If you have been following the media broadcast saga in 2025, then you must be aware of how FOX became the center of the storm. By the time the season really got rolling, FOX had somehow become part of the weekly drama, and not in a good way. Fans were loudly venting about constant interruptions, awkward cutaways, and commercials showing up at the exact moment things on track were getting interesting. Instead of feeling locked into the action, they felt like they were being yanked out of it over and over again, and patience wore thin fast. Fast forward to today, and it still stings.

In an interesting take on Reddit, one fan didn’t hesitate to reopen old wounds by sharing evidence of what they meant.

“Watching this compilation from 2025, I can’t help but think how it’s even possible for NBC/Prime to have so much better audio than FOX/TNT, despite having the same audio and camera crew (just different producers),” they said.

And that was enough to send fans into the dislike zone.

FOX’s broadcast became a lightning rod of frustration, especially during the Talladega and Bristol races, with fans repeatedly calling out the excessive commercial breaks that were cutting away from live green flag action to mismatched camera work that missed racing moments. The community felt like FOX wasn’t prioritizing racing itself.

The backlash, however, wasn’t limited to ads. The production quality and broadcast execution took a big hit as well.

FOX’s use of cartoon-style graphics, poor camera angles, and a sense that both commentary and on-air direction lacked a lot of cohesion, according to them.

There were numerous technical and logistical misfires that went unnoticed by casual viewers. When compared to Amazon Prime and NBC, veteran race fans and analysts found fault with how races were being presented.

Being tagged as flat and fragmented indefinitely does not help their position. Fan engagement took a dip as well, although it wasn’t just because of FOX.

The Cup series saw a 14% decline in overall TV viewership from the previous season, a drop partly attributed to commentators citing fragmented broadcast rights and inconsistent coverage.

Fair or not, FOX’s 2025 season ended with a reputation problem, one built not on a single race but on the feeling that the broadcast just wasn’t matching the speed, chaos, and excitement of NASCAR itself.

Fans lose faith in FOX once again

Frustration with FOX’s NASCAR broadcast doesn’t arrive quietly; it crashes in all at once, blunt and unfiltered. One viewer summed it up with a technical but telling complaint.

“Everything about the FOX broadcasts are compressed. The colors, the sounds, everything.”

It is not just a minor gripe about aesthetics; it’s the feeling that the entire experience has been squeezed flat, stripped of depth and immersion.

That sense of disappointment becomes sharper when fans place it next to its competitors. As one commentator puts it: “NBC/Prime put love and effort into the broadcast, TNT was getting back into broadcasting NASCAR and unfortunately got placed behind Prime, and Fox was just being Fox.”

The contrast is damning. NBC and Prime were portrayed as deliberate and passionate, and TNT as at least trying to find its footing again, while FOX feels static, unchanged, and almost stubbornly indifferent.

For some fans, though, there is no need for nuisance at all. One voice cut through with unapologetic clarity.

“⁠Fox blows… I have nothing nice to say about them.”

There is no analysis, no comparison, just exhaustion. This is the kind of statement that comes after years of unmet expectations when criticism has boiled down to pure dismissal. And yet buried beneath the anger is a trace of disbelief, even betrayal.

“⁠But…. But…… Fox emmy winning audio! How can they be the worst at something when they were the best 20 years ago?”

That says everything you need to know about FOX. It’s the sound of someone remembering what the company once was, struggling to reconcile past excellence with present mediocrity. Lingering disappointment eventually hardens into finality.

“⁠It’s just about the intent… FOX has been trash and will be trash only…”

The verdict is absolute. To this viewer, FOX’s problem isn’t technical anymore, but philosophical. A lack of care, a lack of intent, and once fans believe that, winning them back becomes nearly impossible.

Together, these comments don’t just criticize the network; they tell the story of decline, comparison, and disillusionment of fans who would remember how good it used to be and can’t understand why it no longer even tries to be.