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ABC'S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY {ABC 50TH ANNIVERSARY} (TV)

Summary

A television special celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ABC television channel. Highlights include: John Travolta introducing a presentation on ABC’s many sitcoms, joined by Gabe Kaplan and the cast of “Welcome Back Kotter”; a series of clips introduced by Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett about appearances on ABC shows by stars before they became famous; an appearance by Tim Allen; Jim Belushi and Courtney Thorne-Smith with a presentation on ABC’s sitcom dads featuring an excerpt from “Leave it to Beaver” with Damon Wayans digitally inserted into it; a segment on “The Brady Bunch” presented by Bonnie Hunt, featuring a reunion of the cast; Anjelica Huston presenting a segment on ABC’s presentation of the Academy Awards ceremonies; a segment on “Monday Night Football” featuring Joe Namath, Al Michaels, and John Madden; Oprah Winfrey presenting a segment about ABC’s television movies; a special clip of Peter Falk as Columbo appearing in a mock-episode of “Alias”; a segment presented by Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan about the many cop, detective, and crimefighting shows on ABC; Dennis Franz presenting a segment on the show “NYPD Blue,” including an appearance by past and present cast members; a segment on “The Love Boat” presented by Gavin McCleod, including a cast reunion; Barbara Walters presenting a segment on her various work on ABC programs such as “20/20” and “The View”; a video appearance by Diane Sawyer with clips of “Good Morning America” and an appearance by Hugh Downs; Jimmy Kimmel presenting a reunion of the cast of “The Mod Squad”; a dance segment set to various songs prominently featured on ABC programs over the years, introduced by Dick Clark; a segment on television families on ABC, introduced by George Lopez; a video segment featuring people being interviewed about Howard Cosell and Muhammad Ali, presented by Joan Collins and Sugar Ray Leonard, including a special appearance by Ali; a retrospective on “Roots” introduced by LeVar Burton; a segment on the westerns of ABC introduced by John Ritter; Michael Eisner introducing a segment on “The Wonderful World of Disney”; a look at ABC’s many television miniseries’, introduced by Richard Chamberlain; Jaleel White introducing a segment on ABC’s “TGIF” lineup, including a cast reunion of “Family Matters”; a segment on ABC news programs hosted by Charlie Gibson via video from New York, including guest appearances by Joan Lunden and David Hartman; a segment on one-hour drama shows presented by Michael Badalucco and Camryn Manheim; a presentation on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” presented by Dorothy Hamill, Carl Lewis, and Vinko Bogataj, with a special appearance by Jim McKay; Roseanne Barr presenting a segment on ABC’s game show and reality television programs; a presentation on “Happy Days” and its spinoffs “Laverne & Shirley,” “Mork & Mindy,” and “Joanie Loves Chachi,” introduced by Henry Winkler, featuring appearances by Garry Marshall and cast members from “Happy Days” and “Laverne & Shirley”; a video segment about Ellen Degeneres’s character coming out of the closet on “Ellen”; a segment about ABC reporters and their participation in covering major news stories, introduced by Peter Jennings via satellite video; Susan Lucci introducing a presentation on ABC’s daytime programming and the famous actors who got their start there; a tribute to “Schoolhouse Rock” introduced by Drew Carey; Michael J. Fox introducing a segment about the final episodes of some of ABC’s most famous shows; and a special farewell from all the assembled stars. Clips are included from many of ABC’s programs, television films, and miniseries, including: “Welcome Back Kotter”; “Taxi”; “The Drew Carey Show”; “Spin City”; “Ellen”; “Home Improvement”; “Roseanne”; “Peyton Place”; “Charlie’s Angels”; “The Love Boat”; “Love, American Style”; “The F.B.I.”; “Living Dolls”; “The Streets of San Francisco”; “Gidget”; “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”; “ABC Wide World of Sports”; “Leave it to Beaver”; “The Brady Bunch”; “Mickey Mouse Club”; clips from various Academy Awards ceremonies; “Monday Night Football”; “Before Women Had Wings”; “Brian’s Song”; “Love Among the Ruins”; “Attica”; “The Missiles of October”; “Elvis”; “Duel”; “First Do No Harm”; “The Dollmaker”; “The Ryan White Story”; “The Day After”; “Something About Amelia”; “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble”; “Tuesdays with Morrie”; “Kung Fu”; “Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman”; “Batman”; “NYPD Blue”; the 1954 “Miss America” pageant; “ABC News”; “20/20”; “The Barbara Walters Special”; “The View”; “Good Morning America”; “Fantasy Island”; “The Mod Squad”; “The Beulah Show”; “American Bandstand”; “Where the Action Is”; “Shivaree”; “Live Aid”; “The 1987 American Music Awards”; “The 1993 American Music Awards”; “The 2000 American Music Awards”; “The 2002 American Music Awards”; “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”; “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”; “The Partridge Family”; “Eight is Enough”; “My Wife and Kids”; “The George Lopez Show”; “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter”; “Dynasty”; “Roots”; “The Lone Ranger”; “Maverick”; “Cheyenne”; “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp”; “The Big Valley”; “Sammy Davis Jr., 60th Anniversary Celebration”; “The Wonderful World of Disney”; “The Thorn Birds”; “Rich Man Poor Man”; “North and South”; “Stephen King’s The Stand”; “The Winds of War”; “Small Sacrifices”; “QB VII”; “The Jacksons: an American Dream”; “Stephen King’s Storm of the Century”; “Separate But Equal”; “Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding”; “Anne Frank”; “Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows”; “Family Matters”; “Full House”; “Perfect Strangers”; “Dinosaurs”; “The Fugitive”; “The Practice”; “Ben Casey”; “My So-Called Life”; “Twin Peaks”; “Family”; “Thirty-Something”; “Once and Again”; “China Beach”; “You Asked For It”; “Let’s Make a Deal”; “The Dating Game”; “That’s Incredible”; “Whose Line is it Anyway?”; “The Bachelor”; “The Bachelorette”; “America’s Funniest Home Videos”; “General Hospital”; “Happy Days”; “Laverne & Shirley”; “Mork & Mindy”; “Joanie Loves Chachi”; “ABC Nightline”; “Hollywood Palace”; “All My Children”; “Ryan’s Hope”; “Dark Shadows”; “Schoolhouse Rock”; “Moonlighting”; and “The Wonder Years.” Includes commercials.

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: May 19, 2003 8:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: B:76609
  • GENRE: Specials
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Specials
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 2003
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV – Commercials – Ace department stores
    • TV – Commercials – Acuvue 2 contact lenses
    • TV – Commercials – Aquafina water
    • TV – Commercials – Buick automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Carnation Good Start baby formula
    • TV – Commercials – Clarinex antihistamine
    • TV – Commercials – Clean & Clear skin cream
    • TV – Commercials – Coca-Cola soft drinks
    • TV – Commercials – Crest whitening strips
    • TV – Commercials – Domino’s pizza
    • TV – Commercials – Dove hygiene products
    • TV – Commercials – Elidel eczema treatment
    • TV – Commercials – Energizer batteries
    • TV – Commercials – Gateway electronics
    • TV – Commercials – Glade air fresheners
    • TV – Commercials – Goldfish cheese snacks
    • TV – Commercials – Hellmann’s condiments
    • TV – Commercials – Hershey’s chocolate
    • TV – Commercials – KC Masterpiece barbeque sauce
    • TV – Commercials – KFC restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Kia automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Kodak cameras
    • TV – Commercials – Lenscrafters eyewear
    • TV – Commercials – Lincoln automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Lowe’s home improvement stores
    • TV – Commercials – Maple Pecan Crunch breakfast cereal
    • TV – Commercials – Mazda automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Neutrogena tanning cream
    • TV – Commercials – Nice n’ Easy hair coloring
    • TV – Commercials – Nissan automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Off! insect repellent lanterns
    • TV – Commercials – Olive Garden restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Paxil CR antidepressant
    • TV – Commercials – Pepsi soft drinks
    • TV – Commercials – Retin-a-Micro acne treatment
    • TV – Commercials – Ruffles potato chips
    • TV – Commercials – Schick shaving razors
    • TV – Commercials – Scott paper towels
    • TV – Commercials – Sprint phones
    • TV – Commercials – Subway restaurants
    • TV – Commercials – Target department stores
    • TV – Commercials – Taster’s Choice coffee
    • TV – Commercials – Thermasilk conditioner
    • TV – Commercials – Tostito’s chips
    • TV – Commercials – Toyota automobiles
    • TV – Commercials – Tums antacid
    • TV – Commercials – V8 fruit drinks
    • TV – Commercials – Verizon phone service
    • TV – Commercials – Visa credit cards
    • TV – Commercials – Whirlpool washing machines
    • TV – Commercials – Zyrtec allergy medication
    • TV – Commercials – “Analyze That” home video
    • TV – Commercials – “Atlantis: Milo’s Return” home video
    • TV – Commercials – “Bruce Almighty” motion picture
    • TV – Commercials – “Finding Nemo” motion picture
    • TV – Commercials – “The Recruit” home video
    • TV – Promos – “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter”
    • TV – Promos – “10-8”
    • TV – Promos – “2003 NBA Draft Lottery”
    • TV – Promos – “ABC Nightline”
    • TV – Promos – “According to Jim”
    • TV – Promos – “Anna and the King”
    • TV – Promos – “Back to Kansas”
    • TV – Promos – “Extreme Makeover”
    • TV – Promos – “Good Morning America”
    • TV – Promos – “Hope & Faith”
    • TV – Promos – “Indianapolis 500”
    • TV – Promos – “It’s All Relative”
    • TV – Promos – “I’m With Her”
    • TV – Promos – “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
    • TV – Promos – “Karen Sisco”
    • TV – Promos – “Less than Perfect”
    • TV – Promos – “My Wife and Kids”
    • TV – Promos – “NBA Eastern Conference Finals: Pistons vs Nets Game 3”
    • TV – Promos – “NYPD Blue”
    • TV – Promos – “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose”
    • TV – Promos – “The Practice”
    • TV – Promos – “Threat Matrix”

CREDITS

  • Don Mischer … Executive Producer
  • Charlie Haykel … Producer
  • Linda Saffire … Producer
  • Juliane Hare … Co-Producer
  • Mark R. Leed … Associate Producer
  • Lisa Fischer … Associate Producer
  • Cherry Montejo … Associate Producer
  • Kenny Ortega … Segment Producer, Choreographer
  • Shawn Tesser … Segment Producer
  • Michael Sachs … Segment Producer
  • Laura Lipton … Segment Producer
  • Lynne Lussier Productions … Segment Producer
  • Bill Urban … Line Producer
  • Brian Brown … Film Producer, Writer
  • Sara Lukinson … Film Producer, Writer
  • Jon Bloom … Film Producer
  • Jill Gershman … Film Producer
  • Sylvan Markman … Film Producer
  • Mark Rowen … Film Producer
  • Phil Savenick … Film Producer
  • Glenn Weiss … Director
  • Lynn Peck … Researcher
  • Liza Field … Researcher
  • Dave Boone … Writer
  • Jon Macks … Writer
  • Stephen Pouliot … Writer
  • Jeff Stilson … Writer
  • Andy Geller … Announcer
  • Randy Thomas … Announcer
  • Jennifer Garner … Guest
  • John Travolta … Guest
  • Gabe Kaplan … Guest
  • Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs … Guest
  • Robert Hegyes … Guest
  • Ron Palillo … Guest
  • Marcia Strassman … Guest
  • Farrah Fawcett … Guest
  • Ryan O'Neal … Guest
  • Tim Allen … Guest
  • Jim Belushi … Guest
  • Courtney Thorne-Smith … Guest
  • Jerry Mathers … Guest
  • Bonnie Hunt … Guest
  • Florence Henderson … Guest
  • Ann B. Davis … Guest
  • Maureen McCormick … Guest
  • Barry Williams … Guest
  • Susan Olsen … Guest
  • Christopher Knight … Guest
  • Anjelica Huston … Guest
  • Joe Namath … Guest
  • Al Michaels … Guest
  • John Madden … Guest
  • Oprah Winfrey … Guest
  • Michael Vartan … Guest
  • Dennis Franz … Guest
  • Kim Delaney … Guest
  • Gail O'Grady … Guest
  • Sharon Lawrence … Guest
  • Nicholas Turturro … Guest
  • Andrea Thompson … Guest
  • Gordon Clapp … Guest
  • Bill Brochtrup … Guest
  • Henry Simmons … Guest
  • Garcelle Beauvais … Guest
  • Jacqueline Obradors … Guest
  • Esai Morales … Guest
  • Charlotte Ross … Guest
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar … Guest
  • Gavin McLeod … Guest
  • Bernie Kopell … Guest
  • Fred Grandy … Guest
  • Ted Lange … Guest
  • Jill Whelan … Guest
  • Barbara Walters … Guest
  • Hugh Downs … Guest
  • Jimmy Kimmel … Guest
  • Michael Cole … Guest
  • Peggy Lipton … Guest
  • Clarence Williams III … Guest
  • Dick Clark … Guest
  • George Lopez … Guest
  • Joan Collins … Guest
  • Sugar Ray Leonard … Guest
  • Muhammad Ali … Guest
  • LeVar Burton … Guest
  • John Ritter … Guest
  • Lee Majors … Guest
  • Clint Walker … Guest
  • Hugh O'Brian … Guest
  • Michael Eisner … Guest
  • Richard Chamberlain … Guest
  • Jaleel White … Guest
  • Reginald VelJohnson … Guest
  • Kellie Williams … Guest
  • Telma Hopkins … Guest
  • Joan Lunden … Guest
  • David Hartman … Guest
  • Michael Badalucco … Guest
  • Camryn Manheim … Guest
  • Dorothy Hamill … Guest
  • Carl Lewis … Guest
  • Vinko Bogataj … Guest
  • Jim McKay … Guest
  • Roseanne Barr … Guest
  • Henry Winkler … Guest
  • Penny Marshall … Guest
  • Cindy Williams … Guest
  • Marion Ross … Guest
  • Erin Moran … Guest
  • Anson Williams … Guest
  • Donny Most … Guest
  • David Lander … Guest
  • Michael McKean … Guest
  • Garry Marshall … Guest
  • Susan Lucci … Guest
  • Drew Carey … Guest
  • Michael J. Fox … Guest
  • Troy Aikman
  • Roone Arledge
  • Halle Berry
  • Bill Haley and the Comets
  • Yasmine Bleeth
  • Sonny Bono
  • Patrick Bristow
  • Cher
  • George Clooney
  • Howard Cosell
  • Kristen Davis
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Ellen Degeneres
  • Kim Delaney
  • Laura Dern
  • Michael Douglas
  • Richard Dreyfuss
  • Boomer Esiason
  • Peter Falk
  • Sally Field
  • Harrison Ford
  • Jodie Foster
  • Victor Garber
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Charlie Gibson
  • Gregory Hines
  • Greg Grunberg
  • Tom Hanks
  • Mary Helgenberger
  • Bob Hope
  • Jackson Five, The
  • Janet Jackson
  • Michael Jackson
  • Mick Jagger
  • Peter Jennings
  • Gil Junger
  • Evel Knievel
  • Ted Koppel
  • Warren Moon
  • 'N Sync
  • Tracy Newman
  • Harry Reasoner
  • Rolling Stones, The
  • Dana Savel
  • Diane Sawyer
  • Junior Seau
  • Sissy Spacek
  • John Stamos
  • Jonathan Stark
  • Supremes, The
  • Tina Turner
  • Bill Walsh
  • Damon Wayans
  • Kevin Weisman