History Creator / AmericanBroadcastingCompany

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' (1994-96); first season and half of season 2 only)

* ''[[Series/NYPDTalentAssociates N.Y.P.D.]]'' (1967-69)

In the [[TheFifties 1950s]], ABC was the traditional third-runner in the U.S. television UsefulNotes/{{ratings}}, usually finishing well in back of the other, more "senior" networks as many markets had no access to a dedicated ABC station in that era. (And even the markets that ''did'' have access to ABC programming usually ended up watching those shows at different times, as their local NBC or Creator/{{CBS}} affiliates would pick up ABC's shows and run them at odd or obscure hours; and if an ABC show had poor ratings, forget even that. Before a 1953 merger with United Paramount Theaters gave it some badly-needed cash, the network was pretty much in a race to bankruptcy with Creator/DuMont.) However, beginning in the [[TheSixties 1960s]] ABC began to make up for this by targeting younger audiences with shows such as ''Series/AmericanBandstand'', ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'', ''Series/TheModSquad'', and ''Series/{{Room 222}}'', as well as more traditional DomCom fare like ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' and ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.

Then, in the [[TheSeventies '70s]], ABC hired Fred Silverman away from Creator/{{CBS}}. With Silverman's invention of the JiggleShow (with ''Series/CharliesAngels'' and ''Series/ThreesCompany''), loading the schedule with {{sitcom}}s (''Series/HappyDays'' and others), and the broadcast of several significant MiniSeries (''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'', ''Rich Man Poor Man''), sports events (''Monday Night Football'', ''Wide World of Sports'', the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames), and various other big-ticket spectacles (including the ''Sunday Night Movie'', which aired major theatrical features such as the Franchise/JamesBond films, and live events like the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardsCeremonies), the network saw both its ratings position and its revenue skyrocket. By the end of the decade, it had become a dependable frontrunner and completely lost its "also-ran" cachet. Among the other things that helped this was the signing of several of NBC's affiliates in mid-sized markets, as their existing affiliates in those markets were, like their network, not strong performers (and several were on the less-desirable UHF band). Their news division, previously an also-ran, quickly gained ground late in the decade and into the next with the debut of staples like ''Series/ABCWorldNewsTonight'' (originally featuring a three-anchor rotation of Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings; Jennings ultimately became the sole anchor by 1983), ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' (intended as a temporary program to cover the Iranian hostage crisis), and ''Series/TwentyTwenty'' (though the latter had a disastrous debut that resulted in a hasty revamp).

Midway through the decade, however, ABC finally regained its footing. It finally found its RealityTV hit in 2003 with ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'', and followed that up the following year with three scripted series that quickly turned into megahits: ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', and ''Series/GreysAnatomy''. Other shows, like ''Series/UglyBetty'' and ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', also helped to boost ABC's cachet in the new decade. While still behind Creator/{{CBS}} and Creator/{{Fox}}, it sits comfortably in third place ahead of a seemingly dead-in-the-water Creator/{{NBC}}, when discounting any Olympics and ''Sunday Night Football'' gains by that network. The network also carries a second network on their [[UsefulNotes/AmericanTelevisionStations owned and operated stations]] as a digital subchannel called "Live Well Network", a lifestyle network which airs programming pertaining to health, home improvement and food. It expanded to other non-ABC station subchannels, and the website was purposefully designed not to look like an ABC site. The non-ABC owned stations have all since dropped it, and the network shuffles onward in a zombie state, having its shutdown announced in 2015 - and yet ABC O&Os continue to carry it.

* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'':

* ''Film/Nashville'' (produced separately from ABC Pictures Corporation/ABC Motion Pictures)

All that may very well be window dressing, however. Not that big-ratings hits have stopped coming towards ABC's way: ''Modern Family'' has become a media and ratings darling and ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has made the network a ratings juggernaut on a night many thought was almost as dead as Fridays. ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Dancing With the Stars'' continue to be ratings gold as well. However, ABC has lost major footing in trying to capture lightning twice and repeat the success of the ''Modern Family'' and ''LOST'' formulas: the network has become a revolving door of single-camera sitcoms (including ''Series/DontTrustTheBInApartment23'', ''Back in the Game'', ''Series/SuperFunNight'' and ''The Neighbors'') with many of them failing to last past a single season, and attempts to recapture the genre show success of ''LOST'' in particular (including ''Series/V2009'', ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'', ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' and, to an arguable extent, ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'') particularly ending in failure. In many ways, ABC has found themselves [[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/12/bubble-watch-abc-deep-dive-intelligence-chicago-pd-enlisted-more/228587/ back into the position they were when they were bought by Disney]], leading to the natural [[http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/ben-sherwood-to-succeed-anne-sweeney-as-disneyabc-television-group-president/ executive shake-ups]].

* ''Series/HotLBaltimore'' (1975)

* ''Series/{{Baby Talk| 1991}}'' (1991-1992)

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryOfTerror'' (2013)
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryThatTimeForgot'' (2014)

* ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' (1954â€"1961, 1986-1988, 1997-present)

* ''Series/{{Whodunnit?|2013}}'' (2013)

* ''WesternAnimation/WITCH'' (2004-06)

* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman| 1975}}'' (1975-77; first season only)

** ''Series/{{The Wonder Years| 2021}}'' (2021-23)

* ''Series/{{Zero Hour| 2013}}'' (2013)

* ''Series/MissionImpossible'' (1988â€"1990 revival; originally aired on CBS)

* ''Series/Jeopardy'':

* ''[[Series/{{Jeopardy}} Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time]]'' (2020)

* ''WesternAnimation/BeetleJuice'' (1989-91)