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A new app for smartphones and tablets lets viewers of the new ABC talent series vote in real time during the live broadcast to determine whether singers move on to the next round or go home. The technology making this real-time audience interaction possible is Screenz’ Real Time Platform, a cloud-based solution that in testing has demonstrated the ability to process more than 100 million interactions per minute.

ABC has largely wrapped its upfront deals, according to a network spokeswoman, making it the second broadcaster to conclude its annual summer deal-making. ABC secured price hikes between 4% and 5%, according to a person familiar with negotiations. That’s down from the 7% to 8% increases it garnered in 2013.

The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation aired a 60-second ad opposing the name of the NFL team in seven major markets during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on ABC.

ABC will shut down the diginet in January, replacing it with some form of local programming, probably a news channel.

Add ABC to the list of TV networks getting started in this year’s upfront market. The Walt Disney outlet has begun conversations with advertisers and may even be doing a little business, according to an ad buyer and another person with knowledge of the pace of negotiations.

By the lax standards of summer television, new shows on ABC and NBC had decent debuts over the weekend. ABC’s Sing Your Face Off and NBC’s Crossbones both improved on their timeslot averages.

NEW YORK (AP) — The season finale of ABC’s comedy “The Middle” proved the power of corporate synergy: the network owned by the Walt Disney Co. gave prime-time attention to […]

With just three nights left to count, ABC will win its first May sweep in 14 years after finishing first in the adults 18-49 demo on each of the final five weeks of the TV season. Stats for the final full week of the season (and the sweep) just in show ABC 20% ahead of CBS in the demo

ABC and ESPN ad sales teams made a clear signal to advertisers during their respective upfront presentations last week that the two groups are open to doing business together. It’s a new message for the networks. Despite having the same parent in Walt Disney Co., the two haven’t purposefully gone to market with deals that combine inventory from both channels.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper-actor Ludacris will host the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The show will air live on ABC from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on […]

ABC plans to begin testing a new level of data-driven ad sales for its online video inventory this summer, according to the network, in the latest step by TV networks toward programmatic ad selling and buying.

A Shonda Rhimes 8-11 p.m. Thursday lineup highlights ABC’s fall schedule, with Rhimes’ red-hot Scandal bracing for a 9 PM showdown with another sizzling drama that is moving to Thursday next season, NBC’s The Blacklist.

ABC has ordered two more comedy series for its 2014-15 lineup — Cristela and Fresh Off the Boat — and renewed Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing for a fourth season. All three shows hail from 20th Century Fox TV.

NBC desperately seeks comedy, Fox hopes to fix Idol fatigue, CBS reboots NCIS and CSI, and ABC leans on Shonda Rhimes (again) as the $9 billion ad scramble hits New York.

After spending Friday crunching numbers and trying to work with the reduced tax incentives in Tennessee, ABC has renewed country music drama Nashville, from Lionsgate TV and ABC Studios, for a 22-episode third season.

ABC has made it official — Dancing With The Stars will return next fall for a 19th cycle, the first with Rob Wade at the helm as he is set to succeed departing Conrad Green who had been the showrunner since the launch.

Marcia Gay Harden announced that the critical darling family comedy would not return for a second season, while Mixology co-star Frankie Shaw confirmed her high-concept entry is also canceled.

The network has pockets of strength, including Fridays and Sundays, where it has improved. But a few troubled timeslots must be patched.

Amid changes at NBC and CBS, ABC makes an effort to secure its latenight programming, re-upping host Jimmy Kimmel through January 2017.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is going a little bit country. The first lady’s office says she’ll appear on the May 7 episode of the ABC country music drama “Nashville.” […]

Incoming ABC News chief James Goldston announced to staff Friday that the morning show personality will now share the same title as Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos.

ABC‘s D.C. fixer drama Scandal has built big ratings in three seasons with a potent mix of often ridiculous plot twists and creator Shonda Rhimes’ savvy use of social media, which has bound fans closely to the show and its stars. That combo has paid off: Ahead of Thursday’s season finale, Scandal has added 3 million viewers (for 11.5 million total). It’s up even more in the key adults 18-49 demo, up 43% compared with last season, according to Nielsen.

World News With Diane Sawyer eked out a 12,000-viewer lead among viewers advertisers most value — the first such ratings victory since last July.

Despite ratings stumbles and other changes in ABC’s executive stable, Lee is staying put as head of the female-skewing broadcast network.

Following the decision to push limited drama series Astronaut Wives Club to midseason, ABC is reshuffling its summer schedule, which was to feature AWC in the Thursday 9p.m. slot starting July 24.

Good Morning America, which now airs weekdays at 7-9 a.m., wants to add an hour to compete more effectively with its morning NBC rival. Today goes for four hours, 7-11 a.m., the final hour being Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb’s wine-filled, peppy chatfest. A source says the permanent addition of Live with Kelly and Michael co-host Michael Strahan to GMA is a minor move in the potentially seismic plan to reconfigure the network’s morning schedule. Sources say the long-term plan would involve moving back Kelly Ripa’s show to slot held by The View, which is losing Barbara Walters.

A person with knowledge of the negotiations who requested anonymity because the deal hasn’t been completed said Tuesday that Strahan will work semi-regularly during the ABC morning show’s first hour. Strahan continues as host of the syndicated daytime talker Live with Kelly and Michael.

ABC has pulled the plug on midseason drama Mind Games after five low rated airings. For the next two weeks, the network will use the Tuesday 10 p.m. slot for extra sampling of its promising midseason Sunday drama Resurrection, which will air repeats in the slot.

Ben Sherwood talks about his immediate plans for ABC and ABC News, what he learned from his college friend Jeff Zucker, a contract standoff with GMA anchor Josh Elliott and which shows he’d poach from other networks.

Under a new three-year deal, NewsOne news exchange will encompass social media and other digital platforms for the first time. Terms were not disclosed.

ABC’s reality show waltzes back with yet another new look tonight at 8 p.m. Now in its 18th season, the show was cut down from two nights to one last fall because of declining viewership among younger demos.

ABC will join CBS and NBC in having a news-division presence on Saturday nights starting this week, when Nightline returns to primetime with a series of one-hour programs.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fueled by the Oscars, ABC’s “Good Morning America” is celebrating its most-watched week in nearly 23 years. The Nielsen company said Thursday that ABC’s morning show […]

Rebecca Campbell, president of ABC Owned Television Stations Group, and ABC News President Ben Sherwood are rumored to be the top candidates to take over exiting Disney Media Co-Chair Anne Sweeney’s responsibilities at Disney. Campbell would run cable and international, Sherwood would take on broadcast responsibilities for daytime and ABC entertainment.