The Fox Broadcasting Company is an American television network created by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, working with the executive Barry Diller, as the fourth major national network, to compete with ABC, CBS and NBC. It started with a late-night talk show and limited evening programming. It found an audience with edgy programmes such as Married... with Children, In Living Color and The Simpsons, which became the longest-running American sitcom. In the 1990s it won the broadcast rights to National Football League games, which gave it a major boost, and later series included The X-Files and American Idol. Fox is now part of Fox Corporation, separate from Fox News and from the film studio.
Before and after
- 21 August 1986Lake Nyos disaster
- 21 August 1986Birth of Usain Bolt
- 27 August 1986Birth of Sebastian Kurz
- 12 September 1986Birth of Emmy Rossum
- 9 October 1986Founding of Fox Broadcasting Company
- from 16 December 1986 to 11 September 1987Toyota War
- 24 December 1986Construction of Lotus Temple
- 1987Rise of Lord's Resistance Army
- 1987Founding of Huawei
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- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
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- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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