American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcast Company (ABC) is an American television network. Along with CBS, NBC and Fox, it is one of the country's four major television networks. The network is owned by The Walt Disney Company following the acquisition of the Capital Cities/ABC by the company in 1995.[3]
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| Type | Television network (1948–present) Radio network (1943–2007, 2015–present) |
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| Branding | ABC |
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| Availability | National and Worldwide |
| Founded | May 15, 1943 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. by Louis Blanche and Edward J. Noble |
| Slogan | The Only Place to Be, ABC |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California (broadcasting) Manhattan, New York City (corporate), U.S. |
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Launch date | Radio: October 12, 1943 Television: April 19, 1948 |
Former names | NBC Blue Network |
Picture format | 720p (HDTV) (some affiliates transmit ABC programming in 1080i 16:9) 480i (SDTV 4:3/16:9) |
| Affiliates | Lists: by state or market |
Official website | abc |
| Language | English |
| Replaced | NBC Blue Network |
ABC Television Shows
- Abbott Elementary
- The Wonder Years
- Black-ish
- Scandal
- How To Get Away with Murder
- Will Trent
- Family Matters
- Scrubs (TV series)
- The Geena Davis Show
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Agent Carter (TV series)
- The Goldbergs
- It's All Realtive
- The Rookie
- American Idol
- Dancing with the Stars
- The Bachelor
- Say Uncle
- Grey's Anatomy
- The Good Doctor
- Big Sky
- The Rookies
- Dead of Summer
American Broadcasting Company Media
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- ABC Television Network logo (1957-1962).svg
1957-1962 ABC Television Network logo
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The first "ABC Circle" logo, designed by Paul Rand on October 19, 1962
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Logo from September 10, 1988, to August 14, 2007
- ABC logo 2007-2013.png
Glassy version from August 15, 2007, to May 29, 2013
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Gray-colored version of the logo from May 30, 2013 to August 8, 2021, was the main logo from September 14, 2018 onward. Variants in gold, blue, and red were used from May 30, 2013 to September 13, 2018.
- ABC 2021 Red.svg
Black-on-red version of the logo used since August 9, 2021
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ABC logo with Hulu streaming lockup
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Entrance of ABC's headquarters at 77 West 66th Street
References
- ↑ Bill Carter; Brooks Barnes (March 24, 2014). ABC News President to Be Top Disney TV Executive. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/business/media/ben-sherwood-of-abc-news-is-named-top-disney-tv-executive.html. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ↑ Moraes, Nellie Andreeva, Lisa de (February 17, 2016). "ABC Shakeup: Paul Lee Exits As President, Channing Dungey Named To Succeed Him". Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- ↑ Hofmeister, Sallie; Hall, Jane (1995-08-01). "Disney to Buy Cap Cities/ABC for $19 Billion, Vault to No. 1 : Entertainment: Merger of top TV network and media giant with premier movie producer would create global powerhouse. It promises to quicken Hollywood's realignment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
Other websites
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- Official site
- ABC Archived 2014-10-05 at the Wayback Machine at the Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television
- ABC Television Network on Facebook