What if News Corporation (now 21st Century Fox) acquired HIT Entertainment in 2012?

== Changes ==
*HIT Entertainment now serves as a division of Fox Family Entertainment.
*** Fox Family Entertainment would have lots of care for the franchises HiT Entertainment owns, would give more attention to the HiT shows and franchises, and would give the older seasons of Fireman Sam and Thomas & Friends, as well as the original Bob the Builder and the first 8 seasons of Barney and Friends much recognition.
*** Fox Television Animation will co-produce HiT Entertainment's shows.
**** As a result, all HiT shows would air on Fox Family and Fox Jr for reruns.
*** News Corporation (now known as 21st Century Fox) would never private or block all videos of HiT properties or take down channels or fan games, nor shut down all websites that were owned by HiT Entertainment.
** Thomas & Friends: Big World Big Adventures! (however, Nia (with a more realistic, emotional and logical reason for her arrival and coming to sodor), Rebecca (with realistic flaws), many of the international engines from the Great Race like Yong Bao, Ashima, Shane,Vinnie and etc, Darcy, Brenda, Cleo (but looking more like a real road train like the one in the national railway museum in York),Kenji, Hong mei, Tamika, Isla, Duchess, Ruth and Baz and Bernie would still existed but much better written as visiting engines and new members of the Sodor railway network to better develop their personalities) and Thomas and Friends: All Engines Go! wouldn't exist (except as a spin off that would air alongside the original show and the child vehicles who be the adoptive children of the main sodor vehicles like AEG thomas being the adoptive son of the main Thomas, meaning that the original Thomas & Friends would still continue with many side characters from the classic 7 seasons and the hit era seasons 8-12 like Caroline, Boco, Arthur, Duke, Murdoch, Fergus, Neville, Molly, Dennis, Billy, Freddie, Hector, Jeremy, Mighty Mac and etc would return and won't be ignored. Framestore will take over from Jam filled Tomatoes as the new cgi animation company while the classic series models will be recycled via archival footage for flashbacks of classic seasons and hit era seasons episodes. The Logging Locos and misty island will be improve to be more realistic, less annoying and more likeable. Andrew Brenner will still be showrunner and with Britt Allcroft returning as his co showrunner.
** The series 5-present of Fireman Sam was heavily altered as it continued with the stop-motion animation, kept the original continuity and taken all the great elements from seasons 1-4 and put them over into season 5-present, The characters would return to their old personalities.
** Hot Animation wouldn't be closed down.
** HIT Entertainment would acquire Chapman Entertainment in 2013
** HIT Entertainment would have extended their home media distribution deal with 20th Century Fox rather than moving it to Lionsgate and Universal Studios
*** Bob the Builder (2015) was heavily altered to be more faithful to the original, the designs being the same as the original and Project build it characters like Gripper, Grabber, Splasher and Tumbler returning.
*** Rubbadubbers and Pingu would be revived for newer episodes.
** The Wiggles television series would be kept under HIT Entertainment's ownership and end up after the fourth series The Wiggles Show! in order to avoid ruining childhoods, especially how we miss the older members of the Wiggles.
** Barney & Friends (being reverted back to live-action) and Angelina Ballerina would actually be produced in 2017 like they were originally intended.
** Kipper would additionally get a 2019 reboot.
** Pikwik Pack would be owned under HIT Entertainment's ownership, Premiered in 2008 instead of 2020 and will continue with more episodes.
** HiT Movies would've been revived and would've been a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox.
** Lyrick Studios would’ve been remain open after 2001
** Gullane Entertainment would've been remain open after 2003
** HIT Entertainment would’ve been remain open after 2016
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