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56 unusual facts about American Broadcasting Company


1964–65 NBA season

ABC started televising the Sunday afternoon Game-Of-The-Week.

1977 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 21, 1977, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

1978 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 20, 1978, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

1979 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 19, 1979, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

1981 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 16, 1981, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

1982 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 15, 1982, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

1989 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 20, 1989, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

1990 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 19, 1990, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

2001 in Australian television

11 September – Television networks relay coverage from CNN, NBC, ABC America and the BBC for up to 48 hours in the wake of the 11 September attacks.

2011–12 WNBL season

ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia.

Arnold Eidus

Eidus served as Concertmaster for the American Broadcasting Company, performing on and directing a weekly chamber music series.

Bayway Refinery

The refinery has had and continues to have environmental issues; a 2010 investigative report conducted by WABC-TV, the ABC flagship station in New York City, characterizes the Bayway Refinery as a "repeat offender" of environmental regulations.

Bill Toomey

A graduate of Worcester Academy and the University of Colorado, Toomey was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year in 1968.

Burma Global Action Network

Major figureheads such as Whoopi Goldberg of ABC’s The View, Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Facebook, James K. Glassman, Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Oscar Morales, Founder, One Million Voices Against the FARC, Luke Russert, MSNBC, Matthew Waxman, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School.

Cane River

Cane River Lake was widely publicized between 1966 and 1979 by the nationally known outdoorsman Grits Gresham, host (with Curt Gowdy) of ABC's The American Sportsman and author of numerous books and columns on hunting, fishing, and guns.

Clock King

In the 1960s Batman TV series, the Clock King was portrayed by Walter Slezak in the season two consecutive episodes, '"The Clock King's Crazy Crimes" and "The Clock King Gets Crowned," which ABC transmitted on October 12 and October 13, 1966. The two-parter was written by Batman co-creator Bill Finger and Charles Sinclair and directed by James Neilson.

Concept car

One unused but operational concept car that languished for years in the North Hollywood, California shop of car customizer George Barris, Ford Motor Company's "Lincoln Futura" from 1954, received a new lease on life as the Batmobile in the Batman series that debuted in 1966 on the ABC Television Network.

Crenshaw Christian Center

In 2007 Price filed a defamation suit after the ABC television network aired a segment of their 20/20 investigative journalism program about televangelists.

Defiance County, Ohio

The closeness of elections in Defiance County has also been referenced in fiction; the ABC political drama Scandal in their second season had as the center of the ongoing plot of the first half of that season, a vote manipulation conspiracy which bent the presidential election towards Republican candidate Fitzgerald Grant based on tampering of the voting machines in Defiance County.

Draper's Meadow massacre

The story of Ingles' ordeal has inspired a number of books, films, and living history programs, including the popular 1981 novel Follow the River by James Alexander Thom, a 1995 ABC television movie of the same name, and the 2004 film The Captives.

Drumheller

Drumheller has been the filming location for more than 50 commercials, television and cinematic productions including Running Brave, MythQuest, Unforgiven, ABC's miniseries Dreamkeeper and TNT's miniseries Into the West.

Edgar Lustgarten

One of those programmes, Scotland Yard was broadcast beginning on 17 November 1957, on the American Broadcasting Company in the United States.

Edward Yates

Edward J. Yates (September 16, 1918 - June 2, 2006) was an American television director who was the director of the ABC television program American Bandstand from 1952 until 1969.

Erich Priebke

In April 1994, ABC News reporter Sam Donaldson traveled to Bariloche with Phillips and camera crews to confront Priebke with their research in behalf of the ABC Television news magazine Primetime Live.

Farrell, Pennsylvania

Because of Farrell's location near the Pennsylvania/Ohio border, it is served by WKBN-TV (CBS), WFMJ-TV (NBC), WYTV (ABC), WYFX-LD (Fox) and WBCB (CW), all broadcast from nearby Youngstown, OH.

Francis Newton Littlejohn

(July 20, 1908 – November 24, 2005) was the news director at the American Broadcasting Company that made the decision to cover the Army-McCarthy Hearings live, from gavel to gavel.

Franklin Hills, Los Angeles

Opened in 1915 as the Vitagraph Studio, the legendary lot later became the Warner Brothers Studios East Hollywood Annex, then home of the ABC Television Center and local affiliate KABC, finally becoming part of the Disney Corporation in 1996, which owns and operates it to this day.

Golden Choice

Noted ABC sportscaster Jim McKay said of the book: "there are more good stories in horse racing than in any other sport. This is one of them."

Grace Metalious

A prime time television series that aired on ABC-TV from 1964 through 1969 was a ratings success as well.

Jerusalem Christian Review

Hosted by Jerusalem Christian Review Managing Editor Dan Mazar, parts of the Global Prayer were also shown on the CNN, CBS, and ABC television networks and almost 120 other television stations worldwide.

Keith Varon

An independent soft rock musician, several of his songs have been selected to appear on different TV shows, such as MTV's Laguna Beach and its spin-off The Hills as well as Next, ABC's What About Brian and Paradise City on E!.

KTUC

By 1977, it was airing a 20-minute newsreel format, with CBS, ABC and Mutual radio newscasts leading each piece of the pie—ABC and Mutual were both tape-delayed.

Mercer, Pennsylvania

Mercer is mentioned briefly in a fifth season episode of the ABC series Castle, when a USB drive is retrieved and shows a picture of a crime scene in Mercer.

Merl Lindsay

In 1957, Lindsay joined ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee, taking over the ten-piece Ozark Jubilee Band.

Murray Matheson

In 1960 and 1961, he was cast as Geoffrey Carey in "The Archer's Ring" and as the High Priest in "The Perils of Penrose", respectively, on the ABC series, Adventures in Paradise, starring Gardner McKay.

New York Television Festival

It features a "Premiere Week" screening series, which now debuts new shows from networks including NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS, The CW, and HBO.

Oberstdorf

The American Broadcasting Company's Wide World of Sports inadvertently featured Oberstdorf when Vinko Bogataj fell during the ski jump in 1970 and became "The Agony of Defeat".

Once Upon a Mattress

The third television version, which aired on December 18, 2005 on ABC in the US as part of The Wonderful World of Disney and was released on DVD two days later, starred Carol Burnett as Queen Aggravain, Denis O'Hare as Prince Dauntless, Tom Smothers as King Sextimus, Tracey Ullman as Princess Winnifred, Zooey Deschanel as Lady Larken, and Matthew Morrison as Sir Harry.

Paul Picerni

Between 1957 and 1960, Picerni was cast three times in different roles, the last as Duke Blaine, on the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston.

Sherman County, Kansas

However, cable providers carry the ABC and NBC affiliates from both Wichita and Denver, affording viewers the opportunity to view programs on those networks at the normal prime-time hours.

Southernaires

In 1948-49, they hosted a 30-minute show, The Southernaires Quartet, Sundays at 7:30pm ET on the American Broadcasting Company television network.

Stonebridge Press

Former executives with Capital Cities/ABC purchased the newspapers that now make up Stonebridge in a foreclosure sale from Loren F. Ghiglione in 1995.

Supermoto

Supermoto has its origins in the 1970s where ABC’s Wide World of Sports was the highest-rated sports show in the United States.

Ted Constant Convocation Center

Global Spectrum of the Constant Center donated over 2,300 items to benefit local food banks for ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

The Baron

However after pressure from the US network (ABC) Marlowe was dropped in favour of the more glamorous Cordelia who had appeared in the first episode.

The Dirty Tricks

Two other songs were used on Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race on ABC.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

A film adaptation was broadcast by the U.S. ABC television network in 1968, one hour a night over three nights.

The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy

Beauty's Punishment was read by Elizabeth Montgomery, well known for her role in the ABC situation comedy Bewitched, as Beauty and Michael Diamond as Tristan, and Beauty's Release was by Montgomery with actor Christian Keiber reading as Laurent.

This Is Not My Life

Though the show only lasted one season, it has been announced American network ABC has purchased the series to adapt for an American audience.

Tijuana Toads

Crazylegs Crane also spun off to his own series for television in 1978 on ABC.

Victor Wolfson

In 1961, he wrote several episodes for ABC's 26-part television series Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years which earned him an Emmy Award 1960-1961 for Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field.

WAGG

Throughout the 1940s, WSGN was an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network, the forerunner of the current ABC Network.

WALK-FM

The WALK Breakfast Club, the weekday morning show hosted by Mark Daniels and Cindy, was featured on ABC's Good Morning America in December 2005.

Wayne Collett

In an interview after the medal ceremony with the American Broadcasting Company, Collett said the national anthem meant nothing to him.

We R Who We R

In 2011, "We R Who We R" was used on the eleventh season of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) show, Dancing With The Stars.

World Entertainment News Network

It began as the World Rock News Network (WRNN) and the company soon established a niche for itself, providing music news to subscribers including MTV, BBC, ABC and Russia's daily youth newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda.


1983 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 21, 1983, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

1999 Preakness Stakes

The race took place on May 15, 1999, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network.

2011–12 WNBL season

Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC.

Ashton Holmes

Ashton Holmes (born February 17, 1978) is an American actor, best known for the role of Jack Stall in A History of Violence, Private Sidney Phillips in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, Thom on the CW action-thriller series Nikita, and as Tyler Barrol on the ABC drama series Revenge.

Brandon Jacobs

On October 19, 2012, Jacobs appeared, with Pro NRG founder, Tania Patruno, to pitch the fledgling company's protein supplement/energy drink and hopefully score the venture some investment capital on episode #406 of ABC's Shark Tank.

Brian G. Hutton

In 1958, he played a young gunfighter, "The Kid", in the episode "Yampa Crossing" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot, starring Will Hutchins in the title role, with fellow guest stars Roger Smith and Harold J. Stone.

Brian Writes a Bestseller

It was watched by 6.59 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings, despite airing simultaneously with the 38th Annual American Music Awards on ABC, Undercover Boss on CBS and Sunday Night Football on NBC.

C. E. Hooper

This information was valuable to the radio networks NBC, CBS, ABC and Mutual Broadcasting System, as it would allow them to charge advertisers more for a popular series than a less popular series.

Come on Do the Jerk

The Righteous Brothers, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield, performed a cover of this song on a 1964 telecast of the ABC TV series, Shindig!.

Connor Paolo

Connor Paolo (born July 11, 1990) is an American actor, best known of his roles as Eric van der Woodsen in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl and Declan Porter in the ABC drama series Revenge.

Cubby O'Brien

O'Brien was a contestant on the ABC game show The Big Showdown in the mid-1970s, winning $5,000 for rolling "Show Down" during the timed dice roll round.

Dave Willock

In the 1961–1962 season, he played Harvey Clayton, father of the 1920s teenager Margie Clayton, portrayed by Cynthia Pepper in ABC's Margie.

David O. Selznick

But in 1954, he ventured into television, producing a two hour extravaganza called Light's Diamond Jubilee, which, in true Selznick fashion, made TV history by being telecast simultaneously on all four TV networks: CBS, NBC, ABC, and DuMont.

Fellowship Church

In September 2009, Fellowship Church in Grapevine hosted an ABC debate on adultery between Pastor Ed Young and AshleyMadison.com founder Noel Biderman.

Francesca Happé

She has contributed to the public understanding of science with television appearances including BBC QED, Open University, and Horizon, as well as radio interviews for World Service, BBC and ABC.

Hart of Dixie

On May 20, 2011, it was announced that Nancy Travis would not continue with the series due to her commitments with the 20th Century Fox-produced ABC sitcom Last Man Standing.

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster is an American sitcom that ran on ABC during the 1962-63 season (co-sponsored by Procter & Gamble and Consolidated Cigar's El Producto), and was created and produced by Leonard Stern, filmed at Desilu.

Jayce Bartok

In the 1990s, his TV appearances included an ABC unsold pilot entitled Coconut Downs, a recurring role on the Judith Ivey sitcom Down Home (NBC, 1991), an episode of NBC's Law & Order, and the pilot episode of its spin-off Criminal Intent.

Jon L. Mills

He has appeared on CNN's "Burden of Proof," Public Television's "Lehr Report," National Public Radio, ABC, BBC and other media.

Kim Milford

In 1976 he was awarded the Faith and Freedom Award by the Religious Heritage of America for his portrayal of the Prodigal Son in ABC Directories series Round Trip.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

From 2001 to 2008, Williams-Paisley played the role of Dana in the ABC sitcom According to Jim, opposite Jim Belushi and Courtney Thorne-Smith.

KTVF

While primarily a CBS station, KTVF also served as secondary affiliates for ABC from 1971 to 1985 (when it aired some of ABC's top-rated shows like Marcus Welby, M.D., Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, and Eight is Enough as well as Wide World of Sports, Super Bowl XIX and the Academy Awards) and NBC from 1985 to 1996.

LaMarcus Tinker

He is best known for his roles as teenage football star Dallas Tinker on the NBC and Direct TV television drama Friday Night Lights, and as Kevin on the ABC comedy Cougar Town.

Lane Bryant

Lane Bryant accused Fox and ABC of censoring their 30-second ad spot during commercial breaks for Dancing with the Stars and American Idol.

Larry Kane

In 1965, he came to Philadelphia as an anchor for WFIL Radio and as main anchor for its sister station WFIL-TV, Philadelphia's ABC affiliate.

Late-night news

In the United States, late-night local news is traditionally broadcast at 11:00 pm local time on stations affiliated with the Big Three television networks (CBS, NBC, and ABC) as well as those owned and operated by CTV and Global in Canada that are in the Eastern Time Zone or the Pacific Time Zone.

Lloyd Haynes

Haynes received the most recognition for his role as schoolteacher Pete Dixon in the ABC situation comedy series Room 222, with Michael Constantine and Karen Valentine.

Look Who's Talking

The success of the first two films also inspired an ABC sitcom called Baby Talk, which aired from 1991–92 and featured Tony Danza as the voice of "Baby Mickey." John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, and Olympia Dukakis are the only actors to appear in all three films in the series.

Marvin Philip

Philip appeared as an entrepreneur on the October 5, 2012, episode of the ABC television show Shark Tank.

Mike Fink

In 1955, Mike Fink (as portrayed by character actor Jeff York) appeared in two episodes of the Davy Crockett miniseries of ABC's Disneyland opposite the popular Davy Crockett (portrayed by Fess Parker).

Peter O. Knight Airport

The home was later demolished and rebuilt by ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Quincy, Illinois

With regards to television service, Quincy and the surrounding region are served by affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and the CW networks.

RaceCam

American audiences were first introduced to RaceCam at NASCAR's 1979 Daytona 500 on CBS network with Benny Parsons' Chevrolet Monte Carlo, and later at the 1983 Indianapolis 500, when ABC acquired the rights to use a streamlined version of the technology for their coverage of the race.

Robert W. Morgan

Morgan also appeared on television as host of several variety shows, including Morgan’s Alley, ABC’s In Concert, NBC’s The Helen Reddy Show, and KHJ-TV’s Groovy Show, which he co-hosted with teen model Kam Nelson.

Something Wilder

Smith continued in her role as D.A. Nora Gannon on One Life to Live sporadically during the run of this series (despite the fact that OLTL was on a competing network, ABC), and resumed it full-time when Something Wilder was canceled.

Steve Brozak

Mr. Brozak is frequently interviewed and quoted by such media sources as the Associated Press, ABC, Barron's, Bloomberg, CNN, Forbes, Dow Jones, Reuters, SmartMoney, TheStreet.com, and The Wall Street Journal.

Superstar Limo

Riders were introduced to animated figures modeled in the likeness of celebrities (some of whom appeared at the time on ABC shows.) The celebrities were Joan Rivers (appearing only in puppet-form on TV screens in the attraction's queue), Regis Philbin, Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas, Cindy Crawford, Tim Allen, Jackie Chan, Drew Carey, Cher, and Whoopi Goldberg.

Sylvia Field

Field continued in television guest spots during the 1960s, including on the ABC sitcoms Our Man Higgins with Stanley Holloway and Hazel.

Team Tiger

He has been featured on national television programs, including: Dr. Oz, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Anderson Cooper 360, NBC and ABC affiliates and was a featured speaker at the Georgia Children’s Health Alliance ‘Refocus’ Launch.

The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show was a package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1982 for ABC Saturday mornings.

Walker Edmiston

In 1966, Edmiston had a recurring role as Regan in the short-lived ABC comedy western series, The Rounders with co-stars Ron Hayes, Patrick Wayne, and Chill Wills.

Wojciech Cejrowski

One of its results was a contract with American ABC Network - since 1992 all Polish local broadcasting stations had started to broadcast Polish version of American Country Countdown.