Major League Baseball on ABC
National television broadcasts of Major League Baseball (MLB) games have aired on ABC in various formats. The network first aired Saturday Major League Baseball Game of the Week games between 1953 and 1955, in 1960, and in 1965. ABC then televised MLB games from 1976 to 1989, airing Monday Night Baseball, Thursday Night Baseball, and Sunday Afternoon Baseball in various years during that period.
| Major League Baseball on ABC | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Monday Night Baseball Sunday Afternoon Baseball Thursday Night Baseball Baseball Night in America ESPN Major League Baseball |
| Genre | Major League Baseball game telecasts |
| Developed by | ABC Sports |
| Directed by | Steve Danz Chet Forte Ken Fouts Craig Janoff Larry Kamm |
| Starring | Major League Baseball on ABC broadcasters |
| Theme music composer | Charles Fox Robert Israel Lillian Scheinert Kurt Bestor Scott Schreer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Roone Arledge Geoffrey Mason |
| Producers | Bob Goodrich Curt Gowdy Jr. Chuck Howard Peter Lasser Dennis Lewin |
| Editors | Dean Hovell Conrad Kraus Pamela Peterson |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes (or until game ends) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | April 12, 1976 – October 28, 1989 |
| Release | July 16, 1994 – October 26, 1995 |
| Release | September 29, 2020 – present |
| Related | |
| Major League Baseball on NBC Major League Baseball Game of the Week Monday Night Baseball Sunday Afternoon Baseball Thursday Night Baseball Baseball Night in America ESPN Major League Baseball Sunday Night Baseball | |
MLB games aired on ABC again in 1994 and 1995 as part of The Baseball Network, the short-lived time-brokered package of broadcasts produced by Major League Baseball and split with NBC. After not televising MLB since The Baseball Network folded, and after the ABC Sports division merged with ESPN in 2006, ABC has aired selected games as part of its sister cable network's contract since 2020. The broadcasts since 2020 have been produced by ESPN, and have primarily used the ESPN Major League Baseball branding and graphics instead of the Major League Baseball on ABC branding.