ABC News Studios

{{Short description|Documentary arm of ABC News}}

{{Infobox company

| name = ABC News Studios

| type = Division

| industry = Television production

| founded = {{Start date and age|2022|7|26}}

| hq_location_city = New York

| hq_location_country = United States

| parent = ABC News

| division = ABC News Films

}}

ABC News Studios is a long-form documentary production unit of ABC News that is part of Disney General Entertainment Content, itself a division of The Walt Disney Company, the division focused on creating premium, narrative non-fiction content like documentaries, series, and specials mainly for Disney own streaming services and networks like ABC and Hulu, including other third-party channels services.

History

ABC News Studios was founded on July 26 2022, when ABC News announced its expansion to its documentary efforts by launching a dedicated production arm that would bring all of ABC News' documentary and docuseries under a new documentary division. The new documentary studio division would produce original programming for Disney's networks & streaming services and other platforms.{{cite web|title=ABC News Launches ABC News Studios With 100+ Programming Hours|url=https://www.dgepress.com/abc/pressrelease/abc-news-launches-abc-news-studios-with-100-programming-hours/|website=Dgepress|date=July 26, 2022}}

Filmography

=Television=

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Wild Crimerowspan="2" | 2021–presentrowspan="2" | Hulu
City of Angels {{pipe}} City of Deathco-production with Highway 41 Productions
Let the World Seerowspan="5" | 2022ABCco-production with Kapital Entertainment, Roc Nation, Westbrook Studios and Cobble Hill Films
Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murdersrowspan="10" | Hulu
Have You Seen This Man?
Mormon No More
The Murders Before the Marathonco-production with Anonymous Content and Story Syndicate
Where Is Private Dulaney?2022–presentco-production with Show of Force and Versus Pictures
Death in the Dorms2023–2024co-production with The Intellectual Property Corporation and Yes, Like the River
Web of Deathrowspan="3" | 2023co-production with Blink Films
Killing Countryco-production with Kaepernick Media
Still Missing Morgan{{Cite magazine |last=White |first=Peter |date=February 23, 2023 |title=Ridley Scott To Produce True-Crime Docuseries 'Still Missing Morgan' For Hulu With ABC News Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/ridley-scott-producing-true-crime-docueries-still-missing-morgan-hulu-1235254871/|magazine=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=March 19, 2023}}co-production with Scott Free Productions, 5Star Productions, NLA Productions and Mad Possom Pictures
Daughters of the Cult{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/hulu-true-crime-docuseries-abc-news-studioa-1235669098/|title=Hulu Sets More True-Crime Docuseries From ABC News Studios Including ‘Daughters Of The Cult’ & Season 2 Of ‘Death In The Dorms’|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|date=December 15, 2023|access-date=January 13, 2024|archive-date=January 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113142716/https://deadline.com/2023/12/hulu-true-crime-docuseries-abc-news-studioa-1235669098/|url-status=live}}2024co-production with Main Event Media
Scam Goddess{{cite web|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|title=Scam Goddess Podcast Being Adapted Into Non-Fiction Series By Laci Mosley & ABC News Studios|url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/scam-goddess-podcast-tv-adaptation-laci-mosley-abc-news-studios-1235999959/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 2, 2024|access-date=January 15, 2025}}2025–presentFreeformco-production with The Intellectual Property Corporation

=Film=

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Aftershock{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/aftershock-onyx-collective-abc-news-acquire-sundance-doc-1234933942/|title=Disney's Onyx Collective & ABC News Acquire Award-Winning Sundance Doc 'Aftershock'; Will Stream On Hulu In U.S.|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=February 15, 2022|access-date=February 21, 2022}}July 19, 2022Huluco-production with Onyx Collective, Impact Partners, JustFilms/Ford Foundation, Malka Films and Good Gravy Films
Brats{{cite web |title=Andrew McCarthy To Reunite With Brat Packers Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy & More For Hulu Documentary ‘Brats’ |first=Matthew |last=Carey |date=January 18, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/brat-pack-documentary-brats-director-andrew-mccarthy-announcement-1235795872/ |access-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303123948/https://deadline.com/2024/01/brat-pack-documentary-brats-director-andrew-mccarthy-announcement-1235795872/ |archive-date=2024-03-03 |url-status=live}}June 13, 2024Huluco-production with Neon and Network Entertainment
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/barbara-walters-documentary-hulu-abc-news-studios-imagine-1236047412/|title=Barbara Walters to Be Subject of Doc Set at Hulu From ABC News Studios, Imagine Documentaries (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=June 25, 2024|access-date=May 12, 2025}}June 23, 2025Huluco-production with Imagine Documentaries and Latchkey Films

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