{{For|the television channel formerly known as FX until 2003|SoHo (Australian TV channel)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox television channel | name = FX (Australia) | logo = FX International logo.svg | logo_size = 220px | logo_alt = | launch_date = 26 February 2012 | closed_date = 1 March 2018 ({{age in years and days|2012|02|26|2018|03|1}}) | country = Australia | language = English | timeshift_service = FX + 2 | picture_format = 1080i HDTV<br/>{{small|(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)}} | owner = Fox Networks Group }}
'''FX''' was an Australian subscription television channel which focused on its American counterpart, action-skewed television shows.<ref name="Launch of FX Australia">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/10/fx-channel-to-launch-with-day-and-date-series.html|title=FX channel to launch – with day and date series|publisher=TV Tonight|date=9 October 2011|access-date=9 January 2014}}</ref> The channel is owned and operated by Fox Networks Group and launched on 26 February 2012 on both Foxtel and Austar platforms.<ref name="FXLaunchDate"> {{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/01/the-walking-dead-to-launch-fx-channel.html|title=The Walking Dead to launch FX channel|publisher=TV Tonight|date=18 January 2012|access-date=9 January 2014}}</ref>
On 12 June 2012 it was reported that a two-hour timeshift channel ('''FX + 2''') would launch on 3 July 2012,<ref name="FX +2 Launch">{{cite web|url=http://www.austar.com.au/tv/about-austar/austar-news.aspx|title=AUSTAR News, About AUSTAR – AUSTAR Television|publisher=Austar|access-date=2012-06-12|archive-date=11 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211182730/http://www.austar.com.au/tv/about-austar/austar-news.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> but this was retracted for it to be later reported that it would launch on 6 September 2012.<ref group="note">Advertised in Foxtel's 'Preview September 2012' email.</ref>
On 1 March 2018, FX ceased broadcasting on Foxtel, after the final programming: criminal minds, Station ident/logo FX, Final words: "THE FX CHANNEL HAS CEASED BROADCASTING"
"Starting March 1st all FX shows has moved to showcase the new home of FX originals including drama pack", with all of its programming moved to Fox Showcase.
==History== On 9 October 2011 Fox International Channels released details that FX would relaunch in Australia early 2012 with "long-awaited" programs such as ''The Walking Dead'', ''Transporter: The Series'', and ''Hell on Wheels''.<ref name="Launch of FX Australia"/> The channel launched on 26 February on Foxtel and Austar.<ref name="FXLaunchDate"/>
SoHo, formerly known as FX until 2003, was owned by Foxtel, while this incarnation of FX was owned and ran by Fox International Channels (and later Fox Networks Group; the company which operate National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo People in Australia).
===Promotion=== On Wednesday 2 February 2012, FX announced on their Facebook page that to kick off the channels re-launch there would be promotional zombie invasions in Australia's two largest capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne on Wednesday 8 February 2012 in the city centres.<ref name="Promotion">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/02/zombies-set-to-attack-sydney-melbourne.html|title=Zombies set to attack Sydney, Melbourne|publisher=TV Tonight|date=7 February 2012|access-date=9 January 2014}}</ref>
==Programming==
===Final programming===
====Acquired programming==== *''Anger Management'' *''The Blacklist'' *''Borgia'' *''Burn Notice'' *''Copper'' *''Criminal Minds'' *''Fargo'' *''Fear the Walking Dead'' *''The Following'' *''Franklin & Bash'' *''From Dusk till Dawn: The Series'' *''Homeland'' *''Hell on Wheels'' *''Kingdom'' *''The Last Ship'' *''Las Vegas'' *''Legends'' *''Person of Interest'' *''Sons of Anarchy'' *''The Walking Dead''
===Past programming===
====Original programming==== *''The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes'' *''The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia''
====Acquired programming==== *''10 Items or Less'' *''Alias''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Shows |url=http://fxtv.com.au/shows |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301103224/http://fxtv.com.au/shows |archive-date=2012-03-01 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=FX Australia}}</ref> *''American Horror Story'' *''Arrested Development''<ref name=":0" /> *''Bedlam''<ref name=":0" /> *''The Booth at the End''<ref name=":0" /> *''Breaking Bad'' *''The Bridge'' *''Call Me Fitz''<ref name=":0" /> *''Chase'' *''Ch:os:en'' *''Da Vinci's Demons'' *''Dark Angel''<ref name=":0" /> *''Dark Blue'' *''The District''<ref name=":0" /> *''Endgame'' *''E-Ring'' *''Fear Itself'' *''The Fixer'' *''Hell on Wheels''<ref name=":0" /> *''House of Lies'' *''Human Target'' *''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' *''Jekyll'' *''Justified''<ref name=":0" /> *''The Kill Point'' *''Lead Balloon'' *''Life on Mars''<ref name=":0" /> *''Low Winter Sun'' *''Mad Dogs''<ref name=":0" /> *''Martial Law''<ref name=":0" /> *''NYPD Blue''<ref name=":0" /> *''Penn & Teller: Bullshit!'' *''Prison Break'' *''ReGenesis'' *''Rescue Me''<ref name=":0" /> *''The Shield''<ref name=":0" /> *''The State Within'' *''Transporter: The Series'' *''The Tudors''<ref name=":0" /> *''UFC Unleashed'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 10'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 11'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 12'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 13'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 14'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 15'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 16'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 17'' *''The Ultimate Fighter 18'' *''The Unit'' *''XIII''
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{{Subscription television channels in Australia}} {{Fox Networks Group}}
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