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Fox Classics (Japan)

television channel

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ26156149 ↗
Source-derived summary

Fox Classics (formerly known as Fox Crime) was a Japanese pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific.

History

As Fox Crime

The channel launched in October 2006 as Fox Crime.

As Fox Classics

On August 1, 2015, the channel was renamed as Fox Classics, and became broadcasting American dramas from the 1960s to the 2000s. The channel was renamed as Fox Classics on 1 August 2015.

The channel ceased broadcasting as of 30 September 2018.

Programming

As Fox Classics

Source:

Ally McBeal

Beverly Hills, 90210

Bewitched

Charlie's Angels

CHiPs

The Closer

Combat!

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Fox Classics (Japan)” as television channel. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Classics, Japan and television.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2015, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Classics, Japan and television providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

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Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q26156149. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2015 and 2018.

Critical limits

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How to read it

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Fox Classics (Japan)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Fox Classics (Japan) primary sources, Fox Classics (Japan) archive and Classics research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Fox Classics (Japan)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.