ABC Daytime

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Launched 1960
Network ABC/Disney-ABC Television Group
Owned by The Walt Disney Company
Country United States
Website Official website
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ABC Daytime (sometime shortened to ABC-D or ABCD) is a programming block on the ABC Network which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows.

On December 2, 2011, it was announced that ABC Daytime will merge with Disney-ABC Domestic Television in January 2012 to form the Times Square Studios division.[1]

Contents

[edit] Schedule

7:00 am – 9:00 am Good Morning America
11:00 am – 12:00 pm The View
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm The Chew
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm The Revolution
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm General Hospital

NOTE: All times are Eastern Standard; affiliate schedules may differ.

[edit] Current programs

[edit] News

[edit] Good Morning America

[edit] Talk show

[edit] The View

[edit] Lifestyle shows

[edit] The Chew

[edit] The Revolution

[edit] Soap Opera

[edit] General Hospital

[edit] Former shows on ABC Daytime

[edit] Soap operas

[edit] Game shows

ABC Daytime has not had a regular game show block since 1986, and has not had any game show since a revival of Match Game ended in 1991. Though the daily version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? currently airs in daytime on many ABC owned and operated stations and affiliates, it is distributed by the network's syndication wing, Disney-ABC Domestic Television.

[edit] Talk shows and lifestyle programming

[edit] Other scripted originals

[edit] Executives

Name Title Years Notes
Armand Grant 1960-1965
Harve Bennett Vice President of Daytime Programming 1965-1967 Started as a producer at CBS. Became ABC Vice President of Programming (West Coast) in 1967. Left to return to producing. Produced several of the movies in the Star Trek franchise.
Leonard Goldberg Vice President of Daytime Programming 1967-1970 Was Director of New York Program Development at ABC. During his tenure, he introduced such prototypical, highly successful shows as "The Dating Game," "The Newlywed Game," and "Dark Shadows". A year later, Goldberg was named Head of All Programming for ABC, a position he held for the next three years.
Michael Eisner Vice President of Daytime Programming 1971-1975
Jackie Smith Vice President of Daytime Programming 1981-1989 She planned a spin-off of GH, Young Loves of General Hospital that was not picked up.
Jo Ann Emmerich Senior Vice President of Daytime Programming 1989-1993 Was gunning for CBS Daytime, and had planned for several actors to reprise their roles on AMC (Mark Dalton, Ross & Julie Chandler, Greg Nelson, Paul Martin, Verla Grubbs, Nancy Grant), OLTL and GH. Viewed Y&R as a "serious threat", and wanted AMC to go head to head with its main competitor at 12:30pm. Viewed The Bold And The Beautiful as an "uninspiring, poor man's version of Y&R". She wanted Paul Rauch to leave sooner than he did, hired Wendy Riche and Linda Gottlieb. Tried to lure ex-writers and producers from Procter and Gamble Productions' serials and playwrights to join Loving (S.S. Morina, Frank Konigsberg) and OLTL.[citation needed].
Pat Fili-Krushel President of Daytime Programming 1993-1998 Served until she resigned to join an internet company.[2][3][4] During her tenure, the network published the 1995 New York Times bestseller General Hospital tie-in novel Robin's Diary[5] and debuted the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles (1997–2003).
Felicia M. Behr Vice President of Daytime Programming 1999-2002
Angela Shapiro President of Daytime Programming 1998-2002 The co-founder of Soap Opera Digest who had been ABC's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Promotion since 1995.[6] Assumed the position of President in 2000.[7] Called "a champion of the soap fans," Shapiro is credited with adapting the prime time series practice of "refreshers" and "previews" — recapping the previous episode immediately before showing the current one and previewing the next episode at the end — and applying the concept to daytime serials.[6] The idea is still in use today, and other networks have adopted it.[6] Shapiro also utilized the established interconnection of ABC's three soap operas (General Hospital, One Life to Live, and All My Children) in a bolder synergy concept designed to "entice viewers to tune into soap operas that they might not have usually watched."[6] Over the course of six months in 2000, Daytime Emmy Award-winner Linda Dano's character Rae Cummings crossed over among all four series.[6][8] Shapiro also created ABC Super Soap Weekend, a fan event held at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida from 1996 (the year Disney bought ABC) to 2008.[6] She left ABC Daytime in 2002 to head the ABC Family network,[6]
Brian Frons President of Daytime Programming 2002-present Joined in August 2002.[9] In May 2006 Frons was promoted to President of Daytime for the newly-created Disney-ABC Television Group, an entity overseeing all ABC and Disney networks and SOAPnet.[9] In December 2011, Frons announced that he is resigning as president after nine years with the network.[10] His departure will take effect in January 2012.

[edit] Criticism and controversy

  • When Megan McTavish returned as Head Writer of All My Children in July 2003, she faced criticism for a story that depicted the rape of a lesbian character, Bianca Montgomery.[11] The show also faced opposition to its recent story of a transgender character in 2006.
  • ABC Daytime dropped a storyline on One Life to Live which was to depict a school shooting rampage the day the Virginia Tech massacre occurred on April 17, 2007.[12]
  • The Writers Guild of America East filed arbitration suits against ABC Daytime, claiming that they violated the strike-termination agreement by retaining replacement writers (those who choose Financial Core Status) who filled in during the strike on All My Children instead of bringing back the writers who had been on strike. “The strike-termination agreement does not allow the retention of replacement writers in lieu of allowing striking writers to return to their jobs. [ABC Daytime] are clearly violating this agreement,” said Ira Cure, senior counsel for the WGA East, in a statement. “They have left us no other option but to file arbitrations to ensure that our members will be afforded their rights outlined under this agreement.” Broadcasting & Cable: Arbitration Suit Against ABC-D
  • In December 2008, Soap Opera Weekly/Soap Opera Digest critic Marlena De Lacroix called ABC Daytime a "chauvinistic hellhole". [4]
  • In 2009, Sara A. Bibel wrote "ABC has been mishandling [AMC] for years".
  • In 2011, the firing of General Hospital actress Rebecca Herbst, who played Elizabeth Webber since 1997, made headlines and led to a fan protest.[13] Herbst was later rehired, but fans then learned that ABC Daytime was about to kill off Jake Spencer, the son of Elizabeth Webber and Jason Morgan. It was criticized that ABC-D encouraged this storyline to break the ties between Elizabeth and Jason.[14][15]
  • In late April 2011, the daughters of the creators of General Hospital filed a suit against ABC, saying that the network had been dishonest with its record-keeping and owed money for syndication and licensing, but ABC dismissed the claims.[16]
  • ABC Daytime and the entire network in general have been heavily criticized by soap opera fans throughout the year 2011 because of the cancellations of All My Children and One Life to Live.[17][18]

[edit] List of ABC Daytime slogans

  • 1975-1985: Love in the Afternoon
  • 1985-1986: Can You Feel It / Love It
  • 1986-1987: We Belong Together. Together
  • 1987: I'll Take Romance
  • 1987-1989 fall promos (only): Something's Happening
  • 1988: My Time / Daytime on ABC
  • 1989-91: Day TV ABC. You've Got an Effect on Me!
  • 1994: Here on ABC Daytime
  • 1997: Watch What Happens on ABC Daytime
  • 1999: Your Great Escape
  • 2003: Just Can't Get Enough
  • 2007-Present: Weekdays on ABC and Weeknights on Soapnet

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/disneyabc-forms-new-daytime-programming-and-development-unit-times-square-studios/
  2. ^ Rice, Lynette (December 17, 1999). "Alpha Female". Entertainment Weekly (EW.com). http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,272086,00.html. Retrieved February 19, 2009. 
  3. ^ Rice, Lynette (December 10, 1999). "On The Air: Can Soaps Float?". Entertainment Weekly (EW.com). http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,272046,00.html. Retrieved February 19, 2009. 
  4. ^ Rice, Lynette (April 14, 2000). "On The Air: Female Troubles". Entertainment Weekly (EW.com). http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275910,00.html. Retrieved February 19, 2009. 
  5. ^ Labine, Claire; Judith Pinsker (November 1995). Robin's Diary. ABC Daytime. pp. 180. ISBN 0-8019-8775-X. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/080198775X. Retrieved February 19, 2009. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Kroll, Dan J. (April 1, 2002). "Angela Shapiro to Leave ABC Daytime Post". SoapCentral.com. http://www.soapcentral.com/soapcentral/news/2002/0401-shapiro.php. Retrieved February 19, 2009. 
  7. ^ Rice, Lynette; Dan Snierson (March 17, 2000). "On The Air: Fast Acting". Entertainment Weekly (EW.com). http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275719,00.html. Retrieved February 19, 2009. 
  8. ^ Kroll, Dan J. (December 29, 2003). "OLTL News: Dano's Run as ABC's Rae About to End". SoapCentral.com. http://www.soapcentral.com/oltl/news/2003/1229-dano.php. Retrieved February 19, 2009. 
  9. ^ a b Lisotta, Christopher (May 10, 2006). "Frons to Lead Daytime for Disney-ABC TV Group". TVWeek.com (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070101004250/http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=9974. Retrieved January 1, 2007. 
  10. ^ "Company Town". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/12/abc-daytime-drama-brian-frons-out-at-abc.html. 
  11. ^ The Advocate: The Rape of Bianca Montgomery
  12. ^ ABC News: Daytime Drama Pulls Episodes Involving High School Hostage Situation
  13. ^ Bowe, Jillian (January 18, 2011). "Rebecca Herbst Out At General Hospital". Daytime Confidential. zap2it.com. http://daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2011/01/18/confirmed-rebecca-herbst-out-at-general-hospital. Retrieved April 30, 2011. 
  14. ^ Branco, Nelson (March 11, 2011). "More Liason controversy: Is Jake Dying?". The Suds Report. TVGuide.ca. http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Suds/Articles/110311_suds_report_NB.htm. Retrieved May 1, 2011. 
  15. ^ Branco, Nelson (March 14, 2011). "Toddlers & Death: Is GH running out of ideas?". The Soapgeist. TVGuide.ca. http://tvguide.ca/Soaps/Nelson_Ratings/Articles/110314_soapgeist_NB.htm. Retrieved May 1, 2011. 
  16. ^ http://soapcentral.com/gh/news/2011/0427-hursley.php
  17. ^ http://abc.go.com/site/abcdaytimenews
  18. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "FRONS SPEAKS: ABC Daytime Chief Explains Why ‘AMC’ & ‘OLTL’ Were Axed; Says ‘GH’ Is “Safe For Time Being” –". Deadline.com. http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/abc-daytime-chief-on-why-amc-oltl-were-axed-general-hospital-katie-couric/. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 

[edit] External links
ABC: ABC Daytime  · CBS: CBS Daytime  · NBC: NBC Daytime  · The CW: The CW Daytime
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