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| 2024 | Fox begins scheduling sports programming on the Friday prime time block, expanding its weekend sports programming strategy. |
| September 2024 | Fox announced the conclusion of 9-1-1: Lone Star after its fifth season and will lose SmackDown to USA Network. The network plans to replace SmackDown with primetime college football games using its Big Ten Conference contract. |
| June 13 2024 | Fox announced a multi-year deal to become the sole broadcaster of the IndyCar Series and Indy NXT, with all races to be broadcast on the network. |
| 2023 | Fox's Super Bowl LVII telecast became the highest-rated U.S. television program on average of all time. |
| November 2023 | The Soul Train Spirit of Soul presentation was resurrected, with singer Janelle Monáe receiving the Spirit of Soul award. |
| July 2023 | Fox discontinued the Fox Now app, with network programming continuing to stream on alternative platforms like Hulu, Fox Local, and Tubi. |
| May 2023 | Fox dropped its procedural drama 9-1-1 after six seasons, with ABC subsequently picking up the series. |
| 2022 | Amazon acquired Orion as part of its larger acquisition of MGM, bringing the studio under Amazon MGM Studios' subsidiary. |
| October 2022 | Charlie Collier stepped down to join Roku, with Rob Wade promoted to president and CEO of Fox Entertainment. |
| June 2022 | Between June and December, Fox chose not to simulcast the public January 6 committee hearings, unlike ABC, CBS, and NBC. |
| May 2022 | The CW announced that the fifth season would be the final season of the Dynasty reboot. |
| 2021 | WRGT's Fox affiliation moved to WKEF's second subchannel as part of Sinclair's network affiliation consolidation strategy. |
| 2021 | Fox added two new adult animated comedies: The Great North and Housebroken. |
| 2021 | Fox concludes its second period of being the highest-rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic. |
| September 2021 | KCPQ in Seattle dropped the Q13 moniker and rebranded to 'Fox 13' after its acquisition by Fox. |
| 2020 | Fox introduced Duncanville to its adult animated comedy series. |
| 2020 | Fox begins a second period of being the highest-rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic. |
| April 2020 | Fox acquired the ad-supported streaming service Tubi, which later began adding episodes of Fox Entertainment original series a week after their television premiere. |
| March 2020 | Fox began streaming the full schedule of all their owned Fox Television Stations through Fox Now. |
| 2019 | WRGT and WKEF switched to a new branding model with a 24/7 web news service called 'Dayton 24/7 Now'. |
| November 1 2019 | Dynasty Reunion miniseries released. |
| November 1 2019 | The Reunion miniseries was released on DVD. |
| March 19 2019 | Fox Corporation formally began trading as the 'New Fox' entity after the completion of Disney's purchase. |
| January 30 2019 | Fox ordered a second season of The Masked Singer following its successful premiere, which achieved the highest ratings for a non-scripted premiere without an NFL lead-in since 2011. |
| 2018 | Joan Collins reflected on the show's aesthetic appeal, noting that Dynasty featured attractive characters engaging in dramatic conflicts. |
| November 1 2018 | Charlie Collier succeeded Gary Newman as chairman and CEO of Fox, following the Disney/Fox asset sale. |
| July 27 2018 | 21st Century Fox shareholders agreed to sell most of its key assets to The Walt Disney Company for $71.3 billion, with a deal initially announced in December 2017. |
| June 27 2018 | WWE announced SmackDown would move to Fox on Friday nights starting October 4, 2019, under a five-year contract valued at $205 million per year. |
| 2017 | Stephen Arnold Music released a new news music package called 'Beyond' for Fox O&O local news operations, eliminating previous Fox News Channel sonic elements. |
| 2017 | Fox acquired tier 1 rights to the Big Ten Conference and its Super Bowl LI telecast became the record holder for largest overall audience in U.S. television history. |
| October 11 2017 | Season one of the new Dynasty premiered in the United States on The CW. |
| October 10 2017 | The Complete Seasons Boxset was released, collecting all nine seasons of the television series. |
| October 10 2017 | Complete Seasons Boxset of Dynasty released, collecting all nine seasons together. |
| 2016 | Soul Train loses its record as the longest-running first-run, nationally syndicated program to Entertainment Tonight. |
| September 2016 | The CW announced development of a Dynasty reboot, co-written by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Sallie Patrick. |
| July 2016 | Fox drastically reduced use of Fox News Channel boxkite logos following Roger Ailes' resignation, moving to a more traditional 'call-channel number' horizontal wordmark style. |
| May 17 2016 | Fox aired an interview special featuring then Fox News primetime anchor Megyn Kelly, titled Megyn Kelly Presents. |
| August 2015 | Sinclair Broadcast Group adopted 'Fox 45 News' as a universal brand for its news operation in Dayton, Ohio, making WRGT-TV appear to operate the news department. |
| May 2015 | KVRR in Fargo, North Dakota dropped its generic 'Fox' branding in favor of branding by its call letters. |
| February 2015 | Fox Television Stations instituted the 'KTVU Fox 2' branding full-time in Oakland-San Francisco. |
| January 2015 | WXIN began producing newscasts for its CBS-affiliated sister station WTTV after the station's CBS affiliation. |
| January 26 2015 | Home & Family hosted a Dynasty reunion episode on the Hallmark Channel, bringing together cast members Pamela Sue Martin, Al Corley, Gordon Thomson, John James, and Pamela Bellwood to reminisce about the show. |
| December 2 2014 | Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray as part of a double feature with The Vault of Horror. |
| September 2014 | KFOX-TV in El Paso began producing newscasts for its CBS-affiliated duopoly partners after consolidating operations into a single facility. |
| 2012 | Fox concludes its first period of being the highest-rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic. |
| 2012 | The New York Times acknowledged the show's influence on fashion, crediting Nolan Miller's costume design with setting a trend for thick shoulder pads during the power dressing era. |
| August 2012 | Fox reduced on-air usage of FNC-inspired logos and implemented a new standardized graphics package with wordmark bugs. |
| July 2012 | KNPN-LD in St. Joseph, Missouri signed on, becoming the smallest Fox affiliate with an in-house news operation. |
| May 2012 | Seasons 1 through 4 made available on iTunes. |
| May 2012 | Seasons 1 through 4 of Dynasty made available on iTunes. |
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