American Broadcasting Company

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broadcast network commercial broadcaster television network

The American Broadcasting Company is a major U.S. commercial television network known for its nationwide programming in news, entertainment, and sports.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
American Broadcasting Company canonical 224
ABC (United States) 6
ABC (American Broadcasting Company) 5

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf broadcast network ⓘ
commercial broadcaster ⓘ
television network ⓘ
areaServed Canada (via affiliates and cable) ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

international (via satellite and streaming) ⓘ
beganTelevisionOperations 1948 ⓘ
brandSlogan USA Network ⓘ
surface form: America's Network
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributionPlatform cable television ⓘ
internet streaming ⓘ
over-the-air broadcast ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ
eveningNewsAnchorHistoric Peter Jennings ⓘ
Walter Cronkite competitor ⓘ
flagshipNewsProgram World News Tonight ⓘ
surface form: ABC World News Tonight
foundedBy Edward J. Noble ⓘ
headquartersCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
headquartersLocation Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
headquartersState New York ⓘ
inception 1943 ⓘ
industry mass media ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm division of a publicly traded corporation ⓘ
logoFeature stylized lowercase letters abc in a circle ⓘ
mainStudiosLocation Burbank, California ⓘ
majorCompetitor CBS ⓘ
surface form: Columbia Broadcasting System

Fox Broadcasting Company ⓘ
NBC ⓘ
surface form: National Broadcasting Company
morningShow Good Morning America ⓘ
networkType commercial broadcast television network ⓘ
radio and television network ⓘ
newsDivision ABC News ⓘ
notableProgramGenre comedy series ⓘ
drama series ⓘ
news ⓘ
reality television ⓘ
sports ⓘ
ownedAndOperatedStationsCountApprox 8 ⓘ
owner The Walt Disney Company ⓘ
parentCompany The Walt Disney Company ⓘ
partOf Big Three television networks in the United States ⓘ
precededBy NBC Blue Network ⓘ
programmingFocus family-oriented entertainment ⓘ
shortName ABC ⓘ
sportsBrandPreviouslyUsed ABC Sports ⓘ
sportsDivision ESPN on ABC ⓘ
streamingServiceAssociation Hulu ⓘ
subsidiaryOf Disney Entertainment ⓘ

Referenced by (241)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ABC → fullName → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC → hasService → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC Entertainment
ABC → hasDivision → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC Entertainment
85th Academy Awards → network → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
1984 Summer Olympics → broadcastPartner → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director → broadcastNetworkExamples → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC (United States)
Academy Award for Best Film Editing → broadcastNetworkTypical → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC (United States)
Frank Gifford → employer → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Monday Night Football → originalBroadcaster → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Happy Days → originalChannel → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Good Morning America → originalNetwork → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
The $100,000 Pyramid → network → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
KABC-TV → networkAffiliation → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
KABC-TV → callsignMeaning → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC News → parentOrganization → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC News → partOf → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC News → partOf → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC television network
NBC Blue Network → predecessor → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
NBC Blue Network → evolvedInto → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
NBC Blue Network → successor → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
NBC Blue Network → spunOffAs → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC Sports (historical brand) → parentOrganization → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC Sports
ABC Sports (historical brand) → partOf → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC Sports
ABC Sports (historical brand) → ownedBy → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC Sports
ABC Sports (historical brand) → brandOf → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
subject surface form: ABC Sports
ABC Owned Television Stations → parentOrganization → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling → broadcastNetworkTypical → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC (American Broadcasting Company)
Grey’s Anatomy → originalChannel → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC Records → parentCompany → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Disney–ABC Domestic Television → associatedWith → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
30 for 30 → broadcastOn → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC (United States)
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) → distributor → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Oswald George Nelson → employer → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Ozzie → employer → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Ozzie Nelson
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet → airedOn → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Mutual Broadcasting System → competitor → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Ellen → broadcastOn → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Howard Cosell → employer → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC Sports → parentOrganization → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
The Streets of San Francisco → broadcastOn → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
The Practice → network → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
U.S. broadcast television networks → includeNetwork → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
James Pickens Jr. → employer → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl → broadcaster → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Soap → originalChannel → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
General Hospital → networkAffiliation → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC logo → represents → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC logo → owner → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
ABC logo → usedBy → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
American Idol → revivedBy → American Broadcasting Company ⓘ