American Broadcasting Company (ABC) 1946 - 2018

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City. There are additional major offices and production facilities elsewhere in New York City, as well as in Los Angeles and Burbank, California.

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[mush]

I knew ABC had a loong history but that history going all the way to year 1946 is Simply WoW. Awesome.
Every year new theme. Great.
In end of 90's indent got simple but from year 2002 it started using new graphics and animations. Hats off to your research. Well done.

[davemillet]

One of those days where nothing has made my day better....until I watched this. Seriously, I forget how powerful nostalgia can be. And those jingles are just priceless!! If you read this, thank you! 👍😎😁

[aprilsimnel]

That's awesome that they've basically had the same logo since 1962, almost 60 years. Sans serif fonts are your friends!

[PockyFiend]

Actually, ABC originally started out as NBC's "Blue" network (the main NBC network was the "Red" network) until the early 40s.

[NoEntertainment]

excellent update to the previous ABC video, definitely some positive differences from this one and the old one.

[MaRk-zyvl]

They were one of the best animators in American TV back in the 60s to 90s

[bleepiestofbloops]

Their late-'60s/early-'70s stuff looks like what CBS was doing a decade later.
Unique color choices on that '66 logo.

Wow, they really wore their feelings about ratings on their sleeves. 😅

That burst of nostalgia when they get yellow. 😍

[marvinbone]

Would be weird to hear oneself, as a vocalist on any of these. "Oh yeah. I remember the day we started practicing this. It was pouring down rain, and i was waiting for a bus on 49th and I was scared I was running late"

[thefyoutuberCLASSMC]

In Philippines, the "Still the One" Slogan in 1977 was used by RPN

[hanabelay]

I like 1977-1980, 1981, 1984-1986, 1986 and 1987 and I love 1952, 1977-1980, 1981, and 1984

[TheLucidLuxray]

8:38 I remember this from when I was little. I used to watch Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy before bed when I was six.

[maryexstroughtonaire]

There was one Freddy Flix used that was fabulous!!!

[astrobear]

Wish they can bring these intros from abc back in the days on TV

[zimtheailen]

I took some time to label all the abc logos here is how I label them.
1946 Radio
1948 American Rights
1952 CAMERA ON
1953 Justice for America
1957 Big A
1960 The USA
1962 Winner’s Fanfare
1964 Action!
1966 GPB
1969 September
1970 Let’s Get Together
1971 This is The Place To Be
1972 the Uneasy Hallway
1974 What you see on ABC this fall (Logo Change)
1975 The Bright New World of ABC
1976 Let Us Be The One
1977 Still The One
1978 We’re the one (My Favourite!)
1979 Still The One
1980 You & Me (R.I.P John Lennon)
1981 Now is The time
1982 Come Along with ABC
1983 That Special Feeling
1984 We’re Here with you on ABC
1985 YOU’LL LOVE IT! on ABC
1986 We Belong Together
1987 Somethings happening
1988 Somethings happening v2
1989 Somethings happening v3 (How many of these are there)
1990 America is Watching ABC
1991 America is watching ABC (Voice Only no Music)
1992 IT MUST BE A B C
1993 This is ABC
1996 ABC
1998-2001 ABC logo Dances
2002 Special Fanfare
2003 Pre-2004 Logo
2004 New Fanfare
2005 New Fanfare (2005 Version)
2006 New Fanfare (Motive Version)
2007 Start Here
2011 HD
2013 Modern Days
2018 The Present with Brand Alphabetically New Fanfare

[OliverColom]

Un sello distintivo de las redes Estadounidenses sin duda eran sus Jingles y campañas anuales, tanto así que las cadenas latinoamericanas siguieron su ejemplo desde mitades de los 80s y hasta principios de los 2000s. Lastima que ya no veamos más este tipo de campañas en pantalla, realmente cumplian con el objetivo de pertenencia e identidad hacia una cadena.

[jabukagala]

The 1989 ident sometimes makes me think of 15.ai. That's why it's my favorite ident from ABC.
If you don't understand, the 15 transition of No.'s Top 15, 000, 000 Worst Australian Logos (No. joke!) was inspired by that ident.

[jen-qbmy]

1946 First Logo
1948 Second Logo 0:07
1952 Third Logo 0:18
1953 Bird Lightning 0:29
1957 Big A 0:34
1960 IDK 0:40
1962 Classic Logo 0:57
1964 An ABC Presentation (Movies?) 1:10
1966 What? 1:15
1969 Meet Us In September 1:21
1970 Let's Get Together 1:56
1971 This Is The Place To Be 2:13
1972 This Is The Place To Be (2x) 2:52
1973 Unused Logo (Searh Up Unused Big Three Networks Logos)
1974 What You See On ABC This Fall You'll Be Talking About Tomorrow 3:43
1975 Welcome To The Bright New World 3:58
1976 Let Us Be The One 4:14
1977 We're Still The One 4:32
1978 We're The One 4:52
1979 We're Still The One (2.5x) 5:14
1980 You And Me 5:30

[janesmith]

Gee, after 1992 so much of the excitement was lost.

[tomsayen]

Always liked their "ABC Color Presentation" intro animated graphic. Began the "ABC Circles" in 1962 with "The Jetsons" which was the first color program presented on ABC, September 23, 1962. Locally our ABC affiliate would cut the audio and voiced over with "the following is a big 6 color presentation".

[finchborat]

The one from 2000 is the only one I remember from my childhood.