Freeform (TV channel)

==CBN Satellite Network==
===1977–1981===
==CBN Cable Network==
===1981–1988===
==The CBN Family Channel==
===1988–1990===
==The Family Channel==
===1990–1998===
The "CBN" part of the name was dropped on September 15, 1990, after owner Pat Robertson sold the network to a newly-created subsidiary named International Family Entertainment due to the channel's profitability threatening CBN's tax-exempt status. The 1988 logo was kept, albeit with a few changes: The typeface inside the circle changed, the outer circle now has a light-to-dark blue gradient, and the inner red circle with black lines had fewer lines, and were all in uniform length.
==Fox Family Channel==
===1998–2000===
After the acquisition by News Corporation, Fox Family Channel was launched on August 15, 1998, replacing The Family Channel. The identity for the new channel was created by Pittard Sullivan.
*Allbusiness
==Fox Family==
===2000–2001===
On September 1, 2000, the network dropped the word "Channel" from its name and adopted a new visual style as part of an attempt to refocus its programming to attract an older audience. While in essence it maintained a family-oriented format, the network began to feature some original and acquired programming aimed at adults during the early evening and in primetime. The new look was created by 3 Ring Circus. Around this time, the Made in Japan block aired before becoming the ABC Family Action Block.
==ABC Family==
===2001–2003===
On November 10, 2001, the channel was renamed ABC Family, with the on-air look that it adopted in its final year under Murdoch/Saban ownership as Fox Family modified for the newly rebranded network in the meantime (including its logo, which was altered to swap out the vertically aligned Fox wordmark placed on the left parenthetical fringe with ABC's 1962 logo, and production music), although it would begin using new continuity announcers. Analysts felt that Disney's purchase of Fox Family was influenced by the ongoing consolidation occurring in the media industry, such as the then-recently completed merger of America Online and Time Warner, as well as a desire to acquire a new pay television outlet that had significant carriage; at the time of the purchase, the network was seen in 83 million homes.
===2003–2016===
In 2003, the logo was revised with the 1962 ABC circle logo and the word family only being displayed. The word family was also changed from Univers to Helvetica. Jetix also premiered on both ABC Family and Toon Disney with ABC Family’s variant only lasting two years.
==Freeform==
===2016–2018===
On October 6, 2015, ABC Family announced that it would be rebranding as Freeform in January 2016 in order to target younger viewers. This debunked earlier rumors that the network was in a contract that forced the term "Family" into its name regardless of its content. In late December 2015, it was confirmed that the Freeform brand would replace ABC Family on January 12, 2016. This logo was still used as the on-screen bug until about two months after its later 2018 rebrand.
*Deadline
*Brand New
===2018–2022===
On January 18, 2018, Freeform adopted the slogan "A Little Forward", which reflected refinements to the network's programming direction, with a larger focus on "forward-looking" series. Tom Ascheim explained that with the rebranding, Freeform was "purposefully and passionately moving our brand forward by defying expectations and dismantling conventions; busting stereotypes of theme, cast and culture in service to a more inclusive world on and off screen". A new logo was also unveiled, consisting of two "f"s in a circle, designed by Ferroconcrete.
===2022–present===
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