The television series Fringe was created by the Fox Broadcasting Company.
 Many early miniseries were adaptations of popular novels of the day, such as The National Dream (1974), Roots (1977), and North and South (1985)
=== 1980s: Establishment of the network ======= Foundations ====The Fox network's foundations were laid in March 1985 through News Corporation's $255 million purchase of a 50% interest in TCF Holdings, the parent company of the 20th Century Fox film studio

