Editing Fox Broadcasting Company (section)

===Network programming===
Fox's programming schedule differs from the "Big Three" networks in several significant ways: the network airs its prime time programming for only two hours on Monday through Saturday evenings and three hours on Sundays, compared to the three hours on Monday through Saturdays (from 8:00 to 11:00&nbsp;p.m.) and four hours on Sunday nights (from 7:00 to 11:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time) programmed by the three longer-established networks, ABC, CBS and NBC. This scheduling is termed as "common prime", referring to the programming of prime time content across all of the conventional broadcast networks during the early- and mid-evening hours, while the 10:00&nbsp;p.m. (Eastern) hour is programmed only by the three older networks.

Fox has traditionally avoided programming the 10:00&nbsp;p.m. hour, choosing to cede the time period to its local affiliates for them to program, many of which air local newscasts during that hour; however, some exceptions do exist for select special film presentations, which by virtue of their running time (depending on whether the film's original length, combined with commercial breaks that would be included in the television cut, would exceed a traditional two-hour broadcast timeslot) must spill over into the 10:00&nbsp;p.m. hour, overruns from live sports telecasts scheduled to air during prime time and new primetime entertainment programming after primetime (6:30 pm ET) [[NFL playoffs|NFL playoff]] games. However, the network did regularly schedule programming in the 10:00&nbsp;p.m. hour on Sunday nights from September 1989 to September 1993 (when that specific time period was turned back over to its affiliates),<ref>{{cite web|title=Right On Schedule: FOX Sundays (1988–1989)|url=http://thiswastv.com/2013/01/09/right-on-schedule-fox-sundays-1988-1989/|first=Anthony|last=Strand|website=This Was TV|date=January 9, 2013|access-date=June 26, 2015|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417123756/https://thiswastv.com/2013/01/09/right-on-schedule-fox-sundays-1988-1989/|url-status=dead}}</ref> although it never added programming at that hour on any other night. Fox's original reason for the reduced number of prime time hours was to avoid fulfilling FCC requirements in effect at the time to be considered a network,<ref>{{cite news|title=The Media Business; No Newscast, but Plenty of Good News for Fox|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/25/business/the-media-business-no-newscast-but-plenty-of-good-news-for-fox.html|first=Elizabeth|last=Kolbert|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 25, 1994|access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UCLA TV Violence Monitoring Project: Operating Premises and Stipulations |url=http://www.digitalcenter.org/webreport94/iie.htm |website=DigitalCenter.org |access-date=June 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716221601/http://www.digitalcenter.org/webreport94/iie.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2010 }}</ref> and to be free of resulting regulations, although these rules have since been relaxed.

Despite being a major network, in addition to not carrying national morning and evening newscasts, Fox also does not air any network [[daytime television|daytime]] programming (such as soap operas, game shows or talk shows). Because of this, the network's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates handle the responsibility of programming daytime hours with syndicated or locally produced programming (then corporate sister [[20th Television]] distributes several syndicated daytime programs carried by many Fox stations, such as ''[[Divorce Court]]'' and ''[[The Wendy Williams Show]]''; Fox Television Stations also test markets certain series from 20th Television and other syndicators such as [[Warner Bros. Television Distribution]] that are proposed for national distribution on some of its stations).<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Fox is Giving 'Kris' and 'The Real' a Summer Test Run|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kris-jenner-talk-show-why-579904|first=Alex Ben |last=Block|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 8, 2013|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fox Stations Combat 'Broken' Syndication Biz with In-House Development|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/fox-stations-combat-broken-syndication-biz-with-in-house-development-1201254855/|first=Cynthia|last=Littleton|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 30, 2014|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> The network also does not carry network-supplied children's programming on Saturday mornings or late-night programming on Monday through Friday nights. Local affiliates either produce their own programming or run syndicated programs during these time periods. Because of the erratic scheduling of the network's sports programming, many Fox stations choose to run a mix of syndicated programming, infomercials and especially movies to fill weekend afternoon timeslots when a sports event is not scheduled to air.

In addition, from the network's inception, Fox has produced two versions of its program promotions for distribution to the network's stations: a standard version incorporating airtimes based on their broadcast in the Eastern/Central or Pacific/Mountain time zones, depending on the feed used by the station (as those seen during network commercial breaks), and versions with "clean" end tags to allow stations to include local airtime and station information through [[local insertion|graphical insertion]] and verbal continuity by station [[continuity (broadcasting)|promotional announcers]] during the program logo graphic or prime time menu. This practice—which differs from that long used by ABC, NBC and CBS, which only allow their stations to insert logos within their network promotions—was also later adopted by The WB and UPN (and their successors The CW, and to a lesser extent, MyNetworkTV) for use by their affiliated stations. A third cut of these promos exists for national program advertising carried by cable networks (including Fox's sister cable networks), where the wording "check local listings" is placed in the end tag.

Fox is the only broadcast network that currently carries [[adult animation|adult animated]] comedies. This started with ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in 1989. This is followed up by ''[[King of the Hill]]'' in 1997 (until 2009, with the last remaining six episodes airing on syndication, but is set to return to [[Hulu]] for new episodes in 2025), ''[[Family Guy]]'' (which was cancelled twice until being picked up by [[Adult Swim]] for reruns and was brought back by the network in 2005 thanks to home video sales) and ''[[Futurama]]'' in 1999 (until 2003 when it was also picked up by Adult Swim only to be purchased by [[Comedy Central]] for new episodes between 2008 and 2013 and returned for new episodes on Hulu in 2023), ''[[American Dad!]]'' in 2005 (until 2014 when [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]] picked up the series), ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'' in 2009, ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' in 2011, ''[[Duncanville (TV series)|Duncanville]]'' in 2020, and ''[[The Great North]]'' and ''[[Housebroken (TV series)|Housebroken]]'' in 2021. Although the network also aired other adult animated shows like ''[[The Critic (TV series)|The Critic]]'', ''[[The PJs]]'', ''[[Sit Down, Shut Up (2009 TV series)|Sit Down, Shut Up]]'', ''[[Allen Gregory]]'', ''[[Napoleon Dynamite (TV series)|Napoleon Dynamite]]'', ''[[Bordertown (American TV series)|Bordertown]]'', ''[[Son of Zorn]]'' (the network's only live-action/animated hybrid sitcom) and ''[[Bless the Harts]]'', they had no success and were short-lived. However a few of the adult animation shows on Fox like [[The Simpsons]], [[Family Guy]], & [[Bob's Burgers]] managed to stay on the air for 10-35+ years. While ABC, CBS, and NBC have tried to copy the success of Fox with adult animated shows, none were successful.