Editing Broadcast network (section)

===ABC===
{{Main|American Broadcasting Company}}
In 1945, the NBC Blue network was sold to [[Edward John Noble]], who later renamed it [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC).<ref name="Rivera-Sanchez"/> By the mid-1940s broadcasting had become a [[big Three television networks]] battle. ABC almost went [[bankrupt]] and in 1951 [[Leonard Goldenson]] and [[United Paramount Theaters]] bought the network for $25 million. In 1964, ABC won the ratings race in the 50 largest American markets. In the 1970–71 season, ABC ranked #1 in the [[Nielsen ratings]] with a [[medical drama]] called [[Marcus Welby, M.D.]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/americanbroa.htm |title=American Broadcasting Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005150045/http://www.museum.tv/eotv/americanbroa.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications}}</ref> the first ABC [[television show]] to top the list.