ABC Entertainment

This article is about the current production company for the American Broadcasting Company, founded in 2000. For the former production company, see ABC Television Network.

Credits

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Background

ABC Entertainment is a network production company owned by the American Broadcasting Company, formed in 2000.

1st Logo (February 3, 2001-May 17, 2002)

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Logo: Over a black background, several yellow circles and shapes move throughout the screen, alongside "entertainment". The shapes and text then expand and zoom in, eventually revealing a yellow ABC logo. The text "Entertainment" appears below, along with a copyright stamp.

Variants:

• An early version exists where the logo is still on a yellow background and the text reads "American Broadcasting Companies, Inc."
• A shorter version exists where it starts with the shapes zooming in.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Music/Sounds: A cycle of two record scratches, followed by a hip-hop version of the 4-note ABC jingle. The variant uses an extended variant of the music; the closing notes are a little slower than normal. Composed and arranged by The Mad Bus.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• On the early variant, a jazz version of the ABC jingle plays.
• On a 2001 ABC airing of AFV, a generic theme plays.

Availability: Appears on America's Funniest Home Videos episodes of the era. It is left intact on the DVD of America's Funniest Home Videos: Volume One.

2nd Logo (September 27, 2002-May 9, 2003)

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Logo: A shortened version of the 2002 ABC bumper, only it cuts to when the text "abc" appears on a yellow background, and "Entertainment" and a copyright stamp appears below the ABC logo as the background turns green.

Technique: CGI by Troika.

Music/Sounds:

• A four-note dramatic orchestral version of the ABC jingle. Composed by Wow and Flutter Music.
• On syndicated reruns, both the first note and half of the second note are cut off.

Availability: Appeared on episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos from the era.

3rd Logo (September 28, 2003-May 23, 2004)

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Logo: We see the black ABC circle with the letters "abc" in its usual font forming on the circle. The circle backs away to the center of a blue background, as we see the word "Entertainment" and the ABC, Inc. copyright stamp below. Behind the logo, we see the letters "abc" forming a ripple from small to large letters.

Technique: CGI by Troika.

Music/Sounds: A piano rendition of the ABC theme combined with drumbeats, followed by a reversed version of the last note. Syndicated reruns use only the first half of the theme. Composed by Wow and Flutter Music: this was also used as bumper music.

Availability: Can be seen on AFV episodes from the era. This was also used to plaster the ABC Productions logo on the Bob Saget episodes of the show. It even appears on disc 4 of the America's Funniest Home Videos: Volume One DVD release. The full version can be seen on AFV on Amazon Prime Video.

4th Logo (Early-Mid 2004)

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Logo: Same as the 2003 ABC ID, but "America's Broadcasting Company" is replaced with "Entertainment". A copyright stamp appears below

Technique: 2D computer animation by PMcD Design.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2003 ABC ID by Tonal Sound.

Availability: This was short-lived. It can be seen on AFV reruns from the period on WGN America. You can see it on Amazon Instant Video (not Prime). Retained on AFV episodes from early 2004 on Netflix.

5th Logo (Mid 2004-May 13, 2005)

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Logo: Same as the 2004 ABC ID, but "America's Broadcasting Company" is replaced with "Entertainment" with a copyright stamp below.

Technique: CGI by Troika.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2004 ABC ID by Tonal Sound. The theme can appear low-pitched on some episodes.

Availability: Seen on episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos from the era.

6th Logo (October 2, 2005-May 19, 2006)

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Logo: Same as the 2005 ABC ID, but "AMERICA'S BROADCASTING COMPANY" is replaced with "ABC ENTERTAINMENT" with a copyright stamp below.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as the fourth logo. Sometimes combined with whooshes.

Music/Sounds Variant: One episode of AFV on Netflix had the last logo's fanfare.

Availability: Same as the last logo.

7th Logo (October 1, 2006-May 18, 2007)

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Logo: Same as the 2006 ABC ID, except that "America's Broadcasting Company" is replaced with "ABC Entertainment" and the copyright info below.

Technique: Computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2006 ABC ID.

Availability: Same as the last two logos.

8th Logo (October 7, 2007-May 16, 2008)

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Logo: On a white background, we see the ABC logo covered in water. The water then dissolves, as a red ribbon flies by. "ABC ENTERTAINMENT" fades in at the bottom of the screen, along with a copyright notice.

Technique: CGI by Troika.

Music/Sounds: A soft synthesized rendition of the ABC theme, ending in a deep sounder.

Availability: Same as the last three logos.

9th Logo (October 5, 2008-May 20, 2012)

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Logo: On a white background, we see the ABC logo tilted at its side. Then it spins around and zooms back to face the viewer. As this happens, an CGI reddish-orange ribbon quickly flies by. "ABC ENTERTAINMENT" fades in at the bottom of the screen, along with copyright information.

Variant: Starting in 2009, a slightly different version was also used. In this version we get an extreme close-up of the ABC logo, then the logo quickly spins to the middle of the screen to face the viewer. There is no ribbon in this version.

Technique: CGI by Troika.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: Starting in 2010, some sparkling and whooshing sound merged with the last part of the previous logo's theme were added this point.

Availability: Same as the last four logos.

10th Logo (October 7, 2012-May 19, 2013)

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Logo: It's the same concept as the last logo, but the background is now a mixture of brown and gold, and the ABC logo is seen at the top right and is facing us at the beginning. The logo also animates differently.

Technique: CGI by Troika.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2010 variant of the 9th logo.

Availability: Same as the last five logos.

11th Logo (October 13, 2013-May 22, 2016)

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Logo: Same as the 2013 ABC ID, but near the end, the text "ABC ENTERTAINMENT" fades on the bottom third of the screen, along with the copyright stamp straight under it.

Technique: Computer animation by LoyalKaspar.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last logo.

Availability: Seen on seasons 24 (later episodes), 25, and 26 (earlier episodes) of America's Funniest Home Videos.

12th Logo (October 2, 2016-May 21, 2017)

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Logo: On a black background, two brown transparent circles fly down about two-thirds of the screen while overlapping each other and reveal the ABC logo from before zooming out a bit, ending up with the same result as before but with the two circles still on the screen. "ABC ENTERTAINMENT" fades in at the bottom of the screen. with the copyright stamp from before below that.

Variant: Like the previous two logos there is an odd variant of this logo can be spotted on recent America's Funniest Home Videos episodes on the Up network. The logo starts at normal speed and then suddenly gets slower/lowered in pitch, with the Vin Di Bona Productions logo following also slowed down. Depending on the episode, the speed/pitch may be varying. This might be an editing mistake on the network's part.

Technique: CGI by LoyalKaspar.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last two logos; however, a soft whoosh is heard at the start.

Availability: Seen on episodes from the era of America's Funniest Home Videos.

13th Logo (October 8, 2017-May 20, 2018)

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Logo: On a black background, the 2013 ABC logo swings out from the right side of the screen to the center, encircled by gold dust. The dust flies away to the right as the ABC logo settles, and "ABC ENTERTAINMENT", with copyright info below, appears underneath.

Variant: An odd variant of this logo can be spotted on recent America's Funniest Home Videos episodes on the Up network. The logo starts at normal speed and then suddenly gets slower/lowered in pitch, with the Vin Di Bona Productions logo following also slowed down just like the last three logos. Depending on the episode, the speed/pitch may be varying. This might be an editing mistake on the network's part.

Technique: CGI by Troika.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last three logos; however a soft whoosh is heard at the start, like the last logo.

Availability: Seen on season 28 episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos.

14th Logo (September 30, 2018-May 23, 2021)

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Logo: On a large black circle on a red background, we see the ABC logo in the center. Thick and thin, white and red lines are swirling and drawing themselves around the logo, with the black circle slowly growing in size. The "ABC ENTERTAINMENT" text and the copyright stamp fade in below the logo.

Technique: 2D animation by The New Blank.

Music/Sounds: A new jingle with heavy drum music, ending with a vocal rendition of the ABC theme and a whoosh sound. Composed by DreamArtists Music: this was ABC's brand jingle between 2015 and 2021.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• Sometimes, the closing theme of the show plays over it.
• Since 2018, original ABC airings of America's Funniest Home Videos uses generic network music.

Availability: Seen on seasons 29-31 of America's Funniest Home Videos. Also seen on Videos After Dark.

15th Logo (October 3, 2021-)

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Logo: On a dark gray background, we see a red circle, with three smaller black ones inside. The three circles zoom out one after the other, with the first one already formed as “A”. The circles zoom back up sequentially, while morphing into their respective letters, forming “ABC”. As that is happening, spinning black/dark blue gradient circles fade in behind the logo, along with the copyright stamp:

ABC ENTERTAINMENT
©[YEAR] American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

all in white underneath the ABC logo.

Technique: Computer animation designed by Trollback+Company.

Music/Sounds: A snap, then the 3-note ABC mnemonic, composed by YouTooCanWoo.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• Original ABC airings used the same jingle, as described above, and a voiceover. On the logo's debut, the generic music was used instead.
• On a January 16, 2022 rerun of the October 17, 2021 episode of America's Funniest Home Videos, the logo was silent along with the Vin Di Bona Productions logo due to the death of former AFV host Bob Saget.

Availability: Seen in current episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos.