Jimmy Kimmel was a surprise show-up at ABC’s TCA at-bat Tuesday to introduce Karey Burke, who is making her first press tour appearance as head of the network’s entertainment division. The ABC late-night host said Burke, who replaced Channing Dungey last November, won the post “by the largest margin in ABC history…

Following weeks of speculation, outgoing ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey is officially joining Netflix in a senior leadership role as Vice President of Original Content, reporting to Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content. She is expected to start in February. In this newly created role, Dungey…

Channing Dungey is stepping down as President of ABC Entertainment after less than three years on the job. As usual, Disney has reached within its ranks for a replacement, naming Karey Burke, head of Freeform original programming development, as new ABC Entertainment president. The move comes ahead of the completion…

ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey says she has “no regrets” about greenlighting the Roseanne revival,even months after she was forced to fire the show’s star over a racist tweet. Dungey said she was surprised that Roseanne Barr’s ouster, which thrust a behind-the-scenes executive into the spotlight, became a…

ABC, coming off the highs and lows of the extraordinary ratings success of the Roseanne revival and the turmoil after its abrupt cancellation, is heading into next season with four new comedy series: the Roseanne spinoff The Conners, two more family comedies, The Kids Are Alright and Single Parents, and one more…

In one of the fastest meteoric rises and falls for a TV show, ABC’s Roseanne revival burst onto the scene last spring, breaking ratings records to quickly establish itself as broadcast television’s No. 1 show. Just a couple of months later — and days after ABC had unveiled its fall schedule with Roseanne on it — the…

ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey, filmmakers Lee Daniels (The Butler) and Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Cesar Conde are among those who will take part in CAA Amplify’s…

Speaking at the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday, ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey talked about the importance of standing up to things that don’t match our values and beliefs. Dungey made the comments while accepting the Lucy Award for Excellence in Television, which came on…

The chances of Roseanne Barr winning an Emmy this year or even getting a nomination are slim, but the racist-tweeting star of ABC’s canceled sitcom Roseanne is still on the ballot. Turns out that producers Carsey-Werner submitted Barr's name for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category in early May…

Roseanne may have been canceled by ABC just over a week ago after its star let loose online with racist tweets, but this week TV Academy members are receiving magazines in the mail that are playing catch-up with the still-smoldering fiasco. “Shortly before this issue was to be mailed, ABC canceled Roseanne," says a…

It was a day no one could have anticipated — except anyone who has been online in the past decade. ABC said Tuesday afternoon it was canceling Roseanne, one of the most popular comedy series in America, after star Roseanne Barr spent the morning spewing racist and anti-Semitic remarks on Twitter against former Barack…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season finale of Designated Survivor. It may be the last term for President Tom Kirkland. Unless those rumors about eOne shopping the series and Netflix picking it up provide another season, tonight marked the end for the struggling Designated Survivor. Despite…