Disney has begun laying off employees of its ABC Television Group.
The cuts are primarily in non-content and operational sectors and will affect all divisions, including ABC Entertainment, ABC Studios, Freeform, Disney Channel, DisneyXD and Disney Junior.
Disney is cutting annual costs, although it plans to eliminate less than the annual 10 percent reduction that had initially been reported.
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The moves come as the company is realigning resources around future growth, with the hope of adding other jobs down the road.
ABC finished in third place last season in total viewers behind NBC and CBS. Prolific producer Shonda Rhimes announced in August that she is leaving her longtime home at ABC for a multi-year deal at Netflix.
18 New Fall TV Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers, From 'SWAT' to 'The Good Doctor' (Photos)
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Thus far, 18 new Big 4 broadcast television series have premiered this fall -- well, 17 and "Will & Grace," if you're going to get all technical about it. TheWrap ranked all of them by the overall TV audience each debut brought in.
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ABC
Rank: 18
Show: "Ten Days in the Valley"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 3.443 millionAlso Read: 47 Fall TV Actors Ranked Most to Least Liked, From Michael Weatherly to Matt LeBlanc (Photos)
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Fox
Rank: 16
Show: "Ghosted"
Net: Fox
Total Viewers: 3.581 millionAlso Read: 34 Fall TV Actresses Ranked Most to Least Liked, From Pauley Perrette to America Ferrera (Photos)
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ABC
Rank: 16
Show: "Marvel's Inhumans"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 3.752 millionAlso Read: 20 Highest-Rated Shows That Got Canceled Last Season (Photos)
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ABC
Rank: 15
Show: "The Mayor"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 4.084 millionAlso Read: 20 Lowest-Rated TV Shows of 2016-17 Season (Photos)
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ABC
Rank: 14
Show: "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 4.165 million -
Fox
Rank: 13
Show: "The Gifted"
Net: Fox
Total Viewers: 4.899 millionAlso Read: Fall TV Premiere Calendar: 164 New and Returning Shows (Photos)
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NBC
Rank: 12
Show: "The Brave"
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 5.958 millionAlso Read: ‘Will & Grace’ Revival to Actor Mixup: 7 Things We Learned at TCA and 7 Unsolved Mysteries (Photos)
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NBC
Rank: 11
Show: "Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders"
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 6.061 millionAlso Read: 15 New Fall TV Shows You’ll Want to Catch, From ‘Inhumans’ to ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ (Photos)
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CBS
Rank: 10
Show: "Me, Myself and I"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 7.455 millionAlso Read: Fall TV’s Most Intriguing New Showdowns: ‘Big Bang’-‘Will & Grace,’ ‘This Is Us’-‘Scandal’ (Photos)
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CBS
Rank: 9
Show: "S.W.A.T."
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 7.473 millionAlso Read: ‘Stranger Things 2’ Debut Drew More Viewers Than ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8 Premiere
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CBS
Rank: 8
Show: "9JKL"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 8.208 millionAlso Read: 9 Summer TV Winners and Losers: From ‘Game of Thrones’ to Megyn Kelly
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Fox
Rank: 7
Show: "The Orville"
Net: Fox
Total Viewers: 8.558 million**Post-NFL preview, time slot premiere had 4.053 million viewers.
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CBS
Rank: 6
Show: "Wisdom of the Crowd"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 8.828 millionAlso Read: ABC’s ‘In an Instant’ Is Summer’s Lowest-Rated Broadcast TV Show
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CBS
Rank: 5
Show: "Star Trek: Discovery"
Net: CBS*
Total Viewers: 9.486 million*CBS All Access Show, only Episode 1 aired on broadcast TV.
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CBS
Rank: 4
Show: "SEAL Team"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 9.873 millionAlso Read: ‘Live With Kelly & Ryan’ Creams ‘Megyn Kelly Today’ Premiere Week by 43 Percent
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NBC
Rank: 3
Show: "Will & Grace"*
Net: NBC
Total Viewers: 10.193 million*OK, so technically it's a returning show.
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ABC
Rank: 2
Show: "The Good Doctor"
Net: ABC
Total Viewers: 11.216 million -
CBS
Rank: 1
Show: "Young Sheldon"
Net: CBS
Total Viewers: 17.209 million**Preview
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That's 18 down, more to go. Let's see how these Nielsen ratings rankings continue to shake up as the 2017-18 TV season rolls on.
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See where ”Marvel’s Inhumans“ and X-Men series ”The Gifted“ settle in
Thus far, 18 new Big 4 broadcast television series have premiered this fall -- well, 17 and "Will & Grace," if you're going to get all technical about it. TheWrap ranked all of them by the overall TV audience each debut brought in.
Also Read: 43 Summer TV Premieres Ranked by Total Viewers (Photos)