ABC

ABC (short for American Broadcasting Company) is a network which debuted on the radio on October 12, 1943 and on to TV on April 19, 1948. It was founded by Edward Noble in 1943 and its headquarters are in New York City. The network was bought by the Walt Disney Company in 1996. Sometimes it is referred to as the Alphabet Network because its initials are the first three letters of the alphabet.

Over the years, ABC has broadcast many game shows in its daytime lineup, including The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, Let's Make a Deal, Password, Split Second, The $10,000/$20,000 Pyramid, Family Feud, The Better Sex, Trivia Trap, All-Star Blitz, and Hot Streak. ABC also broadcast a brief revival of Match Game during Wheel of Fortune's 7th season (1990-1991). ABC also produces Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? which is syndicated on several ABC local stations. In addition to syndicating Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Wheel of Fortune, it also currently broadcasts Jeopardy! in syndication as well.

Wheel of Fortune
In 1983, ABC affiliates got syndication rights to Wheel of Fortune, broadcasting it at 7:30pm EST/6:30pm CT on weeknights.

[|One episode of 20/20 wentbehind the scenes on Wheel of Fortunein 1986.]

On June 3, 2013, [|Autumn Erhard became the second million-dollar winner on Wheel of Fortune, which was mentioned on ABC's Good Morning America.] Other things about Wheel of Fortune were also revealed there, such as why [|Pat Sajak and Vanna White switched jobs for one day (Pat Sajak had laryngitis)], [|a time when somebody knew the answer to the puzzle and mispronounced it], and that [|Pat Sajak sometimes hosted drunk in the show's early days.]

On October 29, 2012, during the show's 30th season, [|Wheel of Fortune was renewed by ABC for 3 more seasons] (2013-2016).