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

See also: List of movie umbrella titles in North America § ABC

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)

• Problem Child 2; 1/15/1994; 11.1 rating
• Monkey Trouble; 1/18/1997; 14.6 million
• Runaway Virus; 1/29/2000; 7.6 rating
• Jack; December 30, 2000; 12.9 million viewers
• The Parent Trap; 2/10/2001; 11.7 million
• The Rock; January 6, 2001; 10.9 million
• Meet Joe Black; 4/28/2001; 6.6 million
• The Green Mile; 9/28/2002; 10.6 million
• Boys and Girls; 8/09/2003; 3 million

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	6.21
2	17		September 25, 2004	August 27, 2005	2004-2005	#107	6.41
3	25		September 17, 2005	August 12, 2006	2005-2006	#126	5.74
4	25		October 21, 2006	August 25, 2007	2006-2007	#180	5.12
5	23		December 8, 2007	August 23, 2008	2007-2008	#160	4.69
6	21		December 13, 2008	August 29, 2009	2008-2009	#149	3.80
7	18		December 12, 2009	August 28, 2010	2009-2010	#119	3.55
8	23		December 11, 2010	August 20, 2011	2010-2011	#170	3.53
9	15		December 24, 2011	August 18, 2012	2011-2012	#156	3.46
10	12		December 15, 2012	August 17, 2013	2012-2013	#150	2.76
11	14		December 28, 2013	August 16, 2014	2013-2014	TBD	TBD
12	13		December 13, 2014	August 29, 2015	2014-2015	TBD	TBD
13	7		December 12, 2015	TBD	2015-2016	TBD	TBD

Weekly ratings, Season 1

Number Movie Air Date 1 Cast Away February 21, 2004 2 Forrest Gump February 28, 2004 3 Frequency March 6, 2004 4 Dr. Dolittle March 13, 2004 5

Weekly ratings, Season 4

Episode #	Title	Air Date	Viewers (m)
1	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	October 21, 2006	4.71
2	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	October 28, 2006	6.16
3	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	December 9, 2006	6.99
4	The Terminal	January 13, 2007	6.07
5	Seabiscuit	January 20, 2007	6.02
6	Catch Me If You Can	January 27, 2007	6.45
7	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	February 3, 2007	4.64
8	Bringing Down the House	February 10, 2007	6.11
9	Cast Away	February 17, 2007	5.20
10	Forrest Gump	February 24, 2007	5.87
11	Head of State	March 3, 2007	3.79
12	The Sixth Sense	March 10, 2007	5.40
13	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde	March 17, 2007	5.26
14	Coyote Ugly	March 24, 2007	4.13
15	The Rookie	March 31, 2007	4.40
16	The Ten Commandments	April 7, 2007	7.87
17	Shark Tale	April 14, 2007	5.24
18	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	April 21, 2007	4.16
19	Pearl Harbor	April 28, 2007	4.15
20	Meet the Fockers	May 5, 2007	6.41
21	The Pacifier	May 19, 2007	6.07
22	Minority Report	June 2, 2007	2.71
23	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	August 11, 2007	3.80
24	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	August 18, 2007	3.27
25	The Cat in the Hat	August 25, 2007	3.99

Weekly ratings, Season 5

Episode #	Title	Air Date	Viewers (m)
1	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	December 8, 2007	7.01
2	Surviving Christmas	December 15, 2007	4.86
3	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	December 22, 2007	4.41
4	Pearl Harbor	January 12, 2008	4.57
5	The Terminal	January 19, 2008	5.09
6	Pretty Woman	January 26, 2008	5.38
7	War of the Worlds	February 2, 2008	5.71
8	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	February 9, 2008	6.56
9	Miracle	February 16, 2008	3.96
10	Forrest Gump	February 23, 2008	4.67
11	Old School	March 1, 2008	3.68
12	Road to Perdition	March 8, 2008	4.24
13	The Ten Commandments	March 22, 2008	7.91
14	Catch Me If You Can	March 29, 2008	5.38
15	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	April 5, 2008	3.82
16	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	April 12, 2008	3.84
17	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	April 19, 2008	3.95
18	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	April 26, 2008	4.62
19	Hitch	May 17, 2008	3.82
20	The Rookie	May 31, 2008	4.23
21	Shark Tale	August 9, 2008	3.22
22	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde	August 16, 2008	3.33
23	Madagascar	August 23, 2008	3.67

Weekly ratings, Season 6

Episode #	Title	Air Date	Viewers (m)
1	Surviving Christmas	December 13, 2008	4.83
2	The Cat in the Hat	December 20, 2008	4.10
3	Miracle	December 27, 2008	3.06
4	Sleepless in Seattle	January 3, 2009	3.94
5	The Pacifier	January 17, 2009	4.95
6	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	January 31, 2009	2.86
7	Hitch	February 21, 2009	4.05
8	Bewitched	February 28, 2009	3.54
9	Just Like Heaven	March 28, 2009	5.12
10	Yours, Mine and Ours	April 4, 2009	3.60
11	The Ten Commandments	April 11, 2009	6.81
12	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	April 18, 2009	3.58
13	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	April 25, 2009	3.22
14	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	May 2, 2009	3.45
15	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	May 16, 2009	3.52
16	The Haunted Mansion	June 13, 2009	2.75
17	Red Eye	August 1, 2009	3.19
18	Finding Nemo	August 8, 2009	3.12
19	Shark Tale	August 15, 2009	3.61
20	War of the Worlds	August 22, 2009	3.98
21	Flightplan	August 29, 2009	3.99

Weekly ratings, Season 7

Episode #	Title	Air Date	Viewers (m)
1	The Polar Express	December 12, 2009	4.02
2	The Santa Clause 2	December 19, 2009	4.66
3	Shrek 2	December 26, 2009	4.55
4	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	February 6, 2010	3.75
5	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	February 13, 2010	2.33
6	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	February 20, 2010	2.50
7	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	February 27, 2010	3.89
8	The Ten Commandments	April 3, 2010	5.88
9	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	April 10, 2010	2.77
10	Shark Tale	April 17, 2010	3.57
11	Norbit	April 24, 2010	3.16
12	Meet the Fockers	May 1, 2010	4.24
13	Just Like Heaven	May 15, 2010	3.64
14	She's the Man	June 19, 2010	2.45
15	The Game Plan	July 24, 2010	2.93
16	Flightplan	July 31, 2010	2.75
17	Red Eye	August 7, 2010	2.91
18	Meet the Fockers	August 28, 2010	4.47

Weekly ratings, Season 8

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Viewers (m)
1	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	December 11, 2010	3.77
2	Madagascar	December 18, 2010	3.79
3	Transformers	December 25, 2010	6.09
4	Blades of Glory	January 22, 2011	2.62
5	Dreamgirls	January 29, 2011	3.34
6	Shrek the Third	February 5, 2011	4.76
7	Hairspray	February 12, 2011	2.68
8	Over the Hedge	February 19, 2011	3.85
9	The Pursuit of Happyness	February 26, 2011	3.72
10	King Kong	March 5, 2011	5.67
11	Norbit	March 19, 2011	3.15
12	Transformers	April 2, 2011	4.90
13	War of the Worlds	April 9, 2011	3.47
14	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	April 16, 2011	3.16
15	The Ten Commandments	April 23, 2011	6.74
16	Batman Begins	April 30, 2011	3.54
17	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	May 14, 2011	4.03
18	Spider-Man 3	May 21, 2011	2.78
19	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	July 23, 2011	3.28
20	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	July 30, 2011	2.57
21	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	August 6, 2011	2.57
22	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	August 13, 2011	3.69
23	Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension	August 20, 2011	3.69

Weekly ratings, Season 9

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Viewers (m)
1	The Sound of Music	December 24, 2011	3.81
2	Over the Hedge	January 21, 2012	3.44
3	Blades of Glory	January 28, 2012	2.80
4	Transformers	February 4, 2012	3.24
5	Wild Hogs	February 18, 2012	3.26
6	The Devil Wears Prada	February 25, 2012	3.49
7	The Ten Commandments	April 7, 2012	6.90
8	The Blind Side	April 28, 2012	6.03
9	Hancock	May 5, 2012	5.15
10	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	May 12, 2012	3.83
11	Spider-Man 3	May 19, 2012	3.05
12	Cars	June 16, 2012	9.10
13	Norbit	August 4, 2012	2.97
14	The Game Plan	August 11, 2012	2.93
15	The Devil Wears Prada	August 18, 2012	2.53

Weekly ratings, Season 10

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Viewers (m)
1	Transformers	December 15, 2012	3.06
2	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	December 29, 2012	3.39
3	Blades of Glory	January 19, 2013	2.93
4	War of the Worlds	February 2, 2013	3.11
5	Despicable Me	February 9, 2013	6.16
6	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	February 16, 2013	3.23
7	Dreamgirls	February 23, 2013	2.96
8	The Ten Commandments	March 30, 2013	7.17
9	Over the Hedge	April 27, 2013	3.29
10	The Game Plan	July 20, 2013	2.75
11	Norbit	July 27, 2013	2.62
12	Mamma Mia	August 17, 2013	4.44

Weekly ratings, Season 11

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Viewers (m)
1	Just Go with It	December 28, 2013	3.92
2	Over the Hedge	January 4, 2014	2.79
3	Hancock	January 18, 2014	2.92
4	Flushed Away	January 25, 2014	3.38
5	Blades of Glory	February 1, 2014	2.86
6	The Pursuit of Happyness	February 8, 2014	3.09
7	Dreamgirls	February 15, 2014	2.92
8	Shrek the Third	February 22, 2014	4.14
9	The Social Network	March 1, 2014	5.55
10	The Ten Commandments	April 19, 2014	6.54
11	Despicable Me	April 26, 2014	3.51
12	Transformers	May 3, 2014	4.76
13	Spider-Man 2.1	May 17, 2014	2.23
14	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	August 16, 2014	3.34

Weekly ratings, Season 12

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Viewers (m)
1	Limitless	December 13, 2014	6.34
2	Norbit	December 27, 2014	3.44
3	Hairspray	January 3, 2015	5.44
4	Just Go with It	January 17, 2015	5.11
5	Mirror Mirror	January 24, 2015	6.04
6	Despicable Me	January 31, 2015	4.14
7	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	February 7, 2015	3.75
8	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	February 14, 2015	4.85
9	The Social Network	February 21, 2015	4.67
10	Toy Story 3	April 25, 2015	5.10
11	Shrek the Third	May 2, 2015	5.27
12	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	July 18, 2015	2.34
13	Cars	August 29, 2015	3.34

Weekly ratings, Season 13

Episode #	Title	Airdate	Viewers (m)
1	Mary Poppins	December 12, 2015	6.49
2	The Social Network	January 16, 2016	4.14
3	The Ten Commandments	March 26, 2016	7.14
4	Mirror Mirror	April 2, 2016	5.16
5	Monsters University	April 23, 2016	6.18
6	The Blind Side	May 14, 2016	4.09
7	Toy Story	May 21, 2016	9.95