Editing ABC Signature (section)

=== ABC Studios ===
[[File:ABC Studios logo.svg|thumb|ABC Studios logo]]
In February 2007, Disney announced that Touchstone Television would be renamed ABC Television Studio as part of Disney's push to drop secondary brands like [[Buena Vista (brand)|Buena Vista]] in favor of the Disney, ABC and ESPN brands.<ref name="bbg">{{Cite news |last=Fixmer |first=Andy |date=April 25, 2007 |title=Disney to Drop Buena Vista Brand Name, People Say (Update1) |work=Bloomberg News |publisher=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0MG17nO.PG8&refer=home |access-date=November 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918060836/https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0MG17nO.PG8&refer=home |archive-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref><ref name="thr0"/> By the time the name change was implemented that fall, the new name had been modified to ABC Studios.<!-- although an "ABC Television Studios" logo was released to the press, it was never used as a closing logo -->

On August 4, 2008, Lionsgate completed a deal with [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]], the distributor of ABC Studios/Touchstone Television shows on DVD, to acquire the distribution rights to several shows including ''[[According to Jim]]'', ''[[Reaper (TV series)|Reaper]]'', ''[[Hope & Faith]]'', ''[[8 Simple Rules]]'' and ''[[Boy Meets World]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homemediamagazine.com/news/lionsgate-distribute-select-disney-shows-13270 |title=Lionsgate to Distribute Select Disney Shows &#124; homemediamagazine.com |access-date=November 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202083817/http://homemediamagazine.com/news/lionsgate-distribute-select-disney-shows-13270 |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the same time, new DVDs of ABC and ABC Family shows phased out the Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo at the beginning of the disc and replaced it with the ABC Studios and ABC Family logos, respectively.

In June 2009, [[ABC Entertainment]] announced a new organization, effective immediately as ABC Entertainment Group, while consolidating back office functions like business affairs, distribution and scheduling of ABC Studios and ABC Entertainment and retaining separate creative units.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 18, 2009 |title=ABC Entertainment Group Announces Reorganization |url=http://www.awn.com/news/abc-entertainment-group-announces-reorganization |publisher=Animation World News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 19, 2009 |title=ABC Unveils Reorganized Operations |url=http://www.zap2it.com/news/la-fi-ct-abc19-2009jun19,0,1709446.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621042521/http://www.zap2it.com/news/la-fi-ct-abc19-2009jun19%2C0%2C1709446.story |archive-date=June 21, 2009 |website=Zap2it}}</ref> In January 2010, [[Walt Disney Television|Disney-ABC Television Group]] announced it was cutting 5% of its workforce.<ref>{{Cite news |last=James |first=Meg |date=January 30, 2009 |title=Disney's ABC Television Group to Cut 5% of Workforce |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-abc30-2009jan30,0,7408745.story}}</ref> In October 2012, ABC Studios formed its [[#ABC Signature Studios|Signature unit]] to sell to outside networks.<ref name="thr">{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=December 11, 2013 |title=ABC Preps Stephen King Series as Boutique Division Ramps Up |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abc-preps-stephen-king-series-664215 |access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref>

In early 2016, ABC Studios International (also referred to as ABC International Studios) was set up with the appointment of Keli Lee as its managing director of international content and talent, combined with her move to London. The unit, announced at [[MIPCOM]] in October 2016, would allow more overseas local productions, leveraging fellow Disney Media Network expertises in distribution and production for the local and international co-productions, IP reinventions, and original format acquisitions and productions. This would add to Disney-ABC's international productions in Latin America, where the company has 16 years of producing local content.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hopewell |first=John |date=October 17, 2016 |title=Disney's ABC Studios International Eyes Production Around the Globe |language=en |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/disney-abc-studios-international-production-1201890797/ |access-date=January 10, 2019}}</ref> In April 2017, the international unit greenlit its first co-production, the Australian series ''[[Harrow (TV series)|Harrow]]''.<ref name="vty0">{{Cite news |last=Holloway |first=Daniel |date=April 10, 2017 |title=ABC Greenlights Australian Co-Production 'Harrow' |language=en |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/abc-australian-harrow-1202027656/ |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> Lee signed a first look deal with [[Hoodlum (production company)|Hoodlum Entertainment]], the co-producers of ''Harrow'', by February 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Stewart |date=February 23, 2018 |title=Ioan Gruffudd on Maturing Into Crime Series 'Harrow' and Directing Ambitions |language=en |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/ioan-gruffudd-harrow-abc-disney-1202708742/ |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> With ABC picking up the international unit's ''[[Reef Break]]'' in August 2018, ABC Studios started co-producing.<ref name="dl1">{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 23, 2018 |title=ABC Picks Up Crime Drama Series 'Reef Break' Starring Poppy Montgomery From ABC Studios International For Summer |language=en |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/abc-reef-break-poppy-montgomery-cast-abc-studios-international-summer-2019-1202451257/ |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref>

In August 2017, [[Ryan Seacrest Productions]] left CBS at the end of their deal to move over to ABC Studios.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=August 10, 2017 |title=Ryan Seacrest Productions Sets Scripted Development Deal With ABC Studios |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/ryan-seacrest-productions-scripted-development-deal-with-abc-studios-1202523060/ |access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref> Following the expansion of its cable/streaming unit, ABC Studios launched a new alternative division for the full range of unscripted work, from documentaries to game shows to social experiment series. The former executive vice president of development and production at Ryan Seacrest Productions, along with Fernando Hernandez, the former head of [[Universal Television|Universal Television Alternative Studios]], were hired by the studio to lead the division around January 2018. This division was announced in October 2018 with a small slate under production executive Gareth Provan, and an in-house development group called The Originals Group. The division is tapping existing production companies with deals at ABC Studios, including Ryan Seacrest Productions, Larry Wilmore's Wilmore Films and Bob Sertner Productions, in addition to partnerships that Hernandez has developed, including those with Mission Control Media, Parker Paige Media, INE Entertainment, and Party Pit Productions.<ref name="dl0">{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 2, 2018 |title=ABC Studios Ramps Up Alternative Division, Sets Cooking Pilot At ABC & Series 'Ink & Paint' At Disney OTT Service |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/abc-studios-alternative-division-best-bite-ever-ink-paintabc-series-disney-streaming-service-fernando-hernandez-1202474547/ |access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref>

==== ABC Signature Studios ====
[[File:ABC Signature Studios.svg|thumb|Former ABC Signature Studios logo, used from 2013 to 2020.|alt=]]
ABC Studios was moving to sell to outside networks. As the studios have placed the former [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] comedy ''[[Cougar Town]]'' at [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]], and ''[[Devious Maids]]'' at [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]], Signature was set up in October 2012 to continue the trend.<ref name="thr"/> In 2013, ABC Studios vice president of drama Tracy Underwood was appointed senior vice president of ABC Signature.<ref name="dl4">{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=February 12, 2020 |title=Tracy Underwood Promoted To EVP Creative Affairs At ABC Studios |language=en |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/tracy-underwood-promoted-evp-creative-affairs-abc-studios-1202857922/ |access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref> Signature was incorporated on {{dts|2013|9|23}}.<ref name="oc">{{Cite web |title=ABC Signature Studios, Inc. |url=https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/frmDetail.asp?CorpID=03606279 |access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>

Signature developed ''[[Mistresses (American TV series)|Mistresses]]'', which was included in ABC's summer schedule and renewed for another season.<ref name="thr"/>  In October 2013, the division placed its first outside project, ''[[Benched (TV series)|Benched]]'', for [[USA Network|USA]], with a pilot order that finished shooting by December. Other projects were in the works with [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]], [[WE tv]] and TBS. In the works with ABC, Signature has a possible straight-to-series [[Stephen King]] story adaptation called ''Grand Central'', based on ''[[The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates]]''.<ref name="thr"/> Corporate sibling [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]] picked up ''Rated P For Parenthood'' for development as its first program from Signature in June 2014.<ref name="dl">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 3, 2014 |title=ABC Family Buys Musical Parenting Comedy From Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos & Jamie Denbo |url=https://deadline.com/2014/06/abc-family-buys-musical-parenting-comedy-from-kelly-ripa-mark-consuelos-jamie-denbo-739651/ |access-date=June 4, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

In April 2015, Signature and ABC Studios signed a two-year first-look with [[Black Label Media]], started by [[Molly Smith (producer)|Molly Smith]], Trent Luckinbill and [[Thad Luckinbill]] three years prior as a finance and production company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=April 12, 2016 |title=Black Label Media Inks First-Look TV Deal With ABC Signature & ABC Studios |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/black-label-media-ifirst-look-deal-abc-signature-1201736187/ |access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> [[McG|McG's]] [[Wonderland Sound and Vision|Wonderland Sound & Vision]] signed a two-year overall production agreement with Signature, Freeform and ABC Studios in October 2015. This follows two productions from McG on Freeform/ABC Family.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=October 29, 2015 |title=McG Inks Overall Deal With ABC Family, ABC Studios & ABC Signature |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/mcg-overall-deal-abc-family-abc-studios-abc-signature-1201597679/ |access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> Signature signed ''SMILF'' creator, executive producer and star [[Frankie Shaw]] to a two-year overall deal in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holloway |first=Daniel |date=July 11, 2018 |title=Frankie Shaw Agrees to ABC Signature Deal |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/frankie-shaw-abc-signature-1202870037/ |access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref> In March 2019, the deal was suspended following an investigation into allegations of misconduct against Shaw on the set of ''SMILF''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Kim |last2=Elise Sandberg |first2=Bryn |date=March 8, 2019 |title='SMILF' Canceled at Showtime Amid Probe Into Creator Frankie Shaw's Alleged Misconduct |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/smilf-canceled-by-showtime-probe-creator-frankie-shaws-alleged-misconduct-1177459 |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

In April 2016, Freeform greenlit ''[[Cloak & Dagger (TV series)|Cloak & Dagger]]'' with a straight-to-series order, as [[Marvel Television]]'s first co-production with Signature.<ref name="vty">{{Cite web |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=April 7, 2016 |title=Freeform Greenlights Marvel Romance Superhero Series 'Cloak and Dagger' (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/marvel-cloak-and-dagger-freeform-series-1201747907/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407213750/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/marvel-cloak-and-dagger-freeform-series-1201747907/ |archive-date=April 7, 2016 |access-date=April 7, 2016 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Another co-production with Marvel Television was greenlit in August 2016, with ''[[Runaways (TV series)|Runaways]]'' confirmed for the [[Hulu]] streaming service.<ref name="Runaways">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 17, 2016 |title=Hulu Orders 'Marvel's Runaways' Series From Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/hulu-marvels-runaways-series-josh-schwartz-stephanie-savage-marvel-comics-1201799746/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818070622/http://deadline.com/2016/08/hulu-marvels-runaways-series-josh-schwartz-stephanie-savage-marvel-comics-1201799746/ |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> Signature also put a live-action [[Mighty Ducks]] series in development beginning in January 2018,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=February 21, 2018 |title=Disney Planning Another 'Muppets' Reboot for Its Streaming Service |language=en |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/disney-planning-muppets-reboot-streaming-service-1086800 |access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> which later ended up as a [[Disney+]] original series called ''[[The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers]]''.

Signature is teaming with [[John Grisham]], [[Hulu]] and Michael Seitzman's [[Maniac Productions]] to create a Grisham Universe set of series. The franchise would begin with two series, ''[[The Rainmaker (novel)|The Rainmaker]]'' and ''[[Rogue Lawyer]]'', based on Grisham's books, with a potential to grow to additional series.<ref name="thr1">{{Cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=December 4, 2018 |title='The Grisham Universe': Hulu Sets Innovative Two-Show Franchise |language=en |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/grisham-universe-hulu-sets-innovative-two-show-franchise-based-rainmaker-rogue-lawyer-1166149 |access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> Hulu had dropped out of the Grisham Universe by September 5, 2019, with the pair being shopped given other interested outlets.<ref name="dl2">{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=September 5, 2019 |title=John Grisham Universe Multi-Series Project Not Moving Forward At Hulu, Being Shopped |language=en |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/john-grishams-the-rainmaker-rogue-lawyer-not-moving-forward-hulu-1202713356/ |access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref>

From its pilot, Signature's ''[[The Wilds (TV series)|The Wilds]]'', a  young adult drama, was picked up in May 2019 by Amazon, its first from the company.<ref name="dl5">{{Cite news |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie  |date=May 28, 2019 |title=Amazon Studios Orders YA Series 'The Wilds' |language=en |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/the-wilds-amazon-studios-ya-series-1202623219/ |access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref> Underwood was promoted in February 2020 to the new position of executive vice president, creative affairs of ABC Studios to oversee development at ABC Studio in addition to managing ABC Signature.<ref name="dl4"/>