Star Comedy Explained
Star Comedy (formerly FX and Fox Comedy)[1] is a Portuguese pay television channel that broadcasts comedy series and films, owned by The Walt Disney Company Portugal.[2] Programs are mostly imported, mainly from the United States, occasionally also Canada and the United Kingdom. The channel has become the home for primarily Fox's animated adult shows such as The Simpsons and Family Guy. The name of the channel is derived from one of the multiplex Star Premium channels in Latin America which originally was used in 2021.
History
As FX
The channel started broadcasting on September 26, 2007 alongside Fox Crime on TV Cabo's Funtastic Life package. The channel promised the start of "a new era in the Portuguese landscape" with a strong irreverent character reflected in the channel's slogan: Pós-Zapping. Unlike its sister channels, FX distanced from offering mainstream content, with the main offers being hit cult shows. The channel launched with the premiere of Dexter and also announced Deadwood (already broadcast on RTP2 before) in the channel's second week.[3]
As Fox Comedy
On November 18, 2015, the channel finished its conversion to a comedy channel, Fox Comedy.[4]
As Star Comedy
On November 27, 2023, Disney has announced that Fox Comedy would rebrand to Star Comedy on February 7, 2024.[5] [6] [7] [8]
Programming
Current programs include:[9]
- 2 Broke Girls
- American Dad! (formerly on Fox and FX)
- The Big Bang Theory (formerly on RTP2, Animax and AXN White)
- Family Guy (formerly on SIC Radical, RTP2, Fox and FX)
- Friends (formerly on RTP1, RTP2, SIC Mulher and Sony Entertainment Television)
- How I Met Your Mother (formerly on Fox and Fox Life)
- Modern Family (formerly on Fox Life and on TVI)
- The Neighbors (formerly on Fox)
- Seinfeld (formerly on TVI, SIC Radical and SIC Comédia)
- The Simpsons (formerly on Canal 1/RTP1, RTP2, RTP Açores, RTP Madeira, Fox and FX)
- Two and a Half Men (formerly on RTP1, RTP2, AXN and AXN White)
- Will & Grace
Former programs
As Fox Comedy
As FX
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Pais . Miguel . November 12, 2015 . Fox Comedy vai substituir FX e promete gargalhadas . Fox Comedy will replace FX and promises laughter . July 7, 2023 . Espalha-Factos . pt.
- News: FX. pt . 19 July 2012 . 19 July 2012 .
- Web site: 26 September 2007 . Fox Crime e FX a partir de hoje . http://web.archive.org/web/20231130090433/https://www.publico.pt/2007/09/26/jornal/fox-crime-e-fx--a-partir-de-hoje-231187 . 30 November 2023 . 3 January 2024 . Público.
- Web site: Pais . Miguel . November 12, 2015 . Fox Comedy vai substituir FX e promete gargalhadas . Fox Comedy will replace FX and promises laughter . July 7, 2023 . Espalha-Factos . pt.
- Web site: 2023-11-28 . Disney ends Fox brand in Portugal . 2023-11-28 . theportugalnews.com.
- Web site: 2023-11-28 . Perguntas Frequentes - A FOX vai ser STAR Channel. 2023-11-28 . foxtv.pt . pt.
- Web site: 2023-11-27 . Canais Fox vão mudar de nome e assumir marca Star . Fox channels will change their name and adopt the Star brand . 2023-11-29 . publico.pt . pt.
- Web site: 2023-11-28 . Canais FOX vão passar a ser Star Channel já em 2024 . 2023-11-30 . marketeer.sapo.pt.
- Web site: Programação STAR Channel, STAR Life, STAR Crime, STAR Comedy, STAR Movies, STAR Mundo . 2024-02-07 . www.startv.pt . pt.
- Web site: Séries . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170704094857/http://www.foxtv.pt/series/foxcomedy . 2017-07-04 . 2024-05-15 . FOX.
- Web site: Cardoso . Joana Amaral . 2017-03-19 . Da Ásia para a comédia da Fox . 2024-05-15 . PÚBLICO . pt.
- Web site: Séries . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160629150821/http://www.foxtv.pt/series/foxcomedy . 2016-06-29 . 2023-11-13 . Fox.
