Based at the Fox Studios lot in Century City , California , FX was originally launched by the first-incarnation News Corporation on June 1, , [ 5 ] and later became one of the properties that was included in Disney's acquisition of one of News Corporation's successor companies, 21st Century Fox , in The channel's original programming aspires to the standards of premium cable channels in regard to mature themes and content, high-quality writing, directing and acting.
FX also carries reruns of theatrical films and terrestrial-network sitcoms. As of November [update] , FX is available to approximately 71,, pay television households in the United States - down from its peak of 99,, households. FX, originally stylized as "fX", launched on June 1, Broadcasting from a large " apartment " in Manhattan 's Flatiron District , fX was one of the first forays into large-scale interactive television.
The channel centered on original programming, which was broadcast live every day from the "fX Apartment", and rebroadcasts of classic television shows from the s, s and s, such as Batman , Wonder Woman , Eight Is Enough , Nanny and the Professor and The Green Hornet.
The live shows were each mostly focused on one broad topic. The channel's flagship show, Breakfast Time , hosted by Laurie Hibberd and Tom Bergeron and inspired by the British morning show The Big Breakfast , was formatted like an informal magazine show. Breakfast Time and Personal fX would regularly feature the channel's "roving reporters" β which included Suzanne Whang , John Burke and Phil Keoghan β visiting unique places around the United States live via satellite. The channel prided itself on its interactivity with viewers.
Most of the shows would feature instant responses to e-mailed questions, and one show, Backchat hosted by Jeff Probst , was exclusively devoted to responding to viewer mail, whether sent through e-mail or traditional postal mail.
