Draft:Fox

Credits

Descriptions by
thehugetvfan and SBF2004

Captures by
thehugetvfan, Livin and MatthewLMayfield

Editions by
MatthewLMayfield, DisneyInternationalFan and SBF2004

Background

The Fox Broadcasting Company was created on October 9, 1986 by the News Corporation, with its name taken from the namesake Twentieth Century Fox film and television studio that they also owned at that time. The network held its "grand opening" on April 5, 1987 with the introduction of primetime programming and for over 31 years, it has turned from a small fledging network into the fourth major television network on US broadcast television. After a big ownership change in 2013 with the creation of 21st Century Fox, the network would receive another major ownership change three years later, when The Walt Disney Company announced that it would acquire most of 21CF's assets including their entertainment assets (such as the Fox studio), pay-TV networks, the Star India network group, their stakes in Hulu, National Geographic Partners & Endemol Shine Group (later spun-off to Banijay) and its regional sports networks (which were later spun-off to the Diamond Sports Group and renamed in order for the merger to get DOJ approval). Due to Disney's ownership of ABC, which meant that ownership of two major networks (ABC and Fox) is considered illegal by FCC regulations as well as their ownership of ESPN, the Fox network, as well as certain assets such as the Fox Sports channels, their news channels among other assets would be spun-off into a separate company using the Fox name. The entity, titled Fox Corporation began trading on March 19, 2019 and has owned the network and the rights to the Fox brand since then.

1st ID (Fox Weekend) (April 5, 1987-January 1989)

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Visuals: Panning up from a bridge below, a darkened Fox structure stands in the distance, against the night sky. The searchlights switch on, one-by-one, as the structure brightens.

Technique: Live-action footage with a prop structure for the Fox logo.

Audio: A faster-paced re-orchestration of the short 20th Century Fox fanfare, composed by Non-Stop Music.

2nd ID (This is the Year, This is Fox) (January 1989-August 20, 1990)

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Visuals: There are some television sets containing the Fox structure from before, but in a different camera angle. After that, the screen transitions into a sole TV set containing the Fox logo.

Technique: Live action with a prop structure for the Fox logo.

Audio: A shortened rendition of the 1987 Fox theme.

3rd ID (It's on Fox) (August 23, 1990-July 14, 1992)

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Visuals: On a skyline or dark sky with flashlights everywhere, the Fox logo appears in gold. and then the logo fades in.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The theme from their 1990-91 season, which was "It's on Fox", usually accompanied with an announcer saying "You are watching Fox".

Audio Variant: Sometime around the 1991-92 season, the music was changed to the "It's on Fox" theme used from that season.

4th ID (Everybody Knows It's on Fox) (July 15, 1992-June 27, 1993)

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Visuals: A darkened Fox logo zooms out, as several searchlights pan by. As the logo starts to settle back, it starts to flash orange</tabber>, with magenta</tabber> haze-like lights appearing behind the logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A dramatic deep-sounding note, with an announcer saying "You're watching Fox".

5th ID (It Could Only Happen on Fox) (June 28, 1993-August 21, 1994)

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Visuals: On a white piece of paper, there is the Fox logo, now redesigned to its well-known wordmark with the structure and the searchlights. As the paper crumbles the logo's background changes rapidly before the Fox logo appears again being drawn in permanent marker before the logo erases itself and fades to black.

Technique: Stop-motion and 2D animation.

Audio: A rock theme, with an elephant sound and a woman whispering "Fox", alongside an announcer saying "Fox, you're watching it!".

6th ID (Fox is Kickin' It!) (August 22, 1994-August 27, 1995)

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Visuals: On a black background, there is a faint dark blue Fox logo. Several golden yellow sparks draw out the outline of the logo as two golden searchlights cross. The camera slowly pans up so that the Fox logo is facing forward, as another set of searchlights cross. The former two searchlights move upwards. Both sets of searchlights collide, causing a flash that turns the Fox logo gold. The searchlights appear behind the logo as the camera zooms out to reveal the rest of the logo, until it is at a slightly curved angle. Several white stars move toward the Fox logo in the background (likely resembling space) as the searchlights continue to move.

Technique: CGI by TVart, Inc.

Audio: An upbeat pop fanfare with a group of female singers singing "Fox is Kicking It!" (which was their theme from their 1994-95 season) at the end.

7th ID (Cool Like Us!) (August 28, 1995-August 20, 1996)

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Visuals: Superimposed over footage of kaleidoscope triangle diagrams is the 1993 Fox symbol in gold, which consists of the symbol being attached to two structures.

Technique: 2D computer animation by TVart, Inc.

Audio: Techno music, accompanied by an announcer saying "You're watching Fox".

8th ID (Fox Super Season/Non-Stop Fox) (August 21, 1996-August 31, 1997)

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Visuals: On a twilight background with some searchlights, there is the Fox logo colored in dark purple, black and silver respectively as the wordmark briefly rotates and is placed onto the symbol.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A rock theme, accompanied with an announcer saying "This is Fox".

9th ID (Just One Fox) (September 1, 1997-1998)

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Visuals: There is the three letters that form the Fox logo as it flies on a background. Then, the Fox logo appears in the color of the background (red, green or blue) before the letters from before merge together while the logo rotates.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Some swooshing sounds, followed by opening drumrolls of the 20th Century Fox fanfare composed by Elliot Goldenthal with an announcer saying "This is Fox" or "You're watching Fox".

10th ID (Just One Fox) (1998-September 5, 1999)

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Visuals: On a colored background (either blue or yellow) there is the Fox logo as its placed on a background containing the Fox logo.

Technique: CGI by [H] Design.

Audio: The 1997 Fox theme, but with a swoosh at the end.

11th ID (Fox2K) (September 6, 1999-August 21, 2000)

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Visuals: On a black background, there is the Fox logo in white being surrounded by some yellow and blue scanner lines.

Technique: Digital traditional animation

Audio: Silent.

12th ID (Aero) (August 22, 2000-September 16, 2001)

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Visuals: On a navy blue background, there is a circle containing the Fox logo in multiple colors as they move to the right.

Technique: Digital traditional animation.

Audio: The 1997 Fox generic theme, followed by some guitar & piano sounds and an announcer saying "You're watching, Fox".

13th ID (Choose Fox) (September 17, 2001-September 8, 2002)

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Visuals: On a black background with a ray of light and surrounded by some rings, there is the Fox logo, in black.

Technique: Digital traditional animation.

Audio: The 1997 Fox generic theme.