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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	broadcast network → commercial broadcaster → television network →
areaServed	Canada (via affiliates and cable) → United States → international (via satellite and streaming) →
beganTelevisionOperations	1948 →
brandSlogan	America's Network →
country	United States →
distributionPlatform	cable television → internet streaming → over-the-air broadcast → satellite television →
eveningNewsAnchorHistoric	Peter Jennings → Walter Cronkite competitor →
flagshipNewsProgram	ABC World News Tonight →
foundedBy	Edward J. Noble →
headquartersCountry	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	Columbia Broadcasting System → Fox Broadcasting Company → 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 (56)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frank Gifford → Howard Cosell → James Pickens Jr. → Oswald George Nelson → Ozzie Nelson →	employer
85th Academy Awards → 92nd Academy Awards → Don Meredith → The $100,000 Pyramid → The Practice →	network
Grey’s Anatomy → Happy Days → Mork & Mindy → Soap →	originalChannel
ABC News → ABC Owned Television Stations → ABC Sports → ABC Sports →	parentOrganization
30 for 30 ("ABC (United States)") → Ellen → The Streets of San Francisco →	broadcastOn
ABC News → ABC News ("ABC television network") → ABC Sports →	partOf
One Life to Live → The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet →	airedOn
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ("ABC (United States)") → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ("ABC (American Broadcasting Company)") →	broadcastNetworkTypical
General Hospital → KABC-TV →	networkAffiliation
Disney–ABC Domestic Television →	associatedWith
ABC Sports →	brandOf
A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl →	broadcaster
Academy Award for Best Director ("ABC (United States)") →	broadcastNetworkExamples
1984 Summer Olympics →	broadcastPartner
KABC-TV →	callsignMeaning
Mutual Broadcasting System →	competitor
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) →	distributor
NBC Blue Network →	evolvedInto
ABC →	fullName
ABC ("ABC Entertainment") →	hasDivision
ABC ("ABC Entertainment") →	hasService
U.S. broadcast television networks →	includeNetwork
Monday Night Football →	originalBroadcaster
Hayden Fox →	originallyAiredOn
Good Morning America →	originalNetwork
ABC Sports →	ownedBy
ABC logo →	owner
ABC Records →	parentCompany
NBC Blue Network →	predecessor
One Life to Live →	productionCompany
ABC logo →	represents
American Idol →	revivedBy
NBC Blue Network →	spunOffAs
NBC Blue Network →	successor
ABC logo →	usedBy