Fox Funny is an Australian pay television channel focused on airing popular American sitcoms from the 2000s to present.
History
On 24 October 2008, the channel was launched with a promo loop on Foxtel as 111 Hits, running in widescreen in a run-up to its official 1 November 2008 launch as a companion to The Comedy Channel. Its first programme was a special edition of Countdown with guests Jenna Elfman and Jermaine Jackson. On 1 March 2009, the channel became available to Austar subscribers. The timeshift channel111+2 launched 15 November 2009. After a revised logo and branding campaign rolled out over the holidays of 2013, the channel's name was officially shortened on 1 January 2014 to 111 with the launch of TV Hits. After only four months, on 20 April 2014, it was rebranded to 111 Greats, before reverting simply to 111 on 1 August 2015. The channel launched on Fetch TV at the end of February 2017. On 7 November 2019, 111 funny was rebranded as Fox Funny as part of Foxtel's rebranding and takeover of several networks. An HD feed of the network was launched with the rebranding.
Programming
Programming primarily consists of American sitcoms from Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Television, and CBS Studios International. As 111 launched, programming was slowly revealed through promotions on other Foxtel channels, with presenters discussing a show and their memories of it. At launch, a majority of its shows were moved from Arena, FOX8, The Comedy Channel, TV1 and Fox Classics. On 1 January 2014, with the addition of TV Hits following the closure of TV1, there was a change in direction to the networks catalogue of programs, with a large amount of newer material moved from 111 Hits to TV Hits. As a result, 111 Hits was shortened to 111. New additions to programming included classics such as Cheers, Frasier, and Get Smart, as well as newer shows such as Rules of Engagement. On 1 November 2015, the network changed its focus solely to sitcoms. This saw the sitcoms which were moved to TV Hits the year prior returned and the removal of drama programming. With the rebrand to Fox Funny, the channel removed sitcoms from the 80s and 90s and became home to more recent sitcoms from the 2000s and 2010s.
