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Article: How Fox broke from the pack to become cutting-edge network
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 6, 1997
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To the harmonious melody of Frank Sinatra's "Love & Marriage" and the
disharmonious rantings of the blue-collar "anti-Cosbys," the Fox
network proclaimed its arrival in America's prime-time consciousness
10 years ago this week, poised to challenge ABC, CBS and NBC and
become the fourth commercial broadcasting network.
But despite the brashness of the April 5, 1987, premiere of
"Married . . . With Children," which was a parody of the cuddly,
lovable Huxtables of "The Cosby Show" on NBC, the network was still
on the hunt for the Fox persona.
The irreverent attitude associated with the network today was
not yet in bloom. To sound like its rivals, Fox was using the
moniker FBC, for the Fox ...
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