List of production companies owned by the American Broadcasting Company

{{Short description|none}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} The American Broadcasting Company has formed a number of production companies since its formation in 1943 and under various parent companies and owners up until the present day under ownership by the Walt Disney Company. ABC Film Syndication, or ABC Films, was ABC's syndication distribution arm from 1953 to 1971 when the FCC passed the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (best known simply as the ''fin-syn rules''). As a result, ABC Films was sold to 5 of its former executives and changed name to Worldvision Enterprises. ABC's current primary production company is 20th Television.

A number of production companies were formed under Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, Capital Cities/ABC Video Productions (both were reorganized and absorbed into ABC Cable and International Broadcast Group, which changed name to Disney Media Distribution in 2011 and currently Disney Platform Distribution since 2020 upon Capital Cities/ABC's merger with Disney), Ultra Entertainment, the Hemisphere Group and DIC Entertainment.

==Active== ===Greengrass Productions=== {{Infobox company | name = Greengrass Productions, Inc. | type = Subsidiary | founded = {{start date and age|1992}} | parent = ABC Entertainment }} '''Greengrass Productions, Inc.''' is a production company of ABC Entertainment, a division of Disney Entertainment Television.

Greengrass Productions was incorporated in California on {{dts|1992|2|10}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Business Entity Detail: Greengrass Productions, Inc. (ID C1815167).|url=http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/|website=California Business Search|publisher=California State Department|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315010639/http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/|archive-date=March 15, 2015|url-status=dead}} (Search on name or ID.)</ref> On June 7, 1996, due to the merger with Disney, Capital Cities/ABC indicated that its ABC Productions division operations would be shut down while keeping its boutique production companies: Victor Television Productions, ABC/Kane Productions, DIC Entertainment and Greengrass Productions.<ref name="bc"/><ref name="lat1"/> Greengrass was transferred from ABC Productions to ABC Entertainment.<ref name="vty1"/>

====Filmography==== ;TV series {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Years ! Co-production with ! Notes |- | ''Police File''<ref>{{cite press release |title= HEART OF COURAGE, POLICE FILE, GANGSTERS, SECRET SERVICE |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SKYVISION+ENTERTAINMENT+ANNOUNCES+1992+PRODUCTION+SLATE%3A+HEART+OF...-a012220249 |type=Press release |publisher= Skyvision Entertainment |agency=PRNewswire |access-date=May 21, 2015 |via=The Free Library }}</ref> || 1992 ||Skyvision Entertainment and Grosso-Jacobson Entertainment || unaired TV pilot; co-production |- | ''Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa''<ref>{{cite press release |date=October 16, 1992 |title=KING WORLD'S 'AMERICAN JOURNAL' GETS A 'FIRM GO' AND RACKS UP ADDITIONAL MARKET CLEARANCE |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KING+WORLD%27S+%27AMERICAN+JOURNAL%27+GETS+A+%27FIRM+GO%27+AND+RACKS+UP...-a012658140 |type=Press release |publisher=King World Productions |agency=PRNewswire |access-date=May 21, 2015 |via=The Free Library }}</ref> || 1992–1993 || King World Productions, Gunther-Wahl Productions (season 1), Ruby-Spears Enterprises (season 2), Flextech Television and Mini Mountain Productions || Currently owned by WildBrain |- | ''Wild Palms'' || May 16–19, 1993 || || TV mini-series |- | ''Street Match'' || 1993 || Goldin-Sachs Entertainment Group <ref>{{cite news |last1=Griffin |first1=Dominic |title=Street Match |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/street-match-1200432648/ |access-date=March 27, 2019 |work=Variety |date=July 29, 1993 |language=en}}</ref> || |- | ''Bump in the Night'' || 1994–1995 || Danger Productions || Currently owned by WildBrain |- | ''On Our Own'' || 1994–1995 || Lightkeeper Productions, de Passe Entertainment, Miller-Boyett Productions and Warner Bros. Television<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000697469 1995-03-31</ref> || |- | ''A Whole New Ballgame'' || 1995 || Bungalow 78 Productions and Universal Television<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000764818 1995-09-29</ref>|| |- | ''Extreme'' || 1995 || Alan Barnette Productions and Universal Television|| |- | ''Hypernauts'' || 1996 || DIC Entertainment || Currently owned by WildBrain |- | ''Champions of Magic'' || 1996–1999 |||| 3 specials<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000872202 1998-01-22</ref> |- | ''Over the Top'' || 1997 || Katlin/Bernstein Productions, Panamort Television and Columbia TriStar Television<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000916774 1998-10-13</ref> || |- | ''The Best Commercials You've Never Seen (And Some You Have)'' || 1998–2002 || || 7 specials |- | ''Storm of the Century'' || February 14–18, 1999 |||| TV mini-series |- | ''Extreme Makeover'' || 2002–2007 || Lighthearted Entertainment || |- | ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Muir|first1=John Kenneth|title=TV Year: The Prime Time 2005-2006 Season|date=May 1, 2007|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-1557836847|page=205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RyEPeFB8DzAC&q=%22Extreme+Makeover%3A+Home+Edition%22+Greengrass+Productions&pg=PA205|access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref> || 2003–2012 2020 || Base Camp Films, Hoosick Falls Productions, Endemol USA|| |- |''The Great Christmas Light Fight'' || 2013–present || Fremantle || |- |''Big Fan'' || 2017 || Smo King Baby, Banijay Studios North America || |- |''Boy Band'' || 2017 || Matador Content || |- |''Battle of the Network Stars'' || 2017 || El Dorado Pictures || |- |''Child Support'' || 2018 || Banijay Studios North America || |- |''Castaways'' || 2018 || Nomad Entertainment || |- |''The Alec Baldwin Show'' || 2018 || El Dorado Pictures || |- |''Holey Moley'' || 2019–2022 || Unanimous Media, Eureka Productions || |- |''Encore!'' || 2019–20 || Olive Bridge Entertainment, Leading Laidy, Jason Cohen Productions || |- |''Don't'' || 2020 || Maximum Effort, Banijay Studios North America || |- |''Emergency Call'' || 2020–2021 || 8HOURS Television || |- |''The Chase'' || 2021–present || ITV Entertainment || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0002282560 / 2021-02-23</ref> |- |''Pooch Perfect'' || 2021 || || |- |''The Ultimate Surfer'' || 2021 || Pilgrim Media Group, WSL Studios || |- |''Judge Steve Harvey'' || 2022–present || East 112, Den of Thieves || |- |''Who Do You Believe?'' || 2022 || All3Media America, Lime Pictures || |- |''The Final Straw'' || 2022 || Walt Disney Television Alternative, Omaha Productions, B17 Entertainment || |- |''Claim to Fame'' || 2022–present || Walt Disney Television Alternative, Kinetic Content || |- |''Generation Gap'' || 2022–present || Kimmelot, Milojo Productions, MGM Television |- |''Back in the Groove'' || 2022 || |- |''The Parent Test'' || 2022–present || |- |''The Prank Panel'' || 2023–present || ITV America, Kimmelot |}

;Movies and specials {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Date ! Co-production with |- | ''The Parsley Garden'' || March 27, 1993 || White Sneakers |- | ''Rhythm and Jam: Rhythm & Rap'' || September 18, 1993 || |- | ''Rhythm and Jam: Melody & Harmony'' || September 25, 1993 || |- | ''Betrayed by Love'' || January 17, 1994 || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000682216 1993-09-07</ref> |- | ''Money Made Easy: The ABC Kids' Guide to Dollars and Sense'' || April 2/9, 1994 || Paley/Price Productions |- | ''The Secret Garden''<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000714697 1994-11-22</ref> || November 5, 1994 || DIC Entertainment, Kalisto Ltd. Currently owned by WildBrain |- | ''World's Funniest Commercials'' || November 9, 1994 || Woody Fraser Enterprises |- | ''Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale'' || February 25, 1995 || Ruby-Spears Productions |- | ''The Secret of Lizard Woman'' || November 12, 1995 || |- | ''Put to the Test'' || April 29, 1996 || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000872206 1998-01-22</ref> |- | ''Sex with Cindy Crawford'' || September 22, 1998 || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000922168 1999-02-11</ref> |- | ''Tom Clancy's NetForce'' || February 1, 1999 || Cates/Doty Productions |- | ''Runaway Virus'' || January 29, 2000 || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0001053606 2001-09-10</ref> |- | ''Quarantine'' || August 5, 2000 || |- | ''The 2000 Radio Music Awards'' || November 4, 2000 || Tall Pony Productions, Radio Dogs, Inc. |- | ''Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2001'' || November 15, 2001 || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0001074564 2002-01-18</ref> |- | ''Challenge America with Erin Brockovich: Miracle in Manhattan'' || December 21, 2001 || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0001074546 2002-01-18</ref> |- | ''Stephen King's Rose Red'' || January 27, 2002 || Victor Television Productions, Mark Carliner Productions |- | ''The Best TV Shows That Never Were'' || August 16, 2004 || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0001263838 2005-01-18</ref> |- |''Encore!'' || December 10, 2017 || |- |''Mickey's 90th Spectacular'' || November 4, 2018 || Don Mischer Productions |- |''Live in Front of a Studio Audience'' || {{ubl|May 22, 2019|December 18, 2019|December 7, 2021}} || Sony Pictures Television, Act III Communications, Kimmelot Production Company, Smoking Baby Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions |- |''The Little Mermaid Live!'' || November 5, 2019 || Done and Dusted |- |''The Disney Family Singalong'' || April 16, 2020 || Done and Dusted<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0002246315 / 2020-04-24</ref> |- |''The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II'' || May 10, 2020 || Done and Dusted |- |''The Happy Days of Garry Marshall'' || May 12, 2020 || |- |''VOMO: Vote or Miss Out'' || September 14, 2020 || |- |''The Disney Holiday Singalong'' || November 30, 2020 || Done and Dusted |- |''The Queen Family Singalong'' || November 4, 2021 || Done and Dusted |- |''The Magic Maker'' || November 25, 2021 || |- |''A Very Boy Band Holiday'' || December 6, 2021 || |- |''Step Into...the Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough'' || March 20, 2022 || |- |''Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter'' || September 22, 2022 || |- |''Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration'' || December 15, 2022 || |- |''Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong'' || February 1, 2023 || |}

===Lincoln Square Productions=== {{Infobox company | name = Lincoln Square Productions, LLC | type = Subsidiary | industry = TV | genre = Documentaries, docudramas and talk shows | predecessor = ABC News Productions | founded = {{Start date|2003|01|08}} | key_people = Morgan Hertzan<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Hilary|title='The View' Moving to ABC News' Nonfiction Programming Group|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/the-view-moving-abc-news-non-fiction-programming-745048|access-date=August 3, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 30, 2014}}</ref> | brands = Robin Roberts Presents | parent = ABC News (Disney Entertainment Television) }}

'''Lincoln Square Productions, LLC''' ('''LSP''') is a television production company owned by ABC News that produces non-fiction content, such as documentaries and talk shows.

;History Lincoln Square Production was formed as a limited liability company on January 8, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entity Details: Lincoln Square Productions |url=https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |website=General Information Name Search |publisher=Delavware Department of State: Division of Corporations |access-date=November 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035421/https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>

Lincoln Square had previously produced a series known as ''Watt's World'', about journalist Nick Watt traveling to find "little-known places and sub-cultures", in development for the Travel Channel as of Scripps Networks Interactive's upfront event in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ravindran|first1=Manori|title=Watt, van Zeller among new Travel Channel personalities |url=https://realscreen.com/2014/04/22/watt-van-zeller-among-new-travel-channel-personalities/|access-date=November 11, 2014|work=Realscreen.com|publisher=Brunico Communications Ltd.|date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> On {{dts|2014|10|30}}, the long-running talk show ''The View'' was transferred to Lincoln Square Productions from ABC Entertainment's Times Square Studios after struggling in ratings and a change in hosts.<ref name=vty>{{cite news|last1=Setoodeh|first1=Ramin|title=ABC News Takes Over 'The View' As Ratings Dwindle|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/abc-news-takes-over-the-view-as-ratings-dwindle-exclusive-1201342390/|access-date=November 11, 2014|work=Variety|date=October 30, 2014}}</ref>

In January 2015, Lincoln Square had signed a production deal with Christine Connor's XCON historical docudrama company.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Baysinger|first1=Tim|title=Christine Connor's XCON Signs Deal With Lincoln Square Productions|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/christine-connor-s-xcon-signs-deal-lincoln-square-productions/137464|access-date=June 5, 2015|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=January 27, 2015}}</ref> For A&E channel, Lincoln Square agreed to produce four specials in 2015 starting with ''Cosby: The Women Speak''.<ref name="vty4">{{cite news |last1=Lowry |first1=Brian |title=TV Review: 'Cosby: The Women Speak' |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/cosby-the-women-speak-review-bill-cosby-accusers-interview-ae-1201594572/ |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Variety |date=September 17, 2015}}</ref> The company agreed in July 2018 to produce films by Robin Roberts under the banner "Robin Roberts Presents" for A&E's Lifetime channel.<ref name="vty3">{{cite news |last1=Littleton |first1=Cynthia |title=Lifetime Expands Original Movie Lineup, Sets Franchises With Robin Roberts and T.D. Jakes |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/lifetime-robin-roberts-td-jakes-vc-andrews-movie-1202886594/ |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Variety |date=July 26, 2018}}</ref> On April 10, 2019, a slate of 10 unscripted series including ''Rogue Trip'' from Lincoln Square Productions was revealed for Disney+.<ref name="hwr">{{cite news |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title=Disney+ Unveils Robust Unscripted Slate Featuring Pair of Marvel Docuseries |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/disney-unveils-robust-unscripted-slate-featuring-pair-marvel-docuseries-1200876 |access-date=August 2, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 10, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Production of ''Rogue Trip'' was later taken over by National Geographic.

;Programs * ''A&E Biography: Jodie Foster'' (2005) * ''The Assets'' (ABC) {{dts|2014|1|02}} - {{dts|2014|8|3}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Assets, The ShoWatch |url= http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/assets/listings/ |website=The Futon Critic}}</ref> * ''Ebola: Inside the Deadly Outbreak'' (Discovery)<ref name=vty/> * ''Final Witness'' (ABC) a seven-episode true-crime series that premiered June 27, 2012<ref>{{cite news|last1=Benzine|first1=Benzine|title=ABC sets June date for "Final Witness"|url=https://realscreen.com/2012/05/30/abc-sets-june-date-for-final-witness/|access-date=November 11, 2014|work=Real Screen|publisher=Brunico Communications Ltd.|date=May 30, 2012}}</ref> * ''Mustang Millionaire'' (National Geographic Channel) * ''NY Med'' (ABC) * ''Surgeon Oz'' (OWN, 2014–2015) * ''The View'' (ABC) {{dts|2014|10|30}}—present<ref name=vty/> * ''Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals'' (Investigation Discovery, 2015) nine-episode season 1<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lowry |first1=Brian |title=TV Review: 'Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals' |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/barbara-walters-presents-american-scandals-review-investigation-discovery-jonbenet-ramsey-1201628355/ |access-date=August 6, 2019 |work=Variety |date=October 30, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> * “Next Step Realty: NYC” (ABC Family, 2015) a documentary series that follows the Next Step Realty employees in their specialty of finding recent college graduates apartments<ref>{{cite news|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=ABC Family Targets "Becomers", Doubles Original Programming, Sets Development|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/abc-family-becomers-original-programming-development-slate-1201409921/|access-date=June 4, 2015|work=Deadline|date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> * ''20/20: In an Instant'' (ABC; 2015–2018) (with Committee Films) * ''9/11: As We Watched'' (American Heroes Channel) Tuesday, September 6, 2016 * ''Capturing Bin Laden'' (American Heroes Channel) September 7, 2016 <ref>{{cite news|title=Vanilla Ice, Marcia Brady and a former presidential candidate put on their Dancing shoes; Viacom rebrands MTV Hits; Jessica Alba boards Planet of the Apps|url=https://www.cynopsis.com/083116-vanilla-ice-marcia-brady-and-a-former-presidential-candidate-put-on-their-dancing-shoes-viacom-rebrands-mtv-hits-jessica-alba-boards-planet-of-the-apps/|access-date=September 13, 2016|work=Cynopsis|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> * ''The End of America: Putin's Master Plan'' working title (History) Biography brand 2 hours special<ref>{{cite news|last1=Petski|first1=Denise|title='Biography' Franchise Returns To A+E Networks|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/biography-franchise-returns-ae-networks-1202047742/|access-date=March 23, 2017|work=Deadline|date=March 21, 2017}}</ref> * ''Grace vs. Abrams'' A&E series (March 29, 2018-) Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams debating infamous crimes and legal cases<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holloway |first1=Daniel |title=A&E Adds Marcia Clark, Nancy Grace & Dan Abrams Crime Shows |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/marcia-clark-1202664308/ |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Variety |date=January 14, 2018}}</ref> * ''Cosby: The Women Speak'' A&E special (September 17, 2015) <ref name="vty4"/> * ''Robin Roberts Presents'' (Lifetime) telefilm series in which each film would have a companion documentary. Roberts would be an executive producer along with Linda Berman for the films and John R. Green for the documentary.<ref name="vty3"/> ** untitled Mahalia Jackson drama written by Bettina Gilois and documentary<ref name="vty3"/> * ''The Last Defense'' (2018) (with Xcon Productions and JuVee Productions) * ''Reversing Roe'' (2018) (with UnbeliEVAble Entertainment and Break Thru Films) Netflix, 99 minutes; Directors, screenwriters, producers and narrators: Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg<ref>{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Caryn |title='Reversing Roe': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/reversing-roe-review-1138422 |access-date=September 11, 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 1, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> * ''1969'' (2019) * ''Mickey: The Story of a Mouse'' (2022) (co-production with Tremolo Productions)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Low |first1=Elaine |title=Disney Plus Fleshes Out Nonfiction Slate, Including 'Howard,' 'Science Fair,' Mickey Mouse Docu |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/disney-plus-fleshes-out-nonfiction-slate-including-howard-science-fair-mickey-mouse-docu-1203375802/ |access-date=October 21, 2019 |work=Variety |date=October 18, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

===Valleycrest Productions=== {{Infobox company | name = Valleycrest Productions Ltd. | type = Subsidiary | industry = Television | founded = {{start date and age|1987|3|6}} | services = TV series production | parent = ABC Daytime (ABC Entertainment Group) }} '''Valleycrest Productions Limited''' is a television series production company owned by ABC Daytime.

Valleycrest Productions was incorporated on {{start date|1987|3|6}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Business Entity Detail: Valleycrest Productions Ltd.|url=http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/|website=California Business Search|publisher=California Secretary of State|access-date=May 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315010639/http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/|archive-date=March 15, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 1999, Valleycrest was producing "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and was a subsidiary of Buena Vista Television by that time.<ref name=laj>{{cite news|title='Millionaire' staff status up in air|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/100899/ent_1008990046.shtml#.VV86VUY0OXw|access-date=May 22, 2015|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|agency=LA Times-Washington Post News Wire|date=October 8, 1999}}</ref>

On December 2, 2011, Disney-ABC Television Group placed daytime and syndicated production under Times Square Studios.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stelter|first=Brian|title=Head of ABC's Daytime Programming Is Leaving|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/head-of-abcs-daytime-programming-is-leaving/|access-date=11 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 2, 2011}}</ref>

Valleycrest moved production of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' in 2014 to the Connecticut Film Center in Stamford, Connecticut, to take advantage of the state's film/television tax credits.<ref name=ctp>{{cite news|last1=Just|first1=Olivia|title=Disney moves filming of 'Millionaire' to Stamford|url=http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Disney-moves-filming-of-Millionaire-to-Stamford-5597151.php|access-date=May 22, 2015|work=CT Post|publisher=Hearst Media Services Connecticut|date=July 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=Terry Crews Named New Host Of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/terry-crews-named-new-host-of-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-725779/|access-date=May 22, 2015|work=Deadline|date=May 7, 2014}}</ref>

;Filmography {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Years ! Network ! Notes |- | ''Mike and Maty''<ref>{{cite news|title=Search Slims For 'Mike' Sub|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/search-slims-for-mike-sub-99123545/|access-date=May 22, 2015|work=Variety|date=December 17, 1995}}</ref> || April 1994–June 1996 || ABC || |- | ''Win Ben Stein's Money''<ref name=laj/> || 1997–2003 || Comedy Central || |- | ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire''<ref name=ctp/> || 1999–present || ABC/Syndication || co-production with Celador (1999–2007)/2waytraffic (2007–19)/Embassy Row (2020–present)/Kimmelot (2020–present) |- | ''The Ainsley Harriott Show''<ref>{{cite news|title=BVT finalizes prod'n team for talk cooker 'Harriott'|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/bvt-finalizes-prod-n-team-for-talk-cooker-harriott-1117760361/|access-date=May 22, 2015|work=Variety|date=December 29, 1999}}</ref> || 2000 || Syndication || co-production with Merv Griffin Entertainment and Buena Vista Television |}

==Defunct== ===ABC Circle 7 Productions=== {{Infobox company | name = ABC Circle 7 Productions, Inc. | type = Subsidiary | industry = Television | genre = News | fate = Closed | founded = {{Start date and age|1983|12|15}} | parent = ABC Owned Television Stations }}

ABC Circle 7 Productions, Inc. was the programming subsidiary of the ABC Owned Stations in the 1980s.

In August 1983, Circle 7 Productions announced its Newsbank news distribution service.<ref>{{cite news|title=Closed Circuit: More news|page=7|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1983/BC-1983-08-08.pdf|access-date=December 2, 2014|work=Broadcasting|date=August 8, 1983}}</ref> ABC Circle 7 Productions was incorporated on December 15, 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABC Circle 7 Productions, Inc. File Number: 2023574 |url=https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |work=Entity Search |publisher=State of Delaware |access-date=4 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035421/https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

;Programming * Newsbank, news distribution service making about 24 stories available to subscribing stations from ABC's (then) five O&O Stations<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Closed Circuit: Early courtship|magazine=Broadcasting|date=July 2, 1984|volume=107|issue=1|page=7|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1984/BC-1984-07-02.pdf|access-date=December 1, 2014|issn=0007-2028}}</ref>

===ABC Productions=== {{Infobox company | name = ABC Productions | type = Division | industry = Television | fate = Closed; Library has been integrated into the first incarnation of Touchstone Television (then ABC Studios, ABC Signature Studios, ABC Signature and currently 20th Television) | successor = {{Plainlist| *ABC Studios *ABC Signature *20th Television }} | founded = {{Start date and age|1989|03|21}} | defunct = {{End date and age|1996|06|07}} | hq_location_city = Century City | key_people = {{ubl|Brandon Stoddard (president)|Brian McAndrews (EVP of production at ABC)}} | production = {{ubl|TV shows|Miniseries|Telefilms}} | num_employees = 13 | num_employees_year = 1996 | parent = ABC Television Network Group (The Walt Disney Company) | divisions = {{unbulleted list|ABC Pictures|DreamWorks Television (50%)|Greengrass Productions}} | subsid = Andrew Adelson Co. | footnotes = <ref name=lat/><ref name=lat0/><ref name=lat1/><ref name=bc/><ref name=vty1/> }}

'''ABC Productions''' (ABCP) was a television production company that was a division of ABC Television Network Group. While the ABC network had first shot at the unit's shows, the company was allowed to shop shows to other networks<ref name=lat>{{cite news|last1=Du Brow|first1=Rick|title='Hey, Will You Look at My Pilot?' : Brandon Stoddard is president of ABC Productions, but he's allowed to make programs for the competition too|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-12-ca-2487-story.html|access-date=December 27, 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 12, 1991}}</ref> and was the first to sell to another network.<ref name=bc>Littleton, Cynthia. (May 27, 1996) [https://web.archive.org/web/20140715011303/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18333392.html ABC folds in-house arm. (TV series production unit)]. Broadcasting & Cable. Access on November 13, 2013.</ref> The company was set up increase the control and financial rewards of producing its own TV shows.<ref name=lat/>

;History ABC Productions was formed in 1989 as ABC Network's in-house production unit after the alteration of the fin-syn rules<ref name=bc/> that increased network ownership to only 40% of prime-time programs.<ref name=lat/> Former ABC Motion Pictures president<ref name=lat/> and ABC Entertainment president Brandon Stoddard on March 21, 1989, to head up the then unnamed production unit, though one source believed it was the former ABC subsidiary ABC Circle Films.<ref name=lat0>{{cite news|title=Stoddard Quits ABC to Head Special Unit|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-21-mn-393-story.html|access-date=December 27, 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|agency=United Press International|date=March 21, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1989-03-27|title=In-house warning|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-03-27-OCR-Page-0026.pdf|access-date=2021-10-24}}</ref> In the fall of 1989, it is said that ABC Productions would sign on to develop projects for NBC, HBO and Lifetime.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1989-09-04|title=ABC to produce shows for others, including NBC|work=Broadcasting|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-09-04-OCR-Page-0031.pdf|access-date=2021-10-24}}</ref>

By early 1991, ABC Productions had purchased Andrew Adelson Co. then signed Andrew Adelson to an exclusive production contract.<ref name=bc1>{{cite magazine |author= |title=New Deal for ABC Productions |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-01-14.pdf |magazine=Broadcasting |date=June 14, 1991 |access-date=June 14, 2017 }}</ref> By May 1991, ABCP produced eight pilots, a series, a miniseries and several TV movies. "My Life and Times" was the company's first series production placed with the ABC network and debuted in May 1991, but was yanked after the ratings dropped 19% from week 1 to 2, so as to avoid May sweeps. While its first miniseries, "An Inconvenient Woman" was shown on ABC in the May sweeps<ref name=lat/> was produced by Adelson.<ref name=bc1/> For Lifetime, ABCP produced a telefilm, 'Stop at Nothing'.<ref name=lat/> Former Cosby Show co-executive producer Elliot Shonman for ABCP created, written and produced ''Coconut Downs'' while agreeing to a two-year exclusivity deal. Also signing production deals by June 1991 were Martthew Carlson (an extension), Steve Kronish and Norman Morrill. 29 projects were under development.<ref name=bc1/>

By the 1994–95 season, ABC Productions was providing half of ABC's regular series programming.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClellan |first1=Steve |title=ABC ups in-house production for fall |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15447879.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115113553/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15447879.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 15, 2018 |access-date=May 19, 2015 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=May 16, 1994}}</ref> DreamWorks Television was formed in December 1994 as DreamWorks Studios agreed to a $200 million seven-year TV production joint venture with Capital Cities/ABC.<ref name=bc0>McClellan, Steve. (December 5, 1994). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610193410/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15935002.html "ABC makes high-profile production leap."] Broadcasting & Cable. 1994. Accessed on December 27, 2013.</ref> ABCP placed "The Boys are Back" with CBS for the 1994–1995 season.<ref>Tobenkin, David. (September 12, 1994). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160805161435/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15937701.html "Production big business for Big 3. (ABC, CBS, NBC)."] Broadcasting & Cable. 1994.</ref>

In June 1995, Stoddard stepped down as ABC Productions president.<ref>Bates, James. (March 23, 1995). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-23-fi-46316-story.html After 25 Years, Veteran ABC Executive Brandon Stoddard Reveals Plans to Step Down in June]. Los Angeles Times. Accessed on December 27, 2013.</ref> On June 7, 1996, due to the merger with Disney, Capital Cities/ABC indicated that its ABC Productions division operations would be shut down while keeping its boutique production companies: Victor Television Productions, ABC/Kane Productions, DIC Entertainment and Greengrass Productions.<ref name=bc/><ref name=lat1>Times Staff and Wire Reports. (May 23, 1996). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-23-fi-7381-story.html Company Town Annex: ABC to Shut Down ABC Productions]. Los Angeles Times. Accessed on December 27, 2013.</ref> ABCP executive in charge Brian McAndrews continued managing ABC's other production arms for TV movies, documentaries and children's programming and production interests with DreamWorks SKG, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment and Jim Henson Productions.<ref name=lat1/> McAndrews left in early March 1998 for an ABC Sports position, while Greengrass Productions was folded into ABC Entertainment and its telefilm unit, ABC Pictures, would finish its last five projects then disband.<ref name=vty1>{{cite news|last1=Hontz|first1=Jenny|title=Alphabet web shutters its ABC Pictures wing|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/alphabet-web-shutters-its-abc-pictures-wing-1117468858/|access-date=May 19, 2015|work=Variety|date=March 17, 1998}}</ref>

;Filmography {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Years ! Network ! Notes |- | ''Fantasies'' || 1990 || ABC || TV special<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000509227 1991-02-06</ref> |- | ''Stop at Nothing'' || March 12, 1991 || ABC || TV movie<ref name=lat/> |- | ''My Life and Times'' || 1991 || ABC || co-production with Sea Change Productions<ref name=bc1/> |- | ''American Detective'' || 1991 || ABC || season 1 only; co-production with Paul Stojanovich Productions and Orion Television Entertainment<ref>{{cite news|title=Television Reviews: American Detective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxHbPxbBM1AC&q=american+detective+1991&pg=PP112|access-date=April 30, 2016|work=Variety|date=May 2, 1991|isbn = 9780824037963|author1 = Prouty}}</ref> |- | ''Coconut Downs'' || 1991 || ABC || TV pilot<ref name=bc1/> |- | ''An American Saturday Night'' || May 4, 1991 || ABC || TV special<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000603593 1993-03-01</ref> |- | ''An Inconvenient Woman'' || May 12–13, 1991 || ABC || TV mini-series |- | ''To Save A Child'' || September 8, 1991 || ABC || TV movie<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000565842 1991-10-08</ref> |- | ''The Commish'' || 1991–1996 || ABC || co-production with Three-Putt Productions and Stephen J. Cannell Productions |- | ''She Woke Up'' || January 19, 1992 || ABC || TV movie<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000568272 1992-03-09</ref> |- | ''Fugitive Among Us'' || February 4, 1992 || CBS || TV movie |- | ''Running Delilah'' || 1992 || ABC || TV movie; co-production with Sea Change Productions |- | ''Broadway Bound'' || March 23, 1992 || ABC || TV movie |- | ''Jack's Place'' || 1992–1993 || ABC || |- | ''America Behind Closed Doors'' || August 6, 1992 || CBS || TV pilot<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000583410 1992-09-11</ref> |- | ''Camp Wilder'' || 1992–1993 || ABC || co-production with Vanity Card Productions |- | ''Desperate Choices: To Save My Child'' || October 5, 1992 || ABC || TV movie |- | ''The Amy Fisher Story'' || January 3, 1993 || ABC || TV movie; co-production with Andrew Adelson Company, Michael Jaffe Films and Spectacor Films |- | ''Class of '96'' || 1993 || FOX || co-production with Mandy Films |- | ''Kiss of a Killer'' || February 1, 1993 || ABC || TV movie |- | ''Sirens'' || 1993 || ABC || season 1 only |- | ''The Circle Game'' || July 7, 1993 || ABC || TV pilot<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000642793 1993-08-02</ref> |- | ''Joe's Life'' || 1993 || ABC || co-production with Bob Myer Productions |- | ''The Paula Poundstone Show'' || 1993 || ABC ||<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000678927 1993-12-09</ref> |- | ''The Only Way Out'' || December 19, 1993 || ABC || TV movie<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000682059 1993-10-12</ref> |- | ''My Name Is Kate'' || January 16, 1994 || ABC || TV movie<ref name=vai>{{cite news|title=TV movies: adaptable, abundant, attractive|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TV+movies%3a+adaptable%2c+abundant%2c+attractive.-a014047812|access-date=May 21, 2015|work=Video Age International|publisher=TV Trade Media, Inc.|via=The Free Library|date=June 1, 1993}}</ref> |- | ''Out of Darkness'' || January 26, 1994 || ABC || TV movie; co-production with Anaid Film Productions and Andrew Adelson Co. |- | ''My So-Called Life'' || 1994–1995 || ABC || co-production with The Bedford Falls Company |- | ''The Boys Are Back'' || 1994–1995 || CBS || co-production with Vanity Card Productions |- | ''McKenna'' || 1994–1995 || ABC || |- | ''Me and the Boys'' || 1994–1995 || ABC || co-production with Bob Myer Productions |- | ''A Dangerous Affair'' || January 1, 1995 || ABC || TV movie<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000877376 1998-03-04</ref> |- | ''She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal'' || May 22, 1995 || ABC || TV movie |- | ''Bringing up Jack'' || 1995 || ABC || co-production with Katlin/Bernstein Productions |- | ''Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story'' || September 4, 1995 || Lifetime || TV movie<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000834277 1997-03-12</ref> |- | ''Deadly Love'' || October 16, 1995 || Lifetime || TV movie |- | ''The Faculty'' || 1995–1996 || ABC || co-production with Meredith Baxter Productions and Thompson-Murphy Productions |- | ''Sophie And The Moonhanger'' || January 15, 1996 || Lifetime || TV movie |- | ''Any Mother's Son'' || August 11, 1997 || Lifetime || TV movie<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000851247 1997-08-11</ref> |}

====ABC Pictures==== {{for|the company that produced films between 1965 and 1973|#ABC Pictures International}} {{Infobox company | name = ABC Pictures | type = Division | industry = Filmed entertainment | successor = | defunct = {{End date|1998}} | key_people = Didier Pietri (SVP) | num_employees = 9 | num_employees_year = 1998 | parent = ABC Productions | footnotes = <ref name=vty0/><ref name=vty1/> }}

'''ABC Pictures''' was an in house television movie production company of ABC Productions.

The company agreed to a two-year TV movie and miniseries deal with Gary L. Pudney in 1997 with “The Picture of Dorian Gray” in development under the deal.<ref name=vty0>{{cite news|title=ABC Pics, Pudney in pact|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/abc-pics-pudney-in-pact-1117435402/|access-date=May 19, 2015|work=Variety|date=April 9, 1997}}</ref> ABC Pictures agreed on August 20, 1997, with the C.P. Group and BIG Entertainment to develop "Tom Clancy's Net Force", as a four-hour miniseries which was broadcast in 1998.<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=ABC Pictures, C.P. Group And Big Entertainment To Develop 'Tom Clancy's Net Force(TM)' As Mini-Series For ABC Television Network |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ABC+Pictures%2c+C.P.+Group+And+Big+Entertainment+To+Develop+%27Tom...-a019703073 |publisher=BIG Entertainment |agency=PRNewswire |date=August 20, 1997 |via=The Free Library |access-date=January 4, 2014}}</ref>

After its final five projects in development, ABC Pictures was shut down in 1998.<ref name="vty1"/>

;Filmography {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Years ! Network ! Notes |- | ''Their Second Chance'' || February 9, 1997 || Lifetime || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000851142 1997-05-14</ref> |- | ''Jitters'' || May 5, 1997 || Lifetime || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000851141 1997-05-05</ref> |- | ''Convictions'' || November 10, 1997 || The Family Channel || <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000868773 1997-11-26</ref> |- | ''Circle of Deceit'' || January 29, 1998 || ABC || co-production with Andrea Baynes Productions |- | ''Twice Upon a Time'' || November 9, 1998 || Lifetime || co-production with Chris/Rose Productions |}

===ABC Circle Films=== {{Infobox company | name = ABC Circle Films | logo = | logo_caption = This is the logo of ABC Circle Films from 1976 to 1977 by Dan Perri. | industry = TV | genre = Movie of the week | successor = ABC Productions | founded = {{Start date and age|1970}} | defunct = {{End date and age|1989}} | products = TV movies, miniseries and series | production = TV shows }}

'''ABC Circle Films''' (ACF or Circle) was a television movie and series production company owned by ABC that operated from 1970<ref group=ABCMOW name=p20/> to 1989.

'''ABC Circle Films''' was formed after the first season of Movie of the Week to build on the telefilm success. ACF was granted a larger budget (by $250,000) and half an hour longer than the movie of the week thus considered a prestige or "A" movie. Circle's films were shown on Sunday night where they alternated with recent feature films and on Monday night after the end of Monday Night Football.<ref group=ABCMOW name=p20>Chapter 1"Season One: An Expensive Experiment". Page 20.</ref> With the 1972–1973 season, ACF began producing films for Movie of the Week including ''Pursuit''.<ref group=ABCMOW name=p94>Chapter 4 "Season Four: Feeding the Beast Twice a Week". Page 94.</ref>

Lewis H. Erlicht was demoted from president of ABC Entertainment to senior vice president and president of ACF in November 1985.<ref name=lat2>{{cite news|last1=Sharbutt|first1=Jay|title=Stoddard Named New Head Of Abc Television|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-13-ca-5414-story.html|access-date=November 13, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 13, 1985}}</ref>

The company was merged into ABC Productions in 1989.

;Filmography {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Year(s) ! Notes |- | ''No Place to Run'' || September 18, 1972<ref group=ABCMOW name=af/> || co-production with Spelling-Goldberg Productions |- | ''Haunts of the Very Rich'' || September 20, 1972<ref group=ABCMOW name=af>Alphabetical Filmography. Page 202-364.</ref> || |- | ''The Bounty Man'' || October 31, 1972 || co-production with Spelling-Goldberg Productions |- | ''Home for the Holidays'' || November 28, 1972 || co-production with Spelling-Goldberg Productions |- | ''Pursuit'' || December 12, 1972<ref group=ABCMOW name=p94/> || |- | ''The Night Strangler'' || January 16, 1973 || co-production with Dan Curtis Productions |- | ''Pray for the Wildcats'' || January 23, 1973<ref group=ABCMOW name=c5/> || |- | ''The Letters'' || March 6, 1973 || co-production with Spelling-Goldberg Productions |- | ''Isn't It Shocking?'' || October 2, 1973<ref group=ABCMOW name=c5>Chapter5 "Season Five: TV Movie Saturation". Page 122-124.</ref> || |- | ''The President's Plane is Missing'' || {{dts|1973|10|23}} || based on the novel by Robert J. Serling, Rod Serling's brother<ref name="mam">{{cite book |last1=Nowak |first1=Donna Marie |title=Mad About Mystery: 100 Wonderful Television Mysteries from the Seventies |date=2018 |publisher=BearManor Media |page=171 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3BZNDwAAQBAJ&q=Reflections+of+Murder+ABC+Circle&pg=PT71 |access-date=January 4, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |- | ''Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?'' || October 31, 1973 || |- | ''The Girl Most Likely To...'' || November 6, 1973 || |- | ''Outrage'' || November 28, 1973<ref group=ABCMOW name=af/> || |- | ''A Cold Night's Death'' || January 30, 1974 || co-production with Spelling-Goldberg Productions |- | ''Can Ellen Be Saved?'' || February 5, 1974 || |- | ''The Day the Earth Moved'' || September 18, 1974 || |- | ''The Great Ice Rip-Off'' || November 6, 1974 || co-production with Dan Curtis Productions |- | ''Reflections of Murder'' || {{dts|1974|11|24}} ||<ref name="mam"/> co-production with Aaron Rosenberg/Charles Lederer Productions |- | ''Love Among the Ruins'' || March 6, 1975 || |- | ''Young Pioneers'' || March 1, 1976 || |- | ''The Great Houdini'' || October 8, 1976 || |- | ''Young Pioneers' Christmas'' || December 17, 1976 || |- | ''ABC Weekend Special'' || 1977–1985 || TV series; 27 episodes |- | ''Superdome'' || January 9, 1978 || |- | ''The Girls in the Office'' || February 2, 1979 || |- | ''The Comeback Kid'' || April 11, 1980 || |- | ''She's in the Army Now'' || May 15, 1981 || |- | ''Pray TV'' || February 1, 1982 || |- | ''Inside the Third Reich'' || May 9, 1982 || |- | ''The Day After'' || November 20, 1983 || |- | ''My Mother's Secret Life'' || February 5, 1984 || co-production with Furia-Oringer Productions |- | ''Moonlighting'' || 1985–1989 || TV series; co-production with Picturemaker Productions |- | ''Love Lives On'' || April 1, 1985 || co-production with Script/Song |- | ''Acceptable Risks'' || March 2, 1986 || |- | ''Triplecross'' || March 17, 1986 || co-production with Tisch/Avnet Productions |- | ''Out on a Limb'' || January 18–19, 1987 || miniseries; co-production with Stan Margulies Company |- | ''Amerika''<ref>By Steve Daley. (February 15, 1987). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/02/15/amerika-the-controversial-tv-or-politics/ `Amerika` The Controversial: TV Or Politics?] Chicago Tribune. Accessed on December 31, 2013.</ref> || February 15–19, 1987 || 14 1/2-hour miniseries |- | ''Infidelity'' || April 13, 1987 || co-production with Mark-Jett Productions |- | ''War and Remembrance'' || 1988–1989 || Miniseries; co-production with Dan Curtis Productions |}

===ABC/Kane Productions=== {{Infobox company | name = ABC/Kane Productions International | type = Corporation | genre = Documentary | founded = ({{Start date|1989|10|01}}) | location_city = Washington, D.C. | location_country = US | parent = Disney–ABC Television Group ({{nowrap|now Disney Entertainment Television}}) }}

'''ABC/Kane Productions International''' (AKPI) is/was a nonfiction programs production company owned by Disney-ABC Television Group. The production company earned 13 Emmy Awards, 6 Genesis Awards, numerous CINE awards, film festival awards and an Academy Award nomination.<ref name=tfl>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DDE+Takes+Over+ABC%2FKane+Productions.-a053693319 DDE Takes Over ABC/Kane Productions.] PR Newswire. Accessed on December 30, 2013.</ref>

'''ABC/Kane Productions International''' was formed by Capital Cities/ABC Inc. as a unit of its ABC Television Network Group on October 1, 1988, with the appointment of its first president, Dennis B. Kane. Original plans for the unit was five programs a year for five years starting in October 1990 for ABC and other outlets.<ref>Gerard, Jeremy. (September 13, 1988). [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/13/arts/abc-creates-new-unit-for-nonfiction-programs.html ABC Creates New Unit For Nonfiction Programs]. New York Times. Accessed on December 30, 2013.</ref>

ABC/Kane received 11 Emmy nominations in 1998 for The Living Edens series, the highest to date, while winning 5 five news and documentary Emmys. Devillier Donegan Enterprises, a unit of Buena Vista International Television, in February 1999 took over distribution, management and operation of AKPI.<ref name=tfl/>

;Productions * The Living Edens (1995- PBS) * ABC's World of Discovery * Secrets of the Internet * Tales of the Serengeti * Wildlife Tales<ref name=tfl/> * ABC Saturday Children's Special & series pilot "Crash the Curiosaurus" (January 14, 1995)<ref>Duckett, Jodi. (January 14, 1995). [https://www.mcall.com/1995/01/14/abc-childrens-special-exhibits-love-for-natural-history-museum/ Abc Children's Special Exhibits Love For Natural History Museum]. The Morning Call. Accessed on December 30, 2013.</ref>

===Devillier Donegan Enterprises=== {{Infobox company | name = Devillier Donegan Enterprises | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | former type = | type = | traded_as = | industry = | genre =  | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = {{dts|1980}} | founder = | defunct =  | location_city = Washington, DC | location_country = | locations =  | area_served = | key_people = | products = | production = Documentary | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage =  | footnotes = | bodystyle = }}

Devillier Donegan Enterprises (DDE) was first formed by Ron Devillier and Brian Donegan in 1980 as a documentary production company<ref name=tfl/> and was reformed in 1994 with majority ownership by Capital Cities/ABC. Disney took over ownership upon its purchase of CC/ABC.<ref name=pbm>{{cite news|last=Rayman|first=Susan|title=AAC to buy Devillier Donegan?|url= http://oldads.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20010305/AACDDE.html|access-date=3 January 2014|newspaper=Playback|date=Mar 5, 2001}}</ref> DDE, a unit of Buena Vista International Television, in February 1999 took over distribution, management and operation of ABC/Kane Productions International.<ref name=tfl/> In 2001, DDE began looking for a new owner as Disney is in the movie business with Alliance Atlantis Communications and Granada begin front runners.<ref name=pbm/> Instead DDE management on March 11, 2002, bought Disney/ABC stake in the company. DDE also held on to ABC/Kane Productions' library and will continue to represent ABC News Productions.<ref>{{cite press release|date=March 11, 2002|title=DDE Completes Management Buy out|agency=PR Newswire|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dde-completes-management-buyout-76391917.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142450/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dde-completes-management-buyout-76391917.html|url-status=live|access-date=3 January 2014|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref>

===ABC News Productions=== '''ABC News Productions''' (ABCNP) is a long form documentary production unit<ref name=tfc/> within ABC News's ABC News Digital Media Group.<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC News Launches Youtube Channel|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2009/05/06/abc-news-launches-youtube-channel-31273/20090506abc02/|access-date=January 23, 2014|newspaper=The Futon Critic|date=May 6, 2009}}</ref> ABCNP produces documentaries for cable channels, international broadcasters and home video.<ref name=tfc>{{cite news|title=ABC News Merges Long-Form Documentary Unit and ABC News Productions to Form ABC News All Media|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2006/08/10/abc-news-merges-long-form-documentary-unit-and-abc-news-productions-to-form-abc-news-all-media-22021/20060810abc01/#mFYh7SUhRDZ6AosJ.99|access-date=23 January 2014|newspaper=The Futon Critic|date=August 10, 2006}}</ref>

ABC News Productions was formed in 1994. In August 2006, ABCNP was placed into ABC News All Media along with the ABC News production unit.<ref name=tfc/> {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}} ;Partial filmography: * ''The Trial of Adolf Eichmann'' (PBS) Emmy Award nominated * ''Vietnam War'' (TLC) 8 hours * Biography (A&E) 200 plus episodes {{Col-break}} ;Daily TV shows * ''Lifetime Live'' (Lifetime) * ''She TV'' (Discovery Health Channel)<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Producers|url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/show_security_vs_liberty_producers.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140411001714/http://www.pbs.org/weta/crossroads/about/show_security_vs_liberty_producers.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2014|work=America at a Crossroads|publisher=PBS|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref>  {{col-end}}

===ABC Motion Pictures=== {{Infobox company | name = ABC Motion Pictures | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | trading_name =  | type = Subsidiary | traded_as = | industry = Entertainment | genre =  | fate = Closed | predecessor = ABC Pictures International | successor = | founded = {{Start date|1979|05}}<ref name=nytns/> | founder = | defunct = {{dts|1985|10|28}} | location_city = | location_country = | locations =  | area_served = | key_people = Brandon Stoddard (president)<ref name=nytns/> | products = | production = Theatrical & TV films, TV shows, miniseries | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = | parent = American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | bodystyle = }}

'''ABC Motion Pictures''' was a production company of ABC that operated from May 1979.<ref name=nytns>{{cite news|last1=Harmetz|first1=Aljean|title=It's Curtains For Abc, Cbs Filmmaking|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/11/21/its-curtains-for-abc-cbs-filmmaking/|access-date=January 2, 2014|work=Chicago Tribune|agency=The New York Times News Service|date=November 21, 1985}}</ref> 20th Century Fox was the company's distributor. Until October 1985, the division produced theatrical films along with TV movies, series and mini-series.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last1=Fabrikant|first1=Geraldine|title=ABC Discontinues Movie Operations|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/29/business/abc-discontinues-movie-operations.html|access-date=January 2, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=October 29, 1985}}</ref>

;History '''ABC Motion Pictures''' was founded in May 1979 with Brandon Stoddard as president.<ref name=smr>{{cite news|last1=Schreger|first1=Charles|title=ABC looks to big screen|volume=93|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=icciAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225,6152057&dq=abc+motion+pictures&hl=en|access-date=April 7, 2015|work=The Spokesman-Review|agency=Los Angeles Times|issue=13|date=May 27, 1979|location=Spokane, Washington|page=F7}}</ref> Soon the division was swapped with old film projects. While a boutique would make only a few films per year, Stoddard figured that ABC would succeed in movie production as there were additional revenue sources from video cassettes and cable on top of theater ticket sales and broadcast TV sales.<ref name=nytns/> ABC Motion Pictures was incorporated by June 11, 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entity Status Information: ABC Motion Pictures|url=http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=713902&p_corpid=632661&p_entity_name=ABC%20Motion%20Pictures&p_name_type=%25&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0|website=Corporation & Business Entity Database|publisher=New York State Division of Corporations|access-date=April 14, 2015}}</ref>

The division waited two years to get its first slate of three films into production with National Lampoon's Class Reunion just an announcement and ''Young Doctors in Love'' beginning production in December 1981 under the theatrical directorial debut of Garry Marshall. In June 1982, "Chain Reaction" (later "Silkwood"<ref name=nyt/>) starring Meryl Streep was expected to be in production.<ref name=nytns0>{{cite news|last1=Harmetz|first1=Aljean|title=Streep to Play Slikwood for ABC Motion Pictures|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AadOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4156%2C6059125|access-date=January 2, 2014|work=Lakeland Ledger|agency=The New York Times News Service|date=November 15–21, 1981|page=71}}</ref>

''The Flamingo Kid'' after released by Fox did well but not strong business, Fox pulled the film from release so as to stop spending money on advertising.<ref name=nyt/>

With networks getting better rating for their own movies of the week over films released on cable and cassettes, networks reduced licensing of theatrical films. Additional boutique production companies entered the market at the same time crowding the market and increasing filming costs. With films distributed by a major studio, ABC's films were slotted in less desirable release dates. On October 28, 1985, ABC shut down ABC Motion Pictures theatrical motion picture operation after the release of only 6 theatrical films<ref name=nyt/> which was within weeks of CBS shutting down CBS Theatrical Films.<ref name=nytns/> The unit released one last movie, ''SpaceCamp'', already produced in the summer of 1985.<ref name="lat2"/> The unit would continue producing TV movies and mini-series while increasing TV series output. A Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation media analyst forecast ABC's losses on its theatrical operations for 1985 to be $5 million.<ref name=nyt/> After ABC shuttered down, the company elected to terminate its agreement with Mercury Entertainment in March 1986.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1986-03-05|title=Mercury, ABC Pics Terminate Contract|page=4|work=Variety}}</ref>

;Filmography Theatrical films {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Year ! Notes |- |''Young Doctors in Love'' |1982 |profitable<ref name=nyt/> |- |''National Lampoon's Class Reunion'' |1982<ref name=nytns0/> | |- |''Silkwood'' |1983 | profitable<ref name=nyt/> |- |''The Flamingo Kid'' |1984 |profitable<ref name=nyt/> |- |''Impulse'' |1984 | |- |''Prizzi's Honor'' |1985<ref name=lat/> |profitable<ref name=nyt/> |- |''SpaceCamp'' |1986<ref name=lat2/> | |}

===ABC Pictures International=== {{Infobox company | name = ABC Pictures International, Inc. | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | trading_name =  | type = Subsidiary | traded_as = | industry = Filmed entertainment | genre =  | fate = | predecessor = | successor = ABC Motion Pictures, Inc. | founded = {{Start date|1965}} (Inc.: {{Start date|1967|11|03}}) | founder = | defunct = {{End date|1973}} Dissolution (February 19, 1988) | location_city = | location_country = | locations =  | area_served = | key_people = Martin Baum<ref group=li name=p332/> | products = | production = theatrical films | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = | parent = American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | bodystyle = }}

'''ABC Pictures International, Inc.''' (also ABC Picture Holdings, Inc.; API) was the theatrical production company owned and operated by ABC from 1965 to 1973 and produced or co produced 37 films.<ref group=li name=p332>Orders of Magnitude. Page 332-333.</ref> The company's films were distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation.<ref group=li>Page 10.</ref>

;History ABC Pictures was started as a division in 1965<ref name=smr/> and was incorporated as ABC Picture Holdings, Inc. on {{Start date|1967|11|03}}.<ref name=sny>{{cite web|title=ABC Pictures International, Inc.|url=http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=257281&p_corpid=215825&p_entity_name=ABC%20Pictures&p_name_type=%25&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0|work=Entity Information|publisher=State of New York|access-date=4 January 2014}}</ref> In 1967, it activated Palomar Pictures and Selmur Pictures to produce pictures for it.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/179897806/?match=1&terms=%22Palomar%20Pictures%20International%22%20founded |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref name=Selmur/> The entry of ABC into theatrical film production led to an FCC inquiry over the network's control of programming and a MPAA anti-trust lawsuit.<ref group=li name=p332/> David O. Selznick owned films were sold after his death in 1965 to API by his widow, Jennifer Jones.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Higgins|first1=Steven|title=Still Moving: The Film and Media Collections of The Museum of Modern Art|date=2006|publisher=The Museum of Modern Art|isbn=0870703269|page=186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OrauNqz1lBoC&pg=PA186|access-date=April 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ink">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-film-moguls-martin-baum-at-abc-pictures-selig-seligman-at-selmur-and-edgar-scherick-at-palomar/|date=7 April 2026|access-date=7 April 2026|title=Forgotten Film Moguls: Martin Baum at ABC Pictures, Selig Seligman at Selmur and Edgar Scherick at Palomar}}</ref>

The company's films (including those made by Selmur and Palomar) were not profitable<ref name="variety">{{cite magazine|title=ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses|magazine=Variety|date=May 31, 1973|page=3|last=Beaupre|first=Lee}}</ref> and, with the recession of 1969–1971, ABC Pictures Corporation closed down its operations<ref group=li>Page 71.</ref> in early 1973.<ref group=li name=p332/> The 36 films cost $75 million to produce and generated rentals of $107 million, but with other costs such as distribution fees and interest, generated losses of $35 million.<ref name="variety"/> Only 6 of the films were profitable.<ref name="variety"/>

On October 20, 1977, ABC Picture Holdings, Inc. changed its name to ABC Pictures International, Inc. and was finally dissolved on February 19, 1988.<ref name=sny/>

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Release date ! Title ! Other production co. |- | align="right"| {{dts|1967}} || ''Good Times''<ref name="variety"/> || Motion Pictures International<ref>{{AFI film|id=19911|title=Good Times}}</ref> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|05|20}} || ''Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|08|12}} || ''Lovers and Other Strangers'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|10|01}} || ''How Do I Love Thee?'' ||Freeman-Enders<ref>{{AFI film|id=23535|title=How Do I Love Thee?}}</ref> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|11|04}} || ''Song of Norway'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971}} || ''The 300 Year Weekend'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|01|18}} || ''Zachariah'' ||George Englund Productions<ref>{{AFI film|id=54177|title=Zachariah}}</ref> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|01|28}} || ''The Last Valley'' ||Season Productions; Seamaster Films<ref>{{AFI film|id=54346|title=The Last Valley}}</ref> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|05|28}} || ''The Grissom Gang'' ||Associates & Aldrich Co.<ref>{{AFI film|id=54269|title=The Grissom Gang}}</ref> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|07}} || ''The Touch'' ||Cinematograph A.B.<ref>{{AFI film|id=54200|title=The Touch}}</ref> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|09}} || ''Kotch'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|11|03}} || ''Straw Dogs'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|02|13}} || ''Cabaret'' || Allied Artists<ref group=li name=p332/> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|06}} || ''Junior Bonner'' ||Solar Production Inc.<ref>{{AFI film|id=54545|title=Junior Bonner}}</ref> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1976}} || ''Mastermind'' || |}

===ABC Media Productions=== {{Infobox company | name = ABC Media Productions | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | trading_name =  | native_name =  | native_name_lang =  | former_name = Buena Vista Productions | former type = | type = Unit | traded_as = | industry = TV | genre = talk, game, reality | fate = | predecessor = Buena Vista Development | successor = | founded =  | founder = | defunct =  | location_city = | location_country = | locations =  | area_served = | key_people = | products = | brands = | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = ABC Daytime (ABC Television Group) | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage =  | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} ABC Media Productions (AMP), originally named Buena Vista Productions (BVP), was the in house television development, production and programming unit within ABC Daytime. The company produces non-scripted programming in all three areas (talk, game, reality) for syndication, cable and prime time outlets including outside the Disney conglomerate. The division has oversight of the production of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".<ref name=pr>{{cite news|title=David Stone Named Vice President, Development, Buena Vista Productions|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080915abc01|access-date=28 January 2014|via=thefutoncritic.com|date=September 15, 2008|author=ABC public relations}}</ref>

====AMP history==== In September 2000 following the merger of ABC Daytime Group and Buena Vista's development group, ABC Daytime replaced Buena Vista Development with Buena Vista Productions, to be headed by president Angela Shapiro, who was then also ABC Daytime president.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=Steve|title=ABC debuts Buena Vista Prods.|url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-65197167/abc-debuts-buena-vista-prods|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307162848/https://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-65197167/abc-debuts-buena-vista-prods|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2016|access-date=May 12, 2014|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=September 8, 2000}}</ref> Shapiro was transferred to ABC Family President in April 2002 with Holly Jacobs taking over at BVP as executive vice president the next month.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grego|first=Melissa|title=BV ups TV prod'n exec|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3860/article-1G1-86053734/bv-ups-tv-prodn-exec|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309075646/https://business.highbeam.com/3860/article-1G1-86053734/bv-ups-tv-prodn-exec|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2016|access-date=May 12, 2014|newspaper=Daily Variety|date=May 9, 2002}}</ref>

In August 2006, BVP and Fujisankei Communications partnered to develop and produce "Run for Money," a game show for the American market, adapted from the original Japanese reality-game show of the same title.<ref name=dv>{{cite news|last=Dempsey|first=John|title=Buena Vista ready to 'Run' with gamer|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3860/article-1G1-151712595/buena-vista-ready-run-gamer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307160810/https://business.highbeam.com/3860/article-1G1-151712595/buena-vista-ready-run-gamer|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2016|access-date=May 12, 2014|newspaper=Daily Variety|date=August 28, 2006}}</ref>

In September 2008, BVP entered a first-look development deal with Silverback, a Swedish production company.<ref name=pr/> In 2009, Buena Vista Productions was renamed ABC Media Productions. In May, AMP was developing The Aisha Tyler Show, a variety & comedy talk show with interactive components including social media, for cable or broadcast syndication.<ref>{{cite news|last=Albiniak|first=Paige|title=Aisha Tyler Developing Talker|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/syndication-and-distribution/aisha-tyler-developing-talker/50853|access-date=May 12, 2014|newspaper=Broadcasting & Cable|date=May 8, 2009}}</ref>

====Programs==== * Cha$e, Sci Fi Channel<ref name=dv/> * Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, syndication * At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper, syndication (1986-) * "The Fashionista Diaries" (SoapNet) * "Camouflage" Game Show Network<ref>{{cite news|last=Dempsey|first=John|title=Pair get a lift at Disney-ABC|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3860/article-1G1-174059111/pair-get-lift-disneyabc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307143706/https://business.highbeam.com/3860/article-1G1-174059111/pair-get-lift-disneyabc|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2016|access-date=May 12, 2014|newspaper=Daily Variety|date=January 10, 2008}}</ref> * ''Wayne Brady Show'' <ref>{{cite news|last1=Verrier|first1=Richard|title=ABC Family's Chief Expected to Step Down|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-oct-27-fi-abc27-story.html|access-date=March 22, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 27, 2003}}</ref>

===American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Pictures=== {{Infobox company | name = Atlas Pictures Corporation | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | trading_name =  | native_name =  | native_name_lang =  | former_name = American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Pictures Corporation (1956–1959) | type = Corporation | traded_as = | industry = Feature films | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = ({{Start date|1956|12|30}}) | founder = | defunct = | location_city = | location_country = | locations =  | area_served = | key_people = {{ubl|Irving H. Levin (President)}} | products = | brands = | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = | parent = American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres (1956–1959) | owner = Irving H. Levin (1959) | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} '''Atlas Pictures Corporation''', formerly '''American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Pictures Corporation''' (also known as AB-PT Pictures and AB-PT) was the film production subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres.

The company was formed due to a shorting of films produced,<ref name=bb>{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Blair|title=The Battle for the Bs: 1950s Hollywood and the Rebirth of Low-Budget Cinema|date=2012|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813553245|pages=97–98|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSdSRPZEdEkC&q=%22American+Broadcasting-Paramount+Theatres+Pictures%22&pg=PA97|access-date=April 10, 2018|language=en}}</ref> which was the reason for AB-PT not to sign a consent agreement in 1949 against the company's production of films.<ref>{{cite news|title=Confirm AB-PT Deal for Republic Release|volume=81|url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai81unse_0#page/n316/mode/1up/search/AB-PT+Pictures|access-date=April 10, 2018|work=Motion Picture Daily|issue=99|date=May 22, 1957|pages=1, 5}}</ref> Films from AB-PT were first shown in Paramount Theater circuits prior to release to other chains.<ref name=bb/> AB-PT Pictures used the Republic Pictures lot for productions.<ref name=mpd0>{{cite news |editor-last=Kane |editor-first=Sherwin |title=ABPT Pictures Set 3 Goals |date=May 10, 1957 |url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai81unse_0#page/n253|newspaper=Motion Picture Daily |publisher=Martin Quigley |volume=81 |issue=91 |pages=1–2 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Republic was also their distributor, physically delivering to even AB-PT theaters plus sale to non-AB-PT theaters.<ref name="mpd1">{{cite news|title=AB-PT Concludes Deal For Republic Release|volume=81|url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai81unse_0#page/n390/mode/1up/search/AB-PT+Pictures|access-date=April 10, 2018|work=Motion Picture Daily|issue=109|date=June 6, 1957|page=1}}</ref>

American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Pictures Corporation was formed on December 30, 1956. Irving H. Levin was appointed President of the company.<ref name=mpd0/> AB-PT Pictures initial production budget was $3 million for seven films.<ref name=bb/> Films were to be B-films with an eye on quality but "meet the exhibitor's call for 'highly gimmicked and exploitable' product."<ref name=bb/><ref name=mpd0/> In March 1957, AB-PT was talking with Republic and United Artists regarding distribution.<ref name="icf">{{cite book|last1=Craig|first1=Rob|title=It Came from 1957: A Critical Guide to the Year's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |date=2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786477777 |page=132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZDqAAAAQBAJ&q=%22AB-PT+Pictures%22&pg=PA132|access-date=11 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> The company's first film was ''Beginning of the End''.<ref name=mpd>{{cite news|title=Progress Report May 9 from AB-PT Pictures|volume=81|url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai81unse_0#page/n184/mode/1up/search/AB-PT+Pictures|access-date=April 10, 2018|work=Motion Picture Daily|issue=83|date=April 30, 1957|pages=1, 4}}</ref> With its first acquisition of ''The Unearthly'' in early May, AB-PT placed it into a double feature premiere with ''End'' released on June 19<ref>{{cite news|title=AB_PT Pictures pairs ''Unearthly'' with ''End''|url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai81unse_0#page/n216/mode/1up/search/AB-PT+Pictures|access-date=April 10, 2018|work=Motion Picture Daily|date=May 6, 1957}}</ref> at the B&K Roosevelt Theatre. On May 9, 1957, AB-PT Pictures executives met with the exhibition arm of the film industry where they announced their first slate of 7 films with announcement of a distributor in the next 10 days.<ref name=mpd0/>

On June 6, 1957, AB-PT agreed to have Republic distribute their films.<ref name="mpd1"/> The company's first double bill films did well despite the films uneven quality.<ref name="icf"/> On September 24, 1957, AB-PT Pictures indicated that the company would move in the next year into A features with 5 of their 15 planned films to be of this type. For the A films, budgets would run from $.5 million to $1 million. However, AB-PT would only produce four films.<ref name="bb" /> AB-PT Pictures provided funding for The Bat (1959 film).<ref name=ggg>{{cite book|last1=Heffernan|first1=Kevin|title=Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953–1968|date=2004|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0822385554|page=71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXvM3DZdKMcC&q=%22AB-PT+Pictures%22&pg=PA71|access-date=April 11, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Levin along with Harry L. Mandell purchased AB-PT Pictures and AB-PT Distribution Corporation from AB-PT in May 1958.<ref name="bc1959-05-11">{{cite news |title=New film producers |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1959/1959-05-11-BC.pdf |access-date=February 25, 2020 |work=Broadcasting |date=May 11, 1959 |page=77}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Highlights of Corporate 1958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Df0HAQAAIAAJ&q=%22AB-PT+Pictures%22|access-date=April 11, 2018|work=The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures|publisher=Film daily.|date=1959|language=en}}</ref> AB-PT Pictures was renamed Atlas Pictures Corporation.<ref name=ggg/>

;Films * ''Beginning of the End'' (June 19, 1957) * ''The Unearthly'' (June 19, 1957)<ref name=mpd0/> * ''Eighteen and Anxious'' (February 1958) * ''Girl in the Woods'' (February 1958)<ref name=ggg/>

===Circle Seven Productions=== {{distinguish|text=ABC Circle 7 Productions, or with Circle 7 Animation, a division of Walt Disney Animation Studios created to make Pixar sequels}} {{Infobox company | name = Circle Seven Productions | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | former_name = | type = | industry = Television | founded =  | founder =  | hq_location = | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | area_served =  | key_people = | products = TV shows | brands = | services = | owner = KGO-TV (American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres) | website =  }} Circle Seven Productions was the production company of ABC's owned-and-operated station in San Francisco, KGO-TV, in the 1950s and 1960s. The company produced shows for the network and for syndication. Shows produced included a Jack LaLanne fitness series and a Tennessee Ernie Ford daytime talk/variety series.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shrader|first1=Brian|title=ABC signed on San Francisco's KGO-TV in 1949|url=https://fadedsignals.com/post/101888664796/abc-signed-on-san-franciscos-kgo-tv-in-1949-the|access-date=June 3, 2015|work=Faded Signals|date=November 5, 2014}}</ref>

===Keep Calm and Carry On Productions=== '''Keep Calm and Carry On Productions, Inc.''' is an ABC subsidiary production company<ref name=chn>{{cite news|last1=Reynolds|first1=Matt|title=ABC Show Is a 'Big Brother' Ripoff, CBS Says|url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/11/46454.htm|access-date=June 5, 2015|work=Courthouse News|date=May 11, 2012}}</ref> that produced ''Duets''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ng|first1=Philiana|title=Former 'TRL' Host Quddus to Lead ABC's 'Duets'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quddus-duets-host-abc-305898|access-date=June 5, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> and ''The Glass House''. Keep Calm was sued over ''The Glass House'' by CBS for using proprietary procedures from ''Big Brother'' via hired away staff.<ref name=chn/> The production company was incorporated on {{dts|2008|10|24}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entity Details: Keep Calm and Carry On Productions, Inc. (search on) |url=https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |website=Entity Search |publisher=Delaware Department of State: Division of Corporations |access-date=June 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035421/https://delecorp.delaware.gov/tin/controller |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>

===Palomar Pictures International=== {{Infobox company | name = Palomar Pictures International | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | former_name = | former type = | type = | traded_as = | industry = Movie | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = Edgar J. Scherick Associates | founded =  | founder = Edgar Scherick | defunct =  | location_city = | location_country = | locations =  | area_served = | key_people = | products = | brands = | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. | divisions = | subsid = | homepage =  | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} '''Palomar Pictures International''' was a film production subsidiary of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.<ref name=nym/> It is not to be confused with another company with the name Palomar Pictures, founded in 1992 by Anne-Marie Mackay and Jonathon Ker and whose majority ownership stake was sold to Sigurjon "Joni" Sighvattson, a founder of Propaganda Films, in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last1=DeSalvo|first1=Kathy|title=Sighvattson Invests In Palomar Pictures|url=http://www.shootonline.com/node/24386|access-date=November 12, 2014|work=Shootonline.com|publisher=DCA Business Media|date=June 4, 1999}}</ref>

Palomar Pictures International was started by Edgar Scherick.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luther |first1=Claudia |title=Edgar Scherick, 78; Movie, TV, Documentary Producer |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-04-me-scherick4-story.html |access-date=August 16, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 4, 2002}}</ref> In 1967, it started actively producing films for ABC.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=Selmur/><ref name="ink"/>

In 1969, Palomar severed its ties with ABC and in 1970, Bristol-Myers acquired a majority stake.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=David A. |title=Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970–1979 |date=2000 |publisher=University of California Press |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVygqYMVP2wC&q=ABC+Circle+Films+Lost+Illusions%3A+American+Cinema+in+the+Shadow+of+Watergate+and+Vietnam%2C+1970&pg=PP1 |access-date=16 August 2018 |chapter=Orders of Magnitude |page=335|isbn=9780520232655 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=This month in 1989: the creation of Bristol-Myers Squibb |url=http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/this_month_in_1989_the_creation_of_bristol-myers_squibb_589307 |access-date=August 16, 2018 |work=PMLive |date=July 29, 2014 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=BM>{{cite magazine|magazine=Daily Variety|date=February 17, 1970|page=4|title=Bristol-Myers Into Pic Biz Via Palomar}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !colspan=3| Feature Films<ref name=dt/> |- ! Release date ! Title ! Notes |- |July 1968 |''For Love of Ivy''<ref name="afi"/> | |- |December 9, 1968 |''The Birthday Party'' | produced with Amicus Productions; released through Continental, the motion picture division of the Walter Reade Organization <ref name=nym>{{cite news|title=The Birthday Party ad|volume = 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9YCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 |access-date=November 12, 2014|work=New York Magazine|issue=36|date=December 9, 1968|page=50}}</ref> |- |December 1968 |''The Killing of Sister George''<ref name=BFI/><ref name="afi"/> | |- |December 1968 |''Shalako''<ref name="afi"/> | |- |July 23, 1969 |''What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?''<ref name="afi"/> | |- |December 1969 |''Ring of Bright Water''<ref name="afi"/> | |- |1969 |''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?''<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|title=Palomar Pictures International|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b94bc8f9a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808105456/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b94bc8f9a|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 8, 2012|website=BFI Films Forever|publisher=BFI|access-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> | |- |1969 |''Take the Money and Run''<ref name=BFI/> | |- |1969 |''A Touch of Love''<ref name=BFI/> | produced with Amicus Productions |- |January 1970 |''Jenny''<ref name="afi"/> | |- |May 1970 |''Too Late the Hero'' |ABC Pictures and The Associates and Aldrich<ref name=BFI/> |- |September 1970 |''Homer'' |produced with Cinema Center Films<ref>{{AFI film|20444|Homer}}</ref><ref name="afi">{{cite web |title=SEARCH RESULTS FOR Cinema Center Films |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=ProductionCompany&searchText=Cinema%20Center%20Films&sortType=sortByExactMatch |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=AFI |access-date=August 17, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> after ties severed with ABC<ref name=BM/> |- |February 1972 |''When Michael Calls''<ref name=BFI/> | |- |1972 |''The Strangers in 7A''<ref name=BFI/> | |- |June 1972 |''What Became of Jack and Jill?''<ref name=BFI/> | produced with Amicus Productions |- |June 1972 |''The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie''<ref name="afi"/><ref name=BFI/> | |- |August 1972 |''To Kill a Clown'' |Presents<ref name=BFI/> |- |September 1972 |''The Darwin Adventure''<ref name="afi"/> | |- |December 1972 |''Sleuth''<ref name=BFI/> | |- |December 1972 |''The Heartbreak Kid''<ref name=BFI/> | |- |1972 |''Getting Away from It All''<ref name=BFI/> | |- |August 1973 |''Gordon's War''<ref name=BFI/> | |- |October 9, 1974 |''Law and Disorder''<ref name="afi"/> | |- |1974 |''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' |presented by |- |1975 |''The Stepford Wives'' | |- |1975 |''The Silence''<ref name=BFI/> | |}

===Selmur Productions=== {{Infobox company | name = Selmur Productions, Inc. | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | former_name = | former type = | type = Subsidiary corporation | traded_as = | industry = Filmed entertainment | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = {{Start date|1960}}<ref name=Selig>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=June 25, 1969|title=Obituaries: Selig J. Seligman|page=63}}</ref> | founder = Selig J. Seligman<ref name=Selig/> | defunct =  | location_city = | location_country = | locations =  | area_served = | key_people = | products = | brands = | production = TV shows, theater features | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | num_employees = | parent = American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} '''Selmur Productions''', Inc. was formed in 1960 by Selig J. Seligman as a TV production arm of ABC.<ref name=Selig/><ref name=Selmur>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=November 27, 1968|title=Palomar, Selmur To Make Pix|page=5}}</ref> ''Selmur Pictures, Inc.'', also headed by Seligman, was a film production company owned by American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.<ref name=dt/><ref name=Selmur/> In 1968, ''Selmur Pictures, Inc.'' changed from being a supervising entity to an active film producer, while ''Selmur Productions'' was disbanded.<ref name=Selmur/><ref name="ink"/>

;TV series<ref name=dt>{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Bob|title=Instant Major' Is New Term For Film Companies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39700755/|access-date=May 11, 2015|work=The Daily Times|agency=AP|date=May 8, 1968|location=Salisbury, Maryland}}</ref> * ''Combat'' * ''Garrison's Gorillas'' * ''General Hospital'' * ''Shindig''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !colspan=3| Feature Films<ref name=dt/> |- ! Release date ! Title ! Other production co. |- | 1967 | ''Smashing Time'' |rowspan=2| co- productions with Carlo Ponti |- | 1968 | ''A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die'' |- | 1968 | ''Candy'' | |- | | ''Charly'' | |- | | ''Hell in the Pacific'' | |- | | ''Cop-Out'' | |- | 1967 |''The Rover'' | |- | | ''Diamonds for Breakfast'' | |- | | ''The High Commissioner'' | |- | 1969 | ''Midas Run'' | |}

===Victor Television Productions=== Victor Television Productions was a boutique production company owned by ABC Entertainment.

On June 7, 1996, due to the merger with Disney, Capital Cities/ABC ended its ABC Productions division operations while keeping its boutique production companies: Victor Television Productions, ABC/Kane Productions, DIC Entertainment and Greengrass Productions.<ref name=bc/><ref name="lat1"/>

;Filmography * ''Summertime Switch'' (October 8, 1994)<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0001787857 2012-05-07</ref> * ''Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare'' (April 1, 1995) (co-production with Hickox-Bowman Productions Inc.) * ''Spring Fling!'' (April 15, 1995) (co-production with Hickox-Bowman Productions Inc.) * ''When The Vows Break'' (November 1, 1995)<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000790646 1997-03-03</ref> * ''A Case For Life'' (February 18, 1996) * ''The Stepford Husbands'' (May 14, 1996) * ''The Siege at Ruby Ridge'' (May 19, 1996) (co-production with Edgar J. Scherick Associates and The Regan Company) * ''Chasing The Dragon'' (June 19, 1996)<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000834281 1996-12-09</ref> * ''For The Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal'' (August 21, 1996) * ''Devil's Food'' (September 2, 1996)<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PA0000837184 1997-03-12</ref> * ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' (December 3, 2000) (co-production with New Amsterdam Entertainment, Blixa Film Produktion and Hallmark Entertainment)<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/ US Copyright Office] Registration No PAu002518635 2000-10-30</ref> * ''Stephen King's Rose Red'' (January 27, 2002) (co-production with Greengrass Productions and Mark Carliner Productions) * ''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune'' (mini-series; March 16–26, 2003) * ''The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer'' (May 12, 2003)

==See also== * Animation studios owned by the Walt Disney Company * Movies produced by ABC * Other boutique theater film production companies ** Time-Life Films ** General Cinema ** American cinema ** Filmways ** Cinema Center Films

==References== {{Reflist|30em}} * Michael McKenna. (August 22, 2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IVCFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA20 The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies for the Small Screen]. Scarecrow Press. Accessed on December 31, 2013. {{Reflist|30em|group=ABCMOW}} * Cook, David A. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=HVygqYMVP2wC&dq=ABC+Circle+Films&pg=PP1 Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970–1979]. University of California Press. {{Reflist|30em|group=li}}

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