FX Productions

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FX Productions, LLC
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Industry Television production
FoundedAugust 7, 2007;17 years ago (2007-08-07)
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FX Productions, LLC (FXP) is an American television and in-house production company owned by FX Networks, a division of the Disney Entertainment unit of The Walt Disney Company. It was also known in copyright as Bluebush Productions from 2007 to 2017. The studio currently produces series for FX, FXX and FX on Hulu. In the past, FXP also produced series for Amazon Prime Video ( One Mississippi ), Epix ( Perpetual Grace, LTD ), Fox ( The Cool Kids , Wayward Pines season 1), and TBS ( Miracle Workers ), but the studio has since returned its sole focus to the FX channels.

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History

FX Productions was formed in August 2007 to take stakes in FX programming. Eric Schrier was appointed senior vice president of the company and the post of senior vice president of original programming in charge of current series and alternative programming. [1]

In July 2014, Fox Networks Group and DNA Films formed DNA TV Limited joint venture. Fox Networks Group would have first global first rights with co-financing options to the joint venture's shows. DNA TV would be managed by DNA Films management with Eric Schrier, president of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions handling Fox's joint venture interest. [2]

Paul Simms signed an overall television production deal with FXP in October 2017. [3]

In November 2019, it was announced that a number of new series originally ordered for FX produced by FX Productions before the Disney-Fox merger would be carried over to Hulu as part of the move of FX's streaming presence for most of the network's library not already under contract with another streaming provider. The series would remain under the purview of FX Productions, and be marketed under a new Hulu sub-brand, "FX on Hulu". It was planned by the end of 2021 that a third of Hulu's original series input would be produced by FX Productions. [4] More recently, Debra Moore Munoz has struck a deal with FX Productions. [5]

Television programs

TitleGenreFirst airedLast airedNumber of seasonsNetworkCo-production company(s)Notes
2000s
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia SitcomAugust 4, 2005Present16 FX (Seasons 1–8)
FXX (Season 9-present)
3 Arts Entertainment, RCG Productions and 20th Century Fox Television (seasons 1–2)
Dirt Journalism dramaJanuary 2, 2007April 13, 20082FX Coquette Productions, Matthew Carnahan Circus Products and ABC Studios
The Riches DramaMarch 12, 2007April 29, 2008Maverick Television and Fox Television Studios
Damages Legal dramaJuly 24, 2007September 12, 20125FX (Seasons 1–3)
Audience (Seasons 4–5)
KZK Productions, Sony Pictures Television and Gotham Music PlacementProduction company for first 3 seasons only
Sons of Anarchy Gang dramaSeptember 3, 2008December 9, 20147FXThe Linson Company, Sutter Ink and Fox 21
Archer Animated spy comedySeptember 17, 2009December 17, 202314FX (Seasons 1–7)
FXX (Season 8–14)
Floyd County Productions
The League SitcomOctober 29, 2009December 9, 20157FX (Seasons 1-4)
FXX (Seasons 5–7)
Chicken Sticks
2010s
Justified Crime dramaMarch 16, 2010April 14, 20156FXRooney McP Productions, Timberman/Beverly Productions, Nemo Films and Sony Pictures Television
Louie SitcomJune 29, 2010May 28, 201553 Arts Entertainment and Pig Newton, Inc.
Lights Out DramaJanuary 11, 2011April 5, 20111Warren Leight Productions, Fineman Entertainment and Fox Television Studios
Wilfred SitcomJune 23, 2011August 13, 20144FX (Seasons 1-3)
FXX (Season 4)
Zook, Inc., Prospect Park, Renegade Australia and SBS Australia Based on the Australian series of the same name
Unsupervised Animated sitcomJanuary 19, 2012December 20, 20121FXFloyd County Productions, RCG Productions and The Professional Writing Company
Brand X with Russell Brand TalkJune 28, 2012May 2, 20132Branded Films and Dakota Films
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell SketchAugust 9, 2012November 17, 2013FX (Season 1)
FXX (Season 2)
CR Enterprises
Legit SitcomJanuary 17, 2013May 14, 2014Regular Guy Films and Nugget Productions
The Americans Spy dramaJanuary 30, 2013May 30, 20186FXNemo Films, DreamWorks Television (Season 1), Amblin Television (Seasons 2-6) and Fox 21 Television Studios
The Bridge Police dramaJuly 10, 2013October 1, 20142Shorewood, Inc., Elwood Reid, Inc., Filmlance and Shine America Based on the Danish series of the same name
Chozen Animated sitcomJanuary 13, 2014March 31, 20141 Rough House Pictures and Floyd County Productions
Fargo Crime dramaApril 15, 2014Present526 Keys Productions, The Littlefield Company, Mike Zoss Productions (Seasons 1-2), Nomadic Pictures (Seasons 1-3) and MGM Television Inspired by the 1996 film of the same name
Tyrant Family dramaJune 24, 2014September 7, 20163Teakwood Lane Productions, Keshet Broadcasting and Fox 21 Television Studios
The Strain HorrorJuly 13, 2014September 17, 20174Double Dare You and Carlton Cuse ProductionsBased on the novel of the same name
Married SitcomJuly 17, 2014October 1, 20152Principato-Young Entertainment and Night Eater Productions
You're the Worst April 3, 20195FX (Season 1)
FXX (Seasons 2–5)
Hooptie Entertainment
Man Seeking Woman January 14, 2015March 8, 20173FXX Broadway Video and Allagash Industries
The Comedians April 9, 2015June 25, 20151FXJennilind Productions, Larry Charles Projects, Tamaroa Productions, Flying Glass of Milk Productions, Fabrik Entertainment and Fox 21 Television Studios
Wayward Pines MysteryMay 14, 2015August 8, 20172 Fox Olive Entertainment, Blinding Edge Pictures, De Line Pictures, Storyland and 20th Century Fox TelevisionProduction company for season 1 only. Replaced by 20th Century Fox Television for season 2.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll SitcomJuly 16, 2015September 1, 2016FX Apostle and Fox 21 Television Studios
The Bastard Executioner Period dramaSeptember 15, 2015November 17, 20151Sutter Ink, Imagine Television and Fox 21 Television Studios
One Mississippi SitcomNovember 5, 2015September 8, 20172 Amazon Prime Video Zero Dollars and Zero Sense Productions, Good Egg Productions, Inc., Pig Newton, Inc., 3 Arts Entertainment and Amazon Studios
Baskets January 21, 2016August 22, 20194FXBillios, 3 Arts Entertainment (Seasons 1-2), Pig Newton, Inc. (Seasons 1-2) and Brillstein Entertainment Partners
American Crime Story Crime dramaFebruary 2, 2016Present3Scott & Larry Productions, Color Force, Ryan Murphy Television and 20th Television
Atlanta Comedy-dramaSeptember 6, 2016November 10, 20224RBA, 343 Incorporated and MGMT. Entertainment
Better Things SitcomSeptember 8, 2016April 25, 20225Slam Book, Inc., 3 Arts Entertainment (Seasons 1-2) and Pig Newton, Inc. (Seasons 1-2)
Taboo DramaJanuary 10, 2017February 28, 20171 Scott Free Productions, Hardy Son & Baker, Sonar Entertainment and BBC Aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom
Legion SuperheroFebruary 8, 2017August 12, 2019326 Keys Productions, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions (Season 1), Kinberg Genre and Marvel Television
Snowfall Period dramaJuly 5, 2017April 19, 20236Shoe Money Productions, Dave & Ron Productions, New Deal Entertainment, Groundswell Productions and Underground Films
Trust Crime dramaMarch 25, 2018May 27, 20181 Cloud Eight Films, Decibel Films and Snicket Films
Pose Period dramaJune 3, 2018June 6, 20213Color Force, Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Television and 20th Television
Mayans M.C. Gang dramaSeptember 4, 2018July 19, 20235Sutter Ink and 20th TelevisionFollow-up to Sons of Anarchy
Mr Inbetween Comedy-dramaSeptember 25, 2018July 13, 20213Create NSW, Screen Australia, Jungle Entertainment, Blue-Tongue Films and Pariah ProductionsProduction company for seasons 2-3, Aired on Fox Showcase in Australia
The Cool Kids SitcomSeptember 28, 2018May 10, 20191FoxRCG Productions, Enrico Pallazzo, Nest Egg Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television
Miracle Workers February 12, 2019August 28, 20234 TBS Broadway Video, Allgash Industries (seasons 1–2), RIP Productions (season 3), Pink Moment Productions (season 3) and Studio TSecond season subtitled "Dark Ages"; Third season subtitled "Oregon Trail"
What We Do in the Shadows Supernatural comedyMarch 27, 2019December 16, 20246FXTwo Canoes Pictures (Seasons 1-2) and 343 IncorporatedBased on the 2014 film of the same name
Fosse/Verdon DramaApril 9, 2019May 28, 20191West Egg Studios, 5000 Broadway Productions, Pyrrhic Victory Productions, Joel Fields Productions, Old 320 Sycamore and Fox 21 Television StudiosLimited series
Perpetual Grace, LTD Neo-noir thriller June 2, 2019August 4, 2019 Epix Escape Artists, Chi-Town Pictures, Elephant Pictures and MGM Television
Cake AnthologySeptember 25, 2019December 9, 20215FXXSLAQR
A Christmas Carol DramaDecember 19, 2019December 21, 20211FXScott Free Productions, Hardy Son & Baker and BBCAired on BBC One in the United Kingdom
2020s
Breeders SitcomMarch 2, 2020September 25, 20234FXAvalon Television and Sky Original ProductionsAired on Sky One in the United Kingdom
Dave March 4, 2020May 31, 20233FXXDirty Burd, Matthew 6:33, SB Projects, Temple Hill Productions, Hart Beat Productions, Chicken Sticks
Devs MysteryMarch 5, 2020April 16, 20201 FX on Hulu DNA TVLimited series
Mrs. America Political dramaApril 15, 2020May 27, 2020Shiny Penny Productions, Dirty Films, Gowanus Projections and Federal Engineering
Dicktown Animated sitcomJuly 9, 2020March 31, 20222FXXFloyd County ProductionsSpun off from Cake
A Wilderness of Error DocumentarySeptember 25, 2020October 2, 20201FXTruth Media, Rachael Horovitz Productions, Universal Content Productions and Blumhouse Television Based on the book of the same name
A Teacher DramaNovember 10, 2020December 29, 2020FX on Hulu Aggregate Films and Hola FidelLimited series; based on the 2013 film of the same name
Black Narcissus November 23, 2020FXDNA TVLimited series; aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom; based on the novel of the same name
Hip Hop Uncovered DocumentaryFebruary 12, 2021February 26, 2021Lightbox Entertainment, Five All in the Fifth and The 51
Hysterical April 2, 2021Campfire and MilestoneTV movie
Pride May 14, 2021May 21, 2021Vice Studios and Killer Films
Reservation Dogs Comedy-dramaAugust 9, 2021September 27, 20233FX on Hulu Piki Films and Film Rites
Y: The Last Man Science fictionSeptember 13, 2021November 1, 20211Future Investigations, Color Force and Witch's Mark ProductionsBased on the DC graphic novel series of the same name
The Premise AnthologySeptember 16, 2021October 7, 2021Novak and Le Grisbi Productions
Under the Banner of Heaven Crime dramaApril 28, 2022June 2, 2022Hungry Jackal Productions, Aggregate Films and Imagine TelevisionLimited series; based on the book of the same name
Pistol Musical dramaMay 31, 2022Decibel Films, Sir Weighty Tomes, Crescent Moon Media, Jonesy's Jukebox and wiipLimited series
The Bear [6] Comedy-dramaJune 23, 2022Present3
Welcome to Wrexham DocuseriesAugust 24, 2022FX Boardwalk Pictures, 3 Arts Entertainment, Maximum Effort, RCG Productions and DN2 Productions
Little Demon Animated horror-comedyAugust 25, 2022October 20, 20221FXXHarmonious Claptrap, Jersey 2nd Ave, Evil Hag Productions and ShadowMachine
The Patient ThrillerAugust 30, 2022October 18, 2022FX on HuluJoel Fields Productions and Film FlamLimited series
Kindred Science fiction-dramaDecember 13, 2022The JS and Protozoa Pictures
Class of '09 [7] Drama thriller May 10, 2023June 21, 2023 Color Force
The Full Monty [8] Comedy-dramaJune 14, 2023 Disney+ (UK)
FX on Hulu (US)
Searchlight Television, New Wave Films and Little Island Productions
Justified: City Primeval [9] Crime dramaJuly 18, 2023August 29, 2023FX Sony Pictures Television Studios, MGM Television, Rooney McP Productions, Nemo Films, Timberman/Beverly Productions and Dave & Ron ProductionsLimited series; follow-up to Justified
A Murder at the End of the World [10] Drama thriller November 14, 2023December 19, 2023FX on HuluMysterium ValleyLimited series
Shōgun Period dramaFebruary 27, 2024PresentGate 34 Productions and Michael De Luca Productions
The Veil [11] ThrillerApril 30, 2024May 28, 2024PatMa Productions and Live & Squalor Pictures
Clipped [12] Sports dramaJune 4, 2024July 2, 2024 Color Force and Indistinct Chatter
English Teacher Comedy-drama September 2, 2024PresentFXBrian Jordan Alvarez Productions and 343 Incorporated
Say Nothing Historical DramaNovember 14, 2024FX on Hulu Color Force Limited series
Alien: Earth Science fiction horror 2025FXScott Free Productions and 20th Television

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