ABC Studios
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| ABC Studios | |
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| Image:ABC Studios.png | |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Founded | Burbank, California, USA (1985) |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, USA |
| Key people | John E. Pepper, Jr., Chairman Robert Iger, President/CEO |
| Industry | Television Production |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| Parent | Disney-ABC Television Group |
| Website | abcstudiosmedianet.com |
ABC Studios is Disney-ABC Television Group's television production company. The company was established[clarify] as Touchstone Television in 1985 and given its current name in May 2007.
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[edit] History
In its original incarnation as Touchstone Television, it was a spin-off company from Touchstone Pictures, itself a division/brand of Walt Disney Pictures and Television. In recent years, the studio mainly produces TV shows for ABC, ABC Family, Lifetime (half-owned by Disney with Hearst Corporation) and all other Disney-owned channels (although it has and does produce shows on CBS, NBC, The CW, and cable network FX).
On February 8, 2007, Disney-ABC Television Group rebranded Touchstone Television as ABC Television Studio. Announced at the annual Disney Investor Conference, the rebranding is part of the company's evolution to rebrand their strategy to focus on the three core brands: Disney, ABC and ESPN. In May 2007, the television production company changed its name again to ABC Studios.
[edit] Currently produced
- According to Jim (ABC)
- The Amazing Race (CBS, co-production with CBS Paramount Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
- Army Wives (Lifetime)
- Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
- Cane (CBS) (Co-produced with CBS Paramount Television)
- Carpoolers (ABC) (Co-produced with DreamWorks Television)
- Cavemen (ABC)
- Criminal Minds (CBS, co-production with CBS Paramount Television, formerly Paramount Television)
- Desperate Housewives (ABC)
- Dirt (FX)
- Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
- Eli Stone (ABC)
- Ghost Whisperer (CBS, co-production with CBS Paramount Television)
- Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
- Kyle XY (ABC Family)
- Lost (ABC)
- Monk (USA, co-production with Universal Media Studios)
- October Road (ABC)
- Psych (USA, co-production with Universal Media Studios)
- Private Practice (ABC)
- Reaper (The CW)
- Samantha Who? (ABC)
- Scrubs (NBC)
- Ugly Betty (ABC), (Co-produced with Silvio Horta's Silent H Productions, Salma Hayek's Ventanarosa Productions and Ben Silverman's Reveille Productions)
[edit] Future Productions
- Miss/Guided (ABC) (Co-produced with Fox Television Studios)
- Snack Pizza (NBC)
- Cupid (ABC)
[edit] Formerly produced
- 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (ABC)
- Alias (ABC)
- Boy Meets World (ABC)
- Blossom (NBC)
- Clerks: The Animated Series (ABC)
- Commander in Chief (ABC)
- The Commish (ABC)
- Crumbs (ABC)
- Day Break (ABC)
- Dinosaurs (ABC)
- Empire (Mini-Series) (ABC)
- Empty Nest (NBC)
- The Golden Girls (NBC)
- Home Improvement (ABC)
- Hope and Faith (ABC)
- In Case of Emergency (ABC)
- In Justice (ABC)
- In the Game (ABC)
- Kevin Hill (UPN)
- The Knights of Prosperity (ABC)
- Less Than Perfect (ABC)
- Life As We Know It (ABC)
- Moonlighting (ABC)
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (ABC)
- My So-Called Life (ABC)
- My Wife and Kids (ABC)
- Popular (The WB)
- Playmakers (ESPN)
- Rodney (ABC)
- Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (ABC Family)
- Six Degrees (ABC)
- Sports Night (ABC)
- Tilt (ESPN)
- Unhappily Ever After (The WB)
- What About Brian (ABC)
[edit] Logos
Touchstone television logo.jpg
The Touchstone Television logo from September 2004 to May 2007 |
ABC Studios.png
The current ABC Studios logo |
[edit] Formerly known as
- ABC Television Studio (February–May 2007)
- Touchstone Television Productions, LLC (November 2006 – February 8, 2007; separate company)[citation needed]
- Touchstone Television (1985 – November 2006, a division of Walt Disney Pictures and Television)
- ABC Circle Films (1960s–1980s, a division of American Broadcasting Companies)
[edit] External links
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