Freeform

Freeform
TV channel
reception	Cable , satellite, IPTV
Image resolution	( Entry missing )
Start of transmission	November 10, 2001
owner	ABC Family Worldwide Inc. ( The Walt Disney Company )
Broadcaster	Disney ABC Television Group
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Freeform is a television station in the United States and is a cable company of the Disney-ABC Television Group , a division of the Walt Disney Company .

History of the station

The station went on the air on April 29, 1977 as an offshoot of Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) under the name CBN Satellite Service and first changed the name to CBN Cable Network in 1981 . In order to draw attention to the - in contrast to other cable channels - particularly family-friendly program, the station was renamed The CBN Family Channel on August 1, 1988 . The commercial success of the cable broadcaster endangered the non-profit status and associated privileges of the CBN, whereupon the former became independent in 1990 under the new name The Family Channel .

The parent company International Family Entertainment was bought by Fox Kids Worldwide in July 1997 , the name of which was then changed to Fox Family Worldwide . In order to emphasize the affiliation of the Family Channel to the new parent company, it was renamed Fox Family Channel on August 15, 1998 .

On October 24, 2001, Fox Family Worldwide was sold by its two owners - News Corporation and Haim Saban - to the Walt Disney Company for approximately 2.9 billion US dollars and renamed ABC Family Worldwide . On November 10, 2001, the cable broadcaster also changed its name to ABC Family .

On January 12, 2016, the station was renamed to Freeform .

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  2000-2001

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  2001-2003

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  2003-2016

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  2016-2018

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  Logo since January 18, 2018

Series

As a typical cable broadcaster, Freeform mainly broadcasts repeats of series that were originally produced for another network or a cable broadcaster - so-called off-network reruns or off-network syndication . The majority make up comedy series, typically family sitcoms.

Since 2005 Freeform (then ABC Family) has also ordered a small number of its own series - so-called original series - which are typically first broadcast during the networks' “summer break” between mid-May and mid-September or in spring between January and March.

Atypical for a Disney cable station, the program is also filled with infomercials at night (usually from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. ET), with religious programs also being broadcast in this broadcast block.

Premieres

→ Main article : List of freeform shipments

Repetitions

Current series repetitions

• The 700 Club (since 2001)
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? (since 2002)
• Full House (since 2003)
• Gilmore Girls (since 2004)
• Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! (since 2006)
• America's Funniest Home Videos (since 2007)
• My wild daughters (2007-2008; since 2009)

Previous series repetitions

• Digimon (1999-2006)
• A strong family (2001-2010)
• A Heavenly Family (2002-2008)
• Power Rangers (2002-2006)
• All under one roof (2003-2008)
• Life and Me (2004-2007)
• Everwood (2006-2007)

Movies

ABC Family also broadcasts its own television movies advertised as ABC Family Original Movies .

In this list, the date of the first broadcast is in brackets. Many successful films have been released on DVD, these are marked with *.

2003

• The One (February 9, 2003)
• The Second Chance ( This Time Around , June 22, 2003)
• Lucky 7 (July 20, 2003) *
• See Jane Date (August 16, 2003) *
• Beautiful Girl (October 19, 2003)
• Picking Up & Dropping Off (December 7, 2003)

2004

• I Want to Marry Ryan Banks (January 18, 2004)
• Celeste in the City (March 7, 2004)
• Brave New Girl (April 25, 2004) *
• Love Rules (June 5, 2004)
• Crimes Of Fashion (July 5, 2004)
• Pop Rocks (September 10, 2004)
• Searching for David's Heart (November 21, 2004)
• Reindeer Buddy saves Christmas (December 13, 2004) *

2005

• She Gets What She Wants ( Freche Biester! ) (9 January 2005) *
• School of Life (February 19, 2005)
• I Do, They Don't (March 20, 2005)
• Kart Racer (April 3, 2005)
• Everything You Want (April 17, 2005) *
• Romy and Michele: In the Beginning ( Romy and Michele: Hollywood, we're coming! ) (May 20, 2005)
• Pizza My Heart (July 24, 2005)
• Campus Confidential ( High School News ) (August 21, 2005)
• Rent Control (September 9, 2005) *
• Alchemy (October 7, 2005)
• Shadows in the Sun (November 13, 2005) *
• Chasing Christmas (December 4, 2005) *
• Christmas in Boston (December 14, 2005) *

2006

• If Only (January 15, 2006) *
• The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (February 7, 2006) *
• Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (April 2, 2006)
• The Karate Dog (May 29, 2006) *
• Best Man, Worst Friend ( A Best Man ) (9 July 2006) *
• Fallen ( Fallen Angels ) (2006) *
• Relative Chaos (September 4, 2006)
• The Initiation of Sarah ( The Initiation of Sarah ) (22 October 2006) *
• Santa Baby (December 10, 2006) *
• Christmas Thu-Over (December 2006) *

2007

• Love Wrecked (January 21, 2007) *
• The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning ( A Duke Seldom Comes Alone - How It All Began ) (March 4, 2007) *
• Big Liar on Campus (September 16, 2007) *
• Nature of the Beast (October 21, 2007)
• Christmas Caper (November 25, 2007) *
• Holiday in Handcuffs ( Holiday in Handcuffs ) (9 December 2007)
• The Snow Globe (December 15, 2007) * (DVD title: The Secret of the Snow Globe)

2008

• The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream (March 16, 2008) *
• Princess (April 20, 2008) *
• The Circuit (June 8, 2008) *
• Picture This ( Party Date ) (July 13, 2008) *
• Samurai Girl (September 2008)
• Who is Santa Claus here? (December 14, 2008) *
• Christmas in Wonderland ( Chaos under the Christmas tree ) (December 2008) *

2009

• Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise (March 15, 2009) *
• My Fake Fiance (April 19, 2009) *
• Labor Pains ( (K) a bit pregnant ) (July 19, 2009) *
• The Dog Who Saved Christmas (November 29, 2009) *
• Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (December 13, 2009) *

2010

• The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice (March 14, 2010) *
• Beauty & the Briefcase ( business plan to fall in love with ) (April 18, 2010) *
• Revenge of the Bridesmaids ( Revenge of the Bridesmaids ) (18 July 2010) *
• The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (November 28, 2010)
• Christmas Cupid (December 13, 2010)

2011

• Girls Club 2 - be careful! (Mean Girls 2) (January 13, 2011) *
• My Future Boyfriend ( My Future Boyfriend , April 10, 2011) *
• Internet bullying ( Cyberbully , July 17, 2011) *
• Teen Spirit (August 7, 2011) *
• Desperately Seeking Santa (November 27, 2011)
• 12 Dates of Christmas (December 11, 2011)

2012

• Home Alone: ​​The Holiday Heist (November 22, 2012)
• The Mistle Tones (December 9, 2012)

2013

• Forever Young (Lovestruck: The Musical) (April 21, 2013)
• Christmas Bounty (November 26, 2013) *
• The Dream of Happiness (Holidaze) (November 28, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Variety: Disney's ABC Family Cable Network Mulling Reboot
2. ^ The Wrap: Inside ABC Family's Dramatic Name-Change Decision
3. ↑ Deadline.com: ABC Family To Be Renamed As Freeform
4. ↑ tvINSIDER.com: ABC Family to Rename Itself "Freeform" This January
5. ↑ Zap2It: Program overview  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ ^{a b} Deck the Halls with the 25 Days of Christmas! 25 Days Of Christmas. In: abcfamily.go.com. ABC Family, October 20, 2011; archived from the original on October 23, 2011 ; accessed on August 12, 2013 . 
7. ↑ On the Heels of Its Most Successful year on Record ABC Family Announces the First Portion of Its New Original Programming Slate . In: The Futon Critic , February 2, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012. 

Web links

• Official website (English)