Strong openings by "Dancing With the Stars" and ABC's most popular prime-time soaps led the network to victory during the first week of a new TV season.
Former ABC News chief national security correspondent John McWethy died from injuries in a Colorado skiing accident, a coroner said Thursday.
Joel Siegel, a longtime movie critic for "Good Morning America" who was famous for his weekly, often humorous reviews, died Friday, ABC officials said
These are some of the facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting.
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Read the extensive literature on team effectiveness, or talk to people on teams in sports, business, or elsewhere, and it always comes down to this: Trust is the most fundamental element of a winning team.
The White House tried to cool congressional anger Thursday over a report linking House Speaker Dennis Hastert to a wide-ranging corruption probe, denying the story was leaked to punish Hastert for criticizing the FBI's raid of a lawmaker's office.
NBC and ABC are apparently tired of watching CBS dominate the ratings on Thursdays, one of the most important nights of the week for network broadcasters.
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, who was wounded in a roadside bombing in Iraq, has left Bethesda Naval Hospital and will need several additional months to recuperate from his injuries, the company president said Thursday.
After two days in a German hospital, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and video journalist Doug Vogt arrived Tuesday in Bethesda, Maryland, to be treated for injuries they received in an explosion in Iraq.
Strong openings by "Dancing With the Stars" and ABC's most popular prime-time soaps led the network to victory during the first week of a new TV season.
Former ABC News chief national security correspondent John McWethy died from injuries in a Colorado skiing accident, a coroner said Thursday.
Joel Siegel, a longtime movie critic for "Good Morning America" who was famous for his weekly, often humorous reviews, died Friday, ABC officials said
These are some of the facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting.
My style is to macromanage, except that I will always, at some point, go deep into whatever my team is working on. If we are launching a new magazine, I'll spend a few days giving them feedback. I ...
Read the extensive literature on team effectiveness, or talk to people on teams in sports, business, or elsewhere, and it always comes down to this: Trust is the most fundamental element of a winning team.
The White House tried to cool congressional anger Thursday over a report linking House Speaker Dennis Hastert to a wide-ranging corruption probe, denying the story was leaked to punish Hastert for criticizing the FBI's raid of a lawmaker's office.
NBC and ABC are apparently tired of watching CBS dominate the ratings on Thursdays, one of the most important nights of the week for network broadcasters.
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, who was wounded in a roadside bombing in Iraq, has left Bethesda Naval Hospital and will need several additional months to recuperate from his injuries, the company president said Thursday.
After two days in a German hospital, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and video journalist Doug Vogt arrived Tuesday in Bethesda, Maryland, to be treated for injuries they received in an explosion in Iraq.
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt showed improvement Monday after being wounded by a bomb in Iraq and could return to the United States as early as Tuesday, the network reported.
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were in serious but stable condition Sunday after both were wounded by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, ABC officials said.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- "Alias" is going undercover for good.
For those who hate the shift of sports from free broadcast to pay television, this week was definitely good news/bad news time.
Longtime ABC anchor Peter Jennings has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the broadcaster announced on his evening newscast Tuesday.
Peter Jennings has been diagnosed with lung cancer but will continue to host the ABC "World News Tonight" broadcast, ABC News said Tuesday.
Ted Koppel is leaving ABC and the "Nightline" show he has hosted since it started in 1980 -- making him the third high-profile news anchor to leave a broadcast network in the last year.
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday rejected complaints alleging that affiliates of the ABC Television Network broadcast indecent material last year prior to a "Monday Night Football" telecast.
After a tumultuous year, consumer confidence slipped in the latest week but ended the year exactly where it began, according to a new poll.
Consumer confidence inched higher in the month since Thanksgiving, a hopeful sign for the nation's retailers, according to a survey released Tuesday.
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A new poll shows consumer confidence took a slight dip this week despite a surge last week in the run-up to the presidential election.
"Lost," "Desperate Housewives" and "Wife Swap." Desperate measures for desperate times -- the long-struggling ABC network took a gamble this season with risky, edgy shows, and it's paying off.
While the White House continues to press its case that the economy is improving, a new poll shows the American public is getting more skeptical about their economic security.
Consumer confidence surged last week, reversing a month-long decline sparked by rising gasoline prices.
What do you get when you mix spouse-swapping, anxious housewives and yet more lawyers behaving badly?
A controversial Nightline program carrying the names and photos of more than 700 U.S. forces killed in the Iraq war ran for about 35 minutes late Friday, amid a swirl of debate over the political nature of the program.
The decision of Sinclair Broadcast Group, which ordered its seven ABC stations not to broadcast Friday's "Nightline," has received criticism from U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona.
The decision of Sinclair Broadcast Group, which ordered its seven ABC stations not to broadcast Friday's "Nightline," has received criticism from U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona).
Consumer confidence posted a healthy gain last week, rebounding from last week's dip to its highest level since February.
The ABC television network, owned by The Walt Disney Company, shook up its entertainment division Tuesday, announcing a series of major changes led by the departure of ABC Entertainment Television Group Chairman Lloyd Braun and ABC Entertainment Television President Susan Lyne.
Consumer confidence edged lower last week, failing to sustain the prior week's modest gains, according to a poll released Tuesday.
The playoffs start this weekend for the NBA, which only seems like it stands for "No Broadcasts on ABC."
A majority of Iraqis believe life is better now than it was under Saddam Hussein, according to a poll by broadcasting organizations released to coincide with the first anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion.
Consumer confidence took a pause in the week ended Feb. 22, standing its ground a week after matching its steepest drop in 18 years, a survey released Tuesday showed.
Consumer confidence plunged last week, matching its steepest drop on record in more than 18 years of weekly polling by ABC News and Money magazine.
U.S. overall consumer confidence took a pause from its recent rally, clinging to its 18-month high and with its three components at or just above their 18-year averages, a survey showed Tuesday.
"The magic of TV, like baseball, is that hope springs eternal. Everyone starts with the same record next September." --Lloyd Braun, ABC Entertainment Television Group
For Bill Maher, the host of ABC's Politically Incorrect, getting a First Amendment Award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo., was bittersweet at best. "I'll treasure this award," Maher...
Michael Eisner is more than the CEO of Walt Disney Co. He is a star. Strolling through the Disney-MGM Studios theme park in Orlando, his 6-foot 3-inch frame towering over an aide, he can't take two...
Television programmers dream about going into the fall season with the most-talked-about new show. This year Fox has bragging rights with 24. The stylish hour-long drama, starring Kiefer Sutherland...
There's going to be a lot of buzz about network television in the next few weeks as broadcasters storm Manhattan with their new fall schedules in hand. In lavish presentations at places like Radio ...
Dramatic theme songs have opened national network news broadcasts for years. To viewers they're as familiar as Walter Cronkite's face and as powerful as Tom Brokaw's hair spray. But where did they ...
Sam Donaldson of ABC News, who turned 65 in March, has become the network's most visible face on the Net. On Sept. 27, Disney-owned ABC launched SamDonaldson@ABCNEWS.com, the first live, regularly ...
Michael Eisner, the famously hands-on CEO of Walt Disney, is up to his old tricks. Last night he screened a rough cut of Dinosaurs, Disney's big animated movie for next summer; he loved the story b...
These are eventful times for television news, and we're not talking about impeachment or air attacks on Iraq. Take CBS News, the place where broadcast news was invented--and where its future is now...
After watching nearly every new show of the fall season, we have good news: Network honchos have finally stopped exhuming stars from the '80s to put them in unfunny sitcoms. Thankfully, Bob Newhart...
On a May afternoon at Manhattan's New Amsterdam Theatre, ABC staged a preview of its fall schedule for advertisers. The event was a smash; the audience was dazzled. But it wasn't the new TV shows t...
Americans are enjoying good times--the MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index hit a record high in January--and they want them to last. In our latest Consumer Comfort Poll, 45% said any federal budg...
Michael Jordan, the CEO of CBS, had lots to celebrate the week after Thanksgiving. His network had just won the November sweep, toppling NBC to become America's most-watched broadcaster. Flanked by...
No matter how Hollywood changes, one thing remains the same--talent drives the entertainment business. This was true when pioneers like Louis B. Mayer created the studio system to lock up the bigge...
These are not happy days for ABC. Ratings have fallen to record lows, profits are way down, and even the network's glitzy presentation of its fall schedule to advertisers, held last month at Radio ...
"How many of you saw the football games over the weekend?" asked Roone Arledge, the president of ABC News. It wasn't a casual question. On the Monday morning after New Year's, Arledge wanted to del...
The worst day in the history of the Food Lion supermarket chain had to be November 5, 1992. That night, ABC News' PrimeTime Live broadcast a devastating hidden-camera expose charging that Food Lion...
You can only watch one TV show at a time. So you'd think that all the troubles CBS has been having with Ink, the much hyped new comedy, would delight rival ABC. CBS recently shelved the first four ...
Leslie Moonves can't escape his job as president of CBS Entertainment. His home fax machine beeps at dawn with the overnight Nielsen ratings. He spends evenings poring over scripts and screening vi...
Like Forrest Gump, Walt Disney lawyer Sanford Litvack pops up at pivotal moments in history. He was at Michael Eisner's side in July when Disney agreed to acquire Capital Cities/ABC. Now flash back...
The business of content -- copyrighted material such as movies and TV shows -- has always been a game of musical chairs. The latest scramble began in November when Capital Cities/ABC created a $200...
Consumer confidence slipped in September, dropping the MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index to P21, a far better score than the P36 of a year ago. Roughly half of the public (54%) now say their pe...
The downturn in consumer spirits that we reported last month vanished like a bad dream in early September, according to the Money/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index. The indicator we use to measure wh...
Uh-oh. Consumer confidence is melting again. The MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index, which hit a four-year high in early July, plummeted eight points by Aug. 1. Heightened inflation fears -- see...
The public seems to have shrugged off last month's shaky stock market and rising borrowing rates. The Money/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index fell only slightly to P21 from last month's P20. We also ...
ABC correspondent Forrest Sawyer: Around the country today, a lot of workplaces opened their doors to an invited crowd of very young women . . . it was the second annual Take Our Daughters to Work ...
Despite the Federal Reserve's Feb. 4 interest-rate hike, consumer confidence surged in February and early March to -20, its highest reading since July 1990, according to the Money/ABC News Consumer...
Consumer confidence improved a bit in January after the recent surge that has carried it to its highest level since July 1990. The weekly Money/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index ended the month at P2...
Talk about happy holidays. The weekly MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index, measuring sentiment about the public's finances and the U.S. economy, has just turned sharply higher. Over the past mont...
After bouncing around during the year, consumer confidence stayed steady last month as the weekly MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index remained at -37. It's been a bumpy ride, though. In March '93...
Consumer confidence suffered slightly last month as the weekly MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index fell one point, to -37, by late October. A full 38% of people say they plan to spend less on Chr...
Consumer confidence improved last month, as the weekly MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index rose from -39 on Sept. 1 to -36 in late September. The public grew more optimistic about the national ec...
Consumer confidence slipped last month, as the weekly MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index fell from -37 in early August to -39 by Sept 1. The public's view of the buying climate and their finance...
Consumer sentiment improved six points overall in August, as the MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index rose from -43 to -37. The gain came mostly from the public's growing optimism about the state ...
Consumer confidence plunged last month, as measured by the weekly MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index. The public's confidence rose briefly from -39 to -36 in early June, only to plummet to -43 i...
Consumer optimism faded a bit in May after the MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index fell from -36 to -39. Two reasons: Americans are feeling worse about both their own personal finances and the st...
APRIL -36 MARCH -43 YEAR AGO -45
MARCH -43 FEBRUARY -41 YEAR AGO -49
FEBRUARY -41 JANUARY -33 YEAR AGO -49
DECEMBER -39 NOVEMBER -48 YEAR AGO -46
NOVEMBER -48 OCTOBER -40 YEAR AGO -47
APRIL -31 MARCH -39 YEAR AGO -13
MARCH -39 FEBRUARY -37 YEAR AGO -19
FEBRUARY -37 JANUARY -41 YEAR AGO -16
ACCORDING TO Robert Wright, CEO of the National Broadcasting Co., here's how network television works: ''We're buying the most expensive programming available and taking it off the air quickly.''
High hopes January -5 Buoyed by post-optimism, the MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Poll shot up six points to -5 in late January. But if interest rates rise, 21% of the Americans surveyed say they'...
Better vibes? December -11 Americans started '89 in a mixed mood. Some 39% told a MONEY/ABC News poll they expect to be better off financially by year-end; only 7% thought they would be doing worse...
CHART: NOT AVAILABLE CREDIT: NO CREDIT CAPTION: September -1 Even though some 71% of Americans are now feeling the pinch of higher in terest rates and inflation, according to a MONEY/ABC News poll,...
August -4 A MONEY/ABC News poll shows Americans evenly split on whether a recession is likelier under Bush or Dukakis. Two-thirds say they want a President who won't raise taxes. The comfort index,...
May -13 Americans seem ambivalent about the direction of the housing market, according to the latest MONEY/ABC News sounding. Nationally, 40% of those surveyed expect the value of their homes to in...
The post-holiday blues seemed to strike consumers in January. The MONEY/ABC News Consumer Comfort Index dropped to -19 at mid-month before creeping up to -16 in February. The rebound is small comfo...
Consumer confidence as measured by the 2-year-old MONEY Magazine/ABC News consumer comfort index continued to improve last month to a -4 reading, up from an all-time low of -15 in February. Still, ...
& While scrambling to prepare their '86 returns, taxpayers got their initial brush with the new code filling out the W-4 withholding forms. Of the first third of Americans who completed the confusi...
In our latest (January 5) report on the interchangeable squishy-soft liberals who for some reason dominate network news, we got to guffawing over handsome Tom Brokaw's analysis of the country's lat...
As 1987 dawned, the Money Magazine/ABC News poll of consumer sentiment rebounded from its all-time low of -11 in December. The index bounced up to -7 because Americans were feeling more ebullient a...
Americans are moving into 1987 expressing their lowest level of confidence in the economy since the inception of the Money Magazine/ABC News poll a year ago. During 1986, the index ranged from a hi...
selected adults to three questions about public and personal finances in telephone polls taken over the four weeks through Nov. 2. Americans headed into the holiday buying season with their wallets...
As autumn approaches, Americans are feeling a chill over the state of the economy and their own finances, according to the Money Magazine/ABC News Poll. Much of the downbeat mood is reflected in a ...
NBC TELEVISION owes Atlantic Richfield Co. a lunch, a debt incurred by Thornton Bradshaw early in 1981 as he was preparing to leave as president of the oil company to take over at RCA Corp., NBC's ...
ROBERT C. WRIGHT, president of NBC, is the luckiest guy in network television. His company takes in 40% of the industry's revenues, earns about 70% of the profits, and broadcasts the four top-rated...
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