ABC
Broadcast television
U.S. broadcast TV network with primetime shows, ABC News, daytime and late-night programming, plus eight Disney-owned local ABC stations.
Broadcast televisionSince 1943
How it started
Disney's biggest deal of the 1990s.
$19Bpaid by The Walt Disney Company in 1996
Disney completed its purchase of Capital Cities/ABC on February 9, 1996, adding the ABC network, its stations and ESPN.
How big it is
How big is ABC?
245Affiliated local stationsFY2025
8Owned ABC TV stationsFY2025
20%of U.S. TV households reached by owned stationsFY2025
Its place in The Walt Disney Company
Disney's free-to-air network.
ABC gives Disney a broadcast network that reaches almost every U.S. TV home, carrying its shows, ABC News and ESPN on ABC sports.
Who it competes with
What The Walt Disney Company does not disclose
- ABC network revenue or profit (reported inside Linear Networks)
- ABC News revenue
- ABC viewership figures
The group behind itThe Walt Disney Company
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Sources
Every number on this page comes from The Walt Disney Company's own reports.
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