The ABC Entertainment Television Group includes both the ABC Entertainment division and the Touchstone Television studio. ABC Entertainment develops, licenses and programs series and specials for the ABC Television Network. Touchstone Television produces programming for ABC and also provides original fare to other major networks.

ABC added to its core group of returning primetime series, including The Practice, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Drew Carey Show, My Wife & Kids and The Wonderful World of Disney, with such fall entries as the number-one new drama of the season, Alias, and the hit family comedy, According to Jim. These new programming additions enabled ABC to lower the median age of its viewing audience, which is now younger than that of either NBC or CBS. For midseason, ABC has The Court, starring Sally Field, and The Web, a new comedy centered around the world of broadcast television.

ABC's 2002 slate of network movie and miniseries includes the remake of Brian's Song, Stephen King's new six-hour miniseries Rose Red, and Dinotopia.

The merger of ABC Entertainment and Touchstone Television has allowed Touchstone Television to successfully develop new series for ABC while continuing to sell original programming to other networks, such as Felicity for The WB and the new comedy Scrubs for NBC. The studio had its most successful development season ever this past year, placing shows on four of the six broadcast networks.