List of ABC broadcasts

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This list of ABC programs contains a selection of all programs and series that are or have been broadcast on ABC for the first time.

Current broadcasts

News and information magazines

since 1975: Good Morning America
since 1978: 20/20
since 1978: ABC World News
since 1979: Nightline
since 1981: This Week
since 1982: America This Morning
since 1989: prime time
since 1992: World News Now

Drama series

since 2005: Grey's Anatomy
since 2013: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
since 2017: The Good Doctor
since 2018: Seattle Firefighters - The Young Heroes (Station 19)
since 2018: The Rookie
since 2018: A Million Little Things

Comedy series

since 2013: The Goldbergs (The Goldbergs)
since 2014: Black-ish
since 2016: American Housewife
since 2018: The Conners (The Conners)
since 2019: Mixed-ish

Reality shows

since 1990: America's Funniest Home Videos
since 2002: The Bachelor
2003–2005, since 2008: The Bachelorette
2004–2010, since 2012: Wife Swap (since 2012 as Celebrity Wife Swap )
since 2005: Dancing with the Stars
since 2008: WipeOut
since 2009: Shark Tank
since 2011: Secret Millionaire
since 2013: The Taste
since 2013: Bet On Your Baby

Late night formats

since 2003: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Award shows and beauty pageants

1954–1956, 1997–2005, since 2011: The Miss America election
1960–1970, since 1976: The Academy Awards
since 1973: The American Music Awards
since 2006: The Country Music Association Awards
since 2011: The Billboard Music Awards

Soap operas

since 1963: General Hospital

Talk Shows

since 1997: The View
since 2011: The Chew

Former broadcasts

News and information magazines

1986–1987: Our World
1993-1995: Day One
1994-1999: Turning Point
1999-2002: 20/20 Downtown

Drama series

1949: Stand By for Crime
1949–1957: The Lone Ranger
1955-1963: Cheyenne
1957-1960: Colt .45
1957-1961: Sugarfoot
1957-1962: Maverick
1958-1962: Bronco
1958-1962: Lawman
1958-1964: 77 Sunset Strip
1959–1960: New Orleans, Bourbon Street (Bourbon Street)
1959-1963: Hawaiian Eye
1959-1963: The Untouchables (The Untouchables)
1960–1961: Peter Gunn
1960–1962: Surfside 6
1961–1962: Under hot skies (Follow the Sun)
1961-1966: Ben Casey
1962–1965: Wagon Train
1962–1967: Combat!
1963: The Dakotas
1963-1964: The Outer Limits
1963–1967: On the run (The Fugitive)
1964-1967: Twelve O'Clock High
1964–1968: The Seaview - On a secret mission (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
1964-1969: Peyton Place
1965-1966: The man with no name (A Man Called Shenandoah)
1965–1966: Private detective Honey West (Honey West)
1965–1969: Big Valley (The Big Valley)
1965–1974: FBI (The FBI)
1966-1967: The Green Hornet
1966–1967: Time Tunnel (The Time Tunnel)
1966-1968: Batman
1966–1968: The Rat Patrol
1966–1969: Dangerous Everyday Life (Felony Squad)
1967: General Custer - Hero of the Prairie (Custer)
1967–1969: Hot Tracks (NYPD)
1967–1969: The Trail of Jim Sonnett (The Guns of Will Sonnett)
1968-1969: The Outcasts
1968–1970: Your appearance, Al Mundy (It Takes a Thief)
1968–1970: Planet of the Giants (Land of the Giants)
1968–1973: Twen Police (The Mod Squad)
1969–1972: Eddie's father (The Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1969–1974: Room 222
1969–1976: Dr. med. Marcus Welby (Marcus Welby, MD)
1970–1971: Dan Oakland (Dan August)
1970-1971: The Most Deadly Game
1971–1972: The 2 (The Persuaders!)
1971–1973: Alias Smith and Jones (Alias Smith and Jones)
1971–1974: Owen Marshall - Defense Attorney (Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law)
1972-1975: Kung Fu
1972–1976: California Cops - New in Action (The Rookies)
1972-1977: The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco)
1973-1974: Doc Elliot
1974-1975: The night fighter (Kolchak: The Night Stalker)
1974–1976: Harry O
1974-1978: The Six Million Dollar Man (The Six Million Dollar Man)
1975–1976: The Bad Five (SWAT)
1975–1976: The Crooks' Coast (Barbary Coast)
1975-1978: Baretta
1975–1979: Starsky & Hutch (Starsky and Hutch)
1975-1979: Wonder Woman
1976-1977: Most Wanted
1976–1977: The Seven Million Dollar Woman (The Bionic Woman)
1976–1980: An American Family (Family)
1976-1981: Charlie's Angels (Charlie's Angels)
1977: Westside Hospital (Westside Medical)
1977-1978: Lucan
1977–1979: The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977-1981: Eight Is Enough
1978–1980: Kampfstern Galactica (Battlestar Galactica) and (Galactica 1980)
1978–1981: Vegas (Vega $)
1978-1994, 1998-1999: Fantasy Island
1979-1981: 240 Robert
1979–1984: Hard but warm (Hart to Hart)
1980: BAD Cats
1981: Risky games (foul play)
1981-1983: The Greatest American Hero
1981–1986: A Colt for All Cases (The Fall Guy)
1981–1989: The Denver Clan (Dynasty)
1982–1983: The Heavenly Dogs of Boragora (Tales of the Gold Monkey)
1982-1983: Joanie Loves Chachi
1982-1985: Matt Houston
1982-1985: TJ Hooker
1983: Fists, Gangs, and Hot Ovens (Renegades)
1983: Ryan's Four
1983: Trauma Center
1983–1984: Automan
1983–1986: Hardcastle & McCormick (Hardcastle and McCormick)
1983–1988: Hotel
1984: The Flying Eye (Blue Thunder)
1984: Carousel of the Dolls (Paper Dolls)
1984–1985: Maxwell Agency (Finder of Lost Loves)
1985: MacGruder and Loud
1985: Street Hawk
1985: Wildside
1985–1986: The Lady with the Colt (Lady Blue)
1985–1987: The Colbys - The Empire (Dynasty II - The Colbys)
1985–1988: Spenser (Spenser: For Hire)
1985–1989: The Model and the Sniffer (Moonlighting)
1985-1992: MacGyver
1986–1987: Detective Kennedy - Night Shift in LA (Heart of the City)
1986-1987: Jack and Mike
1986–1987: The Man from the Other Star (Starman)
1987-1988: Buck James
1987–1988: Max Headroom
1987-1988: Ohara
1987–1989: Inspector Hooperman (Hooperman)
1987–1991: The best years (Thirtysomething)
1988: USS Georgetown aircraft carrier (supercarrier)
1988: Hothouse
1988–1991: China Beach - Women on the Edge of Hell (China Beach)
1988-1993: The Wonder Years (The Wonder Years)
1989: Hawk
1989: Oh, these men (Men)
1989-1990: BL Stryker
1989-1992: The Young Riders
1989–1993: Everything okay, Corky? (Life Goes On)
1989-1993: Doogie Howser, MD
1989-2003: Columbo
1990: Cop Rock
1990-1991: Twin Peaks
1991–1996: The Chief of Police (The Commish)
1992-1995: Matlock
1992–1996: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles)
1993–1997: Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)
1993-2005: New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
1994–1995: Welcome to Life (My So-Called Life)
1995: The Marshal (The Marshal)
1995-1996: The Jeff Foxworthy Show
1996–1997: Dangerous Minds - In a class of its own (Dangerous Minds)
1996–1997: Lots of family animals (Second Noah)
1997: Leaving LA
1997–1998: Again and again Fitz (Cracker)
1997–2004: Practice - The Lawyers (The Practice)
1998–1999: Amor - Mitten ins Herz (Cupid)
1998–1999: Revenge according to plan (Vengeance Unlimited)
1999: Snoops - Charming and highly dangerous (Snoops)
1999: Secret Project X - On the Trail of Evil (Strange World)
1999–2000: Somehow LA (It's Like, You Know ...)
1999–2002: Once again with feeling (Once and Again)
2000-2001: Gideon's Crossing
2001-2002: Philly
2001–2006: Alias - Die Agentin (Alias)
2002: The Court
2002: Push, Nevada
2002–2003: Los Angeles Police Report (LA Dragnet)
2003: Karen Sisco
2003-2004: 10-8: Officers on Duty
2003-2004: Line of Fire
2003–2004: Threat Matrix - Red Alert (Threat Matrix)
2004: The DA
2004: Kingdom Hospital
2004–2005: Life as We Know It
2004-2008: Boston Legal
2004-2010: Lost
2004–2012: Desperate Housewives
2005: Blind Justice - investigators with sharpened senses (Blind Justice)
2005: Eyes
2005–2006: invasion
2005-2006: Night Stalker
2005–2006: Welcome, Mrs. President (Commander in Chief)
2006: day break
2006: The Evidence
2006: In Justice
2006–2007: The Nine (The Nine)
2006–2007: Six Degrees
2006-2007: What About Brian
2006–2008: Men in Trees
2006–2010: Everything Betty! (Ugly Betty)
2006–2011: Brothers & Sisters
2007: Masters of Science Fiction
2007: Traveler
2007-2008: Dirty Sexy Money
2007-2008: October Road
2007–2008: Women's Murder Club
2007-2009: Pushing Daisies
2007–2013: Private Practice
2008: Cashmere Mafia
2008-2009: Eli Stone
2008–2009: Life on Mars
2009-2016: Castle
2009: Cupid
2009: Defying Gravity - Liebe im Weltall (Defying Gravity)
2009: The Unusuals
2009-2010: Eastwick
2009-2010: Flash Forward
2009–2010: The Forgotten - The Truth Never Dies (The Forgotten)
2009–2011: V - The Visitors (V)
2010: The Gates
2010: Happy Town
2010: Scoundrels
2010: The Whole Truth
2010-2011: Detroit 1-8-7
2010-2011: My Superhero Family (No Ordinary Family)
2010–2015: Rookie Blue
2011: Charlie's Angels
2011: Combat Hospital
2011: Off the Map
2011–2012: Pan Am
2011-2013: Body of Proof
2011–2015: Revenge
2011–2018: Once Upon a Time - Once Upon a Time ... (Once Upon a Time)
2012: GCB
2012: Missing
2012: The River
2012–2013: Last Resort
2012-2016: Nashville
2012-2013: 666 Park Avenue
2012-2018: Scandal
2013: Red Widow
2013: Zero Hour
2013–2014: Betrayal
2013–2014: motifs
2013–2014: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013–2016: Mistresses
2014: Black Box
2014–2015: Forever
2014–2015: Resurrection
2014–2020: How to Get Away with Murder
2015: The Astronaut Wives Club
2015: Blood & Oil
2015: Wicked City
2015-2016: Marvel's Agent Carter
2015-2017: American Crime
2015–2017: Secrets and Lies
2015-2018: Quantico
2016: The Family
2016: Notorious
2016–2017: The Catch
2016–2017: Conviction
2016–2018: Designated Survivor
2017: When We Rise
2018: Take Two
2018–2019: For the People
2019: Whiskey Cavalier
2019: Grand Hotel

Comedy series

1950: Mama Rosa

1952-1966: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet

1957–1962: The Real McCoys

1958–1963: One should be an adult (Leave It To Beaver)

1958–1966: Mother is the very best (The Donna Reed Show)

1960–1961: Harrigan and Son (Harrigan and Son)

1960-1965: My Three Sons (My Three Sons)

1962-1966: McHale's Navy

1963–1966: Katy (The Farmer's Daughter)

1963-1966: The Patty Duke Show

1964-1965: Wendy and Me

1964–1966: The Addams Family (The Addams Family)

1964–1972: In love with a witch (Bewitched)

1965-1966: Gidget

1965–1966: Tammy, the houseboat girl (Tammy)

1965-1967: F Troop

1966: Aliens in the Family

1966: Champs

1966–1971: Sweet but a little crazy (That Girl)

1967-1968: The man of yesterday (The Second Hundred Years)

1967–1970: The Flying Nun

1968–1970: Here Come the Brides

1969-1970: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1969–1971: The Johnny Cash Show

1969–1974: Three girls and three boys (The Brady Bunch)

1969–1974: Where love falls (Love, American Style)

1970: Barefoot in the Park (Barefoot in the Park)

1970-1971: Nanny and the Professor (Nanny and the Professor)

1970-1974: The Partridge Family (The Partridge Family)

1970–1975: Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple)

1971–1972: Getting Together

1972–1973: The Paul Lynde Show

1972-1974: Temperatures Rising

1973: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1974–1975: That's My Mama

1974-1984: Happy Days

1975: Robi Robi Robin Hood (When Things Were Rotten)

1975–1979: Welcome Back, Kotter

1975-1982: Barney Miller

1976-1977: Holmes & Yoyo

1976–1979: What's Happening !!

1976-1983: Laverne & Shirley

1977: Blansky's Beauties

1977-1978: Fish

1977-1978: Tabitha

1977-1979: Carter Country

1977–1981: Soap - Trautes Heim (Soap)

1977–1984: Jack of Hearts with two women (Three's Company)

1977–1986: Love Boat (The Love Boat)

1978–1982: Mork vom Ork (Mork and Mindy)

1978–1982: Taxi

1979: 13 Queens Boulevard

1979: Delta House

1979: Detective School

1979-1980: Angie

1979–1980: Two Weird Birds (The Ropers)

1979-1986: Benson

1980: Hard on Hard (Nobody's Perfect)

1980–1981: Oh dear father (I'm a Big Girl Now)

1980-1982: Bosom Buddies

1980-1982: It's a Living

1980-1983: Too Close for Comfort

1981-1982: Best of the West

1981–1982: Open All Night

1982: The Naked Pistol (Police Squad!)

1982-1983: The New Odd Couple

1983: It's Not Easy

1983: Reggie

1983-1987: Webster

1984-1985: Three are one too many (Three's a Crowd)

1984–1985: Off the Rack

1984–1992: Who's the boss here? (Who's the Boss?)

1985–1986: Any more questions Arnold? (Diff'rent Strokes)

1985-1990: Mr. Belvedere

1985–1992: Our noisy home (Growing Pains)

1986-1987: Dads

1986–1987: The Ellen Burstyn Show

1986–1988: Sledge Hammer!

1986–1991: Great class (Head of the Class)

1986–1993: A Greek conquers Chicago (Perfect Strangers)

1987: I Married Dora

1987-1988: The Charmings

1987-1988: Pursuit of Happiness

1987–1988: The Slap Maxwell Story

1987-1995: Full House

1988: Just in Time

1988: The Thorns

1988–1990: Chaos to the power of ten (Just the Ten of Us)

1988-1997: Roseanne

1989: Chicken Soup

1989: Living Dolls

1989–1990: The purest witchcraft (Free Spirit)

1989-1992: Everything But Love (Anything but Love)

1989–1997: With heart and joke (coach)

1989–1998: All under one roof (Family Matters)

1990–1991: Happy in pairs (Married People)

1990–1991: Between couch and camera (going places)

1991: The man in the house (The Man in the Family)

1991–1992: Baby Whispers (Baby Talk)
1991–1994: The Dinos (Dinosaurs)
1991–1997: A strong family (step by step)
1991–1999: Listen who's hammering (Home Improvement)
1992: On the Air - On the air
1992–1993: Camp Wilder - A Crazy Bunch (Camp Wilder)
1992–1993: Not without my mother (Room for Two)
1992–1997: Really great, Mr. Cooper (Hangin 'with Mr. Cooper)
1993: Getting By
1993: Harlem Hip Hop (Where I Live)
1993–1994: The tennis miracle (Phenom)
1993-1994: Thea
1993–1998: Grace (Grace Under Fire)
1993–2000: Life and Me (Boy Meets World)
1994: All American Girl
1994: Blue Skies
1994-1995: Sister, Sister
1994-1995: Thunder Alley
1994-1998: Ellen
1995: Bringing up Jack
1995: A Whole New Ballgame
1995-1996: Maybe This Time
1995-1996: The Naked Truth
1995–1996: Who's the cop here? (Hudson Street)
1995-2004: Drew Carey Show (The Drew Carey Show)
1996: Common Law
1996: Townies
1996–1997: Clueless - The Chaos Clique (Clueless)
1996-1997: Life's Work
1996–2000: Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)
1996-2002: Chaos City (Spin City)
1997–1998: Enchanting Djinni (You Wish)
1997–1998: A pastor takes off (Soul Man)
1997-1998: Teen Angel
1997-2002: Dharma & Greg
1998-1999: Brother's Keeper
1998–1999: A twin rarely comes alone (Two of a Kind)
1998–2000: Alone Among Neighbors (The Hughleys)
1998-2000: Sports Night
1998–2001: A Trio to Bite Yourself (Two Guys and a Girl)
1999: Oh, Grow Up
1999-2000: Odd Man Out
1999-2001: Norm
2000–2001: Geena Davis (The Geena Davis Show)
2001: What About Joan?
2001-2002: The Job (The Job)
2001-2005: What's Up, Dad? (My Wife and Kids)
2001–2009: Again and again Jim (According to Jim)
2002–2004: Everything revolves around Bonnie (Life with Bonnie)
2002–2005: My Wild Daughters (8 Simple Rules)
2002–2006: Office Girl (Less than Perfect)
2002–2007: George Lopez Show (George Lopez)
2003: Regular Joe
2003-2004: All Relative (It's All Relative)
2003-2004: I'm with Her
2003-2004: Married to the Kellys
2003-2006: Hope and Faith (Hope & Faith)
2004-2005: Complete Savages
2004-2006: Rodney
2005: Hot Properties - Well built and still available (Hot Properties)
2005-2006: Freddie
2006: Emily's List (Emily's Reasons Why Not)
2006: Help Me Help You
2006: Sons & Daughters
2006-2007: Big Day
2007: In Case of Emergency
2007: The Knights of Prosperity
2007-2008: Carpoolers
2007–2008: Pretty pregnant (Notes from the Underbelly)
2007–2009: Samantha Who?
2008–2010: Scrubs (Scrubs)
2009: Surviving Suburbia
2009–2010: Better Off Ted - Die Chaos AG (Better Off Ted)
2009–2012: Cougar Town
2009–2018: The Middle
2009–2020: Modern Family
2010–2011: Better with You
2011: Mr. Sunshine
2011–2013: happy endings
2011-2014: Suburgatory
2011–2017: Last Man Standing
2012-2013: Apartment 23 (Don't Trust the B ---- in Apartment 23)
2012–2013: Malibu Country
2012–2014: The Neighbors
2013: Back in the Game
2013: Family Tools
2013: How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)
2013–2014: Super Fun Night
2013–2014: Wife Trophy
2014: Mixology
2014: Selfie
2014–2015: Cristela
2015–2016: Galavant
2015-2016: The Muppets
2015–2017: Dr. Ken
2015–2020: Fresh Off the Boat
2016-2017: The Real O'Neals
2016–2019: Speechless
2018–2019: Splitting Up Together

Primetime cartoons

1960–1962: Bugs Bunny - My Name is Bunny (The Bugs Bunny Show)
1962-1963: The Jetsons (The Jetsons)
1960–1966: Flintstones family (The Flintstones)
1961–1962: Super Cat (Top Cat)
1992: Mice in Power (Capitol Critters)
1994: The Critic
2000: Clerks: The Animated Series
2009: The Goode Family

Miniseries

1976–1977: Rich and Poor (Rich Man, Poor Man)
1977: Roots
1979: Roots : The Next Generations
1983: The Thorn Birds (The Thorn Birds)
1983: The Winds of War (The Winds of War)
1985, 1987, 1994: Torches in the Storm (North and South)
1987: America
1988–1989: Firestorm and Ashes (War and Remembrance)
1993: Wild Palms
2001: Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)

Soap operas

1964–1966: A Flame in the Wind
1964-1966: The Young Marrieds
1965-1966: Never Too Young
1966-1971: Dark Shadows
1968–2012: Love, Lies, Passion (One Life To Live)
1970-2011: All My Children
1975-1984: The Edge of Night
1975-1989: Ryan's Hope
1983–1995: Loving - ways of love (Loving)
1997-2003: Port Charles

Talk Shows

1994-1996: Mike and Maty
1996-1997: Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends
1997-2002: Politically Incorrect
2012: The Revolution

Web links

ABC website