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ABC

Disciplines:
television/television broadcasting
media
journalism/news

Summary

American Broadcasting Company, one of the original three US broadcast television networks, where Barry Diller began his media career and shaped its entertainment programming strategy.

Core Contribution

Under Diller's programming influence in the 1970s, ABC moved from last place to first in prime-time ratings through the Movie of the Week format and innovative scheduling — establishing the modern network entertainment model.

Historical Influences

Leonard Goldenson Barry Diller

Intellectual Lineage

American Broadcast Television Tradition NBC Radio Network Spinoff

Contemporaries & Peers

CBS NBC Fox PBS

Minds Influenced

Fox BroadcastingNBC Entertainment

Intellectual Posterity

Movie of the Week formatABC Entertainment programming model

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