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1[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abc_2021_logo.png]]
2[[caption-width-right:250:''(snap)'' [[https://youtu.be/8HSutcBF4DM?si=DzZKhZkoecVh6mKT DUNN dun-DUNNN]][[note]]That's G-D-E; the snap was previously a D note, which you can still hear in the background in the current ident.[[/note]]\
3ABC's "circle" logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962 and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CWhyOw6Sko refreshed by Trollbäck+Company in 2021.]]]]
4
5->''"TV is good."''
6-->— One of ABC's many "yellow ad" quotes
7
8The [[https://abc.com American Broadcasting Company]], owned by [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]] since 1996, was spun off from Creator/{{NBC}} (where it originated as the "NBC Blue" radio network) as the result of an antitrust ruling in 1943. It changed its name to ABC the next year, and launched its television network in 1948. Though its broadcasting facilities are located at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, the network's corporate offices have been based in New York City since the network's founding, with its current headquarters shared with flagship station WABC-TV on the Upper West Side of Manhattan since 1988.
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10In the [[TheFifties 1950s]], ABC was the traditional third-runner in the U.S. television MediaNotes/{{ratings}}, usually finishing well in back of the other, more "senior" networks as many markets had no access to a dedicated ABC station in that era. (And even the markets that ''did'' have access to ABC programming usually ended up watching those shows at different times, as their local NBC or Creator/{{CBS}} affiliates would pick up ABC's shows and run them at odd or obscure hours; and if an ABC show had poor ratings, forget even that. Before a 1953 merger with United Paramount Theaters gave it some badly-needed cash, the network was pretty much in a race to bankruptcy with Creator/DuMont.) However, beginning in the [[TheSixties 1960s]] ABC began to make up for this by targeting younger audiences with shows such as ''Series/AmericanBandstand'', ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'', ''Series/TheModSquad'', and ''Series/{{Room 222}}'', as well as more traditional DomCom fare like ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' and ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
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12Then, in the [[TheSeventies '70s]], ABC hired Fred Silverman away from Creator/{{CBS}}. With Silverman's invention of the JiggleShow (with ''Series/CharliesAngels'' and ''Series/ThreesCompany''), loading the schedule with {{sitcom}}s (''Series/HappyDays'' and others), and the broadcast of several significant MiniSeries (''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'', ''Rich Man Poor Man''), sports events (''Monday Night Football'', ''Wide World of Sports'', the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames), and various other big-ticket spectacles (including the ''Sunday Night Movie'', which aired major theatrical features such as the Franchise/JamesBond films, and live events like the MediaNotes/AcademyAwardsCeremonies), the network saw both its ratings position and its revenue skyrocket. By the end of the decade, it had become a dependable frontrunner and completely lost its "also-ran" cachet. Among the other things that helped this was the signing of several of NBC's affiliates in mid-sized markets, as their existing affiliates in those markets were, like their network, not strong performers (and several were on the less-desirable UHF band). Their news division, previously an also-ran, quickly gained ground late in the decade and into the next with the debut of staples like ''Series/ABCWorldNewsTonight'' (originally featuring a three-anchor rotation of Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings; Jennings ultimately became the sole anchor by 1983), ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' (intended as a temporary program to cover the Iranian hostage crisis), and ''Series/TwentyTwenty'' (though the latter had a disastrous debut that resulted in a hasty revamp).
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14ABC's run at the top stretched into the [[TheEighties '80s]], but began to slip midway through that decade. The once-moribund NBC was experiencing its resurgence under Brandon Tartikoff, and hit shows like ''Series/ThreesCompany'' and ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' were coming to an end. While ABC was still airing hits like ''Series/Dynasty1981'', ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'', ''Series/TheWonderYears'', ''Series/GrowingPains'' and ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', it was also producing bombs like ''Music/{{Dolly|Parton}}'' and the Creator/LucilleBall {{sitcom}} ''Life with Lucy''. The network also wound up getting bought out by a media company only a tenth its size, Capital Cities Communications, in 1985 (they could not do it alone, though; Warren Buffett financed the purchase in return for a 25% stake in the company). After this, the network became more financially conservative (as its new owner had been known for prior to the purchase), tightening its purse strings and slowing investment in new series.
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16In the [[TheNineties 1990s]] and early [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], the network's only success story was its spectacular subversion of the FridayNightDeathSlot with the ''Franchise/TGiF'' comedy block on Fridays, which featured such shows as ''Series/FullHouse'', ''Series/FamilyMatters'' and ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld''. Hits on other nights, such as ''Series/ThePractice'' and ''Series/{{Alias}}'', were few and far between, and attempts to launch a hit RealityShow (like Creator/{{CBS}}' ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' and Creator/{{Fox}}'s ''Series/AmericanIdol'') proved to be embarrassments. It briefly enjoyed massive success with the hit GameShow ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', until they started marketing the show to death by airing it ''four nights a week'', turning it from a megahit into [[CondemnedByHistory a punchline]] almost overnight.
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18Also during the 1990s, Capital Cities/ABC was bought by Creator/{{Disney}}, the network's current owner, who during the first few years of their ownership played this up significantly (i.e. replacing the previous Saturday-morning schedule with the Creator/{{One Saturday Morning| And ABC Kids}} block, putting ads for ABC programs on Disney, Touchstone and Miramax VHS tapes; early fears of it being rebranded "The Disney Network" were never realized), but this has since cooled down.
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20Midway through the decade, however, ABC finally regained its footing. It finally found its RealityTV hit in 2003 with ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'', and followed that up the following year with three scripted series that quickly turned into megahits: ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', and ''Series/GreysAnatomy''. Other shows, like ''Series/UglyBetty'' and ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', also helped to boost ABC's cachet in the new decade. While still behind Creator/{{CBS}} and Creator/{{Fox}}, it sits comfortably in third place ahead of a seemingly dead-in-the-water Creator/{{NBC}}, when discounting any Olympics and ''Sunday Night Football'' gains by that network. The network also carries a second network on their [[MediaNotes/AmericanTelevisionStations owned and operated stations]] as a digital subchannel called "Live Well Network", a lifestyle network which airs programming pertaining to health, home improvement and food. It expanded to other non-ABC station subchannels, and the website was purposefully designed not to look like an ABC site. The non-ABC owned stations have all since dropped it, and the network shuffles onward in a zombie state, having its shutdown announced in 2015 - and yet ABC O&Os continue to carry it.
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22All that may very well be window dressing, however. Not that big-ratings hits have stopped coming towards ABC's way: ''Modern Family'' has become a media and ratings darling and ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has made the network a ratings juggernaut on a night many thought was almost as dead as Fridays. ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Dancing With the Stars'' continue to be ratings gold as well. However, ABC has lost major footing in trying to capture lightning twice and repeat the success of the ''Modern Family'' and ''Lost'' formulas: the network has become a revolving door of single-camera sitcoms (including ''Series/DontTrustTheBInApartment23'', ''Back in the Game'', ''Series/SuperFunNight'' and ''The Neighbors'') with many of them failing to last past a single season, and attempts to recapture the genre show success of ''Lost'' in particular (including ''Series/{{V|2009}}'', ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'', ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' and, to an arguable extent, ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'') particularly ending in failure. In many ways, ABC has found themselves [[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/12/bubble-watch-abc-deep-dive-intelligence-chicago-pd-enlisted-more/228587/ back into the position they were when they were bought by Disney]], leading to the natural [[http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/ben-sherwood-to-succeed-anne-sweeney-as-disneyabc-television-group-president/ executive shake-ups]].
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24Starting in the New Tens, ABC started making a concerted push to diversify its primetime lineup, primarily focusing on sitcoms, leading to the creation of shows like ''Series/{{Blackish}}'', ''Series/{{Cristela}}'', and ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat''. While ''Cristela'' struggled in the ratings, ''Blackish'' and ''Fresh Off the Boat'' did well enough to be renewed. This success led to the network committing itself to develop shows that feature minorities underrepresented in American television. ABC has also found immense success with its "[=TGiT=]" block (Thank God It's Thursday, echoing the old [=TGiF=] block). ''Unlike'' "[=TGiF=]", "[=TGiT=]" is an all-drama block centered around ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Scandal'' and ''How to Get Away With Murder.'' The block is also informally referred to as "Shondaland" as all three series come from the same executive producer, Shonda Rhimes. A ''fourth'' series, again from Shonda Rhimes, is set to arrive March 2016. It's also notable that the [=TGiT=]/Shondaland block also continues ABC's march towards being the leading network in on-screen diversity, including down to Shonda Rhimes herself and most notably with ''HTGAWM'''s Viola Davis who won a Primetime Emmy for her starring role. They have also begun to revive classic game shows in the summer as part of their "Summer Fun & Games" block (though some of the shows have also aired at other times), including ''Celebrity Series/FamilyFeud'', ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]'', ''Series/MatchGame'' and ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' (the first two having aired on ABC for the much of the 70s, the third having been ABC's final daytime game from 1990-91); a revival of ''Series/TheGongShow'' joined them for summer 2017; followed by revivals of ''Series/PressYourLuck'' and ''Series/CardSharks'' two years later.
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26For 2018 and 2019, the network and its broader TV operations saw a significant shakeup in the aftermath of Disney's acquisition of [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Twentieth Century Fox]]'s television studios and Creator/FXNetworks, effectively separating all three from ABC rival Creator/{{Fox}} and folding them into Disney/ABC's operations. With the merger, most of the old guard at ABC was replaced by Fox's leadership, leading many to wonder if ABC will start to emulate that network's reputation for experimenting with newer genres and programming. Additionally, the network also announced that it would vacate its facilities at the Upper West Side on Manhattan and would construct new facilities in Hudson Square that will house all of Disney's east coast operations, in addition to ABC.
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28In 2023, Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, stated in an interview with CNBC that he was exploring a sale of ABC and Disney's other linear television properties apart from ESPN, saying that "the creativity and content they create is core to Disney, but the distribution model, the business model that forms the underpinning of that business, and that has delivered great profits over the years, is definitely broken." Although the Nexstar Media Group and Byron Allen had made attempts to buy the network from Disney, on November 29, 2023, Iger announced that Disney was no longer interested in selling its linear assets, effectively making ABC continually bound to the Mouse House.
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30From 2004 until 2007 ABC's parent Disney operated a UK channel, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC1_(UK) ABC1]], carrying exclusively US-made programming, including some that had appeared on other networks (mainly Disney/Touchstone-produced shows).
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32Not to be confused with the Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation or with the Japanese network Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (Creator/TVAsahi's Osaka affiliate), which both have the same abbreviations. Likewise the former Creator/{{ITV}} station Associated British Corporation [[labelnote:†]](though their most famous series, ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'', did air in America on ''this'' ABC — the British ABC's name is spelled out in its VanityPlate)[[/labelnote]], as well as Associated Television (ATV), which was known as the Associated Broadcasting Company in its very early days until the ''other'' ABC complained.
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34[[folder: Shows that it has aired]]
35[[index]]
36* ''Series/TenEightOfficersOnDuty'' (2003-2004)
37* ''Series/TwentyTwenty'' (1978-present)
38* ''Series/SixHundredSixtySixParkAvenue'' (2012-13)
39* ''Series/SeventySevenSunsetStrip'' (1958-64)
40* ''Series/EightSimpleRules'' (2002-05)
41* ''Series/NineOneOne'' (TBA) [[note]]Moved from Fox after season 6.[[/note]]
42* ''Series/AbbottElementary'' (2022-present)
43* ''Series/ABCWorldNewsTonight'' (1953-present)
44* ''Series/AccordingToJim'' (2001-09)
45* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' (1964-66)
46* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' (1989-90); [[ChannelHop moved from]] NBC, part of the ''Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour'')
47* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfOzzieAndHarriet'' (1952-66)
48* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' (2001-06)
49* ''Series/AliasSmithAndJones'' (1971-73)
50* ''Series/AliensInTheFamily'' (1996)
51* ''Series/AllAmericanGirl1994'' (1994-95)
52* ''Series/AllMyChildren'' (1970-2011)
53* ''Series/AllStarBlitz'' (1985)
54* ''Series/AmericanBandstand'' (1952-57, local; 1957-87, nationwide)
55* ''Series/AmericanCrime'' (2015-17)
56* ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' (1989-present)
57** ''Series/AmericasFunniestPeople'' (1990-94)
58* ''Series/AmericanHousewife'' (2016-21)
59* ''Series/AmericanIdol'' (2018-present; revival)
60* ''Series/{{Amerika}}'' (1987)
61* ''Series/{{Arsenio}}'' (1997)
62* ''Series/TheAssets'' (2014)
63* ''Series/TheAstronautWivesClub'' (2015)
64* ''Series/{{Automan}}'' (1983-84)
65* ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' (1966-69)
66* ''Series/{{Baby Talk|1991}}'' (1991-1992)
67* ''Series/TheBachelor'' (2002-present)
68* ''Series/BachelorFather'' (1961-62)
69* ''Series/BackInTheGame'' (2013)
70* ''Series/BarbaryCoast'' (1975-76)
71* ''Series/{{Baretta}}'' (1975-78)
72* ''Series/BarneyMiller'' (1975-82)
73* ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' (1966-68)
74* ''Series/BattleBots'' (2015-16; revival)
75* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica| 1978}}'' (1978-79)
76** ''Series/{{Galactica|1980}}'' (1980)
77* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' (1989-91)
78* ''Series/BenCasey'' (1961-66)
79* ''Series/BetOnYourBaby'' (2013-14)
80* ''Series/BetterOffTed'' (2009-10)
81* ''Series/TheBetterSex'' (1977-78)
82* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' (1964-72)
83* ''Series/TheBigShowdown'' (1974-75)
84* ''Series/BigSky'' (2020-23)
85* ''Series/TheBigValley'' (1965-69)
86* ''Series/TheBionicWoman'' (1976-77)
87* ''Series/BlackBox'' (2014)
88* ''Series/BlackIsh'' (2014-22)
89** ''Series/MixedIsh'' (2019-21)
90* ''Series/BlessThisMess'' (2019-20)
91* ''Series/BlindJustice'' (2005)
92* ''Series/BodyOfProof'' (2011-13)
93* ''Series/BosomBuddies'' (1980-82)
94* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (1993-2000)
95* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' (1969-74)
96* ''Series/{{Break the Bank| 1976}}'' (1976)
97* ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' (2006-11)
98* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny Show]]'' (original run 1960-61, aired in reruns until 1968; returned as ''The Road Runner Show'' in 1971-73, then back as ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' in 1973-75, then as ''The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour'' in 1985-86 and finally as ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'' in 1986 until they lost the rights to Creator/CartoonNetwork in 2000)
99* ''Series/{{thirtysomething}}'' (1987-91)
100* ''Series/BurkesLaw'' (1963-66)
101* ''WesternAnimation/CalvinAndTheColonel'' (1961-62)
102* ''Series/CardSharks'' (summer revival, 2019-21)
103* ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' (2009-16)
104* ''Series/TheCatch'' (2016-17)
105* ''[[Series/WheelOfFortune Celebrity Wheel of Fortune]]'' (2021-present)
106* ''Series/CharliesAngels'' (1976-81)
107* ''Series/TheCharmings'' (1987-88)
108* ''Series/{{The Chase| Game Show}}'' (2021-present)
109* ''Series/{{Cheyenne}}'' (1955-62)
110* ''Series/ChinaBeach'' (1988-91)
111* ''Series/{{The City| 1995}}'' (1995-1997)
112* ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' (2000)
113* ''Series/{{Coach}}'' (1989-97)
114* ''Series/CodeRed'' (1981-82)
115* ''[[Series/Combat1962 Combat!]]'' (1962-67)
116* ''Series/CombatHospital'' (2011)
117* ''Series/CommanderInChief'' (2005-06)
118* ''Series/TheCommish'' (1991-96)
119* ''Series/{{Conviction|2016}}'' (2016-17)
120* ''Series/CopRock'' (1990)
121* ''Series/TheCourtshipOfEddiesFather'' (1969-72)
122* ''Series/CovingtonCross'' (1992)
123* ''Series/{{Cristela}}'' (2014-15)
124* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' (In 1994, made a ChannelHop to Creator/{{Fox}} in 1995.)
125* ''Series/TheCrossing'' (2018)
126* ''Series/{{Cupid}}'' (1998-99, 2009 revival)
127* ''Series/CuriosityShop'' (1971-1972)
128* ''Series/TheDakotas'' (1963)
129* ''Series/DanAugust'' (1970-71)
130* ''Series/TheDanaCarveyShow'' (1996)
131* ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' (2005-21, 2023-present)
132* ''Series/{{Darkroom}}'' (1981-82)
133* ''Series/DarkShadows'' (1966-71)
134* ''Series/TheDatingGame'' (1965-73; revival ''The Celebrity Dating Game'' 2021)
135* ''Series/{{Deception|2018}}'' (2018)
136* ''Series/TheDeepEnd'' (2010)
137* ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' (2016-18)
138* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' (2004-12)
139* ''Series/Detroit187'' (2010-11)
140* ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' (1985-86)
141* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' (1991-94)
142* ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' (2007-09)
143* ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'' (1958-1966)
144* ''Series/DonnyAndMarie'' (1975-79)
145* ''Series/{{Dont}}'' (2020)
146* ''Series/DontTrustTheBInApartment23'' (2012-13)
147* ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' (1989-93)
148* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' (1996-99, revival; part of Creator/{{One Saturday Morning| And ABC Kids}})
149* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (1995-2004)
150* ''Series/DrKen'' (2015-17)
151* ''[[WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight The Dudley Do-Right Show]]'' (1969-70)
152* ''Series/{{Duel}}'' (2007-08)
153* ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' (1981-89)
154** ''Series/TheColbys'' (1985-1987)
155* ''Series/{{Eastwick}}'' (2009)
156* ''Series/TheEdgeOfNight'' (1975-84)
157* ''Series/EightIsEnough'' (1977-81)
158* ''Series/EliStone'' (2008-09)
159* ''Series/{{Ellen}}'' (1994-98)
160* ''Series/{{Emergence}}'' (2019-20)
161* ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'' (2003-12)
162* ''Series/FTroop'' (1965-67)
163* ''Series/TheFallGuy'' (1981-86)
164* ''Series/{{Family}}'' (1976-80)
165* ''Series/FamilyFeud'' (1976-85, daytime; ''Celebrity'', summer, 2015-present)
166* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Fantastic Four| 1967}}'' (1967-68)
167* ''Series/FantasyIsland'' (1977-84)
168* ''Series/TheFarmersDaughter'' (1963-66)
169* ''Series/FatherDowlingMysteries'' (1990-91)
170* ''Series/TheFBI'' (1965-74)
171* ''Series/TheFelonySquad'' (1966-69)
172* ''Series/{{Flash Forward| 2009}}'' (2009-10)
173* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' (1960-66)
174* ''Series/TheFlyingNun'' (1967-70)
175* ''Series/TheForgotten'' (2009-10)
176* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'' (2014-15)
177* ''Series/ForLife'' (2020-21)
178* ''Series/ForThePeople'' (2018-19)
179* ''Series/{{Freddie}}'' (2005-2006)
180* ''Series/{{Free Spirit| 1989}}'' (1989-90)
181* ''WesternAnimation/FreeWilly'' (1994-95)
182* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' (2015-20)
183* ''Series/{{Fridays}}'' (1980-1982)
184* ''Series/TheFugitive'' (1963-67)
185* ''Series/FullHouse'' (1987-95)
186* ''WesternAnimation/TheFunkyPhantom'' (1971-72)
187* ''Series/FutureCop'' (1976-78)
188* ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' (2015-16)
189* ''Series/GarrisonsGorillas'' (1967-68)
190* ''Series/GeneralHospital'' (1963-present)
191* ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' (2002-07)
192* ''Series/GettingBy'' (1993; one season, made a ChannelHop to Creator/{{NBC}})
193* ''Series/GettingTogether'' (1971-72)
194* ''Series/TheGhostAndMrsMuir'' (1969-70; following a ChannelHop from Creator/{{NBC}})
195* ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' (2013-23)
196* ''Series/TheGoodDoctor'' (2017-present)
197* ''Series/GraceUnderFire'' (1993-98)
198* ''Series/GrandHotel'' (2019)
199* ''Series/TheGreatChristmasLightFight'' (2013-present)
200* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'' (1981-83)
201* ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' (2005-present)
202** ''Series/PrivatePractice'' (2007-13)
203** ''WebVideo/GreysAnatomyBTeam'' (2018)
204** ''Series/{{Station 19}}'' (2018-present)
205* ''Series/GrowingPains'' (1985-92)
206** ''Series/JustTheTenOfUs'' (1988-90)
207* ''Series/{{Gun}}'' (1997)
208* ''Series/HailToTheChief'' (1985)
209* ''Series/HanginWithMrCooper'' (1992-97)
210* ''Series/{{Hank}}'' (2009)
211* ''Film/{{Hardcase}}'' (1972)
212* ''Series/HappyDays'' (1974-84)
213** ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' (1976-83)
214** ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' (1978-82)
215* ''Series/HappyEndings'' (2011-13)
216* ''Series/HappyTown'' (2010)
217* ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (1983-86)
218* ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'' (1977-79)
219* ''Series/HarryO'' (1974-76)
220* ''Series/HartToHart'' (1979-84)
221* ''Series/HeadOfTheClass'' (1986-91)
222* ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'' (1968-70)
223* ''Series/HighIncident'' (1996-1997)
224* ''Series/HiHoneyImHome'' (1991-1992) [[note]]first season only[[/note]]
225* ''Series/HoleyMoley'' (2019-22)
226* ''Series/HolmesAndYoyo'' (1976-77)
227* ''Series/HomeEconomics'' (2021-23)
228* ''Series/HomeImprovement'' (1991-99)
229* ''Series/HoneyWest'' (1965-66)
230* ''Series/{{Hooperman}}'' (1987-1989)
231* ''Series/HopeAndFaith'' (2003-06)
232* ''WesternAnimation/HoppityHooper'' (1964-67)
233* ''Series/{{Hotel|1983}}'' (1983-88)
234* ''Series/HotLBaltimore'' (1975)
235* ''Series/HotStreak'' (1986; Creator/BruceForsyth's only American show)
236* ''WesternAnimation/HotWheels'' (1969-71)
237* ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'' (2014-20)
238* ''Series/TheHughleys'' (1998-2000 before a ChannelHop to Creator/{{UPN}})
239* ''Series/ImaginaryMary'' (2017)
240* ''Series/{{The Immortal| 1969}}'' (1970-71)
241* ''Series/{{The Invaders| 1967}}'' (1967-68)
242* ''Series/{{Invasion}}'' (2005-06)
243* ''Series/{{It Takes a Thief| 1968}}'' (1968-70)
244* ''Series/ItsALiving'' (1980-82)
245* ''Series/ItsAllRelative'' (2003-2004)
246* ''Series/ItsLikeYouKnow'' (1999-2000)
247* ''Series/JakeInProgress'' (2005-2006)
248* ''Series/TheJeffFoxworthyShow'' (1995-96)
249* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'': [[note]]ABC's owned-and-operated stations are the flagships for the daily syndicated run of the program[[/note]]
250** ''Super Jeopardy!'' (1990)
251** ''The Greatest of All Time'' (2020)
252** ''Jeopardy! Masters'' (2023-present)
253* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' (1962-63)
254* ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' (2003-present)
255* ''Series/TheJob'' (2001-02)
256* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' (1964-65)
257* ''Series/KarenSisco'' (2003)
258* ''Series/KevinProbablySavesTheWorld'' (2017-18)
259* ''Series/{{The Kids Are Alright| 2018}}'' (2018-19)
260* ''Series/TheKnightsOfProsperity'' (2007)
261* ''Series/KolchakTheNightStalker'' (1974-75)
262* ''Series/{{Kung Fu| 1972}}'' (1972-75)
263* ''Series/LancelotLinkSecretChimp'' (1970-71)
264* ''Series/LandOfTheGiants'' (1968-70)
265* ''Series/{{Land of the Lost| 1991}}'' (1991-92)
266* ''Series/{{Last Man Standing| 2011}}'' (2011-17)
267* ''Series/{{Lawman}}'' (1958-62)
268* ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' (1958-63)
269* ''Series/LessThanPerfect'' (2002-06)
270* ''Series/LifeAsWeKnowIt'' (2004-05)
271* ''Series/LifeGoesOn'' (1989-93)
272* ''Series/{{Life on Mars| 2008}}'' (2008-09)
273* ''Series/LifeWithBonnie'' (2002-04)
274* ''Series/LifeWithLucy'' (1986)
275* ''Film/LikeNormalPeople'' (1979)
276* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'' (1982-83)
277* ''Series/LoisAndClark'' (1993-97)
278* ''Series/{{Longstreet}}'' (1971-72)
279* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (2004-10)
280* ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' (1969-74)
281* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' (1977-87)
282* ''Series/MacGyver1985'' (1985-92)
283* ''Series/MalibuCountry'' (2012-13)
284* ''Series/AManCalledHawk'' (1989)
285* ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' (1969-76)
286* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
287** ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (2013-20)
288** ''Series/AgentCarter'' (2015-16)
289** ''Series/{{Inhumans}}'' (2017)
290* ''Series/{{Masada}}'' (1981)
291* ''Series/MastersOfScienceFiction'' (2007)
292* ''Series/MatchGame'' (1990-91, final daytime game show; summer revival, 2016-21)
293* ''Series/{{Matlock}}'' (1992-95)
294* ''Series/MattHouston'' (1982-1985)
295* ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' (1957-62)
296* ''Series/MaxHeadroom'' (1987-88)
297* ''Series/TheMayor'' (2017)
298* ''Series/McHalesNavy'' (1962-66)
299* ''Series/MenInTrees'' (2006-08)
300* ''Series/TheMiddle'' (2009-18)
301* ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'' (1996-97)
302* ''Series/AMillionLittleThings'' (2018-23)
303* ''Series/MindGames'' (2014)
304* ''Series/{{Miracles}}'' (2003)
305* ''Series/MissionImpossible'' (1988-1990 revival; originally aired on CBS)
306* ''WesternAnimation/MissionMagic'' (1973-74)
307* ''Series/{{Mixology}}'' (2014)
308* ''Series/ModernFamily'' (2009-20)
309* ''Series/TheModSquad'' (1968-73)
310* ''Series/MondayNightFootball'' (1970-2005)
311* ''Series/TheMoneyMaze'' (1974-75)
312* ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' (1985-89)
313* ''Series/{{Motive}}'' (2013-14)
314* ''Series/MrBelvedere'' (1985-90)
315* ''Series/MuppetsTonight'' (1996)
316* ''Series/{{The Muppets| 2015}}'' (2015-16)
317* ''WesternAnimation/MyPetMonster'' (1987)
318* ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' (1994-95)
319* ''Series/MyThreeSons'' (1960-65)
320* ''Series/TheNakedTruth'' (1995-96; one season, then made a ChannelHop to Creator/{{NBC}})
321* ''Series/NannyAndTheProfessor'' (1970-71)
322* ''Series/{{Nashville}}'' (2012-16)
323* ''Series/TheNeighbors'' (2012-14)
324* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' (1988-91, first-run (part of ''Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour'' in 1989-90); 1991-93, then 1995-2002, reruns; part of Creator/{{One Saturday Morning| And ABC Kids}})
325* ''Series/NewAttitude'' (1990)
326* ''Series/NewYearsRockinEve'' (1974-present)
327* ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' (1980-present)
328* ''Series/NightStalker'' (2005)
329* ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'' (2010-11)
330* ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' (1985)
331** ''North and South: Book II'' (1986)
332** ''Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III'' (1994)
333* ''Series/NoSoapRadio'' (1982)
334* ''Series/NotDeadYet'' (2023-present)
335* ''Series/NumberPlease'' (1961)
336* ''[[Series/NYPDAmericanBroadcastingCompany N.Y.P.D.]]'' (1967-69)
337* ''Series/NYPDBlue'' (1993-2005)
338* ''Series/OctoberRoad'' (2007-08)
339* ''Series/{{The Odd Couple| 1970}}'' (1970-75)
340* ''Series/{{Ohara}}'' (1987-1988)
341* ''Film/OnceUponASpy'' (1980)
342* ''Series/OnceAndAgain'' (1999-2002)
343* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' (2011-18)
344** ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' (2013-14)
345* ''Series/{{One Step Beyond| 1959}}'' (1959-61)
346* ''Series/{{The Outer Limits| 1963}}'' (1963-65)
347* ''Series/{{Outland|2012}}'' (2012)
348* ''Film/TheOverThehillGangRidesAgain'' (1970)
349* ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' (1982-83)
350* ''Series/PanAm'' (2011-12)
351* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' (1970-74)
352* ''Series/{{Password}}'' (1971-75; also known as ''Password All-Stars'')
353* ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' (1963-66)
354* Franchise/{{Peanuts}}:
355** ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownValentine'' (2002)
356** ''WesternAnimation/CharlieBrownsChristmasTales'' (2002)
357** ''WesternAnimation/IWantADogForChristmasCharlieBrown'' (2003)
358* ''Series/PerfectStrangers'' (1986-93)
359** ''Series/FamilyMatters'' (1989-1997)
360* ''Series/PeytonPlace'' (1964-69)
361* ''Series/{{Philly}}'' (2001-2002)
362* ''Series/{{Police Story| 1973}}'' (revival from 1973-1977 series)
363* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pound Puppies|1980s}}'' (1986-87)
364* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
365** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' (2002; episodes 27-40. Moved from Creator/FoxKids)
366** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' (2003)
367** ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' (reruns)
368** ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' (reruns)
369** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' (2009)
370** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (2010; re-version)
371* ''Series/ThePractice'' (1997-2004)
372** ''Series/BostonLegal'' (2004-08)
373* ''Series/PressYourLuck'' (summer revival, 2019-present)
374** ''Series/SecondChance'' (essentially an beta for ''PYL''; March-July 1977)
375* ''Series/{{Prey}}'' (1998)
376* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' (1963-65)
377* ''Series/{{Probe}}'' (1988)
378* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (2007-09)
379* ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' (''$10,000''/''$20,000'', 1974-80; ''$100,000'' summer revival, 2016-present)
380* ''Series/{{Quantico}}'' (2015-18)
381* ''Series/{{Queens|2021}}'' (2021-2022)
382* ''Series/TheRatPatrol'' (1966-68)
383* ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' (1994-96); first season and season 2 only)
384* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' (1997-2001; part of Creator/OneSaturdayMorningAndABCKids)
385* ''Series/{{Revenge|2011}}'' (2011-15)
386* ''Series/TheRevolution'' (2012)
387* ''WesternAnimation/{{Richie Rich| 1980}}'' (1980-84)
388* ''Series/TheRifleman'' (1958-63)
389* ''Series/RisingStar'' (2014)
390* ''[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Rocky and His Friends]]'' (1959-61)
391* ''Series/{{Rodney}}'' (2004-2006)
392* ''Series/{{The Rookie| 2018}}'' (2018-present)
393** ''Series/TheRookieFeds'' (2022-23)
394* ''Series/RookieBlue'' (2010-15)
395* ''Series/TheRookies'' (1972-76)
396* ''Series/{{Room 222}}'' (1969-74)
397* ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'' (1977)
398* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' (1988-97, 2018)
399** ''Series/TheConners'' (2018-present)
400* ''Series/RyansHope'' (1975-89)
401* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' (1996-2000)
402** ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' (1999-2000; part of Creator/{{One Saturday Morning| And ABC Kids}})
403* ''Series/SamanthaWho'' (2007-09)
404* ''Series/{{Scandal|2012}}'' (2012-18)
405* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' (1972-2000 (part of Creator/{{One Saturday Morning| And ABC Kids}} for final few years); additional shorts were created in 2002, 2005 and 2009, but not aired on TV)
406* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' ([[ChannelHop Moved from]] Creator/{{CBS}})
407** ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow'' (1976-78)
408** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo'' (1979-80)
409*** ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooAndScrappyDooShow'' (1980-82)
410** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow'' (1983)
411*** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' (1984)
412** ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'' (1985)
413** ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' (1988-91)
414* ''Series/{{Scoundrels|2010}}'' (2010)
415* ''Series/SecretsAndLies'' (2015-16)
416* ''Series/SetForLife'' (2007)
417* ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' (2014)
418* ''Series/ShadowChasers'' (1985-86)
419* ''[[Series/DragonsDen Shark Tank]]'' (2009-present)
420* ''Series/SingleParents'' (2018-20)
421* ''Series/SisterSister'' (1994-95)
422* ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' (1973-78)
423* ''Series/SledgeHammer'' (1986-88)
424* ''Series/{{Soap}}'' (1977-81)
425** ''Series/{{Benson}}'' (1979-86)
426* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sonic the Hedgehog| Sat AM}}'' (1993-94)
427* ''Series/{{Speechless}}'' (2016-19)
428* ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]'' (1967-70)
429* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderWoman'' (1979-80)
430* ''Series/SplitSecond1972'' (1972-75; later revived from 1986-87 in syndication)
431* ''Series/SplittingUpTogether'' (2018-19)
432* ''Series/SportsNight'' (1998-2000)
433* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Droids}} Star Wars: Droids]]'' (1985-86)
434* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}} Star Wars: Ewoks]]'' (1985-86)
435* ''Series/{{Starman}}'' (1986-87)
436* ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' (1975-79)
437* ''Series/StepByStep'' (1991-97)
438* ''Series/SteveHarveysFunderdome'' (2017)
439* ''Series/StillStarCrossed'' (2017)
440* ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'' (1972-77)
441* ''Series/{{Stumptown|2019}}'' (2019-20)
442* ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}'' (2011-14)
443* ''Series/SuperHumanSamuraiSyberSquad'' (1994)
444* ''Series/SupermarketSweep'' (daytime, 1965-67; primetime revival, 2020-22)
445* ''Series/{{Supernanny}}'' (American version) (2005-2011)
446* ''[[Series/SWAT1975 S.W.A.T.]]'' (1975-76)
447* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' (1982)
448* ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' (1978-82)
449* ''Series/TeenAngel'' (1997-98)
450* ''Series/TenspeedAndBrownShoe'' (1980)
451* ''Series/ThatGirl'' (1966-71)
452* ''Series/{{Thea}}'' (1993-94)
453* ''Series/ThreatMatrix'' (2003-2004)
454* ''Series/ThreesCompany'' (1977-84)
455** ''Series/TheRopers'' (1979-80)
456* ''Series/TheTimeTunnel'' (1966-67)
457* ''Series/TJHooker'' (1982-85)
458* ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' (summer revival, 2016-22)
459* ''Franchise/ToyStory'':
460** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryOfTerror'' (2013)
461** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryThatTimeForgot'' (2014)
462* ''Series/{{Traveler|2007}}'' (2007)
463* ''Series/TrophyWife'' (2013-14)
464* ''WesternAnimation/TheTroubleWithMissSwitch'' (1980; Aired as part of ''ABC Weekend Special'')
465* ''Series/TheTroubleWithNormal'' (2000)
466* ''WesternAnimation/TurboTeen'' (1984-85)
467* ''Series/TurnOn'' (1969)
468* ''Series/TwinPeaks'' (1990-91)
469* ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'' (1998-2001)
470* ''Series/TwoOfAKind'' (1998-99)
471* ''Series/UglyBetty'' (2006-10)
472* ''Series/TheUntouchables'' (1959-63)
473* ''Series/{{V|2009}}'' (2009-11)
474* ''Series/{{Vegas|1978}}'' (1978-81)
475* ''Series/VengeanceUnlimited'' (1998-99)
476* ''Series/TheView'' (1997-present)
477* ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'' (1964-68)
478* ''Series/WagonTrain'' (1962-65)
479* ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' (1954-1961, 1986-1988, 1997-present)
480* ''Series/{{Webster}}'' (1983-87)
481* ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' (1975-79)
482* ''Series/WhatAboutBrian'' (2005-07)
483* ''Series/WhatsHappening'' (1976-79)
484* ''Series/WhatWouldYouDo'' (2008-present)
485* ''Series/WhenNatureCalls'' (2021-22)
486* ''Series/WhenThingsWereRotten'' (1975)
487* ''Series/WhiskeyCavalier'' (2019)
488* ''Series/TheWhispers'' (2015)
489* ''Series/{{Whodunnit|2013}}'' (2013)
490* ''Series/TheWholeTruth'' (2010)
491* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' (1998-2004)
492* ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' (1984-92)
493* ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' (1999-2002, 2004, 2009, 2020-21)
494* ''Series/WomenOfTheMovement'' (2022)
495* ''Series/WorldNewsNow'' (1992-present)
496* ''Series/WideWorldOfSports'' (1961-98)
497* ''Series/{{Wildside}}'' (1985)
498* ''Series/WillTrent'' (2023-present)
499* ''Series/{{Wipeout|2008}}'' (2008-14)
500* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' (2004-06)
501* ''WesternAnimation/TheWizardOfOz'' (1990)
502* ''Series/WomensMurderClub'' (2007-2008)
503* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman|1975}}'' (1975-77; first season only)
504* ''Series/TheWonderYears'' (1988-93)
505** ''Series/{{The Wonder Years|2021}}'' (2021-23)
506* ''Series/WorkIt'' (2012)
507* ''Series/YouDontSay'' (1975)
508* ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' (1992-93)
509* ''Series/TheYoungRiders'' (1989-92)
510* ''Film/{{Yuma}}'' (1971; MadeForTVMovie)
511* ''Series/{{Zero Hour|2013}}'' (2013)
512* ''Series/{{Zorro|1957}}'' (1957-59)
513[[/index]]
514[[/folder]]
515
516[[folder: Shows that ABC Signature/ABC Studios have produced but not airing on ABC]]
517https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/touchstonetelevision.jpg
518Touchstone Television logo
519https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abcsignature.png
520ABC Signature logo
521* ''Series/AmazingStories2020''
522* ''Series/ArmyWives''
523* ''Series/CriminalMinds''
524** ''Series/CriminalMindsSuspectBehavior''
525** ''Series/CriminalMindsBeyondBorders''
526** ''[[Series/CriminalMindsEvolution Criminal Minds: Evolution]]''
527* ''Series/{{Dollface}}''
528* ''Series/GodfatherOfHarlem''
529* ''Series/GrownIsh''
530* ''Series/{{Helstrom}}''
531* ''Literature/LittleFiresEverywhere''
532* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
533** ''Series/Daredevil2015''
534** ''Series/JessicaJones2015''
535** ''Series/LukeCage2016''
536** ''Series/IronFist2017''
537** ''Series/TheDefenders2017''
538** ''Series/ThePunisher2017''
539** ''Series/Runaways2017''
540** ''Series/CloakAndDagger2018''
541* ''Series/TheMuppetsMayhem''
542* ''Series/NationalTreasureEdgeOfHistory''
543* ''Series/{{Reaper}}''
544* ''Series/RedBandSociety''
545* ''Series/{{Ringer}}''
546!! Carried over from [[Creator/TouchstonePictures Touchstone Television]]
547* ''Series/TheAmazingRace''
548* ''Series/GhostWhisperer'' (coproduced with Creator/{{CBS}} Television Studios)
549* ''Series/KyleXY''
550[[/folder]]
551
552[[folder: Films produced by ABC Pictures Corporation and ABC Motion Pictures]]
553[[index]]
554* ''Film/{{Cabaret}}'' (co-produced with Creator/AlliedArtists)
555* ''Film/{{Challenger}}''
556* ''Film/TheDayAfter''
557* ''Film/DoubleDoubleToilAndTrouble''
558* ''Film/TheFlamingoKid''
559* ''Film/{{Futuresport}}''
560* ''Film/TheLastValley''
561* ''Film/{{Mame}}'' (co-produced with Creator/WarnerBros)
562* ''Film/ModelBehavior''
563* ''Film/{{Nashville}}'' (produced by ABC separately from ABC Pictures Corporation/ABC Motion Pictures)
564* ''Film/TheNightTheySavedChristmas''
565* ''Film/ThePennsylvaniaMinersStory''
566* ''Film/PrizzisHonor''
567* ''Film/{{Silkwood}}''
568* ''Film/SmallSacrifices''
569* ''Film/SpaceCamp''
570* ''Film/StrawDogs1971''
571* ''Film/TakeTheMoneyAndRun''
572* ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey''
573* ''Film/TheTouch1971''
574* ''Film/YoungDoctorsInLove''
575* ''Film/{{Zachariah}}''
576[[/index]]
577[[/folder]]
578

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