Editing Fox Sports Networks (section)

===Programming strategy===
The programming strategy adopted by most of the Fox Sports Networks was to acquire the [[play-by-play]] broadcast rights to major sports teams in their regional market. This did not include NFL games, since the league's contracts require all games to be aired on broadcast television in each participating team's local markets. Therefore, FSN focused on other major professional leagues, like the MLB, NHL, NBA and WNBA.

In addition to local play-by-play coverage, the FSN networks also broadcast and produced [[pre-game show]]s, post-game shows and weekly "magazine" shows centered on the teams that maintained rights with the individual network. In some markets, FSN competed directly with other regional sports networks for the broadcast rights to team-specific programming. FSN networks also purchased shows or [[brokered programming|broker]] time slots for sports and outdoors programming from outside producers in their region to fill out their schedule further, with Fox Sports purchasing additional programming for national airing. Finally, low-trafficked late night and early morning timeslots were programmed locally with [[paid programming]].

Also, FSN competed directly with ESPN in acquiring the conference rights to various collegiate sports events. One notable agreement was that with the [[Pac-12 Conference]], in which packages of [[Fox College Football|football]] and men's basketball regular season games were broadcast across all FSN networks within the regions served by each Pac-12 member university. Fox Sports Networks broadcast the majority of the [[Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament]], except the tournament final, as well as a few Pac-12 matches from other conference-sanctioned sports (such as baseball and volleyball).

Besides play-by-play game rights, FSN provided a common set of programming that was available to all its regional sports networks, most notably ''[[The Dan Patrick Show]]'', ''[[The Best Damn Sports Show Period]]'' and ''[[Final Score (U.S. TV program)|Final Score]]'' (''TBDSSP'' and ''Final Score'' eventually ceased production, while ''The Dan Patrick Show'' later moved to the [[NBCSN|NBC Sports Network]]). Until August 2012, in some of regions served by that RSN, member channels of the competing Comcast SportsNet (as mentioned above) carried FSN programming through broadcast agreements with Fox Sports.

Fox Sports Networks' national sports telecasts were formerly marketed under the "FSN" brand; these national programs began to use more generic branding with fewer references to FSN or Fox in 2008, as a result of a number of Fox Sports Net affiliates being rebranded or realigned with other RSN chains (including [[FSN New England]] and [[FSN Bay Area]], which both became part of Comcast SportsNet; FSN New York's relaunch as [[MSG Plus]], the sister to [[MSG Network]]; and the eventual relaunch of several FSN affiliates acquired by DirecTV Sports Networks under the Root Sports brand); however, these networks later reverted to utilizing Fox branding on their FSN-syndicated broadcasts.