Fox Flash

Fox Flash (Formally known as ABCXYZ Flash) is a American cable television channel owned by Fox Television Group, a division of Fox-Tezuka Corporation. The channel was launched on May 1, 1994 to compete with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney Channel, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy similar to Cartoon Network. It operates usually from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM (ET/PT) and is targeted at children between ages 7 and 15. Its overnight daypart block FoxNight is aimed at young adults and is treated as a separate entity for promotional purposes. Although they have a Spanish language audio track, they also have a Japanese Audio Track for select programs making Fox Flash the only children's network to have that track.

As of July 2019, Fox Flash is available to approximately 91.315 million pay television households in the United States.

Development
On March 10, 1982, The Osamu Tezuka Company acquired ABCXYZ Television Group from Jack Burkorion due to financial troubles.

In the same year, ABCXYZ Network launch a Saturday-Morning block called AZ Flash and gained popularly from big-kids and preteens during 1982 to the mid 1990's.

In October 1993, ABCXYZ announced its plans to launch AZ Flash as a separate channel in due to the popularity of their block.

1994-2001
On May 1, 1994, AZ Flash was launch as ABCXYZ Flash and it was a success, during the same day, ABCXYZ Flash introduce 2 new blocks, one was a late night block called AZ Night aimed for teenagers and young adults, and The New Toons, a block consisted of 15 short cartoons from around the wrold and only 1 to 3 of then will have their own shows in a voting competition on their website every year. Their website was launch during the same day.

In 1996, ABCXYZ's new division ABCXYZ Television Animation was founded and started production on ABCXYZ Flash's original cartoons.

In 1998, ABCXYZ Flash decided to air preschool programming and air them every morning with their new block called AZ Kids, However the block was a failure due to the lack of advertising and the lack of original programming and it was discontinued in January 2000.

Imported Shows that premiered during 1994 - 2000 including Monica's Gang, Doraemon, Mega Man (1994 TV series), Jetter Mars, Astro Boy (1980 TV series), Extreme Ghostbusters, Speed Racer X, Speed Racer (1967), "Hey, I'm Guzura!", Legendary Ninja Cats, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Real Ghostbusters, and The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion.

Original Shows that premiered during 1994 - 2000 are TBA

2001-2002
Due to the 90's style became dated and they want to refining their programming, ABCXYZ Television announced that they will be rebranding ABCXYZ Flash massively starting in Febuary 1, 2001.

The rebrand includes the discontinuation of The New Toons, Reviving their preschool block and rebrand it as ABC123 Kids, reducing their programming in order for make way for new shows, and reduce the time slot of AZ Night from 10:00 pm to 12:00 am.

However, The rebrand was unsuccessful due to these massive changes and causes ABCXYZ Flash one of the lowest rated children's network.

Only 5 Shows (Three of them are original) are premiered during 2000-2002 are TBA

2002-2006
Due to the failure of their rebrand, ABCXYZ announced that ABCXYZ Flash will be having a major facelift in September 15, 2001, however it got pushed to January 2002 due to the 9/11 attacks.

In January 1, 2002, ABCXYZ was rebrand and add new features and revived and modify most content from the 1994-2001 era. These changes including the discontinuation of their preschool brand, increasing their program for both original and imported/acquired shows, putting AZ Night back to it's original slot, and modify their bumpers. there were talks to revive The New Toons but it was scrapped for unknown reasons.

During 2002-2006, shows that premiered during this era including TBA

and Original Shows are TBA

2006-2019
On May 7, 2006, ABCXYZ announced that ABCXYZ flash is going to have a another rebrand, this time to a more modern look.

Those changes include, modernize their bumpers, focus more on their shows, and adding a new block called ABCXYZ EXTREME.

During 2006-2019, shows that premiered during this era including TBA

and Original Shows are TBA

2019-Present
On August 12, 2017, Fox Corporation announced they will be merging with Tezuka Entertainment Group. The merger was approved by federal regulators on January 29, 2018, and the merger was completed on November 1, 2018, with Tezuka Entertainment Group and Fox Corporation's names changed to Fox-Tezuka Corporation.

On April 2019, Fox-Tezuka announced that ABCXYZ Flash will be rebrand to Fox Flash and the name was adopted on July 2019.

On June 18, 2019 Fox-Tezuka announced that they will be reorganizing their studios, including their TV assets such as Fox Flash, Fox, Fox News, Fox Business, BabyTV, FX Networks, Fox Sports Networks, National Geographic, and 20th Century Fox Channel.

On May 1, 2020,  Sahara M. Ashcroft was named President of Fox Television Group, overseeing assets including Fox Flash, BabyTV, Fox, 20th Century Fox Channel and FX.

Programming
List of programming by Fox Flash

Fox Flash's current programming includes original animated series such as Pinackio, Macy Mayhem, and Danny & Manny, as well as acquired programming from other studios includes Go! Astro Boy Go!, MegaMan: The Animated Series, The Tatsunoko Show, Power Instinct, Countryballs: The Animated Series, Ice Age: The Series, Monica's Gang, Angry Birds Toons, and Captain Flamingo. Fox Flash has also produced live-action programming, such as The Extreme Show and Oh My Hacks.

FoxNight
FoxNight (Formally known as ABCXYZ Night) is a teen/adult-oriented nighttime programming service that airs on Fox Flash from usually 10:00 pm to 6:00 am ET/PT everyday in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Japan and Canada; The network features myriad stylistically variable animated shows, including original programming, syndicated shows mainly consisting of Fox animated programming, and Japanese anime, generally with minimal or no editing for content similar to Cartoon Networks' Adult Swim.

Fox EXTREME
Fox EXTREME (Formally known as ABCXYZ EXTREME) is a programming block that airs on Fox Flash from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm ET/PT everyday in the United States. It mostly features live action, game shows and retro cartoons and anime randomly.

Online
Fox Flash registered its official website, FoxFlash.com, on July 14, 1997. It officially launched on March 18, 1999.

International channels
List of international FoxFlash channels