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ABC

Organization

The broadcast network that airs 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' and suspended its host, Jimmy Kimmel, following pressure from affiliates and the FCC over his controversial comments.


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9/20/2025, 2:33:43 AM

Last Updated

9/20/2025, 2:39:57 AM

Research Retrieved

9/20/2025, 2:39:57 AM

Summary

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a prominent American commercial broadcast television and radio network, serving as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company. It was central to a recent controversy involving the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, an event discussed by the All-In Podcast as a consequence of Kimmel's false accusation against the MAGA movement, influenced by pressure from the FCC and major affiliates like NextStar and Sinclair. Founded as a radio network in 1943 and expanding to television in 1948, ABC has a significant history in American media, including a merger with United Paramount Theatres in the mid-1950s.

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Research Data
Extracted Attributes
  • Type

    Commercial broadcast television and radio network

  • Headquarters

    Riverside Drive, Burbank, California, USA

  • Sports Rights

    National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL)

  • Secondary Offices

    7 Hudson Square, New York, USA

Timeline
  • Launched as a radio network, succeeding the NBC Blue Network. (Source: web_search_results)

    1943

  • Extended its operations to television. (Source: web_search_results)

    1948

  • Merged with United Paramount Theatres (UPT). (Source: web_search_results)

    1950s (mid)

  • Suspended Jimmy Kimmel following a false accusation against the MAGA movement, influenced by pressure from the FCC and major affiliates. (Source: related_documents)

    Unknown

Web Search Results
  • American Broadcasting Company - Wikipedia

    The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios "Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)") and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 7 Hudson Square in New York [...] ABC is the broadcast television rightsholder of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with its package (under the NBA on ESPN branding) traditionally beginning with its Christmas Day games, followed by a series of Saturday night and Sunday afternoon games through the remainder of the season, weekend playoff games, and all games of the NBA Finals. ABC is also the broadcast television rightsholder of the National Hockey League (NHL), with its package (under the NHL on ESPN branding). In this [...] ABC launched as a radio network in 1943, as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS and NBC, as well as the lesser-known DuMont. In the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres (UPT), a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made

  • ABC - Wikipedia

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  • ABC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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  • ABC'S Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

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  • ABC definition in American English - Collins Dictionary

    American Broadcasting Companies: a television network b. atomic, biological, and chemical ABC warfare Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd ## A.B.C. in American English abbreviation 1. Advance Booking Charter 2. Alcoholic Beverage Control [...] 2. Australian Broadcasting Corporation 3. American Broadcasting Company 4. Audit Bureau of Circulation 5. Australian Australian-born Chinese: a person with Chinese parents, born and raised in Australia 6. US American-born Chinese: a person with Chinese parents, born and raised in the US 7. British acceptable behaviour contract: a voluntary written agreement between someone who has been involved in antisocial behaviour and a local agency such as a council or police [...] Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd ## ABC in British English 1 noun 1. (plural in US) the rudiments of a subject 2. an alphabetical guide to a subject 3. (often plural in US) the alphabet Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers ## ABC in British English 2 abbreviation for 1. (formerly, of weapons or warfare) atomic, biological, and chemical

Location Data

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 114, Grey Street, South Bank, South Brisbane, Greater Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia

yes

Coordinates: -27.4756481, 153.0203484

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