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Fox Sports Net headquarters in Los Angeles.
FSN logo from 1997-2004
The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net (FSN), are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.

Beginnings

At the dawn of the cable television era, many regional sports networks (RSNs) vied to compete with the largest national sports network, ESPN . The most notable were the SportsChannel networks, which went on the air in 1976 with the original SportsChannel (now MSG Plus) and later branched out into Chicago and Florida; Prime Network, which went on the air in 1983 with the charter member being Home Sports and Entertainment (now FSN Southwest) and later branched out onto the West Coast as "Prime Sports"; and SportSouth, the RSN operated by Turner Broadcasting.

In 1996, News Corporation, which launched the over-the-air general-interest Fox Broadcasting Company in 1986, took over the Prime Network affiliates and renamed them all "Fox Sports Net." In 1996, Fox bought SportSouth and renamed it "FSN South." In 1998, SportsChannel America joined the Fox Sports Net family (except for the Florida affiliate, which joined in 2000).

Starting in September 2004, Fox Sports Net became known simply as FSN, but the name Fox Sports Net also remains in common use.

Programming strategy

The programming strategy that most FSN networks have adopted is to acquire the play-by-play broadcast rights to major sports teams in their regional market, which can then be promoted against nationally broadcast games on ESPN that have no local interest. (The strategy incidentally encourages non-cable subscribers to subscribe to cable TV in order to watch their favorite teams play.) In addition to local play-by-play coverage, FSN networks create pregame shows, postgame shows, and weekly "magazine" shows centered on the teams to attract additional viewers. In some markets, FSN competes directly with other regional sports networks for the right to air this team-specific programming.

FSN has competed directly with ESPN in the area of acquiring rights to collegiate sports at the conference level. One notable agreement is with the Pacific-10 Conference, in which packages of football and men's basketball regular-season games are aired across all FSN networks in the Pac-10 region. Every game (except the final) of the Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is aired on FSN, as are a few Pac-10 matches in minor sports (e.g. baseball, volleyball).

Besides play-by-play, a common set of FSN programming is available to all its regional sports networks, most notably The Best Damn Sports Show Period and Final Score. In some of its regions, the competing Comcast SportsNet carries FSN programming on their channels.

Headquarters

Fox Sports Net is headquartered in Los Angeles'marker Westwoodmarker area. Its master control facilities are based in both Los Angeles and Houstonmarker. In February 2005, News Corporation (Fox's parent company) became 100 percent owner of FSN, after swapping assets with Cablevision Corporation, but was still identified in its copyright tag as "Fox Sports Net/National Sports Partners." (The name has since changed to "National Sports Programming.") Fox Sports Net also utilizes Stage 19 at Universal Studios Floridamarker, after Nickelodeon Studiosmarker closed in 2005.

National prime time programming

FSN "pillbox" logo until 2008.
Still used by some affiliates
addition to regional programming, Fox Sports Net has some national prime time programming such as The Best Damn Sports Show Period and Chris Myers Interviews. FSN has tried to compete with ESPN in original programming, most notably in 1996, when FSN debuted the Fox Sports National Sports Report, a 30-minute sports news program designed to compete with ESPN's SportsCenter. The program originally began as a two hour program, but was steadily cut back as ratings dropped and costs increased. FSN hired popular former SportsCenter anchor Keith Olbermann and used him to promote the show heavily, but ratings continued to slide. The last edition of the National Sports Report aired in February 2002. In some markets, FSN airs the Regional Sports Report, usually headlined with the name of the region covered, such as the Midwest Sports Report or Detroit Sports Report. The regional reports began in 2000 to complement the national sports report, but many regional reports were cut in 2002 due to increasing costs.

Until 2008, these programs were billed as being part of FSN. However, the FSN name has been de-emphasized in advertising and promotion, and each network now uses its own logo. Most outlets either use the logo with the "FS(REGION)" template, the previous FSN logo (as used by the Liberty Sports Holdings-owned networks), or a completely different brand altogether (such as some of the Comcast Sportsnet networks and the MSG Network). With these changes, FSN's model may have now shifted to a syndication model rather than a complete national network.

Four entities own FSN-affiliated networks: News Corporation, Comcast, Cablevision, and Liberty Media (Liberty Sports Holdings).

Regional Fox Sports Net networks

Name Region served Home to Former Name Notes
Fox Sports Arizona Arizonamarker, New Mexicomarker and southern Nevadamarker. Phoenix Suns (NBA), Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB), Phoenix Coyotes (NHL), Phoenix Mercury (WNBA), local coverage of the Pacific 10, Western Athletic, Big Sky, and Mountain West conferences. PRIME Sports Arizona
Fox Sports Detroit Michiganmarker (statewide), northwestern Ohiomarker, northeastern Indianamarker, and some portions of northeast Wisconsinmarker along the Upper Michiganmarker border. Detroit Tigers (MLB), Detroit Pistons (NBA), Detroit Red Wings (NHL), Detroit Shock (WNBA), local coverage of the Big Ten, Horizon League, Summit League, CCHA and the MAC athletic conferences, as well as the MHSAA. None Tigers Live, Red Wings Live, and Pistons Live are produced by FS Detroit. Fox Sports Net Detroit put PASS Sports, which was owned by Post-Newsweek/WDIV-TVmarker, out of business in 1997 when Fox acquired the TV rights to all of the pro sports teams in Detroit.
Fox Sports Florida Floridamarker (statewide), and parts of southern Alabamamarker (not including Mobilemarker) and southern Georgiamarker. Tampa Bay Rays (MLB), Orlando Magic (NBA), Florida Marlins (MLB), Florida Panthers (NHL), plus local coverage of the Big East, Atlantic Sun, Conference USA, and Atlantic Coast athletic conferences. SportsChannel Florida Shares broadcast rights with co-owned Sun Sports. Last FSN network to discontinue the SportsChannel name.
Fox Sports Houston Southern Half of Texasmarker and Southern Louisianamarker Houston Astros (MLB), Houston Rockets (NBA), Houston Texans programming (NFL), Big 12, Conference USA, high school, and local collegiate sports. FSN Southwest Launched as an opt-out of FS Southwest, gained full feed on January 12, 2009
Fox Sports Indiana Central Indianamarker Indiana Pacers (NBA), Indiana Fever (WNBA), Cincinnati Reds (MLB—via Fox Sports Ohio) and local coverage of minor league baseball and collegiate sports featuring the Big 12, Conference USA, Southeastern, Western Athletic, Missouri Valley, and Horizon League conferences. Formerly part of FSN Midwest; Was Prime Sports Network prior to that FSN Indiana became a channel after FSN became the primary network for the Indiana Pacers. It is still a part of FSN Midwest in some markets.
Fox Sports Kansas City Kansas City region Kansas City Royals (MLB), Kansas City Brigade (AFL), and local coverage of collegiate sports featuring the Big 12 and Missouri Valley. Formerly part of FSN Midwest; Was Prime Sports Network prior to that FSN Kansas City became a channel after Royals Sports Television Network was shut down and FSN signed a long-term deal for the Kansas City Royals. Having 2 networks eliminates conflicts with St. Louis Cardinals coverage on FSN Midwest. Some programming is produced by FSN Midwest.
Fox Sports Midwest Missourimarker, soutern Illinoismarker, southern Indianamarker, eastern Nebraskamarker, eastern Kansasmarker, western Kentuckymarker and northern Arkansasmarker. St. Louis Cardinals (MLB), St. Louis Blues (NHL), and local coverage of minor league baseball and collegiate sports featuring the Big 12, Conference USA, Southeastern, Western Athletic, Missouri Valley, and Horizon League conferences. Prime Sports Midwest FSN Midwest also airs Cardinals games in West Tennessee and northern Mississippimarker. Royals broadcasts returned to FSN Midwest in the Kansas City market beginning in 2008, after Royals Sports Television Network was shut down. A Kansas City spinoff launched when they became the broadcaster of the Kansas City Royals.
Fox Sports North Minnesotamarker, Wisconsinmarker, Iowamarker, North Dakotamarker, and South Dakotamarker. Minnesota Twins (MLB), Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA), Minnesota Wild (NHL), Minnesota Swarm (NLL) and Minnesota Lynx (WNBA), plus local coverage of the Big Ten, Big East, and Horizon League athletic conferences. WCCO IImarker, Wisconsin Sports Network, Midwest Sports Channel Regional subfeeds for the Minnesota/Dakotas region, and for the state of Wisconsin not included in the Minneapolismarker-St. Paulmarker market. The Wisconsin feed is operated under Fox Sports Wisconsin as of April 2007 and originates from the Twin Cities also with a Milwaukee production base.
FSN Northwest Washingtonmarker, Oregon, Idahomarker, Montanamarker, Alaskamarker, parts of Wyoming, and parts of northern Nevadamarker as well as southern British Columbia and Alberta. Seattle Mariners (MLB), Seattle Sounders (MLS), Seattle Storm (WNBA), Utah Jazz (NBA—via Fox Sports Utah), plus local coverage of the University of Washington, Washington State University, Oregon State University, Portland State University and Gonzaga University Northwest Cable Sports, Prime Sports Northwest Acquired by Liberty Media as part of its purchase of DirecTV. In 2007, FSN Northwest lost coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers (NBA) to Comcast SportsNet after refusing to come to an agreement with the team on a rights fee. And in 2008, FSN also lost coverage of the Seattle SuperSonics after the team moved to Oklahoma Citymarker to become the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Fox Sports Ohio Ohiomarker (Except in the Steubenville, OH area where FSN Pittsburgh is carried; In the Youngstown, OH market both FS Ohio and FSN Pittsburgh are available), parts of Indianamarker, Kentuckymarker, Northwestern Pennsylvaniamarker (primarily Erie), and extreme Southwestern New Yorkmarker. Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), Cincinnati Reds (MLB), Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL), plus local coverage of the Big East, Southeastern, Atlantic 10, Mid American, Metro Atlantic, Great Midwest, Conference USA, Atlantic Coast, Missouri Valley athletic conferences, and Ohio High School Athletic Association football games. SportsChannel Ohio Fox Sports Ohio airs Reds games in Nashvillemarker, Tennesseemarker and its surrounding areas, including western North Carolinamarker. Fox Sports Ohio also broadcasts select Cavaliers games on Fox Sports Pittsburgh. Sometimes, only FSN is listed in the Fox Box rather than the full Fox Sports Ohio name, all other FSN networks list the networks name (the Columbus Blue Jackets telecasts use the Fox Sports Ohio name in the box). The network also produces a call-in show called "Cleveland Rants" that makes it unique to most other FSNs. Also, it should be noted that there are actually two separate feeds, an FSOHIO Cleveland and an FSOHIO Cincinnati that are slightly different, mainly on the Reds games and on high school sports. The Columbus market usually receives both feeds, especially in times of conflicting games. For example, when the Columbus Blue Jackets and Cleveland Cavaliers play at the same time, the Blue Jackets will be on the regular FSN Ohio channel, while the Cavaliers are on an alternate channel. Other such conflicts include the Blue Jackets and Cincinnati Reds and the Cavaliers and Reds.
Fox Sports Oklahoma All of Oklahomamarker. Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA), local coverage of Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big 12) Football and Basketball games. FSN Southwest Launched with OKC Thunder Opening Game on October 29, 2008. Select Dallas Mavericks (NBA) games will be available in areas of Oklahoma more than 75 miles from Oklahoma City.
FSN Pittsburgh All of Pennsylvaniamarker except the Philadelphia metro, all of West Virginiamarker except the two counties in metro DC, western Marylandmarker, eastern Ohiomarker, the extreme northeast of Kentuckymarker and the extreme southwest of New Yorkmarker. Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL), Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB), Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA—via Fox Sports Ohio), Washington Wild Things (Frontier League), plus local coverage of the Big East, Big Ten, Atlantic 10, PIAA, WPIAL and Horizon League athletic conferences. KBL Sports, Prime Sports KBL. Produced Midwest Sports Report for Fox Sports Midwest until its move to St. Louis in 2006. Acquired by Liberty Media as part of its purchase of DirecTV.
FSN Rocky Mountain Coloradomarker, Utahmarker, Wyomingmarker, western Kansasmarker, western Nebraskamarker, and parts of Montanamarker, Nevadamarker, and New Mexicomarker. Colorado Rockies (MLB), Colorado Crush (AFL) and Utah Jazz (NBA) plus local coverage of the Big 12, Big Sky, Western Athletic, Conference USA, and Mountain West athletic conferences. Prime Sports Rocky Mountain, Prime Sports Intermountain West Acquired by Liberty Media as part of its purchase of DirecTV. A sub-feed for Utah (Fox Sports Utah) carries the Utah Jazz (NBA), Phoenix Coyotes (NHL—via Fox Sports Arizona), Real Salt Lake (MLS), and local collegiate sports.
Fox Sports South Georgiamarker, Mississippimarker, Alabamamarker, Kentuckymarker Atlanta Hawks (NBA), Atlanta Braves (MLB), Atlanta Thrashers (NHL), plus local coverage of Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, Conference USA, Big South, and Southern athletic conferences. (Original) SportSouth Purchased Turner South in May 2006; name changed to SportSouth; SportSouth carries the Braves, Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers (NHL).
Fox Sports Carolinas North Carolinamarker, South Carolinamarker Carolina Hurricanes (NHL), Charlotte Bobcats (NBA), coverage of Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, Conference USA, Big South and Southern athletic conferences. Fox Sports South (now a sub-feed)
Fox Sports Tennessee All of Tennesseemarker, northern Alabamamarker Memphis Grizzlies (NBA), Nashville Predators (NHL), Cincinnati Reds (MLB—via Fox Sports Ohio), St. Louis Cardinals (MLB—via Fox Sports Midwest), coverage of Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, Conference USA, Big South and Southern athletic conferences. Fox Sports South (now a sub-feed)
Fox Sports Southwest Northern Texas, Northern Louisianamarker, parts of New Mexico, and Arkansasmarker. Dallas Mavericks (NBA), Dallas Stars (NHL), Texas Rangers (MLB), FC Dallas (MLS), San Antonio Spurs (NBA), San Antonio Silver Stars (WNBA), plus local coverage of the Southland, Big 12, and Conference USA athletic conferences. Home Sports Entertainment, Prime Sports Southwest.
Fox Sports West and PRIME TICKET Southern and Central Californiamarker, southern Nevadamarker, and Hawaiimarker. Los Angeles Clippers (NBA), Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (MLB), Los Angeles Kings (NHL), Anaheim Ducks (NHL), Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA), Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS), Chivas USA (MLS), and local coverage of the Pacific 10, West Coast, Mountain West, Western Athletic, and Big West conferences. (Original) Prime Ticket, Prime Sports West, FSN West 2 (second channel) Operates two channels, FS West and PRIME TICKET.
Fox Sports Wisconsin Wisconsinmarker, except for western counties in Minneapolis-St. Paul DMA, and a few counties on the border with Michiganmarker (which show Fox Sports Detroit). Milwaukee Brewers (MLB), Milwaukee Bucks (NBA), Minnesota Wild (NHL; limited schedule), Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA hockey only), WIAA, other local coverage Fox Sports North Fox Sports Wisconsin became a channel after FSN became the primary network for the Milwaukee Brewers. It is still a part of Fox Sports North in some markets.


Defunct FSN networks

Name Region served (Former) Home to Former names Other
Chicago Northern Illinoismarker, northern Indianamarker, and eastern Iowamarker. Chicago Cubs (MLB), Chicago Bulls (NBA), Chicago Blackhawks (NHL), Chicago Fire (MLS) Chicago Rush, (AFL), Chicago White Sox (MLB), local and national collegiate sports, including those from Fox Sports Detroit. Sportsvision, SportsChannel Chicago Closed on June 23, 2006. Was the production and origination point of the Chicago, Ohio, and Bay Area Sports Report programs (all 50% owned by Rainbow Sports/Cablevision). Comcast SportsNet Chicago now occupies the former FSN Chicago facility located at 350 North Orleans Street, and airs FSN's national programming. The old Chicago Sports Report set was purchased (and is now used as the main news set) by WREXmarker in Rockford, IL. Building current home of the Chicago Sun-Times.


Other FSN-owned/affiliated Networks

Name Region served Home to Former names Other
Sun Sports Floridamarker. Orlando Magic (NBA), Miami Heat (NBA), Florida Marlins (MLB), Tampa Bay Rays (MLB), Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL). Sunshine Network Originally a Prime Network affiliate, it is now owned by Fox Sports Net.
SportSouth Georgiamarker, Alabamamarker, Mississippimarker, Tennesseemarker, South Carolinamarker, and parts of North Carolinamarker. Atlanta Braves (MLB), Atlanta Hawks (NBA), Charlotte Bobcats (NBA), Memphis Grizzlies (NBA), Atlanta Thrashers (NHL). Turner South Previously owned by Time-Warner as part of the TBS family, sold to News Corporation (parent company of Fox Sports Net) in 2006. Renamed to SportSouth on October 13, 2006.
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Northern and central Californiamarker, Sacramento, northwestern Nevada (including the Lake Tahoemarker-Renomarker-Carson Citymarker region), and parts of southern Oregonmarker. San Francisco Giants (MLB), Golden State Warriors (NBA), San Jose Earthquakes (MLS), San Jose Stealth (NLL), San Jose Sabercats (AFL) and local coverage of the Pacific 10, West Coast, Mountain West, and Western Athletic conferences. Pacific Sports Network (PSN), SportsChannel Bay Area, SportsChannel Pacific, FSN Bay Area 25% owned by Fox, 45% owned by Comcast, and 30% owned by the San Francisco Giants as of December 2007. Managed by Comcast. SportsChannel Pacific was formed when Pacific Sports Network (PSN) merged with SportsChannel Bay Area. Due to Comcast's plurality ownership of the network, the network was rebranded as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area on March 31, 2008.. Oakland Athletics and San Jose Sharks telecasts moved from CSN Bay Area to CSN California in 2009.
Comcast SportsNet New England Massachusettsmarker, eastern and central Connecticutmarker, Vermontmarker, Mainemarker, New Hampshiremarker, and Rhode Islandmarker. Boston Celtics (NBA), Boston Cannons (MLL), and local college sports. SportsChannel New England, FSN New England As of July 1, 2007, 100% owned by Comcast. Rebranded as a Comcast SportsNet channel on October 1, 2007, and more local programming in the network will be added.
MSG Plus New Yorkmarker, northern New Jerseymarker, northeast Pennsylvaniamarker, southern Connecticut. New York Islanders (NHL), New Jersey Devils (NHL), Long Island Lizards (MLL), plus local coverage of the Big East, Northeast, Metro Atlantic and CAA athletic conferences. SportsChannel New York, FSN New York Co-owned with MSG, which carries the New York Knicks (NBA), Buffalo Sabres (NHL), New York Rangers (NHL), New York Liberty (WNBA), Red Bull New York (MLS), plus regional collegiate football and basketball. Rebranded as MSG Plus on March 10, 2008 and continues to air programming from Fox Sports Net. Owned by Cablevision.


Fox College Sports (FCS)

FSN also offers Fox College Sports (formerly Fox Sports Digital Networks) for digital cable subscribers. These are three channels (marked Atlantic, Central, and Pacific) that provide programming (primarily colleigate and high school sports, plus minor league sports) that would be carried from each individual FSN network, as well as each affiliate's regional sports reports and individually-produced programming (such as coaches shows, team magazines, and documentaries). More or less, these three networks are condensed versions of the 22 FSN-affiliated networks, including Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, though the channels also show international events that fit too oddly on FSN or Fox Soccer Channel, such as the Commonwealth Games, World University Games, and the FINA World Swimming Championships.

The 3 FCS Channels offer the FSN feeds from the following channels, including live Big 12 Conference football, Pacific 10 Conference football and basketball and Atlantic Coast Conference basketball. They also rerun shows originally produced by and shown on the networks listed:







Fox College Sports also shows Independent Women's Football League games, high school games, college magazine shows, and college coach's shows. Fox College Sports' partner channel is Big Ten Network.

On-screen graphics

FSN has often been the testing ground for the innovations that Fox comes up with graphically and the source of inspiration that other networks have for their graphics. They were the first U.S. sports channel to introduce the bar score/time graphic on the top of the screen (initially known as the FoxBox). Since FSN came up with the top-screen bar graphic, many other major networks have abandoned the corner box graphic in favor of the bar.

2001-mid-2005

FSN first used the scoring banner for most of its broadcasts beginning in 2001. The banner then was simpler than today's. It featured a transparent black rectangle, a baseball diamond graphic for baseball broadcasts on the far left, the team abbreviations in white with their scores in yellow boxes (the white boxes were used on some broadcasts until 2002). Then the quarter or inning, time or number of outs, pitch count/speed (baseball broadcasts), and the FSN logo on the far right. Until sometime in 2004, the logo said Fox SPORTS NET with the "FOX" in a white box, which was later changed to blue. Midway in July 2003, Fox Sports Net adopted new graphics for its baseball broadcasts, then later expanded them to college football, hockey, and basketball broadcasts, despite retaining the banner. Early in 2004, the logo was changed to reveal the FSN pillbox logo and "FOX SPORTS NET" in black; in July of that year, the "FOX SPORTS NET" was replaced with the region. Eventually, Fox Sports Net simply became known as FSN in September of that year.

FSN's parent network used this score banner but with a different graphics package from 2001 until 2003, although the parent network's baseball broadcasts continued to use these graphics during the 2004 season.

2005–Mid-2008

In the middle of June 2005, the banner was given a cosmetic upgrade, despite the graphics used since July 2003 are still used. The team abbreviations became white or black in the team's main color (depending on color contrast), and the scores are now in white boxes. The scores would flash, making a futuristic computer sound, whenever the scores change. On the baseball broadcasts, the diamond graphic on the far left would flash, circling the bases with a graphic below the banner with the words "HOME RUN" and the team's or player's name shown in electronic lettering. Also with the baseball broadcasts, the diamond graphic changed between 2005 and 2006. Also, the FSN logo on the far right is now in a black oval-like shape with the region in white.

2008/2009

For the 2008 college football season, the scoring banner went back to a box on the top-left portion of the screen, featuring text in an athletic-like font, with similarities to the text style of Big Ten Network's and Fox's current graphic styling. The box changes to the colors of the team possessing the ball, with down information in the top portion of the box and a text box with information such as punt hangtime extending from the bottom, and the size of the possessing team's scoring area expands with the possession arrow. The box flips over to indicate a score, and no FSN branding is seen onscreen beyond the local network's logo in the top-right hand corner, written as FS(region) (such as FSSOUTH, 'FSOHIO, FSWEST, etc.).

For major league events, logo bugs in most regions now use the team's name and colors instead of the FSN region name; such as FSSTARS for Fox Sports Southwest's coverage of the Dallas Stars, which can simplify branding for teams whose broadcasts span across multiple FSN affiliates. PRIMETICKET uses PT instead of FS on its bug (i.e. PTDODGERS for Prime Ticket's coverage of Los Angeles Dodgers games), and Sun Sports uses SUN instead (i.e. SUNHEAT for Sun's coverage of the Miami Heat). SportSouth however, still uses their own logo. Fox Sports affiliates owned by Liberty Media (such as Northwest, Pittsburgh, and Rocky Mountain) still use the old "pillbox" logo but without a regional name during telecasts. Networks that syndicate FSN programming but use their own graphics during locally televised events use their regular logo bug in the corner (such as MSG Network) during national events.

The new graphical design began being used on NHL telecasts on October 11, 2008, the start of regular season broadcasts. It was implemented for NBA telecasts on October 28, but instead of the larger top-corner box, NBA telecasts originally utilized a smaller scorebox in the bottom-right corner, akin to TNT's scoreboard. This scoreboard is used for college basketball games as well.

The MLB version of the new scorebox and graphical style was implemented across all Fox properties in April 2009, including Fox's network coverage. Featuring the same equivalent design as the college football scorebox in the top left-hand corner, the differences between the two mostly involved ball-strike-out count/inning information replacing the time/quarter information to the right of the score, (inning on top, B-S-O and pitch speed interchanging on the bottom line) , with the "men on base" graphic to the right side. Major game events are denoted with a turning around of the box to announce the milestone (which includes a count of the runs batted in if a home run is hit), along with promotional announcements from game advertisers.

For NBA game broadcasts in the 2009-10 season, FSN networks use the scorebox format of placing the scores on one long line in the bottom-third of the screen within the 4:3 safe area, equivalent to the scorebars used by ESPN's NBA coverage and other broadcasters which use the bottom-third scorebox format.

Programs broadcast nationwide

Live national play-by-play

  • ACC men's college basketball (Sunday nights)
  • Big 12 college football
  • Pac-10 college football
  • Pac-10 men's college basketball (Thursdays, Saturdays, Sunday nights, and Pac-10 conference tournament)
  • Women's college basketball from the Big 12, Pac-10 and ACC


Other sports



New shows added in 2008

  • Amazing Sports Stories is a 30-minute weekly show in which re-enactments are used to tell various human interest stories in the sports world. The premiere episode on April 13 recounted Bert Shepard's only game as a major-league pitcher; he is the only player in Major League Baseball history who played with a prosthetic device (it replaced one of his legs). Some subsequent episodes featured Jackie Mitchell, a female pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game; Lawrence Lemieux, a Canadianmarker Olympic yachtsman who sacrificed his chance at a medal to save the life of two fellow competitors from Singaporemarker; and Ben Malcolmson, a writer for a college newspaper (The Daily Trojan) who walked onto the USC Trojans football team.
  • Baseball's Golden Age uses film footage shot between the 1920s and 1960s to tell the history of baseball during that time. It premiered on July 6 for a scheduled 13-episode run.
  • 2Xtreem Motorcycle TV is a themed motorcycle customization show. The four person team consists of current and former AMA licensed racers and mechanics. Builds include a tribute to NASAmarker's Apollo Project and a bike built for NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and his charitable foundation. Future builds include bikes for rock music performer Jason Bonham (Foreigner) and Juan Pablo Montoya, another NASCAR star who was once in Formula One and also a former Indianapolis 500marker winner. 2Xtreem left FSN in October 2008 after a 13 week run during which it was the highet rated show to ever premier on the network with an overall average of .68. 2X Motorcycle TV can now be seen on regional broadcast and cable networks across the country as well as on the new Untamed Sports Network nationally.


New shows added in 2007



New shows added in 2006



Other shows seen on FSN across the country are The Best Damn Sports Show Period, The Chris Myers Interview, FSN Pro Football Preview, Totally Football, and FSN Baseball Report. The Sports List and Beyond the Glory are still seen in reruns in most markets.

In addition, FSN airs an extensive lineup of poker shows, including Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament and MansionPoker.net PokerDome Challenge. Recently, it was announced that the World Poker Tour will broadcast uts 7th season on FSN as well.

Defunct programs

These programs once aired on FSN, but have since been cancelled:
  • I, Max: Talk show hosted by Max Kellerman. A combination of poor ratings and the repercussions of the death of Kellerman's brother caused the show's demise.
  • The Last Word: Another talk show. Originally, this had a bicoastal format, with Wallace Matthews hosting in New York Citymarker and Jim Rome in Los Angelesmarker. During this show's run, Matthews was removed and Rome hosted by himself.
  • Totally NASCAR: A daily show about NASCAR racing. This program received access to race highlights denied to ESPN2's RPM 2Night. Whether this decision was related to RPM 2Night's cancellation in 2003 remains debatable, but this show was itself cancelled after the 2004 season. A modified version of this show, called Around the Track, now airs on many, but not all, FSN affiliates.
  • Two game shows: The Ultimate Fan League, hosted by Bil Dwyer; and Sports Geniuses, hosted by Matt Vasgersian.
  • You Gotta See This, a compilation of unusual video highlights from the world of sports.
  • FSN Across America, which was a newsmagazine show. When one of its co-hosts, Carolyn Hughes, was revealed to have an affair with Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe in 2004, Hughes was dropped from the show and released by the network. FSN cited a violation of a morals clause in Hughes' contract. The show died shortly after that.
  • Before that, another magazine, Goin' Deep, had aired from 2000 to 2001 with Joe Buck, then Chris Myers, as host. That show resembled Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel with its hour-long format and focus on contentious issues in sports.
  • TNA Impact!, a professional wrestling program, aired on FSN for a little more than a year, starting in June 2004 to May 2005, but has since moved to Spike TV.


Pay-per-view

On November 10, 2006, FSN distributed its first pay-per-view event. Evander Holyfield, former heavyweight boxing champion, defeated Fres Oquendo in a unanimous decision at the Alamodomemarker in San Antoniomarker, Texasmarker. The fight was also distributed free of charge on the FoxSports.com website outside the United Statesmarker.

FSN HD

FSN HD is a 720p high definition simulcast of FSN featuring high-definition programming such as live sporting events. Usually, each regional channel has its own separate HD feed, but when the program being shown is only available in SD, the HD feed of the affiliate broadcasting it is deactivated and replaced with a test pattern in 480i. National FSN shows FSN Final Score and The Baseball Report are shown in HD on all affiliates, along with the network's Sunday evening entertainment programming. Also, all live sports that FSN has rights to televise nationally air in HD on all affiliates, except when conflicts with local sports arise.

As of November 2009 some of the regional FSN networks have placed their HD channels into 24/7 service using pillarboxes of the regional FSN logo to wrap around standard definition programming.

Americans in Focus

FSN has launched a public service initiative called Americans in Focus, with the sponsorship support of Farmers Insurance. This initiative consists of one-minute vignettes profiling persons of non-Caucasian ethnicity. Americans in Focus launched in February 2008 for Black History Month and was to continue all through September and October for Hispanic Heritage Month. Over 20 vignettes have aired so far, and FSN aired a related half-hour program in February.

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