The ABC Entertainment Television Group, a division of the ABC Television Network, encompasses ABC Entertainment and Touchstone Television.

ABC Entertainment is responsible for all primetime and late-night entertainment programming. This season’s primetime line-up features inclusive comedies aimed at young adults and the entire family from 8 to 9 p.m.; more adult comedies and escapist programming from 9 to 10 p.m., and then more provocative dramatic fare and hard-hitting newsmagazines from 10 to 11 p.m.

The network’s new programming strategy features a “horizontal” programming block in the 8 p.m. hour Monday through Friday. Deemed “ABC’s Happy Hour,” this block is composed of broad programming that includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, According to Jim, My Wife and Kids, George Lopez and America’s Funniest Home Videos.

One of Hollywood’s leading production companies, Touchstone Television supplies critically acclaimed quality entertainment to the television industry. Touchstone Television has 11 hours of programming scheduled to air during the 2002-2003 season. The past two seasons have been the most prolific in the unit’s 18-year history. The studio has program commitments from NBC, CBS and ABC, and it is responsible for such popular returning series as Scrubs (NBC’s highest-rated new comedy), The Amazing Race (CBS) and Alias, My Wife and Kids and According to Jim (ABC). New Touchstone programming includes 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, Life with Bonnie, Less Than Perfect, MDs, Veritas, Miracles, Lost at Home and Regular Joe.