American Broadcasting Company



The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (stylized in its logo as abc since 1957) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. The network, part of the Big Three television networks, is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, with additional major offices and production facilities in New York City, Los Angeles and Burbank, California.

The fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world, ABC is often nicknamed as "the Alphabet Network."

The television network has eight owned-and-operated and over 232 affiliated television stations throughout the United States and its territories. Most Canadians have access to at least one U.S.-based ABC affiliate.

Supernanny aired on ABC from January 17, 2005 to March 18, 2011.