Major League Baseball on ABC
| Major League Baseball on ABC | |
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Major League Baseball on ABC logo circa 1989. | |
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| Genre | American baseball game telecasts |
| Directed by | Steve Danz Chet Forte Ken Fouts Craig Janoff Larry Kamm |
| Presented by | Various commentators |
| Theme music composer | Charles Fox Robert Israel Lillian Scheinert Kurt Bestor Scott Schreer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 23 |
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| Production locations | Various MLB stadiums (game telecasts) |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 210 minutes or until game ends (inc. adverts) |
| Production companies | ABC Sports (1976–1989 and 1994–1995) ESPN (2020–present) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | April 12, 1976 – October 28, 1989 |
| Network | The Baseball Network (ABC and NBC) |
| Release | July 16, 1994 – October 26, 1995 |
| Network | ABC ESPN ESPN2 ESPN DTC ESPN Deportes (Spanish audio/broadcast) |
| Release | September 29, 2020 – present |
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Major League Baseball on ABC (also known as MLB on ABC and ABC MLB) is an American presentation of Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by ABC Sports and ESPN, and televised on the ABC television network, its cable channel ESPN and streaming service ESPN DTC.
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.
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. This includes a Sunday Night Baseball game in 2021 and selected weekend afternoon games in 2026.