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{{About|the American commercial television network|other uses|ABC (disambiguation)}}

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

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'''Logo:''' 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 {{w|Paul Rand}} (1914-1996), who is also known for creating the logos of IBM, Westinghouse and UPS, among others.

**In the special ''Intermission Accomplished: A Tribute to Trump'', the American flag was shown and the colors of the letters were changed to {{color|red}}, white and {{color|blue}} to match the American colors. Furthermore, the aspect ratio was shifted from 4:3 to 16:9 to show the flag.

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'''Logo''': On a black background, four instances of the text "let's get together" (in the ITC Avant Garde typeface), in gold, yellow, green, and pink, slide in from either corner of the screen. Once they overlap each other, they flash before cutting to seven copies of the same text sliding over each other, this time stacked on top of each other and in blue, gold, pink, orange, green, yellow, and red. They flash when they overlap each other, and an outlined version of the ABC logo in white appears next to them, with several orange circles surrounding it forming a tunnel that flashes.

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zooms in. Then, it fades to the ABC logo in {{color|chocolate|burnt orange}} with an {{color|gold|orange-yellow}} glow.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, the neon word "{{color|#FFD900|'''WELCOME'''}}" zooms in three times. Then the slogan, "{{color|#FFD900|'''WELCOME TO THE BRIGHT NEW WORLD OF ABC'''}}" scrolls up. Then it fades to a set of neon {{color|blue}}/{{color|red}} lines, where the ABC logo in {{color|orange}} rises up like a sun and stops in mid-air.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a shining, glowing {{color|blue}} ABC logo. Then we see the {{color|deeppink|pink}} words "LET US BE THE ONE YOU TURN TO" flashing in time with the lyrics of the music ("Let us be the one you turn to / Let us be the one, let us be the one"). Then we see a small group of sparkles moving around in different directions until they form the words "'''LET US BE THE ONE!'''" (tilted at an angle). A {{color|deeppink|pink}} glow flashes behind the words as they zoom towards us. Then we cut to the ABC logo from before as it slowly zooms out.

*'''KTUL-TV 8 (Tulsa, Oklahoma):''' The station's logo appears in a glossy {{color|silver|silver}}/white (instead of chrome {{color|blue}}).

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* Opening: On a black background, sparkles come down from the top-right to the bottom-left of the screen. After they almost disappear, the ABC logo, with the font in {{color|gold}} and the circle styled like a bubble, zooms in while sparkling.

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*'''WABC-TV 7 (New York, New York), KABC-TV 7 (Los Angeles, California), WXYZ-TV 7 (Detroit, Michigan), and KVII-TV 7 (Amarillo, Texas):''' The station's logo replaces the ABC logo. Also, the spinning rainbow is now {{color|deepskyblue|a light shade of blue}}.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background with {{color|blue}} grids on the top and bottom, the words "{{color|#FFD900|STILL THE ONE!}}" in {{color|#FFD900|golden yellow}} tilt into place and zoom in. Then when the grids disappear, a pair of stars, lined up horizontally, shoot out into the place where they flash and segue into a pair of multicolored lines ({{color|blue}}, {{color|green}}, and {{color|orange}}). The lines then tilt clockwise with streaks shooting left. A black circle then fades in where the letters to the ABC logo flash dimly. The streaks continue to shoot left.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, the words "YOU AND ME" in a style of a flashing sign appear in a sliding effect with shimmering {{color|red}} and {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} lines all across the screen. Then it zooms in and cross-fades into a line of stars with two lines of text reading "ABC" on the top and bottom respectively. It then zooms out the reveal the ABC logo with {{color|red}} lines going across the logo and {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} lines going down it. When the logo gets into place, a {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}/{{color|red}} border zooms out into place. The circle of the logo continues to spin when the logo finishes.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, the {{color|orange}} text "{{color|orange|'''NOW IS THE TIME!'''}}" shoots down like a beam onto a {{color|blue}}-dotted grid. After that happens, the camera pans in the center and shifts to the left, before a flash reveals the ABC logo with a blue and gold finish, shining.

* There were versions specifically made for promos where it usually said "{{color|orange|'''SUNDAY'S THE NIGHT!'''}}", "{{color|orange|'''MONDAY'S THE NIGHT!'''}}", and so on.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, {{color|orange}} stars shoot in from the top of the screen which make the words "COME", "ON" and "ALONG" appear one by one. The camera rotates to the left as a {{color|red}} streak comes down which reads out "ABC" and hits the three O's. A burst of stars form a {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} neon background where the circle of the ABC logo in black with {{color|red}} emitting from the bottom of the circle fades in while the ABC text comes down and lands on the circle.

*There's a variant where the emitting {{color|red}} at the bottom of the circle is {{color|blue}}. It's unknown if this variant is real.

*A version was made for Nine Network in Australia. In this version, after the word "ALONG" appears, the entire logo freezes halfway through. The words slide away after a few seconds and the {{color|gold}} Nine Network logo comes in on a space background.

*'''KEYT-TV 3 (Santa Barbara, California):''' The station's logo replaces the ABC logo, where the circle is now completely {{color|blue}}.

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'''Logo:''' We see a jagged {{color|blue}} surface on a black background. The {{color|gold}} text "THAT SPECIAL FEELING!" (in the Lubalin Graph typeface) appears from behind the surface and shines while flying over it. The blue surface covers the rest of the black background as the text zooms past the camera. A flash then reveals the ABC logo, also in gold, which zooms out and shines as the same slogan appears in a gold script font below it.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background with {{color|red}} dust in the distance, we see the striped text "WE'RE WITH YOU" slanted at an angle. The text then flies past the camera while tilting upward to reveal it being made of {{color|red}} and {{color|blue}} layers. The camera pans to a blue gradient background where a {{color|gold}} ABC logo quickly assembles itself while various geometric shapes fly around it. It then settles against an {{color|orange}} gradient with more dust in the background.

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue}} starfield, several {{color|pink}} bars zoom past the camera to reveal the text "YOU'LL LOVE IT" with a {{color|purple}} and {{color|red}} trail. Another instance of the same slogan with a silver finish lands on it, followed by the ABC logo, also in silver, positioning itself under it. The ABC logo shines, and the pink bars from earlier zoom past the "YOU'LL LOVE IT" text once more.

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue}} gradient background with what looks like the ocean on the bottom, the camera rotates around a glass ball with {{color|gold}} "abc" text and a {{color|gold}} ring in front of it as {{color|red}}, {{color|purple}} and {{color|green}} trails circle around it to form the letter "O". The camera pans around it as the glass ball flies through the "O" and the rest of the word "TOGETHER" (in the ITC Avant Garde typeface) forms with a shiny metal finish. It situates itself on a different blue gradient as the camera zooms out to show the ABC logo from earlier in front of the text, which shines along with the logo itself.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background with faint {{color|purple}} grids, the metal text "SOMETHING'S HAPPENING" (with each word rotated on either side) zooms past the camera as several colored lines fly by behind it. The lines form a circle, and the "abc" text, with a silver finish, zooms out onto it as other lines continue to zoom offscreen. The silver text "Something's Happening" forms above it.

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'''Logo:''' We see the words "Something's Happening!" being written out in an {{color|orange}} script font. It's then revealed to be above the "abc" text, which has a {{color|gold}} finish and rotates onto a metal circle on a {{color|saddlebrown|brown}} background. The orange script moves offscreen as each hole in the "abc" text is illuminated one by one, with another version of the orange script just below the "abc" text.

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'''Logo:''' On a background composed of {{color|green}} rings, the camera pans around two different columns of the text "SOMETHING'S HAPPENING!"; one in {{color|gold|yellow}} and {{color|orange}}, and the other in {{color|blue}}. The former continues to move upward as the latter leaves behind several blue bars, which rotate to reveal the "abc" text in {{color|gold}} on the other side. It rotates while shining before coming to a stop.

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'''Logo:''' On a silver background, we see the metal text "AMERICA'S WATCHING!" moving in from the right, with another, larger version of the text in {{color|purple}} and {{color|blue}} moving behind it. Then the screen explodes to reveal a silver disc on a dark background. Then the "abc" wordmark in {{color|blue}} zooms in front of the camera as beams of light pull it onto the disc. It passes through another disc and turns white as the camera reveals the slogan from before (now in {{color|gold}}) also sitting on the back disc. When it settles in its proper place, more beams of light shine from behind the logo.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see several colored circles with the "abc" text in {{color|gold}}. The camera zooms back as another {{color|purple}} panel slides in to complete the half-circle.

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'''Logo:''' On a white swirl background, the black words "IT MUST BE" (in City Bold) flash one by one. Then a shining iridescent square appears along with a {{color|gold}} circle as the letters "a", "b" and "c" rotate out onto it. As this happens, different squares flash in several corners of the screen before stopping on the right side of the screen and turning a dark shade of {{color|gold}}. A gray rectangle also appears on the left side of the screen as the gold circle shines.

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'''Logo:''' Usually a bunch of shapes moving around, which always ends with the ABC logo in the middle of a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background with the text "American Broadcasting Company" or "We Love TV" (usually in the Resbaloso typeface) appearing one-by-one below to the beat of the music.

** On a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background, a black circle moves around in various places of the screen. After a few seconds, two other circles appear, and all three circles form lines at the top, middle, and bottom. The usual ending plays.

** A {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background slowly "loads" in, row by row. Once done, it cuts to the ending, with the text reading "No download time."

** We zoom through two different curves made out of circles and ABC logos. The colors switch between yellow and black throughout the ident. After that, the {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} ABC logo zooms in. Then it cuts to the ending.

** Similarly to the last ident, we move through a spiral made out of {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} circles. The ABC logo zooms out to the center of the spiral, and after a few more seconds zooms in again. The now-black spiral then moves back quickly, over a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background. The usual ending plays.

** Inside a yellow/black tunnel, the {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} ABC logo moves inside, with the tunnel inverting colors and sides after a few seconds. The tunnel zooms up and swirls back inside the logo. The usual ending plays.

** Over a black background, a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} ABC logo flashes twice. It then cuts to an up-close black ABC logo, and flashes between the two colors twice. Then, it cuts to a tunnel, similar to the previous ident. We move through it for a few seconds, then it suddenly changes speed and zooms past it. Then it cuts to the ending.

** On a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background, a black star appears. It slowly grows in size, as the colors shift between yellow and black. Then it cuts to the ending.

** On a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background, we see black dots falling to the screen when the ripples appear. All the dots begin to fall fast, then the ABC pops in. The usual ending plays.

** In a black background, we see {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} dots dropping to the bottom of the screen, resembling rain drops. At the end, one drops and zooms up to the screen, forming a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background. The usual ending plays.

** Over a black background, a trail of {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} circles move across the screen in swirling patterns, resembling an interchange. One of the circles has an ABC logo inside. After it moves off screen, the trail moves faster, and zooms out to a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background with the ABC logo. The usual ending plays.

** On a black background, we see {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} flowers with their petals spinning around like pinwheels. A {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} ABC logo zooms out in the middle, revealing another set of black petals, and another ABC logo zooming in. It then zooms out, with other flowers appearing in the process. The usual ending plays.

** On a black background, multiple {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} circles were moving around like snakes. Four circles crashed together to form the ABC logo in a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background. The usual ending plays.

** A mirrored black C is seen over a {{Color|#FFD900|yellow}} background. Several circles appear one-by-one, which causes the white lines and the {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} ABC logo to break it, while one of the circles zooms out to form the ABC logo. The usual ending plays.

** Over a black background, we see the ABC logo with the {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} bars, resembling a sun. The ABC logo flashes in to the beat and the bars spinning around, then they disappear and the {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background is showing. The usual ending plays.

** We start over a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} sun that zooms out, resembling a sunset, with white circles coming out of it. Then the background becomes black, and another yellow circle reveals itself in the center. The word "definitely" rotates to the right of it, as an arrow shape appears alongside the ABC wordmark. As that happens, gray "stars" animate in the background.

** The camera zooms through a circular mosaic made out of {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} ABC logos. A {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} circle then zooms in, with the black ABC logo zooming up inside of it. As the four-note jingle plays, the ABC logo zooms in slightly, to the beat. No text was shown below.

** The first ID has shapes of circles made by stripes moving around in circles. The logo's wordmarks zooms in the middle of the B. More shapes of circles formed, revealing a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background with a circle. The logo's wordmark appears, The usual ending plays, with the text now in a sans serif font.

** We see the ABC logo on a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} background, with black and white circles forming many patterns. The usual ending plays.

** We see a landscape of a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} city in a black background. We now see a street with another city landscape. Sometimes on the commercial breaks of ''NYPD Blue'', the name of the show zooms in. At the end, we see 3 {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} circles moving to the right. The middle circle is the ABC logo in {{color|#FFD900|yellow}}. No text was shown below.

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'''Logo:''' We see the ABC logo form in the middle. Behind it, a {{color|#FFD900|yellow}} circle drops down and zooms in to fills the rest of the screen. After this, a {{color|red}} circle drops down in front of the ABC logo and covers the screen. After the circle drops, a shadow turns clockwise and zooms out revealing that it is the ABC text in the signature font. Afterwards, {{color|limegreen|green}}, {{color|dodgerblue|blue}} and {{color|orange}} circles drop down in tune with the beat, and finally, a black circle drops down. Once it hits the middle, a white shine appears. This white shine dissolves and reveals to be the ABC logo, whilst the black circle fills the screen. Once the logo is done forming, another green circle appears, drops down behind the ABC logo, and fills the screen. With this, the words "''' America's Broadcasting Company'''" appear in white. The logo stays on screen and shines along with the {{color|limegreen|green}} background.

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'''Logo:''' We see a 2D version of the black ABC circle forming on a black background. As this happens, 12 squares in many different shades of {{color|blue}} slide in (and also slide right), along with the slogan "America's Broadcasting Company" appearing word-by-word. Various ABC circles then zoom in behind the squares.

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'''Logo:''' On a background of nine {{color|red}} squares, we see a black disc rotating to face the screen. The letters "'''a'''", "'''b'''" and "'''c'''" are drawing themselves on the disc. When the logo positions itself, a “ripple-in-the-water” effect is seen, and the slogan "America's Broadcasting Company" fades in below.

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|#00ff9d|green-blue aurora}} background with white lines trailing around, we see a black disc in the center. The letters "'''a'''", "'''b'''", and "'''c'''" write themselves on the disc with the white lines to make the finished logo. When it forms, the words "'''AMERICA'S BROADCASTING COMPANY'''" appear word-by-word below and the disc then shines.

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'''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.

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*'''Long Version:''' On a bright gray surface over a white and {{color|silver|light gray}} background, a selection set emerges and rotates. It contains four ABC circles, each with a different device inside (a cell phone, an iPod/mp3 player, a computer, and a TV). When the set shows us every picture, it compresses into a single circle with an arrow, which immediately reverts to the ABC logo. Water drops appear around, and the words "start here" (written in the Aaux typeface) are drawn to the right. {{color|red|Red}} ribbons appear around the logo afterwards.

*'''Short Version:''' On the same gradient background as before, we see the ABC logo tilted to its side, covered in water. The water is raised from the top of the screen, as the logo is revealed, taking its comfortable position. As this happens, a {{color|red|red}} ribbon flies by. The "start here" text from before may or may not appear. This version appeared at the end of promos for ABC shows during this period.

*Sometimes, the background will be black and {{color|gray|dark gray}} instead.

*Between 2011 and 2013, the background is now a mixture of {{color|saddlebrown|brown}} and {{color|gold|gold}}.

* The short version with the dark background and {{color|blue|blue}} ribbons was used at the end of promos for ABC News programs.

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'''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.

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'''Logo:''' On a dark gray background, we see a {{color|red}} circle splitting into three circles. The circles get farther and farther, eventually getting closer as the middle one zooms out. It then forms a black outlined circle on a red background with circles, with three smaller black ones inside, with another black outlined circle to the right of it and yet another one to the left of it. The first of the small black circles immediately forms as “A” with the second later forming a "B" and the third eventually forming a "C", forming “ABC” on a red circle on the same dark gray background while a red outlined circle zooms in.

*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.

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