May 16 ABC, ESPN ABC previewed its 2017-2018 programming at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in NYC. “I’m very proud of this year’s slate of series at ABC,” said Channing Dungey, President, ABC Entertainment. “We’ve focused on some of the universal themes that unite us – exciting stories, relevant dramas, and of course, lots of […]

ABC’s big pitch to advertisers at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall: Disney and its properties offer a “brand halo.”  “When you bring them all together they are as unstoppable a force as The Force,” said Disney-ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney.   Sweeney also talked up the company’s WATCH ABC app, and “a more integrated, […]

ABC announced the addition of 14 new shows to its established slate of programming at a spangly Upfront presentation at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York, featuring the entire GMA ensemble, the retiring Barbara Walters, Rebel Wilson, Diane Sawyer, Kerry Washington, Joss Whedon, and Jimmy Kimmel. A tie-free Disney CEO Bob Iger watched while […]