ABC Studios is Disney-ABC Television Group's television production company. The company was established as Touchstone Television in 1985 and renamed in May 2007 to its latest inception.
History
In its original incarnation as Touchstone Television, it was a spin-off company from Touchstone Pictures, itself a division/brand of Walt Disney Pictures and Television. In recent years, the studio mainly produces TV shows for ABC, ABC Family, Lifetime (half-owned by Disney with Hearst Corporation) and all other Disney-owned channels (although it has and does produce shows on CBS, NBC and cable network FX).
On February 8, 2007, Disney-ABC Television Group rebranded Touchstone Television as ABC Television Studio. Announced at the annual Disney Investor Conference, the rebranding is part of the company's evolution to rebrand their strategy to focus on the three core brands: Disney, ABC and ESPN. In May 2007, the television production company changed its name again to ABC Studios.
Currently produced
- According to Jim (ABC)
- The Amazing Race (CBS, co-production with CBS Paramount Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
- Army Wives (Lifetime)
- Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
- Criminal Minds (CBS, co-production with CBS Paramount Television, formerly Paramount Television)
- Desperate Housewives (ABC)
- Dirt (FX)
- Ghost Whisperer (CBS, co-production with CBS Paramount Television)
- Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
- Kyle XY (ABC Family)
- Lost (ABC)
- Monk (USA, co-production with Universal Media Studios)
- October Road (ABC)
- Psych (USA, co-production with Universal Media Studios)
- Scrubs (NBC)
- Ugly Betty (ABC), (Co-produced with Silvio Horta's Silent H Productions, Salma Hayek's Ventanarosa Productions and Ben Silverman's Reveille Productions)
Future Productions
- Cane (CBS) (Co-produced with CBS Paramount Television)
- Carpoolers (ABC) (Co-produced with DreamWorks Television)
- Cavemen (ABC)
- Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
- Eli Stone (ABC)
- Miss/Guided (ABC) (Co-produced with Fox Television Studios)
- Private Practice (ABC)
- Reaper (The CW)
- Samantha Who? (ABC)
- Snack Pizza (NBC)
Formerly produced
- 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (ABC)
- Alias (ABC)
- Boy Meets World (ABC)
- Blossom (NBC)
- Clerks: The Animated Series (ABC)
- Commander in Chief (ABC)
- The Commish (ABC)
- Crumbs (ABC)
- Day Break (ABC)
- Dinosaurs (ABC)
- Empire (Mini-Series) (ABC)
- Empty Nest (NBC)
- The Golden Girls (NBC)
- Home Improvement (ABC)
- Hope and Faith (ABC)
- In Case of Emergency (ABC)
- In Justice (ABC)
- In the Game (ABC)
- Kevin Hill (UPN)
- The Knights of Prosperity (ABC)
- Less Than Perfect (ABC)
- Life As We Know It (ABC)
- Moonlighting (ABC)
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (ABC)
- My So-Called Life (ABC)
- My Wife and Kids (ABC)
- Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (ABC Family)
- Popular (The WB)
- Playmakers (ESPN)
- Rodney (ABC)
- Six Degrees (ABC)
- Sports Night (ABC)
- Tilt (ESPN)
- Unhappily Ever After (The WB)
- What About Brian (ABC)
Logos
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The Touchstone Television logo from September 2004 to May 2007 -
The current ABC Studios logo
Formerly known as
- ABC Television Studio (February-May 2007)
- Touchstone Television Productions, LLC (November 2006-February 8, 2007; separate company) Vorlage:Fact
- Touchstone Television (1985-November 2006, a division of Walt Disney Pictures and Television)
- ABC Circle Films (1960s-1980s, a division of American Broadcasting Companies)