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with Children, as well as 20th Century Fox-produced shows such as M*A*S*H and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. During the first few years after its relaunch, FX was known for little else than airing reruns of such Fox shows as The X-Files and Married. In early 1997, fX was relaunched as "FX: Fox Gone Cable", refocusing the channel's target audience towards men aged 18 to 49. FX vacated the "apartment" in the summer of 1998 and the channel's operations were streamlined with the other Fox-owned subscription channels. Personal fX remained on the refocused FX until May 1, 1998. By the time that all live programming (with the exception of Personal fX) was dropped, the channel focused entirely on its classic television shows until its relaunch in mid-1997. It underwent several format changes, but never found a substantial audience and was canceled less than a year later.
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Breakfast Time was moved to the Fox network and renamed Fox After Breakfast in mid-1996. The live shows gradually disappeared one by one until only Personal fX remained. TWC would not carry the channel until September 2001. The first incarnation of fX was not available on Time Warner Cable, one of the major cable systems in New York City, where its programming originated. Inside the channel's syndicated programming blocks, channel hosts would frequently appear during commercial breaks to read news headlines, respond to e-mails from viewers about the episode that was airing, or to promote upcoming programming. Select viewers were allowed to spend a day at the "apartment" and take part in all of the channel's shows. Most of the shows would feature instant responses to e-mailed questions, and one show, Backchat (hosted by Jeff Probst), was exclusively devoted to responding to viewer mail, whether sent through e-mail or traditional postal mail. fX, in 1994, was an early adopter of the internet, embracing e-mail and the World Wide Web as methods of feedback.
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The channel prided itself on its interactivity with viewers. Other notable fX personalities included Karyn Bryant and Orlando Jones, who were panelists on Sound fX. Breakfast Time and Personal fX would regularly feature the channel's "roving reporters" – which included Suzanne Whang, John Burke and Phil Keoghan – visiting unique places around the United States live via satellite. The channel's flagship show, Breakfast Time, hosted by Laurie Hibberd and Tom Bergeron, was formatted like an informal magazine show and was an Americanized version of Great Britain's The Big Breakfast. Shows included Personal fX (collectibles and antiques), The Pet Department (pets), Under Scrutiny with Jane Wallace (news) and Sound fX (music). The live shows were each mostly focused on one broad topic. The "f" in the channel's name and logo was rendered in lower-case to portray a type of relaxed friendliness the stylized "X" represented the channel's roots: the crossing searchlights of the 20th Century Fox logo. fX had two taglines during this period: "TV Made Fresh Daily" and "The World's First Living Television Network". The channel centered on original programming, which was broadcast live every day from the "fX Apartment," and rebroadcasts of classic television shows from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, such as Batman, Wonder Woman, Eight Is Enough, Nanny and the Professor and The Green Hornet. Broadcasting from a large " apartment" in Manhattan's Flatiron District, fX was one of the first forays into large-scale interactive television.