ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime (sometime shortened to ABC-D or ABCD) is a programming block on the ABC Network which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows. It is part of the Times Square Studios division.

Schedule
NOTE: All times are Eastern; local schedules may differ.

The View

 * Debut: August 11, 1997
 * Replaced program: Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends
 * Taping location: New York, NY
 * Creators: Barbara Walters, Bill Geddie
 * Producing Team: Bill Geddie (Executive Producer), Barbara Walters, Alexandra Cohen
 * Directing Team: Mark Gentile
 * Hosts: Whoopi Goldberg (moderator), Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shephard, Barbara Walters

The Chew

 * Debut: September 26, 2011
 * Replaced program: All My Children
 * Taping location: New York, NY
 * Creator: Gordon Elliott
 * Producing Team: Gordon Elliott (Executive Producer)
 * Directing Team: John D'Incecco
 * Hosts: Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz

General Hospital

 * Debut: April 1, 1963
 * Replaced program: Yours for a Song
 * Taping location: Los Angeles, CA
 * Creators: Frank and Doris Hursley
 * Producing Team: Frank Valentini (Executive Producer), Mary O'Leary, Mercer Barrows, Michelle Henry, Deborah Genovese
 * Directing Team: Scott McKinsey, Matthew Diamond, Craig McManus, William Ludel, Phideaux Xavier, Owen Renfroe, Penny Pengra, Christine Magarian, Ron Cates, Peter Fillmore, Ronald C. Cates, Dave MacLeod
 * Head Writer: Ron Carlivati
 * Other Writers: David Rupel, Garin Wolf, Shelly Altman, Michael Conforti, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Heidi Ploen, Sasha Cartullo, Nathan Fissel, David Goldschmid, Meg Bennett, Susan Wald, Michele Val Jean, Mary Sue Price, Elizabeth Korte, Dave Ryan,
 * Casting Directors: Mark Teschner, Gwen Hillier
 * Cast: Kristen Alderson, Maurice Benard, Sean Blakemore, Teresa Castillo, Tyler Christopher, Bryan Craig, Jimmy Deshler, Chad Duell, Michael Easton, Jane Elliot, Genie Francis, Anthony Geary, Nancy Lee Grahn, Rebecca Herbst, Roger Howarth, Finola Hughes, Sean Kanan, Lisa Lo Cicero, Kelly Monaco, Emme Rylan, Marc Samuel, Kirsten Storms, Kelly Sullivan, Kelly Thiebaud, Jason Thompson, Maura West, Laura Wright, John J. York, Dominic Zamprogna

Soap operas

 * A Flame in the Wind (1964–1966)
 * A Time for Us (1964–1966)
 * A World Apart (1970–1971)
 * All My Children (1970–2011; now airs on Soapnet and TOLN)
 * The Best of Everything (1970)
 * The City (1995–1997)
 * Confidential for Women (1966)
 * Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
 * Edge of Night (1975–1984)
 * Loving (1983–1995)
 * Never Too Young (1965–1966)
 * The Nurses (1965–1967)
 * One Life to Live (1968–2012; now airs on Soapnet and TOLN)
 * Port Charles (1997–2003)
 * Road to Reality (1960–1961)
 * Ryan's Hope (1975–1989)
 * The Young Marrieds (1964–1966)

Other scripted originals

 * The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (specials, 1973–1975)
 * ABC Afterschool Special (specials, 1972–1996)
 * Day in Court (1958–1965)
 * Love, American Style, (1985–1986)

Game shows
ABC Daytime has not had a regular game show block since 1986, and has not had any game show since a revival of Match Game ended in 1991. Though the daily version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire currently airs in daytime on many ABC owned and operated stations and affiliates, it is distributed by the network's syndication wing, Disney-ABC Domestic Television.
 * The $10,000 Pyramid (1974–1976) and The $20,000 Pyramid (1976–1980)
 * All-Star Blitz (1985)
 *  Baby Game (1968)
 * Bargain Hunters (1987)
 * The Better Sex (1977–1978)
 * The Big Showdown (1974–1975)
 * Blankety Blanks (1975)
 * Break the Bank (1976)
 * Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak (1986)
 * Camouflage (1961–1962)
 * The Dating Game (1965–1973)
 * Double Talk (1986)
 * Dream House (1968–1970)
 * Everybody's Talking (1967)
 * Get the Message (1964)
 * Family Feud (1976–1985)
 * The Family Game (1967)
 * The Honeymoon Race (1967)
 * Hot Seat (1976)
 * How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1967–1968)
 * Let's Make a Deal (1968–1976)
 * Match Game (1990–1991)
 * Missing Links (1964)
 * The Money Maze (1974–1975)
 * Number Please (1961)
 * One in a Million (1967)
 * The Neighbors (1975–1976)
 * The Newlywed Game (1966–1974, 1984)
 * The Object Is (1963–1964)
 * Password (1971–1975)
 * The Price Is Right (1963–1965)
 * Rhyme and Reason (1975–1976)
 * Second Chance (1977)
 * Seven Keys (1961–1964)
 * Showoffs (1975)
 * Split Second (1972–1975)
 * Supermarket Sweep (1965–1967)
 * Temptation (1967–1968)
 * Trivia Trap (1984–1985)
 * Who Do You Trust? (1957–1963)
 * You Don't Say! (1975)
 * Yours for a Song (1961–1963)

Talk shows and lifestyle programming

 * Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends (1996–1997)
 * Fame, Fortune & Romance (1986–1987)
 * Good Afternoon America (2012)
 * Home (1988–1994)
 * Mike and Maty (1994–1996)
 * The Revolution (2012)

Executives
Gail Starkey ; Beth Wicke ; Sue Cameron ; Barbara Bloom (Vice President of Daytime Programming: 1996–2000); Mary Burch (Director of Daytime Programming)

Miner
Peter Miner is an American television producer, writer, and television/theatre/film director.

He is the son of television pioneer Worthington Miner and Frances Fuller, the father of Peter and Rachel Miner, and the cousin of Kirk Browning. He was a child actor who made his Broadway debut at age eight and was described by Joshua Logan as "the best child actor I ever saw".

A graduate of Georgetown School of Foreign Service, he has a BS in Diplomatic and Consular Practice.

Having been a TV director (The Brighter Day, Guiding Light, and One Life To Live from 1976–1996) and writer, he took a career detour as a network executive (Director of Daytime Programming at ABC Daytime) before going back to directing, writing and producing. He produced Dark Shadows, Hey Cinderella, All My Children and wrote a mystery-romance novel, The Darkening Night (under the pseudonym Jane Elliot).

Miner has won two Daytime Emmys out of eight nominations. He teaches at Columbia University in the Graduate Film School and at T. Schreiber Studios and Weist Baron school.

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Levinson
Maxine Levinson is an American television writer, producer and business executive. As of February 2013, she is now a Consultant at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

She replaced Susan Bedsow Horgan, the current Head Writer of One Life To Live, and served as Executive Producer of One Life To Live from 1996 – 1997 and Vice President of ABC Daytime from 1980–1999. She was a consultant for ABC Cable Group from 2001–2002. ,, , , , , ,

Fili-Krushel
Pat Fili-Krushel is the Executive Vice President of Administration of Time Warner Inc.

Before joining Time Warner in 2001, Fili-Krushel was President of ABC. When she quit, Disney president Robert Iger named Alex Wallau as acting head of the network. Prior to that position, she was president of ABC Daytime (ABC-D). Brian Frons replaced her as the head of ABC-D in 2002.

Before joining ABC in 1993, she had been with Lifetime Television (where she greenlit its first original primetime series, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, after the cable net picked it up from NBC in 1989) since 1988 as both Group Vice President of Hearst/ABC-Viacom Entertainment Services (HAVES), and Senior Vice President of Programming and Production of Lifetime Television. Fili-Krushel joined Lifetime from HBO, where she had been Vice President of Business Affairs and Production since December 1984.

Fili-Krushel holds a B.S. degree from St. John's University, and a M.B.A. degree from Fordham University.

She currently sits on the board of directors of The Public Theater of New York, Oxygen Media, Inc., the Board of the Central Park Conservancy, the Board of Trustees of Fordham University, and Mayor Bloomberg's Commission on Women's Issues. ,, , , [www.publictheater.org/content/view/25], [www.nywift.org/article.aspx?id=38], , [www.kurthanson.com/HTM-RAIN/NewsArchives/Mar-00/032900.htm],

Joyce Corrington
Joyce Corrington (born August 5, 1936) is an American television writer. She was married to fellow soap opera writer John William Corrington who died in 1988.

She is best known for creating the short-lived soap opera Texas along with her husband John and fellow soap opera colleague Paul Rauch. She also wrote for other soap operas including General Hospital and One Life to Live. Her most recent position was as a producer/story editor for MTV's "The Real World."

Writing positions

Texas
 * Co-creater (with John William Corrington and Paul Rauch)
 * Co-Head Writer: 1980 – 1981

Capitol
 * Co-Head Writer: 1982 – 1983

General Hospital
 * Co-Head Writer: 1983

One Life to Live
 * Co-Head Writer: 1983

Superior Court
 * Co-Head Writer: 1987 – 1989

External links
 * Corrington's official web site

Kloss
Bud Kloss (born Carl Kloss in Longview, Texas) is an American television producer.

Personal Life: When he was 14 years old, Kloss heard the bombs drop on Pearl Harbor. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, the war before World War III. 

Education: After his service, he graduated from the University of Texas and Yale School of Drama.

TV Career: He started out producing and directing network sports and news programs. His credits include All My Children (Executive Producer; hired by Harve Bennett, the president of ABC Daytime to work closely with Agnes Nixon; 1970–1978), and NBC Daytime's Texas (1980–1982). He convinced Susan Lucci to audition for the role of Erica Kane as well as Tara Martin according to Lucci's All My Life memoir.

Awards & Nominations: He has been nominated four times at the Daytime Emmys.

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Criticism and controversy

 * When Megan McTavish returned as Head Writer of All My Children in July 2003, she faced criticism for a story that depicted the rape of a lesbian character, Bianca Montgomery. The show also faced opposition to a story of a transgender character in 2006.
 * ABC Daytime dropped a storyline on One Life to Live which was to depict a school shooting rampage the day the Virginia Tech massacre occurred on April 17, 2007.
 * The Writers Guild of America East filed arbitration suits against ABC Daytime, claiming that they violated the strike-termination agreement by retaining replacement writers (those who choose Financial Core Status) who filled in during the strike on All My Children instead of bringing back the writers who had been on strike. “The strike-termination agreement does not allow the retention of replacement writers in lieu of allowing striking writers to return to their jobs. [ABC Daytime] are clearly violating this agreement,” said Ira Cure, senior counsel for the WGA East, in a statement. “They have left us no other option but to file arbitrations to ensure that our members will be afforded their rights outlined under this agreement.”
 * ABC Daytime has been criticized by soap opera fans for the cancellations of All My Children and One Life to Live in favor of the cheaper to produce talk and reality shows The Chew and the short-lived The Revolution.

List of ABC Daytime slogans

 * 1975–1985: Love in the Afternoon
 * 1985–1986: Can You Feel It / Love It
 * 1986–1987: We Belong Together. Together
 * 1987: I'll Take Romance
 * 1987–1989 fall promos (only): Something's Happening
 * 1988: My Time / Daytime on ABC
 * 1989–91: Day TV ABC. You've Got an Effect on Me!
 * 1994: Here on ABC Daytime
 * 1997: Watch What Happens on ABC Daytime
 * 1999: Your Great Escape
 * 2003: Just Can't Get Enough
 * 2007–2012: Weekdays on ABC and Weeknights on Soapnet