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simmytbone · 08-16-2013, 01:45 AM

Hey guys, and now it's time to take you to an event that happend 15 years ago this week:

It was Saturday August 15, 1998

CBN's Family Channel became known as FFC-Fox Family Channel

Pat Robertson and his son Tim sold their company IFE-International Family Entertainment to Fox Kids Worldwide and soon, The Family Channel became Fox Family Channel or Fox Family for short

FFC was the place for new shows such as The Morning Scramble, The Basement, Toon-a-cass-a-role and even Game Shows like OUTRAGEOUS, I Can't Believe You Said That and Random Acts of Comedy as well as Reality Shows like Moolah Beach w/JD Roth, Show Me the Funny w/Stephanie Miller and Rondell Sheridan and 2 TV Spinoffs of REAL TV-AXN w/Mark L. Walberg and Life, Camera, Action w/Kristen Eykel of VH1 and The Saturday Night Solution

FFC was also the place for Fox Family Favorites like S Club 7, the Fox Family Countdown and Great Pretenders w/Wild Orchid Featuring Fergie

It was also the place for Classic TV Shows like Harveytoons, Mork & Mindy, Who's the Boss, The Partridge Family, Growing Pains and Step By Step as well as the Classic Family Drama Providence

Fox Family was also the place for great Family Movies as well as Specials like Front Row Center and many others

Fox Family was the place to be, but until November of 2001, Disney acquired The Family Channel from Fox Kids Worldwide and was renamed abc family

But despite the good and the bad

Fox Family Channel was the place to be for great Family Programming

and that's your look @ an event from 15 years ago

The Family Channel renamed Fox Family Channel and later as simply Fox Family

Fox Family Logos from 1998-2001

Wild Orchid Featuring Fergie Hosts of Great Pretenders

S Club 7 stars of S Club 7 in Miami and S Club 7 in Hollywood

Angela Anaconda Star of her own TV Show

Alicia Silverstone Star and Producer of Braceface

Idalis DeLeon Host of OUTRAGEOUS!

John Salley Host of I Can't Believe You Said That!

Stephanie Miller The Original Host of Show Me the Funny

Rondell Sheridan The 2nd Host of Show Me the Funny

Mark L. Walberg Host of AXN-Action

Mr. Bill Host of Oh No Mr. Bill Presents....

Kristen Eykel Host of the REAL TV Spin-off Life, Camera, Action

Zoneboy · 08-16-2013, 02:29 AM

Thank goodness I never bothered watching after Pat Robertson sold out. It was downhill all the way when it became Fox Family Channel.

simmytbone · 08-16-2013, 03:56 AM

Well I thought that it was pretty good

It was pretty good from the start, but then it went downhill when they started adding some nonsense and abc family was ok, but now, it's not even worth watching

Come to think of it, I wonder did Pat Robertson convince his friend David Cerullo and his dad Morris to turn INSP into The Next Family Channel

I give FFC credit for bringing back Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Who's the Boss? and The Partridge Family to reruns

Vahan · 08-16-2013, 02:07 PM

I don't really have anything to share regarding Fox Family Channel, other than the fact that it was the first time viewers got to catch reruns of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. It pretty much vanished from the airwaves after Paul Reubens' little incident in 1991. But I guess by 1998, they felt enough time had passed for them to forgive him for what he had done.

Mace Dolex · 10-03-2013, 06:39 PM

I don't think I ever even noticed the change, I actually thought The Family Channel became ABC Family.

TMC · 02-15-2023, 07:41 AM

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A look at the Fox Family Channel, the cable network which launched in 1998 and ambitiously attempted to create a full schedule from the ground up.

0:00 Intro
0:39 Pat Robertson's Family Channel
4:46 Saban/NewsCorp Partnership
5:41 Launch of Fox Family Channel
9:44 Ratings Struggles
15:04 Shakeups and Rebranding
17:22 Dissolution of Fox Family Channel
19:43 Pat Robertson Controversies
21:08 Conclusion

24/7 reruns · 02-15-2023, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Thank goodness I never bothered watching after Pat Robertson sold out. It was downhill all the way when it became Fox Family Channel.

Well he didn't completely sell out. They still managed to run The 700 Club on all variations of this channel. Not that I'm one who watches it, but it's still there.

Hawkee · 02-19-2023, 04:12 AM

The very first time I heard about Fox Family Channel was they promoted it in a commercial featured on the Anastasia video and I was surprised that Fox was gonna buy The Family Channel because The Family Channel was a great channel and it had shows for everyone and when I learned about this I knew that this would be the start of a new image for The Family Channel. And when Fox Family Channel debuted I saw it and was shocked at the lineup because from the morning till the night it seemed like the weekday lineup was all kids shows and cartoons and then they had the talk show Home And Family with Chuck Woolery and then more cartoons until the night when the dramas and sitcoms would appear but their weekend lineup improved with game shows and sitcoms in addition to more cartoons for kids. I do remember the show S Club 7 In Miami because that show made me a fan of S Club 7 and if it wasn't for Fox Family Channel S Club 7 would've never made it big in America and Wild Orchid would become more popular due to the show Great Pretenders and so like Disney Channel Fox Family Channel had ways of turning new celebrities into huge superstars. But what I think caused Fox Family Channel to go downhill was when ABC/Disney bought them and they renamed themselves ABC Family and had ABC not brought them Fox Family Channel would've survived with a better image but I think when they became Freeform ABC Family continued to go downhill because if you look at Freeform's lineup you see no more game shows no more kids cartoons and it's mostly dramas aimed at teens and movies aimed at teens and so it seems that Freeform is copying TeenNick now. If they brought back it's old image and not changed their name I'm sure Fox Family Channel would've been able to stay alive and return to it's The Family Channel roots
Bestie

08-16-2013, 01:45 AM	#1
simmytbone Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,514	15 years ago today; FFC-Fox Family Channel was born Hey guys, and now it's time to take you to an event that happend 15 years ago this week: It was Saturday August 15, 1998 CBN's Family Channel became known as FFC-Fox Family Channel Pat Robertson and his son Tim sold their company IFE-International Family Entertainment to Fox Kids Worldwide and soon, The Family Channel became Fox Family Channel or Fox Family for short FFC was the place for new shows such as The Morning Scramble, The Basement, Toon-a-cass-a-role and even Game Shows like OUTRAGEOUS, I Can't Believe You Said That and Random Acts of Comedy as well as Reality Shows like Moolah Beach w/JD Roth, Show Me the Funny w/Stephanie Miller and Rondell Sheridan and 2 TV Spinoffs of REAL TV-AXN w/Mark L. Walberg and Life, Camera, Action w/Kristen Eykel of VH1 and The Saturday Night Solution FFC was also the place for Fox Family Favorites like S Club 7, the Fox Family Countdown and Great Pretenders w/Wild Orchid Featuring Fergie It was also the place for Classic TV Shows like Harveytoons, Mork & Mindy, Who's the Boss, The Partridge Family, Growing Pains and Step By Step as well as the Classic Family Drama Providence Fox Family was also the place for great Family Movies as well as Specials like Front Row Center and many others Fox Family was the place to be, but until November of 2001, Disney acquired The Family Channel from Fox Kids Worldwide and was renamed abc family But despite the good and the bad Fox Family Channel was the place to be for great Family Programming and that's your look @ an event from 15 years ago The Family Channel renamed Fox Family Channel and later as simply Fox Family Fox Family Logos from 1998-2001 Wild Orchid Featuring Fergie Hosts of Great Pretenders S Club 7 stars of S Club 7 in Miami and S Club 7 in Hollywood Angela Anaconda Star of her own TV Show Alicia Silverstone Star and Producer of Braceface Idalis DeLeon Host of OUTRAGEOUS! John Salley Host of I Can't Believe You Said That! Stephanie Miller The Original Host of Show Me the Funny Rondell Sheridan The 2nd Host of Show Me the Funny Mark L. Walberg Host of AXN-Action Mr. Bill Host of Oh No Mr. Bill Presents.... Kristen Eykel Host of the REAL TV Spin-off Life, Camera, Action and now, here are some Video Clips: Fox Family Launch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgBpMjx_wTU Fox Family ID from 1998 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs1RfLRb0Wo Fox Family You Belong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFdFHZOuMiM Fox Family You Belong Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqkQDmO142M Fox Family Morning Scrambler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUIwJSCZbw Fox Family Toon-A-Casserole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d3zN3WYEA8 Fox Family The Basement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-alPjcrMohs *Fox Family Great Pretenders* Best of Season 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgriq10mq4 Best of Season 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSguk8_seU S Club 7 in Miami Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgdLhzGrz2Q Angela Anaconda Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAGVjBZAOz0 Braceface Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQNBebqqDv8 Oh Nooo! Mr. Bill Presents Promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCJi7CF0ivk Fox Family Radio Active Promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW0PVuqVJYI The Premiere of Outrageous! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY6mXyiEemo an episode of Life, Camera, Action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8TETHI_QV4
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08-16-2013, 02:29 AM	#2
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02-19-2023, 04:12 AM	#8
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,728	The very first time I heard about Fox Family Channel was they promoted it in a commercial featured on the Anastasia video and I was surprised that Fox was gonna buy The Family Channel because The Family Channel was a great channel and it had shows for everyone and when I learned about this I knew that this would be the start of a new image for The Family Channel. And when Fox Family Channel debuted I saw it and was shocked at the lineup because from the morning till the night it seemed like the weekday lineup was all kids shows and cartoons and then they had the talk show Home And Family with Chuck Woolery and then more cartoons until the night when the dramas and sitcoms would appear but their weekend lineup improved with game shows and sitcoms in addition to more cartoons for kids. I do remember the show S Club 7 In Miami because that show made me a fan of S Club 7 and if it wasn't for Fox Family Channel S Club 7 would've never made it big in America and Wild Orchid would become more popular due to the show Great Pretenders and so like Disney Channel Fox Family Channel had ways of turning new celebrities into huge superstars. But what I think caused Fox Family Channel to go downhill was when ABC/Disney bought them and they renamed themselves ABC Family and had ABC not brought them Fox Family Channel would've survived with a better image but I think when they became Freeform ABC Family continued to go downhill because if you look at Freeform's lineup you see no more game shows no more kids cartoons and it's mostly dramas aimed at teens and movies aimed at teens and so it seems that Freeform is copying TeenNick now. If they brought back it's old image and not changed their name I'm sure Fox Family Channel would've been able to stay alive and return to it's The Family Channel roots Bestie
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08-16-2013, 03:56 AM	#3
simmytbone Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,514	Well I thought that it was pretty good It was pretty good from the start, but then it went downhill when they started adding some nonsense and abc family was ok, but now, it's not even worth watching Come to think of it, I wonder did Pat Robertson convince his friend David Cerullo and his dad Morris to turn INSP into The Next Family Channel I give FFC credit for bringing back Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Who's the Boss? and The Partridge Family to reruns

08-16-2013, 02:07 PM	#4
Vahan Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2008 Posts: 2,712	I don't really have anything to share regarding Fox Family Channel, other than the fact that it was the first time viewers got to catch reruns of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. It pretty much vanished from the airwaves after Paul Reubens' little incident in 1991. But I guess by 1998, they felt enough time had passed for them to forgive him for what he had done.

10-03-2013, 06:39 PM	#5
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,660	I don't think I ever even noticed the change, I actually thought The Family Channel became ABC Family.