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78-862: Running Wilde is an American sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz , Jim Vallely and Will Arnett for Fox . It stars Arnett as Steve Wilde, a self-centered, idle bachelor and heir to an oil fortune. The series follows Wilde's awkward attempts to regain the affection of his childhood sweetheart, Emmy, an environmentalist who had been living in the South American jungle, but whose young daughter does not want to return there and who secretly enlists Steve's help to keep Emmy at his mansion, leading to farcical situations and misunderstandings. Mitchell Hurwitz , Will Arnett and fellow cast member David Cross had previously worked together on Fox 's Arrested Development . Running Wilde had many stylistic similarities to Arrested Development , including frequent cutaway gags and

156-466: A Macy's in nearby Manhasset . The show centers on Steven Wilde, a self-centered billionaire who is clueless about the real world. He has problems with depression and often self-medicates with excessive drinking . Emmy Kadubic, Steve's high-school sweetheart, is an activist who lives in a rainforest along with her daughter Puddle and her " eco-terrorist " boyfriend Dr. Andy Weeks. Puddle refuses to speak as an attempt to force her mother to move out of

234-515: 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

312-529: A 30-minute time slot. Throughout their history, American sitcoms have often drawn inspiration from British counterparts. Popular shows like All in the Family , Three's Company , and Sanford and Son were adapted from successful British series. More recently, The Office achieved significant popularity in the United States , following the success of its British counterpart. Numerous television networks in

390-560: 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

468-632: 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

546-544: A core group of characters who interact in a recurring setting, such as a family, workplace, or institution. However, British sitcoms typically consist of shorter series, often six episodes, and are frequently developed by a smaller writing team. The majority of British sitcoms are half-hour comedies recorded in studio settings using a multiple-camera setup. While many adhere to traditional sitcom conventions, some have ventured into more unconventional territory. For example, Blackadder and Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister shifted

624-585: 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

702-622: 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

780-402: A more selfless person. The first version of the pilot was filmed with Jayne Houdyshell and Joe Nunez in the roles of Robert Michael Morris and Mel Rodriguez, respectively, but when the pilot was re-shot, they were re-cast. Though neither actor appeared in the finished pilot product, they are both credited in it. Andy Daly played David Cross's part in the original pilot after the eruption of

858-564: A narrator (Emmy's daughter Puddle, played by Stefania LaVie Owen ) who comments on the characters' motivations. Moreover, the series appears to exist in the same universe as Arrested Development , as the fictional Bluth Company from Arrested Development is responsible for the design of the nightclub in the penultimate episode "The Pre-nup". The series provided the first U.S. network TV role for British actor-comedian Peter Serafinowicz , who plays Wilde's idle-rich friend and neighbor Fa-ad Shaoulin. The show premiered on September 21, 2010. The show

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936-504: 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 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

1014-468: 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

1092-1027: 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

1170-550: 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;

1248-553: 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

1326-445: 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

1404-459: 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

1482-596: 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

1560-556: Is one of the leading channels in India, dedicated entirely to Sitcoms. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is the longest-running sitcom of Indian television and is also known as the flagship show of SAB TV . On Tiptoes and Shabhaye Barareh were among the first and most important sitcoms that led to the growth of this type of comedy in Iran, both receiving wide critical and audience acclaim. El Chavo del Ocho , which ran from 1971 to 1980,

1638-600: 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

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1716-716: The Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series . In 2020, the sixth and final season of Schitt's Creek was nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards . This broke the record for the most Emmy nominations given to a comedy series in its final season. During the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards , the show became the first ever comedy or drama series to sweep the four acting categories ( Outstanding Lead Actor , Outstanding Lead Actress , Outstanding Supporting Actor , Outstanding Supporting Actress for Eugene Levy , Catherine O'Hara , Dan Levy , and Annie Murphy respectively) and one of only four live action shows, along with All in

1794-595: The Eyjafjallajökull volcano stopped Cross from traveling out of the United Kingdom in time for the shoot in North America; Daly, who was contracted to The Paul Reiser Show , was hired with the knowledge that he would be replaced by Cross if Running Wilde was picked up as a series. The show was pulled from November sweeps and on November 30, 2010, Fox announced that no new episodes would be ordered. Although

1872-735: The RTR channel. The "boom" of Russian sitcoms began only in the 2000s, when in 2004, the STS started the highly successful sitcom " My Fair Nanny " (an adaptation of the American sitcom " The Nanny "). Since that time, sitcoms in Russia have been produced by the two largest entertainment channels in the country — STS and TNT . In 2007, the STS released the first original domestic sitcom — " Daddy's Daughters " (there were only adaptations before), and in 2010, TNT released " Interns " —

1950-672: The United States feature sitcoms in their programming. CBS , TBS, Nickelodeon , and Disney Channel are just a few examples of networks that air sitcoms. FX (TV channel) FX ( F ox e X tended) 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

2028-516: 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

2106-652: The comedy-dramas of the 1980s and 1990s. Although there have been few long-running Australian-made sitcoms, many American and British sitcoms have been successful in Australia, since sitcoms are considered a staple of the government broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In the 1970s and 1980s many British sitcoms also screened on the Seven Network . By 1986, UK comedies Bless This House and Are You Being Served? had been re-screened several times by ABC Television ; they were then acquired and screened by

2184-416: 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

2262-466: 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 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:

2340-431: The 1990s these included: Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993), Zabaan Sambhalke (1993), Shrimaan Shrimati (1995), Office Office (2001), Ramani Vs Ramani (Tamil 2001), Amrutham (Telugu 2001–2007), Khichdi (2002), Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2005) F.I.R. (2006–2015), Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008–present), Uppum Mulakum (Malayalam 2015–present), and Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain (2015–present). SAB TV

2418-478: The 1990s, sitcoms have since expanded to animated sitcoms , with successful shows of the genre including The Simpsons , King of the Hill , and Family Guy . Critics have debated the exact definition of a sitcom, mostly regarding productions created at the turn of the 21st century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use a single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, instead more resembling documentaries or

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2496-477: The 2010s, resulting in a decline in sitcom popularity. Nevertheless, there have been recent efforts to revive the sitcom genre. For instance, Netflix released So Not Worth It in 2021, featuring many creators from popular South Korean sitcoms. Popular South Korean sitcoms include the High Kick series, which has spawned several spin-offs. British sitcoms , like their American counterparts, often revolve around

2574-749: 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

2652-417: The Family , The Golden Girls , and Will & Grace where all the principal actors have won at least one Emmy Award. Sitcoms started appearing on Indian television in the 1980s, with serials like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), Nukkad (1986), and Wagle Ki Duniya (1988) on the state-run Doordarshan channel. Gradually, as private channels were permitted to operate, many more sitcoms followed. In

2730-697: The Seven Network. In 1981, Daily at Dawn was the first Australian comedy series to feature a regular gay character (Terry Bader as journalist Leslie). In 1987, Mother and Son won the Television Drama Award for portraying a woman suffering from senile dementia and her interaction with her family, presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission . In 2007, Kath & Kim ' s first episode of series 4 attracted an Australian audience of 2.521 million nationally. This

2808-536: 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

2886-581: The United States in 1926 with the radio show Sam 'n' Henry . The subsequent success of Amos 'n' Andy , also created by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll , solidified the sitcom's place in American radio programming. The transition to television brought about significant changes in the sitcom format. Mary Kay and Johnny , which premiered in 1947, became the first American television sitcom. Today, American sitcoms typically run for 22 minutes, allowing for approximately eight minutes of advertising within

2964-630: 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

3042-512: 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

3120-587: 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

3198-501: 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

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3276-540: 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

3354-403: 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

3432-531: 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

3510-482: 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 the British morning show The Big Breakfast ,

3588-440: 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

3666-637: The first sitcom, filmed as a comedy (unlike dominated "conveyor" sitcoms). Sitcoms, or "시트콤" in Korean, gained significant popularity in South Korea during the 1990s. This popularity was fueled by the success of shows like Dr. Oh's People , LA Arirang , and Men and Women . The use of computer graphics (CG) in sitcoms began to increase in the late 1990s as more broadcasters adopted CG technology. This led to more visually dynamic and creative sitcoms. However, viewer preferences shifted towards dramas and thrillers in

3744-493: The five remaining episodes were to air through December, Fox postponed two of them to air at the end of the month. At the 2011 Television Critics Association tour, Fox announced that the show was officially canceled. The remaining episodes were aired starting April 28, 2011 on FX . Sitcom The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners . These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but

3822-441: The focus from domestic or workplace settings to the world of politics. A more recent development in British comedy is the mockumentary , a style that blends documentary and comedic elements. Shows like The Office , Come Fly with Me , W1A , People Just Do Nothing , and This Country have successfully employed this format to explore a variety of topics and characters. Sitcoms, or situation comedies, made their debut in

3900-572: 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

3978-652: 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 ,

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4056-608: 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

4134-421: 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

4212-432: 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

4290-421: 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

4368-561: The rainforest. Steve invites Emmy to a party where he is to accept an award. Intrigued that Steve may have finally become a better person, she decides to attend but discovers that his own company is giving him the award. Liberated from the jungle, Puddle finally decides to speak and conspires with Steve to convince Emmy to stay at Steve's estate. Emmy agrees to stay for Puddle, but only in the treehouse that Steve had originally built for her when they were young. As Steve tries to win back Emmy despite Andy's interference, Emmy vows to change him into

4446-550: 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

4524-518: 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

4602-441: 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

4680-499: 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

4758-519: The show has earned an estimated $ 1 billion in syndication fees alone for Televisa . Gliding On , a popular sitcom in New Zealand in the early 1980s, won multiple awards during its run including Best Comedy, Best Drama and Best Direction at the Feltex Awards . The first Russian sitcom series was "Strawberry", which resembled "Duty Pharmacy" in a Spanish format. It was aired from 1996 to 1997 on

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4836-462: 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

4914-434: The term "sitcom" emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filmed in front of a live studio audience using a multiple-camera setup , the latter of which continues in some modern productions such as The Big Bang Theory and Fuller House . Other formats make use of a laugh track or "canned laughter". Since

4992-513: 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

5070-484: 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

5148-445: 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

5226-447: 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 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

5304-479: 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

5382-510: Was canceled mid-season because of low ratings after just 13 episodes had been produced. The last four episodes of the series were shown on FX in late April and May 2011. The show was shot at Sands Point Preserve , Long Island, New York. Keri Russell commuted from her home in Brooklyn , about 25 miles away, and Arnett commuted from his home in Manhattan. Production assistants searched for props at

5460-427: 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,

5538-916: Was criticized by several social commentators as inappropriately disrespectful to the office of the Prime Minister. The show nevertheless proved very popular with both television audiences and critics, becoming the most-watched Australian scripted comedy series of 2011. It was nominated at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for Best Television Comedy Series. Although there have been several notable exceptions, relatively few Canadian sitcoms attained notable success in Canada or internationally. Canadian television has had much greater success with sketch comedy and dramedy series. The popular show King of Kensington aired from 1975 to 1980, at its peak garnering an average of 1.5 to 1.8 million viewers weekly. The 1999 movie Trailer Park Boys

5616-530: Was followed up by a television series of the same name that ran from 2001 to 2018, airing in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. Corner Gas , which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009, became an instant hit, averaging one million viewers per episode. It has been the recipient of six Gemini Awards and has been nominated almost 70 times for various awards. Other noteworthy recent sitcoms have included: Call Me Fitz , Schitt's Creek , Letterkenny , and Kim's Convenience , all of which have been winners of

5694-457: 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,

5772-449: 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

5850-399: 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

5928-648: 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 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

6006-542: Was the highest rating for a first episode in the history of Australian television, until the series premiere of Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities in 2009, which garnered 2.58 million viewers. In 2013, Please Like Me received an invitation to screen at the Series Mania Television Festival in Paris, was praised by critics, and earned numerous awards and nominations. Also in 2013, At Home with Julia

6084-534: Was the most-watched show on Mexican television and had a Latin-American audience of 350 million viewers per episode at its popularity peak during the mid-1970s. The show continues to be popular in Central America as well as in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Spain, the United States, and other countries. Syndicated episodes average 91 million daily viewers in all its American markets. Since it ceased production in 1992,

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