The timeline is intended to identify generally what tasks the agency needs to accomplish in order to complete its review in cases involving complex or difficult issues, the normal order in which these tasks can be most efficiently performed, and the time normally needed to complete them. Any such general timeline necessarily oversimplifies the process. Statutes and regulations require different procedures for different types of licenses or authorizations, and the circumstances of individual cases will differ (for example, the actions taken by other government agencies considering the antitrust, national security, or law enforcement issues relating to the transaction). The timeline should therefore be viewed as a flexible tool, not an effort to force the review of all diverse transactions into one inflexible mold. For these reasons, the timeline clock may need to be started and stopped several times during the process. A record of these actions for Fox Television Stations, Inc. and Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. is provided below.

Clock Stopped		Clock Restarted	Days Stopped	Reason for Stop/Restart
Day	Date
261	7/25/01			Stop: FCC Approves Fox/Chris-Craft Merger With Conditions. FCC 01-209. [Text |  Word97 |  Acrobat]    Statements: Powell | Tristani | Abernathy |  Copps
153	4/3/01	4/9/01	6	Restart: Amendment to Application and Response to Letter from Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, FCC, to Applicants Stopping the Clock filed by Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. and Fox Television Stations, Inc. 4/9/01 Stop: Letter from Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, FCC, to Applicants Stopping the Clock 4/3/01
85	12/21/00	1/25/01	35	Restart: Response to Letter from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau filed by Chris-Craft and Fox Television Stations, Inc. 1/25/01 Stop: Letter from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau, FCC to Applicants Stopping the Clock 12/21/00