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.

Other Muppet-related ABC broadcasts include:

• Hey Cinderella! (1970)
• Julie on Sesame Street (1973)
• The Muppets Valentine Show (1974)
• Out to Lunch (1974)
• The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975)
• Julie: My Favorite Things (1975)
• One to One (1975)
• A Christmas Together (1979)
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1980)
• The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
• The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982)
• The Christmas Toy (1986)
• ABC News Special: Wall Street and the Economy (1987)
• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
• Free to Be... a Family (1988)
• CityKids (1993)
• Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Streets Forever (1994)
• Elmopalooza (1998)
• Elmo's Christmas Countdown (2007)

Muppet appearances on ABC programming include:

The Jimmy Dean Show The Hollywood Palace The Dick Cavett Show The Julie Andrews Hour Good Morning America I Love Liberty The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard The Earth Day Special

The View Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Jimmy Kimmel Live! Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Dancing with the Stars Un-Broke: What You Need to Know About Money The Chew CMA Country Christmas The Bachelorette

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 alsoEdit

• ABC Family

External linksEdit

• Official site