ABC Studios
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 1985 (as Touchstone Television) 2007 (as ABC Studios) |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, USA |
| Key people | John E. Pepper, Jr., Chairman Robert Iger, President/CEO |
| Industry | Television Production |
| Owner(s) | The Walt Disney Company |
| Parent | Disney-ABC Television Group |
| Website | http://www.abcstudiosmedianet.com |
ABC Studios is the television production division of Disney-ABC Television Group. ABC Studios was established as Touchstone Television in 1985 and given its current name in May 2007.
Disney-ABC Television Group is cutting off 5% of its workforce.[1]
ABC Entertainment has announced a new organization, effective immediately.[2][3]
Starting with the 2009-2010 season, all television series produced by ABC Studios now have the wording "An ABC Studios Production" at the start of the in-show credits, while the ABC Studios closing logo was dropped entirely. This makes ABC Studios the first television production company to feature the company production credit at the beginning of a television program.
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[edit] List of programs produced by Touchstone Television/ABC Studios
[edit] Currently produced
- The Amazing Race (as Touchstone Television) (CBS, co-production with CBS Television Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
- America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
- Army Wives (Lifetime)
- Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
- Castle (ABC)
- Cougar Town (ABC)
- Criminal Minds (CBS, co-production with CBS Television Studios, formerly Paramount Network Television)
- Desperate Housewives (ABC)
- FlashForward (ABC)
- Ghost Whisperer (CBS, co-production with CBS Television Studios)
- Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
- Legend of the Seeker (Syndication, distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television)
- Lost (ABC)
- Monk (TV series)(USA network) co-production with Universal Cable Productions)
- Private Practice (ABC)
- Scrubs (NBC/ABC)
- Ugly Betty (ABC), (Co-produced with Silvio Horta's Silent H Productions, Salma Hayek's Ventanarosa Productions and Ben Silverman's Reveille Productions)
- V (ABC), (Co-produced with Warner Bros. Television; ABC Studios holds US rights, while Warner Bros., owners of the "V" franchise and property, maintains international distribution rights)
[edit] Future productions
- Agent Hollywood (ABC)
- Life UneXpected (The CW)
- Mr. Proof (ABC, co-production with Sony Pictures Television)
- The Prince of Motor City (ABC pilot)
- The Runners (ABC, co-production with Sony Pictures Television)
- Snack Pizza (NBC)
[edit] Formerly produced
- 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (ABC)
- According to Jim (ABC)
- Alias (ABC)
- Boy Meets World (ABC)
- Blossom (NBC)
- Brotherly Love (NBC/The WB)
- Cane (CBS) (Co-produced with CBS Paramount Network Television)
- Carpoolers (ABC) (Co-produced with DreamWorks Television)
- Cavemen (ABC)
- Clerks: The Animated Series (ABC)
- Commander in Chief (ABC)
- The Commish (ABC) (co-produced with Stephen J. Cannell Productions)
- Crumbs (ABC)
- Day Break (ABC)
- Dirt (FX)
- Dinosaurs (ABC)
- Empire (Mini-Series) (ABC)
- Eastwick (ABC)
- Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
- Donas de Casa Desesperadas (Rede TV!) (Exclusive for Brazil)
- Eli Stone (ABC)
- Empty Nest (NBC)
- Felicity (The WB)
- The Golden Girls (NBC)
- The Golden Palace (CBS)
- Home Improvement (ABC)
- Hope and Faith (ABC)
- In Case of Emergency (ABC)
- In Justice (ABC)
- In the Game (ABC)
- In the Motherhood (ABC) (co-produced with Cabloom! and Mindshare)
- Kevin Hill (UPN)
- The Knights of Prosperity (ABC)
- Kyle XY (ABC Family)
- Less Than Perfect (ABC)
- Life As We Know It (ABC)
- Life on Mars (ABC), (Co-produced with 20th Century Fox Television)
- October Road (ABC)
- Monk (as Touchstone Television) (USA
- Moonlighting (ABC)
- Miss Guided (ABC) (Co-produced with Fox Television Studios)
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (ABC)
- My So-Called Life (ABC)
- My Wife and Kids (ABC)
- The PJs (FOX/The WB)
- Popular (The WB)
- Playmakers (ESPN)
- Reaper (The CW)
- Rodney (ABC)
- Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (ABC Family)
- Samantha Who? (ABC)
- Six Degrees (ABC)
- Sports Night (ABC)
- Tilt (ESPN)
- Unhappily Ever After (The WB)
- What About Brian (ABC)
- Wildside (ABC)
[edit] Logos
 The Touchstone Television logo from September 2004 to May 2007 |
The current ABC Studios logo |
[edit] Formerly known as
- ABC Studios (May 2007)
- Touchstone Television Productions, LLC (November 2006 – February 8, 2007)[citation needed]
- Touchstone Television (1985 – November 2006, a label of Walt Disney Pictures and Television)
- ABC Circle Films (1960s–1980s, a division of American Broadcasting Companies)
[edit] References
- ^ Disney's ABC Television Group to Cut 5% of Workforce, Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2009
- ^ ABC Entertainment Group Announces Reorganization, Animation World News, June 18, 2009
- ^ ABC Unveils Reorganized Operations, Zap2It.com, June 19, 2009
