American Broadcasting Company: Difference between revisions

'''Variant:''' A rare variant exists, where we see a globe in a cloudy background. We zoom in to the USA, and we see the letters "American Broadcasting Company" zoom towards us.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An announcer is heard saying "This is ABC, the American Broadcasting Company."

'''Logo:''' Just the word "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''ABC'''}}" in a camera lens.

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

*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.

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

'''Logo:''' 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."

*There is a B&W variant.

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

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

'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show.

'''Logo:''' A still Image of an Oscar award which is shining, on a red background. Next to the Oscar award is "Academy Awards" in white, and underneath it is the ABC logo at the time.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An announcer saying "Marcus Welby MD and The Dick Cavett Show will not be seen tonight so, that we may bring you to live color coverage of the 42nd Annual Awards of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences"

* There is another promo variant, which is the same as the previous one, but the silhouettes of the people are deleted in favor of the yellow text "this is the place to be!", which zooms in. This process repeats itself many times before it fades out.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song, "This is the Place to Be"

'''Logo:''' On a brown background, we see several yellow lines appearing, forming a yellow grid. The grid turns red as the grid's squares morph into circles. The circles then converge into a single circle, which flips into the "ABC" wordmark in white, which zooms in. The background turns black as this happens.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A synthesized warbling theme as the logo forms, followed by a droning tune when the wordmark zooms in.

'''Variant:''' The logo described is the main logo, but this logo is used for promos of shows from the period as well.

'''Music/Sounds:''' One clip has audio, which is heard before the music starts. The music itself includes, in the beginning, a 7-note bass playing with a 7-note trumpet that starts at the third bass note and is at a faster pace. Then, groovy music plays, as a choir sings "What you see on ABC this fall you'll be talking about", then a man finishes the slogan saying "Tomorrow!". The choir then sings that same line and holds it for a bit.

'''Variant:''' There's a version where the logo is still. This was mainly used as a secondary ident.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song "Welcome to the Bright New World on ABC."

*'''WOKR-TV 13 (Rochester, New York; now known as WHAM-TV):''' There's a byline with "WOKR TV13" on top and "Rochester, N.Y." on the bottom.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song "Let Us Be The One", which is based on the song "Let Me Be The One" by The Carpenters.

*'''KTRK-TV 13 (Houston, Texas):''' The station's logo replaces the ABC logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song "Still The One," which is based on a song with the same name by Orleans.

*''' KSEE-TV 47 (Fresno, California; now known as KGPE-TV and now a CBS affiliate):''' The station's logo replaces the ABC logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song "We're The One," which is based on "You're The One" by Glen Campbell or silent. The Nine variant has an instrumental version of the song. The Canal 13 Argentina variant instead has a sampling of the track "World Champion" by Keith Mansfield with a Spanish announcer saying "LS 85 Television Canal 13, Buenos Aires".

*'''KOVR-TV 13 (Sacramento-Stockon, California):''' The station's logo with the tagline "13 Belongs" is on the bottom-right corner with a stripe connecting to the logo, and the words "You Are Watching KOVR Stockon-Sacramento" appear on the bottom-left corner.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A slower-upbeat version of the song from the last logo. Rearranged by JAM Creative Productions.

*'''WJZ-TV 13 (Baltimore, Maryland; now owned by CBS):''' The station's logo replaces the ABC logo and there's a byline with the words "WJZ-TV BALTIMORE" at the bottom.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song "You and Me."

* '''WBAK-TV 38 (Terre Haute, Indiana; now known as WAWV-TV):''' The station's logo replaces the ABC logo and the words "WBAK-TV 38" and "TERRE HAUTE" with the ABC logo at the bottom.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song "Now is The Time" composed by Frank Gari and Artie Schroeck or silent.

*'''WGXA-TV (Macon, Georgia)ː''' It's different. We see a blue/green comet make "The Macon Spirit" with the channel number seen. We then see the print ABC logo & "WGXA-TV" below. Then, it "shines".

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song "Come On Along." Composed by Frank Gari and Artie Schroeck.

* KMBC in Kansas City, Missouri

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song, "That Special Feeling" composed by Frank Gari, or the announcer (Bill Rice) saying "This is ABC."

* KMBC in Kansas City, Missouri

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song, "We're With You" composed by Frank Gari, or the announcer (Bill Rice) saying "This is ABC."

*GTV-9, TCN-9, and NWS-9 in Australia (not affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company, but continuing a long tradition of adapting American network campaigns)

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song, "You'll Love It!" (based on Randy Newman's "I Love L.A.") composed by Frank Gari, or the announcer (Bill Rice) saying "This is ABC."

*WAAY in Huntsville, Alabama

   

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's song, "We Belong Together", sung by Aretha Franklin and Leon Russell.

*KVIA in El Paso, Texas

'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.

'''Variant:''' A still variant exists.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An upbeat funk tune, arranged from "Dancing in the Street" composed by Non-Stop Music. The still variant just has an announcer saying "This is ABC".

*WCVB in Boston, Massachusetts

'''Music/Sounds:''' The campaign's third song, which is a mix of the songs "Shout" by the Isley Brothers and "Mockingbird" by Carly Simon and James Taylor.

*WVNY in Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York*

'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.

*WVUE in New Orleans, Louisiana (same as above)*

'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.

* KEYT in Santa Barbara, California

'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.

*WVNY in Burlington, Vermont*

'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA.

'''Variant:''' Talent variations of the ID exist, where black-and-white pictures of the show's stars are seen before cutting to the usual ending.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Depends on the variant. Composed by Mad Bus Music.

'''Variant:''' The ID is sometimes shortened for local commercial breaks. Another version exists where the text is located directly below the logo, presumably to make room for a station identification logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The ABC theme, but dramatized and an extra note at the beginning. This gets shortened to the 2nd note on the shortened variant. Composed by Wow and Flutter music.

*If you look closely, the a's tail is slightly longer.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A guitar note, ending in a string rendition of the ABC theme. Composed by Tonal Sound and Elias Associates. Sometimes the announcer says "You're watching ABC".

'''Variant:''' Like the 33rd ID, there is a localized version of the ident where the text is on the right side of the logo, a la the previous ident.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A triumphant, news-like rendition of the ABC fanfare. Composed by Tonal Sound.

'''Variants:''' Localized variants have the slogan moved to the top to make room for station logos.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the 36th ID, combined with whooshes.

'''Logo:''' A shiny {{color|#00a2ff|blue}} disc zooms out on a white background. This turns out to be an reflection inside the ABC logo, which then zooms out on a white background filled with blue bubbles and streaks. "America's Broadcasting Company" appears one by one.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral-pop rendition of the ABC tune.

*WZVN in Naples-Fort Myers, Florida

'''Music/Sounds:''' A soft majestic rendition of the four-note ABC News fanfare for the dark variant. However, the bright variants have a soft synthesized rendition of the ABC theme, ending in a deep sounder.

'''Logo:''' We start with the letters "'''ABC''" in its characteristic trademarked font suddenly appearing on the screen. They zoom out, revealing the rest of the 2013 ABC logo. As it zooms out, slowly decelerating, the light shining on it, in a similar shade to the background of the previous logo, becomes slightly darker. When the logo fills about half of the screen, the background fades to black, with continuous glowing around the logo. The logo slowly zooms out.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the previous ID, but the ABC jingle is absent. This is basically the last note of the 2007-2012 ABC Entertainment logos.

'''Logo:''' On a large black circle on a {{color|red}} background, we see the ABC logo in the center. Thick and thin, white and {{color|red}} lines are swirling and drawing themselves around the logo, with the black circle slowly growing in size.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A new jingle with heavy drum music (based on the music ABC used in their branding at the time. Known as "Heroes," a piece written by Matthew Kajcienski of DreamArtists Music (a producer known for many other tunes on ABC) and performed with vocalist Taylor Carroll, created specifically for the network and their 2015 branding campaign.) ending with a vocal rendition of the ABC theme.

*On ABC's preroll, a completely different animation is seen. On a dark gray background, we see a {{color|red}} circle, with three smaller black ones inside. The three circles zoom out one after the other, with the first one already formed as “A”. The circles zoom back up sequentially, while morphing into their respective letters, forming “ABC”. with "ORIGINAL" also in red beside the ABC logo. As that is happening, spinning black/dark blue gradient circles fade in behind the logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A snap, then a 3-note synth fanfare, which is the modified version of the ABC jingle introduced that year. Composed by YouTooCanWoo.