The network's scheduling has varied with each version, ranging from traditional entertainment programming, including television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, original programming in certain regions, and instructional and aspirational reality television on some other variations; in North America for instance, the network carried mainly Spanish language dubbed versions of American reality shows and instructional programming.

The channel has been owned by International Operations division of The Walt Disney Company since March 2019.

The provider of satellite television in the Netherlands, Canal Digitaal, had to replace Fox Life with the Finnish version as well because it shared the Fox Life feed with the Belgium provider of satellite television, TV Vlaanderen Digitaal.

[10] On 1 October 2017, the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian version of Star World was rebranded to Fox Life.

[18] The network, along with its other sister channels, ceased across the rest of Asia on 30 September 2021 as Disney focused on direct consumer streaming via Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.