Fox Nation is an American
subscription video on demand service. Announced on February 20, 2018, and launching on November 27 of that year, it is a companion to
Fox News Channel
The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is ...
carrying programming of interest to its audience, including original
opinion-based talk shows and documentary-style programs featuring Fox News personalities (which, as with its parent network, are produced from a
conservative
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perspective),
outdoor recreation
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-related programs, and other acquired programming. It also offers next-day streaming of Fox News primetime programs.
The "Fox Nation" name originates from a website Fox News had launched in 2009, which featured
blog
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s by conservative and liberal commentators.
The new service was announced for a debut in late 2018, and was described as catering to "superfans" of Fox News—which the network deemed to be "the most loyal audience in cable, if not all of television".
Programming
Some of the original programming on the service has included ''Nuff Said with
Tyrus, What Made America Great'' with
Brian Kilmeade, and ''Sincerely, Kat''—hosted by ''
The Greg Gutfeld Show'' panelist
Kat Timpf.''
''
Diamond and Silk had a program on Fox Nation, but were dropped by Fox News in March 2020 amid their promotion of
COVID-19 misinformation
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.
In 2020, the service began to acquire
outdoor recreation
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-themed programming, including acquiring streaming rights to the former
A&E reality show ''
Duck Dynasty'', and premiering the original
hunting
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series ''Fox Nation Outdoors.''
On March 29, 2021, the service began to carry ''Tucker Carlson Today''—a spin-off of ''
Tucker Carlson Tonight
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''.
Tucker Carlson
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also produces original documentaries for the service under the banner ''Tucker Carlson Originals''.
In May 2021, Fox Nation began to stream Fox News primetime programs (such as ''Tucker Carlson Tonight and
Hannity
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'') on-demand the day after their original airing, branded as "Fox News Primetime All the Time". It also added a video simulcast of
Dan Bongino's syndicated radio show, as part of an agreement for him to host a new Saturday night program on Fox News. In September 2021, Fox Nation greenlit a revival of former Fox series ''
Cops
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* ''The ...
'' for a 33rd season, after having previously been dropped by
Paramount Network
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The channel was or ...
''.''
In March 2022, Fox Nation announced ''
Duck Family Treasure'', a new reality series starring
Jase
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People
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*Jace Alexander (born 1964), American television director and actor
*Jace Amaro (born ...
and Jep Robertson of ''Duck Dynasty'' fame. In April 2022, Fox Nation announced ''Historic Battles for America'', a historical miniseries narrated by
Kelsey Grammer
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained notoriety and acclaim for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984-1993) and its spin-off '' Frasier'' (1993-2004) ...
. It also acquired ''
Piers Morgan Uncensored'' from the British channel
TalkTV, which a sister to Fox News via sister company
News Corp
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and
News UK
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.
In September 2022 Fox Nation premiered its first direct-to-streaming film, ''The Shell Collector'', adapted from the novel by
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.
See also
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The Daily Wire
''The Daily Wire'' is an American conservative news website and media company founded in 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro and film director Jeremy Boreing. The company is a major publisher on Facebook, and produces podcasts such ...
References
External links
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Internet properties established in 2009
Subscription video streaming services
Conservative media in the United States