This is a list of
television films
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
produced for
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, Cali ...
(ABC). Many of these films were made as
television pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distri ...
s, four of them were
United Nations television film series The United Nations television film series was a series of American television films planned and developed in the 1960s for the purpose of promoting the United Nations (UN) and educating television viewers about its work. Although six films were ori ...
.
1950s
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Portrait of Gina
''Portrait of Gina'', or ''Viva Italia'' is a 1986 documentary film by Orson Welles. It was funded by ABC TV. Around 30 minutes long, it follows a similar style to ''The Fountain of Youth'' (1958) and ''F for Fake'' (1973).
It was intended to be ...
'' (1958)
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Girl on the Run'' (October 10, 1958)
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Inside the Osmonds'' (February 5, 2001)
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These Old Broads
''These Old Broads'' is a 2001 American comedy television film directed by Matthew Diamond, written by Carrie Fisher and Elaine Pope, and starring Fisher's mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Elizabeth Taylor i ...
'' (February 12, 2001)
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Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' (February 25 – 26, 2001)
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Amy & Isabelle'' (March 4, 2001)
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Princess of Thieves'' (March 11, 2001)
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Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes'' (March 12, 2001)
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South Pacific'' (March 26, 2001)
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Final Jeopardy'' (April 9, 2001)
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When Billie Beat Bobby
''When Billie Beat Bobby'' is a 2001 American sports comedy-drama television film written and directed by Jane Anderson that details the historic 1973 " The Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs and what led ...
'' (April 16, 2001)
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Ladies and the Champ'' (April 22, 2001)
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Kiss My Act'' (2001)
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Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story'' (May 13, 2001)
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Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (May 20 – 21, 2001)
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Walt: The Man Behind the Myth'' (September 16, 2001)
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The Facts of Life Reunion
''The Facts of Life Reunion'' is a 2001 American made-for-television comedy-drama film based on the 1979–1988 NBC sitcom '' The Facts of Life'' which reunited original cast members Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields. Nancy ...
'' (November 18, 2001)
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Brian's Song
''Brian's Song'' is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo (James Caan), a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro in 1965, told through his friendship with teammate Gale Sayer ...
'' (December 2, 2001)
2002
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Then Came Jones'' (2003)
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The Street Lawyer
''The Street Lawyer'' is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham. It was Grisham's ninth novel. The book was released in the United States on 1 January 1998, published by Bantam Books, and on 30 March 1998 in the UK, published by Century.
Plot
A h ...
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111 Gramercy Park'' (2003)
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Sounder'' (January 19, 2003)
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Columbo: Columbo Likes the Nightlife'' (January 30, 2003)
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The Music Man
''The Music Man'' is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and ...
'' (February 16, 2003)
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Eloise at the Plaza
''Eloise at the Plaza'' is a 2003 American made-for-television comedy film based on the Eloise series of children's books drawn and written by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight. It stars young Sofia Vassilieva as Eloise, an irrepressible six-year-ol ...
'' (April 27, 2003)
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The Partners
''The Partners'' is an American sitcom that aired on September 18, 1971, through September 8, 1972, on NBC.
Synopsis
The program featured Don Adams and Rupert Crosse as bumbling detectives, John Doucette their exasperated commanding officer. ...
'' (May 1, 2003)
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The Challenge'' (November 15, 2003)
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The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer'' (May 12, 2003)
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Phenomenon II'' (November 1, 2003)
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Eloise at Christmastime
''Eloise at Christmastime'' is a 2003 American-Canadian made-for-television live-action film based on the 1958 book of the same name written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight. The film was released on November 22, 2003 and was prod ...
'' (November 22, 2003)
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2005
See also
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List of films produced by American Broadcasting Company
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American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres
American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. (originally United Paramount Theatres, later the American Broadcasting Companies and ABC Television) was the post-merger parent company of the American Broadcasting Company and United Paramount Thea ...
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Television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
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Disney anthology television series
The Walt Disney Company has produced an anthology television series since 1954 under several titles and formats. The program's current title, ''The Wonderful World of Disney'', was used from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1991 to the present. The pr ...
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list of episodes)
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The ABC Sunday Night Movie
''The ABC Sunday Night Movie'' is a television program that aired on Sunday nights, first for a brief time in 1962 under the title ''Hollywood Special'' (although ''Time'' magazine lists this version as ''The Sunday Night Movie'') to supposedly r ...
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ABC Movie of the Week
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
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The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
''The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie'' — retitled ''The New Saturday Superstar Movie'' for its second season — is a series of one-hour animated made-for-television films (some of which also contained live action sequences), broadcast on the ABC ...
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ABC Afterschool Special''
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ABC Theater
''ABC Theater'' is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC and featured quality dramatic presentations over a period of 12 years. Although some sources indicate the series began in 1974, ABC lists the first production in 1972, ...
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ABC Weekend Special
''ABC Weekend Special'' is a weekly 30-minute American television anthology series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997, which featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to b ...
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The ABC Mystery Movie
''The NBC Mystery Movie'' is an American television anthology series produced by Universal Pictures, that NBC broadcast from 1971 to 1977. Devoted to a rotating series of mystery episodes, it was sometimes split into two subsets broadcast on dif ...
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list of episodes)
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ABC Saturday Movie of the Week''
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Television films
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, Cali ...
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, Cali ...