ABC Signature

ABC Studios

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Television Production
Founded	1985 (1985) (as Touchstone Television) 2007 (2007) (as ABC Studios)
Headquarters	Burbank, California , USA
Owner	Disney-ABC Television Group
Parent	Disney-ABC Television Group
Website	www.abcstudiosmedianet.com

ABC Studios is the television production division of Disney–ABC Television Group. ABC Studios was established as Touchstone Films Television Division in 1985 and given its new names in 1986 and its current name in May 2007.

In June 2009, ABC Entertainment announced a new organization, effective immediately. In January 2010, Disney–ABC Television Group announced it was cutting 5% of its workforce.

List of programs produced by Touchstone Television/ABC Studios

Currently produced

• The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series) (as Touchstone Television until 2007; CBS, co-production with CBS Television Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
• America's Funniest Home Videos (as ABC Entertainment; ABC)
• Army Wives (as Touchstone Television until 2007; )
• Castle (ABC)
• Cougar Town (2009-present) (co-produced with Doozer) ABC/TBS
• Criminal Minds (as Touchstone Television until 2007; CBS, co-production with CBS Television Studios, formerly Paramount Network Television and CBS Paramount Network Television)
• Devious Maids (Lifetime)
• Grey's Anatomy (as Touchstone Television until 2007; ABC)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (as Touchstone Television until 2007; ABC)
• Mistresses (with Ecosse Films, ABC; (2013-present)
• Nashville (ABC, co-produced with Lionsgate Television)
• The Neighbors (ABC)
• Once Upon a Time (or Story Time) (ABC)
• Perception (TNT)
• Revenge (ABC)
• Scandal (ABC)

Future productions

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (with Marvel Television, ABC; Fall 2013)
• Betrayal (Fall 2013)
• Killer Women (TBA 2014)
• Lucky 7 (with Amblin Television, Rollem Productions ABC; Fall 2013)
• Mixology (with Ryan Seacrest Production, Raleigh Studios, ABC; Fall 2013)
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (Fall 2013)
• Resurrection (TBA 2014)
• Trophy Wife (Fall 2013)
• Girl Meets World (with Michael Jacobs Productions / It's a Laugh Productions, Disney Channel: TBA)
• Star Wars live-action TV series (with Lucasfilm, ABC; TBA)

Formerly produced

• 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002–2005) (co-production with Shady Acres Entertainment / Flody Co./ ABC)
• According to Jim 2001-2009 (co-production with Tracy Newman / Jonathan Stark / Brad Grey / ABC)
• Alias 2001–2006 (co-production with Bad Robot Productions / ABC)
• America's Funniest People 1990-1994 (as ABC Entertainment; ABC)
• Animal Crack-Ups 1987-1990 (as ABC Entertainment; ABC)
• At the Movies (Syndication, as Buena Vista Television until 2007)
• Blossom (1990–1995) (NBC)
• Body of Proof (2011-2013) (ABC)
• Boy Meets World (1993–2000) ABC)
• Brotherly Love (1995–1996) NBC/The WB)
• Brothers & Sisters (as Touchstone Television until 2007; ABC)
• Bob Patterson (2001) (co-production with Angel Ark Productions / 20th Century Fox Television; ABC)
• Cane (2007) (as ABC Studios; CBS, co-produced with CBS Paramount Network Television)
• Carol & Company NBC)
• Carpoolers (ABC; co-produced with DreamWorks Television)
• Cavemen (ABC)
• Clerks: The Animated Series (2000) (as Miramax Television; ABC)
• Clone High (2002-2003) MTV, co-produced with Nelvana)
• Commander in Chief (2005–2006) ABC, co-produced with Battle Plan Productions and Steven Bochco Productions)
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (CBS, co-production with CBS Television Studios)
• Crumbs (2006) ABC)
• Daddio (2000) NBC)
• Day Break (2006–2008) (as Touchstone Television in 2006; ABC/TV One)
• Desperate Housewives (2004-2012, as Touchstone Television until 2007; ABC)
• Detroit 1-8-7 (2010–2011) (ABC)
• Dirt (2007–2008) (as Touchstone Television; FX)
• Dinosaurs (1991–1994) (as Walt Disney Television, ABC)
• Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
• Donas de Casa Desesperadas (RedeTV!; exclusive for Brazil)
• Ellen (ABC)
• Eli Stone (ABC)
• Empire (2005) (Mini-series, ABC)
• Empty Nest (1988–1995) NBC)
• The Fanelli Boys (1990-1991) NBC)
• Felicity 1998–2002 (co-production with Imagine Television / The WB)
• FlashForward (ABC, co-production with HBO Entertainment and Phantom Four Films)
• Gary Unmarried (CBS, co-production with CBS Television Studios)
• The Gates (ABC)
• GCB (ABC)
• Ghost Whisperer (as Touchstone Television until 2007; CBS, co-production with CBS Television Studios)
• Gideon's Crossing (2000-2001) ABC)
• The Golden Girls (1985–1992) NBC)
• The Golden Palace (1992–1993) CBS)
• Happy Endings (2011-2013) (with Sony Pictures Television; ABC)
• Herman's Head (1991-1994) Fox)
• Home Improvement (1991–1999) ABC)
• Hope & Faith (2003–2005) ABC)
• Hull High (1990-1991) NBC)
• Imagine That (2002) co-production with Columbia TriStar Television / Seth Kurland NBC)
• In Case of Emergency (ABC)
• In Justice (ABC)
• In the Game (2005) (as Touchstone Television; ABC)
• In the Motherhood (ABC; co-produced with Cabloom! and Mindshare)
• Kevin Hill (2004–2005) UPN)
• The Knights of Prosperity (2007) ABC)
• Kyle XY (as Touchstone Television until 2007; ABC Family)
• Legend of the Seeker (Syndication, distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television)
• Less than Perfect (2002–2006) ((co-production with Nina Wass / Eugene Stein / Touchstone Television; ABC)
• Life as We Know It (2004–2005) ABC)
• Life on Mars (ABC; co-produced with 20th Century Fox Television)
• Life with Bonnie (2002–2004) (co-produced with Bonnie Hunt's Bob & Alice Productions / Touchstone Television; ABC)
• Lost (as Touchstone Television until 2007; ABC)
• Man Up! (2011) (ABC)
• Maybe It's Me (2001–2002 co-production with SamJen Productions / Warner Bros. Television; WB)
• Monk (2002–2009) (as Touchstone Television; final surviving series to carry the Touchstone logo; co-produced with Mandeville Films and (Universal Cable Productions) USA
• Moonlighting (as ABC Circle Films; ABC)
• Miracles (2003) ABC
• Miss Guided (ABC; co-produced with Fox Television Studios)
• Missing (2012) (ABC)
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) (as Touchstone Television; ABC; co-produced with Fox Television Studios)
• My Generation (2010) (ABC)
• My So-Called Life (as ABC Productions; ABC)
• My Wife and Kids (as Touchstone Television; ABC co-produced with Wayans Bros. Entertainment / Impact Zone Productions 2001–2005)
• No Ordinary Family (ABC)
• Nowhere Man (1995–1996) (as Touchstone Television; UPN)
• Nurses (1991–1994) (as Touchstone Television, NBC)
• The Nutt House (1989) (as Touchstone Television, NBC)
• October Road (ABC)
• Off the Map (2011) (ABC)
• Once and Again Bedford Falls Productions (ABC)
• The PJs (1999–2001) (as Touchstone Television, Fox/The WB)
• Private Practice (ABC)
• The Wayne Brady Show 2001–2002 (co-production with Brad Grey / Don Mischer; ABC)
• Popular (1999–2001) (as Touchstone Television; The WB)
• Playmakers (2003) (as Touchstone Television; ESPN, produced as/on behalf of ESPN)
• Reaper (2007-2009) (The CW)
• Red Widow(2013) (ABC)
• Ringer (The CW, co-production with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television)
• The River (2012) (ABC)
• Rodney (2004–2006) (as Touchstone Television, ABC)
• Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) (as Touchstone Television; ABC Family)
• Samantha Who? (ABC)
• Scoundrels (ABC)
• Scrubs (2001–2010) (co-production with Doozer, NBC/ABC)
• The Sinbad Show (1993-1994) (Fox)
• Six Degrees (2006-2007) (ABC)
• Sports Night (1998–2000) (as Touchstone Television, ABC)
• State of Georgia (ABC Family)
• Three Moons Over Milford (2006) (ABC Family)
• Tilt (ESPN, produced as/on behalf of ESPN)
• Ugly Betty (as Touchstone Television until 2007, ABC; co-produced with Silvio Horta's Silent H Productions, Salma Hayek's Ventanarosa Productions and Ben Silverman's Reveille Productions)
• Unhappily Ever After (1995–1999) (as Touchstone Television, The WB)
• Veritas: The Quest (2003) (co-productions with Patrick Massett John Zinman) ABC
• Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (2002) (co-production with The Cloudland Company / Touchstone Television, ABC)
• What About Brian (2006–2007) (as Touchstone Television, ABC)
• Where I Live (1993) (as Touchstone Television, ABC)
• Wonderland (2000) (as Miramax Television, ABC)
• Woops! (1992) (as Touchstone Television, Fox)
• Zero Hour (2013) (ABC)

Formerly known as

• ABC Studios (May 2007-present)
• ABC Television Studio (March 2007-May 2007)
• Touchstone Television Productions, LLC (January 2000–February 8, 2007)
• Touchstone Pictures & Television (1988–January 2000, a label of Walt Disney Pictures and Television)
• Touchstone Pictures Television (1987–1988, a label of Walt Disney Pictures Television)
• Touchstone Films Television (1986–1987, a label of Walt Disney Pictures Television)
• Touchstone Films Television Division (1985–1986, a label of Walt Disney Pictures Television Division)

External links

• Official website
• Touchstone becomes ABC Television Studios