ABC Signature

This article is about the studio previously operated as the first incarnation of Touchstone Television from 1985 until 2007. For the second incarnation of Touchstone Television previously operated as Fox 21 Television Studios from 2014 to 2020, see Touchstone Television.

ABC Signature
Formerly
  • Walt Disney Network Television (1983–2003)
  • Touchstone Television (first incarnation, 1985–2007)
  • ABC Studios (2007–2013)
  • ABC Signature Studios (2013–2020)
Company typeDivision
IndustryTelevision production
Home video
Predecessors
Founded
  • April 18, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-04-18) (as Walt Disney Network Television)
  • March 21, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-03-21) (as ABC Signature)
DefunctOctober 1, 2024
FateShut down, upcoming shows and projects in development shifted into 20th Television
Successor20th Television
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Tracy Underwood (president)
  • Josh Sussman (EVP, Business Affairs)
ParentDisney Television Studios

ABC Signature[1] was an American television production studio and the flagship production arm of ABC, which is a subsidiary of Disney Television Studios, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company. The studio's banner was also used by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment for its distribution of the studio's shows on home video starting 2008.

Established in 1950 as the television unit of the company under the name Walt Disney Productions it was renamed Walt Disney Network Television in 1983 and was merged with a separate studio known as the first incarnation of Touchstone Television, which was established in 1985. Disney rebranded the studio as ABC Studios in 2007 in an in-house push to drop secondary brands. It was then renamed to its current name on August 10, 2020, after it merged with another separate studio, ABC Signature Studios.[1] It was folded into 20th Television, which had been acquired by Disney in 2019.

  1. ^ a b Low, Elaine (August 10, 2020). "Disney Rebrands TV Studios, 20th Century Fox TV to Become 20th Television". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved August 10, 2020.