FX (UK)

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FX
Launched	2004
Owned by	News Corporation
Audience share	0.2% (February '06, [1])
Formerly called	FX289 (until May 2005)
Timeshift service	FX+ (2 hour timeshift)
Website	www.fxuk.com
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 179 Channel 180 (FX+)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 179
Homechoice	Channel 10

FX is a British TV channel owned by Fox, launched in 2004 and originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky Digital EPG number. The channel was moved to 270 in May 2005, and dropped the 289 part of its name. In February 2006, the channel moved again, to 179. It is now also available on the Virgin Media cable network. It was the third Fox-branded channel for the UK, after Fox News Channel and Fox Kids (later Jetix).

The target ages is those aged 25 to 44. It has a similar format to its American sister channel FX Networks, with a schedule consisting largely of Fox-produced shows, including comedy such as Family Guy and King of the Hill, and dramas such as The Shield, The X Files and NYPD Blue. Non-Fox-produced shows rerun or receiving their UK premier on the channel include Carnivale, Highlander, JAG, NCIS, Sleeper cell, E-Ring and Huff . FX broadcasts a timeshift service, FX+. Unlike most UK timeshift services, which shift the channel by one hour, FX+ is shifted by two hours. This is because FX's schedule "revolves around two hour blocks of ... programming between 9pm and 11pm on weeknights".[2]

For several weeks starting on the 5th December 2005, FX carried a strand of programming from the Fox-owned American channel Fuel TV. The strand was identified as "FX Presents Fuel TV", and made use of Fuel TV's US branding graphics. The strand ran for an hour from 10am, and was repeated in the early hours of the following morning.[3]

[edit] Current Programming

• NCIS
• The X-Files
• Highlander
• Blind Justice
• E-Ring
• From the Earth to the Moon
• Forensic Investigators
• Nash Bridges
• Chappelle's Show
• JAG
• King of the Hill
• Family Guy
• COPS
• Reno 911!
• Brotherhood
• Carnivàle
• Huff
• Playmakers
• Pokerdome
• Lucky Louie

[edit] Future Programming

• NCIS Season 4 - Starts Tuesday April 10 2007

[edit] External links

• FX website
• FX - UK TV Listings and Schedules