theatre , and in an episode of Law & Order in 1994. The next year, Paulson appeared in the Hallmark television film Friends at Last (1995) opposite Kathleen Turner , playing the adult version of Turner's character's daughter. She also starred in the short-lived television series American Gothic (also 1995), playing

3567-517: The HBO film Path to War (2002) starring Michael Gambon , Donald Sutherland and Alec Baldwin . That same year she starred as the main character, Faith Wardwell, an advertising executive, in the NBC series Leap of Faith (2002). Phil Gallo compared the show unfavorably to Sex and the City . She was then cast in the period romantic comedy Down with Love (2003) in a central supporting role, portraying

3690-499: The HBO satirical comedy television film Coastal Elites , which premiered in September 2020. In September 2017, it was announced that Paulson would star as a younger version of Nurse Mildred Ratched , the villain of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and its acclaimed 1975 film adaptation , in the Netflix drama series Ratched , a prequel to the novel which would portray

3813-530: The Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting ; in the video, Paulson and others told the stories of the people killed there. In the fall of 2016, she starred in the sixth iteration of American Horror Story , subtitled Roanoke ; in it, she was cast in the dual roles of British actress Audrey Tindall and tortured wife and yoga instructor Shelby Miller,

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3936-525: The NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–2007). Paulson gained fame for her collaborations with showrunner Ryan Murphy notably starring in nine seasons of his anthology series American Horror Story from 2011 to 2021, earning five Primetime Emmy Award nominations. For her portrayal of Marcia Clark in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), she earned

4059-525: The Netflix series Ratched (2020). On film, she has had leading roles in Blue Jay (2016), Glass (2019), and Run (2020) as well as supporting roles in What Women Want (2000), Down with Love (2003), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), Mud (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Carol (2015), The Post (2017), Ocean's 8 (2018) and Bird Box (2018). On Broadway , she acted in

4182-461: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . She was Emmy-nominated for her roles as Nicolle Wallace in the HBO television film Game Change (2012), and Linda Tripp in the FX on Hulu miniseries Impeachment: American Crime Story (2021). She has also played a conservative activist in the FX on Hulu limited series Mrs. America (2020) and Nurse Ratched in

4305-521: The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway. The same year, Paulson filmed the independent drama Martha Marcy May Marlene , in which she starred opposite Elizabeth Olsen and Hugh Dancy , portraying the wealthy sister of a woman who has escaped a cult . The film was released in the fall of 2011. Simultaneously, Paulson guest-starred in three episodes of the FX anthology series American Horror Story , playing medium Billie Dean Howard. Paulson returned

4428-593: The Steve McQueen directed historical drama film 12 Years a Slave . The film was a critical success, earning numerous accolades. She was nominated along with the ensemble for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . In 2014, Paulson appeared in the fourth season of series of American Horror Story , titled Freak Show , playing the roles of conjoined twin sisters Bette and Dot Tattler, who are members of

4551-644: The Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie opposite co-star Jessica Lange . Ben Brantley of The New York Times deemed the production as "misdirected and miscast   ... reality never makes an appearance in this surreally blurred production." Later that year, Paulson appeared Off-Broadway in a production of Colder Than Here , opposite Lily Rabe (also her future co-star on American Horror Story ). The production received an unfavorable review from Variety , with critic Dave Rooney writing: "Rabe speaks in an affected monotone while Sarah Paulson has

4674-705: The Tennessee Williams revival The Glass Menagerie (2005), the Donald Margulies play Collected Stories (2010), and the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play Appropriate (2023), the latter earning her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play . Sarah Catharine Paulson was born in Tampa, Florida , on December 17, 1974, the daughter of Catharine Gordon (née Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II. She spent her early life in South Tampa until her parents' divorce when she

4797-518: The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play . In 2016, French hidden object game Criminal Case modeled character Mary Patrick in its fourth season, Mysteries of the Past , after Paulson. In 2017, Time named Paulson one of the 100 most influential people in the world . In 2018, Paulson was ranked one of the best dressed women by fashion website Net-a-Porter . Paulson lives in Los Angeles. She

4920-516: The XFL beginning with its 2023 season , with games airing on FX, ESPN, and ABC; FX was included in the package to accommodate ESPN and ABC's existing programming commitments. With its first XFL broadcast in February 2023, FX introduced an "ESPN on FX" brand for sports broadcasts carried by the channel, modelled after the existing ESPN on ABC branding. However, due to low viewership, ESPN quietly discontinued

5043-416: The reality series Black. White. and the drama Thief ; neither series was picked up for a second season. During 2007, FX introduced three new dramas: Dirt , starring Courteney Cox ; The Riches , starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver ; and Damages , starring Glenn Close , Ted Danson and Rose Byrne . All three performed well in the ratings and were renewed for second seasons. By 2008, FX

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5166-442: The 10th episode of the season. She also starred as Geraldine Page in one episode of the first season of drama anthology series Feud (2017), which chronicles the turbulent working relationship between actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford . Paulson was then cast in the heist film Ocean's 8 (2018), co-starring with Cate Blanchett , Sandra Bullock , Anne Hathaway , Mindy Kaling , Awkwafina , and Rihanna . The film

5289-577: The 1980s which premiered on September 18, 2019. The tenth season, subtitled Double Feature , includes two parts, and the first one takes place in 2021, focusing on a family who moves to Provincetown , Massachusetts , where the strange inhabitants begin to make an impact on their lives. In the second part, a group of students on a camping trip finds themselves embroiled in a terrifying and deadly conspiracy that has been preparing for decades which premiered on August 25, 2021.The eleventh season, subtitled NYC , takes place in 1980s New York City, and focuses on

5412-654: The 20th Century Fox film and TV assets . The deal was completely finalized on March 20, 2019, making 20th Century Fox officially part of The Walt Disney Studios . As Disney and Universal are bitter rivals in the theme park business (especially for their Central Florida properties), this would likely end the franchise's presence in Halloween Horror Nights at Universal parks. On July 14, 2021, an American Horror Story themed bakery opened in New York's Meatpacking District in Manhattan until July 24, 2021, to celebrate

5535-555: The British morning show The Big Breakfast , was formatted like an informal magazine show. Breakfast Time and Personal fX would regularly feature the channel's "roving reporters" – which included Suzanne Whang , John Burke and Phil Keoghan – visiting unique places around the United States live via satellite. Other notable fX personalities included Karyn Bryant and Orlando Jones , who were panelists on Sound fX . The channel prided itself on its interactivity with viewers. fX, in 1994,

5658-515: The Countess after checking into the haunted Hotel Cortez, conceived from the beginning as a torture chamber for its customers." In 2017, the show returned as haunted attractions to both parks, with Universal Orlando having an attraction based on Asylum , Coven , and Roanoke , and Universal Studios Hollywood basing their attraction solely on Roanoke . In December 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced it would purchase 21st Century Fox which included

5781-704: The FX wordmark while removing searchlights placed to its left since the 1997 rebrand. The new branding included an advertising campaign featuring a post-game ad for FX during Fox's coverage of Super Bowl XLII . The promo used the James Morrison song " You Give Me Something ". During 2008, competition with other pay-TV channels increased. This was evident in the second season ratings for series Dirt and The Riches , whose ratings decreased significantly from their freshman seasons. During some weeks, viewership for both shows barely exceeded 1 million. Both shows were cancelled in 2008; acquired shows Dharma and Greg , Buffy

5904-461: The Heart (2008) and Talley's Folly (2013). Paulson has accumulated nominations for seven Primetime Emmy Awards , five Golden Globe Awards , and two Screen Actors Guild Awards , receiving one of each for her role in the limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story . She was also nominated for her work on other television programs, such as the comedy-drama series Studio 60 on

6027-473: The Residents", were released on August 31, 2012. They feature the patients and some staff (such as Dr. Thredson, played by Zachary Quinto, and Sister Mary Eunice, played by Lily Rabe) lying in twin beds and dealing with their individual issues as the heads of the asylum (Jessica Lange, Joseph Fiennes and James Cromwell) look on. The song " Que Sera, Sera ", mixed with the show's theme music, plays. To promote Cult ,

6150-410: The Sunset Strip (2006–2007), Cupid (2009), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010), American Horror Story (2011–2021), American Crime Story (2016–2021), Mrs. America (2020), and Ratched (2020). Paulson has also appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie (2005), Collected Stories (2010), and Appropriate (2023) and the off-Broadway plays Crimes of

6273-417: The Sunset Strip , playing Harriet Hayes , one of the stars of the show-within-a-show. This role earned her a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film . In December 2008, Paulson appeared in the screen adaptation of Will Eisner 's comic book The Spirit , playing an updated version of the character Ellen Dolan . In 2008, ABC cast Paulson in

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6396-601: The Sunset Strip , the political drama film Game Change , and the horror anthology series American Horror Story . For her performance in the Academy Award -winning period drama film 12 Years a Slave , she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in Appropriate . Notes Bibliography FX (TV channel) FX ( F ox e X tended)

6519-481: The Sunset Strip , the autobiographies of the Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis and his father, Blackie Dammett. HBO had picked up the series, which was to be titled Spider & Son , a few years before but never completed the project. Entourage writer/producers Marc Abrams and Mike Benson were tapped as its showrunners and Kiedis was to be involved as a co-producer. Dammett said in 2013 that

6642-562: The United States , Mamie Eisenhower . In February 2022, it was announced that Paulson had been tapped to portray author Glennon Doyle in a television series based on Doyle's memoir, Untamed . In 2023, she guest-starred in the Hulu comedy drama series The Bear , playing Michelle Berzatto in the episode " Fishes ". Paulson returned to Broadway in 2023 to star in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 's play Appropriate acting alongside Corey Stoll , Natalie Gold , Elle Fanning , and Michael Esper . In

6765-630: The Vampire Slayer . The channel also added Major League Baseball games to its lineup at that time (at one point sharing rights with then-sister network Fox Family ), and eventually expanded its sports programming to include NASCAR races in 2001. In the summer of 1998, FX debuted three original series: Bobcat's Big Ass Show , Instant Comedy with the Groundlings and Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular . All three series were cancelled

6888-512: The Vampire Slayer , Married... with Children and Fear Factor were also removed from the schedule. On September 3, 2008, FX debuted Sons of Anarchy , a drama series created by Kurt Sutter (who previously served as executive producer of The Shield ) about a fictional outlaw motorcycle club devoted to protecting their sheltered California town from corporate developers and drug dealers; its September premiere coincided with that of The Shield ' s final season. Sons of Anarchy became

7011-585: The acclaimed Jeff Nichols drama film Mud (2012), starring Matthew McConaughey . Paulson returned to theater in March 2013, appearing in an Off-Broadway production of the Lanford Wilson play Talley's Folly opposite Danny Burstein . She then starred in the third season of American Horror Story , titled Coven (2013) as Cordelia Foxx , a witch who runs an academy for other young witches. The same year, she starred as Mary Epps, an abusive slave-owner, in

7134-587: The broadcasts on FX by early-March, and had rescheduled some of them to its own networks, this coverage did not return in 2024 due to a merger with the United States Football League to form the United Football League , in which rights were split between the main ESPN networks and ABC (FX was excluded from this contract) and Fox Sports . FX began broadcasting a 720p HD channel in 2007, which

7257-501: The cable rights with then-sister network Fox Family Channel (taking rights to the league's Thursday evening games from Fox Sports Net ), with games being scheduled on an alternating basis with FX. Starting with the 2001 season, FX also obtained rights to games from the MLB Division Series , the only playoff round to which Fox did not hold television rights. Among the games televised on FX was Cal Ripken Jr. 's final home game with

7380-540: The channel increased penetration from 58.5 million to 76.6 million households nationwide. FX was removed from Fox's NASCAR coverage in the 2007 season, which saw the Busch Series move exclusively to ESPN , and Fox aired all of Nextel Cup races on broadcast television. In 1997 , FX obtained partial cable rights to Major League Baseball games; the channel initially aired game telecasts on Monday nights, before moving them to Saturday nights in 1998. In 2000, FX began sharing

7503-532: The channel's name and logo was rendered in lower-case to portray a type of relaxed friendliness; the stylized "X" represented the channel's roots: the crossing searchlights of the 20th Century Fox logo. The live shows were each mostly focused on one broad topic. Shows included Personal fX (collectibles and antiques), The Pet Department (pets), Under Scrutiny with Jane Wallace (news) and Sound fX (music). The channel's flagship show, Breakfast Time , hosted by Laurie Hibberd and Tom Bergeron and inspired by

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7626-403: The channel's shows. Inside the channel's syndicated programming blocks, channel hosts would frequently appear during commercial breaks to read news headlines, respond to e-mails from viewers about the episode that was airing, or to promote upcoming programming. In 1995, Liberty Media purchased a 50% stake in the network as part of their alliance with News Corporation to form Fox Sports Net ; as

7749-481: The character's origins. The first season was released on September 18, 2020. For her performance she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama . In November 2020, Paulson starred in the psychological thriller film Run , opposite Kiera Allen . It went on to become the most watched original film on the streaming platform Hulu . In 2021, she portrayed Linda Tripp in

7872-531: The crime comedy-drama Terriers , created by Ted Griffin , for its fall 2010 lineup; in 2011, the channel debuted the boxing drama Lights Out , about retired boxing champion Patrick "Lights" Leary who is considering a comeback, despite the serious risks it entails. Despite the critical acclaim that Terriers and Lights Out received, the two series were cancelled after their first seasons due to low viewership; For Terriers specifically, FX Networks president and General Manager John Landgraf would later admit in

7995-440: The daily lives of four friends with eating disorders who live in New York City; and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia , about the usually very politically incorrect comic misadventures of four people who own a bar in the titular city . Both of these shows feature frank sexual dialogue and strong language, and were pitched as "The Dark Side of Comedy". Starved was derided by groups that sought to publicize eating disorders and

8118-485: The drama film The Goldfinch , and Dr. Zara in the animated adventure film Abominable . Paulson then starred as Alice Macray in the FX limited drama series Mrs. America (2020) about the unsuccessful political movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment . Paulson acted opposite Cate Blanchett , Rose Byrne , Uzo Aduba , Melanie Lynskey and Margo Martindale . She also starred as Clarissa Montgomery in

8241-879: The eleventh season, bringing it to at least thirteen confirmed seasons. FX announced an order for a 10-episode companion series American Crime Story in October 2014, developed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski . Substituting a new horror theme for each season, American Crime Story focuses on a new true crime story. The series features American Horror Story cast members Sarah Paulson , Connie Britton , Cuba Gooding Jr. , Darren Criss , Finn Wittrock , Max Greenfield , Jon Jon Briones , Cody Fern , and Billy Eichner . The first season The People v. O. J. Simpson premiered in February 2016. The second season The Assassination of Gianni Versace premiered in January 2018. The third season Impeachment premiered in September 2021. A potential fourth season, tentatively focusing on

8364-502: The experience, "Twisted scenes from Murder House will unleash the evil spirits that possess the Harmon estate, spiraling guests through decades of the tortured dead who previously resided there. In Freak Show , guests joined a troupe of biological misfits in a sinister sideshow where they were stalked by the murderous and deformed Twisty the Clown. Finally, guests succumbed to the warped desires of

8487-466: The fictional suburb of Brookfield Heights, Michigan , during 2016–2017 which premiered on September 5, 2017. The eighth season, subtitled Apocalypse , features the return of the witches from Coven as they battle the Antichrist from Murder House in an attempt to prevent the apocalypse which premiered on September 12, 2018. The ninth season, subtitled 1984 , takes place outside of Los Angeles during

8610-553: The finale was the end of the Harmon house. The second season of the show will be a brand-new home or building to haunt. Just like this year, every season of this show will have a beginning, middle and end. [The second season] won't be in L.A. It will obviously be in America, but in a completely different locale. – Murphy on the series' anthology format Creators Murphy and Falchuk began working on American Horror Story before their Fox series Glee began production. Murphy wanted to do

8733-629: The first episode of American Horror Stories , delivered the order through a secret window. It opened in Los Angeles from August 4, 2021, until August 14, 2021, in Beverly Grove . The bakery opened in Provincetown , Massachusetts , where the first part of the tenth season were filmed, at Pat's Happy Park on September 1, 2021, till September 4, 2021. [REDACTED] Category Sarah Paulson Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974)

8856-526: The first promo for the second season was released on the American Horror Story Facebook page entitled "Special Delivery", in which a nun carries a couple of buckets filled with body parts through a field. As a church bell rings, the nun empties one bucket's bloody contents, leaving the empty bucket behind, and resumes her trek. Over 20 subsequent teasers were released. Four photos were also released on EW.com. Two televised teasers, titled "Meet

8979-829: The first season include Naomi Grossman , John Carroll Lynch , Charles Melton , Billie Lourd , Chad James Buchanan , Cody Fern , Dylan McDermott and Jamie Brewer along with newcomers Rhenzy Feliz , Madison Bailey , Ben J. Pierce , Leonardo Cecchi , Kyle Red Silverstein, Amy Grabow, Adrienne Barbeau , Kevin McHale , Nico Greetham , Dyllón Burnside , Taneka Johnson, Danny Trejo , Ronen Rubinstein , Virginia Gardner , Vanessa E. Williams , Michael B. Silver , Kimberley Drummond, Jake Choi , Misha Gonz-Cirkl, Tiffany Dupont , Blake Shields , Colin Tandberg, Mercedes Mason , Noah Cyrus , Adam Hagenbuch, John Brotherton , Nicolas Bechtel and Tom Lenk . Nico Greetham and Cody Fern returned for

9102-423: The following year for season two, American Horror Story: Asylum , in which she played a new character, Lana Winters, a writer who is committed to an asylum for being a lesbian . For her performance she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards . During this time, she also played the supporting role of Mary Lee in

9225-572: The following year. Soon after its relaunch, the "Fox Gone Cable" tagline was dropped. By 1999, new original TV shows were added with the debut of shows such as Son of the Beach (a Baywatch parody that starred Timothy Stack and was executive produced by Howard Stern ) and The X Show (a male-oriented late night panel talk show). The channel also acquired the pay-TV syndication rights to reruns of series such as Ally McBeal , NYPD Blue and The Practice for then-record high prices then unseen in

9348-514: The form of archive audio in American Crime Story ; Celia Finkelstein; Blake Shields ; John Lacy; Nico Greetham ; Teddy Sears ; Judith Light ; Rebecca Dayan ; Matt Lasky; Cameron Cowperthwaite; Spencer Neville; Denis O'Hare and Gabourey Sidibe . Cody Fern and Max Greenfield have appeared in all three installments. The American Story franchise has received widespread critical acclaim, winning several Emmy Awards . What you saw in

9471-605: The former ABC sitcom Spin City were removed from the schedule (though it was restored early the following year). In July 2009, FX ordered three new comedy pilots: Archer , an animated series featuring a spy agency, which premiered on January 14, 2010; The League , with a group of friends who are part of a fantasy football league; and Louie , a sitcom starring stand-up comedian and writer Louis C.K. , which "blend[s] stand-up material with ... 'extended vignettes' depicting moments from [the comedian's] offstage experiences." The following year, FX debuted Wilfred ,

9594-449: The friend and editor of a writer (portrayed by Renee Zellweger ). Paulson had a minor recurring role in the HBO series Deadwood (2005). and was a focal character in a 2004 episode of the FX series Nip/Tuck . In 2004, she had a supporting role in the ABC series The D.A. , which was cancelled after only four episodes. In the spring of 2005, Paulson starred in a Broadway revival of

9717-450: The ghost of a murdered woman. In 1997, Paulson made her feature film debut in the independent thriller film Levitation , playing a woman who discovers she is pregnant after an anonymous sexual encounter. Leonard Klady of Variety noted that Paulson and her co-stars are "not supported by the script", concluding: " Levitation is a grim, convoluted saga of identity and belonging. An ill-fitting combination of melodrama and magic realism ,

9840-558: The indie effort will have a decidedly difficult time in the theatrical arena." In 1997, Paulson was a featured actress (Janice/Nina) in the two-part episode "True Romance" of Cracker , which starred Robert Pastorelli. The following year she returned to the stage acting in the Off-Broadway production of Killer Joe (1998). She subsequently played Elisa Cronkite in The WB comedy-drama series Jack & Jill (1999). The same year, she

9963-609: The last episode of the season, making a crossover appearance. During this time, Paulson also took on the role of Abby Gerhard in the Todd Haynes -directed romantic drama Carol (2015), a period piece in which she played the supporting role of Cate Blanchett 's close friend. Beginning in February 2016, Paulson starred in the first season of the true crime anthology series American Crime Story , subtitled The People v. O.J. Simpson , portraying prosecutor Marcia Clark . Maureen Ryan of Variety wrote, "Marcia Clark's summation

10086-492: The latter of whom is portrayed by Tindall's character in My Roanoke Nightmare , a documentary within the series . She also reprised her role of Lana Winters in the final episode of Roanoke , in which the character makes a crossover appearance. After completing Roanoke , Paulson appeared in the series' seventh season, Cult (2017), in which she played restaurant owner Ally Mayfair-Richards, as well as Susan Atkins in

10209-608: The linear FX cable network will be available on Hulu the next day. On June 11, 2019, Hulu and FX picked up show rights to Lionsgate films released in 2020 and 2021. In December 2021, Disney renamed the "FX on Hulu" hub to simply "FX" as part of an effort to streamline and extend the brand's use. In addition, Disney began to increase the prominence of FX as an imprint on its original programming, especially when carried on Disney's international streaming platforms such as Disney+ ( Star ) and Star+ . In 2024, FX won its first Emmy Award for Best Drama for Shōgun , which received

10332-421: The majority of its weekend schedules. It airs repeats of network television sitcoms (such as Two and a Half Men and How I Met Your Mother ). From the late 1990s to the mid-2000s, the acquired shows which FX broadcast consisted largely of series originally broadcast on Fox between the late 1980s and the 2000s (such as That '70s Show , Married... with Children , and In Living Color ). FX has served as

10455-537: The measured, upward-inflected delivery of a children's TV presenter   ... this mannered, melancholy play elicits a mainly impassive response, which is no small obstruction in a work dealing with loss." Also in 2005, Paulson had a small role in the Joss Whedon -directed science fiction film Serenity . In the 2006–07 television season, Paulson co-starred in the Aaron Sorkin created NBC comedy-drama Studio 60 on

10578-432: The new slogan "Fearless"; Landgraf explained that the slogan symbolized that viewers of its programming "don't know what's going to happen and that you're not in a safe place that is governed by guardrails that are going to keep you from going off." On March 20, 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox . Consequently, FX Networks was integrated into the newly renamed Walt Disney Television unit. In

10701-413: The opposite of what he had done previously and thus began his work on the series. He stated: "I went from Nip/Tuck to Glee , so it made sense that I wanted to do something challenging and dark. And I always had loved, as Brad had, the horror genre. So it just was a natural for me." Falchuk was intrigued by the idea of putting a different angle on the horror genre, stating that their main goal in creating

10824-421: The pay-TV industry despite all three 20th Century Fox Television series being under common ownership; when these shows expensively fumbled in primetime, FX predominantly ran movies in its more high-profile time periods, though with the move of premiere film rights from free-to-air broadcast networks to basic cable channels, FX unexpectedly would end up a benefactor of this change. Beginning in 2002, FX emerged as

10947-484: The pilot Cupid , which was ordered to series. It was a remake of the 1998 series starring Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall . In the new version, Paulson starred opposite Bobby Cannavale . It debuted in late March 2009 on ABC but was cancelled on May 19, 2009, after six episodes. In February 2010, Paulson was cast as the circa 1982 mother of main character Meredith Grey , on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy , appearing in

11070-428: The play she portrays Toni, the eldest sibling who tries to reconnect with her siblings after the death of their late father. While at their father's home in rural Arkansas they all discover his shocking past. Adrian Horton of The Guardian declared that Paulson was "the top reason among many to see this play" adding, "Part of the play's delight is relishing Paulson's delivery of some truly scathing burns". Paulson won

11193-662: The project had been picked up to become a full series. From the beginning, Murphy and Falchuk planned that each season of the series would tell a different story. After the first-season finale aired, Murphy spoke of his plans to change the cast and location for the second season. He did say, however, that some actors who starred in the first season would be returning. "The people that are coming back will be playing completely different characters, creatures, monsters, etc. [The Harmons'] stories are done. People who are coming back will be playing entirely new characters," he announced. In November 2012, FX chief executive, John Landgraf , described

11316-550: The refocused FX until May 1, 1998. FX vacated the "apartment" in the summer of 1998 and the channel's operations were streamlined with the other Fox-owned subscription channels. In early 1997, fX was relaunched as "FX: Fox Gone Cable", refocusing the channel's target audience towards men aged 18 to 49. During the first few years after its relaunch, FX was known for little else than airing reruns of such Fox shows as The X-Files and Married... with Children , as well as 20th Century Fox -produced shows such as M*A*S*H and Buffy

11439-477: The release of spin-off American Horror Stories and the tenth season . Guests had to be over the age of 18 to enter the bakery. Guests also had to make reservations for 30 minute visits. It featured sweet treats inspired by the series, as well as unique designs and characters based on past installments of American Horror Story and American Horror Stories . After placing an order, the Rubber Woman, introduced in

11562-1111: The respective countries' Fox Networks Group .The first season, retroactively subtitled Murder House , takes place in Los Angeles , California in 2011.It premiered on October 5, 2011, and concluded on December 21, 2011. The second season, subtitled Asylum , takes place in Massachusetts in 1964 which premiered on October 17, 2012. The third season, subtitled Coven , takes place in New Orleans , Louisiana in 2013 which premiered on October 9, 2013. The fourth season, subtitled Freak Show , takes place in Jupiter, Florida in 1952 which premiered on October 8, 2014. The fifth season, subtitled Hotel , takes place in Los Angeles, California in 2015 which premiered on October 7, 2015. The sixth season, subtitled Roanoke , takes place in North Carolina during 2014–2016 which premiered on September 14, 2016. The seventh season, subtitled Cult , takes place in

11685-472: The rights to Family Guy with sister network Freeform . WarnerMedia 's Adult Swim and TBS held the rights to older seasons of both shows; WarnerMedia's rights to Family Guy expired on September 18, 2021, at which point reruns are exclusive to FX Networks and Freeform, with the rights to Bob's Burgers similarly coming under FX Networks' full control in 2023. On May 14, 2019, Comcast relinquished its control in Hulu to Disney effective immediately. As

11808-564: The rise and fall of Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager , is currently in development. On May 11, 2020, Murphy revealed that a spin-off series named American Horror Stories was being developed; it will feature self-contained anthological episodes, instead of a season-long story arc as featured in American Horror Story . On June 22, 2020, it was announced that American Horror Stories would stream on FX on Hulu . American Horror Stories premiered on July 15, 2021, and its first season consists of seven episodes. On August 13, 2021,

11931-561: The role. That same year she starred opposite Mark Duplass in Netflix romantic drama Blue Jay (2016) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival . Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter wrote of her performance, "If the film proves more stirring than you expect, it’s thanks to Paulson, who, with her crisp delivery and teasing eyes welling up with confusion and heartache, gives Amanda an inner life far beyond what's written for her." In June 2016,

12054-441: The satellite provider's channel lineup on October 29, 2010, after Dish Network and News Corporation signed a long-term carriage agreement. On November 1, 2010, following a similar dispute, FX and its sister channels were restored by New York City-based cable provider Cablevision through a separate carriage agreement. On October 14, 2011, FX announced it picked up the rights to develop a series based on Scar Tissue and Lords of

12177-1092: The second season. Denis O'Hare , Matt Lasky, Gabourey Sidibe , Max Greenfield , Austin Woods, Seth Gabel , Rebecca Dayan , Cameron Cowperthwaite, Spencer Neville and Teddy Sears , who appeared in previous seasons of American Horror Story , will also appear in the second season along with newcomers Kristine Froseth , Houston Jax Towe, Abby Corrigan, Simone Recasner, Maryssa Menendez, Emily Morales-Cabrera, Caitlin Dulany , Joel Swetow , Lily Rohren, Vince Yap, Nancy Linehan Charles , Bella Thorne , Anthony De La Torre , Billie Bodega, Addison Timlin , Julia Schlaepfer, Ian Sharkey, Dominique Jackson , Quvenzhané Wallis , Raven Scott, Kyla Drew, Kyanna Simone, Shane Callahan , Ryan D. Madison, Tiffany Yvonne Cox, Judith Light , Britt Lower , Todd Waring , Cornelia Guest , Madison Iseman , Jeff Doucette , Sara Silva, Jessika Van , Chelsea M. Davis, Alicia Silverstone , Olivia Rouyre, Bobby Hogan, Heather Wynters and Jarrod Crawford. On August 13, 2021, it

12300-547: The series was renewed for a second season, Which premiered on July 21, 2022, and consists of eight episodes. Matt Bomer , Gavin Creel , Sierra McCormick , Paris Jackson , Belissa Escobedo , Merrin Dungey , Selena Sloan, Valerie Loo, Ashley Martin Carter, Kaia Gerber , Aaron Tveit and Celia Finkelstein starred in the first two episodes. Other American Horror Story alums who appeared in

12423-477: The series was to scare viewers. "You want people to be a little bit off balance afterwards," he said. In February 2011, FX officially announced that it had ordered a pilot for a possible series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, with both Murphy and Falchuk writing and Murphy directing. Dante Di Loreto was announced as executive producer. Production on the series began in April 2011. In July 2011, FX officially announced

12546-499: The show has been "mothballed", and he hopes interest will resume on the project once the Red Hot Chili Peppers wrapped up their world tour that year. As of 2014 there has been no mention from FX, Kiedis or Dammett on the status of the series. On January 30, 2013, FX premiered the 1980s-set Cold War drama The Americans . In 2013, FX underwent a rebranding to accompany its new comedy-focused spin-off channel FXX , including

12669-542: The standards of premium cable channels in regard to mature themes and content, high-quality writing, directing and acting. Sister channels FXM and FXX were launched in 1994 and 2013, respectively. FX also carries reruns of theatrical films and terrestrial-network sitcoms . Advertising-free content was available through the FX+ premium subscription service until it was shut down on August 21, 2019, after which ad free content moved to Hulu with no ads. As of November 2023 , FX

12792-462: The success of the hit documentary Super Size Me , filmmaker Morgan Spurlock launched a new series, 30 Days , which debuted on FX in June 2005. The series place its subjects in situations uncomfortable to them for 30 days, such as making millionaires work for minimum wage , and having Christians live in a Muslim community. In the summer of 2005, FX debuted two new comedy series, Starved , about

12915-405: The third season of the true crime anthology series American Crime Story , subtitled Impeachment . For her performance in the series, Paulson received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 2021, she returned to American Horror Story for its tenth season , after being absent for the ninth season . She portrayed the character Tuberculosis Karen and a fictional version of former First Lady of

13038-513: The three conferences. With the August 2013 launches of national sports networks Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 , FX no longer served as a regular cable outlet for Fox Sports, but it still occasionally aired sporting events in the event of overflow situations, such as the UFC 185 preliminary card, and selected soccer matches. On September 7, 2019, FX would air the preliminary card for UFC 242 . The event

13161-435: The unique format of the series stating: "[T]he notion of doing an anthological series of miniseries with a repertory cast—has proven groundbreaking, wildly successful and will prove to be trendsetting." On October 7, 2014, it was announced that FX had ordered a 10-episode companion series titled American Crime Story , developed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski . While each season of American Horror Story focuses on

13284-465: The villainous Miss Wilhemina Venable. In addition to appearing as three characters, Paulson also directed one of the season's episodes, marking her directorial debut. She played Sandra Bullock's character's sister, Jessica, in the drama horror film Bird Box (2018), which was released on Netflix in December. In 2019, Paulson starred as Dr. Ellie Staple in the superhero thriller film Glass , Xandra in

13407-559: Was a commercial success, grossing nearly $ 300   million at the worldwide box office. In 2017, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Paulson returned for the eighth season of American Horror Story , titled Apocalypse , which premiered on September 12, 2018. In Apocalypse , Paulson reprised both the Murder House and Coven roles of Billie Dean Howard and Cordelia Foxx, respectively, and also starred as

13530-591: Was also cast opposite Juliette Lewis and Diane Keaton in the drama The Other Sister , playing the lesbian sister of a developmentally-disabled woman in San Francisco , and in a supporting part playing a hostage in the comedy Held Up , opposite Jamie Foxx . The following year, she had a small supporting role in the Nancy Meyers –directed romantic comedy What Women Want (2000), starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt . She portrayed Luci Baines Johnson in

13653-484: Was an early adopter of the internet, embracing e-mail and the World Wide Web as methods of feedback. Most of the shows would feature instant responses to e-mailed questions, and one show, Backchat (hosted by Jeff Probst ), was exclusively devoted to responding to viewer mail, whether sent through e-mail or traditional postal mail. Select viewers were allowed to spend a day at the "apartment" and take part in all of

13776-645: Was an executive at a Tampa door manufacturing company. She attended P.S. 29 and Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn before attending Manhattan 's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts . Paulson began working as an actress immediately after high school. She made her Broadway debut in 1994 as a replacement understudy for the role of Tessin, played by Amy Ryan in Wendy Wasserstein 's play The Sisters Rosensweig at

13899-413: Was announced as executive producer. Production on the series began in April 2011. In July 2011, FX officially announced the project had been picked up to become a full series. Each season of American Horror Story focuses on a new horror theme. The series premiered on October 5, 2011, and is broadcast on the cable television channel FX in the United States. In November 2011, it premiered internationally on

14022-513: Was announced that FX had ordered a new spin-off limited series American Sports Story . The first installment, based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. from The Boston Globe and Wondery , will focus on the rise and fall of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez . In January 2023, it was reported that the series was "heading toward production". Principal photography began on April 3, 2023, in Jersey City, New Jersey . Filming

14145-445: Was available in 90.6 million homes in the U.S. In 2008, FX launched a new branding campaign built around the theme "There Is No Box." It alluded to the phrase " thinking outside the box " and referred to how the channel's programming goes beyond "the box" concept. In addition, this was a pun related to FX's creating original shows to compete against premium channels such as HBO . FX's logo was updated on December 18, 2007, retaining only

14268-479: Was being held in Abu Dhabi, which created conflicts with Saturday afternoon college football games on ESPN and ESPN2 ; it marked the first ESPN-produced sporting event to air on FX since the Disney acquisition of the network. For similar reasons, FX also aired the preliminary card for UFC 309 on Saturday, November 16, 2024. On May 17, 2022, Disney announced that it had acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to

14391-427: Was cancelled after its first season due to low ratings. Conversely, Sunny quickly became a critical darling, consistently achieved high viewership, and was picked up for a second season within days of its first-season finale. The second season added veteran actor Danny DeVito to the cast, and the show, still airing as of 2024, is the longest-running live-action sitcom in history. In 2006, FX debuted two new series,

14514-471: Was clipped, precise and underlined by the simmering, quietly controlled anger that Sarah Paulson brought to the role. She was framed with geometric precision and squared edges." She garnered widespread critical acclaim for her performance and won numerous awards,the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award , Golden Globe Award , Critics' Choice Television Award , and TCA Award for

14637-631: Was five. After her parents' separation, she relocated with her mother and sister to Maine , then to New York City. Her mother worked as a waitress, and Paulson lived in Queens and Gramercy Park before settling in Park Slope . She recalled of this period, "My mom was 27 years old [when we moved]. She didn't know a single person in New York City. She got a job at Sardi's Restaurant ." Throughout her childhood, Paulson spent her summers in Florida with her father, who

14760-449: Was moved to the Fox network and renamed Fox After Breakfast in mid-1996. It underwent several format changes, but never found a substantial audience and was canceled less than a year later. By the time that all live programming (with the exception of Personal fX ) was dropped, the channel focused entirely on its classic television shows until its relaunch in mid-1997. Personal fX remained on

14883-399: Was one of the few television series to be given an order for an additional season prior to the broadcast of its most recent season: in June 2009 FX renewed the show for an 18-episode sixth season, although the fifth season had not premiered at the time. Unlike many broadcast networks, FX has chosen to take risks with its programming and push the envelope of what can be shown on television; as

15006-545: Was one of the first forays into large-scale interactive television . The channel centered on original programming, which was broadcast live every day from the "fX Apartment", and rebroadcasts of classic television shows from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, such as Batman , Wonder Woman , Eight Is Enough , Nanny and the Professor and The Green Hornet . fX had two taglines during this period: "TV Made Fresh Daily" and "The World's First Living Television Network". The "f" in

15129-403: Was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike . The series premiered on September 17, 2024. On August 13, 2021, it was announced that FX had ordered a new spin-off series American Love Story . The first installment will depict the whirlwind courtship and marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy . As part of the promotion for American Horror Story , FX launched

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