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The '''American Broadcasting Company''' ('''ABC''') is an American multinational commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of [[Walt Disney Television]]. Launched in 1927 as the [[NBC National IDs|NBC]]-operated radio network '''NBC Blue Network''', and after it became an independent radio network in 1945, it extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of [[CBS National IDs|CBS]] and NBC. ABC has eight owned-and-operated and over 232 affiliated television stations throughout the United States and its territories. Some ABC-affiliated stations can also be seen in Canada via pay-television providers.

===1st ID (1948-1953)===

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'''ID:''' On a gradient background, we see a map of the United States. In front of the map, we see:

===3rd (known) ID (1953-1957)===

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'''Nickname:''' "ABC Eagle"

'''Variants:'''

*An animated variant exists, where the logo is dark at first, but it brightens up the second after it, showing the final product.

*Another animated variant has the ABC text zoom in surrounded by a star shape, which continues to zoom until it goes beyond the circle and is no longer visible, leaving just the text in the circle.

'''FX/SFX:''' None on the regular variant. The other variant has brightened.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An announcer says "This is ABC Television Network."

'''Availability:''' Ultra rare. Can be found on ABC releases from that time. It has recently been spotted on a Disney+ print of an episode of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''.

===4rd ID (1957-1963)===

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'''ID:''' We see a prototype version of the current ABC logo, which is a giant lowercase A with "abc" situated within it.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An announcer says "This has been an ABC Television Network Presentation."

===5th ID (1963-1969)===

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'''ID:''' Against a black background, six circles come in from the left, colored {{color|red}}, {{color|lightpink|pink}}, {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}, {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}}, {{color|limegreen|green}}, and {{color|gold|yellow}}. They all disappear off to the right except the {{color|red}}, {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}, and {{color|limegreen|green}}, which transform into an "{{color|red|'''a'''}}", "{{color|dodgerblue|'''b'''}}", and "{{color|limegreen|'''c'''}}" respectively, and in the corporate font used for the network. The letters then zoom out a bit and the black area shrinks to a circle, forming the ABC logo against a {{color|navajowhite|beige}} background.

'''Trivia:''' The ABC logo was designed by Paul Rand (1914-1996), who is better known for designing the logos for IBM and Westinghouse, among others.

'''Variants:''' There are two unique variants, both of which are used in ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''.

*Starting in late September 2020, upon the show returning to the studio, the logo was recreated in a 16:9 aspect ratio, and the "abc" letters are thinner. It was later changed to a still version of the finished logo with the line "live in front of no studio audience", later changed to "live in front of a vaccinated studio audience" in May 2021, with the studio audience being returned. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic horn fanfare, coupled with a man saying "This is an ABC color presentation." Sometimes, the announcer is not used.

'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''

*There was an earlier version that used an orchestral string fanfare and no announcer.

*Another version had a news theme-like orchestra fanfare, with an uplifting finish. This was seen on ''The Bullwinkle Show''.

*Om the ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' special ''Intermission Accomplished: A Tribute to Trump'', it added "...in dazzling red, white and blue." to the line.

*Starting in late September 2020, the opening theme of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' plays over the still version of the finished logo.

'''Availability:''' Near extinction.

*This appeared before network broadcasts of ''The Bugs Bunny Show'', ''The Flintstones'', ''The Jetsons'', ''Bewitched'', and other color programs ABC aired in the 60's.

*The earlier music variant may have been seen on at least one episode of ''The Bugs Bunny Show''.

*It also made a suprise appearence on a 2009 rebroadcast of a 1968 episode of ''The Lawrence Welk Show''.

*Strangely, this is left intact at the beginning of some episodes of ''The Baron'' on DVD, in place of the [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC]] logo.

===6th ID (October 5, 1968-1969)===

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'''ID:''' Pretty much a still of the ABC logo with some trails.