What if Fox Broadcasting Company was launched in 1942 as DuMont Television Network?

the real life, we know that Fox Broadcasting Company was launched in 1986. But in the alternate universe, what if Fox Broadcasting Company was launched in 1942 as DuMont Television Network instead of 1986.

This theory is interconnected to What if DreamWorks Pictures was founded in 1980 as The Geffen Film Company?

## Changes

* Fox Broadcasting Company would've been known as DuMont Television Network (1942-1972), before it was renamed Fox Broadcasting Company (1972-present).
* MyNetworkTV would've been a digital subchannel, with most of the MyNetworkTV stations primerly with Sony Channel.
* Fox Kids would've still been open as a cable network.
* After the acquisition of Fox Entertainment Group by Disney-ABC Enterprises in 2001, Fox would've operated new units:
	+ Fox Pictures would've been the successor to 20th Century Fox.
	+ Fox Animation Studios would've been revived as Fox Corporation's animation unit.
	+ Fox Home Entertainment would've been Fox Corporation's new home video unit.

## Logo Evolution

### Fox

#### 1986-1987

Later in 1986, Fox Broadcasting Company changed to just Fox, launching with a logo that slightly resembled the 20th Century Fox print logo. A negative space makes the O. It was briefly brought back (facing the screen) on WTAT-TV's logo from 1991 to 1993.

#### 1987-1993

Shortly before its primetime lineup debut on April 5, 1987, Fox changed their logo to make it look more like the now-distinct 20th Century Fox print logo.

#### 1993-1999

##### 1993-1995

###### 1993-1994

In September 1993, the familiar logo was given a more "hip" makeover, with the "FOX" wordmark overhauled into its current proprietary logotype and the angle changed, removing the tilting.

#### 1995-1996

Another revised logo was introduced for the 1995–96 television season, removing the searchlights, but retaining the pedestal and adding a third pane atop the logotype.

#### 1996-1999 (primary)

In 1996, the 1994 logo returned, this time without the pedestal at the bottom. Also, the searchlights were made thicker and longer. Although it is no longer used as of 1999, it still remains in use on plenty of Fox affiliates' logos (including its owned-and-operated stations until 2020). It also appears on the alternate logo of Fox News Channel mainly for the cable network's special breaking news reports and news productions as seen on the Fox television network.

#### 1999-present

##### 1999–2020 (primary); 1993-1999 (secondary)

The current version of the logo was introduced in September 1993 as a secondary logo before coming into primary usage in the fall of 1999, removing the searchlights completely and switching the logo exclusively to a wordmark design. Despite this, the searchlights are still incorporated into Fox News Channel's logo, and the universal station logo introduced in 2006 by Fox's owned-and-operated stations. This logo is now used as that of the network's current parent company Fox Corporation. This version of the logo was still used by Fox o&Os and affiliates until 2020.

##### 2019-present

In August 2019, Fox implemented branding elements by Trollbäck + Company, which slightly tweaked the 1993 wordmark to make it thicker, and introduced an abstract version of the wordmark whose shapes are incorporated into advertising and on-air branding elements. Additionally, the network also introduced its current graphics package, which uses a modified Neue Plak font, also used for its owned-and-operated stations' local newscasts. An element of the previous graphics package, the split-screen credits, was still used until it was changed in August 2020.