ABC Drops Miss America Pageant
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ABC has dropped Miss America, leaving the famous beauty pageant without a network TV outlet for the first time in 50 years.
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ABC News is eliminating Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter and Democrats Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel from its prime-time presidential debates Saturday night because they did not meet benchmarks for their support.
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Miss America is all dressed up with no place to go -- at least for now.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The Associated Press announced Tuesday that it will remove its poll from being used by the Bowl Championship Series.
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - Miss Alabama Deidre  Downs was crowned Miss America Saturday, winning a scholarship  worth $50,000.
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Mind you, Barbara Walters isn't retiring. But she's about to do something almost as notable: Relinquish her role as co-host of "20/20" after a quarter-century with that ABC newsmagazine. Walters, who has interviewed almost every big shot worth interviewing and whose own celebrity matches many of her subjects, is ready to retreat from the spotlight &#151; a little.
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ABC Studios on Friday  became the first TV studio to terminate production deals as a  result of the Hollywood writers strike.
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ABC has pulled out of negotiations to continue airing college football's Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
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A day after NBC said it  would delay the January 3 premiere of "Celebrity Apprentice" by  a week to avoid clashing with the last original episode of  "Grey's Anatomy," ABC on Thursday moved its medical drama to  January 10, forcing NBC to reverse its decision.
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She may be Miss America, but for 50 years she's been married to television. The tube was contest's link from its Atlantic City, N.J. home to millions of heartland living rooms, and it turned the winners into stars. But lately, the relationship has gotten bumpy as ratings dipped and TV executives took more control.
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ABC has turned off the lights for "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money." The low-rated series airing back-to-back on Wednesday have been pulled by the network.
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Deidre Downs, Miss Alabama, was crowned Miss America Saturday night in Atlantic City and won a $50,000 scholarship. She was the third Miss Alabama to win the pageant, following Heather Whitestone, who won
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ABC faced growing pressure Friday about its planned miniseries on the buildup to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Former Clinton administration officials, historians and a Democratic petition with nearly 200,000 signatures urged the network to scrap the five-hour drama.
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LOS ANGELES - ABC has turned off the lights for "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money." The low-rated series airing back-to-back on Wednesday have been pulled by the network.
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LOS ANGELES  - It's game over for  Jennifer Love Hewitt at ABC.
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Louis Vuitton has ended its sponsorship of the America's Cup after a 25-year link with sailing's most prestigious event, unhappy with the way it is being run and the direction it is taking under Swiss holder Alinghi.
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The return of âLost,â albeit a two-hour repeat of last seasonâs finale, buoyed ABCâs ratings on Wednesday during a night otherwise dominated by Foxâs âAmerican Idolâ and âThe Moment of Truth.â