ABC

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Miss Piggy and Kermit in an ABC promo

The Antediluvian Broadcasting Company from Dinosaurs

ABC (American Broadcasting Company) is a U.S. television network currently owned by The Walt Disney Company. The network was founded in 1943 and first started airing television programs in 1948, though some claim it has been broadcasting since prehistoric times.

ABC aired the series Muppets Tonight, Aliens in the Family, and Dinosaurs, and the made-for-TV movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz.

List of shows and programs on ABC that have starred or featured the Muppets:

• Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
• Out to Lunch (1974)
• 'The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975)
• Good Morning America (1976, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• A Christmas Together (1979)
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1980)
• The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
• The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
• ABC News Special: Wall Street and the Economy (1987)
• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
• Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
• Dinosaurs (1991)
• CityKids (1993)
• Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Streets Forever (1994)
• Muppets Tonight! (1996)
• Aliens in the Family (1996)
• The View (1997, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
• Elmopalooza (1998)
• America's Funniest Home Videos (2001, 2005, 2010)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012)
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2005, 2006, 2007, 2010)
• The Muppets Wizard of Oz (2005)
• Dancing with the Stars (2007, 2009, 2011)
• Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007)
• Un-Broke: What You Need to Know About Money (2009)
• Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (2010)
• Nightline (2011)

The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island have also had showings on ABC.

From 1994 to 1998, ABC's Executive Vice President of Network Communications was Sherrie Rollins Westin, now a Sesame Workshop executive.

See also

• ABC Family

External links

• Official site