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ABC Signature

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ABC Signature
Formerly
  • Walt Disney Network Television (1983–2003)
  • Touchstone Television (first incarnation, 1985–2007)
  • ABC Studios (2007–2020)
  • ABC Signature Studios (2013–2020)
Company typeDivision
IndustryTelevision production
Home video
Predecessors
FoundedApril 18, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-04-18) (as Walt Disney Network Television)
March 21, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-03-21) (as ABC Signature)
DefunctOctober 1, 2024; 50 days ago (2024-10-01)
FateDissolved; operations folded into 20th Television
Successor20th Television
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Tracy Underwood (President)
  • Josh Sussman (EVP, Business Affairs)
OwnerDisney Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)
ParentDisney Television Studios

ABC Studios[1] is an American television production studio under the Disney Television Studios unit of Walt Disney Television that was named in 2020 (both ultimately owned by The Walt Disney Company). The studio is the production arm of the ABC television network, and originally started in 1950 as the television unit of Walt Disney Productions, later Walt Disney Television in 1985, and launched a subsidiary, the first incarnation of Touchstone Television, established in 1985 (later to be merged into ABC in 1999, and merged Walt Disney Network Television into Touchstone Television) and renamed ABC Studios in 2007. it has a Signature unit, ABC Signature Studios, which was formed in 2013. it is not to be confused with the unit of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with the same name. It was dissolved in October 2024 and folded into 20th Television, which has been acquired by Disney in 2019.

References

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  1. Low, Elaine (August 10, 2020). "Disney Rebrands TV Studios, 20th Century Fox TV to Become 20th Television". Variety. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2020.