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Elizabeth Smart to work as ABC commentator focusing on missing persons, child abduction cases.

The NBA's championship-winning game for the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday was seen by nearly 24 million people, leading ABC to its most-watched week during the slow summer season in nearly 10 years. The Nielsen Co. said the Mavericks' series victory over the Miami Heat was seen by an average of 17.3 million people over the six games. That's a little less than the viewership for last year's Lakers-Celtics series, which had the advantage of going to a climactic seventh game.

Sources at CBS and NBC tell Scoop there's no way they're taking on a Charlie Sheen show; Deadline reports that ABC is out as well.

Katie Couric is set to announce on Monday that she will sign with ABC for a syndicated talk show.

One of the most high-profile media courtships may soon be consummated: Katie Couric is closing in on a deal with Walt Disney Co.'s ABC to host an afternoon talk show.

CBS' "The Amazing Race" finale dips, but ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" season ender gets a double-digit boost.

Katie Couric is moving closer to a deal with Disney's ABC that would give the former "Today" host her own syndicated talk show in the fall of 2012, as well as a role within ABC News.

TV News: 'Modern,' 'Minds' solid opposite the megahit -- ''American Idol'' slipped a bit on Wednesday but still towered over everything else in primetime, lifting Fox to victory on a night when ABC's ''Modern Family'' was the top scripted show in demos.

ABC has released the first photos from its one-hour Charlie’s Angels drama pilot starring Minka Kelly, Annie Ilonzeh and Rachael Taylor.

Wrestling star Chris Jericho was smacked down on "Dancing With the Stars," eliminated from the competition one night after landing in last place on the hit ABC show....