Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.fox.com

TV viewers worshiping the Idol have helped make FOX a ratings superstar. FOX Broadcasting operates the #2 broadcast television network in the US (behind CBS). It has more than 200 affiliate stations, including 17 company-owned TV outlets, that reach 99% of all US television households. The network offers such hit primetime shows as America's Most Wanted, American Idol, Bones, COPS, Glee, Fringe, So You Think You Can Dance, and House, as well as its Sunday night lineup of comedy animation programs The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and American Dad. Launched with only six stations in 1986, FOX is a major subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending June, 2010:
Sales: $4,228.0M
One year growth: 4.4%

Officers:
President and COO, Fox Networks Group: David Haslingden
President, Engineering: Andrew G. (Andy) Setos
President, Marketing and Communications: Joseph (Joe) Earley

Competitors:
ABC, Inc.
CBS
NBC

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