ABC Saturday Movie of the Week

ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
Genre Anthology
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 12
No. of episodes 178
Production
Running time 120 minutes+
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format 480i (SD), 720p (HD)
Audio format 5.1 Surround Sound
Original release February 21, 2004 (2004-02-21) – present
Chronology
Related shows Wonderful World of Disney

ABC Saturday Movie of the Week is a weekly American anthology series that airs on ABC. The series began as the replacement for ABC's Big Picture Show and as a revival of ABC's Movie of the Week theme (the network used this theme from 1969 until 1976). Since its inception, it has been ABC's main platform for airing theatrical movies, although other movies air as part of the movie of the week format during the holiday season and as special presentations. As such, ABC airs a movie on every night of the week at some point during the television season styled as [Insert Day] Movie of the Week.

Overview

Beginning in 2009, with the December 2008 cancellation of Wonderful World of Disney, ABC Saturday Movie of the Week has become ABC's main platform for all movies. Currently the title is used solely for internal scheduling purposes; either a short promotional piece listing the film coming up or a direct cut to a disclaimer that the film has been formatted to broadcast television presentation precedes the aired film.

Among the films which ABC has broadcast rights to are a package of DreamWorks films, ironic given that ABC's parent Disney once employed the studio's co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, who fell out of favor with Disney just before joining DreamWorks. The lone permanent annual airing of any film in the series is that of The Ten Commandments, which has aired on ABC since 1973 and airs in an extended time slot each year in the vicinity of Easter; the film is also generally the most watched film of the series each year.

Currently, each season usually begins in December, as Saturday Night Football airs on ABC almost every Saturday night in September, October, and November.

The ABC Saturday Night Movie/ABC Family Movie/Big Picture Show (1990 to 2003)

Nielsen ratings

Seasonal ratings

Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of ABC Saturday Movie of the Week on ABC:

Season Episodes Timeslot (ET) Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1 10 Saturday 8:00 PM February 21, 2004 August 14, 2004 2003-2004 #123[1] 6.21
2 17 September 25, 2004 August 27, 2005 2004-2005 #107[2] 6.41
3 38 September 17, 2005 August 26, 2006 2005-2006 #126[3] 5.74
4 35 October 21, 2006 August 25, 2007 2006-2007 #180[4] 5.12
5 32 December 8, 2007 August 23, 2008 2007-2008 #160[5] 4.69
6 21 December 13, 2008 August 29, 2009 2008-2009 #149[6] 3.80
7 18 December 12, 2009 August 28, 2010 2009-2010 #119[7] 3.55
8 23 December 11, 2010 August 20, 2011 2010-2011 #170[8] 3.53
9 15 December 24, 2011 August 18, 2012 2011-2012 #156[9] 3.46
10 12 December 15, 2012 August 17, 2013 2012-2013 #150[10] 2.76
11 14 December 28, 2013 August 16, 2014 2013-2014 TBD TBD
12 15 December 13, 2014 August 29, 2015 2014-2015 TBD TBD

Weekly ratings, Season 1

Episode # Title Air Date Viewers (m)
1 Cast Away February 21, 2004
2 Forrest Gump February 28, 2004
3 Frequency March 6, 2004
4 Dr. Dolittle March 13, 2004
5 Tarzan March 20, 2004
6 The Emperor's New Groove April 3, 2004
7 The Mummy Returns April 17, 2004
8 Almost Famous April 24, 2004
9 Remember the Titans May 1, 2004
10 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone May 15, 2004
11 The Fast and the Furious May 22, 2004
12 Field of Dreams June 12, 2004
13 Patch Adams June 19, 2004
14 A.I. Artificial Intelligence June 26, 2004
15 The Legend of Bagger Vance July 3, 2004
16 Princess of Thieves July 10, 2004
17 The Miracle Worker July 17, 2004
18 Unbreakable July 24, 2004
19 October Sky July 31, 2004
20 Mystic Pizza August 7, 2004
21 The Kid August 14, 2004
22 The Road to El Dorado August 21, 2004
23 Dinosaur September 4, 2004

Weekly ratings, Season 2

Episode # Title Air Date Viewers (m)
1 Cast Away September 25, 2004
2 Liar Liar October 9, 2004
3 Monsters, Inc. October 30, 2004
4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Apprentice November 13, 2004
5 The Rookie November 20, 2004
6 Remember the Titans December 18, 2004

Weekly ratings, Season 3

Episode # Title Air Date Viewers (m)
1 Armageddon September 17, 2005
2 Catch Me If You Can September 24, 2005
3 Air Force One October 22, 2005
4 Monsters, Inc. October 29, 2005
5 Catch Me If You Can November 5, 2005
6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets November 19, 2005
7 How the Grinch Stole Christmas December 10, 2005
8 The Sound of Music December 17, 2005
9 Snow Dogs December 31, 2005
10 Enemy of the State January 21, 2006
11 Road to Perdition January 28, 2006
12 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone February 4, 2006
13 The Green Mile February 11, 2006
15 Cast Away February 18, 2006
16 Forrest Gump February 25, 2006
17 A Beautiful Mind March 4, 2006
18 What Lies Beneath March 11, 2006
19 The Sixth Sense March 18, 2006
20 Signs March 25, 2006
21 The Ring April 1, 2006
22 Minority Report April 8, 2006
23 The Ten Commandments April 15, 2006
24 Pretty Woman April 22, 2006
25 Pearl Harbor April 29, 2006
26 Seabiscuit May 6, 2006
27 Remember the Titans May 20, 2006
28 Enemy of the State May 27, 2006
29 Toy Story June 3, 2006
30 Toy Story 2 June 10, 2006
31 Lady and the Tramp June 17, 2006
32 A Bug's Life June 24, 2006
33 Lilo & Stitch July 1, 2006
34 The Princess Diaries July 8, 2006
35 Unbreakable July 15, 2006
36 The Rookie July 22, 2006
37 Coyote Ugly August 12, 2006
38 Cast Away August 19, 2006
39 Pearl Harbor August 26, 2006

Weekly ratings, Season 4

Episode # Title Air Date Viewers (m)
1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets October 21, 2006
2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban October 28, 2006
3 How the Grinch Stole Christmas December 9, 2006
4 Finding Nemo December 16, 2006
5 The Sound of Music December 23, 2006
6 The Terminal January 13, 2007
7 Seabiscuit January 20, 2007
8 Catch Me If You Can January 27, 2007
9 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy February 3, 2007
10 Bringing Down the House February 10, 2007
11 Cast Away February 17, 2007
12 Forrest Gump February 24, 2007
13 Head of State March 3, 2007
14 The Sixth Sense March 10, 2007
15 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde March 17, 2007
16 Coyote Ugly March 24, 2007
17 The Rookie March 31, 2007
18 The Ten Commandments April 7, 2007
19 Shark Tale April 14, 2007
20 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone April 21, 2007
21 Pearl Harbor April 28, 2007
22 Meet the Fockers May 5, 2007
23 The Pacifier May 19, 2007
24 Minority Report June 2, 2007
25 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl June 16, 2007
26 Finding Nemo June 23, 2007
27 The Haunted Mansion June 30, 2007
28 Monsters, Inc. July 7, 2007
29 Freaky Friday July 14, 2007
30 The Princess Diaries July 21, 2007
31 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement July 28, 2007
32 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen August 4, 2007
33 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle August 11, 2007
34 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! August 18, 2007
35 The Cat in the Hat August 25, 2007

Weekly ratings, Season 5

Episode # Title Air Date Viewers (m)
1 How the Grinch Stole Christmas December 8, 2007
2 Surviving Christmas December 15, 2007
3 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events December 22, 2007
4 Pearl Harbor January 12, 2008
5 The Terminal January 19, 2008
6 Pretty Woman January 26, 2008
7 War of the Worlds February 2, 2008
8 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory February 9, 2008
9 Miracle February 16, 2008
10 Forrest Gump February 23, 2008
11 Old School March 1, 2008
12 Road to Perdition March 8, 2008
13 The Ten Commandments March 22, 2008
14 Catch Me If You Can March 29, 2008
15 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone April 5, 2008
16 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets April 12, 2008
17 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban April 19, 2008
18 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire April 26, 2008
19 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe May 3, 2008
20 Hitch May 17, 2008
21 The Rookie May 31, 2008
22 Finding Nemo June 7, 2008
23 Monsters, Inc. June 14, 2008
24 Camp Rock June 21, 2008
25 The Haunted Mansion June 28, 2008
26 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen July 5, 2008
27 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement July 12, 2008
28 Freaky Friday July 19, 2008
29 Peter Pan July 26, 2008
30 Shark Tale August 9, 2008
31 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde August 16, 2008
32 Madagascar August 23, 2008

Weekly ratings, Season 6

Episode # Title Air Date Viewers (m)
1 Surviving Christmas December 13, 2008
2 The Cat in the Hat December 20, 2008
3 Miracle December 27, 2008
4 Sleepless in Seattle January 3, 2009
5 The Pacifier January 17, 2009
6 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy January 31, 2009
7 Hitch February 21, 2009
8 Bewitched February 28, 2009
9 Just Like Heaven March 28, 2009
10 Yours, Mine and Ours April 4, 2009
11 The Ten Commandments April 11, 2009
12 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone April 18, 2009
13 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets April 25, 2009
14 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban May 2, 2009
15 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire May 16, 2009
16 The Haunted Mansion June 13, 2009
17 Red Eye August 1, 2009
18 Finding Nemo August 8, 2009
19 Shark Tale August 15, 2009
20 War of the Worlds August 22, 2009
21 Flightplan August 29, 2009

Weekly ratings, Season 7

Episode # Title Air Date Viewers (m)
1 The Polar Express December 12, 2009
2 The Santa Clause 2 December 19, 2009
3 Shrek 2 December 26, 2009
4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone February 6, 2010
5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets February 13, 2010
6 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban February 20, 2010
7 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix February 27, 2010
8 The Ten Commandments April 3, 2010
9 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy April 10, 2010
10 Shark Tale April 17, 2010
11 Norbit April 24, 2010
12 Meet the Fockers May 1, 2010
13 Just Like Heaven May 15, 2010
14 She's the Man June 19, 2010
15 The Game Plan July 24, 2010
16 Flightplan July 31, 2010
17 Red Eye August 7, 2010
18 Meet the Fockers August 28, 2010

Weekly ratings, Season 8

Episode # Title Airdate Viewers (m)
1 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe December 11, 2010
2 Madagascar December 18, 2010
3 Transformers December 25, 2010
4 Blades of Glory January 22, 2011
5 Dreamgirls January 29, 2011
6 Shrek the Third February 5, 2011
7 Hairspray February 12, 2011
8 Over the Hedge February 19, 2011
9 The Pursuit of Happyness February 26, 2011
10 King Kong March 5, 2011
11 Norbit March 19, 2011
12 Transformers April 2, 2011
13 War of the Worlds April 9, 2011
14 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest April 16, 2011
15 The Ten Commandments April 23, 2011
16 Batman Begins April 30, 2011
17 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End May 14, 2011
18 Spider-Man 3 May 21, 2011
19 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone July 23, 2011
20 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets July 30, 2011
21 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire August 6, 2011
22 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix August 13, 2011
23 Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension August 20, 2011

Weekly ratings, Season 9

Episode # Title Airdate Viewers (m)
1 The Sound of Music December 24, 2011
2 Over the Hedge January 21, 2012
3 Blades of Glory January 28, 2012
4 Transformers February 4, 2012
5 Wild Hogs February 18, 2012
6 The Devil Wears Prada February 25, 2012
7 The Ten Commandments April 7, 2012
8 The Blind Side April 28, 2012
9 Hancock May 5, 2012
10 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End May 12, 2012
11 Spider-Man 3 May 19, 2012
12 Cars June 16, 2012
13 Norbit August 4, 2012
14 The Game Plan August 11, 2012
15 The Devil Wears Prada August 18, 2012

Weekly ratings, Season 10

Episode # Title Airdate Viewers (m)
1 The Borrowers December 8, 2012 2.4[11]
2 Transformers December 15, 2012 2.9[12]
3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire December 29, 2012
4 Blades of Glory January 19, 2013 2.4[13]
5 War of the Worlds February 2, 2013 2.7[14]
6 Despicable Me February 9, 2013 4.0[15]
7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets February 16, 2013 2.2[16]
8 Dreamgirls February 23, 2013 3.1[17]
9 The Ten Commandments March 30, 2013 5.6[18]
10 Over the Hedge April 27, 2013 2.1[19]
11 The Game Plan July 20, 2013 2.0[19]
12 Norbit July 27, 2013 2.2[20]
13 Mamma Mia August 17, 2013 2.7[21]

Weekly ratings, Season 11

Episode # Title Airdate Viewers (m)
1 Just Go with It December 28, 2013 3.8[22]
2 Over the Hedge January 4, 2014 2.7[23]
3 Hancock January 18, 2014 2.7[24]
4 Flushed Away January 25, 2014 2.2[25]
5 Blades of Glory February 1, 2014 2.2[26]
6 The Pursuit of Happyness February 8, 2014 2.4[27]
7 Dreamgirls February 15, 2014 2.3[28]
8 Shrek the Third February 22, 2014 2.5[29]
9 The Social Network March 1, 2014 2.4[30]
10 The Ten Commandments April 19, 2014 5.7[31]
11 Despicable Me April 26, 2014 3.2[32]
12 Transformers May 3, 2014 2.4[33]
13 Spider-Man 2.1 May 17, 2014 2.5[34]
14 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets August 16, 2014 2.0[35]

Weekly ratings, Season 12

Episode # Title Airdate Viewers (m)
1 Limitless December 13, 2014 3.0[36]
2 Norbit December 27, 2014
3 Hairspray January 3, 2015 2.4[37]
4 Just Go with It January 17, 2015 3.3[38]
5 Mirror Mirror January 24, 2015
6 Despicable Me January 31, 2015 3.3[39]
7 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone February 7, 2015 2.7[40]
8 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets February 14, 2015 2.4[41]
9 The Social Network February 21, 2015 1.8[42]
10 Toy Story 3 April 25, 2015 2.7[43]
11 Shrek the Third May 2, 2015 2.3[44]
12 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets July 18, 2015 2.1[45]
13 Cars August 29, 2015 2.1[46]

Weekly ratings, Season 13

Episode # Title Airdate Viewers (m)
1 Mary Poppins December 12, 2015 4.65[47]
2 The Social Network January 16, 2016 1.38[48]
3 The Ten Commandments March 26, 2016 5.42[49]
4 Mirror Mirror April 2, 2016 2.2[50]
5 Monsters University April 23, 2016 2.44[51]
6 The Blind Side May 14, 2016 3.44[52]
7 Toy Story May 21, 2016 2.05[53]

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