Star Comedy (formerly FX and Fox Comedy) is a Portuguese pay television channel that broadcasts comedy series and films, owned by The Walt Disney Company Portugal. Programs are mostly imported, mainly from the United States, occasionally also Canada and the United Kingdom. The channel has become the home for primarily 20th Television Animation's shows such as The Simpsons and Family Guy, as well as long running acclaimed sitcoms like Friends and The Office. The name of the channel is derived from one of the multiplex Star Premium channels in Latin America which originally was used in 2021.
History As FX The channel started broadcasting on September 26, 2007 alongside Fox Crime on TV Cabo's Funtastic Life package. The channel promised the start of "a new era in the Portuguese landscape" with a strong irreverent character reflected in the channel's slogan: Pós-Zapping. Unlike its sister channels, FX distanced from offering mainstream content, with the main offers being hit cult shows. The channel launched with the premiere of Dexter and also announced Deadwood (already broadcast on RTP2 before) in the channel's second week.
As Fox Comedy
On November 18, 2015, the channel finished its conversion to a comedy channel, Fox Comedy. In the process, all comedy shows on Fox Portugal (now Star Channel) were transferred to Fox Comedy, with Fox going forward, instead dedicating mostly to American police procedural television series.
As Star Comedy On November 27, 2023, Disney has announced that Fox Comedy would rebrand to Star Comedy on February 7, 2024.
Programming Current programs include: 2 Broke Girls American Dad! (formerly on Fox and FX) The Big Bang Theory (formerly on RTP2, Animax and AXN White) Brooklyn Nine-Nine Family Guy (formerly on SIC Radical, RTP2, Fox and FX) Friends (formerly on RTP1, RTP2, SIC Mulher and Sony Entertainment Television) Ghosts How I Met Your Mother (formerly on Fox and Fox Life) Last Man Standing (formerly on Fox Life) The Office (US) (formerly on TVI and FX) Rules of Engagement (formerly on AXN White) The Simpsons (formerly on Canal 1/RTP1, RTP2, RTP Açores, RTP Madeira, Fox and FX) Two and a Half Men (formerly on RTP1, RTP2, AXN and AXN White)
Former programs As Fox Comedy A Criada Malcriada Abbott Elementary American Housewife Animal Control Atlanta Baby Daddy (formerly on AXN White) Black-ish Bob's Burgers (formerly on RTP2, Fox and FX) The Cleveland Show (formerly on Fox and FX) Crayon Shin-chan (in dubbed and subtitled versions, formerly on SIC, Animax and Panda Biggs/Biggs) Cristela Curb Your Enthusiasm (formerly on RTP2 and FX) Duncanville Episodes (formerly on FX) Fresh Off the Boat Futurama (formerly on RTP2, Fox and FX) Ghosts The Goldbergs The Grinder Kevin Can Wait Life in Pieces Malcolm in the Middle (formerly on Fox and SIC Radical) Marlon The Mick The Middle (formerly on Fox Life and RTP2) Mike & Molly (formerly on AXN White) The Mindy Project Modern Family (formerly on Fox Life and on TVI) Mom (formerly on RTP2) The Neighborhood The Neighbors (formerly on Fox) New Girl (formerly on Fox Life and also on TVI) One Day at a Time The Orville Porta dos Fundos (formerly on Fox) Raising Hope (formerly on Fox Life) Seinfeld (formerly on TVI, SIC Radical and SIC Comédia) Son of Zorn Speechless Superstore Will & Grace
As FX
See also FX (TV Channel) Fox Comedy Star Premium, where Star Comedy name originated
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