With such critically acclaimed shows on its schedule as “American Horror Story,” “Justified,” “Sons of Anarchy,” “The Americans,” “Fargo” and “Louie,” FX is one of a few cable networks to be mentioned in the same breath as cable’s other top purveyors of premium fare: HBO, AMC and Showtime.

In fact, FX is the most nominated network group in this year’s PromaxBDA North America awards, with 49 total.

And although FX offers a raft of well-produced original series, CEO John Langraf also has been aggressive about acquiring top-performing movies that have helped anchor the net’s primetime, with movies making up 84% of FX’s primetime lineup. In 2013, FX acquired the basic cable rights to nearly 70% of theatricals that grossed more than $100 million in domestic box office.

All of that explains while the network group —which now includes networks FX, FXX and FXM and app FX Now — has nearly doubled its value, climbing to $9.5 billion in 2013, according to SNL Kagan, up from $5 billion in 2006.

Last year, FX ranked sixth out of 104 basic cable networks among the all-important adult 18-49 demographic. It’s available in 96.2 million US homes and earns $670 million in carriage fees and another $752 million in advertising, according to Kagan’s 2014 estimates. It’s median age is 39, the youngest among the top-seven ranked basic cable nets.

Meanwhile, FX spends an estimated $563.5 million on programming, according to Kagan.

Read more: Variety

Brief Take: Landgraf, promoted to CEO of FX Networks in June 2013, is clearly doing something right, as FX has become one of TV’s most valuable and critically-acclaimed cable nets. Now if those Emmy awards would just come rolling in as well.

Image of “The Americans,” starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, courtesy of FX via FoxFlash.

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