| ABC Family | |
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| Launched | November 17, 2001 |
| Network | Disney-ABC Television Group |
| Owned by | The Walt Disney Company |
| Slogan | A New Kind of Family |
| Headquarters | Burbank, United States |
| Website | abcfamily.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 311 |
| Dish Network | Channel 180 |
| Cable | |
| Available on most cable systems | Check local listings |
ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers The year 2001 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2001. Disney-ABC Television Group manages all of The Walt Disney Company 's U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the DirecTV (trademarked as "DIREC' TV' " is a Direct broadcast satellite (DBS service based in El Segundo California, USA, that was founded Not be confused with Indian Service Dish TV DISH Network is a Direct broadcast satellite (DBS service that provides Satellite television The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations Disney-ABC Television Group manages all of The Walt Disney Company 's U ABC Family offers contemporary and inclusive programming, including series, movies, events, and enhanced ABC encore presentations. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network.
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History
Beginning
- See also: Television networks preceding ABC Family
ABC Family launched on November 17, 2001 after FOX Family was sold to ABC for $3. These are television networks proceeding ABC Family. CBN Cable (Network The network was founded by Pat Robertson in April 1977 as CBN Cable Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 2 billion in July of 2001. The sale to ABC included the Fox Kids Network (a joint venture of Fox and Haim Saban) which provided the new ABC Family with hours of children's programming. Fox Kids (officially Fox Family Worldwide Inc and prior to that Fox Children's Productions and Fox Kids Worldwide was the FOX network's children's programming division Haim Saban (Hebrew חיים סבן born 15 October 1944 in Alexandria, Egypt Personal life Haim Saban was born in Alexandria [1]
The sale to ABC, owned by Disney, was considered one of the largest mistakes or problems occurring during the tenure of Michael Eisner. Michael Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30 The failure was primarily due to the acquisition being done by the strategic planning department of Disney, without consulting anyone at ABC. The original plan was to use the channel to essentially show re-runs of ABC programming, but this plan was completely impossible since ABC had no syndication rights to the majority of their own programs. During this time, the network did air same-season repeats of Alias, Less Than Perfect, Life with Bonnie, and The Bachelor, almost all of which were Touchstone Television productions (The Bachelor is distributed by Time Warner's Telepictures). Alias is an American " Spy-fi " television series created by J Less Than Perfect was an American Sitcom that begun airing on ABC on October 1, 2002 and ended on August 1 Life with Bonnie is an ABC television Comedy that originally aired from 2002 to 2004. For the 1999 movie The Bachelor starring Chris O'Donnell, see The Bachelor (film. ABC Studios is the Television production division of Disney-ABC Television Group. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Telepictures is an American Television syndication firm established in 1978 by Michael Garin. But in trying to change the focus of the channel, Disney also cancelled several Fox Family series, like State of Grace, and cut back on the network's TV movies, which were among the few programs Fox Family was doing well with. State of Grace is an American Sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox Network 's Fox Family channel during 2001 and The ratings tumbled further as the network became dependent on syndicated reruns and no original programs (save for original wrap-around segments around Bachelor repeats, and children's programming). [2]
The next major plan was to reposition the channel to market it to college students, young women, or to a more hip audience under the name XYZ, a reverse reference to ABC. Disney soon found that the channel could never be renamed as such. The sale from CBN contained a stipulation from Robertson that the channel contain the word "Family" in the name forever, no matter who owns the network. To create XYZ, the Family Channel would have had to cease to exist - terminating all existing cable TV contracts - and XYZ would have to be created as a new network. Cable companies would not be obligated to put XYZ in the spot vacated by the Family Channel. ABC scrapped the idea after discovering this clause. [3].
The name was revisited at one point in 2003, serving as a program block entitled "The XYZ. ", showing programs and movies aimed at the above groups. The network was also used as a buffer to burn off failed ABC series, such as All American Girl, which featured Spice Girl Geri Haliwell. All American Girl is a 2003 reality competition that started with 45 females vying for the title of the same name The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell (born 6 August 1972 is an English pop Singer-songwriter, Children's author, Actress [4].
Change
Following controversial remarks made by 700 Club host Pat Robertson about Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, as well as other equally controversial comments regarding gays, feminists, Muslims, abortion, and many other social issues [5]. Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22 1930 is a controversial Televangelist from the United States. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion An ABC Family moved to distance itself from the program (the showing of which is also required under Robertson's original sale stipulations); ABC Family changed the disclaimers before, during, and after the broadcasts from "The following/preceding program is brought to you by CBN" to "The following/preceding CBN telecast does not reflect the views of ABC Family. " Since 2003, ABC Family has been producing more successful ABC Family Original Movies and series. [6].
Today
In August 2006, an all new slogan and visual style premiered on ABC Family: A New Kind of Family. As previously stated, the word "Family" is required under the terms of the lease from Robertson.
On August 31, 2006, ABC Family aired Jetix for the last time as a part of Disney's plan to convert all Jetix airings to Toon Disney. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jetix aired various programs since its debut on the network in 2002, which included Metabots, Beyblade, Digimon: Digital Monsters, Daigunder, Get Ed, and many others. was originally an Imagineer Video game released in 1997 The game was later adapted into a Japanese Anime television series produced by Bee Train. is an Anime and Manga series about a group of kids battling with highly powerful Spinning tops enchanted with sacred bit-beasts or spirits of mythical is a popular Japanese series of media and merchandise including Anime, Manga, Toys Video games trading card games and other is an Anime series about humans using robots in tournaments Created by Aeon and the Animation Studio Brains Base it aired in TV Tokyo from April 2002 to December Get Ed is a Computer animated television series which debuted in the year 2005 and As of 2007 is airing as part of the Jetix programming block on the United Of its long list of programs, the Power Rangers series was its most successful. Power Rangers is a long-running American Children's television series adapted from the Japanese Tokusatsu Super Sentai Series, though it Sitcom repeats currently air in Jetix's former timeslot from 7 a. m. -9 a. m. ET, with the morning airing of the 700 Club/Living the Life block pushed back an hour further to 9 a. m. ET. [7].
In October 2007, ABC Family completely revamped their website, giving it a more digital look as compared to its previous look. They also revamped the Broadband Player, putting more content on it including reruns of Three Moons Over Milford, and episodes of 7th Heaven, Grounded for Life, Kyle XY, and Greek, as well as adding some Fox Kids programming they still own, such as "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". Three Moons Over Milford was an American Science fiction Comedy-drama set in a picturesque small town in Southern Vermont. 7th Heaven is an Emmy -nominated American drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton Grounded for Life is an American Television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001 as a mid-season replacement on Kyle XY is an American Drama Television series filmed in the Vancouver, British Columbia area Greek (promoted in faux- Greek alphabet as GRΣΣK) is an American teen Comedy-drama Television series which airs on the Fox Kids (officially Fox Family Worldwide Inc and prior to that Fox Children's Productions and Fox Kids Worldwide was the FOX network's children's programming division [8].
ABC Family has also recently been generating high levels of viewers with their weekend movie events. The "Harry Potter Weekend" Block generated some of the highest levels of viewers for the year so far weekend events. The popular show Kyle XY has given the channel the most viewers in the network's history. Kyle XY is an American Drama Television series filmed in the Vancouver, British Columbia area [9].
ABC Family is also becoming known for giving previews to upcoming movies, as it has done for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Hairspray and Stardust. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure Film, based on the novel of the same name by Hairspray is a 2007 Musical film produced by Zadan / Meron Productions and distributed by New Line Cinema. Stardust is a 2007 Fantasy Film from Paramount Pictures, directed by Matthew Vaughn. [10].
In early 2008, the network launched a companion HDTV channel [11]. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition Currently the network's original series are produced in a 16:9 HD format (currently downgraded to letterboxed 4:3 on the current channel), and episodes of Greek and Kyle XY have been broadcast in 720p on ABC HD during summer Friday broadcasts. The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height Letterboxing is the practice of transferring Widescreen Film to Video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio. The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height 720p is the shorthand name for a category of HDTV video modes
On June 16, 2008, The Middleman premieres, based on the comic book of the same name from Viper Comics. Viper Comics, founded in December 2001, is an independent publisher of Comic books and Graphic novel Trade paperbacks based in Dallas
Programming
ABC Family Original Movies
Daytime
ABC Family shows many shows that formerly aired on the TGIF Friday night programming block on ABC. Primetime Schedule Returning comedies are in red new comedies are in pink returning dramas are in green This is a list of television films produced for the Cable network ABC Family and its predecessors, The Family Channel and Fox Family TGIF was the slogan of a family-friendly Prime time programming block on the ABC network The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. However in recent years they have been airing programing from The WB such as Grounded for Life and What I Like About You. Grounded for Life is an American Television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001 as a mid-season replacement on
Sports
The sale of FOX Family also included Fox's Major League Baseball cable rights. Starting with the 2002 season, Disney moved the regular season games previously on Fox Family and FX to their sister network ESPN. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to The Division Series playoff games, however, aired on ABC Family due to complications in the sale. These games used ESPN graphics and announcers. A deal was made to move those playoff games to ESPN, starting with the 2003 season. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to Although the games aired on Disney networks, Fox kept the exclusive negotiation to renew the contract after the 2006 season, although they chose not to renew those rights, which went to TBS. 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success TBS is an American Cable television network that shows sports and a variety of programming with a focus on comedy
- See also: Major League Baseball on FOX, Major League Baseball on ESPN, and Major League Baseball on TBS
Holiday Programming
The 25 Days of Christmas
Since its final year of ownership by Pat Robertson, The channel has been known for airing many Christmas specials, such as the Rankin-Bass programs The Little Drummer Boy and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. Major League Baseball on FOX or MLB on FOX is a weekly presentation of Major League Baseball games on the Fox television network ESPN Major League Baseball is a promotion of Major League Baseball on ESPN and ESPN2, with simulcasts on ESPNHD or ESPN2HD Major League Baseball on TBS is a broadcasting agreement between Major League Baseball and Turner Sports to broadcast baseball via Cable television The 25 Days of Christmas (also known as ABC Family 's 25 Days of Christmas, previously known as Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas) is an annual programming Rankin/Bass Productions Inc (formerly Videocraft International Ltd " The Little Drummer Boy " is a popular Christmas song, with words and music by Katherine K " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " (sometimes with Coming changed to Comin') is a Christmas song. ABC has since expanded this holiday programming, adding made-for-television movies, a litany of Rankin-Bass shows sequels (this was complicated somewhat because some of the original series, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, were still owned by CBS), and other original programming to create "The 25 Days of Christmas. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a song and popular Christmas story about Santa Claus 's ninth and lead reindeer who possesses an unusually red-colored " This program block airs from December 1 through 25, in prime time during the work week and from noon through prime time during the weekends. There have been some movies that aren't necessarily holiday related. In 2006, for example, Harry Potter movies were shown along with Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J Mary Poppins is a 1964 American Musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke and produced by Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 feature Film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, and songs by the Sherman Brothers Also that year, the original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman specials were dropped, and Dr. Seuss On the Loose and The Cat in the Hat were added, however, not with How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Cat in the Hat is a Children's book by Dr Seuss, featuring a tall anthropomorphic, mischievous cat wearing a tall red and white How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of the best-known children's books by Dr
The "25 Days" promotion also consists of a contest.
The 13 Nights of Halloween
Thirteen nights of Halloween programming.
The Mothers' Day Weekend
The Mother's Day event on ABC Family. Mother's Day is a day honoring Mothers celebrated on various days in many places around the world
The Big Kahuna Weekend
A former event for Fathers' Day. Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating Fatherhood and male Parenting, and
Programming Blocks
Jetix
Aired various children's programs since its debut on the network in 2002, which included Metabots, Beyblade, Digimon: Digital Monsters, Daigunder, Get Ed, and many others. Jetix is a Children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. was originally an Imagineer Video game released in 1997 The game was later adapted into a Japanese Anime television series produced by Bee Train. is an Anime and Manga series about a group of kids battling with highly powerful Spinning tops enchanted with sacred bit-beasts or spirits of mythical is a popular Japanese series of media and merchandise including Anime, Manga, Toys Video games trading card games and other is an Anime series about humans using robots in tournaments Created by Aeon and the Animation Studio Brains Base it aired in TV Tokyo from April 2002 to December Get Ed is a Computer animated television series which debuted in the year 2005 and As of 2007 is airing as part of the Jetix programming block on the United Of its long list of programs, the Power Rangers series was its most successful (and still is). Power Rangers is a long-running American Children's television series adapted from the Japanese Tokusatsu Super Sentai Series, though it Sitcom repeats currently air in Jetix's former timeslot from 7 a. m. -9 a. m. ET, with the morning airing of the 700 Club/Living the Life block pushed back an hour further to 9 a. m. ET.
The XYZ
A block formerly airing on the channel.
References
- ^ July 1, 2001 Disney buying Fox Family Channel
- ^ Usatoday. com December 3 2001 Disney refocusing Family channel
- ^ Mickey News June 16, 2004 This Family Was Really Messed Up
- ^ Vh1 [1] All American Girl TV series
- ^ ShowBizData August 24 2005 ABC Family Channel condems Robertson but has to keep him
- ^ Post-Gazette. com July 12, 2006 Tuned In: Original shows help ABC Family improve
- ^ xyweFebruary 16, 2006 Disney announces new shows, kid block leaves ABC Family
- ^ ABCFamily. comMarch 4, 2008 New ABC Family website
- ^ The Futon Critic April 24, 2007 ABC FAMILY ANNOUNCES 2007 SUMMER AND FALL SCHEDULE
- ^ Theleakycauldron. org July 7, 2007 Harry Potter Triple-Feature Weekend on ABC Family Includes OotP Sneak Peeks
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable March 13, 2007 Disney To Launch HD Networks on DirecTV
See also
- Family (similar Canadian service)
External links
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