The American Broadcasting Company has formed a number of production companies since its formation in 1943 and under various parent companies and owners up until the present day under ownership by the Walt Disney Company. ABC Film Syndication, or ABC Films, was ABC's syndication distribution arm from 1953 to 1971 when the FCC passed the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules (best known simply as the fin-syn rules). As a result, ABC Films was sold to 5 of its former executives and changed name to Worldvision Enterprises. ABC's current primary production company is 20th Television.

A number of production companies were formed under Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, Capital Cities/ABC Video Productions (both were reorganized and absorbed into ABC Cable and International Broadcast Group, which changed name to Disney Media Distribution in 2011 and currently Disney Platform Distribution since 2020 upon Capital Cities/ABC's merger with Disney), Ultra Entertainment, the Hemisphere Group and DIC Entertainment.

Active Greengrass Productions

Greengrass Productions, Inc. is a production company of ABC Entertainment, a division of Disney Entertainment Television.

Greengrass Productions was incorporated in California on . (Search on name or ID.) On June 7, 1996, due to the merger with Disney, Capital Cities/ABC indicated that its ABC Productions division operations would be shut down while keeping its boutique production companies: Victor Television Productions, ABC/Kane Productions, DIC Entertainment and Greengrass Productions. Greengrass was transferred from ABC Productions to ABC Entertainment.

Filmography TV series Title Years Co-production with Notes Police File 1992 Skyvision Entertainment and Grosso-Jacobson Entertainment unaired TV pilot; co-production Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa 1992–1993 King World Productions, Gunther-Wahl Productions (season 1), Ruby-Spears Enterprises (season 2), Flextech Television and Mini Mountain Productions Currently owned by WildBrain Wild Palms May 16–19, 1993 TV mini-series Street Match 1993 Goldin-Sachs Entertainment Group Bump in the Night 1994–1995 Danger Productions Currently owned by WildBrain On Our Own 1994–1995 Lightkeeper Productions, de Passe Entertainment, Miller-Boyett Productions and Warner Bros. TelevisionUS Copyright Office Registration No PA0000697469 1995-03-31 A Whole New Ballgame 1995 Bungalow 78 Productions and Universal TelevisionUS Copyright Office Registration No PA0000764818 1995-09-29 Extreme 1995 Alan Barnette Productions and Universal Television Hypernauts 1996 DIC Entertainment Currently owned by WildBrain Champions of Magic 1996–1999 3 specialsUS Copyright Office Registration No PA0000872202 1998-01-22 Over the Top 1997 Katlin/Bernstein Productions, Panamort Television and Columbia TriStar TelevisionUS Copyright Office Registration No PA0000916774 1998-10-13 The Best Commercials You've Never Seen (And Some You Have) 1998–2002 7 specials Storm of the Century February 14–18, 1999 TV mini-series Extreme Makeover 2002–2007 Lighthearted Entertainment Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2003–20122020 Base Camp Films, Hoosick Falls Productions, Endemol USAThe Great Christmas Light Fight 2013–present Fremantle Big Fan 2017 Smo King Baby, Banijay Studios North America Boy Band 2017 Matador Content Battle of the Network Stars 2017 El Dorado Pictures Child Support 2018 Banijay Studios North America Castaways 2018 Nomad Entertainment The Alec Baldwin Show 2018 El Dorado Pictures Holey Moley 2019–2022 Unanimous Media, Eureka Productions Encore! 2019–20 Olive Bridge Entertainment, Leading Laidy, Jason Cohen Productions Don't 2020 Maximum Effort, Banijay Studios North America Emergency Call 2020–2021 8HOURS Television The Chase 2021–present ITV Entertainment US Copyright Office Registration No PA0002282560 / 2021-02-23Pooch Perfect 2021 The Ultimate Surfer 2021 Pilgrim Media Group, WSL Studios Judge Steve Harvey 2022–present East 112, Den of Thieves Who Do You Believe? 2022 All3Media America, Lime Pictures The Final Straw 2022 Walt Disney Television Alternative, Omaha Productions, B17 Entertainment Claim to Fame 2022–present Walt Disney Television Alternative, Kinetic Content Generation Gap 2022–present Kimmelot, Milojo Productions, MGM TelevisionBack in the Groove 2022 The Parent Test 2022–present The Prank Panel 2023–present ITV America, Kimmelot

Movies and specials Title Date Co-production with The Parsley Garden March 27, 1993 White Sneakers Rhythm and Jam: Rhythm & Rap September 18, 1993 Rhythm and Jam: Melody & Harmony September 25, 1993 Betrayed by Love January 17, 1994 US Copyright Office Registration No PA0000682216 1993-09-07 Money Made Easy: The ABC Kids' Guide to Dollars and Sense April 2/9, 1994 Paley/Price Productions The Secret GardenUS Copyright Office Registration No PA0000714697 1994-11-22 November 5, 1994 DIC Entertainment, Kalisto Ltd.Currently owned by WildBrain World's Funniest Commercials November 9, 1994 Woody Fraser Enterprises Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale February 25, 1995 Ruby-Spears Productions The Secret of Lizard Woman November 12, 1995 Put to the Test April 29, 1996 US Copyright Office Registration No PA0000872206 1998-01-22 Sex with Cindy Crawford September 22, 1998 US Copyright Office Registration No PA0000922168 1999-02-11 Tom Clancy's NetForce February 1, 1999 Cates/Doty Productions Runaway Virus January 29, 2000 US Copyright Office Registration No PA0001053606 2001-09-10 Quarantine August 5, 2000 The 2000 Radio Music Awards November 4, 2000 Tall Pony Productions, Radio Dogs, Inc. Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2001 November 15, 2001 US Copyright Office Registration No PA0001074564 2002-01-18 Challenge America with Erin Brockovich: Miracle in Manhattan December 21, 2001 US Copyright Office Registration No PA0001074546 2002-01-18 Stephen King's Rose Red January 27, 2002 Victor Television Productions, Mark Carliner Productions The Best TV Shows That Never Were August 16, 2004 US Copyright Office Registration No PA0001263838 2005-01-18Encore! December 10, 2017 Mickey's 90th Spectacular November 4, 2018 Don Mischer ProductionsLive in Front of a Studio Audience Sony Pictures Television, Act III Communications, Kimmelot Production Company,Smoking Baby Productions, Gary Sanchez ProductionsThe Little Mermaid Live! November 5, 2019 Done and DustedThe Disney Family Singalong April 16, 2020 Done and DustedUS Copyright Office Registration No PA0002246315 / 2020-04-24The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II May 10, 2020 Done and DustedThe Happy Days of Garry Marshall May 12, 2020 VOMO: Vote or Miss Out September 14, 2020 The Disney Holiday Singalong November 30, 2020 Done and DustedThe Queen Family Singalong November 4, 2021 Done and DustedThe Magic Maker November 25, 2021 A Very Boy Band Holiday December 6, 2021 Step Into...the Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough March 20, 2022 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter September 22, 2022 Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration December 15, 2022 Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong February 1, 2023

Lincoln Square Productions

Lincoln Square Productions, LLC (LSP) is a television production company owned by ABC News that produces non-fiction content, such as documentaries and talk shows.

History Lincoln Square Production was formed as a limited liability company on January 8, 2003.

Lincoln Square had previously produced a series known as Watt's World, about journalist Nick Watt traveling to find "little-known places and sub-cultures", in development for the Travel Channel as of Scripps Networks Interactive's upfront event in April 2014. On , the long-running talk show The View was transferred to Lincoln Square Productions from ABC Entertainment's Times Square Studios after struggling in ratings and a change in hosts.

In January 2015, Lincoln Square had signed a production deal with Christine Connor's XCON historical docudrama company. For A&E channel, Lincoln Square agreed to produce four specials in 2015 starting with Cosby: The Women Speak. The company agreed in July 2018 to produce films by Robin Roberts under the banner "Robin Roberts Presents" for A&E's Lifetime channel. On April 10, 2019, a slate of 10 unscripted series including Rogue Trip from Lincoln Square Productions was revealed for Disney+. Production of Rogue Trip was later taken over by National Geographic.

Programs A&E Biography: Jodie Foster (2005) The Assets (ABC) - Ebola: Inside the Deadly Outbreak (Discovery) Final Witness (ABC) a seven-episode true-crime series that premiered June 27, 2012 Mustang Millionaire (National Geographic Channel) NY Med (ABC) Surgeon Oz (OWN, 2014–2015) The View (ABC) —present Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals (Investigation Discovery, 2015) nine-episode season 1 “Next Step Realty: NYC” (ABC Family, 2015) a documentary series that follows the Next Step Realty employees in their specialty of finding recent college graduates apartments 20/20: In an Instant (ABC; 2015–2018) (with Committee Films) 9/11: As We Watched (American Heroes Channel) Tuesday, September 6, 2016 Capturing Bin Laden (American Heroes Channel) September 7, 2016 The End of America: Putin's Master Plan working title (History) Biography brand 2 hours special Grace vs. Abrams A&E series (March 29, 2018-) Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams debating infamous crimes and legal cases Cosby: The Women Speak A&E special (September 17, 2015) Robin Roberts Presents (Lifetime) telefilm series in which each film would have a companion documentary. Roberts would be an executive producer along with Linda Berman for the films and John R. Green for the documentary. untitled Mahalia Jackson drama written by Bettina Gilois and documentary The Last Defense (2018) (with Xcon Productions and JuVee Productions) Reversing Roe (2018) (with UnbeliEVAble Entertainment and Break Thru Films) Netflix, 99 minutes; Directors, screenwriters, producers and narrators: Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg 1969 (2019) Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022) (co-production with Tremolo Productions)

Valleycrest Productions

Valleycrest Productions Limited is a television series production company owned by ABC Daytime.

Valleycrest Productions was incorporated on . By 1999, Valleycrest was producing "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and was a subsidiary of Buena Vista Television by that time.

On December 2, 2011, Disney-ABC Television Group placed daytime and syndicated production under Times Square Studios.

Valleycrest moved production of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2014 to the Connecticut Film Center in Stamford, Connecticut, to take advantage of the state's film/television tax credits.

Filmography Title Years Network Notes Mike and Maty April 1994–June 1996 ABC Win Ben Stein's Money 1997–2003 Comedy Central Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 1999–2021 ABC/Syndication co-production with Celador (1999–2007)/2waytraffic (2007–19)/Embassy Row (2020–2021)/Kimmelot (2020–2021); distributed in India by Sony Pictures Television (2020) The Ainsley Harriott Show 2000 Syndication co-production with Merv Griffin Entertainment and Buena Vista Television

Defunct ABC Circle 7 Productions

ABC Circle 7 Productions, Inc. was the programming subsidiary of the ABC Owned Stations in the 1980s.

In August 1983, Circle 7 Productions announced its Newsbank news distribution service. ABC Circle 7 Productions was incorporated on December 15, 1983.

Programming Newsbank, news distribution service making about 24 stories available to subscribing stations from ABC's (then) five O&O Stations

ABC Productions

ABC Productions (ABCP) was a television production company that was a division of ABC Television Network Group. While the ABC network had first shot at the unit's shows, the company was allowed to shop shows to other networks and was the first to sell to another network. The company was set up increase the control and financial rewards of producing its own TV shows.

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