Fox8

Fox8 (corporately stylised as FOX8, alternatively as Fox 8 or FOX 8) is an Australian pay television channel available on Foxtel, and Optus Television's subscription platforms. It is the most watched subscription television channel in Australia (with or without the timeshift). A high definition version of the channel, Fox8HD, was launched on the Foxtel and Austar platforms on 15 November 2009.

History
The channel runs many programs produced by Fox and in fact was originally called "Fox" before adding the "8" to the title. The channel was found on channel 8 on Foxtel analogue and Austar standard and channel 108 on Foxtel Digital and Austar Digital. Fox8 is Foxtel's most popular subscription channel and peak channel. It is also News Corporation's peak Australian channel (similar to Sky1 in the UK and FX in the USA). FOX8 is one of the very few channels to have been continuously broadcast since Foxtel's foundation in 1995. During the late 1990s, Fox8 used to show Saturday Night NRL matches.

FOX8+2 was introduced with the Foxtel and Austar Digital Services on Channel 150. This allows the viewing of the same programs on Fox8, but two hours later. One of the known advantages of this TimeShift Channel, is that Western Australian viewers can see this channel at the correct time in their state as advertised. FOX8 and Foxtel have a deal with Network Ten to receive their shows bought from the USA Fox network. Some shows like this include The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Simple Life. During the migration to the digital platform, Foxtel's Fox Kids (similar to the US version) channel was discontinued in 2004 and a selection of its programming was moved to FOX8 in the early mornings.

The channel was rebranded significantly at the start of 2005, matching the American Fox channel's logo with the addition of the 8 at the end. FOX8's overall graphics also changed in style. Shortly after the rebranding, the station received its first official website. The website was relaunched in October 2005 as a fuller visual experience showing extracts from the top shows.

During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the channel screened a 17-day, multiple animated show marathon named "Battle of the Animations" involving Family Guy, American Dad!, The Simpsons, Futurama and King of the Hill. The event concluded on Sunday 24 August with a smaller marathon involving the winning show, as chosen by the viewing audience over the course of the 17 days. The winning show was Family Guy.

On 1 November 2008, as part of the launch of a new channel named 111 HITS (now Fox Comedy), many shows from Fox8 and other channels moved to 111 Hits.

On 15 November 2009, FOX8 HD launched on Austar and Foxtel. In 2009, it had the highest rating non-sporting related program or event on subscription television in Australia, Australia's Next Top Model.

On 16 March 2010, FOX8 launched a brand new website.

On 21 May 2011, FOX8 underwent a major rebrand, incorporating a new look, with a new style of branding programs.

In October 2011, FOX8 introduced a Program Return Graphic during a program.

In February 2013, Foxtel announced a deal with The Walt Disney Company which included an exclusive output deal with ABC Family. ABC Family produces some of FOX8's hit programs such as Bunheads, Switched at Birth and The Secret Life of the American Teenager, as well as 'The Fosters' and Twisted which were to premiere later in 2013.

In October 2013, FOX8 launched a new on-air look that included the new slogan TV for the Now Gen (replacing So Fox8).

On 12 December 2022, it was confirmed that Fox8 would be taking The Simpsons and all other Fox adult animation shows off the network in a move to revamp the channel as well as encourage viewers to sign up to Disney+, which has all Fox adult animation shows and which is also available as an app on Foxtel. A final Simpsons marathon aired on the network that month which concluded on 31 December.

On 28 September 2023, inline with the rebrand of Foxtel's FOX-branded channels (ex. FOX Arena to Arena), FOX8 updated their logo.

Acquired programming

 * The 100
 * A.P.B.
 * Arrow
 * Batwoman
 * The Carbonaro Effect
 * The Critic
 * DC's Legends of Tomorrow
 * Dilbert
 * Ellen's Game of Games
 * Entourage
 * Guessable
 * Kung Fu
 * Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
 * Legacies
 * The Middle
 * Pennyworth
 * Power Book II: Ghost
 * Roast Battle
 * RockWiz
 * Saturday Night Live
 * Scavengers Reign
 * Stargirl
 * Stitchers
 * Strike Back
 * Supergirl
 * Superman & Lois
 * Supernatural
 * Taskmaster
 * Tacoma FD
 * Ted
 * Ten 7 Aotearoa
 * The Titan Games
 * The Misery Index
 * Top 20 Funniest
 * Tosh.0
 * Two and a Half Men
 * Whose Line Is It Anyway?
 * The Office
 * Wipeout
 * Wipeout (TBS reboot)
 * WWE:
 * Raw (LIVE since 4 February 2014)
 * SmackDown (LIVE since 20 July 2016)
 * NXT (LIVE since January 2020)
 * Young Rock

Future programming

 * The Amazing Race

Original programming

 * Action Earth (2007)
 * An Aussie Goes Barmy (2006)
 * An Aussie Goes Bolly (Filmed and copyrighted in 2007) (Aired in 2008)
 * An Aussie Goes Calypso (2008)
 * Australia's Next Top Model (2005–2016)
 * Blood, Sweat and Gears (2008)
 * CD Live (2006)
 * Confidential (2007)
 * The Contender Australia (2009)
 * Crash Palace (2002)
 * Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge (2006)
 * Dangerous (2007)
 * Dating in the Dark Australia (2010–2012)
 * D-Tours
 * The Face Australia (2014)
 * Fish Out of Water (2007)
 * Football Superstar (2008–2010)
 * Love Bytes (2004)
 * Premiere
 * Ra
 * Rove LA (2011–2012)
 * The Phone (2009)
 * Runway to LA (2007)
 * The Singing Office (2007)
 * SLiDE (2011)
 * The Stafford Brothers (2011)
 * Cricket Superstar (2012)
 * The Recruit (2014, 2016)

Acquired programming

 * 24
 * Two Guys and a Girl
 * 2 Broke Girls
 * 3rd Rock from the Sun
 * 7th Heaven
 * 8 Simple Rules
 * About a Boy
 * According to Jim
 * Alien Nation
 * Ally McBeal
 * American Dad! (moved to Disney+)
 * America's Most Wanted
 * America’s Next Top Model
 * Andromeda
 * Angel
 * Angry Birds Toons
 * Archer
 * Atlantis
 * Baby Daddy
 * Bates Motel (moved to SoHo)
 * Baywatch
 * The Best Years
 * Beverly Hills, 90210
 * Bitten
 * Blood Ties
 * Bob's Burgers (moved to Disney+)
 * Border Security: Australia's Front Line
 * Border Security: International
 * Bones (moved to SoHo)
 * Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * The Carrie Diaries (moved to 7flix)
 * Celebrity Poker Showdown
 * Chasing Life
 * Cheaters
 * Chicago Fire (moved to SoHo in October 2015, returning November 2016)
 * Chuck
 * The Cleveland Show (moved to Disney+)
 * Clubhouse
 * The Collector
 * The Contender
 * The Crazy Ones
 * Criss Angel Mindfreak
 * Cristela
 * The Cut
 * Dating in the Dark
 * Dark Angel
 * Dead Like Me
 * The District
 * Dog the Bounty Hunter (moved to A&E)
 * Dollhouse
 * E! News Live
 * Empire
 * The Face
 * Falling Skies
 * Fastlane
 * Family Guy (moved to Disney+)
 * Farscape
 * Fear Factor
 * The 5th Wheel
 * Finding Carter
 * The Flash
 * Futurama (moved to Disney+)
 * The Gates
 * Glee
 * Good Trouble
 * Gossip Girl
 * Got to Dance
 * Greek
 * Grimm
 * Grown-ish
 * Hannibal (moved to Showcase)
 * Hart of Dixie
 * Heartbreak High
 * The Hills
 * Highway Patrol
 * The Hughleys
 * Human Weapon
 * Ice Road Truckers (moved to A&E)
 * Impact Wrestling (moved to Fuel TV)
 * The Incredible Hulk
 * The Inside
 * Jane By Design
 * jPod
 * Jane the Virgin
 * The Jerry Springer Show
 * Jurassic Fight Club
 * Killer Magic
 * King of the Hill (moved to Disney+)
 * The King of Queens
 * Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
 * K-Ville
 * Kyle XY
 * Last Man Standing
 * Law & Order
 * Legend of the Seeker
 * Less Than Perfect
 * Listen Up
 * Live to Dance
 * The Lying Game
 * Make It Or Break It
 * Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Maximum Exposure
 * Melrose Place
 * The Mentalist (moved to TVH!TS)
 * The Messengers
 * The Mob Doctor
 * Modern Family (moved to Disney+)
 * Motherland: Fort Salem
 * Mutant X
 * MXC
 * My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
 * My Wife and Kids
 * NCIS: Los Angeles (moved to TVH!TS)
 * New Girl (moved to Disney+)
 * New Zealand's Next Top Model
 * Nikita
 * On the Lot
 * The Originals
 * The Others
 * Pretty Little Liars
 * The Pretender
 * Pineapple Dance Studios
 * Point Pleasant
 * Prison Break (moved to FX)
 * Reba
 * Relic Hunter
 * Resurrection Blvd.
 * Revolution
 * Roswell
 * Scare Tactics
 * The Secret Circle
 * The Secret Life of the American Teenager
 * Sex and the City
 * The Simpsons (moved to Disney+)
 * Skins
 * Sleepy Hollow
 * Smallville
 * Son of the Beach
 * Solitary
 * South Beach
 * Standoff
 * Still Standing
 * Strip Search
 * Superstore (moved to Fox Comedy)
 * S.W.A.T.
 * Switched at Birth
 * Teen Wolf
 * Temptation Island
 * That 70s Show
 * Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
 * Texas S.W.A.T.
 * Third Watch
 * Titus
 * Twisted
 * Unan1mous
 * Ultimate Fighting Championship
 * The Vampire Diaries
 * Vice
 * V.I.P.
 * Ultimate Gamer
 * Walker, Texas Ranger
 * White Collar Blue
 * Wonderfalls
 * World Poker Tour
 * World's Most Amazing Videos
 * World's Wildest Police Videos
 * ''The X-Files
 * WWE:
 * ECW
 * Heat
 * Main Event
 * Superstars
 * Tough Enough
 * Vintage Collection
 * Yes, Dear
 * Young & Hungry